No, I'm not crazy nor drunk, that's the title of the movie released by the Romanian company "Media Pro Pictures" last Christmas. I wrote this review in February, as I didn't have time to do it before, but, anyway, you should just be grateful that I actually wrote it.
I watched this movie a while ago, so I'll try to explain the plot from what I remember. It's like this. A kid lives with his mother - the father left them - and the mother gets out of work a bit too late to reach the stores on time and buy her kid a present. Therefore, she tells the kid they'll go to the mall together the next day and buy a present from the money Santa left them. They reach the parking lot and their car breaks up (it's a fucking Dacia 1310 what would you expect?!), so the mother calls the repairmen and lets the kid wait for her at the mall restaurant. The repairmen were very funny, and in my opinion, their best scene is when they blow the engine and the hood flies away.
Back to the kid, he meets a gipsy guy who's up to no good and always gets into trouble by stealing from customers. The guy's name is "Gipu" and he always gets angry when he is called "Gicu". So the first kid, called, I think, Horaţiu, goes with Gipu through the mall and get into some trouble. At one point, they get separated and Horaţiu meets up with a guy dressed as Santa, called Ion (played by the Romanian Elvis - Ştefan Bănică Jr). This guy is part of a band of robbers who are there to steal some jewels. If at first Ion is a big fat jerk, he turns out to be a real nice guy in the end. Then there's this new security guy, played by Pavel Bartoş, who is a bit stupid and messes up a lot of times. The security guy - Marin - and Ion have a quarel, as Ion stole his girlfriend some time ago. Their fight is very funny, specially when Marin acts like a gay ninja.
As you'd expect from a Home Alone like movie, there are a bunch of bad guys, all dressed like Santa Clause, which want to kidnap the kid, because he heard their plan of stealing the jewels. The plot is full of funny stuff and in the end it has a happy ending, as all christmas themed movies should. I won't spoil more of the story, because you may just want to see the movie, so I'll get on to the final marks.
So, here I go:
Story: 8/10 (because it kinda has a lot of cliffhangers and it copies Home Alone)
Acting: 8/10 (because all actors get into their roles surprinsingly well, but there are certain flaws)
Fun factor: 9/10 (because I laughed a lot when I watched it)
Originality: 7/10 (copying Home Alone is not what it takes to get aknowledged by critics, but it still has some original stuff in it).
Effects: 8/10 (not too many effects in this movie)
Soundtrack: 9/10 (even Ştefan Bănică Jr contributes with a song).
Overall: 8,16/10
Conclusions:
This is a fair movie. It's a step ahead for Romanian cinematography, which, ever since the 1990's kept going downwards.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Jeremiah (2002)
After my abrupt decison of cancelling the freewebs site, I decided I should write my reviews right here. As of now, all my reviews will take place on this blog and nowhere else. That is due to the fact that freewebs has a shitty page editor which loads hard as shit if you don't have a very good internet connection, which I have to admit, I am lacking right now.
Anyway, let's get on to the review. I know I planned to release it on January 22nd, so it's too early to write it according to my standards, but it's a pleasure to me to write on my good ol' blogger blog I haven't been using for a few months now. Well, that time passed! It's long gone! Now, this blog turns into my own review shrine.
Jeremiah was a science - fiction show aired by MGM (Metro Goldwin Mayer - the worst producers that could have done this show in my opinion! They suck at getting along with people for too much time). It stars Luke Perry, well known from the Beverly Hills 90210 show as Jeremiah, the main character, and Malcolm Jamal Warner (from Malcolm and Eddie) as the other main character, Kurdy, Jeremiah's partner along the series. I can say this is one of the few SF shows I liked, except for Star Wars, of course. That one is so awesome that no SF can go before it. But let's leave Star Wars for now.
In "Jeremiah", the story focuses on the main character, living in a post-apocalyptic world. A world that has been struck by a disease called The Big Death (apparently created by people), a disease which wiped out everyone over the age of poverty and left children take care of themselves. Jeremiah searches for his father, who went to a place called Walhalla Sector. A lot of background story emerges during the episodes, as we find out more about the characters, despite the fact that every episode has it's own main story. Anyway, let's get back to the main plot. Jeremiah and Kurdy reach Thunder Mountain, former military base, now refuge for people that want to form a new civilisation and restore the world as it used to be before The Big Death. At the end of Season 1, Walhalla Sector's secrets are revealed, and finally Thunder Mountain defeats them. Season 2 focuses on a "new enemy". He stays against Thunder Mountain leading the new world. Apparenly his name is Daniel, but, in fact, that turns out to be just a name. OK, that's enough spoilers. All that's left to say about season 2 is that Sean Astin joins the cast, as Mister Smith, a guy that can talk to God. This new character turns out to be a great addition to the series. At least I liked it.
The only minus I've got is that the producers didn't get along with MGM anymore and dropped the show when Season 2 ended. Damn!
The Soundtrack is composed by Tim Truman (got Looking at Forever - season 2 intro theme - in my playlist) and it's made out of some great songs.
OK, now for the marks:
Story: 9/10
Acting: 8/10
Effects: 8/10
Soundtrack: 10/10
Overall: 8,7/10
Anyway, let's get on to the review. I know I planned to release it on January 22nd, so it's too early to write it according to my standards, but it's a pleasure to me to write on my good ol' blogger blog I haven't been using for a few months now. Well, that time passed! It's long gone! Now, this blog turns into my own review shrine.
Jeremiah was a science - fiction show aired by MGM (Metro Goldwin Mayer - the worst producers that could have done this show in my opinion! They suck at getting along with people for too much time). It stars Luke Perry, well known from the Beverly Hills 90210 show as Jeremiah, the main character, and Malcolm Jamal Warner (from Malcolm and Eddie) as the other main character, Kurdy, Jeremiah's partner along the series. I can say this is one of the few SF shows I liked, except for Star Wars, of course. That one is so awesome that no SF can go before it. But let's leave Star Wars for now.
In "Jeremiah", the story focuses on the main character, living in a post-apocalyptic world. A world that has been struck by a disease called The Big Death (apparently created by people), a disease which wiped out everyone over the age of poverty and left children take care of themselves. Jeremiah searches for his father, who went to a place called Walhalla Sector. A lot of background story emerges during the episodes, as we find out more about the characters, despite the fact that every episode has it's own main story. Anyway, let's get back to the main plot. Jeremiah and Kurdy reach Thunder Mountain, former military base, now refuge for people that want to form a new civilisation and restore the world as it used to be before The Big Death. At the end of Season 1, Walhalla Sector's secrets are revealed, and finally Thunder Mountain defeats them. Season 2 focuses on a "new enemy". He stays against Thunder Mountain leading the new world. Apparenly his name is Daniel, but, in fact, that turns out to be just a name. OK, that's enough spoilers. All that's left to say about season 2 is that Sean Astin joins the cast, as Mister Smith, a guy that can talk to God. This new character turns out to be a great addition to the series. At least I liked it.
The only minus I've got is that the producers didn't get along with MGM anymore and dropped the show when Season 2 ended. Damn!
The Soundtrack is composed by Tim Truman (got Looking at Forever - season 2 intro theme - in my playlist) and it's made out of some great songs.
OK, now for the marks:
Story: 9/10
Acting: 8/10
Effects: 8/10
Soundtrack: 10/10
Overall: 8,7/10
Monday, January 25, 2010
Nothing in a long time, eh?
I've been lazy lately... or not really. I made a reviews site, on freewebs (and now I regret my choice, because they managed to piss my off high time by undoing every editation I'm making to the home page. IT SUCKS! JEEZ! I HATE FREEWEBS! Anyway, for anyone who wants to see my freewebs site, it's address is: www.thepr.webs.com. Of course, the review blog is locked and you need to make an account on my site before you can read my reviews, but I don't think that should be a problem for you people.
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