Movie: Despereaux

Some days ago, I watched Despereaux, an animated movie released some time last year I think.

Well, graphically and technically this movie is nice, the music is great, but the story lacks…well…everything. There are too many plots (kind of) evolving at once that, in the beginning, seemingliy do not have anything to do with each other…

Well, overall, as I said, the story is bad, the storytelling even worse, but the visuals and the soundtrack are from nice to great. (That's probably why the movie was not shown in theaters in my country.)

And there it is… :)

…finally, I'm looking at the impressing and beautiful 27" screen of my brand new i7-iMac.

And what a monster that machine is: a screen that requires you to turn your head to see from side to side and a quad-core CPU that runs as if it had eight cores - just amazing.

Well, my old "tiny" 19" monitor sitting beside the new iMac appears kind of small now… ;)

Again I have to say: Apple rulez!

Saw VI

Just watched Saw VI with my brother - first impression: good continuation of the series and would be a good end - if it is the end… ;)

Overall, it's incredible how, again, the story is very much intertwined with the previous movies. If you liked Saw I through V, you'll like Saw VI.

Happy new year!

Well, guess what's the first thing I'm going to do this year! Right, after having experienced Avatar in a standard movie theater I'm going to enjoy it tonight on the very first day of 2010 in 3D in digitally enhanced quality (in some modern movie theater).

That's one good way to start the year, now isn't it? ;)

Avatar

Wow! Amazingly beautiful! Incredible!

Just got home from the movie theater after enjoying over two hours of Avatar, James Cameron's new masterpiece - and a masterpiece it is, well at least visually.

The Na'vi's homeworld is stunningly beautiful and the special effects are exceptional from the first second of the movie to the end.

Storywise, well, it's the well known American story: bad people (Humans) come and try to take over the world (land) of the native people (Na'vi). Sounds familiar? Yes, it does - I'm thinking of Indians, you too?

Nonetheless, this movie is quite an experience to watch and visually so awesomely enjoyable that I can only say this: Go see this movie, now!

Unfortunately, at the moment, it seems impossible to pre-order the DVD…yet… ;)

Taken

Watched Taken (Liam Neeson) last night.
It's a good action movie. Violence usually comes in short but extensive bursts - each time remarkably without any hesitation - it's very well coreographed, too.

If you like action, TV violence and if you're interested in the serious topic of kidnapping and human trafficing (there no cool short liners in this movie) this is a movie for you.

2012

I watched 2012 yesterday with a friend and we had so much fun!

This movie totally rocks! The amount of destruction Roland Emmerich has produced with this one is incredible! There are numerous very cool action sequences with superb special effects. If you're into that kind of stuff go and see the movie!

Bottom line: A must see!