Fairy Tale with Deep Emotion- How to Train Your Dragon

Not matter what you raise, you need to pay for affection. It would be simple to become a great friend with your cat or your dog you raised, but how about raising an ET or dragon?

How to Train Your Dragon is a great appreciated film in 2010. DreamWorks do not take a violate action to make this film as to Shrek but give us deep emotion this time.

This 3D animation is edited according to Children fiction from English writer Cressida Cowell. The story happens in Pirate Country in North Europe and fire dragon world and narrates a group pirates lives on hunting fire dragons and is proud in fighting and killing fire dragons. A great chief has a son who is very week and imaginative named Hiccup. His work is just making weapons for warriors with his teachers in a room. However, Hiccup believes he can do some great thing and try to make a plan to become famous. The more his father distrusts him, the more he try to get approve from his father. He make a big slingshot and shot the strongest dragon Night Fury in the fighting. Night Fury has great speed and strong destruction power. But nobody see its face before. And this time Hiccup tie it with his slingshot.


Hiccup try to kill Night Fury but giving up and release it finally. And this make a rare story of human and dragon. As Night Fury lost a wing, it cannot fly in balance and is trapped on a lake surrounded by stones. In order to solve the trouble, Hiccup give Night Fury a artificial wing to make it be able to fly again. And they become great friend after that. Hiccup named Night Fury a funny name- Toothless.

However, Hiccup has being sent to training class for killing dragon. Warriors is planning on attacking dragons nestles. As time goes by, Hiccup realize that it is fault relationship between human and dragon now. They can establish friendship without fighting and attacking.

From here, the stroy is like he human and dragon version Avatar, Pocahontas, Sauvez Willy or ET the Extra-Terrestrial. Some critics said that this story combines mystrial culture of Kung Fu Panda, driving dragon action of Avatar and deep spirit of Lilo & Stitch together. The concept of communication and understanding to contribute harmony living of different races has been told thousands of times. Drama is just put the prototype in different scene.

And why How to Train Your Dragon is fantastic? Because it is with smooth and compact plot, suitable but not over-active humor, funny design, grand fly and fighting screen and touching emotion as pure communication and trust between human and animal. Expectance, dispointment, forgiveness, encouragement and regain relationship between father and son in this film turn to be deep and thoughtful. DreamWork make a main-stream film. Compare with How to Train Your Dragon, Alice in Wonderland just has visual special efficacy without raising sympathy from audience.

There is also love and friendship in this film. It is romantic when young adventure take his loving girl driving dragon flying to the sky. It is a dream to human to fly in the sky freely just like that.

Movie Overview
Movie Details:
Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Kids/Family, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Animation and Adaptation
Running Time: 1 hr. 30 min.
Release Date: March 26th, 2010 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG for sequences of intense action and some scary images, and brief mild language.
Distributors: Paramount Pictures
Production Co.: Mad Hatter Entertainment
Studios: DreamWorks Animation
U.S. Box Office: $43,300,000
Produced in: United States

Lost of Fairy Tale-- Alice in Wonderland

It is not a long time after saying goodbye with the Amazing Avatar to welcome Alice in Wonderland, which is not like Avatar to let every existence to be biological and every event to be logical. According to Tim Burton, create a colorful and odd time zone would be more important.



Special Efficacy——the only Attraction
Original story is a well-known story edited to various artistic works from graduation performance of kindergarden to film showing around the world. And the printed story is also going on and on. All those edited versions is still be faith to the original story. Now this new film also try to find a emotional touch spot for not only considering the audience and market but also emotional clue to the heroin to revisit the wonderland. Of course it is not a noval action, however, it is sincere. But this film seems a little absence-minded for all the key plots is too considerable to let the story go naturally. So the attraction of the story can only be special efficacy.

According to visual feeling, Alice in Wonderland is better than the 3D Avatar accoding to some audience. But when looking back to the original story, we can find it hardly to express more than the setting plots and clues. The strange feeling between Heroin and Mad Hatter make things confusing. Moreover, adding some purposes such as touching story style to the film makes it more than just odd.

Besides Capital, is Preference
Tim Burton give us a great visual enjoyment with his Gothic style. He has the gift to create odd film. But this film will more some audience feel a little uncomfortable as Tim Burton is not good at telling story but designing a setting and making imagination fullfil. So Tim Burton is a work artist. He shows us unique and unimaginable industry design in his great experiement and let us know how important is freedom to him.

So this film has preference as all of us to have preference to director, editor, actor, etc. It is not a good thing, but we can understand. That is why Cheshire cat will come out again and again.

Last but not Least
It is no fair to critize this film lost of creation for the setting story. So let's talk about special efficacy again. Cameron and his Avatar have a great distribution to the 3D technology and development of film tech. And animation can be move back to lines after Miyazaki Hayao's expression. And now human's acting can only use voice or not use anything at all in a near future. Computer technology let us see the special efficacy. Virtual character becomes real and adorable. Actors only longer need pretty face which can handled by staffs, such as Red Queen.

That may be just a direction for the development of film. And main stream is still the simple story narrating simple man, according to my understanding. Alice in Wonderland is just like a gossip news to original story. As fairy tale, it does not bring surprise to us but some imaginable character. Time continues to pass and 3D is just a hot spot for a while. When the real live becomes more si-fi, all those 3D films will come to an end.

Overview

Director: Tim Burton
Plot: 19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror.
Cast:
Mia Wasikowska ... Alice
Johnny Depp ... Mad Hatter
Helena Bonham Carter ... Red Queen
Anne Hathaway ... White Queen
Crispin Glover ... Stayne
Matt Lucas ... Tweedledee / Tweedledum

PS: Burn Alice in Wonderland Videos to DVD on Mac for yearning the happy life of childhood.

2010 Oscar Winner List

In case you missed it, here is the full list of Oscar winners from the show...for the full scoop, red carpet pics and lots more good stuff, check out our Awards Watch!

Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Hurt Locker

Achievement in Directing
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Mo'Nique, Precious

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Up

Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal

Adapted Screenplay
Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
El Secreto de Sus Ojos (Argentina)

Original Score
Michael Giacchino, Up

Original Song
"The Weary Kind," Music & Lyrics by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart)

Achievement in Art Direction
Avatar

Achievement in Cinematography
Avatar

Achievement in Costume Design
The Young Victoria

Best Documentary Feature
The Cove

Best Documentary Short Subject
Music by Prudence

Achievement in Film Editing
The Hurt Locker

Achievement in Makeup
Star Trek

Best Animated Short Film
Logorama

Best Live Action Short Film
The New Tenants

Achievement in Sound Editing
The Hurt Locker

Achievement in Sound Mixing
The Hurt Locker

Achievement in Visual Effects
Avatar

Razzie 2010 Awards list of winners

Golden Raspberry Award list of winners:

Worst Picture:

‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

Worst Director:

Michael Bay, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

Worst Actor:

All three Jonas Brothers, ‘Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience’

Worst Actress:

Sandra Bullock, ‘All About Steve’

Worst Supporting Actor:

Billy Ray Cyrus, ‘Hannah Montana: The Movie’

Worst Supporting Actress:

Sienna Miller, ‘G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra’

Worst Screen Couple:

Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper, ‘All About Steve’

Worst Remake/Rip-off/Sequel:

‘Land of the Lost’

Worst Picture of the Decade:

‘Battlefield Earth’

Worst Actor of the Decade:

Eddie Murphy

Worst Actress of the Decade:

Paris Hilton

Razzie 2010 Awards Nominees

One of the least anticipated awards shows in Hollywood, (especially by those who've been nominated) the Razzie Awards have been dishonoring the very worst to come out of Hollywood year after year since 1980.

This year, nominees will be announced on the morning of February 1, 2010, followed by the awards ceremony scheduled on the traditional night before the Oscars — on Saturday, March 6, 2010.

Here is the Nominees of this year:
Worst Picture
All About Steve
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Land of The Lost
Old Dogs
Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen

Worst Actor
All Three Jonas Brothers, Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience
Will Ferrell, Land Of The Lost
Steve Martin, Pink Panther 2
Eddie Murphy, Imagine That
John Travolta. Old Dogs

Worst Actress
Beyonce. Obsessed
Sandra Bullock. All About Steve
Mylie Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
Megan Fox, Jennifer's Body And Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Sarah Jessica Parker, Did You Hear About The Morgans?

Worst Supporting Actor
Billy Ray Cyrus, Hannah Montana: The Movie
Hugh Hefner (As Himself), Miss March
Robert Pattinson, Twilight Saga: New Moon
Jorma Taccone (As Cha-Ka), Land Of The Lost
Marlon Wayans, G.I. Joe

Worst Supporting Actress
Candice Bergen, Bride Wars
Ali Larter, Obsessed
Sienna Miller, G.I. Joe
Kelly Preston, Old Dogs
Julie White, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen

Worst Screen Couple
Any Two (Or More) Jonas Brothers, The Jonas Brothers 3-D Concert Experience
Sandra Bullock & Bradley Cooper, All About Steve
Will Ferrell & Any Co-Star, Creature Or "Comic Riff", Land Of The Lost
Shia Labeouf & Either Megan Fox Or Any Transformer,
Kristen Stewart & Either Robert Pattinson Or Taylor Whatz-His-Fang

Worst Prequel, Sequel, Remake Or Rip-Off
G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra
Land Of The Lost
Pink Panther 2 (A Rip-Off Of A Sequel To A Remake)
Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Twilight Saga: New Moon

Worst Director
Michael Bay, Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen
Walt Becker, Old Dogs
Brad Silberling, Land Of The Lost
Stephen Sommers, G.I. Joe
Phil Traill, All About Steve

Worst Screenplay
All About Steve
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Land of The Lost
Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen
Twilight Saga: New Moon

Worst Movie of the Decade
Battlefield Earth (2000)
Freddy Got Fingered (2001)
Gigli (2003)
I Know Who Killed Me (2007)
Swept Away (2002)

Worst Actor of the Decade
Ben Affleck
Eddie Murphy
Mike Myers
Rob Schneider
John Travolta

Worst Actress of the Decade
Mariah Carey
Paris Hilton
Lindsay Lohan
Jennifer Lopez
Madonna

District 9——Black Horse for Office Box

District 9 must be the greatest black horse for last summer since it would be easily ignored for its low cost and out-of-date style. If you have been attracted by "Peter Jackson Production", you will not feel dispoint this fresh director Neil Blomakamp, the former assistant and student of Peter Jackson, has not only gotten his teacher's imagination ability of creating weird monstar role and odd story but also made use of the visual effect in an appropriate way. He makes this film become the most revolutional and noval sci-fi movie. District 9 is also the most creative and real ET movie in these few years.

District 9 is the ET version The Blair Witch Project. If you have watched The Blair Witch Project before, you must remember it using actual event shooting way to narrate a ghost story and making it so real to make you easily believe. District 9 is also used hand camera to create this ET sotry and make real enough for you to believe it happening before. Such kind of story narration way has been used in Cloverfield and got great feedback, however, District 9 is more like Cult cinema without avoiding disgusting scene. It is not the mass taste film, but it can really let the ET movie lover be grateful.

Generally, ET movie attracts audiences with its special efficacy, mystery and future feeling. However, this story just set in our current living place which is dirty and real. Moreover, the former ET movies will descripe ET as invader, enemy and villain, but in District 9, ET is good guys, a group of refugee who unfortunately are trapped in District 9, totured and killed by human beings.

A huge space ship stops by on South Africa sky. Millions of ET live in refugee camp like rubbish. Movie is full of coarse, chao scenes. Besides, there would be a lot of bloody and disgusting scenes, such as war between ET and human beings. Movie also get a hero named Sharlto Copley who transfers into ET with virus affect. He has been lackey for human being but help ET to defend after knowing the cruel event done by human beings. He is not a typical hero but a wicked and snobbish man who can never be a hero without all those events. On the key moment, he shows the purest side of human personality. All his turn-around is convincing and agreeable. It is a interesting and anti-tranditional tragic hero.

In fact, District 9 expresses a theme for accusing goverment dictatorship, unfair treatment toward refugee and racial discrimination.