Category Archive: Fantasy

Fantastic Four (2005)

Fantastic FourGenre: Action|Adventure|Fantasy

Running Time: 106 minutes

Directed By: Tim Story

Written By: Mark Frost, Michael France

Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans

Movie Release Date: 8 July, 2005


Review:

Directed by Tim Story and Written by Mark Frost and Michael France, Fantastic Four is an action, adventure, fiction and fantasy movie where Richards, the lead, has assured himself that evolution can be elicited by clouds of universal energy. Through his calculations, he learns that earth would pass these clouds very soon and plans a mission to study the same. The movie goes on to show what this mission does to the four of them.

Critics believe that Fantastic Four is one the best movies ever made which brought out a lot of entertainment, action as well as adventure to the viewers. Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis have put it extraordinary performances, bringing in a lot of excitement to the movie. This movie is recommended for all those who love action and adventure.

Audiences believe that the movie has always been their favorite, right since the comic book was out. What they liked the most were the action and special effects.  Also, some mentioned that the costumes were fabulous. The story and pace of the film is liked by many. If you haven’t watched the movie as yet, you would want to check it out. It’s definitely worth the watch especially with family and friends.

Ghostbusters (1984)

GhostbustersGenre: Comedy|Fantasy

Running Time: 105 minutes

Directed By: Ivan Reitman

Written By: Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis

Cast: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Sigourney Weaver

Movie Release Date: 8 June, 1984


Review:

Directed by Ivan Reitman and written by Dan Aykroyd , Ghostbusters is an action, adventure, science fiction and hilarious film. Three scientists are thrown out of the positions they earned at a university in New York, where they were studying supernatural. Out of work, they agree to take up the job of Ghostbusters in an old firehouse, a nearby shop, where they start trapping and hunting spirits and ghosts for money. The movie shows how they stumble upon a crucial situation where they deliver an untold evil upon the city.

Critics believe that this movie is one of the best comedy horror spoofs ever made. Also the film is an exception to the usual or rather to all other movies because it has it everything a movie can have, ranging from action right upto fiction. The film is considered paranormal fun with scares as well.

The audiences believe Ghostbusters is one of the original comedies and is absolutely innovative. This movie is seen as a classic and there are so many aspects of the film which can be spoken of, such as the excellent work put by the cast. This film offers little something for everyone who watches it. So if you haven’t seen it as yet, do watch it!

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Genre: Action|Adventure|Fantasy

Running Time:  92 minutes   

Directed By: Tim Story

Written By:  Don Payne, Mark Frost

Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba and Chris Evans

Movie Release Date: 15 June, 2007


Review:

Directed by Tim Story and written by Don Payne and Mark Frost, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is an action, adventure with fiction and fantasy movie where the fantastic four fight their way against Galactus who intends to destroy the Earth.  The movie further goes on to show how the four of them face unending trouble by the Silver Surfer and just when they believe it’s over, Dr. Doom shows up with much more suspense.

Critics believe that this movie is a huge and compelling improvement as compared to the original version. The movie is also considered to be one of the best comedy or rather family movies ever made. Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis have done exceedingly well and have contributed equally making the film a success.

Audiences believe that the cast of the movie were well chosen and that they did justice to the film. Also, the special effects of the movie were liked by many. Overall, the movie was well written, directed and produced. If you’ve not watched this one, you might want to check it out. It’s an excellent family movie, with enough suspense and action needed for the weekend!

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerers StoneGenre: Adventure|Family|Fantasy

Running Time: 152 min

Directed By: Chris Columbus

Written By: J.K. Rowling

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Richard Harris

Movie Release Date: 12 April, 2002



Review:

The movie is the first of the Harry Potter franchise and is based on the novel by J.K.Rowling by the same name. Directed by Chris Columbus, the movie stars Daniel Radcliffe as the eponymous Harry Potter, Rupert Grint as Harry’s best friend Ron Weasley and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger completing the trio.

 

Harry learns on his eleventh birthday that he is a wizard who has been accepted to study magic at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is all too happy to leave behind his Uncle’s place and embark on a new adventure. He is eager to learn magic, make new friends and play “Quidditch” on broomsticks; and also ends up making a few enemies in the process. But as he arrives he is surprised to see that people in the school know him and heralds him as the ‘boy who lived’. Slowly Harry begins to unravel his past, something he was never allowed to talk about in his Uncle’s house and learns how an evil wizard named Lord Voldemort killed his parents leaving him to be the sole survivor of Voldemort’s attack. The climax occurs when Harry comes face to face with Voldemort a second time who wanted to steal the Philosopher’s Stone to gain immortality and Harry thwarts him in his attempt yet again. At the end of the school year, Harry realizes that Hogwrts is the only place to which he experienced a feeling of belonging and realizes it to be his true home.

 

The movie was nominated for three Oscars for the best art direction, best costume design and best original score but did not win any. Rotten Tomatoes rated the movie as 80% ‘fresh’ and was a great box office hit. Till date it is the highest Harry Potter grossing movie.

Immortals (2011)

immortalsStoryline / Description:

Mortal warrior Theseus fights against titans locked in prison.

Synopsis:

The vicious and ruthless King Hyperion and his cutthroat Heraklion ground forces are rampaging over Greece in hunt of the Bow of Epirus. Using the bow, the Hyperion will be capable to overturn the Olympus gods and be the master of this world. The village of Theseus was part of Hyperion’s rage and eventually murdered the mother of Theseus. As Theseus is set to avenge his mother’s death, he meets an oracle that tells him that he can stop the rampage. Theseus then accepts his fate and gathers an army for an epic battle for the sake of humanity.

Running Time: minutes

Distributor: Relativity Media

Directed By: Tarsem Singh

Written By: Charley Parlapanides, Vlas Parlapanides

Cast: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke and John Hur

Movie Release Date: November 11, 2011



Review:

Another 3D film, Immortals is set to hit the theaters with a bang. The film has a decent cast and is likely to make a step up compared to the Clash of the Titans.

Here is a brief peak: Pitiless King Hyperion (Rourke) heads his ruthless army on a cutthroat rampage over Greece to get hold of a lethal weapon that would demolish humanity. Zeus chose a mortal named Theseus (Cavill) to spearhead the fight versus Hyperion and his vicious army on the destiny of the human race and also, the gods are at stake here.

Director Tarsem Singh heads the filmmaking team, and his work includes The Fall and The Cell, so the movie will bear a very specific visual style. Perhaps he won’t be the first person you’d think of when you think of a big budget classic movie like this. Seeing Tarsem direct a movie with Olympus gods and monumental battles may blow our minds, considering he did a pretty good job at The Fall. Mark Canton produced this film. He also produced 300.

John Hurt is also in the movie, and we can only hope that it stands out based on his performance. From the title War of Gods, then after that became Dawn of War, finally the title is Immortals. The best title is the last one and we can only hope that the title can stand up to its reputation in the cinemas.

Conan the Barbarian (2011)

Conan the BarbarianStoryline / Description: The classic tale of Conan the Barbarian and his journeys across the land of Hyboria on a mission to get justice for the killing of his old man and the massacre of his village.

Synopsis: This is a personal avenge—a quest for the fiery warrior that turns into a battle against hulking impossible odds, rivals, and horrifying monsters. When Conan realizes that he is the last hope of rescuing the cities of Hyboria from a supernatural evil.

Running Time: 112 minutes

Distributor: Lionsgate

Directed By: Marcus Nispel

Written By: Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer

Cast: Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman and Rose McGowan

Movie Release Date: August 19, 2011


Review:

After arranging its chronicle with a cut back sequence, Conan carries on with an innovational start in which Conan is removed from his deceasing mother’s uterus on a field of battle. This adjusts the feel for what comes after, because although Nispel never allows his film become boring, it genuinely awakens only if people are cutting up other people to pieces. The story elates when the preadolescent fellow (Leo Howard) witnesses his dad (Ron Perlman) and full settlement massacred by the ground forces of Khalar Zym, a googly-eyed birdbrain in hunting of a supernatural masque pronounced to bring godhood. A long time afterwards, Conan (Jason Momoa) searches avenge, finally forming an alliance with a nun who figures out Zym’s plot.

Conan has CGI cartoonishness, however its 3D essences are astonishingly subtle. The filmmakers also deliver the goods at captivating the visual flair of the celebrated versions of Howard’s chronicles and the lavish Bulgarian places just bow to their wish. The outcomes were like ventures of the sixties, just a lot more bleeding all over the place. Dainty types may resist, but the slaughterous harshness on presentation here is close to the original stuff and deeply electrifying.

All the same, hand Conan the Barbarian recognition for not demonstrating these legions as dusky, ethnic personas like just some usual animation. What’s better is that, its primary question—”Is everyone just supposed to die a bloody death?”—is left open-ended.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)

Twilight Breaking Dawn:Part 1Storyline / Description: The much watched-out-for saga between Edward Cullen and Bella Swan begins its finale.

Synopsis: The Volturi and the Quileute closely observes Edward and Bella, who are about to become parents. Their unborn child becomes a threat to the vampire coven and the wolf pack.

Running Time: minutes

Distributor: Summit Entertainment

Directed By: Bill Condon

Written By: Melissa Rosenberg (screenplay), Stephenie Meyer (novel)

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner


Review:

In the succeeding installment of the Twilight series, Bella Swan moves to the lovely Caribbean with her vampire love, Edward, and gets knocked on their first round of lovemaking as he is such a beast in the sack. They wed, and she gets pregnant. The child, because it is the infant of a vampire, therefore has telepathy, and could talk to them. Once the baby is geared up to be born, Edward then must cut off the umbilical cord using his teeth.

The last two movies of the Twilight Saga will be directed by Bill Condon. Hearsays burst as to how the lunacy of the book can be managed in the movie, with our favorite– the super baby will be fully CGI. And anyone can love how the devotees are fanatic that they not alter anything in the movies. Like it is Shakespeare and to change the choice of words would destroy the wholeness of the magnificent lit that Stephanie Meyer has developed.

Evidently, this is the best film series of all time. What is not to love?

It could be worrying that they people would not respect the series by breaking the last book into 2 parts. But Harry Potter did it, and it was successful, so this will have the same success. Maybe people just do not understand that the vampire Edward is the most formed character in the chronicle of publishing stuff in the book.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011)

Director: David Yates

Cast: Gary Oldman, Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II is a 2010/2011 two-part epic fantasy film based on the famous novel of the same name by J. K. Rowling. Directed by David Yates, the film has been written by Steve Kloves and J.K.Rowling. The film off course is produced by Rowling along with David Heyman and David Barron. The two parts of the film will be the seventh and probably the last installment in the Harry Potter film series.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, is all set to make its release on the 15 of July, 2011 in 3D and 2D. The film stars Gary Oldman, Helena Bonham Carter, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Bill Nighy, Daniel Radcliffe, Alan Rickman, Kelly Macdonald, Emma Thompson, John Hurt, Michael Gambon, Rupert Grint, Jason Isaacs, Maggie Smith and Tom Felton.

The film is about Harry Potter who is on a quest to find and destroy Lord Voldermort’s secret to immortality. Harry, Ron, and Hermione go back to Hogwarts to find and destroy Voldemort’s final horcruxes. However, Voldemort finds out about their mission and, the biggest battle is all set to begin, and life as they all know will never be the same again! Hopefully, this film will be as interesting as the previous ones from the Harry Potter series. Let’s wait and watch what the final edition has in stock for us.