Even though it may be tough to see from the picture below, the Roxy movie theater in my hometown in Lock Haven is still the most unique movie theater that I have been in even to this day, that is why I tried to dedicate my background to this specific carpet that is in this building. It is almost the exact same pattern, and the reason I chose the pattern background is because of this theater. It is an old theater that is easily apart of my childhood since 95% of the movies I have seen are from this room right here. It is an old theater, it is not your typical commercial theater that has 12 movie screens and sells popcorn for 12 dollars. It is cheaper and only has three screens. The picture below is the main room which is unlike any other theater room that I have been in.
It is the only theater that I have been in that has a balcony and the unique architecture adds to art of the room. On both sides of the theater the walls are painted with old Italian art that involves anything from angels to a naked women eating an apple. It remains the most open theater room ive been in, it doubles in size of most and has really high ceilings. It is the theater that made me fall in love with movies, it has character and has an old homie type of feel to it. This is why I chose the patterns in my background for my blog, it all comes from the Roxy in Lock Haven, PA.
With Daniel Craig appearing in his 4th Bond film, and Spectre being the 24th installment of the James Bond cinema franchise. One thing that is not going for this movie is that it is living in the shadow of the Bond film before, Skyfall. I believed Skyfall was definitely a top 5 Bond film if not top 3. So, the new rendition of the Bond films had some big shoes to fill. It came close, but not completely. Overall, this is a solid Bond film. It contains all the elementary elements of a Bond film when it comes to chase sequences and fight scenes. When it comes to being a good Bond film was it good? Yes. Was it the best Bond Daniel Craig has been in? I think you have to say no. What I think makes the difference is how good the villain is.
The main villain of this movie is played by Christoph Waltz, who was so perfectly evil in Inglorious Bastards plays the character Blofeld, a mastermind of crime who runs an illuminati type of business in the world. Bond starts to unravel the pieces of the puzzle and trying to get to the seed of what is going on. While Bond's employer MI6 is still threating to end the spying 007 program. Bond comes into save the day by eventually solving the crime. with a few twists and turns along the way. But what I realize is that with movies like these, and all the superhero films coming out. The movie is only as good as the villain is.
One of the best movies that has come out this century is the Dark Knight, and you know you love this movie for how Heath Ledger just absolutely owned the part of the Joker. This is why you went to see that movie, your attracted to how weird it is. Unless it is some masterful twist to a movie, or just amazing acting, your attracted to the creepiness of the villain. The main characters in adventure/action films have been winning forever. Sometimes we want to see a deep and dark villain that intrigues us. This Bond really doesn't give us that which is why I give it a 7/10.
I chose this as one of my inspiration posts because I though I needed a picture that kind of summed up how I actually felt about movies. The quote by the famous director Martin Scorsese shows and proves how movies are much more than movies. Much of the time movies mold peoples childhoods, change how we think about the world, and actually change our terminology when it comes to talking in day to day life. You know you always end up quoting movies with your friends that make you life, you know the end of an emotional movie sometimes touches a nerve. When it comes to shaping childhood, don't even get me started when it comes to Lion King, that movie still carries over into my day to day life in some ways.
This is why I actually wanted to do movie reviews for my blog posts. I didn't just want to review some of the films and give you what I thought about it based on how well the storyline was constructed, or how well the cinematography was in the film. Yes, films do need these systematic elements to be a good and complete film for the viewer. But the emotion of the story, or the one liners in a comedy, are what we really take away from the film. You always hear people talking about how that one moment in a scene made you feel, you don't talk about how upset you were by the lighting of a certain scene when you sit around with your friends. Your left with the emotion of the film.
So, with my reviews I tried to actually describe how the movie might make you feel in some regards. I wanted to kind of flesh out the moral side of the story, and what the underlying causes are of the film so you can have an opportunity to dig deeper into it. Some movies change the way you think, change your philosophy of life and they all serve as memories. There are all much more than "just a movie," there are something that can change your outlook on life and most certainly have a direct influence.
The majority of my posts will now rely on what inspired me to design my page the way it is. My page may not seem like the most advanced when it comes to the design parts of it but nonetheless, I didn't want to take away from it was just supposed to be a blog about movie reviews. Anyways, you will notice that the background of my page is blue, and when I was actually creating this page I had in mind that I had to make these types of posts. When I was actually just creating the page I looked down next to me and I actually ended up seeing the exact image below this paragraph and decided to use that for my color.
Now, I love my Xbox One and I actually praise this controller for sticking it out with me. I'm sure you're wondering "What kind of moron are you to say that this controller stuck it out with you?" Ill just say that such games like Madden, FIFA, NBA 2K16 have all left me with games that I have lost. Sometimes, those losses result in the throwing of a controller across your living room out of anger. Yeah, I should probably learn how to not do that for the sake of my future children. This guy has survived, he's been through so much and he still works to this day. So for that, I dedicate this post to my blue controller. The blue background is dedicated to you my friend.
Inside Out proves that Pixar just proves itself again at being a factory of making memorable movies that so many people love. InsideOut really takes the cake as far as animated movies go in the past several years. It contains all elements that make a movie, drama, comedy, action, and even adventure. It is relentless in making you keep your eyes on the screen and it dazzles you with creativity. The characters to the right are representations of human moods, and the main characters live inside the brain of a young girl named Riley (Kaitlyn Dias). It gives quite a theoretical version of the processes that your brain goes through and how it dictates how you act.
The main emotions that live inside of her mind are Joy (Amy Poehler), Sadness (Phyllis Smith), Fear (Bill Hader), Anger (Lewis Black) and Disgust (Mindy Kaling). They all try to play their part of keeping her acting normal and sane while dealing with the rough emotional roller coaster of moving into a new neighborhood and house. As Joy tries to keep Riley from feeling sad she tries to keep Sadness away from any doing in the headquarters of her brain. This leads to Sadness feeling like she should do more and as events unfold it is Sadness and Joy by themselves in the "lost world" of her brain where such things as dead memories and make believe friends go. Sorry, don't want to give up too many spoilers due to this movie being so good.
All in all the film does relay a message of how even things we try to avoid, such as sadness, need to be in our lives by way of being able to learn from them. This movie is the definition of heartwarming, I was on the verge of tears at the very end but I was watching it with a girl I just started hanging out with so I decided to choke them down and wait to sob at a movie another time. The creativity and hilarity of this movie makes me watch again and again. The casting was flawless in terms of who played who. It was directed and written by Pete Doctor and I give Inside Out 8.5 out of 10 stars. One of the best films of 2015.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty takes steps towards fulfilling a classic adventure story while leaving its own stamp of uniqueness with its' use of imagery and motivational sayings used throughout the film. After watching this movie it seems like they got the whole dialogue off of a motivational poster
that hangs in someone's office wall. Even so The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty still seems to hit home with its unconventional storyline and some of the transitions that some of the movie goes through from scene to scene catch the eye. If anything, the movie is just flat out fun to watch and leaves you with a heartwarming ending that puts it under a family type movie while also being an adult like movie.
This movie can be watched by anybody at any age and that is why I liked it so much. Walter Mitty who was casted as Ben Stiller seems to be the perfect fit between nice guy who finally climbs over the wall of fear in his mind and decides to finally leave his life to an extent that many people reach just by simply doing. What I really admire about this movie is how as the story line evolves the main character Walter Mitty evolves with it as well. In the beginning he is too nervous to even leave a wink on a dating site of an office crush and by the end he finally asks her out on a date to his sisters' play, (of course she says yes). The story line and Walter Mitty's life run parallel to each other and as Ben Stiller directed and starred in the movie, he allows you to become attached to Walter Mitty, who is in every scene of this movie.
The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty is an overall heartwarming movie but fails to keep the storyline as ambitious with the imagery used in the movie. It stars Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Sean Penn and Adam Scott and I give it 7 out of 10
Broken Flowers follows the life of Don Johnston (Bill Murray) who seems to lead a very bland life until he receives a letter in the mail from one of his ex-girlfriends that their 18 year old son has gone out to try and find out who his father is. The letter he received was anonymous so Don Johnston's neighbor Winston (Jeffrey Wright) is a man full of positive energy and has a true passion for crime novels. Winston takes this as an opportunity to take his knowledge of crime novels and try to solve one of his own. Once Winston gives him directions to ex girlfriends houses and phone numbers, Don hits the road.
The movie uses the search of his ex- girlfriends as a story filler for and give Bill Murrays character a little more of a background. Each girlfriend reveals just a little bit about Don Johnston but each one still leaves you with questioning how he ended up with her and at the same time it adds a little mystery to Dons character. He soon meets an ex-girlfriend Sherry (Julie Delpy), who calls him a prick after he asks if she has a son or not. This leads to her current boyfriend punching Don in the face which leads to a black eye and a trip back home with no answers. Once he finally gets home he buys a young man who was on an adventure to find something which Don takes as a clue that this was his kid. Don confesses that he is the kids father, and the homeless kid runs away from him calling him crazy which leaves Don standing in the middle of a road with a state of confusion. Roll credits.
Broken Flowers is not your typical Hollywood hit, but I do actually wish there were more movies like this one. Bill Murray is the human form of melancholy in this movie, and as the storyline seems a little bland compared to todays summer hit standards, what makes this movie is the casting of Bill Murray and the themes that come along with the film if you watch closely. That's what makes this movie better than others, it has certain themes of colors throughout and leaves you with something to talk about. You could watch this movie with a friend and talk about it for a week trying to put together the clues of the film while trying to fill in the unanswered questions. That is what this movie does that modern movies don't do now, Broken Flowers goes beyond just being a movie. Your allowed to fill in some of the story line for yourself cause there is no definite answer throughout the entire film. That is the artistic element comes in.
Broken Flowers was released in 2005, it was directed and written by Jim Jarmusch. It stars Bill Murray, Julie Deply, Sharon Stone, Jeffrey Wright and Jessica Lange. I give this film a 7 out of 10. Do yourself a favor and watch the movie more than once to appreciate it.
