Love Wedding Marriage

This past Friday saw the premier of this highly disappointing film, Love Wedding Marriage. This film was nothing but boring and dull right from beginning to end. Even those of you that love the typical ‘chick flick’ will be highly disappointed with the overall storyline, humour and acting of this film. It feels as though that it in actual fact should be a sitcom, but has just been stretched into movie length. Many of the actors in this film are well known for their talent and inspiring performances over the years, however this film brings them a notch down in my books.

Eva (Mandy Moore) is a marriage counsellor who is newly married to Charlie (Kellen Lutz). Six weeks into their marriage Eva finds out terrible news – her parents are getting divorced. Her parents are played by James Brolin and Jane Seymour. In attempts to mend their broken marriage and reconcile them before their 30^th Anniversary, Eva starts to distance herself from her own marriage, pushing Charlie away and ignoring his needs to help her parents instead.  Does Eva loose Charlie in the process? Or is their newly marriage bond to strong to be broken so soon?

I’m not going to suggest that this is a ‘must see’ film, but if you want to see it for yourself and form your own opinion then that’s great, but don’t say I didn’t warn you. Another aspect that makes this film lack ‘performance’ is the fact that it is extremely slow and the humour in the film is actually not funny at all. I definitely left the cinema feeling dissatisfied and irritated to the max.

Directed by:               Dermot Mulroney

Written by:                 Caprice Crane and Anouskia Chydzik

Time duration:          1hr 31min

Age restriction:         PG - 13

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

This is a must see film! The use of CGI technology and special effects are just outstanding. Not only are the visual aspects excellent, but even the story line as well as the characters, managed to bring something special to the film. Some may disagree with me and feel that it will never out shine the original 1986 Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but for me I just feel that this film tops all the others that have been coming out lately.

This film is filled of drama, action, adventure, science fiction and fantasy. It also has a way of engaging the audience through feelings of emotion, violence, intolerance and inhumanity. This 'emotion' comes through the depiction of the apes, it is not every day we see these animals with such human like charcateristics. It is a two hour film that will not leave you board out of your mind and will provoke anticipation for the sequel, as the end of the film feels like just the beginning.

Will Rodman (James Franco) is a Scientist that is trying to find a cure for Alzheimer's. They do this by testing the drugs on chimps. However, the operation is called off when one particular chimp seems to go a bit crazy and destroy the inside of the building where the testing is conducted. Later we find out that she didnt have a reaction to the drug, but that she was protecting her baby chimp - Caeser. This is the chimp that Will takes home and brings up. This is where his father, Charles Rodman (John Lithgow) who is suffereing from Alzheimer's disease grows attached to Caeser. Later Will gives his father the drug, only to find him the next morning reciting Bach at the piano. However, the effects of the drug soon wear off and the disease comes back with vengence. Caeser, received the drug through his mother at birth and is 'super intelligent'. We learn that the chimps and humans react differently to the drug.

Later, he soon comes face to face with the other 'side' to human beings, cruelty and heartlessness. This is where he begins the revolution against this inhumanity, in order to save his fellow chimps. However, this is not seen straight away, he goes through stages of self-doubt, terror and then only realizes that he is different from his fellow companions. Freida Pinto (Caroline Aran) plays the Veterinarian that Will falls in love with, but she is also the one that right from the beginning warns him about becoming too attached to Caeser. Caeser is the protagonist in this film, we feel for him during his hardships. He gives us mixed emotions in the sense that we feel for him, cheer him on but at the same time fear him. This emotion is evident when the battles takes place on the Golden Gate Bridge. We see so many emotions coming through Caeser, which gives us a reason to be on his side. The emotion is evident right from the beginning of the film, with regards to the interaction we see between Will, Charles and Caeser. We also feel the same emotion when after the battle Caeser and Will have a moment to confront each other and take different paths.

 A movie you don't want to miss on the big screen. It will capture you from beginning to end.

Directed by:   Rupert Wyatt's
Written by:     Pierre Boulle, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
Time:             2hr

Zoo Keeper

A Kevin James comedy that my leave many with mixed emotions in my opinion. This comedy/romance premiered on the 12th of August and from the few opinions I got from others, things are not looking good. Although there are moments in the film that may have the audience in hysterics, the overall concept of the film for me feels as though it takes on a similar pattern of that of Dr Doolittle. However, in this film it is the zoo keeper being helped by the animals instead of the other way around. So for me and I am sure many others, it seems to be a copy that lacks originality.

The movie is about how Griffon Keys (Kevin James) the zoo keeper, has not been able to get over his superficial ex-girlfriend Stephanie (Leslie Bibb), who unceremoniously dumped him five years ago during a romantic proposal on the beach, as she was embarrassed about his occupation. When he bumps into her at his brothers' engagement party, this is where he begins his attempt to win her back. Talking about possibly leaving the zoo in order to find a job suitable to win his ex back, this is where the animals step in and decide to break their code of silence as they are afraid of losing their favourite zoo keeper. They start to help Griffon with rules of courtship - animal style. (This is where most of the humour lies in the film). However, he soon realises who he is more suited for, Kate (Rosaris Dawson). She also works at the zoo with Griffon. Other well known characters include Adam Sandler, he plays Donald the monkey and Nick Nolte who plays the gorilla.

Although this movie may not be an extraordinary box office hit, it is still a movie that is recommended for families as it is a PG rated film. The kids will be amused by the talking animals, while the adults will be able to understand the hidden connotations in the hilarious behaviours they teach Griffon.

Directed by:     Frank Coraci
Written by:      Jay Schericks and David Ronn
Time duration: 1hr. 41min