Coriolanus (a Shakespeare adaptation) - among others, Jessica Chastain, Gerard Butler and Ralph Fiennes
Man on a Ledge - Sam Worthington and Jamie Bell
Quantum of Solace - Gemma Atherton and Daniel Craig
Safe House - Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington
One for the Money - Katherine Heigl
Game of Shadows - Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr.
hopefully i can review them soon!
and yes, the viewership for Slow-Pokey is reaching 5,000. here's for the next 5,000 views, hopefully by next month or so? hahaha.. such wistful thinking :)
the Plot:
Tintin (voice of Jamie Bell) a young journalist, and his dog Snowy are browsing in an outdoor market in a European town when he stumbled upon a model of a three-masted sailing ship, the Unicorn. He bought it on the cheap, but was then immediately accosted by the mysterious figure of Barnaby (voice of Joe Starr) and then by the sinister Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine (voice of Daniel Craig), who both try to buy the model from Tintin, without success.
Tintin takes the ship home, but it is broken during a fight between Snowy and a neighbour's cat. As it breaks, a parchment scroll slips out of the ship's mast. Snowy spots it but is unable to alert Tintin. Meanwhile, incompetent detectives Thomson and Thompson (voices of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) are on the trail of a pickpocket, Aristides Silk. Tintin visits Marlinspike Hall, the origin of the ship model. There he meets Sakharine and learns that there are at least two model ships. Tintin puts the scroll in his wallet, only to have the wallet stolen by Aristides Silk, the notorious pickpocket.
Later, Barnaby tried to warn Tintin of the secret behind the Unicorns but before he could say anything substantial, Barnaby was shot to death. Tintin then is abducted by accomplices of Sakharine, and imprisoned on the SS Karaboudjan.
On board, Tintin escapes and meets the ship's nominal captain, Haddock (voice of Andy Serkis). Haddock has been supplied with whisky by first mate Allan, who is working for Sakharine, and the captain is permanently drunk, and doesn't know what's happening on board his ship. Tintin and Haddock (and Snowy) eventually escape from the Karaboudjan in a lifeboat. Sakharine sends a seaplane to find them, but Tintin is able to capture the plane, and fly towards the (fictitious) Moroccan port of Bagghar, but they crash in the desert.
Dehydrated in the heat, and suffering from a sudden lack of alcohol, Haddock hallucinates, and starts to remember stories about his ancestor, Sir Francis Haddock, who was captain of the Unicorn during the 17th century. Sir Francis' treasure-laden ship was attacked by a pirate ship, led by the masked Red Rackham, and, after a fierce battle and eventual surrender, Sir Francis chose to sink the Unicorn, and most of the treasure, rather than allow it to fall into Rackham's hands. It transpires that there were three models of the Unicorn, each containing a scroll. Together, the scrolls will reveal the location of the sunken Unicorn, and its treasure.
In Bagghar, Tintin and the Captain find out that the third model ship is in the possession of the wealthy Omar Ben Salaad, but it is encased in a bullet-proof glass display case. Sakharine's plan is to stage a concert involving famous diva Bianca Castafiore, the "Milanese nightingale", whose penetrating singing voice will be able to shatter the glass case, allowing Sakharine's trained hawk to fly down and steal the third scroll. After a chase down to the harbour, pursued by Tintin and Haddock, Sakharine finally escapes with all three scrolls. Tintin chases him back to Europe and arranges a police reception for him on the dockside. Haddock and Sakharine, who is revealed to be the descendant of Red Rackham, replay their ancestors' swashbuckling sword fight, using dockside cranes, swords, and even bottles of whiskey. Haddock is eventually victorious and Sakharine is promptly arrested by Thomson and Thompson.
With the three scrolls in their possession, Tintin and Haddock find that the indicated location is Marlinspike Hall, and that the hall had been built originally by Sir Francis Haddock. There, in the cellar, they find some of the treasure, and a clue to the location of the sunken Unicorn. Both men agree to continue the adventure.
the many Pictures of the Movie:
Tintin and his able Sidekick, Snowy the Dog.
Tintin was besieged with offer for the Unicorn model by Barnaby and later on, Mr Sakharine.
the slain Barnaby left a clue "Karaboudjan". Thompson and Thomson failed to help Tintin in unravelling the clue.
Tintin met oft-tipsy Capt. Haddock for the first time.
Tintin, Snowy and Capt. Haddock braved the Morroccan desert. there Haddock was sober and able to recount the tales of the real Unicorn.
in his delirious state, Capt. Haddock remembered the story of Sir Francis Haddock and his nemesis, the pirate Red Rackham. Haddock deciphered that Mr Sakharine is in fact the descendent of Red Rackham as he is of Sir Francis Haddock's.
Tintin, Snowy and Capt. Haddock in pursuit of Sakharine and his henchmen at the streets of Bagghar. the evil guys had snatched off the 3 scrolls of clue.
Sakharine threatened to burn the scrolls with clues. Tintin managed to snatch it off his hands. Sackharine was apprehended by Mr Thomson and Mr Thompson.
the coordinates on the scrolls brought Tintin, Snowy and Capt. Haddock back to the decrepit Marlinspike Hall.
Tintin and Capt. Haddock found the part of treasure which was kept at the secret cellar. also found was the real clue for the Red Rackham's treasure location.
the Riviu:
this movie offera a tantalising 3D animation feature of the famous Tintin and his pursuit of the story behind the Unicorn. as i'm no fan of Tintin, i just went along with ride. and found it tolerable.
there are a lot of bigwigs involved. as for the voices, the actors involved are notable but unable to lend some notion of warmth to the movie. what i'm trying to say is that, should they decided to use any suitable Tom, Dick and Harry, it would have generated the same output. the exhilarating live motion effect however is the bane of the movie, you can't help but being included in the journey.
i have taken a liking to Snowy and Tintin. Capt. Haddock on the other hand, is guilty of being a drunk sod who often caused troubles to Tintin. Mr Sackharine as the villain was truly evil and believable.
coming from someone that is not a follower of Herge's cartoon, i watch it disinterestedly (thus the rating of 2.5 star). Watch it only and only if you're a fan. then you'll get your money's worth.
next installment of Tintin's movie is due by 2014.
the movie opens with Jane Eyre (Mia Wasikowska) wandering in anguish and great heartache in the moor before collapsing.
the story then flashed of her earlier life as an orphan mistreated and casted off by her aunt, Mrs Reed of Gateshead (Sally Hawkins) to Lowood School for Girls for being passionate and opinionated. though she was subjected to extreme prejudice and shame at the charity school due to her aunt's misleading testimonial that she was deceitful, Jane (Amelia Clarkson) met a very nice girl, Helen Burns (Freya Parks) who became her fast friend.
however, Helen then died of consumption in her sleep, in Jane's arms.
Jane grew up at the school and later left to be a governess to Adele Varens (Romy Settbon Moore), the ward of Mr Edward Rochester Fairfax (Michael Fassbender) at Thornfield Hall.
she soon make friends with the housekeeper, Mrs Alice Fairfax (Judi Dench), a distant relative to Mr Rochester who manages the estate.
from the moment he set his eyes on Jane, Mr Rochester was transfixed and thus seek to have her by all means though he is bound by the law to his estranged, mad wife, Bertha Antoinetta Mason (Valentina Cervi) whom he put in seclusion and away from people's knowledge.
Mr Rochester grateful to Jane for saving him from being burnt alive.
in the mean time, he dallied with Miss Blanche Ingram (Imogen Poots) who looked down upon Jane for her plainness.
after she came back from visiting the dying Mrs Reed, Jane was told by Mrs Fairfax that Mr Rochester intended to marry Miss Blanche Ingram. It broke her heart and she offered to leave. during that conversation, Mr Rochester confessed of wanting to make Jane his wife. unknown to the fact that Mr Rochester is a married man, Jane accepted his proposal of marriage.
however Mr Rochester's ruse was exposed on the day they were supposed to be married and being a good Christian, Jane though she pitied and loved him still, had walked away and left Thornfield.
delirious, Jane had stumbled in cold weather at the door of the Rivers', a missionary family led by St John (Jamie Bell). Diana (Holliday Grainger) and Mary Rivers (Tamzin Merchant) took care of Jane and when it was found that Jane inherited a large sum of money from her deceased uncle, John Madeira, Jane shared it with the Rivers whom she seek to be their sisters.
however St John had taken fancy of her and asked her to go to India with him as his wife. Jane agreed to accompany him to India but refused to marry him. incensed, St John accused her of committing blasphemy to God for still pining for Mr Rochester.
At that precise moment Jane realized that she must return to Thornfield – to secure her own future and finally, to conquer what haunted both her and Rochester.
the Review:
it took me weeks to finish the movie in whole. and i love to repeat the scene where Mr Edward Rochester Fairfax came clean with Jane of his true intention and later on propose to her. truly, MF's voice was haunting.. the chemistry between him and MW seems real and deep. and the despair on the night they parted after the truth was exposed, i pitied Mr Rochester, really. you can taste the tears in his words T-T
MR: i can bend you with my finger and my thumb, a mere reed you feel in my hands. God, whatever i do with this cage, i cannot get to you. and it's your soul that I want. why don't you come of your own free will?
JE: God, help me!
:nanges:
the storyline where the sequence of the story was interlaced was to my liking. and the fact that it was put forth that the Rivers are only adopted by Jane as her family and not really her family through John Madeira as depicted in the book, won my vote. the cinematography was also nice.
the estate was beautiful kan?
Jane Eyre is one of my fave Bronte book. and watching the 2011's version made me go through the earlier versions. be patient ya, i'm going to review the 1996 version.
till then, enjoy this :)
ps: i refrained myself from giving 5 star due to the fact that i lamented earlier, that Jane Eyre was so carefree with her kisses after Mr Rochester became her fiance. perhaps JE and MR should have taken a leaf from Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet :grins:
