4 short reviews

I borrowed Lyndon’s PC for about 3 days and some of the things i’ve did were watching movies. I borrowed 6 DVD’s from Arnold and one VCD from Kiboy which is the Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest. Unfortunately, the VCD was corrupt and the other two DVD’s didn’t work well also. I have only watched Close, Closer, Secret Window and The Butterfly Effect. And here are my short reviews about those movies.

SO CLOSE:

This movie was one of Joy’s favorites. I have actually watched the first few episodes of it back then in my ex-boyfriend’s house but was not able to finish it for some reason. Hihihihi…

Okay, let’s go back. Same as kathy, i like also seeing women showing their skills on fighting. With all the kicking, punching, running, holding the gun and let it blow and most especially on a kinda special agent thing or how do we call that -> i don’t know.

The story line is great and i love the morale. Good line up of cast, the digital effects with all that slow motion thing, the soundtrack and others. I like the tagged line given and I even copied them during the last episode but unfortunately where it is now? Somebody get it and then lost it. I was not only contented with the ending.

If you find me confusing, there are always a lot of site that offers good reviews and all that other stuff about this movie. Heehehehhehe

3 stars for this movie!

SECRET WINDOW:

Plot Summary are courtesy from this site http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363988/plotsummary

Mort Rainey (Depp), a writer just coming off of a troublesome divorce with his ex-wife, Amy (Bello), finds himself stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger (Turturro) who claims Mort stole his best story idea (changing just the ending)… (Hutton plays Bello’s new boyfriend; Dutton plays a private investigator hired to make Turturro’s character leave Mort alone.)

Mort Rainey, a successful author, is passing through a hard period in his life. After catching his wife sleeping with another man, they separate and he moves away from the city to somewhere in the country. One day a man appears at his door, presenting himself as John Shooter, and accuses Mort of copying a story from him. Although Mort believes things can be solved once he shows Shooter the original version, which had appeared two years before Shooter’s version, written in 1997, while Rainey’s was published in early 1995. He can’t seem to be able to get an original copy in the time limit set by Shooter. Strange things then start happening that prevent him from receiving the needed original, and Mort tries to find out who Shooter really is and if he is responsible for the things that have been happening.

My say:

It starred the ever famous guy, Johnny Depp. The movie was kinda good, a bit suspense but I don’t like the ending. Being kinda rude. I wil have this movie 2 stars only!

THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT:

Plot Summary:

Evan Treborn grows up in a small town with his single working mom and his friends. He suffers from memory blackouts where he suddenly finds himself somewhere else, confused. Evans’ friends and mom hardly believe him, thinking he makes it up just to get out of trouble, something bad always seems to happen during these blackouts. As Evan grows up he has less of these blackouts until he seems to have recovered. Since the age of seven he has written a diary of his blackout moments so he can remember what happens. One day at college he starts to read one of his old diaries, and suddenly a flashback hits him like a brick!

My say:

Not so good. 2 stars only!

CLOSER:

An elaborate character study of two London couples as they engage in an ultimate game of partner swapping. Alice/Jane is a gorgeous young runaway from New York’s seedy sex industry; she soon pairs up with Dan, a thoughtful but unsuccessful novelist and journalist, who authors a book about her. Anna is a quietly independent divorce and successful photographer. After Dan makes a move on her during a photo session for the book, she rejects Dan, who retaliates by tricking her into a relationship with Larry, a dermatologist with the lust and manners of a soccer hooligan. The plot revolves around the infatuation of the couples for one another. If they could only treat these dalliances with the silence they deserve, there would be no story here. Instead, they are brutally “honest” about their faithlessness, sometimes inventing boinks that never occurred to “test the love” of their significant other. Ultimately, each ends up with the partner for whom they are best suited; but has their desire to “win” at the game of love diminished their capacity to love and to enjoy its fruits?

My say: 

I did chose this movie because i was stunned by the performance of Natalie Portman in the Professional and i am a fan of Julia Roberts alsol. The movie was kinda funny. Yeah, it talks about modern love and relationship but not that good really. The storyline is not that good.

2 stars only!