The Host

     From the Twilight Saga's author, Stephenie Meyer, comes The Host. The story of The Host starts with an alien species erasing minds to inhabiting human bodies. There are very few humans left with uninhabited bodies, and these people make up the "resistance". We meet our main character, Melanie Strider, straight away. Melanie, part of the resistance,  is taken over by a member of the foreign race called Wanderer or as later renamed, Wanda. Wanda is being used by the "Seekers" to find the location of the resistance. Or "Rebel Base" if you will. Before the seekers can find out too much about the resistance, Melanie's spirit starts rebelling from within. A while after Melanie starts resisting from within, she convinces Wanda to take her to the "rebel base" so she can make sure her little brother, Jamie, and her lover Jared are still safe.


     I absolutely loved this movie! I am going to give The Host a POP!!! The film directed by Andrew Niccol, had an absolutely amazing cast! The actress playing Melanie/Wanda is Irish actress Saoirse Ronan. I haven't personally seen any of her movies, however she is featured in many films such as, Hanna, Atonement, The Lovely Bones and The Way Back. Some of the other amazing actors included, Max Irons (Red Riding Hood, Being Julia, and Dorian Gray), Jake Abel (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, I am Number Four, The Lovely Bones), Diane Kruger (National Treasure, Troy, Unknown) as the Seeker, and William Hurt (The Incredible Hulk, Into the Wild, Dark City) as Uncle Jed.
    

     On top of the amazing cast, the screenplay by Andrew Niccol and Stephenie Meyer was amazing, and very close to the story line in the novel. I think that this is an amazing production and that many people will enjoy it. Yes, it comes from the author of the Twilight Saga, but it is very different from the Twilight stories. So even if you didn't enjoy the Twilight series, I think that you would really enjoy this movie.

Let me know what you think of this movie! Also I would love some feedback on the overall blog!!

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The Croods

     Grug, Ugga, Gran, Eep, Thunk and Sandy. These are The Croods. In Dreamwork's latest animated film, The Croods, a family of cavemen find out the world as they know it is changing. Grug, the father and leader of the pre-historic family, constantly reminds his family how dangerous the unknown is. The family motto is, in fact, "Never Not Be Afraid". Once their home is destroyed, their adventure starts. They start making their journey to find a new cave, with the help of their new friend Guy. On their journey, they grow closer as a family and find out that it is okay to sometimes be afraid. And might I just add that BELT is super cute!

     I was pleasently surprised by The Croods. I will be honest with you, when I first saw the trailer I thought that I was going to be annoyed with this movie. I was so glad I was wrong! I am going to give this movie a POP!!!!! I loved how it was such a small production team. Only eight cast members and two writers who happen to be co-directors with the film. The voice-over actors include big names such as Nicholas Cage, Emma Stone, and Ryan Reynolds. I loved the overall themes of the story too. The movie talked about the importance of family, trust, love and listening to your parents. It also said that sometimes it's okay to let go, because things do change.

   So This was my take on The Croods. Let me know what you think when you see it! Till next time..

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Oz The Great and Powerful

  Oz the Great and Powerful, is simply about, Oz the Great and Powerful. The story is about a circus magician, who goes by the name of Oz, whose biggest fear is to be a good man, instead a great one. His whole life is all about reaching his goal, but he doesn't know how to reach it. Once getting caught inside a tornado, Oz's hot air balloon crashes in a mysterious land. Once Oz arrives he finds out that he just might be a key part of a prophecy, the people of Oz had long awaited to come true.

 

  When you hear the title of the movie, Oz the Great and Powerful you automatically recognize the fact that it will take place in the mystical land of Oz. I think that overall, I am going to give this movie a CRACKLE. I did enjoy the film, however I do think most of it was predictable and cliche. There was, however quite a few of funny and sweet parts of the film. I also felt that Theodora as the evil witch looked a little too fake.

 

  I really do applaud James Franco's (Spider-Man Trilogy) preformance. Franco played the lead, Oz. and did an amazing job with it. The three witches are played by Michelle Williams(Shutter Island/Dawnson's Creek), Rachel Weisz(The Fountian/Constantine), and Mila Kunis(Black Swan/That 70's Show). They were all amazing for the roles. Director Sam Raimi added in a few cool special effects.

So a CRACKLE for Oz the Great and Powerful!

Let me know what you think!!

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