Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Gimmie Shelter


It's more of a plea for help.

It's one of those movies that makes you so angry at the world and how things work, as you meet this character that seem so aggressive yet so desperate for help and is trying to run away from the first scene, she dashes out of her mother's place to go find her father with nothing but an address on an old letter he sent her when she was born 16 years ago.

She keeps reminding herself that she can do this and that she is fine, even though she's the furthest thing from being fine at all.

Nothing ever comes easy, the journey there is rough and she gets man handled and thrown out of a taxi for not having enough cash for the ride, or so the driver says, then having to find a bus to take her, then when she finally reaches the place, she gets busted as if she was a criminal and gets pushed to the ground and cuffed, this is one brutal scene, not to mention the rest of the movie.


I don't want to ruin it for you but it is one of those movies that you just want to watch in one breath as you are terrified for what's going to happen next to the poor girl "Apple" how is she going to survive and strive against all this, meanwhile her so called mother is out to get her.

You have to develop some tears while watching this, if you've not cried at the end of it. The amazing bond a mother forms with its baby before it's even born is purely heartwarming and amazing, how a little girl can be so strong willed and protective of something she haven't met yet and doesn't know what it is, yet decides it's all what she has in the world.


The ultimate, love and sacrifice is that of a mother, which Vanessa Hudgens portrays beautifully, wouldn't have thought she had it in her, it was really brilliant to see her transform into "Apple", however, in every good movie there must be something that destroys it, let's talk about Brendan Fraser what the hell is he doing in this movie, I felt as if he's trying to get emotions, and he looked out of place the whole time. Unlike Rosario Dawson who slayed her role, for a minute there I was scared of her and believed that she was a druggie and an abusive mother, the way she talked, the way she walked, it was perfected.


I think this movie might be underrated, I have been eyeing it for a while and I just never got to watching it, I wonder if others did that too, I've not met anyone who've seen it, have you ?

Thursday, 9 February 2017

Bridget Jones is having a baby

The title of this movie speaks more about it than the movie does. I don't know what I was expecting from it, yes they have a good cast and everything, and however it was just a flop.

I don't know if it's me or if Renee's British accent is just too fake, I couldn't believe a word out of her mouth, and I couldn't watch the movie while looking straight at the screen as the way she says "uh" or "oh" is utterly repulsing to watch, even though her fashion changes seemed to get better, until the end when she gets locked out and is drenched in water, she was wearing the ugliest coat I've ever laid eyes on.

Bridget just seemed stunned throughout the movie, it was too awkward, I wasn't pleased with it, the only thing good was the tension between the two fathers to be Mr. Darcy and "Derek" and yes throughout the movie in my head he was Derek, till like the last 10 mins of the movie did I find out he was called Jack I think, still not sure about the name.

And speaking of Mr. Darcy old age has certainly caught up with him which is sad, still very handsome though, still trying to be stern, rescues the girl at the end. Classic carrying her all the way to the hospital, let's not forget the great entrance by folding the pregnant Bridget while being carried by 2 men (since Mr. Darcy is too old to do the job himself) Derek came to prove his presence and he just happens to be passing by the same street they're walking in and helps in carrying her and cramming her through the revolving door as they all tried to fit in one partition at the hospital.

Oh and one last thing too, that twist at the end the one they make you unsure who the father is and who is she marrying, I as a viewer was certain the camera wants to play a trick when they passed her by Derek first at the alter before they reveal Mr. Darcy, seemed like a pathetic attempt really to try and add a last second suspense.

This movie definitely doesn't compete with the previous sequels, even though they weren't that good themselves, however they were funny at times and had much cuter scenes in comparison. I think they took a very long time to make this sequel it should have been done years ago, since the other two were released in 2001 and 2004, waiting till 2016 is just too damn long. Hugh Grant definitely knew what he was doing when he passed on this movie.

Last but not least, why the hell did they make the movie 2 hours long?? The whole story could be said in 2 minutes, why take 2 hours to present it, it was very long for a supposed romantic-comedy.