FANTASTIC MR.FOX

I'm going to start off by saying I love Wes Anderson films (Royal Tenebaums, Darjeeling Limited, Rushmore, and so forth). He's one of my favorite film makers, he has yet to disappoint with his films. They are all so good.

Fantastic Mr Fox is definitely in the classic Wes Anderson film category. The biggest difference of the film is the obvious stop motion claymation/animation production of the film. And usually I'm not a fan of it, but in this one it incredibly worked. It was, no pun intended, a fantastic film.

The voice actors were all great; George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, and more that were just exceptional. You can never go wrong with actors that Anderson casts. He does such a good job, of bringing together and exceptional cast. Sure a lot of the time he uses the same people but thats what so good about his stuff the continutiy of actors and just the fact that he balances them all so well in the films.

Plot wise, it was really good and cute. Typical hero saving the day but making bad choices in doing so. The main character, Mr.Fox is rebel character that does what he can for his family while living his life the best he can. Without giving away to much, it's a very thoughful story with touching and great comedic moments. A very enjoyable movie overall, strongly recommended to all. The only reason I took away a point is because there were some really slow moments, but not enough to completely take a lot away.

In the End, I'd give this movie 9/10

Last movies seen for the year...

Just a list of the last few movies I have seen in 2009. (with the exception of FANTASTIC MR.FOX and UP IN THE AIR)

Brothers 7/10
Transylmania 5/10
Avatar 7/10
Sherlock Holmes 7/10

And just a few words about AVATAR, cause apparently that's the IT movie right now. In my opinion its overrated. James Cameron created another long boring film that was overly predicted and ripped off every other movie of its kind. The CGI were good, but I mistakenly watched it in 3-D and chose not to wear my glasses because they bugged me, and when I didn't the picture was distorted so I couldn't even enjoy that. I don't recommend 3-D films to anyone, it's not worth the extra money (even if I didn't pay for this one) and it takes away from actually enjoying the film.

Top 10 BEST of 2009

It was a semi-busy year for the movies, I saw significantly more movies this year than I have in a couples (substantially more since I quite the theater two years ago). There were some good ones and some really horrible ones. But like every year I like to make a list of my top 10 of the year.

1. SLUMDOG MILLIONARE
2. CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
3. INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
4. FANTASTIC MR.FOX
5. UP IN THE AIR
6. THE READER
7. UP
8. FROST/NIXON
9. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE
10. A SERIOUS MAN

A SERIOUS MAN

Well, there's not a whole lot to say about this film other than the fact that it was your usual run of the mill Cohen Film. Except with the Cohen Brothers nothing it quiet run of the mill.

You can find the quirkiness and absurdity of this film, and can honestly put lots of wonder and confused thoughts into this one, but that what it's all about. I honestly think that this film was made just to make you think and wonder....WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

Though of all the actors and actresses in this movie, I only recognized one by face and that was the young Rabbi portrayed by Simon Helberg of TV's BIG BANG THEORY and DR.HORRIBLE. He always plays the stereotypical Jewish person, but he does it so well. The main character, portrayed by Michael Stuhlbarg was interesting and a little out of the loop from the rest of the world around him, and that's what I liked about this film the characters were all out of place.

The Cohen Brothers always make a good and entertaining film, now this wasn't nearly as good as FARGO or NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN but it definitely stands alone amongst their films as a different one.

In The End, I'd give this 8/10

And next up for my review will be Wes Anderson's long overdue FANTASTIC MR.FOX and later this month my Top 10 of the Year (after the year)

TOP 10 for 2010

One more quick post before I go (and I promise, more ACTUAL reviews sooner than later).
But I like doing this every year. Movies come out without a date set so early, but I still enjoy making a preemptive list for coming year of movies. So, here is my top 10 list for movies I'm excited to see for 2010:

1. Iron Man 2
2. Toy Story 3
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians
5. Clash of the Titans
6. Alice in Wonderland
7. Jonah Hex
8. Kick-ass
9. Cop Out
10. Robin Hood

An update before the last few weeks of the year....

So, as of today I have now reached 49 movies seen this year. There's about of half a dozen films left to see before the start of 2010. Of course the Oscar Season has already begun. There's a couple films out that are considered for Favorite Film and I'm really excited to see how this upcoming Oscar season goes.

But for now, here are the other movies I've seen so far since my last update (not including my most recently view film THE FANTASTIC MR.FOX and A SERIOUS MAN)

Couples Retreat - 7/10
Zombieland - 7/10
Invention of Lying - 7/10
Men Who Stare At Goats - 7/10
New Moon - 7/10
Where the Wild Things Are - 6/10
2012 - 6/10
Cirque du Freak - 4/10

And I know I'm not exactly reviewing every film like I originally stated, but a lot of the films I've seen don't need much reviewing due to the fact that they are entirely bad or just already have so much publicity. And yes, I know its kind of redundant to watch films that I know are going to be bad but I honestly just love siting in a theater (regardless what's on the screen...most anyways)