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nxsmss · 3 years

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Movies I watched in February

fyi, I have zero knowledge on how to professionally rate or review a movie. I am not gonna pay attention to every little detail. these rating are simply based on how much I enjoyed/liked the movie

Follow me

Unhinged

In Time

Avengers Age of Ultron

Songbird

Star Trek

Step up all in

Project Almanac

Ant Man

Space Sweepers

Christiane F.

Jurassic World

Jurassic World the fallen kingdom

1. follow me

A social media personality travels with his friends to Moskow to capture new content for his successful vlog. Always pushing the limits and catering to a growing audience, they enter a cold world of mystery, excess, and danger.

starring: Keegan Allen, Holland Roden, Denzel Whitaker, Ronen Rubenstein, Pasha D. Lchnikoff

the end was very predictable and i pretty much already knew halfway through the movie what was gonna happen. but it still was quite thrilling and I did enjoy watching it

6.5/10

2. unhinged

After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes becomes the target of his rage.

starring: Russel Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Batemen

hm idk, I didn’t really like it, my sister didn’t really like it but my mom did, I think. it just seemed so, no overdramatic but just too much in a way

3/10

3. in time

In a future where people stop aging after 25 and need to buy time to live, the rich become immortal while others cease to exist. So, Will is on the run with a hostage in a desperate bid to survive.

starring: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde, Alex Pettyfer

yes, such a good movie. Ireally like the concept. can recommend

7/10

4. avengers age of ultron

When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it’s up to Earth’s mightiest heroes to stop the villanious Ultron from enacting his terrible plan.

starring: Robert Downy Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johanson, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Paul Bettany

hell yes, one of my favourite marvel movies. Wanda and Pietro.. Hawkeye.. all the little jokes throughout the entire movie and of course the scene where everyone tries to lift thor’s hammer, what’s not to love about this movie

10/10

5. songbird

In 2024 a pandemic ravages the world and it’s cities. Centering a handful of people as they naviagete the obstacles currently hindering society: disease, marital law, quarantine, and vigilantes.

starring: K.J. Apa, Sofia Carson, Demi Moore, Bradley Whitford, Peter Stromare, Alexandra Daddario, Craig Robinson

I really enjoyed watching this. yeah sure, the ending was obvious but I was still glued to the screen. I also felt super weird watching this, kinda surreal because we are basically living a more harmless version of this rn. I really liked seeing sofia carson in such a movie, I’ve only seen her in the descendants so this was a bit of a change haha. I’m not that big of a fan of kj but he was great as well and i really loved his characters style.

7/10

6. star trek

The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father’s legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.

starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Carl Urban, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Zoe Zaldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin

I put it on because I wanted to have some background noise while playing sims but I ended up playing like 20 minutes and then just watching the movie haha I forgot how good it was, and the others as well, aaand I totally forgot carl urban was in it, so that was a little surprise. anyways, can recommend watching them if you’re into sci-fi action movies but at the same time, if you’re into that I’m pretty sure you’ve already watched them.

7.5/10

bonus: I also watched star trek beyond the other day but this time I was barely paying attention so I can't really say too much, but it's also quite good👍🏻

7. step up all in

All-stars from the previous Step up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.

starring: Ryan Guzman, Briana Evigan, Adam Sevani, Misha Gabriel Hamilton, Sephen Stevo Jones, David Schreibman, Mari Koda, Alyson Stoner, Izabella Miko

definetly one of my favourite dance movies. highly recommend it!! I’d like it more without the romancde but it’s fine, I guess, I can live with it haha and the last performance... wow just wow that’s all I can say to that. y’all go watch it

9/10

8. project almanac

A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.

starring: Jonny Weston, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Sam Lerner, Allen Evangelista, Virginia Gardner

okay... I did enjoy watching it! the beginning was a little slow imo but then it just got more and more intense which was kinda nice. god, at some point the main guy kept making the wrong decisions and that was very frustrating to watch. the ending was alright, spoiler ahead (I guess) I would have liked the ending more if it was the exact same as the beginning, meaning that the movie is just one big time loop and the events from the movie were about to repeat themselves. but that's just my opinion🤷🏻‍♀️

6.5/10

9. ant man

Armed with a super-suit with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, cat burglar Scott Lang must embrace his inner hero and help his Mentor Dr. Pym, plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

starring: Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll, Michael Pena, Bobby Cannavale, David Dastmalchian, T.I.

another one of my favorite mcu movies. it's just fun and easy and doesn't have a lot of pain in it. the giant ant it's my favorite part haha I want it as a pet

9/10

10. space sweepers

Set in the year 2092 and follows the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory. When they discover a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal.

starring: Song Joong-Kim, Kim Tae-ri, Seon-kyu Jin, Hyang-gi Kim, Richard Armitage, Ye-Rin Park

I really loved this movie. I cried like 6 times haha, which came unexpected. (or maybe it's because I'm suppose to get my period any day now) I did not think I was going to enjoy this movie as much as I did, at all. it was fun, it was exciting, it was sad (even my dad said that) the plot was good, the visual effects were amazing, it did feel like I was watching this movie for like 5 hours but not in a bad way and I am now kinda emotionally attached to the characters haha (I might do a rewatch). another thing I really liked was the language/synchronization. in the original version they speak mostly korean and english but also some other languages and it's the same in the synchronizations. the dialogue of the main characters is in the language you pick but every other character (I guess) is a different language and I absolutely love that. I highly recommend watching this!!

also, its was super weird seeing Richard Armitage not as a dwarf hahaha

10/10

11. christiane f.

A teen girl in 1970's Berlin becomes addicted to heroin. Everything in her life slowly begins to distort and disappear as she befriends a small crew of junkies and falls in love with a drug-abusing male prostitute.

starring: Natja Brunckhorst, Thomas Haustein, Jens Kuphal, Christiane Reichelt

I binged the series the other day and after the last episode this movie was in the "watch next" thingy idk and I thought "well, why not" and watched it. good movie, definitely!! I really liked that they didn't show the highs of doing heroin but focused on the negative effects it has on someone and what it's doing to your body. it is a super realistic but very very dark movie. the actors were all about 15/16 years old and looked very young which was a good and kinda disturbing thing because christiane and her friend were like 13/14 when that all happened and it made you realise that there were kids doing all that stuff

9/10

12. jurrasic world

A new theme park, built on the original site of Jurassic Park, creates a genetically modified hybrid dinosaur, the Indominus Rex, which escapes containment and goes on a killing spree.

starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty simpkins, Nick Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Vincent D'Onofrio

13. jurassic world fallen kingdom

When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.

starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith, Daniella Pineda, Isabella Sermon

I am tired and don't really want to say all that much other than both of them are very good and I do like them. good action/adventure movies. can definitely recommend them. I definitely like the first one more because it feels like (just a little bit) that the main story in the second one is the same as in the first one, someone creates a new dinosaur species to make more money and something goes terribly wrong along the way. but it's still entertaining!

jurassic wolrd: 7.5/10

jurassic world fallen kingdom: 7/10

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jacobsmith321 · 4 years

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The Personality of the Characters.

It’s good to talk about the history and how much you love the films...but that doesn’t mean much unless you explain why there’s so much charm. The reason why the films also work are because of the characters that are written in, the quirks and redeemable or possibly irredeemable traits they carry.

Aardman has created a LOT of diverse personalities and why they work so well with one another or against each other, is due to a combination of realism along with fiction. The realistic likes, dislikes, quirks and lovable aspects, fused within a made up world, where anything can happen.

Examples

Wallace and Gromit

Wallace and Gromit’s dynamic is that of being best friends (more than master and owner, plus dogs are “man’s best friend”). They read together, eat together and work together. They both work average jobs and man very complex inversions that allow them to make simple tasks !easier” with such needless devises and ridiculous strategies (but they work), for simple tasks such as washing windows, baking bread or pest control. This part of their dynamic makes them interesting because they could make almost anything they wanted and their next mundane task can be taken to a hilarious and grand level.

As to how their personalities make them so great, takes that previous concept to a whole new level. Wallace is your typical stereotypical Brit; Wallance loves to drink tea, relax, read the newspaper and speaks in an old timely accent, having words like “chum” or “lad”. He even has mild mannerisms to not raise his voice, be patient and take it easy. But this personality trait can also make him very unaware of his surrounding, almost leading to him causing accidents accidents or forgetting very important tasks. This also leads him to being very unaware of danger and leading to a situation getting out of hand unintentionally. He’s a genius but not very smart. He’ll fall for almost any lady or believe someone too quickly. Also, he’s crackers for cheese and it’s his weakness and it adds that little quirk in his personality which shows how human and life like he is. His big cheesy grin and way he holds his hands up, shows he’s a very friendly and lovely chap.

This is where Gromit comes in. His personality is the exact opposite; he’s always got Wallace’s back no matter what. He’s the first one who’s always aware and suspicious of a situation. Gromit’s just like Wallace where he’s calm and wants to relax but when trouble’s afoot he needs to put down the cuppa and put on a fresh pot to see what’s going on. He may save Wallace from dangerous robot dogs, a hunter who wants to steal back his girl, a crazy bread baking serial killer or even a thieving penguin. Gromit’s a dog so he doesn’t speak or have a mouth but that’s the beauty of his design. You get everything from the expression of his eyes, movements and action alone. You can tell exactly what’s thinking and what his train of thought is, like rolling his eyes means he’s sighing, the slight moody with a lifted brow is suspicion or squinting his eyes with a lifted brow means he’s embarrassed...it just works. His quirkiness is that he’s still a dog, so he can’t be understood no matter how many times he tries to point something out and does become the butt of the joke when one of Wallace’s inventions needs something done or goes wrong, He’s still got chew toys, record labels like Puppy Love and still gets things like collars or leads.

Wallace is the comic relief and Gromit is the straight man (a person who has to be the mature and non-jokey person in the group). They make a perfect comedic duo, are always there one another and are 2 of Britain’s most iconic characters.

Feathers McGraw

Out of all the villains in British animation, this has to be one of the most scariest and hilarious ones. Feather McGraw was introduced in the Wallace and Gromit episode “The Wrong Trousers” where Wallace and Gromit have a new person renting a room in their house but when Wallace gets a new pair of techno trousers, all becomes hectic. The new person renting their room is Feather McGraw (a penguin) who is actually a master thief who wears a chicken hat in his crimes to not get caught when he takes it off. Feathers uses Wallace and the techno trousers to steal the diamond but thankfully Gromit had caught on to him and after a complicated heist and dramatic train scene, they Feathers and sent him to...a zoo.

Feathers works as a villain in the context of Wallace and Gromit because he’s a goody little penguin with a silly chicken hat...but that doesn’t make you laugh honestly. Due to his emotionless look, lack of expression and subtle movements made, you get this off vibe from him. Animals need to have some sort of emotional, indication; it doesn’t matter if the signals animals and humans get are angry, happy sad or bored, they need something. Feather has not emotions and even when he does that willy little thing when he flips the rubber chicken hat over his heads, it’s just a slight break away from the tension we get from him.

Gromit doesn’t like him and he honestly scares Gromit, with making his living conditions harder. Wallace suffers with a humiliation of being stuck in the techno trousers and even during his sleep he was forces to do a heist. During the train scene, Feathers had a revolver to shoot at them both to ward them off while he was getting away. That is insane and quite frankly frightening for a small flightless bird to have. He’s goofy in terms of his concept and design...but his lack of expression and devious actions make him more scary frankly. Also like Gromit, he says nothing and has no mouth (he has a beak but it never opens).

Morph

Morph is their oldest surviving character and series, even before their poster men of Wallace and Gromit.

Morph is a Plasticine model who loves to play games and do silly antics with his friends. His main power is to...morph and become whatever he wants. He can also be pulled apart and stick pieces back onto himself. be flattened and brought back to normal shape, stretch himself and more. He can transform into objects and animals.

His personality is child like and goofy (since his program is very catered to the younger demographic), so he’s relatable to children when acting like this.

He speaks but not with a normal voice, as it’s high pitch and their are odd vocals with no actual dialogue or proper wording, which can work as the character’s expression, tone of voice and actions can say more than actual words can, so more focus and fun’s put on the concept of the skits.

Morph works as a characters because he’s simple. He gets grumpy when he’s annoyed by someone or something doesn’t go his way but he likes to play and be silly, even pull jokes at times. He doesn’t need to be too complex but he’s expressive enough for kids to love him.

Ginger

Ginger is from one of my favourite childhood films, Chicken Run (also their first collaboration with Dreamworks). This Aardman product was brilliant in terms of writing, character depth, progression and development. It was a WW2 styled film about chickens that want escape the coop and farm they’re stuck in, before they’re turned into pies. They lead by a brave chicken named Ginger, who never gives up on wanting to leave and no matter how many times she’s put into solitary confinement, she manages to get back up. Eventually after an ecounter with Rocky the Rooster, they attempt to learn how to fly and after a load of events, it lead to them creating a plain to escape the farm and they manage to live a peaceful life.

As to how Ginger works as a character, she is your typical strong headed protagonist that never gives up but she has faith in others which makes her strong. She’s the most stable minded but even her aspirations can make her irrational. She has the best intentions and keeps the groups of chickens from getting mad and going off the rails.

Ginger’s development with Rocky shows how even she needs faith herself and that she’s open to letting people give her hope, so when she finds out Rocky lied to her about being able to fly, she felt a sense of betrayal within her...but even then, she puts other’s feelings before hers and so she carries on working on that plan to create a plain and even defeats the farmer planning to kill her and the chickens. She even forgives Rocky for what he lied about when he returned to save them.

This shows that Aardman don’t just make films based off comedy but can be serious and apply subtle messages, themes and heart whelming stories.

Ginger personifies that greatly. She’s got a lot of wonderful, strong traits but her faults make her perfect, because she’s not perfect (no one is but everyone has their unique aspects, even the negative one). Also her character design is well worked with slight human elements to let her be practical and emotive but still look like a chicken.

Conclusion

Aardman don’t just make characters, they make people. They don’t make them perfect but that’s what makes them perfect. their struggles and life style feels relatable and real; the companionship, silliness, slightly serious moments and captivating quirks makes them human and likable.

They definitely add a lot of British elements into their stories and they personify those qualities well via their characters, in speech, actions and movements.

Aardman, knows what their doing and always had been,

Virgin Media. (2020, September 13). Ten cracking Aardman characters. Retrieved October 3, 2020, from Virgin Media: https://www.virginmedia.com/virgin-tv-edit/movies/our-favourite-aardman-character (Images are from)

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