3/23/2009
The Grand Theater
Superior
I did not know this movie was going to be as religious as it was until the end. I think the people who have given this movie a negative review, gave it a negative review because they knew beforehand of the obvious religious context. It's too bad for them because the missed some of the best film making and storytelling in a long while. To be honest I would have been with them. I usually stay away from movies that have a religious context because they so often fall short in just about every area of good film making (ie Fireproof, Left Behind, The Passion of the Christ) I am so glad I didn't know that in advance here beacause I would probably not have seen it. I expected it to be an "End of the World" movie, and that is all. I invite you to see it only with that pre-text. Get it out of your head that it's a religous movie and see it with the same open mind that you'd see any other movie, if you do, for real, then I believe you will come to the same conclusion as I that this is a Superior movie. Now then, that being said let's talk about the movie itself. First of all Special effects Outrageously spectacular, from the spaceships to the new plantes to our planet to the people on fire! WOW! Never seen anything like it. Acting- I'm not a Nicolas Cage fan, but he did good, no acting was spectacular, but it didn't need to be. Excitment: Action sequences (See special effects above) were out of this world exciting. It wasn't jerky you could actually follow what was happening, very cool stuff. Scary: I was scared to death at times during this movie. The imagery of the boy's nightmare was so realistic and creepy it gave me goosebumps, litterally. The best part, no tricks, no lame jump out of a dark closet crap, (except once which was more of a joke then really trying to be scary) this movie was actually, and refreshingly, scary at times. I'm also glad that they actually showed the end of the world, and the begining of the new world ("And then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, and by the way I caught the 4 horsemen reference too. Finally the music for this movie really brought it to life, not only the original music, but the classical musc choosen as well. Right down to the elementary students playing Holst's Planets. It also sounded like kids playing and not professionals trying to sound like kids playing(which rarely works) they even got that right. In conclusion don't have a closed mind. Go see it and see a great movie!
The Grand Theater
Superior
I did not know this movie was going to be as religious as it was until the end. I think the people who have given this movie a negative review, gave it a negative review because they knew beforehand of the obvious religious context. It's too bad for them because the missed some of the best film making and storytelling in a long while. To be honest I would have been with them. I usually stay away from movies that have a religious context because they so often fall short in just about every area of good film making (ie Fireproof, Left Behind, The Passion of the Christ) I am so glad I didn't know that in advance here beacause I would probably not have seen it. I expected it to be an "End of the World" movie, and that is all. I invite you to see it only with that pre-text. Get it out of your head that it's a religous movie and see it with the same open mind that you'd see any other movie, if you do, for real, then I believe you will come to the same conclusion as I that this is a Superior movie. Now then, that being said let's talk about the movie itself. First of all Special effects Outrageously spectacular, from the spaceships to the new plantes to our planet to the people on fire! WOW! Never seen anything like it. Acting- I'm not a Nicolas Cage fan, but he did good, no acting was spectacular, but it didn't need to be. Excitment: Action sequences (See special effects above) were out of this world exciting. It wasn't jerky you could actually follow what was happening, very cool stuff. Scary: I was scared to death at times during this movie. The imagery of the boy's nightmare was so realistic and creepy it gave me goosebumps, litterally. The best part, no tricks, no lame jump out of a dark closet crap, (except once which was more of a joke then really trying to be scary) this movie was actually, and refreshingly, scary at times. I'm also glad that they actually showed the end of the world, and the begining of the new world ("And then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, and by the way I caught the 4 horsemen reference too. Finally the music for this movie really brought it to life, not only the original music, but the classical musc choosen as well. Right down to the elementary students playing Holst's Planets. It also sounded like kids playing and not professionals trying to sound like kids playing(which rarely works) they even got that right. In conclusion don't have a closed mind. Go see it and see a great movie!
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