Essay
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
In this adaptation from 2002, New York based playwright and soon to be marred Sidda Walker is given a interview about her inspirations, which she states an very difficult upbringing in Louisiana. When her mother Vivi founds out about the interview she is livid and cuts Sidda out of her will and Sidda in turn does not invite her to her upcoming wedding. The whole fight and separation does not sit well with Vivi's three childhood friends who then take Sidda from New York and back to Louisiana. While there, they explain to why Vivi was the way she was and they all hope for a reconciliation before the wedding.
By Forest Green2 years ago in Critique
Chasing Liberty
In this film, Anna is the daughter of the President of the United States. When her first date is ruined because of a misunderstanding on his part, having Secret Service agents intervened, she wants the reigns to be loosen. He does so, but during a trip in Prague, he has two agents to spy over, thus giving her the codename Liberty. Once she goes off on her own, she meets an new guy named Ben and the two bond during the trip. They travel around different cities and the two agents are following them around. And Ben is hiding something from Anna: he is a agent too. Now he must keep this from her while still having fun.
By Forest Green2 years ago in Critique
A Walk to Remember (2002)
After a prank involving drinking and swimming leaves one of his friends injured, Landon Carter faces the possibility of being expelled from school but is spared from it by doing community service, including doing a school play. There he sees an old classmate, Jamie Sullivan working on the play too. Meanwhile he falls for her, but she wants nothing to do with him, considering that her father is a minster who doesn't want her to date. Eventually they both warm up to Landon and he does go out with Jamie who wants to complete several things as she is dealing with leukemia. Landon decides to help in any way he can.
By Forest Green2 years ago in Critique
“Barbie”: The Politics of a Plastic World
The task of bringing Barbie to the big screen was hardly a simple one. The film went through various iterations and spent over a decade in development before it could make its way to cinemas. And while it isn't a film I was particularly looking forward to seeing myself, it's one I'm still glad that I got to see all the same.
By Ben Ulansey2 years ago in Critique
13 Going on 30
After an embarrassing day at school and later at her own birthday party, Jenna wishes that she would be 30 as magic dust from her new dollhouse falls on her. After she wakes up, she finds herself to be 30 and confused about what had happened. However, she seems to like where things are going. She got a career at a magazine company, is dating and reunited with her childhood friend, Matt. But along the way, she soon realizes that her new perfect life is not what she thought it is. Everything she had envisioned to be perfect turned out to be the opposite and she plans to fix them.
By Forest Green2 years ago in Critique
Freaky Friday (2003)
In this 2003 adaptation (and its third) Anna Coleman and her mother Tess live separate lives. One afternoon have them butting heads over Anna wanting to audition for a session and Tess' upcoming wedding. While at dinner, they read fortunes from fortune cookies as a earthquake briefly appears. The next day, Tess wakes up in Anna's body and Anna wakes up in Tess' body. Because they both have a huge day, they would have to spend it as each other which leads to awkwardness on both parts. So they have to find a way to reverse the switch in order for things to go back to normal.
By Forest Green2 years ago in Critique
Shark Tale
This 2004 animated film is set underwater where a fish named Oscar is finding ways to get rich quick, which ends up putting his boss, Sykes in debt with Don Lino, a local shark boss. So Oscar has 24 hours to pay them $5000. His best friend and co worker Angie gives him a heirloom for him to pawn to get the money to pay them back. This backfires when he gambles it away to impress Lola, who only wants him for what he had. This angers Sykes, who had Oscar tied up to be eaten by sharks. One of which would be Frankie, the eldest son of Don Lino. However he is killed by an anchor before doing so as his younger brother, Lenny watches in horror. Oscar uses this to win the favor of everyone and becomes the 'sharkslayer." Don Lino, not happy with this, seeks revenge and looks for a missing Lenny, who discovers that Oscar is not who he says he is. Now they have a plan to make sure Oscar keeps up with the ruse, but that backfires too miserably. The film itself was not well received due to the humor, design and how the characters look like their voice actors. But the soundtrack is nice through.
By Forest Green2 years ago in Critique
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
In this adaptation of the classic book by Dr. Seuss, we have the main character, the Cat in the Hat visiting the two children in their home while their mother is away. However in the next half hour or so, things go from bad to worse, unlike the book. The boy, renamed Conrad in this, causes trouble and rude to his mother, Joan. While the girl, renamed Sally here, is more of a control freak. So Joan is planning a party for her boss but has to go back to work, and expects the children, well just Conrad, to behave while she is gone. Later the Cat comes by to make their day fun. But instead his antics are much more crude and thus one of the reasons why the film was not well liked, especially the author's widow.
By Forest Green2 years ago in Critique
