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Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009)
Trash
This is simply trash. Garbage. This is lettuce rotting in a plastic bag under landfill mountain bad.
I don't only hate this band. My hatred of branded morals is all-encompassing. I don't like children being exploited and this is clear exploitation of both the audience and the band.
I am happy to see that while the band can maintain its bazillions of fans, this movie is failing hilariously. This movie should never have been made. STOP TRYING TO CAPITALIZE ON ONE SUCCESS BY OVER-SATURATING EVERY POSSIBLE VENUE WITH THIS KIND OF DIRT!
-end of rant-
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Beautiful, artful.
I had the privilege of watching this film three times in theaters and I have to say that it is a stunning achievement in movie making.
I can understand people's distaste for Jim Carrey, since he becomes the central character (sharing the spotlight with the very talented child cast) where he should merely remain a villain.
The adaptation to the books is quite tight, keeping in mind that it is a combination of three of the books, not just one. That being said and all acting aside, this movie is just mind blowing.
The technique used to capture the surreal surroundings the Baudelaire orphans travel through is one that should be marked and used again. The art designers went back to the days of old(film-making) where painted backdrops, elaborate sets and extensive make-up drove the point.
An excellent example of what I mean is the scene where the children are left on the train tracks and Count Olaf goes into a store to wait until the kids have been run over. The entire surrounding in the scene, the corn fields, train tracks, skyline, etc. is a painted backdrop. It is simply unbelievable.
Another example of what I mean is Count Olaf's house, where the Baudelaire orphans are first sent to live. It is Gothic, run down, and perfect.
Besides the Oscar this movie received for make-up, Rick Heinrichs and Cheryl Carasik truly deserved to win their nomination for best art direction. This aspect is definitely the one that stands out among all others...
The music was damned good as well...
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Nothing but flash
This film, lest not forget, offers nothing new to the world of cinema. It's a carbon copy of every shock horror film ever made with Jesus thrown into the mix instead of a deadbeat, monster, GI Joe or a whole host of other stereotyped stereotypes.
Honestly, aside from the beautiful cinematography, this film has nothing to it. It's only the story of the last few hours Jesus lived. If you are a Christian, than you know the end. You know how and why it happened. This was just a chance to put all of the religious relics that exist in the world into motion.
Aside from the story lacking, the only redeeming factor is that Jesus dies in the end. With Mel Gibson at the helm, I would have not been surprised to see Jesus jump off the cross and kill all the Romans with a high powered automatic weapon. I respect the man as an actor, but to know that his "artistic vision" doesn't do anything in the world of art, it's impossible to respect "The Passion of the Christ." Also, the fact that he single handedly brought the film to the world is not a surprising feat at all. Yes, studios refused to make the film. So he pumped 30 million of his own, hard-earned dollars into the production. 30 million from a stack that hardly felt a dent. On top of that, with the majority of the people who watched the film considering it a "work of art" being Christians, it earned nearly a billion dollars world wide. So much can be expected by a film that shows Jesus being tortured for two hours.
In short, this film is not worth watching. It takes historical events and exploits them for a chance to see some horrifying dream come true. I believe the film trivializes the event of Jesus's death and dresses as a wolf in sheep's clothing to the viewer, feeding on ignorance for success. Do not watch this film. Or at least, don't invest any cash on it. Wait until it pops up on TBN.
3/16/01 (2004)
Poor choice of subject.
I viewed this film at a film festival in North Carolina called Cucalorus. It was lumped together with most of the student films accepted to the festival, which sort of added to my sentiments below.
This film is about the robbery of a pizza place in Wilmington North Carolina. Although the experience was absolutely horrifying to the individual it is about, when watching it the viewer feels that the act was trivial and unimportant.
Although the film was made with good intentions, it exploits the event and the actual man who was beaten to near death. The film makers show promise by creating drama in places drama should not exist. All I have to say is try again folks.