Zootopia (2016)

Zootopia Trailer
 
I think Zootopia is an animation for adults. It's a mix of Godfather series Lethal Weapon series and Die Hard series, with underground chase and train crashing, but the characters are rabbits, foxes and lions.

The life of Zootopia resembles real life, for the cops are "ZPD", mirroring "NYPD" or "LAPD", etc. The officer in DMV speaks very slowly.

The message I get from the animation is to do good.

I like the plot that the nice person is actually the bad person, and the high rank officer is actually the one who manipulates the dark forces. Just like real life. So I say Zootopia is for adults.

Birdman (2014), This is Where I Leave You (2014), Beginners (2010) andso on...

Birdman Trailer


This is Where I Leave You Trailer


Beginners (2010) Trailer

I put these movies together because they all discuss the absurdity of life.

Each of these movies features a loser protagonist: in Birdman, Riggan who was once famous as a comic character Birdman is struggling to gain his fame back and is risking all his money to a new Broadway show "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love". The poor man suffers hallucination and his alter-ego Birdman annoys him a lot in his mind. In This is Where I Leave You, Judd loses his job and his wife after finding that his wife sleeps with his boss. Worst, his father died. In Beginners, Oliver's father died. He couldn't recover from the fact that his dad came out of the closet four years ago and had a young lover.

These movies talk about how the protagonists life sucks and how they struggle and deal with life.

I like the endings of these movies because they are all uplifting. In Birdman, Riggan tries to commit suicide but fails. He jumps out of the hospital window. His daughter looks out of the window, she looks down, finds nothing. And then she looks up, smiling. In This is Where I Leave You, Judd leaves his mum's home after resolving his personal problems. The sunshine in the ending scene shows that he is optimistic about his future. In Beginners, Oliver and Anna resume their relationship and they glance hopefully at each other.

Though these movies did not bring out a lot of meaning to life, they give a little bit of hope to the people who feel life's absurd and meaningless. Maybe life really is meaningless.

Hancock (2008), Get Smart (2008), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), 88 Minutes (2007), High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

Haven't updated for quite a while, watched a lot of movies during these months.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)'s plot is kind of seen-it-before. The storyline doesn't make sense. But CGs are good!

88 Minutes (2007) is about the 88 threatening minutes of Al Pacino. Not a very remarkable movie.

I wanna produce an Indiana Jones 4 spoof. I just need a hat and a whip!

Hancock (2008) Trailer

Thumbs up for Hancock. Charlize Theron is so pretty and her character is tough. Like her a lot.

Get Smart (2008) Trailer

Get Smart (2008) is American version Johnny English. Silly and makes you laugh.

The Magic Hour is a Japanese movie. The theme is clear and each scene is relevant to the theme. There are a lot of gags. Interesting and fun to watch! Recommended.

I watched High School Musical 2 before. High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) (HSM 3)'s songs are fabulous. The broadway style scene for the song I Want It All is cool. There's so much more to talk about the movie~