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Friday, September 25, 2015

Flashback Review: Big Hero 6

                 
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B I G   H E R O   6
                 Hello everyone, I haven't posted in awhile, but I decided to do a review on one of the best
movies of 2014. That's right folks, fasten your seatbelts for Big Hero 6! Big Hero 6 is a Disney film about a boy named Hiro Hamada. He is a prodigy in the world of robotics, and uses his skills to win robot fights. This is how Hiro makes a boatload of money. He really has nothing better to do since he already graduated High School. 
                  Did I mention he's only fourteen? That's right, this kid is only fourteen. He graduated High School at thirteen, and doesn't want to go to college. His older brother, Tadashi, goes to a robotics college and has been working on a medical robot for a long time called Baymax.
                 Tadashi convinces Hiro to go to the robotics college by showing him around the college. Hiro is ecstatic and is eager to join after meeting Professor Callaghan, the creator of the material Hiro used to build his fighting bot. But to get in, he has to make an invention that will blow the school board away. So Hiro gets to work on his invention. 
                  Inspired by the material his fighting robot is made out of, Hiro makes a bunch of
microbots that are controlled by the mind. They can form anything your brain can. After months of work, and help from his new friends at the Tech College, Hiro is ready to present his invention to the Board of Directors. He steps up in front of everybody and blows everyone away, ensuring his place in the college. Afterwards, Hiro, Tadashi, and the whole gang go out to celebrate. 
                   Tadashi congratulates Hiro on his admittance. But shortly after, they hear a fire alarm go off. The school that Hiro had just presented in is on fire, and one of the escaping students tells Tadashi and Hiro that Professor Callaghan is still inside the building. Tadashi rushes in to see if he can get to Callaghan, but the building blows up almost immediately after he enters. 
                   A funeral is held, and Hiro is hit really hard. He is in a sort of depression state, not being able to eat or sleep. All he is ever doing is thinking. His Aunt Cass sees he is broken, and doesn't know what to do.
                  Hiro is looking around his room that he shared with his brother. His robot falls apart and hits one of his toes, causing him to say "ow." Baymax is in the room, and comes over to him, trying to treat him. Hiro doesn't want any treatment, and Baymax realizes that his hormonal patterns are fluctuating exponentially. He also sees signs of depression and downloads a database on personal loss.
                  So begins Baymax's quest to treat Hiro. In the process, Hiro finds out who was indirectly responsible for his brother's death, comes to realize the value of life, and becomes the leader of a team of heroes, defending San Fransokyo. Oh yeah, Big Hero 6 is actually a Marvel comic in case you didn't know.
                  I'm sure you've all heard of how good this movie was, and if you haven't seen it yet, I would highly recommend it. The Ratings aren't really necessary. It's a Disney movie for Pete's Sake! So it's bound to be good. Let's just wait for Star Wars, right?

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Friday, September 4, 2015

Pixels

                  Are you looking for a Redbox film? A movie that isn't too action packed, not too story driven, and with Adam Sandler? Well, you came to the right place, because Pixels is the movie for you! And seriously, don't see this movie until the Redbox. It's not worth the $5 at the cheap theatre. Unless you really want to, then go for it.


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        Pixels is the story of Brenner, a video game prodigy in the world of the Arcade Video Games. He realized at the age of 11 or 12 that all of the games in the arcade have a pattern, and he
was able to see it and go off of it. 
                   He puts his skills to the test at the Video Game World Championship convention of 1982, and loses at the game of Donkey Kong to a kid who calls himself "The Fireblaster." Brenner goes to the convention with his friends Ludlow and Cooper, and they cheer him on. 
                   Brenner, 30 years later, is a tech installer. Cooper is the President of the United States of America, and Ludlow is a nerd living with his mom. Cooper isn't taken very seriously as the President, and Brenner is trying to figure out what to do with his life.
                   He gets his chance when a U.S. Military Base is attacked and pixelated. The game that destroys the base is Galaga. Cooper brings Brenner in to see if he can identify the game, and Brenner can't believe his eyes. 
                   He is headed home when Ludlow surprises him in the back of his car, and Ludlow takes
him to Ludlow's mom's house. Ludlow proposes that the space capsule that was sent out in 1982 containing footage of video games reached aliens, and that the aliens are using the video games to try and take over the world.
                   I dunno if I should keep going, but just know that this movie is pretty funny. I mean, c'mon, it's Adam Sandler! So if you want a good laugh, this is a good Redbox for all of you. Just don't see it in theatres, save that money for a film like Pan. 






Ratings:
Family Friendliness: 8 out of 10 Pixels- Suprisingly, this movie is pretty appropriate. Given that it's rated PG-13, there isn't a lot of cursing, but there is a lot of movie and game references that you will definitely laugh at... that is, if you get them.
Rewatch Probability: Mild- (5 out of 10 Arcades) This isn't the best film you'll see, but it isn't the worst. It's just not one of those movies that you're gonna want to watch a whole ton. It may be a good Friday night film like every year, but a good Friday movie is something like Star Trek: Into Darkness.
Story-line: 7 out of 10 Centipedes- The story is one that is easy to follow, but also one that is pretty ridiculous. The fact that the aliens took the footage of video games as an act of war is pretty  lame. Oh well.
Overall: 7 out of 10 Stars- (8+5+7=20, 20/30= .6777, so I rounded up) Again, not the best of films, but one that is for a night where you just wanna laugh.











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Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Flashback Movie Review: Miracle

                Hiya everybody, before we get started, I would like to thank a friend of mine for pointing me to this movie. She had been nagging me for quite awhile to watch this film, and I never really got around to it. But recently, she bought the movie for me, and I watched it. I did promise a movie review on PoC, so here it is.



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                  Herb Brooks is the man who has been chosen to coach the USA 1980 Olympic Hockey Team. Russia has won the past five Hockey Championships in the Olympics, and the USA wants to
take the gold this time. 
                    Herb chooses a team of 26 from among the best in the United States. He then starts to pick and choose which of those 26 will make his 20-man team for the Olympic Games. Herb drills the team hard, including giving them one of the most famous hockey drills known today as "Herbies," or "Suicides."
                    After one of their first game, a tie with Oslo, Herb makes the team run "Herbies" long after the ice rink is supposed to be shut down. They run Herbies hours upon hours, and as the team continues, they become sick. 
                    They are all exhausted, and one individual pukes. The others can't take it any longer. Herb is about to make them do the Herbies again when Mike Eurizone, one of the players, states his name. Herb asks him, "Who do you play for?"
                    "I play for the United States of America." 
                    "That will be all gentleman," Herb says. He got his message through that the name on the front of the jersey is a whole lot more important than the name on the back. 
                    Herb's goal throughout the entire film is to make the players into much more than a team;
he wants them to become a family. He wants them to all be able to work together in such a way that in order to beat them, their entire team would have to be severed, which was impossible.
                    And Herb accomplishes this, by being the bad guy; forcing the team to skate together, pass together, and shoot together. They all become a tight "squad" as some people may call it, and they all come to love each other as family.
                    So watch as this 1980 World Renowned team rises to the challenge of the Soviet Union in one of the most crucial times in our nation's history; the Cold War. Watch them come together in an unbreakable bond as they face the Russian's unbeatable hockey team, and come back at the last second with Al Michael's most famous line in all of sports history,
                    "Do you believe in miracles?! YES!!!" 


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Ratings:
Story: 10 out of 10 Hockey Pucks- This is truly a motivational and moving story about the importance of teamwork, even in the toughest of situations.
Rewatch Probability: High (9/10)- You will watch this film over and over again, surprised each time at how the United States beat the Soviets at their own game.
Family Friendliness: 8 out of 10 Hockey Sticks- There is some rude humor, and there is some fighting that takes place, but nothing that your 9 year old probably can't handle. But I'll let you be the judge of that.
Overall: 9 out of 10 Stars- 10+9+8=27, 27/30= .9 An inspiring and extremely well done film, dedicated to the greatest moment ever recorded and witnessed in sports history. 

"Disney Movie Miracle Trailer" <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZBb_8WQKUA>
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