Jumper

A genetic anomaly allows a young man to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between “Jumpers” and those who have sworn to kill them. [Source: Yahoo! Movies]

I am a little disappointed with this film. It is one of those movie with a good concept gone to waste because of a poor plot. The movie ended with a slight hint that a second part might actually be on the way. This might actually be a good opportunity for the film to redeem itself. However, I don’t think I am eager to see a sequel in the near future.

Also, the protagonist’s careless, stupid, arrogant, and naive character only added to the reasons of why I dislike the movie. The story opens to a Jumper the possibility to land anywhere, anywhere except my list of favorite movies.

Sweeney Todd

Director Tim Burton seems to have a habit of releasing gothic themed movies for Christmas. Fortunately, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street came as a good treat.

I will not play critique here but I did enjoy the film and would want to grab a personal copy of it. Songs like “Not When I’m Around” and “Pretty Women” have been playing in my computer and in my head for more than a week now.

Burton have successfully mixed class and gore and I guess not all people can appreciate that. Imagine the actors singing classic songs while blood squirts all around the room? That is Sweeney Todd who was on for a killing spree after he failed to perform revenge on the judge who accused him falsely in order to steal his beautiful wife. Not even those who had PA hair transplants will be spared from his blades.

I may become hesitant of going to a barber alone and in eating meat pies but surely; I will not mind seeing the film all over again.

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Ratatouille

We originally plan to watch The Simpson’s. However, arriving at the cinema, we discovered that it shares screening time with Harry Potter. The former runs from opening up to 3:30 in the afternoon while the latter takes the rest of the slot.

I do not like rodents. Especially those who do not cower away when shooed by humans. With the germs that these creatures carry with them, the thought of contact with human food is equally dreadful. That is why I never had the inclination to watch Ratatouille. Fate however, do have her way.

You must not let anyone define your limits because of where you’ve come from. Your only limit is your soul. What I say is true, anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be great.
~ Auguste Gusteau ~

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Transformers, The Live Movie

I went to see the movie last Saturday just to kill time and I was expecting to leave the cinema disappointed with the film. You see, based on the trailer, I concluded that the story will focus more on the human characters and that the Transformers will just be like an icing on a cake. But boy was I proven wrong!

The Story
Though some may complain that there were few Transformers in the movie compared to the number of human actors, I can say that their number were enough to keep the action going. The action and suspense build up was great and there were no dragging moments, or non that I remember. They also did a fine job of injecting some funny moments for the Autobots and Sam. Though this is the first of a series, the story ending will not leave you hanging. It had a good closure. I felt satisfied when the ending credits rolled up.

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