DVD Movie Reviews:
I recently watched 2 movies on DVD. "9", a computer animated Tim Burton production & "The Surrogates", a Bruce Willis film based on a graphic novel series with 2 published volumes.
9
This was an interesting and creative production. In a post-apocalyptic Earth, a group of dolls are built and attain life from the soul of their scientist creator. Their are 9 of these dolls and the story picks up on them discovering who they are and working together to overcome adversarial robots.
The animation, camera-work, sound / foley work, world design, textures and lighting are all amazing. World class talent went into the nuts-and-bolts and the character-animation-acting.
So why don't I give it 5 stars...? Well, the pacing was s l o w. There were moments where my wife and I looked at one another and wondered aloud...why don't they get to the point. This occurred multiple times over the course of the film. This could have been handled in editing, even if the scenes were already done.
My Final Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
The Surrogates
After "Die Hard" and it's sequels, I am always ready for a Bruce Willis motion picture. Plus this is SciFi, and I LOVE me some SciFi. And it's based off of a comic book and I digg comic books. And the comic book was drawn by the awesome artist Brett Weldele!
Oh my goodness...right? This movie looks be a total festival of stuff I like!!! All that's missing is Moon Bloodgood and I'd pass out. So, I rented it, already being bummed that I wasn't able to get out to the theaters to see it upon the initial release.
...and? Well there was room for some awesomeness in the SciFi. The new TV show, "Caprica" is doing SciFi special effects that seem on par or better than this film. As a feature film, I am biased to believe the SFX ought to be better than a made-for-cable TV show.
I appreciate that this movie looks to be told in real environments and is not just a green-screened make-it-all-up production. But the world they present is less realized than the world shown in "The Island" (2005 with Ewan McGregor). It is a more realistic set-up and a better lead character portrayal than was shown in "I-Robot" (2004 with Will "Fresh Prince" Smith).
Bruce Willis has more performance to give than this film showed of him and there could have been more action. The story treads in the water of "Ghost In The Shell" but does not expound on the possible implications of integrating robots into our lives nearly as profoundly as Masamune Shirow's epic Manga.
If you like this movie or felt there was 'something' missing, you should check out the following:
"Ghost In The Shell" (graphic novels) & (anime movies)
"Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex" seasons 1 and 2 (TV show)
"A.I."
"Avatar"
"I-Robot"
"RoboCop"
"The Island"
"War Games"
"Blade Runner"
"Matrix trilogy"
"Bicentennial Man"
"Caprica" (TV show)
"Terminator I, II, III"
My Final Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars.
I recently watched 2 movies on DVD. "9", a computer animated Tim Burton production & "The Surrogates", a Bruce Willis film based on a graphic novel series with 2 published volumes.
9
This was an interesting and creative production. In a post-apocalyptic Earth, a group of dolls are built and attain life from the soul of their scientist creator. Their are 9 of these dolls and the story picks up on them discovering who they are and working together to overcome adversarial robots.
The animation, camera-work, sound / foley work, world design, textures and lighting are all amazing. World class talent went into the nuts-and-bolts and the character-animation-acting.
So why don't I give it 5 stars...? Well, the pacing was s l o w. There were moments where my wife and I looked at one another and wondered aloud...why don't they get to the point. This occurred multiple times over the course of the film. This could have been handled in editing, even if the scenes were already done.
My Final Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
The Surrogates
After "Die Hard" and it's sequels, I am always ready for a Bruce Willis motion picture. Plus this is SciFi, and I LOVE me some SciFi. And it's based off of a comic book and I digg comic books. And the comic book was drawn by the awesome artist Brett Weldele!
Oh my goodness...right? This movie looks be a total festival of stuff I like!!! All that's missing is Moon Bloodgood and I'd pass out. So, I rented it, already being bummed that I wasn't able to get out to the theaters to see it upon the initial release.
...and? Well there was room for some awesomeness in the SciFi. The new TV show, "Caprica" is doing SciFi special effects that seem on par or better than this film. As a feature film, I am biased to believe the SFX ought to be better than a made-for-cable TV show.
I appreciate that this movie looks to be told in real environments and is not just a green-screened make-it-all-up production. But the world they present is less realized than the world shown in "The Island" (2005 with Ewan McGregor). It is a more realistic set-up and a better lead character portrayal than was shown in "I-Robot" (2004 with Will "Fresh Prince" Smith).
Bruce Willis has more performance to give than this film showed of him and there could have been more action. The story treads in the water of "Ghost In The Shell" but does not expound on the possible implications of integrating robots into our lives nearly as profoundly as Masamune Shirow's epic Manga.
If you like this movie or felt there was 'something' missing, you should check out the following:
"Ghost In The Shell" (graphic novels) & (anime movies)
"Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex" seasons 1 and 2 (TV show)
"A.I."
"Avatar"
"I-Robot"
"RoboCop"
"The Island"
"War Games"
"Blade Runner"
"Matrix trilogy"
"Bicentennial Man"
"Caprica" (TV show)
"Terminator I, II, III"
My Final Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars.
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