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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Good film classic
Good film classic and the brilliance of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" is the author of the original book. Roald Dahl not only creates wonderful characters, he has the ability to perfectly capture children's imagination. Aside from Dahl's writing, there are strong performances throughout the movie especially Gene Wilder as "Willy Wonka" who is perfect. Germany's Michael Bollner as "Augustus Gloop" should also be applauded for the delivery of his lines which for him were in a foreign language, although not entirely convincing. Even if this movie was butchered by the director, which it certainly wasn't, it would have been good. The moronic parents in this movie provide an accurate portrayal of how one eyed and disillusioned parents can be of their children
8/10.
Luther (2003)
Good historical film
Few films express the reality and truth about Martin Luther and his day (both the man and the era was quite complicated) but this film manages to capture its essence and does so in an epic fashion. Joseph Fiennes portrays Luther, Alfred Molina portrays Johann Tetzel, Claire Cox is Katharina Von Bora and an elderly Peter Ustinov as Frederick the Great. These historic personages are not portrayed with any real degree of realism and are frankly, black-and-white characters. Take for example the principal characters of Luther and his antithesis Johann Tetzel. While Joseph Fienne's Luther comes off as a noble, well-meaning near-martyr whose only struggles seem to be internal, Alex Molina's Johann Tetzel is a wicked, commercialized, corrupt Catholic and clearly the villain. This said, the movie does not take sides and is neither pro-Catholic or pro-Protestant. The newly formed Protestant Church quickly begins to conduct mass killings of Catholics. Catholics, too, would kill off Protestants such as the Hugunenot Massacre in 1600's France and the burning alive of Protestants during the reign of Queen Mary Tudor in England. Thus, the powerful theme here is human weakness, specifically in zealousness and blind faith. Characters like Katharina Von Bora (Claire Cox) a devout Catholic woman from Germany whose daughter is crippled and "damned" by Church standards represent the pathetic aspects of following one's religion blindly but moreover, putting faith in flawed humans even if they are priests, cardinals, the Pope or any man of God.
20 Minutes (2023)
This movie will make you laugh, cry, and learn all in one
An absolutely spellbinding film.
This is based on that Hawaii missile alert warning about an incoming nuclear missile that would hit Hawaii.
This is a very strong Christian film (not for Christ-o-phobic people).
I absolutely recommend it.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Decent Harry
With all of the films you can notice that the acting is improving with the maturity of the characters. You can tell that there is a close bond between the actors of which all pull of their roles well. The directing and visual effects, like all of the films to date does not disappoint.
In all a great family film, a pleasure to watch and I would recommend this film to most people. I am glad that the final film will be split into two parts, to be honest they could have done it with this film!
*** For people who have never seen any of the films or read the books I took my friend with me who has not seen or read any of the books and he was completely lost throughout the film (Although he still enjoyed it!). If you wish to see this I would recommend you need to see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix first. Otherwise you may find this film a little confusing.