Category: Movies

Watership Down: Politics Through Animation

Watership Down (1978)
Warner Bros./Nepenthe Productions
Starring the voice talents of John Hurt, Richard Briers, Zero Mostel
Not Rated
Running Time = 92 minutes
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Allegory – a story in which people, things, and happenings have a hidden or symbolic meaning: allegories are used for teaching or explaining ideas, moral principles, etc.

And again, another vocab lesson has passed. Read on.

Remember 2-D animation? Yes, there was a time when animated movies were drawn and painted by hand, without the assistance of computers. It’s a complex process that employs hundreds of hours of work and detail. The end result is a series of moving drawings on the screen. Continue reading “Watership Down: Politics Through Animation”

VIDEO REVIEWS: Weekly Mashup Episode 2

On this episode of the StuffWeLike.com Weekly Mashup we review:
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – DVD, Speed Racer – DVD, The Happening – DVD, DreamKeeper 400, and Viking Battle for Asgard – soundtrack.

Please let us know what you think!

The Happening Isn’t All That Happening

The Happening
20th Century Fox/Spyglass Entertainment
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez, and Alan Ruck
Written, Produced, and Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Rated R for violent and disturbing images
Running Time = 91 minutes
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Oh, M. Night Shyamalan. What hast thou wrought? The mastermind behind The Sixth Sense and Signs brings forth his first R-rated film. But much like Lady in the Water, the film falls flat. In fact, The Happening seems to rely more on shock tactics than any actual story.

Groups of people go into a seemingly comatose state, then proceed to kill themselves. Through a variety of means these folks take their own lives to the horror of those not affected. As the plague spreads, authorities determine it to be one thing: a terrorist attack. Continue reading “The Happening Isn’t All That Happening”

Speed Racer: Stay in the Pit, You’ll Be Better Off!

Speed Racer
Warner Bros./Village Roadshow
Starring Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, and Matthew Fox
Directed by The Wachowski Brothers
Rated PG for sequences of action, some violence, language, and brief smoking
Running Time = 135 minutes (2 hours 15 minutes)
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On your mark, get set, and go find another movie to watch. Speed Racer is by far one of the most obnoxious, frustrating, and irritating films I have seen in a long time. I kept asking myself Continue reading “Speed Racer: Stay in the Pit, You’ll Be Better Off!”

Star Trek XI pictures hit the web

Finally, after months of hearing nothing about this film there are now 6 new pictures that have hit the web!

If these don’t tickle your geekiness, nothing will ever make you happy in life. This film looks to have it all. Awesome special effects, an epic adventure, drama, and who knows what else!

All I can say is that I can’t believe I got to be an extra on this film. Wow, just wow.

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Review – Rest Stop 2: Don’t Look Back

If you ever wanted to be grossed out, freaked out, and/or be killed by a man in a yellow truck Rest Stop 2 is your ticket into one crazy hell hole. If you’ve never heard of the Rest Stop series, it’s a straight to DVD gruesome horror series. Honestly Rest Stop 2 is not for the faint of heart. If you watch this film late at night, I guarantee that it will disturb the crap out of you. Our very own Ian Dawson, couldn’t watch this film past the first 10 minutes it’s that crazy.

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