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Big Buck Bunny (2008)
Don't Mess With The Bunny
Watched this years back, and find myself searching for it again more than 5 years later. My little one loves it, and unlike the other review warning of violence, I disagree. Firstly, there is no killing in the entire story, no blood, no gore. Yes there is an element of bullying, but the revenge was more of an amusement.
There was no physical retaliation by the bunny, and even when he caught the ring leader, he basically hung him out to dry like a kite, giving a rare opportunity to the first bird in the scene to have some fun with him as well.
Loved it and so does my little one, I would highly recommend it.
The Perfect Guy (2015)
Great Storyline...Falls Short
A friend recommended I watch the movie, said it's good. I'll admit, I'm a tough critic, yet I'll always state my claim and justify my decisions. I'm also a techie, so you'll get to see why the movie falls short.
The movie starts out great, the love/romance, leading up to the disagreements, reasons for disagreements as well as an ultimatum is nearly perfect. Next comes a seemingly better option for the distressed female star.
Jumping from a seemingly broken relationship, to a nearly "Perfect Guy", she thought she was surely in for the best of what life has to offer. Jumping into quickly opening up her life to her new found love, she begins to see just how wrong things are. This is where things take a turn for the worse, and the thrilling parts of the movie begins.
Issue #1: The problem of the key: The main character and even the police took way too long to ask about a possible key to get into her house. She knows she doesn't have a hidden camera, so how did a video from that angle get recorded?
Issue #2: Problem of the stalker's apartment: No real smart tech person is going to have hacking gear at his apartment. Especially when hacking. This stupidity in movie making must stop. Leased connections can easily be traced, show something realistic, like using public WiFi, a disposable laptop, etc.
Issue #3: Problem of a search warrant: After the main character's video got leaked from her email, with a suspect already questioned, a court order should have been obtained to search his apartment.
Issue #4: The ex boyfriend coming back in her life was good, however lacked substance. They should have discussed relationship goals going forward, I don't believe that was laid out clearly.
Issue #5: The fight scene at the end was absurd, in my humble opinion. She could have shot him with the non-lethal bullets in the bathroom and then shoot him. Her bright idea of a struggle, lose the gun, then get it back is a terrible idea at best. He could have shot her after taking the gun.
If the above issues were corrected, I'd think this movie would be much better. Non-the-less, it was a good watch, can't take it all away.
The 4400 (2004)
Our place in time...
First let me say, I watched the entire series on Netflix (Love the convenience without commercials). The concept for this movie is absolutely brilliant. I loved the whole 4 seasons and I will explain why.
The beginning, plot and storyline is original and while not perfect, it covers a broad aspect of a sci-fi fan's imagination. This movie is truly for a sci-fi fan, for it requires deep thinking and analytics to keep up with the pace, clues, mishaps, out-of-time-sync moments and even the seemingly simple moments that become significant later on.
The 2nd to 4th episodes of Season 1 may seem a bit boring and less interesting, however things pick up pace coming down to the start of season 2. With new abilities surfacing, law enforcement is quickly overwhelmed. Especially when those who were abducted find out that the government has been giving them shots to inhibit their abilities.
Once people begin to harness and find out the benefits of their abilities, they often meet with hostile contact with others, or use it to their own personal benefit. I can't say this is not expected, even if it happened in real life, that's what makes this TV series amazingly interesting. Most of the storyline can be equated to real life situations, problems and issues.
To top it off, there are more than one person who have seen or can see into the future and the past, those who can knock out anyone over a radius of about a mile, healing capabilities and even mind travel (yea, you gotta watch to see that one - a whole episode on this). Not only is it talked about, the abilities are all shown, and sometimes even clash. From scientific geniuses to self healing magicians.
I actually hated to be interrupted when watching the series, especially when my girlfriend wanted to sit on the phone making me miss important plot points, lol.
It's just like a great book, you may not get excited in the first or 2nd chapters, but rest assured, the wait is well worth it!