Managed to catch a few movies recently. Arranging it from personal favourite to least favourite, so Godzilla took the cake!
Godzilla
CAST
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, Sally Hawkins, David Strathairn, Bryan Cranston
DIRECTOR
Gareth Edwards
LANGUAGE
English with Chinese subtitles
OPENING
15 May 2014
RUNTIME
123 mins
RATING
PG 13 - Some Intense Sequences
The Story in One Sentence: Good guy Godzilla saves the city from bad-ass monster couple.
Takeaway: Excellent cinematography with good build up and story.
My Rating: 4/5
X-men: Days of Future Past
CAST
Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Ellen Page, Peter Dinklage, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Evan Peters, Omar Sy
DIRECTOR
Bryan Singer
LANGUAGE
English
OPENING
22 May 2014
RUNTIME
133 mins
RATING
PG 13 - Some Violence and Brief Coarse Language
The Story in One Sentence: Clash of baddies in a mirror-reflection style story line.
Takeaway: Astounding CG, complex story line with double period crossing characters. At 133 minutes, it is probably the most worthwhile movie in terms of duration.
My Rating 3.5/5
Walk of Shame
CAST
Elizabeth Banks, James Marsden, Gillian Jacobs
DIRECTOR
Steven Brill
LANGUAGE
English with Chinese subtitles
OPENING
08 May 2014
RUNTIME
96 mins
RATING
NC16 – Coarse Language
The Story in One Sentence: Hapless reporter gone wild in a delusional pursuit for dream job
Takeaway: Light-hearted humour. Unexpected plot. I totally enjoyed this. Plus, scopophilia!
My Rating: 3.5/5
Brick Mansions
CAST
Paul Walker, Robert Maillet, RZA
DIRECTOR
Camille Delamarre
LANGUAGE
English (No subtitles)
OPENING
24 Apr 2014
RUNTIME
90 mins
RATING
PG 13 - Some Violence and Brief Coarse Language
The Story in One Sentence: Action packed parkour-gangsta diet with unexpected plot twist.
Takeaway: Good against bad, turned around. Nice adventure that kept me glued to the screen.
My Rating: 3.5/5
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
CAST
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Campbell Scott, Embeth Davidtz, Colm Feore with Paul Giamatti and Sally Field
DIRECTOR
Marc Webb
LANGUAGE
English with Chinese subtitles
OPENING
01 May 2014
RUNTIME
142 mins
RATING
PG 13 - Some Violence
The Story in One Sentence: Phew Phew Swoosh Swoosh Phew Garhhhhh End.
Takeaway: Can do so much better. Bad ending. Good CG though. Was okay for the complimentary ticket I received but probably wouldn't want to bear full price for this.
My Rating 3/5
Filial Party
CAST
Christopher Lee, Mark Lee, Ann Kok, Hayley Woo
DIRECTOR
Boris Boo
LANGUAGE
Mandarin
OPENING
08 May 2014
RUNTIME
113 mins
RATING
PG 13
The Story in One Sentence: Did I just enrol in film-making module again? Production of local variety show runs into morality conflict.
Takeaway: Not top of the race due to immense competition from foreign giant productions, but a commendable attempt to bring across good values and moral. Support our local movie scene. It is better than some 'other' local movies per se.
My Rating: 3/5
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*All movie tickets paid in full by thewriteperson, except for TASM2. Movie information taken from cathaycineplexes.com.sg*
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