Love, Rosie (2014), a British romantic-comedy, is a film based on Cecilia Ahern’s novel “Where Rainbows End.” This movie is about two best friends, Rosie and Alex, who have been close since the age of 5. Due to missed opportunities, bad timings, intervening people, and distance in between, their friendship experiences some lows. Will they be able to overcome these obstacles, and find their way back to each other? Will their friendship turn into something more?
Leading Actors:
Lily Collins as Rosie Dunne
Sam Claflin as Alex Stewart
Christian Cooke as Greg
Jaime Winstone as Ruby
Suki Waterhouse as Bethany
Tamsin Egerton as Sally
Jamie Beamish as Phil
I don’t know if it was because I had such high expectations for this movie, but I didn’t enjoy it that much. No, I am not saying it was a bad movie--the people I know who watched it, really enjoyed it. It has a good storyline, and Lily Collins and Sam Claflin have good chemistry--they really look like close friends. However, one thing that I would have liked to see is more scenes in which they are together. Maybe then, there would have been a stronger chemistry between Rosie and Alex--the movie seemed kind of rushed. Love, Rosie was also very cliché. Don’t get me wrong, I typically am okay with cliché stories--sometimes I even enjoy them--but something about this plot makes it too cliché for my taste.
If you are looking for a teenage romance story and are into perfect, happy endings, you will enjoy Love, Rosie.
Leading Actors:
Lily Collins as Rosie Dunne
Sam Claflin as Alex Stewart
Christian Cooke as Greg
Jaime Winstone as Ruby
Suki Waterhouse as Bethany
Tamsin Egerton as Sally
Jamie Beamish as Phil
I don’t know if it was because I had such high expectations for this movie, but I didn’t enjoy it that much. No, I am not saying it was a bad movie--the people I know who watched it, really enjoyed it. It has a good storyline, and Lily Collins and Sam Claflin have good chemistry--they really look like close friends. However, one thing that I would have liked to see is more scenes in which they are together. Maybe then, there would have been a stronger chemistry between Rosie and Alex--the movie seemed kind of rushed. Love, Rosie was also very cliché. Don’t get me wrong, I typically am okay with cliché stories--sometimes I even enjoy them--but something about this plot makes it too cliché for my taste.
If you are looking for a teenage romance story and are into perfect, happy endings, you will enjoy Love, Rosie.
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) is an epic movie based on the bible. It is directed by Ridley Scott. The movie is an interpretation of the exodus of Hebrews from Egypt. It is approximately 2 and half hours long and has made about $253 million in box office reviews.
The movie tells the story of Moses and how he came to be a leader. Moses gets exiled from Egypt because it is revealed he is actually of Hebrew descent. He travels through the desert and meets Zipporah, who he eventually marries and has a child with. After getting injured on a mountain one day, Moses encounters a small boy, Malak, who is actually just a representation of God. Moses is commanded by God to help the Hebrews in Egypt. So, Moses’s mission to free the Hebrews begins.
Leading Actors:
Christian Bale as Moses
Joel Edgerton as Ramesses II
John Turturro as Seti I
Maria Valverde as Zipporah
Isaac Andrews as Malak
I’ll start off with the nice things. The special effects were great and it was an interesting experience to watch it in 4D. Sadly, the effects were the only good thing about this movie. Overall, I didn’t like the movie. It wasn’t fun to watch. It didn’t make me think deeper about life either. I’m sure the writers and directors put a lot of effort into the movie, but it didn’t draw me in.
My first issue with this movie is that neither plot nor the characters were interesting. I didn’t feel close to or empathize with any of the characters at all. Moses, for a man who is supposed to lead an entire group of people, seemed very conflicted about his beliefs. God seemed to be portrayed as whiny little child who wanted Moses to pull off miraculous, impossible feats. The acting was fine, but the characters were written very poorly. Additionally, there were many plot holes, which I will not mention for the sake of spoilers.
My second issue with this film is that it is not historically accurate. The fact that it is presented as this really cool retelling of history might cause people to think the movie is what actually happened, when it didn’t. There is debate over the actual events, but overall, the movie isn’t an accurate depiction of history. The movie says less than ten plagues happened, which isn’t true either. Also, the movie shows the Israelites as building the pyramids, but many say the pyramids were built before the story of Exodus appeared. Others have pointed out that it wasn’t just the Israelites who built the pyramids, but that the Egyptian farmers helped too. Lastly, I think it could offend some people that God is actually physically depicted as a person. In many religions, the physical depiction of God is not allowed because that results in the worshipping of idols. While technically the films shows God is someone only Moses can see (which raises the question of does he have schizophrenia), God is still seen in a physical form. Overall, I just feel the movie had many inaccuracies in it.
If I must be honest, I would not recommend this movie to anyone.
The movie tells the story of Moses and how he came to be a leader. Moses gets exiled from Egypt because it is revealed he is actually of Hebrew descent. He travels through the desert and meets Zipporah, who he eventually marries and has a child with. After getting injured on a mountain one day, Moses encounters a small boy, Malak, who is actually just a representation of God. Moses is commanded by God to help the Hebrews in Egypt. So, Moses’s mission to free the Hebrews begins.
Leading Actors:
Christian Bale as Moses
Joel Edgerton as Ramesses II
John Turturro as Seti I
Maria Valverde as Zipporah
Isaac Andrews as Malak
I’ll start off with the nice things. The special effects were great and it was an interesting experience to watch it in 4D. Sadly, the effects were the only good thing about this movie. Overall, I didn’t like the movie. It wasn’t fun to watch. It didn’t make me think deeper about life either. I’m sure the writers and directors put a lot of effort into the movie, but it didn’t draw me in.
My first issue with this movie is that neither plot nor the characters were interesting. I didn’t feel close to or empathize with any of the characters at all. Moses, for a man who is supposed to lead an entire group of people, seemed very conflicted about his beliefs. God seemed to be portrayed as whiny little child who wanted Moses to pull off miraculous, impossible feats. The acting was fine, but the characters were written very poorly. Additionally, there were many plot holes, which I will not mention for the sake of spoilers.
My second issue with this film is that it is not historically accurate. The fact that it is presented as this really cool retelling of history might cause people to think the movie is what actually happened, when it didn’t. There is debate over the actual events, but overall, the movie isn’t an accurate depiction of history. The movie says less than ten plagues happened, which isn’t true either. Also, the movie shows the Israelites as building the pyramids, but many say the pyramids were built before the story of Exodus appeared. Others have pointed out that it wasn’t just the Israelites who built the pyramids, but that the Egyptian farmers helped too. Lastly, I think it could offend some people that God is actually physically depicted as a person. In many religions, the physical depiction of God is not allowed because that results in the worshipping of idols. While technically the films shows God is someone only Moses can see (which raises the question of does he have schizophrenia), God is still seen in a physical form. Overall, I just feel the movie had many inaccuracies in it.
If I must be honest, I would not recommend this movie to anyone.
The Maze Runner (2014) is a film based on James Dashner’s first book of his trilogy, Maze Runner Series, and directed by Wes Ball. This trilogy is a post-apocalyptic science fiction fiction thriller.
The movie features familiar faces such as Dylan O’Brien from the TV series Teen Wolf, Thomas Brodie-Sangster whose voice was Ferb in Phineas and Ferb, and Will Poulter from We’re the Millers, as well as Kaya Scodelario and Ki Hong Lee.
This movie is about Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and the other boys having their memory erased and being left in a stranded maze. Some boys have been there longer than others, and they have been trying to find an escape in the ever-changing maze. The “runners” and the other boys of The Glade, the name of the society they established, join forces for an attempt to escape from this labyrinth. Did they all escape successfully? Did all the boys survive?
Leading Actors:
Dylan O’Brien as Thomas
Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt
Kaya Scodelario as Teresa
Ki Hong Lee as Minho
Will Poulter as Gally
This movie was recommended to me by a couple of friends, and I decided to watch it since I heard good comments about it. After watching the movie, and being very pleased with it, I found out that it was primarily a book. Being someone who prefers to read books over movies (and usually enjoying the book more than the movie), I was a bit disappointed at having watched the movie first. Nevertheless, I thought the movie was great, with all the suspense and originality, and, of course, because Dylan O’Brien was the protagonist. I am looking forward to watching the next movies that follow it (The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure) and reading the trilogy by James Dashner. If you enjoyed The Hunger Games trilogy, and Divergent (and if you like Dylan O’Brien), then this movie is for you!
The movie features familiar faces such as Dylan O’Brien from the TV series Teen Wolf, Thomas Brodie-Sangster whose voice was Ferb in Phineas and Ferb, and Will Poulter from We’re the Millers, as well as Kaya Scodelario and Ki Hong Lee.
This movie is about Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) and the other boys having their memory erased and being left in a stranded maze. Some boys have been there longer than others, and they have been trying to find an escape in the ever-changing maze. The “runners” and the other boys of The Glade, the name of the society they established, join forces for an attempt to escape from this labyrinth. Did they all escape successfully? Did all the boys survive?
Leading Actors:
Dylan O’Brien as Thomas
Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Newt
Kaya Scodelario as Teresa
Ki Hong Lee as Minho
Will Poulter as Gally
This movie was recommended to me by a couple of friends, and I decided to watch it since I heard good comments about it. After watching the movie, and being very pleased with it, I found out that it was primarily a book. Being someone who prefers to read books over movies (and usually enjoying the book more than the movie), I was a bit disappointed at having watched the movie first. Nevertheless, I thought the movie was great, with all the suspense and originality, and, of course, because Dylan O’Brien was the protagonist. I am looking forward to watching the next movies that follow it (The Scorch Trials and The Death Cure) and reading the trilogy by James Dashner. If you enjoyed The Hunger Games trilogy, and Divergent (and if you like Dylan O’Brien), then this movie is for you!
Jump Street 22 (2014) is a comedy action movie that is the sequel to the successful film Jump Street 21. It has received generally positive reviews and made over $326 million in box office revenues. In a brief summary, Jenko and Schmidt, under the guidance of Chief Hardy, are assigned to a new task which puts them through new trials and challenges. The duo go undercover as students in a college to find out who is responsible for the murder of a student and distribution of WHYPHY (a drug that is used to study and play hard at the same time).
Leading Actors :
Channing Tatum (Hellllooo hottie!) as Jenko
Jonah Hill as Schmidt
Peter Stormare as Ghost
Nick Offerman as Chief Hardy
Ice Cube (Interesting name....) as Captain Dickinson (also an interesting name...)
I personally found the movie to be entertaining and funny. However, if you are looking for a movie discussing the meaning of life and such deep topics, this is not the movie for you. Additionally, it should be noted that the humor is somewhat crass and there is a lot of swearing. But if you are looking for a fun movie to laugh out loud at, this is for you! It is humorous and the plotline isn’t bad. A bonus for the ladies is the eye candy ;).
Leading Actors :
Channing Tatum (Hellllooo hottie!) as Jenko
Jonah Hill as Schmidt
Peter Stormare as Ghost
Nick Offerman as Chief Hardy
Ice Cube (Interesting name....) as Captain Dickinson (also an interesting name...)
I personally found the movie to be entertaining and funny. However, if you are looking for a movie discussing the meaning of life and such deep topics, this is not the movie for you. Additionally, it should be noted that the humor is somewhat crass and there is a lot of swearing. But if you are looking for a fun movie to laugh out loud at, this is for you! It is humorous and the plotline isn’t bad. A bonus for the ladies is the eye candy ;).