Showing posts with label #TimBurton. Show all posts
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Monday, August 17, 2015

Big Eyes (2014)


Big Eyes Trailer

I think the big eyes children are so familiar. It turns out that it has inspired Blythe dolls and many Japanese manga characters that come after.

Margaret is a very introverted character. She doesn't like her husband, Walter, telling lies to the customers at the club, where he sells their paintings. But when a customer asks who painted the paintings, she does not speak up. Instead, the more sociable Walter steps up and claims that he is the painter. As a result, Margaret has to follow the story and stay at home to paint while Walter would be the salesman / facade, so as to make a living.

Margaret becomes more and more upset as she has to hide the fact from her daughter. She later finds out that Walter is a con man. The paintings of the streets of Paris are not even his own paintings. She realizes that she has never seen him paint.

Margaret is very powerless as she is a divorcee and a single mom. She knows that she holds the truth but she is not brave enough to expose Walter. She only finds the courage after she finds a religion. 

Women tend to have harder times in selling their work in art or writing (as J.K. Rowling once said). It is a triumphant and cathartic moment to see that she out-paint Walter in the court to claim her justice and name back.

To conclude, this is a very inspiring biography of a female painter who rise to success and is recommended to all art-lovers.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Alice in Wonderland (2010)



Alice in Wonderland (2010) Trailer

This 3D movie is made a different way as Avatar. It is only turned to 3D in post-production. I think that the 3D effect of this movie is not as stunning as Avatar.

The acting of Johnny Depp is not that flattering. He should have made the character more interesting. Yet the make-up is subperb. The costumes are carefully designed.

I think I'm going to make a movie called the Imaginarium of Dr. Bimnassaus, based on the Imaginarium of Dr. Panassaus and Alice in Wonderland.

Should be a great catch. Stay tuned.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

P.S. I Love You (2007), No Country For Old Man (2007), Enchanted (2007), Sleuth (2007), Big Fish (2003), Eastern Promises (2007)

I'm crazy about movies!


P.S. I Love You (2007) Trailer

To start with, I watched P.S. I Love You (2007). Though it's a little bit late, still catch it on screen. The story is very touching. Just want to give Hilary Swank a message from Face of Boe, "You are not alone." of Doctor Who. Don't cry, my sweetheart.


No Country For Old Man (2007) Trailer

It is about an awkward killer. No meaning at all.




Enchanted (2007) Trailer

Enchanted (2007) is a cliche. Amy Adams' costumes are really low-cut. Hey girl, you're too sexy for a family movie. And Patrick Dempsey is playing the Mr. Darcy again. Just like his character in Sweet Home Alabama. Thought man like him should be good. But from the cut scenes in the DVD, there was a storyline of the perfect man cheating his girl. That's the reality, huh?
Conclusion: there's no fairy tale in real life.

Sleuth (2007) is crap. A simple plot about love, jealousy and manipulation. The whole film only stars two men, Michael Cain and Jude Law. They only talk the talk. So wasting my time watching it!


Big Fish (2003) Trailer

Big Fish (2003) is about the story of father and son. Not until the end I find the story touching. The father said he would die in way you wouldn't expected. Turned out was quite plain. The son put him into the river and he turned back into a big fish, which he always talked about. It's somehow like Seven, need to fulfill the prophecy and make things complete.


Eastern Promises (2007) Trailer

Eastern Promises (2007) stars Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts. It's another dark story of the Oscar this year. There's an nude scene in the movie. And very violent and bloody. Not everybody can take it.

Wow! I can be a film critic too!