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maysshortmoviereviews · 3 months

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The Boys in the Boat (2023)

A 1930s-set story centered on the University of Washington's rowing team, from their Depression-era beginnings to winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

A really uplifting and feel good sports drama set in the 1930s. It is predictable but yet still very enjoyable. I really enjoyed it. This is also an excellent movie that you can watch with the whole family.

P.S. I think Callum Turner should throw in his name into the "next Bond" ring. I think he has the potential to make an excellent Bond.

#the boys in the boat #rowing #washington state university #washington rowing #feel good story #true story #Olympics #joel edgerton #callum turner #family movies #family film #sports drama #peter guinness #jack mulhern #Thomas elms #James wolk #Hadley robinson #george clooney #sam strike

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nine-frames · 4 months

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Bambi, 1942.

Dir. David Hand (supervising director) | Writ. Perce Pearce (story direction) & Larry Morey (story adaptation)

#bambi #disney #1940s #animation #coming of age film #family film #10 frames #putting the credits on these early disney flicks is such a pain. so i am only putting the supervisors and for once no DOP or Art Direction #sorry

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oafoa · 1 year

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“She had tricked him. She had made him leave his old self behind and come into her world, and then before he was really at home in it but too late to go back, she had left him stranded there--like an astronaut wandering about on the moon. Alone.”

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motionpicturelover · 1 year

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"Ronja Rövardotter" (1984) - Tage Danielsson

"February Film Favourites" Day 18/28

Very simply one of the greatest family films ever made. Astrid Lindgren's story has been adapted with immense love and care.

The cast is stellar, the costumes have wonderful attention to historical detail, and the locations showcase the Swedish nature beautifully

Also, no matter how old I get I will always find the wild harpies terrifying!

#February Film Favourites #Ronja Rövardotter #Lena Nyman #Börje Ahlstedt #Hanna Zetterberg #Dan Håfström #Allan Edwall #Per Oscarsson #Tage Danielsson #Astrid Lindgren #family film #Swedish film #Swedish cinema #favourite films #fave films #film GIFs #motionpicturelover's gifs

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velvet4510 · 2 months

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wonderfulworldofmichaelford · 1 year

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Is It Really That Bad?

I think I speak for everyone when I say that Jack Black is awesome. Ever since the one-two punch of 2008’s Kung Fu Panda and Tropic Thunder, Black has steadily seen himself rise to becoming a wacky and near universally beloved cultural icon, with zany YouTube videos and roles such as the gay psychic viking musician Helmut Fullbear in Psychonauts 2 and fucking Bowser of all people in The Super Mario Bros. Movie fully cementing his status as one of the most fun actors working today. But this sort of adoration wasn’t always the case.

Sure, everyone loved School of Rock and Tenacious D had a solid stoner buddy comedy film and some amusing songs, but Black’s career prior to the 2010s was pretty spotty and filled with bad and disposable comedies; there’s a reason he’ s playing the character stuck in a rut of making nothing but flatulent fat joke comedy movies in Tropic Thunder, after all. He still had some speedbumps to overcome before he’d reach Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Goosebumps even after his well-received 2008 films, and after starring in a film in 2009 that ended Harold Ramis’ career (and that I’m sure you’ll all vote for me to rewatch eventually), he made a pit stop in 2010 to dent his own career… but it wasn’t just him who suffered thanks to Gulliver’s Travels.

You see, this movie has an interesting bit of trivia to it that s likely the only reason it’s even vaguely remembered at all. Emily Blunt was contractually obligated to star in this film as a result of starring in The Devil Wears Prada, which on its own isn’t all too interesting… But because of this, she had to skip out on being Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While Iron Man 2 wouldn’t have been better with her in it, the MCU as a whole might have benefited from having an actress as good as her as the first superheroine in the franchise. Maybe we could have even gotten a Black Widow movie sooner, and with less awful villains and terrible CGI!

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This is all the film gets remembered for today, if it’s remembered at all: A footnote for the MCU, and one that hurt the careers of its lead actors for a couple of years until they were able to bounce back with more critically-acclaimed films. At best, those into more niche and obscure media might know that this films has a lot of material reworked from a scrapped adaptation of the Prometheus and Bob shorts from Nickelodeon’s KaBlam! It can’t even be remembered as some ridiculously huge bomb, because even with it making less than half its budget back domestically, internationally it managed to double it!

So hey, maybe those international audiences were on to something. Sure, it was critically reviled but it was also successful overseas, so maybe other countries knew something we didn’t here in America. Is Gulliver’s Travels really that bad, or is this a hidden Jack Black gem that America was too hard on?

THE GOOD

I think what really surprised me the most is the set design and costumes. Maybe I’ve just been absolutely poisoned by the non-stop onslaught of CGI as of late, but it was really nice to see some actual sets, actual costumes, and actual effort on display in a movie, even if it wasn’t the most amazing thing out there.

The film also has some very fun sequences, all of them obviously revolving around Jack Black. There’s the scene where he has to put out a fire and, uh, uses his natural hose to extinguish the flame (which is apparently lifted directly from the original book), which manages to be one of the only funny pee jokes in human history thanks to James Corden becoming doused in urine; there’s a scene where JB has to defeat an armada of ships and manages to do it with an accidental counter attack that eerily manages to foreshadow the climax of Kung Fu Panda 2; and there’s a scene where JB is banished to an island where he is kidnapped by a giant girl and turned into a doll in her dollhouse. Fun sequences like this make full use of the world the film has created.

Also, yes, it’s a bit dumb and cringey how one of the major conflicts in the film is solved by Jack Black randomly breaking out into a musical number, but if you’re gonna pay for Jack Black you gotta get him to sing. This one time, I’ll let the corny dance party ending slide—but it’s on thin fucking ice.

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THE BAD

I mean, with both James Corden and T.J. Miller in the film, it’s no surprise there’s plenty of suckiness to the proceedings.

I think the main issue is that the film is too short and doesn’t really do enough with its premise. Now, I’m no expert on the book this is loosely adapting seeing as I’ve never read it, but I feel like they could have done more than just liberally adapt elements for a silly family film, and I also think eighty minutes isn’t nearly enough time to really delve into things. And even having never read it, this is taking one of the greatest pieces of classic literature written by one of history’s sharpest satirists (Johnathan Swift, he of A Modest Proposal fame) and turned it into a wacky vehicle for Jack Black. It’s kind of hard not to feel a bit bitter we didn’t get a straighter modernized adaptation instead of a wacky family film.

Aside from that, though, the worst I can say is that some of the humor is pretty dorky or cringey, and that not a lot of performances really stand out. The former is to be expected from a silly family film like this, but the latter is pretty damn shocking considering the massive amounts of talent in this film. Black is having fun, but his hamming doesn’t always land, nor does his oversaturation of pop culture references; Emily Blunt and Jason Segel are okay, but they feel a bit overplayed and underplayed, respectively; Billy Connolly is barely even trying as the king, but it’s not like he’s given good material; and the rest of the cast are perfectly serviceable but not exactly standout. Everything is just okay (even Corden and Miller, but I hate them so let’s just say they suck).

I think my biggest issue is that even if nothing is done offensively badly here, the film’s story is packed far too tightly with the most expected family film cliches you can imagine. You’ve got a really basic “liar revealed” plot at the core, you have the character getting bad romantic advice from his friend that leads to a third act breakup with his love interest, you have the most shallow romantic arc in the world beside that with one of the most unrealistic reactions you could ever imagine from a woman who has been repeatedly lied to by the guy crushing on her… It’s just really tired and sloppy. You have seen all the plot points here in a dozen better films.

IS IT REALLY THAT BAD?

Maybe it’s just because I was expecting a lot worse, but I honestly found this film to be kind of charming.

Like, sure, it’s not really anything special. It’s just a goofy Jack Black family film, and as far as those go it’s definitely nothing compared to Nacho Libre. But it doesn’t really overstay its welcome, it has a few chuckles, Black gets to sing, and James Corden gets doused in piss, so I can’t say I didn’t find some enjoyment in it. It’s a silly little disposable bit of fluff that’s fun to watch once and maybe put on in the background if you need some noise, and there’s a place for films like that in this world.

But, you know, I kind of get why audiences didn’t vibe with this. Nothing in this movie is as offensively bad as a lot of other family fantasy films of the time, but there’s nothing that really stands out here either. You’ve got some cool scenes, cool ideas, and Jack Black hamming it up, but none of it really ever gels into something great. This is a completely average, somewhat enjoyable, and kind of forgettable film, and I completely understand why it has faded from the public consciousness besides being a bit of MCU trivia. It’s not offensive or bad enough to really bring out intense emotion, but it isn’t good enough to gush about, and Jack Black has been in so many better roles lately that utilize the traits this film is banking on far better that it’s hard to recommend this unless you’re really curious or bored.

That 4.9 is pretty harsh though, honestly. I gave it a 6, mostly because I just found the whole thing endearingly dorky, but realistically I’d say maybe in the mid to high 5 range is where this movie belongs. It’s got plenty of cringey moments and it’s not really mind-blowing, with it relying far too much on cliché plot elements you see in a lot of bargain bin family films, but I think there’s just enough effort on display here to make this a passable viewing experience. As far as corny Jack Black movies go, you could be doing a lot worse than watching this one.

A lot worse.

#Is it really that bad #IIRTB #Gulliver's Travels #Jack Black #review #movie review #family film #fantasy #fantasy film #Youtube

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motherbookerblog · 3 months

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Film Review - Wonka (2023)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. I have to be honest, I was worried about this film when it was first announced. Not only did we not need to know Willy Wonka’s backstory but we certainly didn’t need Timothée Chalamet to play him. It helped when I found out that Paul King and Simon Farnaby were involved. I trusted them after how brilliant the two Paddington movies were. Surely they would be able to…

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#adaptation #animation #British #family film #film blogger #film review #films #musical #Paul King #prequel #reviews #Simon Farnaby #Timothee Chalamet

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jessubear · 7 months

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Bambi, 1942, USA

One of Disney’s greatest achievements, Bambi still holds up well today. It was also the first film to introduce many children to the concept of death, something that modern Disney seeks to tone down for its upcoming live action remake. Though personally I feel that this will remove some of the film’s weight.

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#Disney #Bambi #animated film #family film #Youtube

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arconinternet · 11 months

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Fatty Finn (Video, 1980)

Australian film based on the now-obscure Australian comic strip. You can watch it here, and you can watch the 1927 silent film this film was loosely based on here.

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mythcreant · 2 years

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Balls out adorable, stop-motion horror-comedy, ParaNorman – about a kid who talks to ghosts, and is called upon to save his town from the curse of a wronged witch – fulfilled the prophecy on August 17, 2012.

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maysshortmoviereviews · 5 months

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret (2023)

🎬 Eleven-year-old Margaret moves to a new town and starts to contemplate everything about life, friendship and adolescence. She relies on her mother, Barbara, who offers loving support, and her grandmother, Sylvia, who's coming to terms with finding happiness in the next phase of her life. Questions of identity, one's place in the world, and what brings meaning to life soon brings them closer together than ever before.

📝A really sweet, uplifting and feel good story about growing up, societal expectations, and peer pressure. I absolutely loved it. There is no violence or hate in this movie, just a simple story about a girl with lots of questions. I loved it and I highly recommend it. It's now available on Amazon Prime.

#are you there god? it's me margaret #Margaret movie #rachel mcadams #movie adaptation #kathy bates #growing up #wonder years #dawson's creek #feel good #family film

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nine-frames · 5 months

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