First of all, I haven't been blogging that much lately because I have been busy with school and stuff but since school has ended already, I am already back and ready to blog!
Anyway, I have decided to post not just a movie review, but a triple movie review and for this movie review, I'm going to review The Lorax, The Muppets and The Hunger Games. This will also by my first post (and probably last) for the month of March. Before I start this review, I would like to remind you that this post will have spoilers of the movies that I have reviewed and it is recommended to proceed with caution. So much for that, I present to you my triple movie reviews:
1. The Lorax
The Lorax is probably one of the best movie adaptions of Dr. Seuss' works. The movie takes place in Thneed-Ville which is a walled city where other than the citizens, everything is completely synthetic. In the movie, there is an idealistic 12-year-old boy named Ted Wiggins who sets out to find the one thing that win the girl of his dreams, Audrey, who wishes to see a real tree. Ted does everything to get a real tree, even if it means being reprimanded by Aloysius O'Hare, the mayor of Thneed-Ville and the greedy owner of a company that sells bottled air for escaping from the city in order to speak to the Once-ler, the only person who knows the story about how the Truffula Trees disappeared.
What I liked about the movie is it's storyline and the music that were used in the movie. The movie is kinda like a musical-type film though it's not really a musical and the fact that the movie uses upbeat music makes the movie more interesting to watch. The movie also had a lot of life lessons which even makes it a good movie for people of all ages. The way the movie showed the consequences of depleting nature's blessings was delivered well to the viewers and if I were to give an overall rating to the movie, it would be a 10 out of 10. The Lorax is really an awesome movie, the storyline, the music and everything! And did I forget to mention? Taylor Swift is the voice actress of Audrey, which makes the movie even more awesome.
Before I end my review for this movie, here's an awesome quote from "The Lorax":
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
-Dr. Seuss
2. The Muppets
The Muppets is yet another movie adaption of the Muppets franchise. The story revolves around a couple named Gary and Mary and Gary's brother, Walter who was a man born as a Muppet. Gary plans a vacation to Los Angeles with his girlfriend to celebrate their tenth anniversary and they take Walter along with them so he can tour The Muppet Studios. While on the tour, Walter finds out that Slater and Waldorf are planning to sell the theater to Tex Richman, an oil magnate. Mary, Gary and Walter must take on the challenge to reunite The Muppets together for a telethon in order to save The Muppet Studios from being sold even if it means putting Gary and Mary's relationship to the test.
The movie itself was well done to start with and the musical sequences fitted well to the scenes where it was needed. It's not just another kiddie movie but it's a movie that people of all ages can enjoy and relate to. Another thing that made the movie awesome were the cameo appearances of Jack Black and Selena Gomez. Jack Black plays as the partner of Animal in their anger management program and he also plays a role as the celebrity host of The Muppets Telethon which was made possible by Miss Piggy's plot of forcing him to host the show. Meanwhile, Selena Gomez is seen in the later part of the movie where she plays as one of the people who answered the phone during the telethon. Best scene of the movie? The scene after the telethon. It was the most upbeat scene in the movie in terms of the music that was used and it is also one of the most touching scenes of the movie. The scene ended with Gary proposing to Mary.
And before I end my review for this movie, my rating for this movie on a scale of 1 to 10 would be an 8.5.
3. The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games is based on a multi-awarded book of the same name that was written by Suzanne Collins. I haven't actually read the entire book version of the movie, I have only read the first chapter of the book so I already had an idea on how the movie would start. The movie takes place in Panem, a country in the western side of North America. The story of the movie revolves around Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, the tributes of District 12 and their adventures as they compete for the 74th Hunger Games and only one tribute survives and becomes the Victor of the contest.
First of all, I would like to say that Katniss was really kick-ass in the movie! And I would also like to say that Jennifer Lawrence played her role as Katniss well. So what if people think she's too large to play Katniss? That doesn't really matter you know. What really matters the most is that she did a great job with her role as Katniss. Hands down! Second, I liked the movie because of it's touching and thrilling scenes. The suspense in the movie was an intense one, especially in the scene where Katniss and Peeta got chased by a lion in the dark. The same level of suspense was also present in the scene where the forest where Katniss was hiding from other tributes went on fire. Overall, the entire movie was well done and I can't wait for the movie version of Catching Fire to come out and for my overall rating for this movie, I give this movie a 9.5 out of 10.
And before I end this post, today is the first anniversary of the release of Femme Fatale in the Philippines. Happy Femme Fatale day to all the Filipino Britney fans!
So, that's all for my post today and stay tuned for more posts!
