So, when I first saw this movie advertised, I thought ‘How lame and pointless’. But I was dragged to see it, and it got me by surprise. It was great! And actually very funny!
It’s about a guy named Mike, who could of had it all, but he left it for his girlfriend. Now Mike wishes he hadn’t, as he and his ex-wife are now on bad terms and are getting a divorce. However, when Mike tells a mysterious school janitor how he wishes to be 17 again to change his life, he just gets it! So Mike is now 17 again, and is finding out more about his kids, and even getting more closer to them…and his ex-wife.
The movie had a lot of comedy, sweet moments, and Zac Effron isn’t cheesy in this, apart from the beginning scene. But that’s one scene, you’ll live with that! It’s enjoyable and I would certainly recommend it!
So, to clear things up, 17 Again is a fun teen comedy that is a lot better than you think! I gave it 9/10 for it’s excellence!
Melora Hardin = Principal Jane Masterson
Matthew Perry = Mike O’Donnell (Adult)
Brian Doyle-Murray = Janitor
Leslie Mann = Maggie O’Donnell
Jim Gaffigan = Coach Murphy
Thomas Lennon = Ned Gold
Hunter Parrish = Stan
Katerina Graham = Jamie
Zac Efron = Mike O’Donnell (17 years)
Tommy Dewey = Roger
Tiya Sircar = Samantha
Tyler Steelman = Ned Gold (Teen)
Adam Gregory = Dom
Sterling Knight = Alex O’Donnell
Collette Wolfe = Wendy
Allison Miller = Scarlet (Teen)
Josie Loren = Nicole
Mario Cassem = Samir
Melissa Ordway = Lauren
Randy Gordon = Photographer
OK, so i was a late bloomer into the book craze, i read the first one about 3 weeks after it came to theaters (i read the book before i saw it), but then ate up the other books, one right after the other! Yes, i am an adult, and i loved the books, but strictly for the joys of getting lost in a story, they are by far not amazingly written or anything like that, so don’t start busting my chops about literature, OK…. but, as i was saying, i loved the books, but the movies….Twilight, decent, it was nice to see the characters visually, i think they did a decent casting job. I love Kristen Stewart as Bella, and i think Rob Pattinson is great for Edward…but i think the lack comes from the directors and the screenplay writers Saying that, i thought New Moon was actually pretty bad…i reserved my copy of Twilight on DVD and haven’t even considered purchasing New Moon, maybe by the time Eclipse comes out on DVD i’ll get it.
but back to the topic, i actually enjoyed Eclipse a lot.
Yes, like the other reviews, there was a LOT of story left out. It did seem too fast and too slow at the same time. However, the makeup i actually thought was decent this time! Twilight you could see the makeup on everyone, New Moon, not that much vampire work, so not that big of a deal, and Eclipse, i actually like the stylization of the vampires…they were meant to look a little stony and not just white. Yes, the score sucked, the sound editing could have been a little smoother, and the transitions between scenes should have been a little more blatant sometimes. However, as these movies go, i really did enjoy this. Maybe they’ll release an extended version DVD to fill in some of the gaps, or maybe, now that they are doing Breaking Dawn in two films, they extend some of the Eclipse story into Breaking Dawn. Anyway, it was fun, i’d go see it again.
Kristen Stewart = Bella Swan
Robert Pattinson = Edward Cullen
Taylor Lautner = Jacob Black
Ashley Greene = Alice Cullen
Peter Facinelli = Dr. Carlisle
Elizabeth Reaser = Esme Cullen
Kellan Lutz = Emmett Cullen
Nikki Reed = Rosalie Hale
Jackson Rathbone = Jasper Hale
Chaske Spencer = Sam Uley
Bronson Pelletier = Jared
Alex Meraz = Paul
Kiowa Gordon = Embry Call
Tyson Houseman = Quil Ateara
Gil Birmingham = Billy Black
Tinsel Korey = Emily
Bryce Dall= Howard = Victoria
Cameron Bright = Alec
Charlie Bewley = Demetri
Daniel Cudmore = Felix
Dakota Fanning = Jane
Michael Sheen = Aro
Jamie Campbell-Bower = Caius
Christopher Heyerdahl = Marcus
Billy Burke = Charlie Swan
Sarah Clarke = Renee Dwyer
Anna Kendrick = Jessica
Michael Welch = Mike
Christian Serratos = Angela
Justin Chon = Eric
Xavier Samuel = Riley
Catalina Sandino Moreno = Maria
Jack Huston = Royce King
Julia Jones = Leah Clearwater
BooBoo Stewart = Seth Clearwater
Jodelle Ferland = Bree
When I finished watching the movie “Bride Wars”, I commented it on our school bbs. I said that the fights against each other between the two women were so horrible. A male friend claimed that the conflicts of young ladies in another movie “Mean Girls” were even more terrifying. Therefore, I’ve found the movie and looked it through.
However, I still stick to my point that the first one seems more pathetic to me. Frequently in life, who hurts you most is not your biggest enemy but one of those that you think are your bosom friends. This is partly because these people possess of wider knowledge about you, your secrets, your weaknesses, and everything else. Moreover, the betrayal of whom you really care about itself can be a huge hit to your nerves.
According to my previous experiences, it gets even worse among girls due to their human nature. Male creatures are comparatively more independent. Men enjoy their relations with their soccer pals, hang-round buddies, working partners. They rely on each other, help each other when it is necessary; and go out together for a drink sometimes. But they seldom share their deepest feelings with one another. A man, for instance, would hardly consult another for his troubles of getting along with his girlfriend.
Friendship between girls is quite different from that between boys. Girls are willing to share almost whatever they have with their girl mates. They talk about every detail in life all the time on phone, face to face, over a cup of tea, when shopping together or during the sleepover time. It’s so natural for a girl to offer her own lip-care stick when she sees her friend’s lips are dry. And it’s common for a girl to open up with her friends about all the freaky habits of the bastard she’s dating for the moment. When a girl takes you as her true friend, you could definitely expect that she would try everything she could and use every single piece of her resources to help you out when you’re in trouble, while male friends tend to give you a hand only when you ask and at the cost they could afford without any impact to their normal life. I’m not trying to accuse men of being unhelpful or indifferent. They are just more rational and would consider more about their duties to their own families and others that they’re supposed to be responsible to.
Up to now, you might assume my point is that true friendship only happens or say has more possibilities to occur in girls’ world. Please don’t take it wrong. That’s not what I’m saying. Women are sensitive and easy to go extreme. They can be as strong hating you as they are loving you. Liv and Emma in “Bride Wars” are very good example of its kind. I’m not surprised why and how they did it. Not at all. The only thing astonishing me is that they finally forgave each other and got their friendship back. They let everything go just as it never happened and became closest friends again.
I can hardly believe this. And I’ve never seen this in reality before. I don’t know whether it is faked out in movies or other fictional works or it does happen in the west. But I do hope for its existence anyway.
Friendship’s excessively fragile, maybe frailer than true love, I guess. However, the frailty and rarity make it even more precious.
Kate Hudson = Liv
Anne Hathaway = Emma
Bryan Greenberg = Nate
Chris Pratt = Fletcher
Steve Howey = Daniel
Candice Bergen = Marion St. Claire
Kristen Johnston = Deb
Michael Arden = Kevin
Victor Slezak = Colson
Kelly Coffield Park = Kathy
John Pankow = John
Zoe O’Grady = Young Liv
Shannon Ferber = Young Emma
June Diane Raphael = Amanda
Charles Bernard = Wedding DJ
Bruce Altman = Simmons
Hettienne Park = Marissa
Lauren Bittner = Amie
Casey Wilson = Stacy
Jason Kolotouros = Delivery Guy
Paul Scheer = Ricky Coo
Andre Holland = DJ Jazzles
This movie is the lowest rated movie on IMDb that i decided to watch. So many people thrashed this when it came out to cinema, it has huge percentage of 1/10 ratings, and i thought that could be human stupidity, prejudice and hatred towards these kind of movies in general. And that is completely correct, this movie isn’t objectively underrated, if movies were math and you could calculate how good and how bad it is, how much is it worth, then this film definitely wouldn’t be on 3.0/10 rating. I’m not mathematician though, my rating of any movie isn’t objectively based, each rating i give is based on my personal opinion. When it comes to movie like ‘Hannah Montana: The Movie’ then my rating is (and everyone’s else’s should be too) based on amount of entertainment movie gave me, amount of UNBEARABLE flaws (bearable flaws are completely different story that don’t affect the movie in my opinion), likability of characters and also music (specificly for this movie, because it’s a big and important ingredient to it).
After seeing this movie i was fairly pleased and satisfied with it, doubling the rating that this movie has been given. Music is good, likable, catchy and somewhat emotional, that song ‘The Climb’ isn’t bad at all, i was surprised at first that it won “Best song from a movie” MTV Movie Award in competition with favored Paramore (‘Twilight’) and Bruce Springsteen (‘The Wrestler’), but that was before i saw this movie, now i understand why it won the award. Other songs are also catchy, although much “lighter” and usual for teen flicks. I know some people dislike the whole Billy Ray Cyrus – Miley Cyrus story and therefore they had prejudice towards this movie, in this movie they did a duet that i thought was pretty okay and likable. There weren’t many of those unbearable flaws that i mentioned earlier on, of course the whole plot is unrealistic and silly, but who cares? This isn’t some spiritually inspiring movie, this is a teen/chick flick… Likability of characters is on good level, between medium and high. Miley Cyrus was at start kind of shaky and not so likable in my opinion, but later on everything was alright. Everyone else pretty much fit in good, as in any other higher-rated chick flick. Their acting on the other hand is silly, exactly on level of newer chick flicks, and everyone who makes complaints about it should make the same complaints on 1000 of other movies.
You shouldn’t judge this movie by ratings and comments of other people, this movie doesn’t disappoint, it isn’t a masterpiece, a “MUST SEE” or anything like that, it’s just decent afternoon entertainment that could make you feel-good or feel stupid depending on what you expect and want from it. There are better ways of spending your 102 minutes of time, there are better teen flicks out there, but there are also many more that are much worse.
Miley Cyrus = Hannah Montana/Miley Stewart
Billy Ray Cyrus = Robby Ray
Emily Osment = Lilly Truscott/Lola
Jason Earles = Jackson Stewart
Mitchel Tate Musso = Oliver Oken
Moises Arias = Rico
Lucas Till = Travis Brody
Vanessa Williams = Vita
Margo Martindale = Ruby
Peter Gunn = Oswald Granger
I expected this movie to be nothing but childish antics to make the kiddies laugh. Fart and burp jokes, bathroom humor, and nothing more than another movie propaganda that lies to audiences on how great a certain breed of dog are that then get people to impulse buy it, and dump it 6 months to a year later at the shelter (ala 101 Dalmations). Apparently Disney finally listened to the 100s of letters and petitions asking them to stop making the same cookie-cutter dog movie.
First, the trailers make you think Papi is the top dog in this movie. Its actually Chloe, the female chihuahua that the movie focuses on. If not for the supporting cast, the movie would have likely sucked. I was surprised at the heavy issues they dealt with in the movie and how well executed it was.
For one…Chloe is lost and found by a man who brings her to a dog fighting ring. Yes, dog fighting in a Disney movie. Though don’t be getting memories of White Fang. This dog fighting ring is not shown so bloodthirsty. You KNOW its a bad place. There are all sorts of dogs there, of several breeds. Pit bulls, German Shepherd, mastiffs, and dobermans. One of the pit bull mixes is sadly praying in Spanish. One of the other dogs says, “he always prays before a fight”. Chloe was brought there to be a bait dog. They never use the words “bait dog”. But they put her in the ring with El Dialbo, a bad-ass doberman. Delgado, a German shepherd breaks out of his cage, and releases the rest of the dogs, then he saves Chloe and all the dogs run for the hills. The owner of the fighting ring notices last minute that Chloe is wearing a diamond collar and knows she’s worth money and sends El Diablo to find her.
Papi and his owner, as well as the woman entrusted to care for Chloe go to Mexico to find her. They come upon two of the former fighters, a mastiff mix and a pit bull mix and they join them. On their journey, both dogs get adopted. We also find out Papi is adopted too. And at the end of the flick, a message to the audience about researching a breed before you get it and adopting over buying.
On stereotyping Mexicans, as a Hispanic American, I was not insulted in the least. You have the hero (human), who is Mexican, working as a landscaper, yes…stereotype, but they used that stereotype deliberately to show you how wrong people are. The heroine (human) insults him by assuming he can only speak Spanish and talks down to him in her own form of Spanish. He goes along with it. But with Jaime Lee Curtis character you see he is not just the hired help, but a member of her family as far as they are concerned. The millionaire seems to look at him as a son or nephew. And she treats his shelter dog, Papi very well too. In Mexico itself, you see people helping them out all the time. Yes, some of the places they go are not the nicer sides of town, but the people are good. I think the only people who have anything to complain about here are Dobermon owners. They kept from stereotyping all the other “dangerous breeds” but them.
It was no award winner, it was never meant to be. But it was a great family flick that doesn’t talk down to youngsters and its side stories were fantastic. Hopefully this movie makes future adopters out of kids and parents.
Jamie Lee Curtis = Aunt Vivian Ashe
Piper Perabo = Rachel Ashe Lynn
Manolo Cardona = Sam
Maury Sterling = Rafferty
Jesús Ochoa = Officer Ramirez
Drew Barrymore = Chloe
Andy Garcia = Delgado
George Lopez = Papi
Edward James Olmos = El Diablo
Eddie “Piolín” Sotelo = Rafa
Placido Domingo = Monte
Paul Rodriguez = Chico
Cheech Marin = Manuel
Loretta Devine = Delta
Luis Guzman = Chucho
Eugenio Derbez = Storekeeper
Michael Urie = Sebastian
