Friday, April 16, 2010

#3 "Let the Right One In" critical review (10/10)

Prior to seeing this movie, I was a tad skeptic as to what kind of film I was about to watch. I liked it because it's not like most films I've seen before. A little boy named Oskar meets a 12 year old girl named Eli at a playground in front of who he finds out later in the movie that she is a vampire. Oskar and Eli builds a close friendship which soon after turns into a relationship. In the movie, Oskar has to deal with these bullies who pick on him everyday when he is at school. Eli tells him to hit back harder then they do. On a field trip the "head" bully kept threatening to push Oskar in the frozen lake. Oskar worked up the courage to hit him in the ear with a stick which caused him to gush out blood. Throughout the movie Eli satisfies her hunger by killing people and drinking there blood. I liked how Eli was a vampire and how she went around and killed random people. I was really amazed of how white people are in Sweden. I really liked this movie and it makes me want to go out and buy it. I found this movie to be really good because it's originality. I think there should be a second movie to this because I would like to know what happened between Oskar and Eli. I know other people would like to know also. I would recommend other people to watch this good movie. Its definitely one of the best foreign films I have seen yet. 

Friday, April 2, 2010

#2 Zoolander critical review (10/10)

This film is a hilarious look at the materialistic shallow fashion world and It is seen through the eyes of the “slow” and single minded male modeI, Derek Zoolander. I like this movie because the storyline isn't like a film you see every day. The story line of Zoolander is interesting. its about a male model who gets brain washed to kill the prime minister of Malaysia. Ben Stiller who plays Derek Zoolander is the main character of this movie. In the movie he has a rival male model which is Owen Wilson who plays Hansel. Later when Derek needs help from Hansel, he goes over to his house and apologizes. Throughout the rest of the movie, they become good friends and helps each other out. One of my favorite parts in the movie is when Derek and his room mates who were all balls models are spraying each other with gasoline at the gas station. When Derek goes to look at a magazine he notices his friend is about to smoke a cigarette. Once he lights the match, all Derek’s room mates gets all blown up and dies. I was surprised about what happened towards the end of the film, because I never thought that it was actually going to come true. It was a great ending and it shows how anybody can make there dreams come true if they really put there mind to it. After seeing this film I learned to never judge anything by its cover because it might just turn out better then what you think. I recommend everyone to watch this movie because its a great movie all around.