Golden Globe Nominations 2011

Best Picture (Drama)
1. Black Swan (Snatcher)
2. The Fighter (Snatcher)
3. Inception (Snatcher)
4. The King's Speech (Snatcher but not to me) (Should be:127 Hours, True Grit or The Town)
5. The Social Network (Winner)

All 5 movies are strong so I don't care what the others say about 127 Hours, Rabbit Hole, Blue Valentine, True Grit and The Town. But if I want to like all 5 movies in this category a 100%, I would replace The King's Speech (I know it's a big Oscar contender) with 127 Hours, True Grit or The Town.

Best Picture (Comedy or Musical)
1. Alice In Wonderland (Deserved compared to the other movies but does not deserve a nomination)
2. Burlesque (Undeserving)
3. The Kids Are All Right (The clear winner, if the winner is anyone but this movie, the Golden Globes can f*** themselves)
4. Red (Same as Alice In Wonderland but slightly better)
5. The Tourist (WTF?! Laughable dialogue??? F*** No)

The Kids Are All Right will definitely win this by a mile. I can only tolerate with Red and Alice In Wonderland but Burlesque and The Tourist? F***!!! Where's Kick-Ass, Date Night, The Other Guys, Easy A, Get Him To The Greek and Scott Pilgrim v.s. The World? Get rid of Burlesque and The Tourist and put in Get Him To The Greek and Easy A. If possible, Alice In Wonderland and Red can make way for The Other Guys and Scott Pilgrim v.s. The World. Here's how it should have been.

1. Get Him To The Greek
2. Scott Pilgrim v.s. The World
3. Easy A
4. The Kids Are All Right
5. The Other Guys

It wasn't a great year for comedies but the nominations chosen are unacceptable.

Best Leading Actor (Drama)
1. Jesse Eisenberg- The Social Network (Snatcher)
2. Colin Firth- The King's Speech (Winner)
3. James Franco- 127 Hours (Snatcher)
4. Ryan Gosling- Blue Valentine (??? I didn't watch this)
5. Mark Wahlberg- The Fighter (Deserved)

I have no idea about Ryan Gosling's performance in the movie but I would give it to Leonardo DiCaprio for Inception or Jeff Bridges for True Grit but I can't give my thoughts because I have no clue about Ryan Gosling.

Best Leading Actor (Comedy or Musical)
1. Johnny Depp- The Tourist (No! No! No!)
2. Johnny Depp- Alice In Wonderland (Snatcher)
3. Paul Giamatti- Barney's Version (Winner)
4. Jake Gyllenhaal- Love And Other Drugs (???)
5. Kevin Spacey- Casino Jack (???)

No Johnny Depp, get Russell Brand for The Other Guys. If I wanted to add a few more, it would be Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg for The Other Guys, Jim Carrey for I Love You, Phillip Morris and Michael Cera for Scott Pilgrim v.s. The World.

Best Leading Actress (Drama)
1. Halle Berry- Frankie And Alice (???)
2. Nicole Kidman- Rabbit Hole (Snatcher)
3. Jennifer Lawrence- Winter's Bone (???)
4. Natalie Portman- Black Swan (Winner)
5. Michelle Williams- Blue Valentine (???)

I think Rooney Mara (The Social Network) or Ellen Page (Inception) should get a nomination for 2 of 3 ??? above.

Best Leading Actress (Comedy or Musical)
1. Annette Benning- The Kids Are All Right (Winner)
2. Anne Hathaway- Love And Other Drugs (???)
3. Angelina Jolie- The Tourist (Out)
4. Julianne Moore- The Kids Are All Right (Snatcher)
5. Emma Stone- Easy A (Deserved)

This category is for Annette and Julianne because those two actresses have the best performances here. Angelina Jolie out, Tina Fey for Date Night in.

Best Director
1. Darren Aronofsky- Black Swan (Snatcher)
2. David Fincher- The Social Network (Winner)
3. Tom Hooper- The King's Speech (Snatcher)
4. Christopher Nolan- Inception (Deserved)
5. David O. Russell- The Fighter (Deserved but should be Danny Boyle for 127 Hours, The Coen Brothers for True Grit and Ben Affleck for The Town)

Another strong line-up but the win should go to the man who made a teen flick look Oscar worthy, David Fincher.

Best Supporting Actor
1. Christian Bale- The Fighter (Winner)
2. Michael Douglas- Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (Snatcher)
3. Andrew Garfield- The Social Network (Deserved but Justin Timberlake deserved it more than him)
4. Jeremy Renner- The Town (Deserved)
5. Geoffrey Rush- The King's Speech (Thank god, I thought for The Warrior's Way, Snatcher)

Bale should have this award and it should only go to Rush or Douglas. To make a little noise, I would like to add Justin Timberlake for The Social Network and Joseph Gordon-Levitt to the mix.

Best Supporting Actress
1. Amy Adams- The Fighter (Winner)
2. Helena Bonham Carter- The King's Speech (Snatcher)
3. Mila Kunis- Black Swan (Deserved)
4. Melissa Leo- The Fighter (Snatcher)
5. Jacki Weaver- Animal Kingdom (???)

I am quite clueless about the supporting actress category every year so I have no suggestions. But I have Marion Cotillard for Inception and Helen Mirren for Red in mind.

Best Animated Feature
1. Despicable Me (Deserved)
2. How To Train Your Dragon (Snatcher to others, Deserved to me)
3. The Illusionist (???)
4. Tangled (Deserved)
5. Toy Story 3 (Winner)

No complains but maybe Megamind?

Best Screenplay
1. 127 Hours (Snatcher)
2. Inception (Winner)
3. The Kids Are All Right (Deserved)
4. The King's Speech (Snatcher)
5. The Social Network (Snatcher)

These 5 movies seem like the 5 movies who will receive the 10 nominations for Best Picture and Screenplay. I have to give it to Inception because of the way it is cleverly written.

Let me know what you think about the nominations on the comment section. Until next time, Long Live Good Movies!

Inception Review (Part 2)

Looking at the trailer, there are a number of cool scenes.Pretty cool, right? Christopher Nolan has said that Inception does not need to be filmed in 3-D. Despite all the cool action and visual scenes, we are getting IMAX at most. Though this move may not go well with fans of 3-D, it shows that they are confident that the movie itself is good enough without 3-D to bring in cash which is why Batman 3 a.k.a. The Dark knight Rises is also going to be shot in 2-D and using the IMAX cameras during a few scenes. I hope this movie gets an Oscar nomination because based on the trailer, the director, actors, writers all work and try hard and the hard work is bound to pay off. Let's hope that people will turn this movie into a multimillion dollar film although it seems like an odd film to be released in the summer. But July is the month full of great finales to the summer. In 2007, Transformers. 2008, The Dark Knight, a Christopher Nolan produced, directed and written film. 2009, 500 Days Of Summer and Public Enemies. 2010, Inception. So, The Movie Preview Critic rates Inception

W- Worthy
Worthy of big screen viewing.

MS- Midnight Show
See it the minute it comes out.

DL- Drama Lover
You like dramas.

AL- Action Lover
You love action.

AF- Actor Factor
You like the actors.

DF- Director Factor
You love the directors

WF- Writer(s) Factor
You like the writer(s).

HFSTLA- Holy F***ing Sh** That Looks Awesome
You are sure that this movie will rock!

WON- Wants Oscar Nominations
This movie wants to earn Oscar nominations.

SOAGMF- Sign Of A Good Movie Future
These are the kind of movies we want.

So, now let's see Inception's Deserved Cash! It deserves RM 6.9 million. Now let's see Inception's Movie Wars! It beats Salt, Predators, Toy Story 3, Eclipse, Chloe, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Knight And Day, Despicable Me, Shanghai, Street Dance and The Karate Kid. That means Inception is the BEST MOVIE IN CINEMAS!!! So until next time, consider yourselves advised, remember H-wood gives us more than we paid for and as always, Long Live Good Movies!

Inception Review (Part 1)

This is the most promising movie of 2010. You simply can't go wrong with Christopher Nolan. The director and writer of Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Prestige and The Dark Knight just simply takes our breath away and does amazing movies with the talent he has. He has joined a legion of directors who have taken movie-making to a new level. Inception is the inception of that step. So why is it that Inception can look so promising while current movies like Sex & The City 2, Eclipse and The Back-Up Plan all failed in their trailers? I say this many times before, which is effort. Directors and screen writers who we have never heard of before are taking on movies that are popular, famous and of dying genres. Christopher Nolan loves movie making so he does it with passion because he wants to tell a story and we all want to listen. Unfortunately, some prefer to see shirtless werewolves, weird vampires and an emo girl, 4 best friends who we rather see on the T.V. screen and Jennifer Lopez in a rom-com. Okay, so maybe I am harsh about those movies but it's because Inception is so much better when you compare it with these movies. I mean, why isn't anyone aware of the number of bad movies we have? All we do is keep taking money out of our wallets to watch these movies that we all know are gonna disappoint us. We need to know now that bad movies are not needed and we need to fight for our rights to get the good movies we want like Inception. There are simply no excuses to make a bad movie if you only put in a half effort work. So let's see what is Inception about. It's about a man who can enter people's minds and steal their ideas. Because of this, he is a fugitive. But he has to complete one last job and he will be able to be a normal person like everyone else. He has to plant an idea into a mind but someone seems to be watching them. Nolan was very secretive of this movie when he released the 30 seconds trailer. Just like Cloverfield, we wanted more. So he released a second trailer that had Leonardo Di Caprio explaining our world in the near future. There are some cool moments and then a little story here and there with different perceptions of the movie, trailer and story. The third trailer was released a few months later and that one really told the story and we all could understand the main story. Christopher didn't need to tell us the story straight away with narrations or words on the screen other than the tag line and credits. He let the characters and sequences to the talking and we could understand it perfectly clear. Like Wall-E. I don't remember Inglourious Basterds or Up In The Air talk when I watched Wall-E but just the movements of Wall-E and the background already told us where we are and what we're doing. It may not be as clear as talking but it's still clear. Imagine if one of those 5 movies above had very little dialogue. We are most likely going to get shirtless guys, laughing girls, dance moves, plain action choreography and fumbling-bumbling actions. Those are for the entertaining part but every movies need the basic root which is story and characters. If that fails, not even good acting can save it from failure. You can say "Great acting by Laurence Fishburne in Predators but the script wasn't as good as Predator. The actors here are well-known or basic solid actors who won't give bad performances. They have all either been nominated, won or involved in movies that received attention from the Golden Globes or the Oscars. Leonardo Di Caprio (nominated for Oscar), Ken Watanabe (nominated for Oscar), Marion Cotillard (won Oscar), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (nominated for Golden Globe), Cillian Murphy (involved in The Dark Knight), Ellen Page (nominated for Oscar), Michael Caine (won Oscar)and 2 other actors Tom Hardy and Tom Berenger. Other than the story, the actors are also a big spectacle to watch because who doesn't like a cast that features great actors. When the case is right, they can act well and the director doesn't need to give so many directions because there actors adapt well and can understand the vision of the director. No offense to the actors below but imagine if Eddie Murphy, any of the Jonas brothers, Paris Hilton, anyone from any horror remake, any Disney actor or actress with stone acting were cast in this movie. No matter whether there's a twist in the story, the actors won't be able to portray what the director wants unless Christopher Nolan keeps shooting the same scene for numerous times.

(To be continued...)

Iron Man 2 Review (Part 3)

There have been an awful lot of superhero movies coming out lately. But if we look at history, there are a mixture of good and bad superhero movies. The reason, well these movies are justmade for the money. So that's why it get green lighted because it brings easy profit. If anyproducer gets a chance to get easy profit without putting in effort, they jump at the opportunityand thus, the films above are made. But what makes me confused is why people will even wantto watch these movies when they already know that they are gonna get bad movies. It justdoesn't make any sense. But thank God that not all comic book stories are like that. Someproducers really want to make the fan boys happy and we have these kind of films. These latergroup of films make us really think, why couldn't the earlier group put in a little more effort. Wasit that hard to push it a little further like The Dark Knight, X-Men, Spiderman and Superman. IfChristopher Nolan, Tim Burton, Bryan Singer, Sam Raimi and Richard Donner can please the fanboys. Why is it that the directors of the earlier group of movies can't. In one group, they're trying to see who earns the most money at the box office. In the other, it's trying to see who beats whoin the Greatest Superhero Movies Of All Time List. So where is Iron Man 2 most likely to fit in.Most likely, the same group Iron Man was in. Anyone who watched the first movie in 2008 andor any other time are definitely waiting for Iron Man 2. Get ready for an explosive, action packed and focuses on characters as well movie. To fight the MoviePocalypse, we need hope and this movie has answered our prayers. Let's hope that Columbia Pictures give everyone involved in Iron Man more space to perform in front or behind the camera. The Movie Preview Critic rates Iron Man 2

W
Worthy of big screen viewing.

MS
Midnight Show

AL
You love action, so you watch it.

AF
Actor Factor

CBAL
You like comic book adaptations.

SUPF
You want to watch it because you like superheros.

HFSTLA
You are sure that this movie will rock!

WON
Wants Oscar Nominations

MPTC
More Parts To Come

SOAGMF
Sign Of A Good Movie Future

Because of time problems, the end part of every review will be written in the book instead. So I end here. So until next time, remember H-wood gives us more than what we paid for, choose your movies wisely and as always, Long Live Good Movies!

What Will These Movies Do? 4/4 Part 2

In this part, it will be about How To Train Your Dragon, The Green Zone and The Lovely Bones. Firstly, How To Train Your Dragon.There has been a lot of good buzz about this flick while I see that this movie looks cliched, it's strictly for kids but it has jokes and wonderful effects that's worth full price. That is all a prediction. I thought it was gonna be normal like Cloudy With A Chance OF Meatballs because both stories were so familiar that the only thing different were the time and society. If you read the review, you get the idea. So when someone says "This is as good as Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, I get confused. If it is as good as people say it is, it's probably helping us getting good and better movies. So maybe it is better than what I thought it would be. So, it's RP for anyone who likes cartoons and "Toothless" and still M for me because I don't have the urge to watch it. It had a budget of $ 165 million and it's already earned $ 208 million and counting, so expect um... an Oscar nomination that I'm sure they won't win. But a nomination is already good enough. Next on, we go to The Green Zone. I am a big fan of Matt Damon action movies but I'm not a fan of his acting in those movies, it's not bad but he doesn't give us Saving Private Ryan, Good Will Hunting or Invictus.But when The Green Zone came out, I thought it was gonna be good because there's Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon working together again but it's gotten mixed reviews from critics and fans which surprises me because Matt doesn't do a lot of bad movies. This is a movie that will save us from the MoviePocalypse so it's still RP but it's only grossed $ 61 million from it's budget of $ 100 million. I'm disappointed that this movie earns only that much while um... I don't want to mention names but movies about lame vampire love, JUST about fighting robots and teen idols can earn more than the budget of The Green Zone. Yes, I'm not f***ing kidding. What do audiences want to see? Zac Efron is in The Green Zone, Robert Pattinson is A Serious Man. Is that it? The TRUTH?! Well, it has to be because it hurts. But I choose The Green Zone over How To Train Your Dragon, sorry Toothless, I'm not falling for that cuteness... And last but not least, The Lovely Bones. The Lovely Bones is an adaption from a best selling and critically acclaimed novel.If you read my review, you know the story and throughout Oscar period, I was doubting Stanley Tucci's performance in the movie. I'm sorry for my action so I like to make it up to you by saying that this is the best movie in cinemas right now before Iron Man 2 is released but by then, it will be out of cinemas because of the lack of support. It is a big boost for me if the MoviePocalypse is coming but I think that Peter Jackson is just warming up for The Hobbit, which he will get involved soon. Despite it's popularity with readers, it grossed $ 89 million and counting. Although they already earn a profit with a budget of $ 65 million. I am happy to say that The Lovely Bones beats The Green Zone but that doesn't mean I don't like The Green Zone anymore.
If The Lovely Bones is put up against Alice In Wonderland, I'm going with the former because it's more mature, darker and there's more effort here, sorry Tim, you FINALLY lose to the undefeated. So until next time, choose your movies wisely, remember H-wood gives us more than what we paid for, choose your movies wisely and as always, Long Live Good Movies!

What Will These Movies Do? 4/4 Part 1 (New Segment Online Only)

Hello there, this is a new segment that I'm typing online only. This week's movies are It's Complicated, Alice In Wonderland, How To Train Your Dragon, The Green Zone, The Lovely Bones, Clash Of The Titans and Daybreakers. I won't talk about the Coming Soon updates so Iron Man 2 and Date Night have to wait for their turn. First off, It's Complicated. I didn't really know about this movie until it was nominated for a few GoldenGlobes for Best Motion Picture- Comedy Or Musical, Best Performance By An Actress In A Leading Role- Comedy Or Musical and Best Screen... w-h-a-t...?! It was nominated for Best Screenplay? Really? There were no other choices? Then how come the Oscar nominees for Best Original Screenplay were The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, The Messenger, Up and A Serious Man and no It's Complicated, how ironic... But after all, the Oscars and Golden Globes can't agree on anything... Anyway, with a budget of $ 85 million for I-don't-know-what-they-use-it-for-unless-they-spent-$60 million ($ 20 million each)- on-the-three-main-actors-and-another-$ 25 million-for-other-actors-and-other-crew-members. Firstly, I'm not an accountant so if you say you're gonna use $ 85 million to make a romantic comedy. First off, you gotta be f***ing out of your mind. Secondly, no one uses that much money to make a romantic movie, comedy or drama, just ask Twi..., um... can't think of an example right now but um... there definitely is... Anyway, it earned $ 215 million worldwide. I'm shocked here because a movie that makes that much is usually a kid's movie. Think about it, it earned close to Alvin & The Chipmunks. How did this movie earn that much...? Did you watch it? Did you like it? Why did you watch it? Someone forced you to watch? Or were you curious to see how this movie end up...? Leave your thoughts in the comment section. Next up,Alice In Wonderland. This movie had received a lot of buzz for good and bad reasons. On the plus side, the performances are good, the visuals are stunning and the story is beautifully crafted. On the down side though, it's hard to imagine that a movie by Tim Burton that has Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Sheen, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Christopher Lee, Matt Lucas, Alan Rickman and Stephen Fry will be mediocre. It seems like a repeat of Planet Of The Apes or Mars Attacks! After all, it's still a good effort and M is not enough. It still has it's RP tittle. Some of the comments even said that Tim Burton played it safe... Really? Doesn't sound like him... If his movies were bad, you could still see the effort he put in but all the comments were not good, snooze fest, boring. Well, Tim, I'm on your side. Next, it has grossed $ 673 million worldwide. Wow! I'm pretty impressed, which shows that 3-D movies still can have heart and soul. It's budget was $ 200 million but that's how much you need to spend if you want good effects. So, it's worth it.
Comparing both movies above, Alice In Wonderland gets my vote as a better movie because he really did try hard. It's Complicated tried hard too but Tim put in more. But I did enjoy Something's Gotta Give. f there is time, there will be another part talking about How To Train Your Dragon and The Green Zone. So until next time,k remember H-wood gives us more than what we paid for, choose your movies wisely and as always, Long Live Good Movies!

Up Movie Review

While on my holiday to Spain, there were a lot of movies to catch and since I just do the before and not the after, I decided to take a break and use a few hours of my life to watch a movie. So just to be safe, I decided to start with 500 Days Of Summer. Then, I watched Up. After watching Up, I just have this feeling I don't get from a lot of movies. In case all of you don't know about this Pixar juggernaut, I'm gonna explain the story. An old man, Carl Fredrickson has always been grumpy and sad and could never reach his dream of going to South America. So 1 day, he ties many Helium filled balloons to his roof and his house lifts off to South America but he accidentally brings along a little scout-like boy, Russell, who he tried to get rid of at the start of the movie. The story is a bit illogical but it's animation so it's okay for the story to be like that. Pixar is very good at not being childish with their animated films. For example, in Toy Story, I am sure that some kids won't understand what Woody and Buzz talk about sometimes. In Up, Russell's father has an affair. I'm not sure whether parents would want their kids wanting to know about affairs. Next, the character development. Every character were likable, even the villain until a certain extent. You really can relate to them and you understand them. Now, choose any of these 3 movies,

1. Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen
2. 2012
3.G.I. JOE: The Rise Of CobraIt's all about the C.G.I., no character development whatsoever. For example, when Optimus Prime died in the movie like in a Transformers animated movie before, we didn't feel sad, even when a sad score was being played because we didn't know him that well. When someone you don't know dies, you don't really care, right? Same thing here, Transformers 2 lacked emotion. Next, 2012. There is no conflict whatsoever so no emotions even while they're running away. The only interesting thing is the "Holy Sh**" effects, no heart and soul of making a good movie. G.I. JOE has the worst group of actors because some are too successful (Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Dennis Quaid), some are not supposed to be in the movie (Marlon Wayans, Rachel Nichols & Brendan Fraser), some are unknowns (Christopher Ecclestone & Lee Byung-hun), some acted well (Arnold Vosloo & Ray Park) and some are under-achievers (Channing Tatum & Sienna Miller). The cast is wild so the characters are wild too since Arnold, Ray, Lee and Joseph only reached above my acting satisfaction. But I know people who watched Up and just said that it was an okay movie. I have to strongly disagree with them because this movie is one of a few movies that can help save our movie future, which was why I was upset when Up or Fantastic Mr. Fox didn't get a nomination for the Golden Globes Best Motion Picture- Musical or Comedy category. Before watching, it was W RP. Now, after watching, it is W MS! So until next time, consider yourselves advised, remember H-wood gives us more than what we paid for, choose your movies wisely and as always, Long Live Good Movies!