26
Mar
Posted by vagrantesque in Movies. Tagged: affleck, batman, ben, cavill, comics, dawn, dc, Film, gadot, gal, henry, justice, Man, Movie, Review, snyder, steel, superman, woman, wonder, zack. Leave a comment
Wow. There are an awful lot of different opinions circling around this movie at the moment.
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Starring: Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Jessie Eisenberg
Director: Zack Snyder (Man of Steel, Watchmen)
Rating: M
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is a whole lot of things, but to me, what’s most surprising about the Warner Bros/DC Comics take on “shared universe” filmmaking is that it isn’t primarily a prequel to the upcoming Justice League movies, or primarily a sequel to Man of Steel, or even primarily a new take on Batman. What it is, more than anything else, is a Zach Snyder movie. If that makes a chill run up your spine then I understand your trepidation. If that makes you intrigued, read on. Continue reading →
19
Mar
Posted by vagrantesque in Movies. Tagged: animated, bateman, bunny, cg, Disney, elba, Film, fox, ginnifer, goodwin, hopps, idris, jason, judy, Movie, nick, rabbit, Review, wide, zootopia. Leave a comment
Can’t believe this is my first movie review of the year. What a crazy three months it’s been.
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Starring: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba
Director:s Byron Howard (Tangled), Rich Moore, Jared Bush (Wreck-It Ralph)
Rating: PG
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Well Disney, that’s five in a row.
The so-called “third golden age” of films from Disney’s main animated studio is still going – at least for another year or so – because Zootopia is pretty fantastic. A cocktail of painstakingly realised world-building packed with culturally relevant sight gags, Zootopia sells a vision of an idealised world with an all-too-familiar undercurrent of ugliness bubbling underneath. It’s one of the sharpest allegories for real-world social issues I’ve seen in an animated movie, and while occasionally a little overzealous in its desire to ensure its message gets across, Zootopia never halts its refreshingly-paced plot or sacrifices the believability of its colourful characters to do so, making it a quality movie for all kinds of audiences. Thanks to co-directors Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush alongside a suite of animators at the top of their game, the House of Mouse has extended its hot streak.
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