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Prom Night (2008)
A terrible waste of a cinema trip!
If I could give this film a real rating, it would likely be in the minus numbers. While I respect the fact that somebody has to keep making these terrible "horror" films, seriously, people, buying a ticket for this film is a waste of money you could be spending on something far more worth your time.
Despite it being a horror film, there is nothing scary about it, unless the idea of seeing how many horror cliché's you can fit in one movie scares you. If the rating had been higher, it probably would have made for a better film in the long run.
Whoever made this version of "Prom Night", you screwed up. The actors could probably have done a decent job if it weren't for the questionable scripting. This was a terrible waste of a cinema trip. I'd sooner go and see "One Missed Call" again, at least that had some plot.
Pirate Islands (2003)
It doesn't have to make sense, its a computer game! And we love it!
(MIGHT contain spoiler..not sure what that would be defined as so i ticked the box).
So, take 3 kids, a random computer game, and a few islands full of pirates. What do you get? Pirate Islands! I'm not even supposed to like kids TV anymore, but now I make an effort to get up every morning so as not to miss an episode. Thats a big enough task to do on its own. Blackheart is so much fun to watch, the talking plant 'Belle' is pretty cool, not to mention Oliver (Mars) is walking hotness. Carmen reminds me of how I would act if put in a situation like that. Okay, so I wouldn't be that nasty, but something similar. She seems to be the only character with a sense of realism, even if it makes her look a bit off to the rest of them.
Okay, so I've read that some people think the show lacks logic..like the mobile phone working on the island when there's no satellite dish. Well technically, the children are in a computer game. If the game coding is set to allowing the phone to work, it would work, satellite or not, just as it allows the plants to speak. (Well...sorta) So I say to you, the game runs off its own logic, not ours, look at it that way. Great show, kudos to all involved.
Peter Pan (2003)
Boy, why are you crying?
There's only one word for this film: AWESOME.
Okay, so unless you've been living in some bizarre netherworld with no access to any media for the last century and then some, you've heard the story of Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. Personally, I haven't read Barrie's book, or play either. But you bet I'm looking for it now.
I've seen the pantomimes, I own the Disney version, but both have been far overshadowed by this masterpiece of a film. Whoever started the tradition of an adult female in Peter's role wants shooting, or killing painfully in some way at least. After seeing Jeremy Sumpter's performance as Peter, seeing that cheeky (and heart melting) grin, watching how accurately the emotions that his character is going through shine through in the way he looks and moves, if I happened to meet the critics that were so hard on him, I'd be giving them an earful about it. I am an actress, and to do what he did, put up with the sword fights, the flying and learning that wonderful script, is a damn hard job. Plus, he was only 14 at the time (I think). I couldn't do all that at once if you payed me a million pounds. Rachel Hurdwood does a smashing job of playing Wendy Darling (sooo much envy...), not too over the top, but she knows when to hang back and when to let herself shine. And who could forget Jason Isaacs as Hook? Haunting..and brilliant. Smee got some awesome lines ('Its all a bit tragic really, isn't it?') And the rest of the actors make a seamless cast. I like it how the weather in Neverland ties in with Peter's emotions, and that the director was not afraid to show the darker side of the story. The film will thrill children, no matter what the critics say. My little sister is 7, and she enjoyed it as much as I did. It makes you think very deeply about the characters and particularly the troubles Peter is presented with, if you're older. After all, what Peter Pan has is what every ten year old boy wants..but what they have, Peter will never get a chance to feel. Hook could not have been more wrong exposing Peter as not the golden boy he wants everyone to see him as, but the sad, lonely boy trapped in his own fairy tale that he really is. Wendy and her brothers (even the Lost Boys -slightly was cool-) might be able to return home, but for him the window is shut, and will always be, since in Neverland the only way to die is to be killed perforce. The 'I do believe in fairies' scene was funny, but a bit annoying..and the fact that Hook dies is a bit of a let down. As for the chemistry between Rachel and Jeremy (which, had it not been palpably real, would have ruined the movie), it reminded me of Romeo and Juliet. You know how it ends, but you so hope that one of them will make the ultimate sacrifice, or that something will change so they can be together. But, Pan being Pan, his love of being forever youthful is too great for him to go back on it, even for his Wendy. He would rather she (to nab from the movie) go home, and take her feelings with her than force him to grow up. In a way though, she did. She made him question staying in Neverland for the first time, and when he was looking in at the window at the end of the film, you could see on his face that he was torn in two, at least for a few minutes, before dear old Tink pulled him away.
This movie would have been a box office smash, had it not been released between Potter and Lotr. Too much competition. But this film has set a new standard for Pan movies, and a damn high one. I will be very surprised if anyone manages to top it in my lifetime, or indeed my children's. (If I have any) Commendations to all, and to the critics that found anything major wrong about this film, watch it again with an open mind. Your opinion will change. It will. The music is enchanting, the scenes picturesque to the minutest detail, and the entire cast on top form. 14th time of watching it and I'm still not tired of it yet! And remember, All Children Grow Up...Except One.