I was entertained by certain elements in this nearly 3 hour long movie such as the comedic plot of an elderly publisher who is forced into an old folks home and plans to escape with new friends.  Other positive elements included the masterful makeup and transformations of the actors faces while they played multiple roles.  Also, the special effects and camera work as well as a majority of the acting were very good if not stellar.  

Though sadly the bad outweighs the good in this film.  The main problem with this attempt at a film epic was that the individual stories (some of which would make good movies on their own) were mashed together and clashed making me wonder if it was simply that confusing or if it just went way over my head.  I am sure the writer and directors had a very interesting story that they wanted to tell but it really did not come out successfully on the big screen.  Another strange element was in one of the story lines that took place in what seemed to be a post stone age village in an alternate past when the language spoken by the people was some strange primitive english which was very confusing and needed subtitles.  Also, this movie was unnecessarily graphic at times.  For some reason in the primitive timeline, there were cannibals on horseback that would slit necks and pillage all on camera for some reason.  As well, there was one particularly disturbing timeline which took place in futuristic Korea in which there are human slaves that work at a restaurant and act robotically and then we find out that after they are there for a few years, they are killed and their bodies are used to make the food that the restaurant serves.  This film also included charming scenes such as a crazed doctor trying to kill a man by slowly poisoning him, torture, suicide, rape, remains of dead bodies and other charming elements.  I have only touched on a few of the many plots but others include a homosexual conman who becomes a composer’s apprentice and then shoots the composer and then kills himself, a crazy author who throws a critic of of a building (with a graphic view of the splat), An old man (who was one of the homosexual lovers many year later) who was killed over nuclear plans that the oil company is trying to hide, Hale Berry as a 70s reporter and then somehow a futuristic visitor to the primitive timeline, a Korean waitress saved and rescued multiple times only to join the resistance and watch as everyone she knows is killed in a “last stand”, and other strange plots.  If you think my synopsis is confusing then you definitely dont want to see this film.  

What was more confusing than the plot of this film is what would poses all of the A-list actors to agree to be in it!  It had Tom Hanks and Jim Broadbent in more important roles and Keith David, Susan Sarandon and Hugh Grant as minor roles!  Im really confused about how they brain controlled these great actors to have such minor and convoluted roles in this movie.  

Overall I would rate this 4.5/10 and would disuade all to go see it unless you are extremely pretentious ‘artist’ or a philosophy scholar and would like something to think about for a while.   

Until next post,

-David

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First up on this occasion, it’s Kanye West. Oh, yes, I figured you’d find that interesting! Let’s take a look at what’s caught my eye in the week. See:
- Preview Kanye West, ?uestlove, and Nicki Minaj on The Cleveland Show from consequenceofsound.net
- Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, & Bruno Mars Star on ‘Cleveland Show’ [Sneak Peek] from www.rap-up.com

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From: consequenceofsound.net

Fenway Park has been talked about pretty widely recently, and that is hardly surprising considering recent events. Here are some of the blogs with spicy links for us.
- Jason Aldean Stadium Tour 2013: First Stop Is Fenway Park – “This morning (Oct. 18), the Georgia native announced that he will be the first country headliner to play at Boston’s historic Fenway Park … ” – said www.theboot.com
- Jason Aldean to Kick-off Stadium Tour at Fenway Park from countrymusictattletale.com

From: www.theboot.com

From: www.theboot.com

From: countrymusictattletale.com

Now The Man with the Iron Fists is just everywhere at the moment, and we are pretty sure you want to know the details. Stream: RZA’s The Man With the Iron Fists soundtrack – “The star-studded soundtrack to RZA’s directorial debut, The Man With the Iron Fists, is now streaming in full below” – said consequenceofsound.net Why don’t you check out this link for the inside information about it – Stream The Man With The Iron Fists Soundtrack – stereogum.com
- Stream: @RZA’s ‘The Man With The Iron Fists’ Soundtrack – www.missinfo.tv

From: www.missinfo.tv

From: consequenceofsound.net

From: stereogum.com

Check out what these blog writers have to say, and be prepared for sparks to fly!

That’s all folks. Crazy place, the Internet is. Be sure to look for more links coming soon.

Becky

Aamir awakened many viewers with its first small screen, “Satyamev jayate,” a show through which he brought several social issues such as female feticide and dowry in the foreground, supported by statistics. Hanks feels it is all a part of giving back to people who give artists much love.
“This is the” giving-back “is difficult. Aamir seems to understand the power of influence to be a celebrity and is used to act as a catalyst for change in society, something that certainly deserves times appreciation and support from all sides, “said Hanks.
The actor “Forrest Gump” will feature starring Halle Berry and Hugh Grant in “Cloud Atlas”, co-directed by Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer.

Speechless, gotta see this movie, it looks truly epic.

At long last, The Wachowskis are back! Their upcoming film, Cloud Atlas, is set to be shown in the big screen late this year. I expect that this will be a good comeback movie for them. Their remake of the “Speed Racer” didn’t really bring them the kind of success that they enjoyed with their previous works “The Matrix Trilogy” and “V for Vendetta”.

The film is adopted from the novel, of the same name, written by David Mitchell. A brief synopsis describes it as “An epic story of humankind in which the actions and consequences of our lives impact one another throughout the past, present, and future as one soul is shaped from a murderer into a savior and a single act of kindness ripples out for centuries to inspire a revolution”.

I think the ideas presented in this film can be simply put as this: “A person’s life is interconnected with another person. No matter what reincarnation or what life time they are born into, they will always cross paths with that same person whom they have previously met in a past life time. Their actions in the past and present will have a significant contribution on the life that they will be reaping in the future.”

This movie is actually one of those mind-fuck films. It makes you think, it makes you question reality and it makes you say “Yeah, what if”. Which I think, is one of the reasons that make it really good. I find films like these very enjoyable. You cannot simply fathom on how this movie will end. And judging by the length of the trailer, this is one of those “3 hour long” types of movies.

The casting is nice, all star as how they refer to it, which features Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving and Jim Broadbent. How awesome can it get? As far as I remember, I have never seen a Tom Hanks film that is a flop. Any film which stars him is really good, plus he is really an astounding actor. I am counting on seeing another classic Tom Hanks performance. It is also interesting to see him with Halle Berry. If my memory serves me right I have not seen any film which casts both of them. For sure, you also have to watch out for Jim and Hugo’s performance on this one.

I am eager to find out on how they are going to present the jumps in life times. I just love that they really elaborated and shown details on these. I hope that they presented it in a very nice manner. It spans from the past “tribal” time to the present “modern day” time and to the “futuristic and robotic” time. I hope also that it wouldn’t be so confusing coz they said that one character maybe playing a man in one lifetime and a woman in another lifetime.

I simply cannot wait for this to be shown on the big screen.

Natural law. Sons are put on this earth to trouble their fathers

Olá pessoas, João de novo. Olha, se perguntassem sobre qual é o meu filme de gangster preferido, acho que não saberia responder, porque os filmes gênero são quase todos no mesmo nível de qualidade, então, e difícil  escolher um só. Mas os meus favoritos são The Godfather, Scarface, The Goodfellas e o que vou resenhar hoje, Road to Perdition. Se vocês admiram o trabalho de Tom Hanks. Qunando virem ele atuando como um Gangster. Vão virar fã dele.

O plot do filme é o seguinte; Durante a Depressão, mais exatamente no inverno de 1931, Michael Sullivan é um zeloso pai, que ama muito sua família. Porém, ele vive em conflito, pois trabalha como assassino profissional para John Rooney, um idoso chefe de uma quadrilha irlandesa que criou Sullivan como se fosse seu filho. Michael Jr., o filho mais velho, fica curioso sobre a profissão misteriosa do seu pai, então se esconde no automóvel dele e acaba testemunhando a execução de Finn McGovern, que foi morto por Connor Rooney, o filho biológico de John. Michael vê seu pai e outros capangas ajudarem a terminar o “serviço”, ficando tão apavorado que tenta fugir. Rapidamente seu pai entende que o filho viu tudo, mas Sullivan tentou acalmar Connor, dizendo que seu filho não diria nada.

Aparentemente ele teve sucesso, mas Connor é na verdade bem paranóico e instável. Connor acredita que só terá segurança quando Sullivan e toda a sua família estiverem morta, logo ele mesmo mata a mulher de Sullivan e Peter, o caçula. Porém Sullivan, que seria morto em outro local, consegue escapar e rapidamente pega Michael e foge. Enfurecido com estas traições, Sullivan decide se vingar, mas antes pretende deixar o filho com parentes em Perdição, uma cidade rural. Quando o perigo eminente passa, ele acaba expondo para Michael os aspectos mais sangrentos de sua profissão, mas logo Harlen Maguire, um assassino profissional, está no seu encalço. Sullivan tenta então atingir os mafiosos, roubando altas quantias que eles têm em bancos, pois pretende forçar as quadrilhas que ofereçam Connor em sacrifício para ele, em troca, terminar com os roubos.

Bom, esse filme é uma adaptação da Graphic Novel homônima de Max Allan Collins E Richard Piers Rayner. Esse filme, fui conhecê-lo a apenas dois anos atrás, quando já tinha um “conhecimento” mais aprofundado na sétima arte. E quando eu assisti, achei mediano. Mas depois de ler a HQ, aconteceu o contrário do que acontece com outras adaptações de HQ, como V for Vendetta por exemplo. O filme é uma das melhores adaptações que já vi. E olha que é muito difícil encontrar uma adaptação dessas. A temática do filme é perfeita, roteiro é excelente, a fotografia e MARVELOUS, a trilha sonora é linda e o elenco então, nem vou comentar sobre, vou só citar: Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig, Jude Law e o grande Paul Newman em seu penúltimo trabalho.

Road to Perdition é o tipo de filme que tem prende na frente da Tv, do começo ao fim, é aquele filme que passa o tempo e você não vê, e é o tipo que filme que estamos precisando atualmente, um filme de qualidade, com uma história. Não só efeitos visuais caríssimos. O triste é que o filme, mesmo sendo bom, ele é bem visto apenas pela crítica, e os fans de cinema, é como os filmes do Tarantino, a maioria não gosta, por isso ele não tem uma nota muito alta no IMDb. Mas mesmo assim, Sam Mendes está de parabéns, assim como em American Beauty. Se você não assistiu esse filme, assista, que não vai se arrepender

P.S [spoiler]: Uma das cenas mais fodas, empolgantes, emocionantes é a em que o Sullivan mata todo mundo, inclusive John Rooney na chuva com aquela música incrível, de Thomas Newman. E o Rooney, antes de morrer, diz para o Sullivan “Que bom que é você.”

Enfim, se você gostou da review comente, favorite e divulgue. Se não gostou, já sabe NE. E se não estiver a fim de fazer nada do que eu citei. Apenas divulgue isso já ajuda muito. Obrigado, João!

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Looking at the world through the eyes of the protagonist will help to develop a fuller story. This is a basic principle of writing.

Using the protagonist can assist with creating empathy for your themes, your premise, and for your other characters.

Think about Wilson. There is no other inanimate object as well-known and as personified as him. Who is Wilson? He’s the volleyball from Cast Away with Tom Hanks.

Tom Hanks is stranded on an island, and he creates this “person” from the volleyball. At first it was just a joke for him, but as the movie progressed, Wilson had thoughts, feelings, emotions…and an attitude.

Many of us laughed when we saw this, and frankly, I still do, but the creators of Cast Away showed us something as writers that we should heed: anything is important through the eyes of your protagonist.

Your protagonist’s views about the other characters, about herself, and about the world in general all bond together to mold the reader’s thoughts into whatever you want them to be.

How can we use this to our advantage?

Think about that “blank”-of-an-ex-wife. Your protagonist hates her. She’s always doing things to get under his skin, and she would burn the hairs off his head if she had the chance.

Describing her this way makes the reader develop an opinion. With that opinion, we can further develop the plot so that she is even worse than the protagonist imagined, or we can flip the script and have her be quite the contrary, even to the point where the protagonist is the one with the wrong perception.

This is just one example. What’s important is to understand that our readers are always making judgments about other characters and about everything else. Since we know that, let’s look at ways to use these judgments in our novels.