Cinderella (I) (2015)
Ratings: 7.1/10 from 76,421 users Metascore: 67/100
Reviews: 273 user | 328 critic | 47 from Metacritic.com
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at
the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her scheming step-sisters. Never
one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a
dashing stranger.
Director:Kenneth Branagh
Writer: Chris Weitz (screenplay)
Stars: Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden | See full cast and crew »
Storyline
A girl named Ella (Cinderella) has the purest heart living in a cruel
world filled with evil stepsisters and an evil stepmother out to ruin
Ella's life. Ella comes one with her pure heart when she meets the
prince and dances her way to a better life with glass shoes, and a
little help from her fairy godmother, of course.
User Reviews
I
went into this, hoping for something more...grown-up in the way of a
remake-retelling. Sort of how Maleficent was a remake-retelling of
Sleeping Beauty; which I enjoyed a lot. BUT that is not what this was,
to my great disappointment. I actually almost hated this movie after
watching it the first time, because of that great disappointment, but I
knew better than that, and after waiting a while, letting it sit and
"digest", I decided it was time to re-watch it and give it another
chance with zero expectations. I wanted to give it a fair start, to try
and give it a more fair review. Still was not that all into it and some
my original thoughts in regards to certain things were still there. It
wasn't in the more serious and "realistic" vein of Ever After (starring
Drew Barrymore, 1998) nor the cutesy, silly Ella Enchanted (starring
Anne Hathaway, 2004). Ever After I have a fond spot in my heart for and
still pull the DVD out once in a blue moon to watch. Ella Enchanted, I
could at least mildly enjoy by getting a laugh at the humor sometimes
and how it didn't take itself too seriously. At times, Cinderella did
seem to try to be those movies here and there. The way her father passed
and his love was just for Ella and not the step-mother, wanting to go
to the ball in her mother's gown, as well as a snide remark from one the
step-sisters to the other about being at the buffet table, were almost
straight from Ever After. There were cutesy, tongue-in-cheek moments a
couples times that were reminiscent of Ella Enchanted. This movie was
neither of those.
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A nameless robot girl has recently been given the gift of life from her creator, while exploring the wonders of an ordinary world she meets an amazing mutant boy and they share a friendship that must overcome their warring families.
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The Clockwork Girl
A nameless robot girl has recently been given the gift of life from her creator, while exploring the wonders of an ordinary world she meets an amazing mutant boy and they share a friendship that must overcome their warring families.
Director: Kevin Konrad Hanna
Writers: Jennica Harper (screenplay), Sean Patrick O'Reilly (story)
Stars: Alexa PenaVega, Carrie-Anne Moss, Brad Garrett | See full cast and crew »
Storyline
A nameless robot girl has recently been given the gift of life from her
creator, while exploring the wonders of an ordinary world she meets an
amazing mutant boy and they share a friendship that must overcome their
warring families.
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Ratings: 8.4/10 from 161,113 users Metascore: 94/100
Reviews: 583 user | 453 critic | 48 from Metacritic.com
After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San
Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness -
conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house, and school.
User Reviews
This is a great movie about two characters finding themselves and their way in a torn world. The 2 main characters are from different fractions that don't get along: one side is the organic, natural character while the other side embraced technology. Kevin Hanna created a magical world full of creatures, magic, and neat technology that is well represented in the movie. The voice acting fits with each character but some of the music choices could have been better (something that could have been out of his control). If you enjoyed the Clockwork Girl comic series, you will enjoy this movie. It's a movie the whole family can watch and learn from.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Inside Out (I) (2015)
Ratings: 8.4/10 from 161,113 users Metascore: 94/100
Reviews: 583 user | 453 critic | 48 from Metacritic.com
Directors: Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen
Writers: Pete Docter (original story), Ronnie Del Carmen (original story), 8 more credits »
Stars: Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black | See full cast and crew »
Storyline
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is
uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San
Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear,
Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the
control center inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through
everyday life. As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new
life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy,
Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive,
the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and
school. Written by
Pixar.
A young girl's five emotions try to solve her identity crisis caused by moving, but when the wrong levers in brain's control center are pushed, things go awry.
That synopsis made me push watching this further and further ahead to, but I loved Docter's masterpiece "Up" so I had to watch this in a theater while I still could. Me and my partner thought, well, not really expecting much, so it will probably be OK. But oh what a disappointment it was. OK, I admit we are not teens. And love Japanese animation. And I do not appreciate Disney because of their marketing bonanza and ill-fitting gender stereotypes. But this film is so chock-full of fantasy-killing and misguided ideological messages that I am flabbergasted. It is beyond me how so little viewers find offense with the messages, and that these are thoroughly inappropriate for kids.
Like for instance: 1) You are not in control of your emotions, your emotions control you. 2) Thought and reason have no influence at all on your decisions. 3) If you do not keep your emotions in check, you will lose your memories. If you lose your memories, you will become emotionally unresponsive. 4) There is only one good emotion (joy). There are four negative ones (sadness, anger, disgust, fear). That is it. That is what everyone feels. To hell with love. Or desire. Or curiosity. Or faith. 5) In order to grow up, your joyful memories have to become sad memories. Why? Good question. That is the climax of the movie and there is no explanation why this should be the case.
None of this makes any sense. The whole plot is completely incoherent. These messages hold no educational value whatsoever. And strangely this seems to be more obvious to children than to adults - I heard a boy asking his parents what any of that was supposed to mean.
This is obviously made and marketed for tech-savvy young parents who think they should take their kids to something more "challenging" than "Planes 2". The parents look like what an ad exec at Disney imagines Google employees to look like - mom wears cute specs, dad a hipster beard and it is set in San Francisco on top of that. The whole thing is probably the most in-your-face marketing device posing for a movie that I have ever seen. And everybody seems to be literally buying it.
Well, not everybody. Some of the reviewers here do have similar issues, so all is not lost for the human race. If you care for an alternative story about a girl away from home struggling to adapt, there is the fantastic new Ghibli feature "When Marnie was there". That film has everything "Inside Out" has not: a story, believable characters, imagination, mystery, and most importantly: heart.
User Reviews
A young girl's five emotions try to solve her identity crisis caused by moving, but when the wrong levers in brain's control center are pushed, things go awry.
That synopsis made me push watching this further and further ahead to, but I loved Docter's masterpiece "Up" so I had to watch this in a theater while I still could. Me and my partner thought, well, not really expecting much, so it will probably be OK. But oh what a disappointment it was. OK, I admit we are not teens. And love Japanese animation. And I do not appreciate Disney because of their marketing bonanza and ill-fitting gender stereotypes. But this film is so chock-full of fantasy-killing and misguided ideological messages that I am flabbergasted. It is beyond me how so little viewers find offense with the messages, and that these are thoroughly inappropriate for kids.
Like for instance: 1) You are not in control of your emotions, your emotions control you. 2) Thought and reason have no influence at all on your decisions. 3) If you do not keep your emotions in check, you will lose your memories. If you lose your memories, you will become emotionally unresponsive. 4) There is only one good emotion (joy). There are four negative ones (sadness, anger, disgust, fear). That is it. That is what everyone feels. To hell with love. Or desire. Or curiosity. Or faith. 5) In order to grow up, your joyful memories have to become sad memories. Why? Good question. That is the climax of the movie and there is no explanation why this should be the case.
None of this makes any sense. The whole plot is completely incoherent. These messages hold no educational value whatsoever. And strangely this seems to be more obvious to children than to adults - I heard a boy asking his parents what any of that was supposed to mean.
This is obviously made and marketed for tech-savvy young parents who think they should take their kids to something more "challenging" than "Planes 2". The parents look like what an ad exec at Disney imagines Google employees to look like - mom wears cute specs, dad a hipster beard and it is set in San Francisco on top of that. The whole thing is probably the most in-your-face marketing device posing for a movie that I have ever seen. And everybody seems to be literally buying it.
Well, not everybody. Some of the reviewers here do have similar issues, so all is not lost for the human race. If you care for an alternative story about a girl away from home struggling to adapt, there is the fantastic new Ghibli feature "When Marnie was there". That film has everything "Inside Out" has not: a story, believable characters, imagination, mystery, and most importantly: heart.
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