The original Alien movie is a masterpiece, which I’ve awarded a 10. I liked it so much because of the tense situation the crew of the Nostromo ends up in. The spaceship was made up of narrow corridors and an unknown enemy that was slowly taking out all crew members. So I was really looking forward to seeing Aliens, as I wanted to see more of those tense situations. Continue reading
After reviewing The Cat Returns this week, I decided to focus on another Studio Ghibli movie. This one is about the legend of a castle, Laputa, which is said to exist somewhere in the sky.
Pazu is a boy who works at a mine doing maintenance until he sees a girl, Sheeta, falling out of the sky and hovering above the ground. She can do this because of a magical crystal. It doesn’t take long for Pazu to find out that a lot of people are looking for Sheeta and more specifically for the crystal she is wearing as it is the possibly key to finding the castle. Air pirates want to reach the castle as it is said to have a lot of treasure. The government also has a secret agenda which drives them to find the castle. Continue reading
There are some movies that have scenes which you will never forget. For me The Fly is one of those movies. It tells the story of Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), a scientist who is doing research on teleportation. He’s a genius and manages to actually make it a reality. When he decides to teleport himself it turns out he’s not the only one in the machine. As the title already suggest a fly also is present in the machine, and The Fly shows what a human/fly hybrid could be. The reason that I remember quite a lot about this movie is because of the excellent special effects and make up, which are sometimes quite gross. Continue reading