Category: Movies

Finally, “Hellboy” made it to local cinemas, so Olga and I went to see it before my night shift. It is yet another movie based on the comics. Take my opinion with a grain of salt, since I haven’t ever read any comics.

To start simple, the best thing about the movie is music and the worst possible thing is …well… Hellboy. Music was very well timed, atmospheric and moody. I guess it will also make a nice soundtrack CD. Hellboy was terrible. It’s design wasn’t finished, he had terrible words to say through out the movie, and the whole acting thing was totally somewhere else. The only time he shined was when he almost opened the gates of hell, when he had his horns grown back and a cool looking light coming out of his mouth.

There were a lot of other effects. In general, I enjoyed the special effects – they were almost non-stop and nicely done. But the story lacked a lot, so it was getting boring at times to watch just the CG. Scenery was very simplistic too. Three places that should have been shown better were Scotland at the beginning of the film, Moldova almost immidiately after, and, of course, Russia, in the second half of the film. All three were faceless without any real symbols or any decorations what-so-ever. Just a subtitle telling the audience where the action is taking place. Big mistake.

Overall, I’ll give this film a firm 6 out of 10 and I would suggest that you watch it in the cinema. There is nothing there for a small TV.

I’ve seen “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” at home on DVD tonight. It was surprisingly good. Drawing style was very emotional and colourful – something little children like myself like alot. The story is simple but the way it was told was pretty original – there is not much talk in the animationa at all – only a few behind the screen words.

Music was pretty good. Technically pretty nice. The storytelling was pretty good, it was always keeping me interested. Very neat. It is also a very kind film, which is another bonus for kids.

I’ll give it a strong 8 out of 10. If I was any younger it would have been even better. Good choice for home collections of youngs dads like I am going to be very soon. :)

We went to see “Shrek 2” today in the cinema. I have been expecting it for some time now and finally I managed to see it.

When someone tells you that there are two news for you – one good and one bad – which one do you prefer to start with? I’ll start with the good one. Technically this animation is much more advanced than the first part. Emotions are much stronger and they are much more human. Magic stuff looks really magic. Few things are really done unbelievably good – like that kitten’s look.

Now for the bad part. Aethetically this part is much worse than the previous one. The story behind it is simple and boring. Jokes per minute rate is lower. Humor is rather straightforward instead of neat laughts of the first part. Musical accompaniment is much much worse.

Overall, I’ll rate this part as a weak 7 out of 10. Very weak. It is more like 6.5 or 6.6. You can see it at home saving some bucks on the cinema.

“Highwaymen” is a kind of film you get when you go to DVD rentals unprepared. It is supposed to be a hot triller, but instead it is a pretty boring movie with nothing much to it, except for some nice camerawork (in terms of sceneray and angles) and terrible budget that allowed only for like 3 people to participate in the movie, which is much more exciting than “Gerry“. Oh, and I almost forgot the opening titles – they were pretty good too.

The story is very usual and boring – harmed individual becomes a maniac to that tries to harm other individuals. There is no acting in the film what-so-ever. Partially that is because of the whole thing being very empty and simplistic, and partially that is because actors themselves weren’t very interested in the movie. Soundtrack was pretty average.

Overall rating – 5 out of 10. Note to self: have at least 3 movies written down in your phone before getting into the rentals – GPRS doesn’t always just work anymore.

Watched “The Missing” on DVD. There are a million of movies with this title, but this one was recommended by someone to me long time ago. Tommy Lee Jones plays there a wanna-be Apache indian.

The film is very clean and nice, but I don’t like it. I don’t know why. Maybe because it is a bit over longish and boring. It has a nice story, nice scenery and camera work. There are some action bits. A little bit of drama and a touch of romance.

Somehow I wasn’t anchored by this movie. 6 out of 10 anyway, since it’s just not for my taste but good otherwise.