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Film Review: “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”…

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Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Directed by: Francis Lawrence

Today I went and did a little Christmas shopping and I finally got around to watching the new “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” movie and here is my review…

Plot/synopsis: This film takes place a year after the 74th Hunger Games where Katniss and Peeta were victorious. President Snow is angry at them and he accuses them of breaking the rules so they can win last year’s Hunger Games. Katniss and Peeta must go on a Victor’s Tour where they are forced to visit all of the Districts. A rebellion against the Capitol has begun as the 75th Hunger Games approaches. Katniss and Peeta are forced to compete in the Hunger Games for the second time because this is President Snow’s way of getting payback at them. 

The first “Hunger Games” movie maybe pretty good and got mixed reviews but in “Catching Fire” there is a major improvement. You know how in the first movie where the acting of the cast was like, “eh, could be better” — well, the acting of the entire cast was MUCH improved. Everybody was phenomenal in this film even Jennifer was really good, of course. The writing and directing has greatly improved too so Francis Lawrence was a great choice of director.

With that being said, I thought this film was perfect. Visuals and cinematography was awesome. The story line can get more intense, violent and dark. Jennifer as Katniss has more personality in this film too. She’s more human in this one.

Even though this franchise is aimed at the young generation, adults are getting into it and I can see why. These stories don’t feel like they were made for young kids. Even though you might have to wait toward the end of the movie for all the violence and action to start… it was still a fun movie. Definitely 10 times better than the last one. There were some shocking scenes to this movie and some interesting twists and turns. A pretty unpredictable film.

I’ve never read the other two Hunger Games books, I’ve only read the first one. I will get around to reading the other two at some point.

I’m a huge fan of Jennifer Lawrence. As soon as I saw her performance in the movie “Winter’s Bone”… I immediately thought to myself… this girl is gonna have a huge career ahead of her, and I was right. She’s been getting big roles like crazy. I’m looking forward to seeing her in “American Hustle” as well!

“Catching Fire” was a very good film and one of the best films of this year. If you haven’t seen it yet, you shouldn’t start with this one. You need to watch the trilogy in order.

Two more movies to see left of 2013. Next film I plan on seeing is “The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug” and I’m looking forward to “American Hustle” as well. After I see those two films I will decide my Best of 2013 list.

Two thumbs up on “Catching Fire”.

Kev

 

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Report: Jennifer Lawrence admits she doesn’t like being famous!!!

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Jennifer Lawrence, who is most famous for her role in “The Hunger Games” movie just had an interview with Vogue magazine and she publicly admitted she doesn’t like being famous too much. She doesn’t go out in public too much anymore like she used to but she says when she’s not in a big movie franchise and when things start to slow down — she maybe able to go out again.  Jennifer turns 23 this coming Thursday, by the way.

More on the story, here.

Some of you may ask if people become actors in movies, do they enjoy being famous? Not all of them. In fact, there are a lot of other celebrities who hate fame. They just do movies ’cause that’s what they enjoy making a living for. They like acting — that’s what they do. They don’t care about the fame. They just want to do their thing and a lot of them have a passion in acting. Fame is not for everybody. Some celebs enjoy it and some don’t. A lot of them don’t see themselves as “celebrities” either. They see themselves as normal people just working a job like everyone else. You may see that famous people may seem all special and glorifying but once you actually get to meet them, you’ll find out that they aren’t really. You’ll be surprised to find out that they are just regular human beings like us. That’s all they are.

It’s sad the way today’s fame is, though. Famous people deserve to go out in public more without rabid fans going after them or aggressive paparazzi all over the streets. That’s how hard fame is for them. A lot of them don’t really leave their homes too much.

To the celebrities who do leave their homes and when they want to go out… they usually walk around disguised so they wouldn’t be recognized. You know, sunglasses and hat pulled way down… things like that. The only time celebrities are spotted out in public are at places such as the big movie premieres and events such as that.

There’s a lot of people out there that want fame but why? Fame is pretty lame. I don’t think I would want it myself.

I respect Jennifer Lawrence even more now for being real and honest.

Kev

 

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When stars gets criticized for their weight… Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lawrence, Christina Aguilera and the list goes on…

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I find it total bullshit that these women are getting picked on because of their weight issues in the media. Some of you know that pop stars like Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera are being picked on for their weight. Actress Jennifer Lawrence, is now a target for her weight gain. Why? Who cares if these women get fat? There are tons of other stars that are much fatter than them. Lady Gaga once said, “Adele is much fatter, how come people don’t pick on her?” I agree.

How come Rosie O’ Donnell or Queen Latifah don’t get criticized for being a fat pig? What about Roseanne Barr?

Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lawrence and Christina Aguilera gets picked on the most, why? It’s because of their celebrity status. They’re big icons and they’re everywhere.

People don’t pick on Adele because everyone thinks she’s beautiful. What gives people the right to criticize how these women look? Those three women I listed in the titles, don’t look fat at all. How come nobody picks on Madonna when she’s stripping on stage at her concerts, and she exposes her flabby and wrinkly skin? Blech.

The media, I tell ya. People should believe in these women for the entertainment they give us, but with the way pop culture is today, the media and the press will do anything to make these women look bad, just to make money off of them. It is not a good time to be rich and famous. Fame can easily ruin you, if you’re not careful.

Kev

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Film Review: The Hunger Games

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Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz, Donald Sutherland, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci, Elizabeth Banks
Directed by: Gary Ross

Today, I finally saw the movie, “The Hunger Games”, which is adapted from novel by Suzanne Collins. Here is my review:

Plot/synopsis: In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Panem is divided between 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal retribution for a past rebellion, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors while the citizens of Panem are required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss’s young sister, Prim, is selected as District 12’s female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart Peeta, are pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives.

This film is getting mixed reviews. You either loved it or hated it. I’ve read the first novel, and I would take the time to defend the film, on why I loved it so much. Yes, it was a great film. You can’t compare this film to the “Twilight” franchise, ’cause this is a different story and style.

Other reviewers and fans are also comparing this film, to “Battle Royale” (which I haven’t yet seen), and Stephen King’s “The Running Man” (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger). I don’t see how you can compare, “The Hunger Games”, to those other films. The way I look at “The Hunger Games”, I see the story being heavily inspired by “Lord of the Flies”, the William Golding novel.

I think, “The Hunger Games”, was pretty faithful to the novel. Everything in the film was pretty dead on, I thought. Jennifer Lawrence was perfect casting for Katniss, and I can’t see anybody else playing that character. I also thought the other casts did a great job. I was most impressed with Donald Sutherland’s (also Kiefer’s father) performance. I also liked Woody Harrelson and Lenny Kravitz in the film. Who knew Kravitz, the rock star could act? I thought Elizabeth Banks’s character, Effie Trinkett, was pretty scary and evil looking, made you want to hate that character.

I thought the movie had some pretty good action, and there was a little blood & gore as well. Lot of explosions too! Anyway, I also thought the movie followed the story from the book pretty well.

My only complaints are the camera were pretty shaky throughout the action scenes, plus, there were some scenes that had some pretty weird camera effects that I found unnecessary. Other than that, I thought the movie was great. It pisses me off that people would want to compare, “The Hunger Games” to Harry Potter, Twilight or any other of the big franchises for kids. Suzanne Collins is no J.K. Rowling or Stephenie Meyer people. Suzanne has her own story.

The whole point about “The Hunger Games”, is not only that it’s a dystopian futuristic story, about a bunch of kids competing in a game, it’s a story about “survival”, period. Suzanne wanted to give kids a story about survival. I thought it was a great movie, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Score for “The Hunger Games” = **** (4 stars as in “excellent”)

Kev

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Cool Video: “The Hunger Games” trailer finally arrives online…

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“The Hunger Games” full trailer with footage from the film, finally arrives online today. I’m very impressed with it. The movie actually looks pretty good. Don’t compare this to “Twilight”, because this is something totally different as you can see. This franchise don’t really shove the teen romance down our faces. “The Hunger Games”, can get really violent and graphic at times. This is one film I’m looking forward to in 2012. It looks great, and I’m definitely seeing it in theater.

Enjoy.

Kev

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Film Review: “X-Men: First Class”

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Directed by: Matthew Vaughn

Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Jennifer Lawrence

Yesterday afternoon, before I went to see, “Battle of the Bands” at SPAC, I went to the mall to check out “X-Men: First Class” and do a little fun shopping after. I bought a few more books of the Game of Thrones “Song of Ice and Fire” series: “Clash of Kings” and “Storm of Swords”. Looking forward to reading the next book, “Clash of Kings” because I’m almost done reading the first one, “Game of Thrones”. I also picked up a few music CD’s from Best Buy. I picked up, Eddie Vedder’s new album, “Ukulele Songs” and Black Label Society’s new album, “The Song Remains Not the Same”.

On with my review….
Plot/synopsis: This is a prequel to Bryan Singer’s first “X-Men” movie. The story is the beginning of Magneto and Professor X. It started with their childhood to being grown men. The story tells how Magneto and Professor X became best friends, discovering their powers and having fun with it. They learn that other mutants have similar powers but each mutant can do different things. Together, Magneto and Professor X get together with the other young mutants to train each other their powers on how to use them better. The film features a lot of mutants from the X-Men comics such as Mystique, the White Queen, Beast, and Riptide. Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) knew Magneto since his childhood and Sebastian was the first one to discover Magneto’s powers. Sebastian starts his own group called, the Hellfire Club, because he was obsessed with taking over the world. President Kennedy announces that a Russian freighter is moving nuclear missiles to Cuba, so Professor X’s mutant team tries to stop that from happening to save the world.

That’s all I’ll go with the plot. I know there has been too many superhero films these days. They’ve been coming out like crazy. Most new superhero movies aren’t that great. In “X-Men: First Class”, I thought the writing was intelligently done, it was smart writing. Who ever wrote the script, is obviously a huge X-Men fan and he knows his shit with the characters, and the story. The screenwriter took it very seriously and I can tell. The writing was insightful, detailed and smart.

The acting of the cast was very well done. Could there be a few Oscar nominations with the acting in this movie? Maybe Kevin Bacon will get nominated for Sebastian Shaw, because I was impressed with him the most. Kevin Bacon played a lot of villain characters in movies such as “The River Wild”, “Hollow Man”, “Sleepers”, etc. I thought this was Kevin’s best villain role. Kevin did an excellent job playing a villain you really want to hate. He was a real psycho in this movie. I was also very impressed with James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, they teamed up well together. I also loved Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, she was perfect for the character.

The movie is very action packed. The action scenes were pretty epic, a thrill ride. I thought the special effects and sound were beautiful. The musical score was amazing as well. Yes, the film had the whole package. It was a perfect superhero film. I thought this was the best new superhero film since “The Dark Knight”. Seriously, I had a fucking blast watching, “X-Men: First Class”. I was never bored and didn’t fall asleep once. This film made you wonder what it would be like if Mutants actually existed for real in this world.

Yes, Hugh Jackman makes a cameo in this film. No cameo from Patrick Stewart or Ian McKellen though which is the only disappointing thing about this film. I’m sure there’s going to be a sequel where Professor X and Magneto face off each other.

Do yourself a favor and check this movie out this weekend! I FUCKING LOVED IT! I would go see it again!

Score for “X-Men: First Class – **** (4 stars as in “excellent”)

Kev

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Cool Video: “X-Men: First Class” trailer finally online!

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Well here it is, the trailer for “X-Men: First Class”. I was at first a little worried about this movie, wondering if it’ll be any good, but I’m very impressed with the trailer, so I’m pretty much sold to this movie. Looks really good. It’s the prequel to the first X-Men movie. Tells the story of Professor Xavier and Magneto. Jennifer Lawrence (the “Winter’s Bone” actress) plays Mystique. I’m definitely seeing this on June 3rd,  hell yeah! I love X-Men!

Kev