2012

Title : 2012

Cast : John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Liam James, Morgan Lily

Genre : Thriller

Rating : Greaaat

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Synopsis:

In 2009, an Indian scientist, Dr. Satnam Tsurutani, discovers that neutrinos from a massive solar flare is increasing the temperature of earth core rapidly. Adrian Helmsley, an american geologist, informs White House's chief of staff Carl Anhauser and President Thomas Wilson, that his founding will lead to natural catasthropic chain.
At the G8 summit, 2010, the US flooring a rescue plan to ensure human's survival. They sell the tickets for 1 million euro, begin the massive project in Himalaya.

In 2012, Jackson Curtis, a writer and part time limo driver of Russian's Billionaire Yuri Karpov, is heading to his ex wife house to get his children, Noah and Lily. They plan to go to a holiday, though Noah seems very reluctant to go with his father, the pack is leaving to Yellowstone National Park. Jackson is planning to get his children to his and Kate's favorite spot, but they find a barrier fence but decide to threspass. When Jackson and his children find the spot that used to be a lake, Jackson is surpraised. The lake is gone and the water is dried out. And out of nowhere, a bunch of army with tanks and helicopters approached and bring the family along.
Jackson and his children are brought to meet Adrian, which eventualy a fans of Jackson book. He tells Jackson to stay away from the restricted area and escorts them to the camping area.

While trying to find what happen in the Yellowstone Park, Jackson accidently heard a radio program which broadcast from a trailler in front of him. The Broadcaster is Charlie Frost, a conspiracy theorist that believe that the end of the world is near and he also claims to know a map of a secret space ship. Jackson leaves him to think that he's speaking to a lunatic.

Back in California, a huge earthquake caused massive crack in the ground. Kate is calling and ask Jackson to bring the children home. Jackson then rush to pick Yuri's twins up. As soon as he arrives, the boys are complaining due to his lateness and being ignored by Jackson, the boys said they have the tickets and Jackson is left behind and died. The moment Jackson heard it, he remembers Charlie Frost. He rents a plane and rush away to take his family.
At first Kate ignores, Jackson's plea to bring the children away, but then a big earthquake hit and destroy everything. Jackson, along with Kate, Noah, Lily, and Gordon, Kate's bf, are saved. They jammed in the limo and drive like crazy to avoid street cracks, rumbling buildings and witness million of people died.

Soon, they manage to come back at the hangar but the pilot is dead. Gordon then take the deceased man position and flies the plane. Jackson said they should go to Yellowstone Park to find the map Charlie's said before. Leaving kate, Noah, and Gordon to feel up the gas, Jackson and Lily rush to find Charlie and find him on the highest ground still broadcasting. The land before them is moving up to shape a huge mountain and errupts! Charlie refuses to leave so Jackson departs and wishes him luck.

The Curtises and Gordon continue their journey to follow Charlie's map which is lead them to China, but it's imposibble to use the small plane to china. They decide to land in Los Angeles, where people are evacuated due to thick poisonous cloud attack. They meet Yuri and his family, his pilot Sasha find a plane and says he needs a co pilot to fly it. The Curtises along with The Karpovs and Tamara, Yuri's gf leave LA to China

Comments:

The first time i knew that the movie was a disaster movie, i rushly plot my time to watch in a theatre. I love disaster movies ^_^ and i saw almost all Rolland Emerich's film and fans of some like Independence day and The day after tomorrow. And from what i saw, it was great! I like the thrill, the action, the effects, they're just ok. But if i need more emotional scenes, i won't ask Cusack to play. I don't know if Jackson should be that plain, but he supposed to be more emotional, more happiness when you succed and more sad features when you lose.
It's nice and to see it in a wide screen is highly recommended ^_^

Fun Facts:

• Some cinemas show the movie on 20.12
• Summer Oympics in London at 2012, is no way held in December, it should be earlier months.
• No airplane is able to fly in heavy volcanic ashed atmosphere
• Arnold Schwarzenegger's term as Governor of California ends in January, 2011.
• When the children are on the camping trip they are bitten by mosquitoes. Both have several fairly serious bite marks on their faces. However in the scene in which they return home (the following day) their faces appear unblemished.
• Assuming that neutrinos have caused to heat the earth core, what was the cause of cooling it in such short time?
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THE PROPOSAL

Title : The Proposal

Cast : Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Betty White, Dennis O'hare, Malin Akerman

Genre: Drama

Rating : Funny ^_^, three stars

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Synopsis:

Margaret Tate (Bullock) is a powerful senior editor in a big publishing company, being very strict and seems heartless made her, a subject of hate to her staffs. Andrew Paxton (Reynolds) is Margaret's assistant and for 3 years is working under pressure and has little chance to being promoted. Margaret, a Canadian, almost being departed due to violation against immigration terms that said she can't leave the country before her status of citizenship is approved. She introduces Andrew as her fiance to deceive the immigration officer.
Andrew introduces Margaret to his family and things grow beyond their plan. The Paxtons love Margaret and they even propose to celebrate the couple wedding as soon as possible. To see Andrew and his family, Margaret starts to fall for him.

Comments:

Just like any other Sandra Bullock's romantic drama, this film has the same quality. It's funny and cute (i don't know any other word to say it T_T). The story runs smoothly, but i think it's too fast to make Margaret and Andrew fall in love in 4 days, it's weird, i guess you can not make people that hate you, fall in love with you with in 4 days, too fast and almost impossible. And Ryan Reynolds' character seems not that in to Bullock's character. They don't have any chemistry for sure.

Fun Facts:

• Julia Roberts originally going to play the role but dropped out due to salary conflict
• In original, Reynolds is from Canada and Bullock is American
• During the sequence where Margaret proposes to Andrew on the street in New York, the same woman in a green sweater walks by three times.
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GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST

Title : Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Cast : Jennifer Garner, Matthew Mc Conaughey, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer

Genre : Drama

Rating : entertaining ^_^

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Synopsis:

Connor Mead (Mc Conaughey) is a famous photographer and a womanizing bachelor. Hook up and broke up with girls so easily and say he doesn't believe in love. Attends his brother, Paulie (Meyer) wedding rehearsal, Conner meets his old flame, Jenny Perotti. He also tries to confince his brother that he make a huge mistake by getting married. Being alone in a restroom, his dead uncle, Wayne Mead (Douglas), showed up and warns him that his way of life will do no good to him in the future, and said he will be visited by 3 ghosts whom will bring him to his past and future. Thinking that he might has weird dream, the second ghost shows up, his first relationship Allison Vandermeesh and brings him back to his childhood up to his recent days.
Connor causes a lot of mess, starts with his cynical comments during family dinner, ruins the wedding cake, and ultimately destroys his brother relationship by accidentally said Paulie had slept with one of the bridesmaid.

Comments:

For a drama film, it is quite entertaining ^_^. That kind of sweet and romantic drama, but still i found it quite amusing. A generic story but hey i love drama so i bear with that, it feels real and not too exaggerate . Matthew Mc Conaughey plays great role as a womanizer, with texas accent ho ho, some girls will say that sexy ^_^, but his accent did bother me, if The Meads are family, so his accent is awkward, i mean Michael Douglas and Breckin Meyer as his uncle and brother have no accent. Anyway, if you need a light movie, good laugh, so this probably a good choice

Fun Facts:

• Christa B Allen who plays teenage Jenny, also starred in 13 Going on 30 (2004), in which she played a teenage version of Jennifer Garner's character as well.
• During the rehearsal dinner when Connor Mead receives a phone call, he talks into his phone upside down.
• The bride's father is referred to as "Sarge" because he's a Sargent Major in the Marine Corps, but "Sarge" is an Army or Air Force term - Marines are very insulted by it.
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CROSSING OVER

Title : Crossing Over

Cast : Harrison Ford, Ray Liota, Ashley Judd, Jim Sturgess

Genre : Drama

Rating : Very good~ love it ^_^

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Synopsis:

Max Brogan Works for Immigration and Customs enforcement in Los Angeles. Having a raid in a textile company, one of the illegal immigrant Mireya Sanchez begs him to help her pass some money and writes him the address . Brogan refuses to help and throws the address. Unable to sleep due to feels guilty, Brogan tries to find the paper and called his office to meet Sanchez but he fails. Brogan came to the address and paid the money to a lady whom has, Sanchez’ son. He cleans the boy and brings him back to his family in Mexico and promise, the sanchez he would try his best to find Mireya.

Gavin Kossef, a jewish, teaches in jewish school illegally, and tries so bad to get the work. He persuades his mom to finds a rabbi to gives him a good religious record so that he can get the job in the school. He also tries very hard to learn jew language. Upon immigration interview, his interviewer ask him to cast a prayer in Hebrew, since Kossef said he is a good jewish, a religious person, and also teaching in a jewish school, the interviewer also asks a rabbi to witness if his cast is correct.

Taslima Jahangir, a Palestinian girl writes about her sympathy to 9/11 terrorists, earns mockery amongst her classmates. And by the end of the day, FBI shows up, asking her about her writing and they also finds out that Jahangir and her parents are illegal immigrants, and even though two Jahangir’s siblings are Americans, since they were born in America, they still face deportation due to Jahangir’s act. Denise Frankel tries to speak with the FBI and they gives her 3 options, to deport all Jahangirfamily, or just Taslima and her parents, or Taslima and one parent and they will not rise the case.

Hamid Baraheri, Brogan’s partner, arab descendant whose father earns naturalization. Being proud American citizen, the family outcast the youngest, Sarah and also the one and the only family member earns her citizenship by birth, due to her inappropriate behavior. One day sarah is found death, shot on the forehead with her married boyfriend.

Denise Frankel, an immigration defense attorney works on an African little girls case. After being put in juvenile prison for almost 23 months, she still can’t find anyone to adopt the girl, and suggest to her husband, Cole, to adopt the girl.

Claire Shepard, an Australian and always dreams to be an actress in the US. In trying to get her green card, she stumbles in Cole Frankel's trap whom using her as his lust satisfaction as payment of her immigration status.

Yong Kim's family from Korea have work very hard to get their neutralization as US citizens and Yong almost jeopardize his family struggle by joining a gang and involving in a store robbery.

Comments:

The movie was great! I heard lot of bad things when you are illegal citizen, not only in the US but everywhere in this planet, being illegal immigrants will never be easy. The film showed us, people who believe in american dreams and willing to take anything to get it. Some lose their live and the other lose their freedom. But i also see american people paranoia, Indonesian also subject to many terrorist act but you will never see people getting deported just because he writes an essay about terrorism, and he's under age. What would an under age teen understand about law? That's too much, and yes i believe it happens in the US, especially in the past, in you know who, presidential time. The paranoia that make people hate each other.

PERSONAL EFFECTS

Title : Personal Effects

Cast : Ashton Kutcher, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Spencer Hudson

Genre : Drama

Rating : average

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Synopsis:

Walter is a wrestler whom join a national team before he goes back to his town to attend trial of his sister murder. In a counsellings season, Walter met Linda whose husband is murdered and has a deaf son, Clay. Walter helps Clay when he's being abused and pointing a gun to his abuser, then he helps Clay to focus his anger to healthier way, wrestling. Along with the closeness between Linda and Walter, Clay also put some respect to Walter but this leads to critical moment when Clay witness Walter threatens a man whom he suspects as the killer of his sister, Clay then decides to kill the man for Walter

Comments:

I always see Ashton Kutcher as a funny man, once only i saw him play in a serious film, Butterfly Effect and i liked it. But then so he played lots of comedy, hmm...or else i am the one miss his serious film? Anyway, he looks different, i loved to see Walter which was an awkward guy and lived a healthy live, somehow i found it cute ^_^. But frankly, nothing special about the film. At first i didn't even understand why Walter sit in a court and seemed very angry. Hi hi i missed that scene. They focused on relationship between Walter and Linda and how they cope the trauma they had in live and it felt real, but too real so i found it boring. A movie should be have more intrigues right? So the audience feel it thrilling and they willing to see again and again.

FRAGMENTS

Title : Fragments

Cast : Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson

Genre : Thrilled drama

Rating : average

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Synopsis:

In one normal day in a dine, Charlie Archenault (Whitaker) is trying to called a busy waiter, Carly (Beckinsale) to order something. Not so far Annie Hagen (Fanning) is having breakfast with her friend, Jimmy Jasperson (Hutcherson) and her father, Anton Hagen.
Dr. Laraby is walking out of the dine after having his coffee, on his way out a guy come in and he helps him to hold the door. Suddenly the stranger pull a gun and shoot a guy near him, the shoot freezed everybody on his place accept Annie whom quickly hide under the desk and pull Jimmy with him. The shooter shoot another 2 men before shoot himself.
The victims' lives are changing after the shooting, each person tries to coupe their trauma in their on way.

Comments:

Frankly, i never heard any about this film before, i just accidently got it. I always like Dakota Fanning's film, and now i just realize that she played mostly, the same charachter. Troubled girl, with calm and cool personality. Do tell me if she plays another role which is not mention above ^_^. For me, the movie is not that good. Some people deal their trauma in bizzare ways, well that's what i got from the movie. Apart from that, this is the kind of boring movie, flat from the start till the end. It is said that the movie is based on a novel called Winged Creatures, maybe i should read the novel, since not many novels look good on screen.

RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

Title : Race to Witch Mountain

Cast : Dwayne Johnson, Alexander Ludwig, Anna Sophia Robb, Carla Gugino

Genre : Action, Science fiction

Rating : Quite entertaining

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Synopsis:

Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) is an average cab driver down town Las Vegas, until one day he meets alien siblings Seth (Alexander Ludwig) and Sara (AnnaSophia Robb), they give him a bundle of cash and tell him to go as soon as possible to one direction. While driving, some government agents pursue and try to catch them. Seth, whose ability is to penetrate any solid object move out from the running cab, standing in the middle of the street and crashes pursuer's car without even moving. Having succeed to escape from their pursuer, the siblings tell Jack to stop in front of an old ragged house.

The siblings enter the house, several minutes after Jack decides to follow. The house is quiet and abandoned, Seth and Sara are hiding behind a sofa when Jack shows up, they warn Jack to be very quiet. Seth leads the way, is entering some secret doors and exit to unusual place. A minute after Sara takes whatever they need to have, a fire attacked began. It's Siphon, an assassin whose mission is to eliminate Seth and Sara. Succeed to escape, Jack brings the siblings in a bar to refresh, and Sara explain that they come from a distant planet, sent by their parent to take their parents experiment results which contain lots of information about the earth, it will help them to save their dying planet without attacking and invading the earth, since the government of their planet is meant to do so. Not so long after, the agents show up and ask Jack to surrender, with the help of a waitress they escape from the ambush.
Jack decides to go back to city and meets one of his passenger, Dr. Friedman (Carla Gugino) at UFO expo and with her help, they will find the siblings' aircraft.

Comments:

The film is a mix between a family drama and action, well you can't expect Dwayne Johnson to play pure drama right? ^_^. Interesting, with easy to guess plot. I think if the government agents were made even more aggresive like you saw in the matrix or bourne identity, it will add some thrill in the movie. Anyway, it's quite entertaining for a weekend movie and if you want to see something light and a little bit of thrill.

Fun facts:

• It's a remake film, the original film is played in 1975
• Jack's cab number is the same with the original film in 1975
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