The haunted-house concept is nothing new in the movie world. In this new movie based on the old idea, director Peter Cornwell is exploring it from another angle by trying to incorporate it into a cancer patient’s pain.
The house, that the family of three – made up of the patient and his parents – occupies, has a past as a funeral home and center of séances. The saving grace of the place for them is that it is near where the teenager patient is getting treated. The shadowy past throws its evidence around in the form of blood and gore and eerie sounds and shadows. But the suffering teenager is not sure how much of it is real and how much is medicine-induced hallucination, till he takes a co-patient into confidence.
The problem with the movie is that somehow its spookiness angle does not gel properly. Despite its PG-13 stamp, it looks more like a family saga, or one that derives its strength from human emotions. Horror movies have to horror-driven, or they may end up as senseless travesties.
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This latest offering from Paramount Pictures has taken 3-D animation technology to such levels that one may wonder whether live actors could soon become redundant. The unique animated characters of the movie straddle the worlds of science fiction and folk tale.
The main characters are Susan, who gets mutated into a 50’ monster when a meteorite struck her on her wedding day; Dr. Cockroach, a scientist with the head of a roach; B.O.B, a brainless, glutinous mass of a creature; Insectosaurus, a 350’ insect larva; and Missing Link, an ancient ape-fish combination strongman.
All of them are tagged monsters and remain incarcerated in a segregated facility, providing enough visual entertainment for the audience. Their time come when aliens invade the earth. The beleaguered president, on the advice of his general, releases the so-called monsters to fight the invaders. The president and his general are two of the few live characters in the movie.
The whole cast of the invading alien and his self-cloning army is also 3-dimensional, making the Armageddon at the end also a visual delight with heightened 3-D effects.
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Posted on Mar 25, 2009 under Comedy |
At a time when corporate gullibility has struck the stratosphere with companies taking taxpayers’ money to give golden bonuses to its employees, people may not get entertained by corporate immorality, even if it comes in the garb of a romantic comedy. But what saves the day for director Tony Gilroy is the movie’s powerful lead pair of Julia Roberts and Clive Owen.
The duo are acting as corporate spies who have infiltrated two rival manufacturing giants. Despite being in love, because of the type of their work, they can’t believe each other. And there is no linear story line, with the past intruding into the present too often in reminder games. Again, but for the star couple, it might not have been bearable. And the product they were tracking turned out to be nothing, though in the process the audience gets a peek into the minds of the success maniacs heading the corporations.
A good movie, if all you need is relaxation. It is a Julia Roberts movie all the way, and her wonderful chemistry with Clive Owen. Still, as Julia’s partner in comedy, George Clooney might have fared better.
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