7 months and no update? Wow I must be that lazy. This is another level of
Hangat-hangat tahi ayam, I tell ya. Here's a bulk update on some movies I watched lately.
1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Fantastic Beasts is a spin-off from the Harry Potter movies. Duh, right? But unlike any of the HP movies, this is not based on a novel. Just a reference book. FBAWTFT is actually a comic relief book released by JK Rowling for fun. My copy supposedly belonged to Harry Potter. So the book has all these doodles and sketches by HP and friends. So the movie is based on nothing but a new script.
It was average, for me. I mean I've seen better. The animals were cute, which was the good part of the movie but I felt the storyline somehow was weak. Not to mention predictable. So good job to all the crew of the movie. Good arrangements and production. As for the screenplay and storyboard. Well, Hollywood, you could do better. A 7/10 for me.
2. Ouija
Twice I tried watching this movie. First time alone, the second time with my boyfriend. Not because it was too scary, but because it was too BORING. I got nothing from it except a good night sleep. The sound effects were extreme, they had nothing to do with what was going on and after 45 minutes of nothingness I finally gave up. To be fair, since I didn't finish it, I shouldn't be eligible to review it. But based on those few minutes, It really sucked. 2.5/10 for temporarily curing my insomnia.
3. Dr Strange
The hype was high for this movie. Me being a Marvel fan was a bit skeptical about this movie release. Firstly because the star was Benedict Cumberbatch, who that time I thought was weird looking and not hot enough.
I was wrong. Turned out, this movie was the reason I started watching Sherlock The Series. I wasn't disappointed at all. The movie was funny, entertaining and brilliant. I love the hero, love the villain. The only thing I'd change about this movie is the casting of that skinny twig Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One. She was boring, too pale and emotionless for the character. But other than that, Loved it! An 8.5/10.
4. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
I have always love children fantasy books. I had read The Chronicles of Narnia, Harry Potter Series (Who hasn't?), His Dark Materials (Or The Golden Compass Trilogy) and many. many Enid Blyton's books. What can I say? I was born in the 80s where books were the ultimate source of entertainment. So I kept looking forward to movie versions of these stories. To help me boost up my imagination. Miss Peregrine's movie was alright. I heard that they had changed a few major details in the book (
One of them was Emma's and Olive's character being switched). You can read the differences
here. I hadn't read the book yet, so they didn't matter to me.
What I thought the movie was that it was dark (
another Tim Burton production of course) and sad. Maybe because a child died in the movie with his body beautifully preserved. Eva Green did a marvelous job as Miss Peregrine. She was enduring and yet strong and I sorta idolizes her. This movie? I'll gladly give it a 9/10 for being sweet, beautiful and touching. And I don't even like children. I'm looking forward to read the book. Maybe it will a little bit affect my feelings about it.
