Saturday, June 12, 2010

the Story of The Kelly gang (1906)

the first feature film. it was originally 70 minutes but it's so damaged and lost that only 16 minutes and 10 seconds are watchable.

although this movie was the first feature length film it wasn't the first film, the first was the 1890's i think.
The Americans overlook this film, probably because it's Australian and had nothing to do with America, so they say that "Birth of a nation" was the first feature. Yanks have to be first don't they?




i feel like some noodles....

Friday, June 4, 2010

Star Trek 2009

2009 was a good year for special effects, with Avatar, Harry Potter's 6th installment and Star trek.
Star Trek is my favorite film of 09, Avatar was good but without the special effects it would suck! and it was over-hyped and overrated. Star Trek deserved it praise, it was well cast, had the main characters and knock out SFX!

I liked Chris Pine as James Kirk, if only William Shatner had made a cameo, that would have been epic!!! but Leonard Nimoy was in it as future Spock, so that was great.
The plot is that Nero comes back in time, his arrival disrupts the continuum and creates an alternate reality, allowing director JJ Abrams to do whatever he wants, and he did it with style. awesome, awesome film.
Zachery Quinto (Sylar from the now canned Heroes) plays a good Spock, not straying too far from what he knows, (logicality and emotional, much to his chagrin, Sylar like) which seems Spock like as well. Quinto made a great Spock
Chris Pine, got the woman chasing part right! as someone who wasn't that interested in the original Star Trek i now want to see the series and movies! I liked Chris PIne in this, which is a rarity.
Zoe Saldana (of Avatar fame) was ok, no wow factor, but ok. like in everything else

overall i don't have that many bad things to say about this movie