The Amityville Horror (2005)

Hey readers,

Today I present the remake of the original Amityville movie of the 70's, The Amityville Horror (2005). It is very hard to come across a good horror film that actually has the capacity to scare the living crap outta people. This movie did a fairly good job. I remember the first time I watched this movie. I didn't sleep that night. Anyways, this film is a loose representation of Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, based on the man of the house going totally cuckoo and wanting to kill his family. The makers of the movie have made the movie much more violent than The Shining. The starting of the movie and the ending scenes are pretty violent and are recommended for people above 15 years.

The starting of the movie shows the Defeo family getting killed by the possessed guy. He kills his three younger siblings and his parents by shooting them in the head while they are asleep and shooting his youngest sister Jodie while he was hiding in the closet. The brutal murder of the children is too scary to watch and the director probably succeeded in scaring the audience outta the cinema hall in the first 5 minutes of the movie! Anyways, one year later, a happy family moves into the same home unaware of the terrifying experience that would follow. Initially happy, the kind and funny stepfather, the mother and the three kids are excited about their mansion-like new home. A few days pass and the step-father starts acting weird. He gets angry with the kids and gives then torturous punishments. The little girl starts seeing the ghost of Jodie, the girl murdered. Once the mother realizes their deadly mistake of moving into the possessed home, she tries to convince her husband to move out. But it was too late as her possessed husband had already started to plot the murder of his family.

Notably terrifying scenes:

• The scene where the little boy Micheal goes to the bathroom and while washing his hands a grotesque figure is shown behind him, with blood coming out of its mouth.
• The scene where the little girl is standing on the topmost part of the roof, waiting to  jump.
• The part where the past activity occurring in the torture room of the basement is shown. I do not wish to enlist those gruesome details.
• The ending where the stepfather runs after his family to kill them.
• This ain't a scene, but the phrase "Kill 'em, Katch 'em" is terrifying.

The movie is to be considered a treat to those horror movie fans and it will prove to be a good watch to those people who have the guts to watch a terrifying movie.

Signing off for today.

Monica

Shrek 3 (2007)

Greetings Humans!

Watching animated movies is probably my favorite pastime. I turned on the television today to see what movie was airing in the 7 oclock time slot on my three favorite movie channels. I was really surprised to find out that all three channels had an animated movie airing at 7pm as per the schedule. There was Home, Hotel Transylvania 2, and Shrek 3. I had not watched Home yet. I had seen Hotel Transylvania one time about 3 months ago and found it quite entertaining, probably better than the first. Shrek 3, was watched by me about 20 times in the past. It must be quaint to hear that deciding which movie to watch in the 7pm slot was a pretty hard decision to make. First, I thought that I have already watched Shrek 3 like a gazillion times and it is sure to keep airing on that channel so I better watch Home. But, being my usual Shrek series loving person, I decided to watch Shrek 3 for like the 21st time. It was like a sing along, except I spoke the dialogues along with the movie.

I love all of the four Shrek movie. The first two parts may be better than the last two, but they don't reduce the importance of the trailing parts at all. The third part basically revolves around finding Arthur, the lost heir to 'Far, Far Away' (the kingdom ruled by Fiona's father who dies a frog!). The secondary story components include Shrek's anxiety regarding becoming a parent and Prince Charming's evil plans of becoming king of Far, Far Away including taking revenge upon Shrek. The movie is about 90 minutes of entertainment and is sure to lighten up some grouchy people. Notable parts of the movie:

1. The death of the Frog King (Fiona's father)
2. Shrek's dream of the frightening babies.
3. The Worchestire high school.
4. The entry of Arthur.
5. The Attack of Prince Charming
6. The butt scratching in the starting of the movie

Anyways, this movie preserves the charm of the first two Shreks and proves to be an excellent example of one of the best animated movies. The annoying but lovable Donkey and the adorable Puss in Boots stole this movie recommender's heart!

Signing off,
Monica

The Mask (1994)

Hey guys,

Welcome back! The holidays have ended and the dread of the same monotonous schedule awaits us. I took some time off my schedule today to relax and watch one of my favorite comedy movies so that I could forget the pile of work that awaits me, for which there is no escape of course. Anyways, I am recommending this movie to all those people who have piles of work waiting for them and need a few hours to relax and lighten their mood up. Jim Carrey is one of my favorite actors. I just love all of his unique expressions, tones and behavior in all his movies from Ace Ventura to Bruce Almighty. The Mask was a great initial success and one of Carrey's most successful movies. The outrageous green faced man really knows how to make people laugh.



The movie starts out with the introduction of a loser named Stanley Ipkiss who works at a bank. He lives a really eccentric life watching cartoons and living with his dog. His life suddenly changes and becomes far from boring when he comes across a green colored mask. He unsuspectingly wears the mask and turns into The Mask, a green faced, super elastic, crazy and terribly funny super man who happens to win over Tina with his smooth dance moves. Things get crazy when the Mask robs a bank and hides the money in his room (Ipkiss's room). Ipkiss wakes up the next day wondering if the crazy events were a nightmare or reality. Intelligently, Ipkiss uses the Mask's power to destroy a villain and save Tina.

The best parts of the movie has to be the scenes in which The Mask is present. His comedy, dialogues, dressing style, dance and irritating behavior marks Jim Carrey's outstanding performance within the movie. I just love his crazy weapons and the part where he acts like he is dying. There could not be a single person in the world who did not find this movie to be funny and entertaining. The Mask will surely give you people an entertaining two hours movie experience and will leave you with a fresh mood after you watch it.