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War of the Worlds (2005)
War of the world of CGI
Mr. Spielberg, you've done it again! You made a movie, which had groundbreaking (literally) effects, believable cast and a thrilling atmosphere.
Even Tom Cruise, who I usually call a "mass produced Hollywood flick flack", plays surprisingly well, and his two children were also casted quite well.
Now, lets talk about effects. War of the Worlds is CGI Haven, every single effect is made by someone with a mouse and keyboard. The Tripods looks terrifying, shambling about, hurling people and blasting their way to world domination. There may be some small issues, when discussing the camera positioning. When there is a battle, the camera sticks to the characters, only looking briefly at the alien war machines.
The sound job is made well, with trembling roars and horn blowing coming from the Tripods, and of course the multiple explosions throughout the movie.
The movie could be one of the finest achievements Spielberg yet has to share with us... But now we have come to the ENDING: If you have seen Matrix Revolutions, you will have a quite clear picture of what War of the Worlds has in store for you. It seems like in some scenes, they spend 34 million dollars, and in the final cuts they realized they were down to 50 bucks. The last scenes are horrible, dreadful, if I may, finishing off with nearly no explanations. The Hero gets to his destination, the aliens are defeated (VERY suddenly, and yes, no explanation to yell Hurrah at), and everyone is happy.
If they would just have taken a bit more time with the ending, maybe 10 more minutes of "question cutting", this movie would have gotten a 10 from this side, but with the nightmarish finish, it gets a 6, for awesome story, effects and cast, but killing ending.
-Peter Schaumann
Hardwar (1998)
One of the best freelance games EVER!
Any fan of the freelance genre should at least try this game ONCE. It may be from 98', but the so-so graphics is easily overlooked with the eminent movies (starring REAL people! Not some cheap character animation thing!), above standard storyline, and a very intuitive game play. You start off by choosing your career (which doesn't have to determine your fate, you can switch between game styles as you play), and then you will begin a new life on the moon Titan, which is inhabited by the most low-life scum you will ever meet. You must master all the tricks and trades in this world, if you're planning to escape from its surface (which is the ultimate goal in this game!), and you will require help, but firstly, you gotta change your shipwreck of a beginners-plane, to one of those fancy Moths (Ships in Hardwar is called Moths, because of their need for solar power to function properly). You can scavenge for leftovers from battles of the, actually really smart AI (unless its in a dogfight), or you could hunt down ships on your own. You could also try trading, which becomes rather profitable later on. When you're getting into the game, you may also want to try the tycoon business, making weapons components and selling them to the computer, right from your own hangar! So all in all... Hardwar is one of the most neglected games around, but those who knows it, have made a very strong society on the internet.
9/10 From here.
Rules of Engagement (2000)
Good start
Great action-filled start of the movie, but after that, its just yakyakyak zzzzzz.... What else is on? Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson does a good job, but I just hate those movies that ends in a courtroom... I find them VERY boring, and makes me wanna do something nasty... Like taking a walk or something even more grotesque...! And the length of the film is a little too long! 128 minutes is pretty much for a movie, thats stuck in a trial. I've seen it 2 times now, and the only thing that lifts it a little above the ground, is the start and a little further into the movie... AKA when all the talking begins.
5/10 from me (and thats a very, very SMALL 5!)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002)
A masterpiece!
When I first saw the movie, I really didn't had any expectations about it, but i proved terribly wrong. This movie is probably THE best Mr. Chipping movie thats ever been made! (I know some people sticks to the first version, but frankly, it was a bit too sentimental for my taste). The 2002 edition was also made for the sentimental crowd, but it also had some harsh realities, like when the German teacher gets killed in war, and the students didn't care, 'cause he wasn't English. And I couldn't help myself not to shed a tear, when Chips dies in the end of the movie.
9 out of 10
Virus (1999)
A misunderstanded movie.
I don't see why people hate this movie? Personally, I liked the
whole taking-peoples-flesh-and-put-it-on-robots thing. And the
cast were excellent, when it came to the more frenetic scenes. The
only thing that was bad about the movie, was when the captain
willingly makes himself a robot/dead guy. He didn't put up much of
a fight, and because he for some reason removed his legs, his
walking capabilities were kinda non-existent. But overall... A good movie, which were put in my collection right
away.
8 out of 10