二十九：Movie Review of Moon

A sci-fi movie about a man with a job on the moon. He is all alone on the moon and he is hoping to go back to his home planet the earth soon after some years of working there to be reunited with his wife and family. He can't receive live messages from earth but taped ones from his wife. Along the story he discovers some shocking truths about himself and his job on the moon on why he is there etc.

It is very mind boggling. The effects aren't flashy but the setting as a near future event is not impossible such as the robot Gerty his assistant and his pod. No floating robots and transparent LCD touch screens etc. There aren't any special graphic effects and only one actor, Sam Rockwell. It is very dramatic and shows us what may happen in the future. As a viewer you should not stick to whether it has great special effects or if it is a high budget film but you should appreciate the story itself. If you don't want to have your brains working a lot as you watch a movie then this movie isn't for you.

二十二：Movie Review of Easy A

Easy A is a comedy movie starring Emma Stone (Super Bad, House Bunny, Zombieland and Spiderman). The movie is about the life of high school students particularly the ones who aren't popular and how they struggle with it. Emma Stone portrays Olive Penderghast, a nice, smart girl and though pretty, she is a very unpopular and is almost invisible in her school until one day she lied about losing her virginity to her best friend and it spread like wild fire. Things got even worse when she gave her gay friend a favor and lied even more. The rumor spread and desperate virgins who know about her secret started asking for her help as well. Olive became famous for her promiscuity and at first she did not like it until she realized it made her popular and even enjoyed it but of course it took its toll on her. Olive relates her experience to the book The Scarlet Letter which is about adultery though she kind of took it the other way around.

I personally like Emma Stone even with her previous movies such as Super Bad and House Bunny. This is her first starring role and I really think she did great. The movie is really funny in my opinion and you can learn quite a lot of lessons from it.

八： Movie Review of Precious. (based on a novel entitled "Push")

It's about a teen African American girl molested and abused by her family. She isn't treated like a daughter by her mother where she is always screamed at and thrown objects at even while doing household chores. She is also molested by her mother's boy friend and the mom doesn't care at all. Because of the sexual abuse, she got pregnant twice. She's doing bad at school and has no friends at all.

You can really understand how a young girl can lose herself with this kind of situation. But in this movie you can see how the girl struggles to survive in such an environment. She daydreams about her dream world where her mother loves her and the people around her notices her and she's so happy.
She met people who helped her in the story such as the teacher, male nurse, and a social welfare employee (Mariah Carey).

Overall it teaches you how to fight for your rights. Not to let anyone step on you, not even your family. All of us can think. We know what is right from wrong. We should not tolerate abuse nor harassment especially to us women.

P.S. The movie won Oscars for best supporting actress for Mo' Nique as the mother of Precious and best adapted Screen Play.

五： Movie Review and Summary of Dorian Gray

Summary:

Dorian Gray is based on Oscar Wilde's book The Painting of Dorian Gray. It's about a beautiful young man who didn't grow old. He had a painting by a painter named Basil who got fond of his beauty. Another friend, Lord Henry Wotton also a friend of Basil taught him that only things worth pursuing in life are beauty and fulfillment of the senses. Dorian was naturally kind and good and very naive. Learning this, Dorian tried to live that kind of life. He got scared of getting old and he doesn't want his beauty to fade and so he sold his soul to be forever young and the painting Basil painted would rather be the one to age and rot.

He enjoyed everything and while doing so, he was already committing sins especially lust. As Dorian was enjoying his beautiful life, every sin he committed  causes his painting to look old and rot indeed. In life not everything that you are enjoying or you think is good is right. He tries to get pleasure from almost anyone, everyone.

Dorian then met this singer and actress Sybil who fell in love with him but doing so she loses her abilities. Dorian who is obsessed with just the beauty in life rejects Sybil after she lost her talents which resulted to her suicide.

Before leaving to Paris, Dorian talked to the painter Basil and blamed him for his fate and killed him. Dorian hid his painting and indeed he stayed forever young and continued doing the same immoral things.

18 years has passed and everyone he knew got old. Rumors spread about him that he never grew old. He returned to London from Paris in a party and met Lord Henry's daughter, Emily. He fell in love with her and thought of giving up his immorality but when he saw his painting, it was even worse.

Lord Henry who knew about Dorian's relationship with his daughter went to his house and searched for the painting. Dorian was able to catch Lord Henry and they had a fight. The painting's cover was then removed and a fire started from a burner and they both saw a very old, rotting man. Dorian was stunned looking at his painting. Lord Henry ran out and locked Dorian inside the room just when his daughter  arrived to check what was happening. Dorian then tried to destroy the painting by piercing it but it was piercing him back. The real Dorian was then revealed. A very very old and rotting man like that in the painting and then the room exploded caused by the fire and gas leaks.

Dorian's body was found burnt but the painting was saved and miraculously went back to it's original form.

Review:

The movie was great and I highly recommend it. The actor Ben Barnes was really perfect for the part of Dorian Gray. I have liked him since Narnia: Prince Caspian movie haha! A very handsome man.

There are some differences from the book and the movie though like Dorian's hair color which should be blonde and not dark, how James, Sybil's brother died, how Dorian died and some characters in the story like Emily which was supposed to be Hetty.

You can learn a lot from it's story because it's about immorality, narcissism, and how it can ruin your life. Some say the movie is kinda out of pace that it quickly jumps from one event to another without some explanation etc. I think it is understandable though. I haven't really read the book but I was able to understand the story. I think everyone can relate to it's story because each of us has a part where we only think of the things that can make us happy even if it isn't the right thing to do. As for myself, I liked it because of how he didn't grow old. People tell me I look young for my real age and as a lady, it is a big deal to us to look young. And so the Dorian Gray syndrome is explained here. People are scared to grow old and will try to keep that youthful look. I'm not a hypocrite and I'd say I am happy I look young but I think I won't result to surgery to maintain it lol. It's a gift and I am grateful for it. As for the sins Dorian committed, I know I think about some worldly things but I am trying to change that. Watching the movie made me realize that it can also happen to me lol. Losing yourself because of all those worldly temptations. I don't want that. :P

Overall it was a very good movie. Great one. Consider it a dark, gothic, fantasy drama. Don't forget Ben Barnes is the lead actor. <3