I’ve never seen so much killing. I mean Die Hard killing is one thing. You can watch 700 people get sprayed with bullets but it doesn’t really register. This is more like murders. Except there’s a kicker, the murderers are 8th graders.

But, with that said it’s really not about killing at all. It’s more about human nature and a handful of other comments on society—thrown in haphazardly at the end of the film. It was horribly violent but it was so creative and interesting that I didn’t get wrapped up in it.

So if you haven’t seen it just imagine 40 spoiled Jr. High students trapped on Survivor Island with an assortment of weapons. This is the kind of film Tarrentino unapologetically rips off and calls an homage.

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Wow. The Fountain was awesome. I’m not saying it’s the easiest movie to understand. I’ve had do do a little thinking over the last couple days to try and hash out what happened. But I’m telling you it’s worth it—and what’s wrong with thinking!

It’s metaphysical fiction and it’s beautiful, both visually, and emotionally. Unfortunately it absolutely bombed in the theaters but so did Blade Runner in ‘82. I feel this film will grow on people and will one day be remembered in the same light. I highly recommend.

Synopsis:

A man travels through time in an epic struggle to save the woman he loves and to understand the mysteries of life in this sci-fi drama. In three parallel stories spanning a millennium, Tom (Hugh Jackman) searches for a legendary tree believed to grant eternal life in 16th-century Spain; tries to discover a cure for his wife’s (Rachel Weisz) cancer as a present-day scientist; and traverses the universe as a 26th-century astronaut.

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Right on the box it says, Warning: May cause toe-tapping. It also may cause you to worry about how people are killing the planet and the other animals who live here.

Happy Feet was a pretty intense movie. I was sorta thinking it would be a light little trifle of dancing penguins. What I got instead was kinda harsh. It had this heavy environmental message. I just wasn’t expecting that. The music arrangements were really trippy, too. Imagine “Boogie Wonderland” and “The Message” wrapped into one song—bizarre. It wasn’t bad. It’s wasn’t good. I don’t know what I’d thought it would be, but it wasn’t that either. The 3D was gorgeous. I don’t think it was as funny as it wanted to be. I’m all mixed up on this one.

Synopsis:

Living with his colony in the Antarctic, young emperor penguin Mumble is aptly named: While his friends use their singing skills to attracts mates, his caterwauling sends potential sweethearts waddling in the opposite direction. But Mumble is blessed with an unusual gift — he can tap dance in a way that would make Fred Astaire jealous! Elijah Wood, Nicole Kidman, Robin Williams and Hugh Jackman lend their voices to this spirited Oscar-winning tale.

Netflix link.