It was a long ride
Silence
And the need to hide
It was a dark day
Quiet
And skies of grey
It was a still hand
Cold
And... and...
He was gone.
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Good-Bye
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Friday, June 26, 2015
Inside Out ~ Mo's Spoiler Free Reviews
Helloooooo, Blogianz!
You know, I'm a man who enjoys his animated movies. Er, or maybe you didn't know...
Anyway! I've been watching animated movies for a long time now. Basically, I've been watching animated movies for as long as I can remember! The Great Mouse Detective, Mulan, Shrek, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Toy Story... The list of my personal favorites goes on and on.
That being said, Pixar routinely releases great animated movies. Pixar always brings me to a place of child-like wonder in my mind. How could they not? After such classics as Toy Story, A Bug's Life, and Monster's Inc., I was fully prepared, as a child, to believe there were entire worlds inside our own that we were unaware existed.
And let me just say, Inside Out reminded me of that child-like wonder.
Before I give my official verdict, if you haven't already deduced it, I'll give you a quick rundown of what Inside Out's all about. Avoiding spoilers, of course.
Inside Out centers around 11-year-old Riley and the emotions in her head. Specifically, Joy and Sadness are our star emotions, accompanied by Anger, Disgust, and Fear, all of whom exhibit the emotions they represent.
Riley has lived a mostly happy life in Minnesota, forming almost entirely happy memories of playing hockey, making friends, and bonding with family. That is, until moving day.
Riley and her parents pack up and move to California, apparently for work-related reasons, and everything changes. Away from Minnesota and her friends, Riley begins to experience Anger, Disgust, and Fear with increased regularity. The situation becomes even more dire as Sadness begins affecting existing memories, turning happy ones into sad ones.
These memories are represented by luminescent spheres. Particularly bright spheres represent Riley's Core Memories that make up her personality.
During a particularly bad experience at school, Riley forms a sad Core Memory, which Joy tries to prevent from entering Riley's memory bank, which results in Joy and Sadness getting whisked away from Headquarters and into Long-term Memory, taking with them Riley's Core Memories.
This results in a frantic attempt to get Riley's emotions back in order. And let me tell you, it's an adventure.
Just in case you're thinking this all sounds "girly", what with the emotions and what not, let me put your minds at ease. Inside Out is a fun and touching family-friendly animated film for all ages and sexes.
All-in-all, I enjoyed Inside Out. I imagine it's a great way to open up a dialogue between children and parents on dealing with emotions, but as a 21-year-old not-a-parent I didn't focus on that much. I enjoyed the animation, the voice-acting was fantastic, and the story may very well be classic worthy.
The verdict? Inside Out receives my whole-hearted recommendation and a score of 5/5. See it in theaters with your family or get gooey-eyed emotional with your friends and buy it after release. But whatever you do, find some way to enjoy this movie.
I want to thank you for reading my review of Inside Out, I hope you enJoyed it (see what I did there?)! If you did, you can read my review of Tomorrowland here.
How I Score (out of 5):
0 ~ Didn't finish watching, it was so bad.
1 ~ Terrible. DO NOT WATCH
2 ~ Bad. Not recommended.
3 ~ It's ok. I guess. Eh.
4 ~ Good movie. Worth renting.
5 ~ Great movie! Own that thang!
6 ~ My personal "Hall of Fame".
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Friday, June 5, 2015
Tomorrowland Review (Spoiler Free) ~ Mo's Reviews
Helloooooo, Blogianz!
Ok, so I saw Tomorrowland the other day. Actually, like a week ago. Or something. Hmm, I'm off to a good start...
Anyway! I saw Tomorrowland the other day, and I thought I'd do a short review on it. You know, instead of sleeping. Like a normal person.
If you haven't seen Tomorrowland or don't know what it's about, here's the movie's own description:
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."
Well, let me go ahead and tell you that description is, well, not accurate.
Yes, there is a "bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity" (played by Britt Robertson) and there is a jaded inventor (played by George Clooney). And yes, there's danger involved. Buuut, no one's really unearthing any Tomorrowland secrets. Not really. And the place doesn't exist in memory. That statement's literally nonsense. Space and time? Yes. Collective memory? No.
And this description doesn't even mention Athena (Raffey Cassidy)! The girl that brings Casey (Robertson) and Frank (Clooney) together! Which actually brings me to the "Bound by a shared destiny" silliness. There was no "destiny". It was Athena. It should read "Brought together by a mysterious young girl, a bright, optimistic..." etc, etc.
Actually, yeah, let me just rewrite the dang thing:
Brought together by a mysterious young girl, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a disillusioned inventor embark on a danger-filled mission to prevent the end of the world by travelling through space and time to a place called "Tomorrowland".
There. That's a hundred times better, completely accurate, and took me fifteen seconds to think of and write. I'm not saying it's the best summary ever, but hey, it's a start!
I did leave out the "former boy-genius" part because, although vaguely important, it's really just fluff, whereas Casey's "bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity" is actually relevant and important to the story. No, I won't tell you why.
What I will say, is that Casey's and Frank's contrasting optimism and pessimism complement each other very nicely, especially early in the movie when they first meet. And all the main characters are played stunningly well by the cast. Nothing felt stilted or over-dramatic. It felt very real to me. Though I will say, for a good while, I thought Casey's younger brother, Nate (Pierce Gagnon), and the boyhood-Frank (Thomas Robinson) were the same actor. They look like they should be related! But maybe that's just me.
Now, I don't want to get into the story much, because I'm aiming to write a spoiler-free review, but I did touch on it with my summary up there. Casey Newton is the daughter of a former NASA engineer (he's in the process of being laid off) and happens to be quite gifted at "knowing how things work". She's upset that NASA's tearing a launch station down, and so she sabotages the deconstruction to keep her father in work. She also believes if she just lets it get torn down it's like giving up hope. Or something like that. Like I said, I saw this like a week ago. The important thing is that she ends up getting caught in the act and gets brought "downtown". Her dad posts her bail and, among Casey's possessions, she finds a mysterious "T" pin that, upon touching it, brings her to another place entirely in her mind. Not physically, however, as her body still moves about our world. This is what propels Casey forward into wanting to get to "Tomorrowland".
In her search, Casey meets Athena, who brings her to Frank. From there the movie starts to really pick up speed. And frankly, it's a fun ride. I only ever had a couple issues with the story, but they were smaller issues that don't break the action or flow of the movie. Although it is very much a type of movie you need to sit back and let happen. Don't try to "figure it out" as you go, too much and you'll enjoy it.
Now, I said I wanted to make this a short review, so I'm going to jump into scoring it now. But before I do, I want to mention some of the other reviews I've seen around and how I review things. I've noticed Tomorrowland didn't actually do all that hot on other review sites. IMDb gave it a 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes a 49%, and Metacritic a 60%. Those are some pretty lackluster reviews, but I imagine the reasoning behind those reviews weren't entirely the film's fault. I say this on account of the movies description. You know, the one I was rewriting several paragraphs ago. And I say this on account of the trailers leading up to the release. I don't think the movie was accurately represented in its promotion, which lead to different expectations than the movie provided. I, myself, really had no idea what I was supposed to expect from the promotional items before release. No idea. So, for some, this could have lead to disappointment.
However! I have a very simple rating system. It's only out of 5 points, but each point means something. In this case, I'd give Tomorrowland a 4/5. It's a good movie. Not phenomenal or an instant classic, but good. Watch it with a friend while it's still in theaters or rent it when it comes out on DVD.
If you have seen the movie and would like to agree/disagree with my review, just let me know in that comment section down below! If you haven't seen the movie, do you plan to?
I want to thank you for reading, and I'll see you on my next one!
Bye!
Weston Hasty
"MagicManMo"
Ok, so I saw Tomorrowland the other day. Actually, like a week ago. Or something. Hmm, I'm off to a good start...
Anyway! I saw Tomorrowland the other day, and I thought I'd do a short review on it. You know, instead of sleeping. Like a normal person.
If you haven't seen Tomorrowland or don't know what it's about, here's the movie's own description:
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."
Well, let me go ahead and tell you that description is, well, not accurate.
Yes, there is a "bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity" (played by Britt Robertson) and there is a jaded inventor (played by George Clooney). And yes, there's danger involved. Buuut, no one's really unearthing any Tomorrowland secrets. Not really. And the place doesn't exist in memory. That statement's literally nonsense. Space and time? Yes. Collective memory? No.
And this description doesn't even mention Athena (Raffey Cassidy)! The girl that brings Casey (Robertson) and Frank (Clooney) together! Which actually brings me to the "Bound by a shared destiny" silliness. There was no "destiny". It was Athena. It should read "Brought together by a mysterious young girl, a bright, optimistic..." etc, etc.
Actually, yeah, let me just rewrite the dang thing:
Brought together by a mysterious young girl, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a disillusioned inventor embark on a danger-filled mission to prevent the end of the world by travelling through space and time to a place called "Tomorrowland".
There. That's a hundred times better, completely accurate, and took me fifteen seconds to think of and write. I'm not saying it's the best summary ever, but hey, it's a start!
I did leave out the "former boy-genius" part because, although vaguely important, it's really just fluff, whereas Casey's "bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity" is actually relevant and important to the story. No, I won't tell you why.
What I will say, is that Casey's and Frank's contrasting optimism and pessimism complement each other very nicely, especially early in the movie when they first meet. And all the main characters are played stunningly well by the cast. Nothing felt stilted or over-dramatic. It felt very real to me. Though I will say, for a good while, I thought Casey's younger brother, Nate (Pierce Gagnon), and the boyhood-Frank (Thomas Robinson) were the same actor. They look like they should be related! But maybe that's just me.
Now, I don't want to get into the story much, because I'm aiming to write a spoiler-free review, but I did touch on it with my summary up there. Casey Newton is the daughter of a former NASA engineer (he's in the process of being laid off) and happens to be quite gifted at "knowing how things work". She's upset that NASA's tearing a launch station down, and so she sabotages the deconstruction to keep her father in work. She also believes if she just lets it get torn down it's like giving up hope. Or something like that. Like I said, I saw this like a week ago. The important thing is that she ends up getting caught in the act and gets brought "downtown". Her dad posts her bail and, among Casey's possessions, she finds a mysterious "T" pin that, upon touching it, brings her to another place entirely in her mind. Not physically, however, as her body still moves about our world. This is what propels Casey forward into wanting to get to "Tomorrowland".
In her search, Casey meets Athena, who brings her to Frank. From there the movie starts to really pick up speed. And frankly, it's a fun ride. I only ever had a couple issues with the story, but they were smaller issues that don't break the action or flow of the movie. Although it is very much a type of movie you need to sit back and let happen. Don't try to "figure it out" as you go, too much and you'll enjoy it.
Now, I said I wanted to make this a short review, so I'm going to jump into scoring it now. But before I do, I want to mention some of the other reviews I've seen around and how I review things. I've noticed Tomorrowland didn't actually do all that hot on other review sites. IMDb gave it a 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes a 49%, and Metacritic a 60%. Those are some pretty lackluster reviews, but I imagine the reasoning behind those reviews weren't entirely the film's fault. I say this on account of the movies description. You know, the one I was rewriting several paragraphs ago. And I say this on account of the trailers leading up to the release. I don't think the movie was accurately represented in its promotion, which lead to different expectations than the movie provided. I, myself, really had no idea what I was supposed to expect from the promotional items before release. No idea. So, for some, this could have lead to disappointment.
However! I have a very simple rating system. It's only out of 5 points, but each point means something. In this case, I'd give Tomorrowland a 4/5. It's a good movie. Not phenomenal or an instant classic, but good. Watch it with a friend while it's still in theaters or rent it when it comes out on DVD.
If you have seen the movie and would like to agree/disagree with my review, just let me know in that comment section down below! If you haven't seen the movie, do you plan to?
I want to thank you for reading, and I'll see you on my next one!
Bye!
Weston Hasty
"MagicManMo"
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