Speed Racer

Speed Racer, 2.5 out of 4 stars

Can driving change the world? Yes, he can.

Speed racer, is an adaptation from the 1960s Japanese anime series Speed Racer. This movie is written and directed by Wachowski brothers whom brought you their masterpiece "The Matrix" in 1999. The story of this movie is about a young boy called Speed who want to fulfill his brother (Rex Racer) legacy in this aggressive and dangerous racing. Before we watch this movie, the first thing we thought is the visual effects. Of course, this movie content a lot of visual effects, and it's great. The visual is very eye candy, fresh and very colorful when it comes to the environment, world details and the action sequences. But some part of the visuals are very fake (Cartoon) and some parts felt like trying to be "Sin City". For the action sequences, it is very intense especially the desert racing and the last racing. It is eye popping as the first "Matrix", and of course the action is very stylish and they done a great job in cinematography too. It also content a few slow motion which they also done in "The Matrix" and it looks cool. At the desert racing sequences, there is one part where a bad guy want to toss a bee hive which surround by the bees to the main character (Speed), the thing I don't know is, How could the bees can travel such a high speed? (The bees still surround the hive instead of blown away because of the high speed). When comes to the story, it is nice but is not as nice as I expect from the director, so I'm a bit disappointed for the story. The plot is going well from the middle of the film to the ending of the movie. Some part of the movie is very lame, it is an unnecessary part for the film especially the part which consists of the chimpanzee with Spritle. Other than that, this movie is 2 hours 15 minutes long, of course there are some dialogue which is very lame and is unnecessary for the film and it's feel like a drag. For the acting, is great when it comes to villain. Roger Allam act as Mr. Royalton, who want Speed to sign a contract to race for him. He done a great job in this film and also in "V For Vendetta". He made a great impression for this movie, the way he talk and his expression make him bad ass enough to be a villain. In conclusion, it is a very colorful, intense, stylish, sci-fi movie. Very entertaining.

The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian, 3 out of 4 stars

Caspian: I think I'm not ready.
Aslan: For that reason, I think you're ready.

This movie is directed by Andrew Adamsom who also brought you "The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" in 2005. Now the sequel is bigger and more excitement than the first one. The story is about (No Spoiler, of course) the four pevensie children return to Narnia to aid a prince who struggle for the throne to against his corrupt uncle king Miraz. First of all, the story started and ended very well. The plot also going smooth and you will not feel boring when watching it, but still the beginning will feel a bit draggy for some audiences. For the acting, sure they have improvement. The four of them (William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, and Georgie Henley) are now very charming in this movie (not like the first one) especially when they're fighting. Of course, this movie will be darker than the first Narnia and there will be less magic but more fighting which will give some audiences a disappointment. Even though is darker than the first one, this movie have a ground breaking visual effects. The visual is nice and the filming technique is nice also. This movie used a lot of of slow motion in fighting sequences which is very cool looking. The music using in this movie is a bit different from the first one too, which is composed by Harry Gregson-Williams (one of my favorite). Anyway, I think this movie feel a bit like "Lord Of The Rings" and is very entertaining even though there is not much magic in it (Aslan cast magic this time).

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Tales of Narnia