Blindness: Third Ward

Official Site:www.blindness-themovie.com

Director: Fernando Meirelles

Writer(s): Jose Saramago and Don Mckellar

Producer(s): Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Niv Fichman, and Sonoko Sakai

Starring: Julianne Moore as Doctor's wife, Danny Glover as Man with eye patch, Mark Ruffalo as Doctor, Alice Braga as Woman with dark glasses, Gael Garcia Bernard as king of ward three, and Yusuke Iseya as first blind man(IMDb).Rated-R 120 minutes. 

Mysteriously the film begins with an Asian man who is causing traffic on account of sudden blindness. After being accompanied by an altruistic man ,who later becomes blind, the Asian man, hours later, along with his wife went to see a doctor who could not provide a diagnosis as to the cause of the blindness. The following morning the doctor became blind along with an increasing number of people who were ultimately sequestered into a ward where they had to struggle to survive.  

The acting was amazing. The desperation of the people who were subject to the blindness was conveyed well. Julianne Moore was riveting and brave in he role as the doctor's wife. Speaking of doctors, Ruffalo was just right for the part of the soft spoken but logical would be leader. Glover as the wise and gentle man was also testimony of good casting. 

Certain scenes in this film made me so uncomfortable, not because they were bad because they were crafted in tuned with situations and conditions that would challenge our morals. Such scenes beg the question, does morality or survival take precedence in the midst of uncomprisable circumstances? This was one those films where as a movie watcher one could not help but feel intense sympathy toward  some of the characters. According to Metacritic.com the film received mixed reviews. I like this film. B+. Stay tuned, Movieporium.blogspot.com.

Eagle Eye: Big Sister is Watching

Official Site: www.eagleeyemovie.com

Director: D.J Caruso

Writer(s): John Glenn and Travis Wright

Producer(s): Pat Crowley, Alex Kurtzman, Edward McDonnell, and Robert Orci. 

Starring: Shia Labeouf as Jery Shaw, Michelle Monaghan as Rachel Holloman, Rosario Dawson as Zoe Perez, Michael Chiklis as Defense Secretary Callister, Billy Bob Thorton as Agent Thomas Morgan, and Ethan Embry as Agent Thomas Morgan(IMDb). Rated PG-13, 118 min.   

Jerry Shaw is an average hardworking wage earner at the Copy Cabana who is struggling to pay is rent on time. One day he went to withdraw some cash at the ATM, and surprisingly his account ,which usually reads insufficient funds, was endowed with over $700,000 dollars. After withdrawing almost all the money he runs to his apartment only to receive a phone call from a woman warning him that the FBI will be at his door soon, as he noticed all sorts of materials that could be used for making bombs in his apartment. Later, after being apprehended and broken out of custody with the aid of the mystery woman on the phone, Shaw encounters others who are in the same position that he is. 

If you wish to continue using using your cell phone, your Internet, and your computer, the advice to not watch this movie is in order. This film induces serious thought about how much of our activity is recorded with or without the threat of terrorism. Almost every aspect of our economic lives is known in some capacity through our purchases and our cyber-activities. I seems the film is asking people to be mindful of their privacy. 

This was  a good action film that had plenty of chases to deliver what it promised. Labeouf was great in this film, and his chemistry with Monaghan was delightful. The story was descent, and it was entertaining, but again this film was not extraordinary; it was simply a good movie. According to Metacritic.com the film received mixed reviews, and according to Rottentomatoes.com the film earned 25 fresh tomatoes to 75 rotten ones thus far. I will grade it a C+. Stay tuned, movieporiumblogspot.com.   

Righteous Kill and Lakeview Terrace

A quick review on Righteous Kill, It was great to finally see Dinero and  Pacino acting side by side, but I wish it was in a film that was consequential. Certainly  the preceding wish is not asserting that this film was not satisfactory. Seeing these two greats in an awesome movie rather than a film that was simply satisfactory was how I would have liked to see these magnates of the acting world perform side by side.  I will grade this movie a C+ because it was not extraordinary, but it was worth seeing.

Lakeview Terrace was surprisingly intense. Samuel Jackson played his role so well he made me feel uncomfortable. I truly disliked his character. He was annoying and controlling, but worst of all he thought he was righteous when he was not. The subject matter of interracial relationships was the basal conflict contributing to the acerbic and intrusive disposition of Jackson's character. The family conflicts that are quite often endemic to interracial relationships is also explored in this film. This film was surprisingly good although the ending was rather predictable. I will grade it a C+.   

Burn After Reading: These Files Man!

Official Site: www.burnafterreading.com

Director(s): Ethan and Joel Coen

Writers(s): Ethan and Joel Coen 

Producers(s): Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Ethan Coen, and Joel Coen

Starring: George Clooney as Harry Pfarrer, Frances Mcdormand as Linda Litzke, Brad Pitt as Chad Feldheimer, John Malkovich as Osborne Cox, Tilda Swinton as Katie Cox, and Richard Jenkins as Ted Treffon(IMDb). Rated-R, 96 min. 

Chad Feldheimer and Linda Litzke possess a disk which they believe contains very important CIA information. As a result they  traced the disk to Osborne Cox, a former intelligence analyst who is writing a memoir about his past career in the CIA. Chad and Linda try to blackmail Cox. They will provide him the disk in exchange for money. However, the acerbic Cox, deemed  the two as idiots, and he did not agree to their demands, and afterward, things get very interesting. 

Through most  of the film I kept on wondering about what will ultimately happen to tie all these characters together, and once these characters were tied together by a  commonality then what?  A  variety of factors tied all these characters together, but at the end of the film one can certainly surmise, the commonality was an innocent contradictory mischief. The main characters were desperate about lust, money and self improvement. The acting was amazing, and the big names and not so big names were official. 

The film was not only about blackmail. Divorce, and the difficulty of relationships was a prominent force in this film. As this aspect of the film began to emerge, so did a streak of depression. I felt so hopeless about marriage, because the film showed how success in a career does not equate to success in a private life, or a relationship, that is financially well funded. This movie is dynamic, cleverly written, and it arouses and awesome mind orgasm. According to Metacritic.com the film received generally good reviews, and Rottentomatoes.com gave the film 97 fresh tomatoes to 28 rotten ones thus far. Awesome movie, B+. Stay tuned, movieporiumblogspot.com. 

Dark Knight Again

Before the dark knight went out of theaters I decided to see it one more time, and I enjoyed it  immensely, but not only that, I understood the film even more. The show-times have diminished and all good things must come to an end. The film has earned over $500,000,000, an estimate that exceeded  the 210-220 million I thought the film was going to earn. This flick was official. Good Bye Batman. 



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