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Hans Zimmer
Also known as: Hans Florian Zimmer:Hans Florian Zimmmer
Born: September 12, 1957 in Frankfurt, Germany
Nationality: German
Born: September 12, 1957 in Frankfurt, Germany
Nationality: German
Filmography Cinematographer
Filmography Musician
(2011)
(2011) PG
(2011) PG-13
(2011)
(2010) PG
(2010) PG-13
(2010) PG-13
(2010) Unrated
(2010) PG
(2009)
(2009) PG-13
(2009) R
(2008) R
(2008) PG
(2008) R
(2008) PG-13
(2008) PG
(2007) PG
(2007) PG-13
(2007) PG-13
(2006) PG-13
(2006) PG-13
(2006) PG-13
(2005) G
(2005) PG
(2005) PG-13
(2005) R
(2004) PG-13
(2004) PG
(2004) PG
(2004) PG-13
(2003) R
(2003) R
(2003) PG-13
(2003) PG-13
(2002) R
(2002) G
(2001) PG-13
(2001) R
(2001) R
(2001) PG-13
(2001) PG-13
(2000) PG
(2000) R
(2000) R
(2000) R
(2000) PG-13
(1999) R
(1998) PG
(1998) R
(1997) PG-13
(1997) R
(1996) PG
(1996) PG
(1996) R
(1996) G
(1996) R
(1995) R
(1995) R
(1995) PG-13
(1995) R
(1995) R
(1994) PG-13
(1994) R
(1994) G
(1994) R
(1994) R
(1993) PG-13
(1993) PG
(1993) R
(1993) R
(1993) R
(1993) PG-13
(1992) PG
(1992) PG-13
(1991) R
(1991) PG-13
(1991) R
(1990) R
(1990) PG-13
(1990) PG-13
(1990) R
(1990) PG-13
(1990) PG-13
(1990) R
(1989) PG
(1989) PG
(1989) Unrated
(1989) R
(1989) Unrated
(1989) PG-13
(1988)
(1988) PG
(1988) R
(1987)
(1987) Unrated
(1986) R
(1985)
(1984) R
(1984) Unrated
(1982) PG
Shows in a small town there are no secrets as you will find out.
Also you don't cheat on your wife in a restraunt where you can be seen in the front window from the street.
Don't make your wife mad and then let her cook for you..
"Robert Langdon" (Tom Hanks) is back, and he has only a few hours to solve a mystery to save thousands of Catholic faithful, and top candidates for role of pope, before an incident which will kill them all as they await the annoucement of who the new leader of the church will be.
Now, "Langdon", along with a woman who helped create antimatter in a lab, must figure out the clues and save the faithful of the world's largest church.
Let me say first that this is much better than the original movie, which I barely remember seeing. You really don't need to read the novel that the movie is based upon to enjoy it.
There are some really good performances in this film, especially from Hanks, who proved himself as a solid leading man many times. Here, he really shines as a leading man.
There is some serious problems with character development with supporting characters, especially "Dr. Vittoria Vetra" (Ayelet Zurer), whose antimatter is being used as a weapon, and "Camerlengo Patrick McKenna" (Ewan McGregor), who turns an interesting plot twist that I never expected at the end, but isn't seen as much as I would like.
Another problem with this movie is that it is obvious that they opted for green screen for many scenes depicting Roman Catholic churches within Rome's city limits (the church refused to allow the movie to be filmed at the locations since the church declared the book offesive to the church). A barely trained eye (which I have since I learned TV production back in high school) could see the actors were in front of a green screen. These effects will become noticeable to the untrained eye as the film ages, and special effects advance.
One thing this movie does pretty well is that it gives very little time for the audience to breathe between action and plot advancing scenes. You get excited as "Langdon" and "Vetra" get closer to the murderer(s) as they discover new clues.
Despite not being able to shoot on location, and the threat of a strike at the time, Ron Howard did a great job in the director's chair as usual. He was able to use interesting camera angles to help tell the story nicely.
I can't really say I noticed the soundtrack of the movie, since I barely pay attention to instrumentals since that's not my style I listen to. I do notice that it helped the scenes, and in this movie it did.
If you see this on any of the movie channels like HBO, or on Netflix, check this one out.
To Read My Review of "How Do You Know" - http://awesomebarnhart.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/how-do-you-know-2010/
Great film. Should have won Best Picture.
Even by stupid romantic comedy standards, The Holiday is unfathomably bad. There are two parallel stories, which is two stories too many. The first, and marginally better, involves Jude Law and Cameron Diaz. Jude Law is ok - Diaz is awful. She is a charmless, superficial woman and why Jude Law could fall for her is unimaginable. With that story the film attempts to inject some overblown emotion at the last minute and tries to pretend like the audience cared about these characters. We didn't. The second one has Kate Winslet, a very boring subplot with an aging screenwriter, and one of the worst performances of all time by a horrifically miscast Jack Black. The Holiday is boring, it's annoying, it's interminable, and from beginning to end it's absolutely insufferable. Avoid like the plague at all costs.
I'm not going to make the argument that The Dark Knight is the greatest movie ever made, but it's closer to that spot than 99.5% of movies are. And it's my favorite movie ever. Why? Many reasons. The Joker is just about the scariest and most iconic villain since Hannibal Lecter and Ledger absolutely blows Nicholson out of the water. I love the realism - Gotham looks and behaves like a real city. The ensemble acting, especially by Ledger, Oldman and Eckhart is tremendous. The action scenes, especially the truck/Batpod chase in middle, are some of the best ever shot. Christopher Nolan is a genius - his tale is complex, striking, iconic and deep. He has taken a blockbuster franchise and made it a towering, Shakespearean drama - he has successfully combined the best of pop entertainment with the best of enduring art.
Despicable Me is a decent enough little animated film about one man's quest to be the world's top super villain, although eventually it becomes obvious he simply wants to be a famous astronaut. It's sort of a classic story about a redeemable villain, but in all honesty Gru doesn't seem very villainous. He's stolen the Times Square jumbotron, but thats so his minions (aliens? a genetically created servitor race? Gremlins?) would have a super size TV to watch football on. In fact Gru seems more like a mere antisocial outcast who treats those he likes with kindness, and those he doesn't know with rejection and loathing. It often seems like he and his minions are more like a cooperative team than Master and Slaves the way the old Sci Fi movies usually show Mad scientists and their minions. He even pays them. What kind of evil Mad Scientist pays his Minions and buys them gifts? When it seems as if his dreams of space travel are crushed the Minions even pool their own personal money to help him out. Honestly he seems more of a gruff, self centered butthead than an evil monster.
The movies world is an interesting place with Mad Scientist villains in the every day news, most of them financed by Lehman Brothers, now known as the Bank of Evil. And it's rife with oddball inventions (my favorite being the Pirhana Gun). So while it's not a masterpiece of animation due to little flaws, it's a lot more enjoyable than most of the crap playing this summer. Fans of the old Looney Tunes style cartoons will particularly enjoy the Minions whenever they get screen time.
Detective Sherlock Holmes has been in our memories for centuries, and now he comes to us in this fantastic movie. The film will take you to the ancient times of England. Mystery and fun is the main element. Perfect for everybody with a bit of humor.
Pirates Gathering
Reviewed by TheDarkHero98 for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End at 2010-05-05 14:09:42
Reviewed by TheDarkHero98 for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End at 2010-05-05 14:09:42
Pirates are returning. This great movie lied in the hands of Gore Verbinski and he didn't mess it up. A film full of adventure, treachery, piracy, amazing battles and victory.
A fresh, wonderfully animated treat
Reviewed by Axellion for Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit at 2010-03-17 10:49:17
Reviewed by Axellion for Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit at 2010-03-17 10:49:17
The Wallace & Gromit shorts have always been lovingly crafted animated treats. With claymation being a dying art these days; they are a rare delicacy to watch, as well as a good laugh. With the time-consuming nature of stop-motion animation, a full length feature is an arduous undertaking, and the masters at Aardman Animations have done just that. Wallace and his partner Gromit have finally broken onto the big screen, bringing all there great adventure and wonderful animation with them.
The Giant Vegetable festival looms, local growers prep their mighty veg day and night. These agriculture efforts are being threatened by an overabundance of bunnies; the pests have been breeding, as the film puts it, like rabbits. Wallace and his four legged partner, the true brains of the partnership Gromit, are on the job; rounding up the furry beasts by the truck load.
Wallace with his mad inventor fashion, and his wish to win the affections of a lovely local vegetable enthusiast, devises a plan to deal with this flood of rabbits for good, endeavoring to alter the bunny?s love of carrots. Wallace transmits his own distaste for greens into the minds of his captives, through the use of one of his Rube Goldberg like apparatuses. As these things tend to transpire, and despite Gromit?s uneasiness and endless eye rolling, Wallace?s plain goes into effect, his mind-altering contraption unknowingly creates a monster; the frighteningly adorable Were-Rabbit is unleashed onto the vegetable loving neighborhood.
The Claymation is nothing short of gorgeous, they entire world is handcrafted this can be felt in the texture of each lovingly created character and object, with only a slight use of CGI for a few imposable to manipulate objects. The extremely laborious nature of stop-motion makes it truly astounding to see a full length feature of this quality. Faces are beautifully expressive; having a feeling of tangibility, of physicality. Character motion is wonderfully whimsical; the style of animation brings a strange distinctiveness to gestures. This world was created out of plasticine, crafted with a painstaking attention to detail and appearance.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is a huge breath of fresh air, in a world full of cookie cutter computer generated films, being mass-produced from every render farm in Hollywood; I fell in love with its sincere characters and its remarkably fresh look. It?s a grand fun adventure from the first carrot; this is no Disney Princess rubbish, it?s an adventure full of warmth and energy with an honest narrative, it does not pander to kids, it does not embark to sell action figures or sing-along tapes. A rarity for animation, with the exception of the geniuses at Pixar, a quality plot and developed characters fill this wonderful world of clay and vegetables.
All false truths and historical inaccuracies aside, The DaVinci Code is a well-made and fast-paced thriller that will certainly be remembered (if not only for the controversy it caused). Concerning the controversial nature of the plot, I think it's important to keep in mind what Roger Ebert said: "Yes, the plot is absurd, but then most movie plots are absurd. That's what we pay to see." If you take it as pure entertainment, the film is an enjoyable and exciting (not to mention arguably classic) adventure.
Despite suffering from some typical action/mystery movie cliches, Sherlock Holmes proves to be a bit more "sophisticated" than the usual popcorn fare, due to its exquisitely clever dialogue, as well as Robery Downey Jr.'s great performance.
Nice Movie.
i think this movie was very eerie and scary. its not the killer sneaks up on you scary slasher flick, its a mystery with an atmosphere that gives you some serious goosebumps.
Christopher Nolan is quickly becoming one of my favorite contemporary writer/directors. The first in the newest batman series, Batman Begins blew me away. Nolan managed to take my favorite comic book hero (the only one that has the balls to fight crime without any special powers) and turn out not only an entertaining movie in Batman Begins, but one the preached all of the morals and ethics I believe in. I thought he could do no better, but I was wrong. The Dark Knight really is one of the best films to come out in the last decade, if not longer. The realism in it down to the way the actors deliver lines is incredible. Nolan managed to create a perfectly believable world. On top of that, the hauningness of the Joker as his plan begins to unfold to the audience is overwhelming(particularly in the interrogation scene between he and batman). I'm not neccessarily a movie buff, but I'm a huge movie fan and a man of strong morals and ethics and I believe that the Dark Knight sends a wonderful message. I don't get to the theaters too often (I usually don't have money) but I saw The Dark Knight 5 times in theaters, and more on video. It is one of the best movies I have ever scene, and it never gets old. I strongly recommend it.
Yes, I'd even take it over the first 'Shrek'. Fun, funny and frenetic, with beautiful and unique animation, 'Kung Fu Panda' still doesn't hold a candle to the very best of Pixar ('WALL·E' so trounces this movie), but of the slew of CGI movies we've seen this millennium, 'Kung Fu Panda' is one of the better ones.
Great film; very intense and dark to be sure. The oft-mentioned great performance by Ledger is certainly merited. Good storyline and effects, with lots of action but tries to not go too much "over the top" with action. Excellent movie that deserves to be held up as a new standard for comic book films (albeit a very dark one).
Four paws on Heath Ledgers performance
Reviewed by littlesam1 for The Dark Knight at 2008-10-21 01:11:56
Reviewed by littlesam1 for The Dark Knight at 2008-10-21 01:11:56
I liked the movie a lot and would have given it three paws. But just for Heath Ledgers performance alone I had to give it four paws.
August Rush... wow what a movie the music in teh movie was awsome.. never been more moved by teh mousic... my favotie part is were he slaps the guitar..
Running with Matchsticks
Reviewed by www.BraidedThreads.blogspot.com for Matchstick Men at 2008-10-09 12:05:22
Reviewed by www.BraidedThreads.blogspot.com for Matchstick Men at 2008-10-09 12:05:22
http://braidedthreads.blogspot.com/2008/09/running-with-matchsticks.html ...By the end of Matchstick Men, the filmmakers seem to feel guilty for asking us to sympathize with someone who steals for a living so they try to overcompensate by bringing Cage through an emotional, psychological, and professional meat grinder. A twist ending makes the film you just watched seem like a more fascinating one than it did while you were actually watching it. That "aha!" ending almost seems borrowed from another movie: one with enough mystery and suspense to prepare you for such a satisfying revelation. If only the the filmmakers had been able to transfer some of the tension and confusion of Cage's character to the viewer so that we could have a few more question marks to carry through the film until we reach the answers in the end. As it is, we get answers for questions we didn't know we were supposed to be asking.
Will the Real Batman Please Stand Up?
Reviewed by www.BraidedThreads.blogspot.com for The Dark Knight at 2008-08-28 12:08:48
Reviewed by www.BraidedThreads.blogspot.com for The Dark Knight at 2008-08-28 12:08:48
A super-hero movie this good could have been even longer than 2 1/2 hours. Especially if the extra time would have made room for a more noteworthy entrance and exit for the Joker in order to expand his story. There was not much of a story arc for him, but he was equally fascinating to watch from his first moment to his last. "Who let the Joker out of his box?" someone in the film asks. And I wouldn't have minded seeing the box. Christopher Nolan did the same thing with Scarecrow and Ra's Al Ghul in Batman Begins. Given the overdone origin stories in previous Batman films, Nolan falls off the other side of the horse by giving us crazy people who did not become evil; they just are evil. It is fascinating how the Joker changes his story about the origins of his scars depending on who he is addressing. I was disappointed when Batman didn't let the Joker finish telling that final version. Given the progression of the first two versions of the Joker's tale, there is the hint of a suggestion that the Joker actually afflicted himself with his deformities. As fascinating as Ledger's Joker is to watch, we have no perspective of him as a character. And as awesome as Ledger is, we will never know what it would have been like to watch this role without the actor's death attached to it. But this film is also about someone named "Batman," who is getting short-changed in recent hype about the film. Batman gets an awesome new suit - one that lets him turn his head (so he doesn't have to use sonar to know what is behind him). He gets a new, slightly chubbier mask. His gravelly, THX-enhanced voice remains the same: a bit too death metal (I found his grunting contest with Two-Face almost laughable). Batman is much cooler when he is not trying to explain things. The action set-pieces are amazingly done. The film is short on digital animation. It shows Indiana Jones how shocking and exciting a spectacle like this can be with restrained CGI. The dank, grey, smoky, digital Gotham City from Batman Begins is traded in for a Gotham that is more pristine, brighter, more familiar, more corruptible. The action of this film takes place in realistically conceived space.
See the rest of this review at http://braidedthreads.blogspot.com/2008/07/will-real-batman-please-stand-up.html
Good movie
I'll be honest - I was worried that Heath Ledger's death had tainted some of the early reviews - it's hard to diss a dead man. I was greatly relieved when his performance actually made the movie. He was perfect.
Maybe the best Batman movie ever? Heath Ledger is creepy yet strangely mesmerizing as the Joker, I couldn't wait to see him onscreen again during the film (is he doing a sort of freaked out Bugs Bunny accent? really, I swear, listen to it again!)
The Bat cycle is cool, and the rest of the cast and script is great, but Ledger proves why he was so well-regarded, in his last (unfortunately) performance.
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