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Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
It's a kid's movie but NOT A KID'S MOVIE
Probably I have to start by saying that I'm a 31 year old wife from Indonesia, that's in south east Asia if you don't know, so I was pretty much being brought up by Eastern tradition. And hence when I saw that this movie was presented by Nickelodeon, I thought it was the same Nick that produced the Avatar, which is awesome kids cartoon. And I had a good laugh watching the opening scene, which is pretty comical. The parents kissing was uncomfortable, but okay - I think it's a cute teens movie... though I start to get my suspicion when they started to stalk a character and seeing the character taking off their clothes.
But I thought, all right, it's a British movie - I don't know anything about British little girls but maybe that's how they are and that it's acceptable. UNTIL that snogging session with the "kissing instructor" happened!! That was gross!! And then the "thong" thing on the changing room happened. And then all the innuendo happened. And then I realized that this is NOT as much a kid's movie as it's a weird, awkward, bizarre movie with child actors (hello, the Indian girl can't be older than 13).
Yes, it's up to "step 6" so probably the maker thought it was 'okay' - I mean, no groping, right? Of course! They are British people with British culture, what am I doing comparing the movie to the norm around here? So of course, I'm biased. But still the movie is weird. Like it's an HBO movie that tries hard to be sexual but still PG-13. I can't say I hate the movie because it has a nice plot and a happy ending, I just hate how children are being pictured in the movie.
Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)
I knew it
I'm sorry but for a long time Doraemon fan this doesn't surprise me. Delight, yes, because it wraps up the story very nicely. But every single point in the movie you can find scattered all over the comic book, the movie was just collecting the bits from the comic book and bundle it into one and make a nice graphic for it. But it's really NOT anything new. It's a story all of us has already known before. I rated it 6/10 not because I don't like the story, because everyone who loves Doraemon can't possibly NOT love the story. But I don't like the fact that they didn't give me something new which I looked forward too. Also, the way it was presented was so over-the-top. I usually felt some emotion watching any of Doraemon's adventure movie series, like Doraemon and Dinosaurs, or Doraemon in the Animal Kingdom, in Robot World, etc. Even I can feel something in the normal weekly series. But because Stand By Me is very over-the-top, I can't believe the flow of the emotion one bit. It didn't get to me. This speaks volume since I'm a super crybaby and even nowadays I can still cry watching mere commercials!
Oh by the way, I'm 31, and have been watching Doraemon since I was Nobita's age.
Annabelle (2014)
Jump Scares Galore
First, I'm glad I didn't watch the trailer... because it's not a trailer, it's a spoiler. They put the best scares on the trailer so it might have ruined my viewing experience, had I watched the trailer first (luckily I didn't).
I got mixed feeling about this movie. The good points first then. The atmosphere is creepy, the acting is nice (especially the lady/mom, she's excellent). They build suspense from trivial things (like the sewing machine), and the simple "unknown" factor. The elevator scene is genius!
The bad points, in my opinion, is the overused of blasting sound effect that denotes horror/ shock. It's cheap, and unfair. And it happens ALL THE TIME. Some things can't be explained at all... it's just seem like made up things to add to the creepiness but once you think about it, it doesn't make any sense (I'm talking about the drawings here. Come on now, the doll spent some time to draw those prophetic drawings? Where's the logic to that?? And I'm not talking about normal logic, I'm talking WITHIN the movie logic). Also it has really bad moral message in the end that makes something seems to be a good thing where such thing NEVER is a good thing. There are other ways to get rid of that doll, one of the possible solutions was to call a SWAT TEAM or whatever and escort that doll to another country... for example. The ending is the worst part in my opinion.