Hey everyone,
Below are my latest movie reviews for "He's Just Not That Into You," "Push" "The Pink Panther 2"
He's Just Not That Into You
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
Released: 2009
Rating: 4 BDK'S (MATINEE VIEWING)
Anyone who has been in a relationship can appreciate a film like this because it just exposes the guts and glory of it all. I can't tell you how many times I shouted out, "That's me", during this film. Besides the marriage stuff, I could relate to every little detail of this movie. Do you know how many times I have waited by the phone for a girl's phone call? This movie explains why. I have waited days upon days, thinking of what they could possibly be thinking. It turns out that girls do the EXACT same thing that guys do. One of the biggest films things this film touches on is the fact that girls go after these jerk type guys because it fulfills some type of fantasy for them. I can't tell you how many times I have asked my friends why girls don't go for the nice guys. My mom always told me to be nice to girls and that eventually I would find someone. It turns out that girls love a challenge. They want someone they can worry about and wonder what he is thinking. If you end up being too much of a "safe choice" to a girl, the relationship loses its steam. Trust me, I can attest to this because I have dealt with it many times before. You don't want someone who is too perfectly into you. You want some adventure, or as society calls it, "The Game." Trust me, I have said this a million times; "I HATE THE GAME," but deep down inside I love it! I was dating a girl once who was completely into me and left me no reason to think she didn't like me. I lost interest in the blink of an eye. There was no game and no adventure. I know it sounds sick to say that but it's true.
I can't tell you the amount of conversations I have had with my best friends about this exact thing. It was just so surreal to see "THE GAME brought to the big screen and I was thoroughly impressed as to how well it was written. I can't tell you how many times I have thought about calling, texting or emailing a girl. With all of these technologies, you kind of lose yourself and you are now backed by a computer. As much as I hated Drew Barrymore's character in the movie, she made the best point. She said that she no longer has to go out and get her haircut to impress a guy. All she has to do is change her Facebook/Myspace profile picture.
The flick is based on an extremely popular book written by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo. Shocker, every girl that I know came out of the woodworks to call me to invite themselves to a screening of this movie. I love being a movie critic when a film like this comes out because EVERY HOT GIRL that I barely talk to, somehow finds my number and calls me to take them to a movie. Well, this one was actually very good. He's Just Not That Into You stars Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Ginnifer Goodwin ("Big Love"), Bradley Cooper (Wedding Crashers, Yes, Man) and Scarlett Johansson.
With an amazing cast and a great script, this movie flies right by. The film clocks in at 2 hours and 9 minutes but they did a great job keeping you entertained throughout. The story has various parts and I don't want to get into all of them because it would take up 2 pages of space. Essentially, the movie revolves around the relationships and marriages of individual characters and how we all go through the same games and questionable periods. We have Janine (Jennifer Connelly) and Ben (Bradley Cooper) as a married couple, but Ben is struggling because he met a beautiful blonde girl named Anna (Johannson) at the grocery store. He feels like she is the one but does he want to jeopardize his marriage. We have Beth (Jennifer Anniston) and Neil (Ben Affleck) who are a couple that have been together for 7 years but Neil won't pop the question and this frustrates Beth to the point where she wants to kick him out. We have Conor (Kevin Connolly) and Alex (Justin Long) who are two guys that just play girls. Connolly is originally involved with Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin) and then she latches onto Justin Long's character seeking dating advice. This is where the majority of the film comes from. The dialogue between Alex and Gigi are the best parts because they are so true. Long's character is a swinging dick-type guy that never gets attached. Can that change? Unless you watch the movie, this will not make sense. The basic gist is that we are seeing realistic relationships and realistic people trying to deal with the day in and day out of being with another person.
Overall, the movie is just a refreshing look into real life relationships. I guarantee you that anyone who sees this movie can relate in some way to these characters. They all have likable characteristics and unlikable characteristics. You will find yourself somewhere in one of these characters.
I literally kept shouting out during the movie. I was like, "THAT'S SO ME!" I actually found myself more compared with one of the female characters played by Jennifer Goodwin, but you will see why at the end. Essentially she was this person who waited by the phone for the other person to call. See, I am past that phase now in my life but I was there. I have felt what her character had felt.
I had two real criticisms about the movie. One was the fact that it tries to be this ANTI-CLICHÉ movie but in the end it turns into a predictable/cliché and sappy love story. That's fine with me though considering the first three quarters were fantastic. I don't mind the sappy love stuff but when you are trying to steer yourself clear of that, I think it would have been better to keep the same groove. Second of all, I hated Drew Barrymore's character. She just didn't fit with all the other characters at all.
I am giving this movie a 4 out of 5 BDK rating because I feel it is a great matinee to see on a date, with your parents or with anyone. Everyone can relate to this movie and that is what makes it so damn good. You will find yourself!
Push
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
Released: 2009
Rating: 
With mediocre expectations going in, the flick's cleverness, great score and wicked fight scenes lead me to recommend this to anyone looking for a good time. The movie impressed me more than anything else. It wasn't that it had great acting or a great script; I was just wowed by it. I enjoyed the "Matrix"-like action sequences that put a new spin on awesome gun usage. When you are watching the flick, you are guaranteed to think of stuff like "The Matrix" or "Jumper", which are the ying and yang of action films. One was a masterpiece and the other was a dud. Someone said to me that the "Push" trailer reminded them a lot of "Jumper" and I can see that considering characters have special powers, etc. If anything, the movie was similar to "Nightwatch" and "Daywatch"; the insanely special effects driven Russian films.
I think a lot of people can agree that Dakota Fanning has been a little ahead of her time. Obviously, the first thing that comes to mind was that movie "Hounddog" she did where she was allegedly raped. To top the weirdness off, there were scenes in this movie where her age became sort of a weird factor for me. Her character would be getting drunk and wearing awkwardly strange short skirts. Did the filmmakers not get the memo that she is only 14 years old? Regardless, she pulled off a relatively decent performance and you can just tell they are trying to age her on the screen. We will watch her grow up on camera, which is kind of cool. I actually had a chance to interview her a couple of months back for "The Secret Life of Bees" and she was a really well spoken and sweet girl. Push stars Chris Evans (from the underrated comedy Not Another Teen Movie, Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer), Dakota Fanning (Man on Wire, The Secret Life of Bees), Djimon Honsou (Blood Diamond, Amistad) and Camilla Belle (When a Stranger Calls, 10,000 B.C. ).
The story is a little on the complicated side but I will do my best to explain it without giving anything away. Essentially, during World War 2, experiments were done on people that created some interesting outcomes. As times goes on these people that have special powers were sought after by a division of the Federal Government, simply entitled "Division." To keep you up to speed, let me fill you in on the special people I am referring to. There are "WATCHERS", which can see into the future. This is the type of character that Dakota Fanning plays. Cassie's (Fanning) mother was taken by Division years ago and she has been trying to get her back ever since. There are "Pushers", which can tell you a lie and then with their eyes, make you believe what is happening. For example, they could tell you that your brother has just been killed and the person standing next to you is the person who did it, which would then lead you to kill that person. They make you believe a lie and it becomes reality in your mind. This is the type of character that Camilla Belle and Djimon Honsou play. Belle's character, Kira, is the only person that has ever tested positive with Division's drug to make an all powerful special being. She escapes from Division causing a big problem considering she is the only person to not die from the power drug. Though, she is the only connection to help Cassie get back to her mother. The other type of character is the "Movers", which are telekinetic. This is the type of character that Chris Evans plays. Nick Gant (Evans) can move objects like his guns or people. He teams up with Dakota Fanning to find a mysterious case that apparently contains the drug used to create this super human that can defeat the Division. There is also the drama that Kira and Nick used to date and what's in that case could possibly save her life. Whatever Division gave her, is slowly killing her. Also, if they find this case, they can over power division and not live under the fear they will get taken ever again.
Overall, the film very much reminded of "The Matrix" but it added a few new tricks that made it able to stand on its own. The trailers were pretty impressive and I would say the film outdid those. There was one particular scene in the trailer where Chris Evans has the guns behind his back and they are floating. I thought something completely different was going to happen than what happened in the movie. Therefore, the trailer actually didn't ruin something for once. It was a perfect tease.
The fight scenes are pretty fantastic. I enjoyed everything dealing with Chris Evans and his two guns. Anytime Evans and Honsou met you knew you were in for some awesome action. Honsou's blonde "bodyguard" character stole the flick though. He was just so amazing and he has two great fight scenes with Chris Evans that were mind blowing. They actually left a lot of the cool action scenes out of the trailer.
Getting back to Dakota Fanning though, what was she doing getting drunk and wearing short skirts? That kind of disturbed me. Otherwise, she did a great job with this movie and you could tell she had a fun time being able to curse and live out a grunge type role.
I would recommend this flick as a rental/matinee viewing, hence the 3.5 BDK rating. I thought it was going to go long in the end but they kind of surprise you. It was one of those feelings where I thought it was going to be over but it wasn't but it ended up being ok. You'll know what I mean when you see the flick. The action scenes will get any fan boy excited and it actually was a relatively decent comic book movie. I would say that there is enough eye candy and clever points in the movie that you will enjoy it. It isn't ground breaking but it was fun to watch.
The Pink Panther 2
Genre: Adventure/Comedy/Family/Mystery
Released: 2009
Rating: 0.5 BDK's (Don't Waste your Time
This movie is so bad that I don't want to waste FOX 5's website space with this review. DON'T SEE IT! I wish I could get my 2 hours back!
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Hey everyone,
I just wanted to post this to the blog. Tony and I did a segment on December 31st with my top 5 movies of the year. Here are the full reviews for each! and Yes, I know there are 6. I had a tie for first!
http://www.bdkreviews.com/08top10.php
Other Years: 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Genre: Drama/Fantasy/Mystery/Romance
Released: 2008
Rating: 
I
am not exaggerating when I say this is one of the best films of all
time. It is perfect in every aspect of filmmaking, i.e. acting,
directing, pacing, editing, make-up, set design, special effects.
Literally, EVERYTHING! What's funny is that Brad Pitt and Cate
Blanchette aren't even the best part of the film. It is the story and
the make-up that really drove this home. I couldn't wait to see how
these characters would look as the time would go on. The movie is two
hours and forty-five minutes long but I didn't want it to end. This
film has one of the greatest resumes of all time. The director, David
Fincher, has never directed a bad film. He has directed
Seven,
The Game,
Fight Club,
Zodiac and
Panic Room. The film is written by Eric Roth who adapted screenplay by F. Scott Fitzgerald (who wrote some book called
The Great Gatsby); who wrote a movie you may have heard of called
Forrest Gump.
The film then stars two of the best actors in Hollywood. One thing I
think people forget is how good of an actor Brad Pitt is. I feel like
his talent gets lost in all the publicity and the tabloids. Go back and
watch
Fight Club,
Snatch,
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford or even
True Romance. The film also stars Cate Blanchette and Taraji P. Henson (
Hustle and Flow).
This
flick has one of the best plotlines I could ever think of. I'll never
forget the first time I read George Carlin's dialogue about living in
reverse. We are born in diapers and we end up diapers. How would it
feel to be able to have all the knowledge of an old man when you are
going into first grade? It is such an interesting concept. The film
revolves around Benjamin Button (Pitt) who was born the day after WW1
ended. He was a curious case though, no pun intended. His mother died
giving birth to him and his father abandoned him to a nursing home
where a woman named Queenie (Henson) ended up taking care of him. He
was born an old man but in baby form. They never officially say how old
he is supposed to be but he had the same qualities as an 80-90 year old
man. As he starts getting "older," he has to learn to walk, etc. He has
arthritis right as he is born. When he reaches the age of 7, he meets a
7 year old girl named Daisy (Blanchette) who he immediately falls in
love with. As the film goes on, we go through the life of Benjamin
Button as he travels the world and gets younger. I don't want to give
anything away but let's just say the film never has a dull moment.
Overall,
all I can say is WOW. The make-up artist on this movie needs to win a
Pulitizer prize. I literally was just sitting there the whole time
trying to figure out how they did the make-up jobs. There were scenes
when Pitt was an "old-young" man and they had his head on a short
person's body. It looked completely flawless.
The story provides
perfection because as Pitt and Blanchett meet at different points in
their lives, one is getting older and the other is getting younger,
which just creates a mind blowing experience. My mind literally felt
like it was blown throughout the entire film.
There was this
continuing comedy bit that played throughout about a guy getting struck
by lightening. It was the perfect balance of comedy to the film's
serious, yet hopeful tone. Though, without giving anything away, I only
counted 6 times! Not a 7th!
Besides the movie being great, it
also has a great message, one that I never really thought of myself. A
character in the film makes a great point that death is necessary
because it helps us appreciate life. It helps us know how much someone
meant to us. That literally makes perfect sense.
Fincher created
a perfect scenery for this film. There was one particular scene where a
submarine and a boat are exchanging fire and it just blew my mind.
Please
go see this movie right away. It is a beautiful theatrical film to see
and I hope that everyone can share this movie with everyone, hence the
5 BDK rating.
If you want to know how they did the make-up and effects in this film, check out this interview:
http://movies.about.com/od/benjaminbutton/a/taraji-hen
son.htmClick here to watch the FOX 5 Morning News segment from 12/25/08 (video)
The Dark Knight
Genre: Action/Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller
Released: 2008
Rating: As
I sit here to write this review, I am honestly speechless because I was
so blown away by what I saw that I don't think I can put it into words.
What can I say about this film that already hasn't been said over the
past couple of months? Well, what I can give you is my opinion. Yes,
Heath Ledger's performance is Oscar worthy. Will he win? Well, the
academy surprises the hell out of me all the time so that's a toss up.
Could this film be up for Best Picture? Yes, it is the best film I have
seen this year by far and I don't think that anything else this year
will top it. I know that is a very bold statement but believe me when I
say this; there is NO WAY you cannot like this film. Is Ledger's
performance better than Jack Nicholson's performance in the original
Batman? The short answer is HELL YES! Blasphemy you say? Well, to tell
you the truth, as my buddy said, they are two completely different
roles, so how can you compare them? The reason you can compare the two
is that they are THE SAME CHARACTER!!! The reason that Ledger's is
better is that it is more of a villain than Nicholson's was. When I
look back on Nicholson's performance, I don't think of it being scary
or violent. I think of it and laugh. When I think of what I just saw
from Heath Ledger in this film, I get sick to my stomach because I
didn't think anyone could ever act like that. Is there a possibility
that Daniel Day Lewis was behind that make-up?
I was just
shaking my head the entire way home. I just don't understand how this
movie could have been so good. It was perfectly crafted, directed,
acted and even SCORED. Hans Zimmer (
Gladiator) wrote an
extremely intense but subtle score which built up perfectly throughout
the film and once you finally get that FULL ON SCORE that you hear in
the trailers, it just moves you to a point where you want to start
crying. Bale is and always will be my favorite Batman out of the entire
series. He plays the part perfectly. One thing that did bother me at
first about his role was the DEEP voice he creates. It does sound a
little over the top at times.
People keep saying and I keep
reading this in articles that Ledger's death is going to cause people
to only remember his character from the film. Let me the first to say
that this is NOT TRUE at all. They balance his role out perfectly. Yes,
he might be the shining light of the film, but as I walked out of the
theatre, I felt that I had a well enough balance in the movie and they
leave you with the BATMAN feel. That is all I will say regarding the
film that does not include the plot.
The Dark Knight has one of the best resumes out there, considering it is directed by the mastermind Christopher Nolan, who directed
Memento and
Batman Begins.
The cast for this film is just beyond belief. One of the major changes
they made was trading out Katie Holmes for Maggie Gyllenhaal. I don't
understand why Holmes wouldn't come back to do this movie considering
it is going to be the biggest movies of the summer. They kept the
character the same though. Even Cillian Murphy (Scarecrow) gets a
little appearance in this movie.
The Dark Knight stars Christian Bale (
American Psycho—if you haven't seen this film, please go check it out,
The Presitge), Heath Ledger (
Brokeback Mountain,
A Knight's Tale), Aaron Eckhart (
Thank You For Smoking,
No Reservations), Morgan Freeman (
The Bucket List,
Bruce Almighty), Gary Oldman (
TRUE ROMANCE,
THE PROFESSIONAL) and a great performance out of Michael Caine.
The
plot line to the film is a little bit confusing and I am not going to
go into too many details because this is a movie that should not be
ruined for anyone out there. You need to see this movie fresh and try
to stay away from as many trailers as possible. The movie opens with NO
BACKSTORY on the Joker and we just meet him as a CRAZY dude just
robbing a bank. This is no secret. These 5 minutes were leaked online
months ago before he passed away. It was at that point that I could
tell his performance was going to REIGN over Jack Nicholson's
performance. This character is RIDICULOUS and doesn't care about
anyone. He just wants to create complete and utter anarchy. Just to
give a little background, Bruce Wayne's (Bale) parents were killed by a
group of criminals and that is why he started fighting crime as The
Batman. He grew up with a girl named Rachel Dawson (Gyllenhaal) and she
was always there for him, as well as his master Alfred (Caine). In the
first film, Batman fought the amazing villain, Scarecrow (Cillian
Murphy), and we were introduced to the fact that the joker would make
an appearance in the sequel because of a playing card that was thrown
out. We also learned that Batman was sought after by the police but he
had a connection with Commissioner Gordon (Oldman) .
Now,
The Dark Knight
starts off with Ledger as the Joker, like I said and the main story
revolves around the fact that Gotham City is all corrupt and all of the
mob bosses are keeping their money in certain banks. The city has a new
DA, Harvey Dent (Eckhart) and he wants to help clean the city up but
not before these mobsters are approached by the Joker (Ledger) to talk
about taking down the Batman so they can't get their money back. So
basically, you have the Joker who is terrorizing the entire city and
doesn't care who dies and you have Batman and the city police trying to
stop him. The Joker has inside people helping out on the police force,
so that makes it so much harder to stop him. Morgan Freeman is back as
Lucious Fox; the main man who creates all of Batman's suits, armor and
vehicles.
Overall, as I sit here and type the end of this review
6 hours after I have seen the film, I still wait in anticipation to see
the film again as if I have not already seen the movie. The movie is
freaking CLASSIC already. Move over EVERY SINGLE movie that has come
out this year! This is one of the darkest films I have ever seen and
Ledger/Eckhart add that perfect dark flavor. Think about a cup of
coffee. They didn't give you any cream or sugar, they just left it
black.
I have to touch on Ledger, as I am sure everyone else
will in their reviews. THIS PERFORMANCE is masterful. You can say to
yourself all you want; "Oh, he's only saying that because Ledger is
dead." Well, you don't know what you are talking about because when you
see this performance, you will be stunned and even forget that the guy
is passed away; God bless his soul. I tried looking for Ledger's face
during the film and you can't see it. You don't even think of Ledger.
He is just The Joker. As my buddy said, he went out on a high note.
This is the performance of his career and I don't know if he would have
ever been able to top that. Every time Ledger was on screen as the
Joker, I couldn't breathe.
Now, some people have been arguing
whether or not you can watch the movie and look past Ledger. You can
and without giving anything away, let's just say that they leave you
thinking of BATMAN as a whole, rather than just his performance. Nolan
did a great job balancing it out.
In the two and a half years I
have been reviewing movies, I have never given a film above a 5 but
this movie warrants that. It is better than a 5. I have given (4) 5's
this entire year so far;
WALL·E,
Wanted,
Iron Man,
Cloverfield.
This is going to be my first 6 BDK of all time because it is ONE NOTCH
above anything I have ever seen. If you don't see this in theatres then
you will have missed out on one of the biggest films in history to hit
the big screen. There are action scenes in this movie that will
literally blow you out of your seat and just make you want to clap.
Click here to watch the FOX 5 Morning News segment from 7/18/08 (video)********************
DON'T READ THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT ANYTHING SPOILED!!!!! P.S. I just
wanted to bring up a scene in particular that struck me. When The Joker
is walking out of the hospital after talking to Two-Face and he has to
blow it up and he is wearing the nurse's suit, I couldn't believe what
I was seeing. It was so bad-BLEEP. Also, when he flips the truck with the
Batpod. Everything was insane. ********************
Slumdog Millionaire
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Romance
Released: 2008
Rating: Slumdog Millionaire
is definitely Boyle's best film to date taking the use of
cinematography, music and storytelling to a new level. On the surface,
this film doesn't seem like it would be that good. The title is very
odd, as well as the story line. I had the pleasure of having Danny
Boyle on my radio show a couple of weeks and the insight he gave into
this film was just astounding. Considering the film takes place in
India, Boyle had never traveled there in his entire life. What is cool
is that Boyle actually had an Indian co-director on set with him to
help with the language barrier. Loveleen Tandan, who co-directed the
flick, was obviously there to help because there are certain areas
where you cannot film in India. Boyle stated in my interview that since
there were parts where you could not roll film, he had to use a camera
that took high quality still pictures and then edit those together to
create motion. You will notice this a lot during the beginning scenes
of the story where the characters are little children.
I am
really pushing for this film to be nominated for some Academy Awards
(not like they matter anyways since it is all political). The main
reason, other than the fact that it is a great flick, is that Boyle
makes a different movie every single time. He never really stays in
that same format. Every movie he has done has been different and that
is probably one of the main reasons he didn't go on to direct
28 Weeks Later (which I thought was better than Boyle's
28 Days Later...). Boyle has done such great films as
Trainspotting,
28 Days Later,
Sunshine,
The Beach and even a kids flick called
Millions. There is nothing this guy can't do and
Slumdog Millionaire
might be his masterpiece. The film doesn't rely on any big stars and
many of them are actually Bollywood stars. The flick stars Dev Patel
(from a show called "Skins"), Madhur Mittal, Freida Pinto (this is her
first major role) and Irfan Khan who plays the police inspector.
The
films story line is really enhanced by how well the story is told. You
have a teenage boy named Jamal (Patel) who has just won 10 million
rupees on the India version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" The
only issue is that the host believes he is cheating. How could a
teenage boy possibly know the answers to all of these hard questions?
Jamal is tortured and then sat down by a police inspector (played by
Khan). As we go through every question on the videotape while he is in
the police inspector's office, we are taken back to when Jamal was a
kid and how he was able to answer every one of those questions. For
example, there is a question about which musician wrote a famous Indian
song. Once that part of the clip is shown, we are taken back to when
Jamal and his brother Samir (Mittal) became slumdogs (which are
basically poor children who work for a boss and beg for money on the
streets). At one point, he was forced to learn this song or he would be
killed and that is why he was able to get the answer right. We the
audience are learning the life of Jamal and his brother while the
police inspector is trying to find out if he is cheating. The audience
is slowly starting to learn though that the only reason he wants to be
on this show is so he can find the love of his life, Latika (Freida
Pinto). Without giving anything away, something happened earlier in
their lives which separated them and now all he wants is to get her
back. The question is whether or not he will make it back on T.V. that
night to answer the 20 million rupee question.
Overall, this is
one of the best films of the year hands down. Every little aspect of
the film works perfectly. One of the best parts of the movie is the
music. If you listen to my interview with Boyle (
click here),
you can hear him talk about his musical choices and how he used MIA for
one of the tracks. You might recognize that song from
Pineapple Express.
The
kid who played Jamal, Dev Patel, did an AMAZING job. MAN THIS KID WAS
AMAZING. Boyle even said he wanted a kid who was the underdog so you
could root for him. Considering a lot of these guys in INDIA are really
buff guys, he wanted someone who was skinny and pathetic so you could
feel for him.
The way this film is shot and edited is one of
the biggest pluses for me. The way he shot the still photographs and
then put them together to create motion for some of the scenes was just
genius. It also has an effect on your emotions because it is shot in
such a way that it almost makes you feel off.
The movie is
extremely intense and very violent at times considering these boys are
living on the streets of India and begging for money, etc. Jamal is the
good brother and Samir is the bad brother so there is a lot of conflict
involved between the two, considering they both want the same girl,
Latika.
This is a film that deserves to be seen in theatres and
is just perfectly done. It will not make any money and that is shame
because it is an independent movie but I will be the first to admit
that I squirted a few tears for the film. The tears were out of sadness
and happiness because the film is so perfectly balanced and takes you
all over the place. Even seeing India shot this way was amazing. I have
only given 7 5 BDKs this year, so please check this out. This is
definitely worth seeing!
WALL·E
Genre: Animation/Comedy/Family/Romance/Sci-Fi
Released: 2008
Rating: For lack of a better phrase,
Wall·E
is truly an animated masterpiece, and that word shouldn't be thrown
around that easily but for some reason I cannot think of a single
problem with this film. The film contains minimal dialogue but has one
of the biggest hearts I have ever seen. The big difference between this
and EVERY other animated film out there is that they didn't have to
sell you with the big named actors doing the voice work. This movie is
all about the characters and not which big named star is voicing your
character. Everyone expects Pixar's movies to be fantastic and they
usually are. With such classics as
Toy Story,
The Incredibles,
Cars,
Finding Nemo,
Monster's Inc,
etc, you have to have pretty high expectations thats the film will turn
out nothing short of great. Well, I am here to tell you that this is
the best film they have done. For a G-rated film, I found it to be very
dark, beautiful, smart and extremely well-written even though there is
not much dialogue. It is all about the emotions that Wall·E is going
through throughout the film. This is one of the first times that I do
not need to sit here and list 100 actors to you or tell you what other
films these actors have done. The stars of the film are Wall·E and Eve
and that is all you need to know. There are 2 small roles by Fred
Willard and Sigourney Weaver. Wall·E is actually done by a sound
engineer named Ben Burtt who is a phenomenal sound designer who has
worked on a bunch of films including
Indiana Jones and some of the
Star Wars films. The female lead, Eve, is voiced by Elissa Knight who also did voice work on
Cars. The film is directed by Andrew Stanton who also directed
Finding Nemo and
Cars. According to Wikipedia, he actually thought of Wall·E before he made
Toy Story.
Wall·E
(or Waste Allocation Load Lifter- Earth-Class) itself is actually a
type of machine that disposes of garbage and makes into a nice tight
and compacted square. The machines were put on earth to make our
garbage piles smaller. Keep in mind that the film takes place in the
year 2700 and humans are no longer living on earth. We are actually
located in space on ships living our lazy lives. We have actually
become so fat and lazy that we don't even walk around anymore. From the
looks of the film, the character Wall·E is the last "Wall·E" left on
earth and he is completely lonely. He cleans up garbage all day long
goes back to his little home, which looked like a garbage truck and
watches old musicals, wondering when he will find his true love. He
also likes to collect certain pieces of garbage that might interest
him. One day a ship lands on earth right where Wall·E lives and lets
out a little flying robot named Eve, whose sole purpose is to go to
earth to find something that might be able to save civilization.
Everything is now run by a company called Buy N Large, which created
all the machines to clean up trash and has basically run humans off the
face of the earth into space. Wall·E immediately falls in love with her
but when she is taken back he decides to follow her because he wants to
be with her. This takes Wall·E on a ride that he will never forget.
When I say the movie is dark, I mean just that. The film opens up with a
28 Days Later
type feel where no one is left on earth. It was pretty insane seeing
something that dark in a G-rated film. You also have to understand that
there is barely any dialogue in the first part of the film. It is just
a bird's eye view of what this machine does on a daily basis and it is
extremely entertaining, funny and sad at the same time watching him
roam around picking up trash and waiting for his true love to come.
Overall,
it is an understatement to say that this is a great film. I was talking
to some critics in the elevator after the film and we were talking
about how people were worried that there was going to be no dialogue.
One critic said there shouldn't have been any dialogue. I would say out
of the entire 96 minute film, there was about 15% of dialogue. The rest
is facial expressions and noises/sounds. The majority of the dialogue
is Wall·E saying "EVE" and Eve saying "Wall·E."
The animation
was stellar. All of the machines looked so freaking real. You could
tell the humans were animated but they did such an amazing job on
Wall·E himself. I felt like he was just another person and I could
relate to everything he was doing. I wanted to reach through the screen
and hold his hand.
The film is downright beautiful and when you
see it on the big screen, you will see what I mean. I have only given
(2) 5 BDK ratings this entire year and
Wall·E is officially my
third 5 BDK rating. This is a must-see and definitely relays messages
about how our society is becoming lazy and fat slobs. In the end
though, all that matters is finding that special someone who makes you
happy. The movie has everything you could want; visuals, comedy,
action/adventure. Please go see this film and don't let the G-rating
shy you away. This is a movie for everyone.
On a side note,
there is a short 4 minute animated film before the movie starts that is
ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS. I believe it was called PRESTO and it deals with
a magician, his rabbit and a magic hat/cone. You will be dying
laughing.
Frost/Nixon
Genre: Biography/Drama/History
Released: 2008
Rating: 
Frost/Nixon
had the same intensity of an action flick but uses the number one
weapon; great dialogue and great acting. I was sitting there watching
this flick and said to my buddy, this is like an action movie with no
action. I felt just as much intensity as I would feel during a horror
flick or an action movie. You really can never go wrong with a Ron
Howard flick but that is not why it is good. Please don't let the name
of the director take all of the credit away. There are so many factors
that went into this film, i.e. screenplay (which was originally a stage
production by Peter Morgan) and the amazing acting performances which
went into this film. I could see this movie being up for Best Picture.
Even the score was phenomenally done by Hans Zimmer (former guest on my
radio program,
The Dark Knight,
Gladiator). This is just
a perfect example of a how a mainstream movie can actually be different
and hopefully make some good money. Yes, it is based on a play but it
was a story I didn't know. Everyone knows the Nixon Watergate scandal
but not a lot of people know how a lot of the details came about. Nixon
had just resigned in 1972, after over 400 million people watched his
resignation on television. I wasn't alive at this point, considering I
was born in 1984, but it is one of those defining moments in our
history that is constantly taught in high schools around the world.
It's funny because we just had a defining political moment in my
lifetime with the election of Barack Obama. It was British talk show
host David Frost who went after him first and this movie tells that
story. The flick stars Frank Langella (
Good Night Good Luck,
Dracula), Michael Sheen (played Tony Blair in
The Queen), Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Sam Rockwell, Oliver Platt and Toby Jones (played Karl Rove in
W.).
I
was reading through a little booklet I received in the mail for the
film and there were some great tidbits about how the idea came about.
Peter Morgan, who wrote the stage play and screenplay, wanted to
explore more of a historical factual story. He had already written such
great films as
The Deal,
The Queen and
The Last King of Scotland.
Then you attach someone like Ron Howard and you got a classic in the
works. According to the booklet, the David Frost and Richard Nixon
interviews "attracted the largest audience for a news program in the
history of American T.V." The best part about that statement is that
talk show host David Frost was British. He wanted to be edgy but was
thought of more as a comedian. He had syndicated shows in Australia as
well as London but was looking for the next big thing. Nixon had just
resigned from the Presidency following the debacle of Watergate and he
proposed to his producer that they get Nixon on the program. Nixon had
not done any interviews post the resignation and Frost knew this would
be costly. He had to offer the President 600,000 dollars and they were
able to negotiate a contract where four 2 hour interviews would take
place and only 25% of which would be Watergate material. See, the idea
was that the ex-President's people thought that because of Frost's
comedic background that this could be used a puff piece but little did
they know that the two other men behind the scenes (Rockwell and Platt)
were going to provide him with information that could make this one of
the most revealing interviews of all time.
Overall, this movie
was so well done and a lot of that is the way the story is told. It is
told around a documentary/film style where we are watching the story as
it is, but Howard also cuts to interviews with the characters talking
about how the whole thing went down. That made the movie seem more
realistic.
Both Frost and Nixon were PERFECTLY acted. Frost
being played by Michael Sheen was done in such a way that you just
wanted him to win so badly. He always seemed so calm and collected but
you could tell something was bubbling on the inside of this character.
I just loved his awkward smile and his facial expressions were always
perfect. Frank Langella (who played Nixon) might very well be the
contender for best actor this year. WHO IS THIS GUY??? This was one of
the sickest performances I have seen in a while and he was just
NON-EMOTIONAL. I don't remember too much of Nixon but I have to say the
character alone was just acted beautifully.
Howard's direction
mixed with Zimmer's score couldn't have been more perfect. Howard
directed this movie very naturally and Zimmer's score kept it going.
There were a lot of scenes where there was just dead silence and you
would just be able to hear your own breathing. You sit there and just
wait for something to happen while you are holding on. Howard did a
great job at creating that intensity, especially during the interview
scenes. Those were so intense because one minute you think Frost might
blow it and then the next minute anything could change.
This is
one of those rare movies where you sit there for 2 hours and the time
just flies by. I wanted to see more!! Howard perfectly edited the movie
and the dialogue couldn't have been better. There were particular
scenes where Nixon calls Frost in his hotel room and they have such an
intense conversation. I will say though that my favorite part of the
movie was Rockwell talking to the camera. There was particular time
where he talks about how vulnerable TV can make a person. The close-up
shots of Nixon are just priceless and tell so much. As Nixon said in
the movie, the sweat on his upper lip made him lose the Kennedy
election.
PLEASE CHECK THIS MOVIE OUT!! It is very intense and
there is no action. It is purely dialogue and just amazing to watch. I
give it a 4.5 BDK rating because I feel it needs to be seen in
theatres!
In Bruges
Genre: Action/Comedy
Released: 2008
Rating: Until
I saw this movie today, I knew nothing about it except for the fact
that it had some big name stars and that someone told me if it was in
the same vein as a Guy Ritchie film. I was deciding on seeing this or
that new Paris Hilton film. I clearly made the right decision. Now, you
can call me an idiot, because I have never heard of BRUGES. Until I saw
the film, I was pronouncing it using the S at the end like a complete
idiot. I didn't know that the S was totally silent. I have never even
been out of this country, except for once to the Bahamas, let alone
going to BELGIUM. Who has ever heard of Bruges? Well, Colin Farrell's
character thought the exact same way I did in the film. Now, you could
almost consider this movie like a running advertisement for Bruges,
even thought Farrell's character is trashing it the entire time. His
sidekick in the film is the one that actually enjoys the place and
makes it out to be somewhere interesting to visit.
In Bruges stars Colin Farrell (
Phone Booth,
Alexander), Ralph Fiennes (
Red Dragon,
The English Patient), Brendan Gleeson (
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,
Gangs of New York) and Clemence Poesy (French actress who has no big US films).
The
film opens up with shots of Bruges and we get a voice over from Colin
Farrell about how he has killed a man and was told by his boss to go to
Bruges with his buddy Ken. Ken (Gleeson) and Ray (Farrell) are both hit
men and they are told to go there to hideout until the dust settles on
this murder. When they initially get to Bruges, you can tell the
Farrell just hates being there and Ken absolutely loves it. They are
under strict orders from their boss, Harry, to stay out of sight and be
completely on the down low. All Farrell wants to do is go out and
drink; shocker. Ken is the smart one though and wants to take a tour of
the city and actually embrace being there. While there, Ray meets a
woman he likes and they start dating. All the while, their dick boss,
Harry (Fiennes) is keeping tabs on them like they are kids. Turns out
that Harry wants Ken to kill Ray for what he did. This isn't really
spoiling anything but about 30 minutes into the movie, we learn that
when Ray did his first job as a hitman, he was ordered to murder a
priest. He did this fine but he ended up killing a young boy as well.
This is the reason that Harry wants him dead, considering he killed a
kid. So now you have this tension between Ray and Ken. You actually
feel bad for Ray because he is so distraught about what happened and
killing the kid was a total accident. You slowly find out that Ken
cannot commit the murder himself, so the boss man has come over to
Bruges to take care of it and he is not too happy about this.
Overall,
the movie moved along extremely slowly, but it was counteracted by the
amazing script and acting. I really thought Farrell was a mediocre
actor, but he gave a hell of a performance in this film. He was just a
cocky drunk Irish guy who loved to talk crap to people and always said
what was on his mind. Farrell and Gleeson's chemistry was perfect.
I
will say though that the star of the film was Ralph Fiennes. He was
freaking amazing. Now, the day before the film, a fellow critic
mentioned that
In Bruges was in the same vein as a Guy Ritchie film (
Snatch,
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels). That got me thinking during the movie and Fiennes' character did remind me a lot of BRICKTOP from
Snatch. He was just a morbidly funny guy that would kill you in a heartbeat.
One
thing that really stuck with me about this movie was how slow the film
would be moving for one second and how fast it would pick up the next.
The movie is mainly all dialogue but you get a sprinkle of some
hardcore violence, especially at the end.
I did notice that this
writer was very politically incorrect. He loved to use racist jokes and
talk about midgets a lot. There is a character in the film played by a
midget, who was basically the butt of all of Colin Farrell's jokes. He
was absolutely hilarious.
For a movie I knew nothing about going
into, it really surprised me and I had a great time watching it. It
isn't the greatest thing ever, but the dialogue is clever and it is
just hilarious to watch Fiennes' and Farrell in these acting parts. I
also really enjoyed the oddball music during the film. I give it 4.5
BDKs because I feel that it is definitely worth seeing in theatres and
it is definitely one of the sleeper hits of 2008.
Thanks for stopping by,
Kevin McCarthy
Hey everyone,
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Valkyrie, Marley and Me, Gran Torino and The Wrestler:
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(4 BDKs)Go see it in theaters if it interests you. Try to catch a Matinee if you are unsure.
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Valkyrie
Genre: Drama/History/Thriller/War
Released: 2008
Rating: With
a movie that had so much potential, Singer delivers high intensity and
action but lacks zero emotional connection to the characters! Everyone
knows that this flick has been pushed back for over a year now but it
wasn't horribly bad. I know there have been mixed reviews recently and
even in the theatre tonight but I thought the film was decent. I just
wasn't extremely impressed with it though. There was a discussion after
the film was over about whether or not people can think of Tom Cruise
as the character he is playing. I personally have not had a problem
with Cruise before but for some reason, I just kept thinking he was Tom
Cruise this entire film. I think a lot of it had to do with the
non-German accent or English language that he was using. It was
interesting because at the beginning of the film, Cruise spoke in
complete German while he was writing a letter. Then, it switched to
English. I am not sure why Singer wouldn't have directed the actors to
speak with at least an accent. Yes, there has been films before where
English is used to tell a foreign story but for some reason, it kind of
bothered me in this one. You all know Singer's work, considering he
directed one of the best films of our time;
The Usual Suspects. He didn't do to well with
Superman Returns but he will never top Suspects.
Valkyrie stars Tom Cruise, Tom Wilkinson, Terrence Stamp, Davod Bamber (who plays Hitler in the film) and Bill Nighy (
Underworld Trilogy).
The
flick takes place in the year 1944, at the end of Hitler's reign during
World War 2. As we all know, Hitler was an awful person and not
surprisingly, there were a lot of Nazi soldiers who felt indifferent
about Hitler's orders and ideas. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom
Cruise) was one of the soldiers who felt completely indifferent about
Hitler. After almost being blown to pieces during an invasion in
Africa, he decides he must honor his country by committing treason and
heading up a mission to kill Adolf Hitler. The majority of the film
takes place in Prussia and Russia right before the Normandy invasion.
One of the big talking points among Hitler and his men at this point in
the war was Normandy. Hitler always had a back up plan and if he were
too be assassinated, he had a back-up army of reservists. When these
men are called upon, mission Valkyrie would be in full effect.
Stauffenberg, who heads up the mission, which included men from the
Nazi army and Politicians, devises a plan to revise Mission Valkyrie in
such a way that the members of the SS would be arrested immediately
after Valkryie is put into effect. Obviously, Valkyrie would be headed
up by the men committing "treason" to their country. In their minds and
probably most American's minds, these men were doing the right thing,
even though it was against Hitler's plan. Now, we all know history and
we know that Hitler was never assassinated. The man apparently
committed suicide. That is not what makes the movie intense though.
What makes it intense is watching Stauffenberg and his men try to
proceed with the mission and the steps they took to try and assassinate
Adolf Hitler.
Overall, my biggest problem with the film was that
I felt no emotional connection to any of the characters. As Robert
Downey Jr.'s character said in
Tropic Thunder, "This scene is about emotionality!!" That is what writer Christopher McQuarrie (who wrote
The Usual Suspects and directed
The Way of the Gun) should have been going for.
Cruise's
character wasn't even the focus of the film. The storyline, which was
great, overpowered everything. I just wished we were a little more
focused on the characters that were trying to execute this
assassination because I wanted to feel their pain. We all hated Adolf
Hitler but I wanted to feel that these men hated him just as much as I
did. I did not feel that.
The film has a ton of positives
though. The action scenes are very intense. Every scene that happened
in the Wolf's Lair, in Prussia, was INSANE. This is where Stauffenberg
would attend conferences with Hitler and his men to discuss their next
moves during the war. I felt like I was on the edge of my seat during a
lot of these scenes.
I was talking with other critics after
the film was over about the editing. I am not sure if the print I saw
was defected but I thought some of the edited choices in the film were
poor.
The film falls because of a lot of cheesy scenes, where
I felt like they tried to force emotion on you but they did not
succeed. There was one particular scene where Tom Cruise's character is
in a room with a bunch of men and they all pull out their secret cards
to show they are with his character. It just felt very over-the-top to
me. Cruise just felt over-the-top to me the entire time. I just wish I
felt more for his character and his cause.
The flick contains
a great story and I just wish it was executed a little better. Like I
said, the action scenes are very good and it does keep you entertained
for the time you are sitting there but once you walk out, you just feel
like it was a decent movie. It wasn't great. I am giving it a 3 BDK
rating because I feel you should wait for the rental. It does not need
to be scene immediately.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Genre: Drama/Fantasy/Mystery/Romance
Released: 2008
Rating: I
am not exaggerating when I say this is one of the best films of all
time. It is perfect in every aspect of filmmaking, i.e. acting,
directing, pacing, editing, make-up, set design, special effects.
Literally, EVERYTHING! What's funny is that Brad Pitt and Cate
Blanchette aren't even the best part of the film. It is the story and
the make-up that really drove this home. I couldn't wait to see how
these characters would look as the time would go on. The movie is two
hours and forty-five minutes long but I didn't want it to end. This
film has one of the greatest resumes of all time. The director, David
Fincher, has never directed a bad film. He has directed
Seven,
The Game,
Fight Club,
Zodiac and
Panic Room. The film is written by Eric Roth who adapted screenplay by F. Scott Fitzgerald (who wrote some book called
The Great Gatsby); who wrote a movie you may have heard of called
Forrest Gump.
The film then stars two of the best actors in Hollywood. One thing I
think people forget is how good of an actor Brad Pitt is. I feel like
his talent gets lost in all the publicity and the tabloids. Go back and
watch
Fight Club,
Snatch,
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford or even
True Romance. The film also stars Cate Blanchette and Taraji P. Henson (
Hustle and Flow).
This
flick has one of the best plotlines I could ever think of. I'll never
forget the first time I read George Carlin's dialogue about living in
reverse. We are born in diapers and we end up diapers. How would it
feel to be able to have all the knowledge of an old man when you are
going into first grade? It is such an interesting concept. The film
revolves around Benjamin Button (Pitt) who was born the day after WW1
ended. He was a curious case though, no pun intended. His mother died
giving birth to him and his father abandoned him to a nursing home
where a woman named Queenie (Henson) ended up taking care of him. He
was born an old man but in baby form. They never officially say how old
he is supposed to be but he had the same qualities as an 80-90 year old
man. As he starts getting "older," he has to learn to walk, etc. He has
arthritis right as he is born. When he reaches the age of 7, he meets a
7 year old girl named Daisy (Blanchette) who he immediately falls in
love with. As the film goes on, we go through the life of Benjamin
Button as he travels the world and gets younger. I don't want to give
anything away but let's just say the film never has a dull moment.
Overall,
all I can say is WOW. The make-up artist on this movie needs to win a
Pulitizer prize. I literally was just sitting there the whole time
trying to figure out how they did the make-up jobs. There were scenes
when Pitt was an "old-young" man and they had his head on a short
person's body. It looked completely flawless.
The story provides
perfection because as Pitt and Blanchett meet at different points in
their lives, one is getting older and the other is getting younger,
which just creates a mind blowing experience. My mind literally felt
like it was blown throughout the entire film.
There was this
continuing comedy bit that played throughout about a guy getting struck
by lightening. It was the perfect balance of comedy to the film's
serious, yet hopeful tone. Though, without giving anything away, I only
counted 6 times! Not a 7th!
Besides the movie being great, it
also has a great message, one that I never really thought of myself. A
character in the film makes a great point that death is necessary
because it helps us appreciate life. It helps us know how much someone
meant to us. That literally makes perfect sense.
Fincher created
a perfect scenery for this film. There was one particular scene where a
submarine and a boat are exchanging fire and it just blew my mind.
Please
go see this movie right away. It is a beautiful theatrical film to see
and I hope that everyone can share this movie with everyone, hence the
5 BDK rating.
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Marley & Me
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2008
Rating: While
the movie was fun and entertaining, don't believe the advertisements
because the film may have one of the most emotional endings I have ever
seen. I can't remember if someone else already said this but they
should honestly have psychiatrists on hand after this film is over so
that they can prescribe people Zoloft as they walk out. People may even
need therapy sessions as they walk out of here. I actually want to
stand outside the theatre the day this film opens so I can see parents
taking their kids to see this film and then their reactions on the way
out. The advertisements make it out to be a feel good movie and while
that might be true for the first hour and a half, the last 20 minutes
are depressing as all hell. My mom has always ranted and raved about
the book, which was written by John Grogan. The book sold millions of
copies and won over a million people's hearts. It was especially
heartwarming if you were a dog lover because, like Grogan feels, a dog
is better than a human and can show you that extreme unconditional love
that you cannot find in humans. The people who have read the book will
be ok with the end of the film but people who hadn't read the book
before hand, like me, will be disturbed.
Marley and Me stars Owen Wilson, Jennifer Anniston and Eric Dane (McSteamy from "Grey's Anatomy").
There
was a special on T.V. recently where they talked about the shooting of
this film and that they had special trainers on set to specifically
train Marley in a bad way. If you have seen the trailers, the joke is
that the dog is crazy and always messing up the house. Apparently they
had specific commands for the dog to do the bad stuff. The story deals
with John Grogan (Wilson) and the two loves of his life; his wife
Jennifer (Aniston) and his amazing lab Marley. When John and Jennifer
picked out Marley, he was the cheapest of all the other dogs and seemed
to be the most calm and collected. Boy were they wrong! John and
Jennifer didn't realize that they would be taking on an insanely
lovable but destructive dog. Anytime this dog hears lightening, he goes
insane! The film takes us through John and Jennifer's life as they live
in Florida. They both work for newspapers, John a columnist and
Jennifer a staff writer. John begins to write a column for his local
newspaper and just makes it as natural as possible; including stories
about his crazy dog and his love life. That soon became the basis for
the book the film is based on. John and Jennifer eventually have kids
that becomes a troublesome time for the both of them.
Overall,
besides the movie being falsely advertised and the ending being a
little extreme, the movie is thoroughly entertaining. It really does
make you laugh to see how destructive this dog is but it is the kind of
destruction that is CUTE.
Owen Wilson really carried this movie
perfectly. I really just assumed that he might have tapped out as an
actor because of his recent issues but he really did bring his A-game
for this movie. He must have really enjoyed the book because he really
just became this guy! The scenes when he would become completely
emotional, you can see his bottom lip start to quiver.
I felt
like they put Jennifer Aniston in this movie just to have a big name.
She was just there really to look at while Wilson and Marley carry the
entire film. She wasn't bad but she was basically her character from
every other movie she is in.
All I want to say is beware of
taking your kids to this movie because it is ROUGH ROUGH; no pun
intended. I wish they would have not shown as much as they did at the
end of this film but it really was a good flick and makes you really
appreciate your own dog, if you have one. I would recommend seeing this
film as a matinee, hence the 4 BDK rating.
One other thing I
wanted to point out was the cool montage sequences. There were these
sequences where Wilson would be narrating about a sequence in his life
and the way they put these together was pretty bad-BLEEP.
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The Wrestler
Genre: Drama/Sport
Released: 2008
Rating: ---
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Gran Torino
Genre: Action/Drama/Thriller
Released: 2008
Rating: ---
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