Movie Reviews Reviews Transformers

After watching the cartoons as a kid it feels great to go nostalgic once in a while (which let’s face it is one of the fundamental attractions of movies, to dream and take you back to that idyllic innocent and fun time as a kid where absolutely anything is possible), to see if it is the same as you remembered them.

This is a retelling of the original series, with it’s own twist added for a modern audience.

The autobots’s planet has been destroyed, and Artemus Prime(voiced by Laurence Fishburne, Morpheus in the Matrix) along with a few other autobots have come in search of a device that could give life back to their planet (the device also gives life to any electrical device it is targeted at), unfortunately, a bad autobot has already arrived first, Megatron, but was frozen in the process, discovered by the military, and responsible for all major technological advances, mobile phones, microwaves e.t.c.

In their search for the device, the autobots find the only human Sam WitWicky(Shia Leboeuf)with a map to the whereabouts of the device, given to him by his grand father, he is discovered as a trader on Ebay selling some of his grand father’s items, and being autobots, they can transform into any electrical device they deem fit, one of them transforms into his car, as they try and find out the location of their device, which is where all the fun starts. The lovely Megan Fox is the love interest of Sam WitWicky and their chemistry is instant.

Shia Leboeuf is one of those actors whose enthusiasm is infectious especially as he tries to explain that his car just got up and walked, absolutely classic. It is a nice fun family film, especially the scenes with the US military up against the bad autobots, and already there is talk of a sequel on the way.

Mr D Stevens is a reviewer at Movie reviews

Movie Reviews Reviews Transformers

Movie Reviews Reviews Amelie

I wanted to watch this movie after seeing a review of it on TV, (I was fascinated by Amelie’s eyes in the poster promoting the film). I have always liked the nostalgic, deep intelligent themes surrounding french films, and this was no different.

We are introduced to the young introvert Amelie as a child whose father blames her for the passing of her mother, as a result she keeps herself to herself, and day dreams from her distance father, and absent mother.

We fast forward to the adult Amelie who is cordial but alone, and makes friends with other misfits in society, one a charming elderly loner, who although grumpy Amelie realises his grumpiness is only a mask to hide his soft centre, just like her with her day dreams.

Her love interest is equalling a dreamy fellow who collects discarded pictures at the photo booth in the local station. We get to see both sides of Amelie from her friendliness with an elderly loner who gives her the necessary prompting to follow her heart’s desires, to dishing out vengeance on the local shop keeper who is a little too harsh with one of his employees.

This is a classic romantic movie, and I can see why many people liked this movie, it pulls the nostalgic strings in all of us, from the innocent childish daydreams, to the romantic games Amelie (Audrey Tatou) plays with her love interest, trying to overcome her shyness before it all passes her, it is a sweet lovely movie, with an addictive theme song, that is synonymous with many French films of this genre.

Mr D Stevens is a reviewer at Movie reviews

Movie Reviews Reviews Amelie