Mirrormask (2005)

Hey everyone i know it has been a while so here is a blog on a film my friend showed me recently. :) I hope you like it.

MIRRORMASK

This is about a 15 year old girl that wants to leave her parents circus and be in what she calls the real world. When her mum becomes sick she ends up in a fantasy world where she has to save there world to save her own. To do this she must find the Mirror mask with the help of a friend she makes called Valentine.

This film is directed by Jim Henson and his wife but it isn't the typical puppets you are used to seeing in The Muppets, Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. This film is pretty much all CGI and it seems to work really well although there are some places where it is a little rubbish but then again I have found that with most mainly CGI films they have times where it is quiet up to scratch. 

The main character Helena (Stephanie Leonidas) is annoying but then again it is pretty much like the rest of the Jim Henson stuff I mean i don't know anyone yet that doesn't find Sarah (Labyrinth) and Jen ( Dark Crystal) annoying at some point during the movie if not all the time. But you still find away to but that behind you and start to sympathize  with the character on the journey through self discovery.  Although Leonidas seems to plat an annoying 15 year old very well. There are a few famous people in this movie that i am sure you wonderful people would have heard of for example Rob Brydon, Steven Fry, Lenny Henry and Robert Llewellyn. 

All in all I really enjoyed this movie and recommend it to anyone that like weird and wonderful fairytales. Or is you just like Jim Henson and want to see this new style he and his company have done. 

So watch this space i will be back soon with more films for you :)  

Top 5 chick flicks

5. Dirty Dancing 1987

So I thought I would start with an obvious one just to get the ball rolling. This is a classic chick flick and loved by millions all over the world. Directed by Emile Ardolino this film has a great soundtrack, memorable quotes and a heart warming love story. With Patrick Swayze at his peak (RIP) and his on screen partner Jennifer Grey ( Ferris Bueller's Day Off) They bring the story to life, of a teenage girl finding love with her dance instructor on a family vacation. This film is perfect to watch with friends on a girls night in or even on your own if you just need a bit of cheering up.  

4. Stepmom 1998

Stepmom is a film about a women that is trying to get on with her step kids but it doesn't help her when the kids mother hates her and finds everything she does is wrong. With the queen of chick flicks Julia Roberts ( Pretty women, Erin Brockovich, Notting Hill and My best friends wedding)  playing the step mom and Susan Sarandon (Thelma and Louise, Rocky Horror, Enchanted and The Witches of Eastwick) playing the Mother. This film is sad in places so that is a warning if you are the kind of person that cries at films. But there are fun bits in it to, so sit back and enjoy the journey that the film will take you on with highs and lows.


3. 13 going on 30 2004




This is the perfect film to watch on a girls night in. It is funny, happy and has awesome music that you will be singing along to and possibly dance along to ( which me and one of my friends has been known to do every time we watch this) So a girl named Jenna plays a game on her 13th Birthday and the next day ends up a 30 year old women. Jennifer Garner ( Juno, Ghosts of girlfriends past and Pear Harbour) plays the role of Jenna  and the on screen love a man named Matty that was her best friend in school is played by none other that the very handsome and cute Mark Ruffalo ( The Avengers, Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and Zodiac). This one is definitely one to watch.

2.   The Breakfast Club 1985




This is one of my all time favourite movies and the perfect chilling movie. I will admit is starts of a little slow but it is funny and very well written. It s Directed and Written by John Hughes that also brought us sixteen candles, curly sue, weird science and pretty in pink. The story is about a group of kids in detention they are known as the criminal, brain, princess, jock and a basket case. They pour there hearts out to each other and find that they have more in common than they first thought. The characters are played by Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez and Anthony Michael Hall. I don't just recommend this film to girls many of my guy friends and watched and loved it as well so girls show your boyfriends and male friends and see if they like it too.

1. Labyrinth 1986



All I should have to say about this movie is its frigging David Bowie!! But I guess I better say a little bit more about it. This is a fantasy film Directed by Jim Henson that brought us the Muppets. So as you can guess there are a lot of puppets involved but they are a lot more dark than his usual kermit and miss piggy. It is classed as a musical and the songs will be stuck in your head and are very enjoyable. The story is a girl named Sarah wishes her brother to be taken away and so the Goblin King takes her little brother Toby away. Realising she has made a terrible mistake she then has 13 hours in which to get through the Labyrinth and save her brother before he is turned into a goblin for ever. There are so many lovable and memorable character that you will love forever after watching this. So give it a go! Warning though there are many crotch shots within this movie as David Bowie wears very tight trousers.   

Top Cat

Ok

 So I have watched Top Cat movie and the critics where right it is appallingly bad. It has some slightly amusing moments but nothing amazing this film won't be one of those that stick in your head for a long time you will soon forget about it. I must admit I got bored 30 minutes in and thought about not watching it any more but I stuck in there to see if it redeemed itself. But no it didn't! The bit that really confused me was all the technology, it was obviously meant to be set along time in the future with robots and holograms. ( would Top Cat really have lasted that long? something tells me he would have been long gone by then considering in the cartoon if I remember rightly they didn't even have cell phones) I know it is a cartoon and you are meant to expend your belief but this much?

And things that just don't go anywhere like the bad guy ( Strickland ) randomly get out a mirror and is completely obsessed with himself and looks but there is no reason behind it you can only come to the conclusion he is deluded there is no back story behind him not even a one line mention as to why. Also he randomly tells us about a mole on his arse that is shaped like a cow and wants to show it to Officer Dibble I think it is meant to be funny but to be honest it just made me go WTF?. Also one part when they are trying to save TC a bell calls a random horse from no where in the middle of New York City that just disappears and you never see again I mean why? They could of hid in a lorry/car or mail van it would make more sense!

So all in all if you liked Top Cat as a kid don't watch it you will be highly disappointed. Yes the voice acting is good and it is nice to see all the old TC gang but it really does nothing for the image of Top Cat. The best I can say is your kids will probably like it it might keep them entertained for a short while.

So that is it from me but as always it is good to make your own opinions about movies everyone has different ideas about what makes a good movie :)

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