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28 March 2008

Sweeney Todd - Sweet Revenge Turns Bitter

Tim Burton has been making unique movies, most of them are artistic if not odd, gothic-themed, and colourful. Some of his greatest works are The Nightmare Before Christmas, Batman Returns, Sleepy hollow, Planet of the Apes, Edward Scissorhands and many more. Now he returns with his newest movie, again with Johnny Depp as the main actor, in a surreal atmosphere combined with melancholy musical tunes.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a movie adapted from Stephen Sondheim's musical based on the 19th century legend of Sweeney Todd. It is a story of a barber who returns to London from imprisonment of false charges. He returns with vengeance after his wife and daughter's suffering at the hands of Judge Turpin. He then met a widow who later helps him seek his vengeance by mutually giving him her place to become a barbershop, and in return Sweeney gave her "meat" from the dead customers which he killed for her declined pie business. The story goes until he finally get his revenge, but soon he realised that his revenge is actually a mistake (I am not going to give a spoiler for the rest of the storyline here).

Sweeney Todd is a musical drama, but don't get wrong, maybe what you think of musical drama is like The Sound of Music or Disney's Enchanted, and if that's what you think, you'll be totally wrong. Sweeney Todd is a very dark musical drama, sadistic, bloody, and full of sorrow. It was set in a dark side of London, which I would say that the atmosphere is like Sleepy Hollow or Edward's Scissorhand. Despite of excessive gore in this movie, I found it is artistic than loathsome. And the music itself is entertaining and operatic, which fits the theme.

This movie is surely another great work from Tim Burton. I love this movie for it's uniqueness, great storyline, and great musical performance by the actors. And I would recommend this movie to anyone (except children) especially who seek an alternative musical drama movie.

07 March 2008

Paprika - If Only Nightmares Come True..

Paprika is an anime movie which take story about a beautiful therapist named Chiba Atsuko and a genius scientist Tokita Kosaku who work for a psychological institute. They invented DC Mini, a device which allow someone to see patient's dream. However, this prototype device has been stolen and the worse thing is that the dreams of all patients starts to merge, corrupting other people dreams, devouring human minds, and in the future all mankind will start to lose control of their mind.

Knowing a dangerous situation ahead, Chiba starts to investigate the source of the problem by entering her patients mind using her alter-ego, a cheerful girl named Paprika. With the help of Toshimi Konakawa (A police detective, which is also her patient) and Dr. Torataro Shima, they try to save people's mind from these terrible dreams and find the one who is responsible for all the trouble.

In my opinion this movie is very exceptional and different from other anime movie. Paprika has a deep and very intelligent story. It's not a childish anime movie like Naruto, Samurai X, Dragon Ball Z etc. but rather more alike to like Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis. In terms of graphic and storytelling, it is very artistic and have a compelling story which keep you thinking of how it will end. Moreover, I like the soundtrack of this movie, it was composed by Japanese electronic artist Susumu Hirasawa (I also included the link to the song below). In conclusion, if you like sci-fi movie, you should watch this movie even though you are not an anime lover.

Here are some screenshots from the movie:

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03 March 2008

Stardust - Fantasy for Everyone

To be honest, at the first time I saw this movie title, I was a little bit turned off. I am not someone who like fairy-fantasy themed movies. Because most of them are for kids, boring storyline, predictable ending, and just too "soft". So, the only reason I watched this movie is because I saw it got good reviews in Rottentomatoes.com.

Straight to the plot, there are two planes in England, one is the real one, and the other is a magical kingdom of Stormhold. Between these two territories, there is a very long wall which are build to separate these two lands. No one has ever cross that wall until a curious young man from a small village in England did that. At the other side, he met a beautiful princess, and a boy was born.

The story then focused on the boy (named Tristan), who now is 18 years old (played by Charlie Cox). He accidentaly ventured across the wall once again because of his will to get the fallen star (which fell in the opposite of the wall) for his first love. The star (named Yvaine) itself is actually a woman (played by Claire Danes) who then tried to get back to her home at the sky. At the first time they met, Tristan only think about how to get Yvaine and show her to his sweetheart. But as soon as the story complicates, Tristan decided to protect Yvaine from danger which surrounds her. Yvaine is actually hunted by an evil witch (played my Michelle Pfeiffer) who wants her heart to have eternal youth and Stormhold princes who want her necklace in order to be officially crowned. In their adventure, they also met a fierce captain named Shakespeare (Robert De Niro) but soon it was revealed that he was actually very kind and soft.

Stardust gives an adventure not like other fairy tale movies did. It is very funny, imaginative, mind blowing and very satisfying. It is a movie about everyone's fantasy, great for kids to adult.

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25 February 2008

Rescue Dawn - A Movie About Survival

There are many movies about Vietnam War. Most of them shows the might of US military soldiers and commanders, their courage, or Vietcong's atrocity literally. Rescue Dawn, a movie by Werner Herzog tells a Vietnam War story in a different way. A young pilot named Dieter Dengler, who is stranded somewhere in Laos after his plane is shot down. After he was captured, he was put in a captive camp where he met several fellow prisoners, which some of them are Americans. Tortured physically and psychologically, he tried hard to stay alive and escape from the camp. He shows his courage by having a strong will to return home and survive while every hope seems to fade away.

Filmed in Thailand, Rescue Dawn recreates a jungle environment where Dengler was captured and imprisoned. Director Werner Herzong is a perfectionist, he could creates a feeling like you are really in there, with all the jungle sounds, heat of the sun, and the most important, it's like you feel the sufferings that Dengler had.

Christian Bale acted very well. He could recreate a feeling of a prisoner with no hope, but because his optimism, he can survive the challenge. He even had to lose some weight to make his appearance looks like a starving captive. I think most of the scenes, he did it himself; like fighting with a snake, dragged with a buffalo, and even the scene where he must eat maggots (It's very disgusting! Just like Fear Factor). However, because Dieter Dengler is actually born in German, he should have a strong german accent, not american accent that Bale spoke in this movie.

There's a good morale in this movie where one must have a strong will to achieve something. It's shown by Dieter where he never surrender to fate. Overall, Rescue Dawn is a very good movie, it has good values, atmospheric experience, and a satisfying ending. I would really recommend this movie!

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20 February 2008

Beowulf - A Next Step in 3D Animation

I've just seen this movie from a XviD. At first, I was interested of this movie because it has epic battles, heroic story, medieval theme, and great cinematic trailer which reminds me to the award-winning Lord of the Rings series. A kind of movie which I haven't seen for quite some time since Troy.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis, A creative director which has produces many great movies like Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, and The Castaway. Beowulf take a story about Swedish (Geatish) legendary hero named Beowulf, who battles demons in Gothland around 500 A.D. The legend are written on a poem, said that he killed a monster named Grendel and his mother. By his victory he then became the king of Gothland (Denmark) for over 40 years. Before his death he fought a giant dragon, but the battle costs both the dragon and himself.

My first impression of the movie is that this movie is very unique. It combines a 3D animation with real actors (CGI). I've never seen a movie like this before and I thought that Beowulf is kind of epic movie like Lord of the Rings or Narnia. The last time Robert Zemeckis 3D animation movie was The Polar Express, which is completely cartoonish look (just like Shrek or Toy Story). Beowulf is played by real actors, then the scenes are rendered and reanimated in 3D creating a new experience in movie history. Unlike The Polar Express which has flaws in animation and models quality, Beowulf is very beautiful. It is technically very advanced and well polished making it looks almost perfect, just like in reality.

Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, John Malkovich, and Angelina Jolie acting in this movie are amazing and natural. I really like seeing actors modelled and animated in 3D, and by seeing this movie, it's just like your imagination comes true! I must admit there are some flaws in the animation which make you sometimes feels like watching Shrek but with real actors. But with great visual effects and beautiful panorama that you see, this movie really blows your mind! I would really recommend this movie. It's a movie that you never seen before. A next step in 3D animation & technology, and an great epic story.

Fans of Lord of the Rings movie should like it, although it is not recommended for young children (I say that it may be the bloodiest 3D animated movie ever). But overall, this movie rocks!

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