PatW
Screenwriter
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- Dec 25, 2003
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- Patricia
01/07 Beowulf & Grendel (2005) 3.5/5
The old English poem is brought to life in this story of man against beast in which Beowulf is pitted against the troll Grendel. This is a well thought out story with great acting and beautiful cinematography. The characters are well drawn out and what I especially like is the fact that Grendel isn't completely the villian here but has reasons for his murderous ways. What prevented me from giving this a higher rating was the modern dialogue which completely took me out of the story. Reminds me alot of the 13th Warrior, an adaptation of Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead which I'm sure was based on the Beowulf legend.
01/07 Terminator Salvation (2009) 3.5/5
I think this movie gets unfairly bashed by Terminator fans who feel it doesn't follow what came before. Certainly it's exciting enough with good special effects. If you forget the other Terminator movies it's a fairly decent Sci-fi/Action film. The weak link here is the character, John Connor as played by Christian Bale. The more interesting character is Marcus Wright as played by Sam Worthington. It was interesting watching his journey from cold blooded killer on death row to descovering his humanity at the end. To me John Connor just seemed like a throwaway character even though he's important to the terminator saga. In this movie it didn't seem that way. It was cool seeing the CGI Arnie robot. You have to overlook alot of things in this movie but despite that I found it enjoyable enough.
01/07 Forbidden Planet (1956) 4.5/5
It was bittersweet watching this movie again having just recently lost two of its principal actors Leslie Nielsen & Anne Francis. This is probably one of my favourite sci-fi movies from the 50's, innovative for its time. Adams and his crew are sent to the planet Altair to discover the fate of a group of colonists that were sent 20 years prior but haven't been heard from. On the planet they discover only the lead scientist, his daughter, a robot and a murderous electrical creature that seems to be responsible for the deaths of the other colonists. Fascinating story with great acting and some comedic bits courtesy of the robot. Very unique well thought out movie for its time. On the bluray there is a great documentary called Watch the Skies about the 50's Sci-fi movies and how they affected directors Spielberg, Lucas, Scott and Cameron.
01/08 Monsters Inc. (2001) 4.5/5
Not much to say about this one other than the short, For the Birds is worth the price of this movie.
The old English poem is brought to life in this story of man against beast in which Beowulf is pitted against the troll Grendel. This is a well thought out story with great acting and beautiful cinematography. The characters are well drawn out and what I especially like is the fact that Grendel isn't completely the villian here but has reasons for his murderous ways. What prevented me from giving this a higher rating was the modern dialogue which completely took me out of the story. Reminds me alot of the 13th Warrior, an adaptation of Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead which I'm sure was based on the Beowulf legend.
01/07 Terminator Salvation (2009) 3.5/5
I think this movie gets unfairly bashed by Terminator fans who feel it doesn't follow what came before. Certainly it's exciting enough with good special effects. If you forget the other Terminator movies it's a fairly decent Sci-fi/Action film. The weak link here is the character, John Connor as played by Christian Bale. The more interesting character is Marcus Wright as played by Sam Worthington. It was interesting watching his journey from cold blooded killer on death row to descovering his humanity at the end. To me John Connor just seemed like a throwaway character even though he's important to the terminator saga. In this movie it didn't seem that way. It was cool seeing the CGI Arnie robot. You have to overlook alot of things in this movie but despite that I found it enjoyable enough.
01/07 Forbidden Planet (1956) 4.5/5
It was bittersweet watching this movie again having just recently lost two of its principal actors Leslie Nielsen & Anne Francis. This is probably one of my favourite sci-fi movies from the 50's, innovative for its time. Adams and his crew are sent to the planet Altair to discover the fate of a group of colonists that were sent 20 years prior but haven't been heard from. On the planet they discover only the lead scientist, his daughter, a robot and a murderous electrical creature that seems to be responsible for the deaths of the other colonists. Fascinating story with great acting and some comedic bits courtesy of the robot. Very unique well thought out movie for its time. On the bluray there is a great documentary called Watch the Skies about the 50's Sci-fi movies and how they affected directors Spielberg, Lucas, Scott and Cameron.
01/08 Monsters Inc. (2001) 4.5/5
Not much to say about this one other than the short, For the Birds is worth the price of this movie.