Friday, November 30, 2012

Iron Man 3 Pics


 

Skyfall FYC AD


Definitely the best Bond movie of all time ,Skyfall was a blast.But does it have a chance at the Oscars?Due to some strong competitions this year ,Skyfall wont feature in the major nor in the technical categories.There are some chances of Javier & Judi getting nominations in the Supporting Actor/Actress category.Sound nominations are a possibility.

My review
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Movies Considered for Best Visuals Oscar



The 10 movies that are being considered are:
The Dark Knight Rises
The Avengers
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Amazing Spider-Man
Cloud Atlas
John Carter
Life Of Pi
Prometheus
Snow White and the Huntsman
Skyfall

The members of the Academy will view 10min excerpts from each movie.5 nominees will be selected and they will be announced on Jan10.
The winners will be announced on Oscar night -Feb 24

This years nominees is the tightest competition in recent memory.My Picks are:

TDKR ,Hobbit ,Life Of Pi, Avengers ,Prometheus

Hobbit is guaranteed to make it to the Top 5.The visual effects utilised in the movie is top class and WETA (the vfx company) has previously won 5 Oscars.3 back to back awards for the LOTR trilogy ,and for King Kong and Avatar.

TDKR is another strong contender.Nolan might not use much of CGI ,but he definitely knows how to use them appropriately to maximize its quality.And being one of the major hits of 2012 & the end of TDK trilogy ,TDKR has good chances to make a good impact on the technical nominations.

Avengers is another guaranteed nominee.The movie was filled with visual effects from start to finish ,but they might have just overdone it.

Life Of Pi could make it on a 30%chance.The movie has been critically lauded but it might not win any major awards due to the tight competition.So theres a good chance ,the Academy will hand out a nomination for the visual effects to Pi.

Prometheus,Spider-Man,Cloud Atlas,John Carter tie for the final place.But Prometheus will be my final pick .The entire alien world was brilliantly created and the visuals were just beautiful in it.I loved the visuals of Spiderman ,Atlas & Carter as well ,but as i said ,its a Very tight competition.

What are your picks?

Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)


[satisfying addition to the series]

Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
IMDB- 6.7
RottenTomatoes- 38
RJG Rating- 50

Manny,Diego &Sid are separated from the group and a meet a group of Pirates.

Starring- Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary
Director- Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier

Animation of Ice Age 4 is great.Its not brilliant but its follows the standards set by the previous Ice Age movies.Just like the previous movies ,this one too sets up the story in a large environment ,but on the downside this wasnt as colourful as the previous ones.Much of the story takes place on the icy oceans.Characters were nicely drawn too.

The Ice Age series has never boasted of any great story telling.The story is for the kids and the humour is mostly adult orientated.In continental drift ,we have the usual recipe ,daughter and dad have a fight,one of them gets separated and both learn a lesson.And this is littered with enough cliches that its predictable from start to finish.

Direction is generally good.In a story that doesnt offer much surprises ,he does his best to inject some freshness into the movie.The action scenes are ok.The comedy is a bit 'adult' for a kids movie.

Overall ,those who liked the previous Ice Age movies will enjoy this one too.For others ,this movie is more for kids than for adults.

Animation- 3.5/5
Story- 2/5
Direction- 3.5/5
Action- 3/5
Comedy- 2.5/5
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