RNHunter

Robocop - Great Movie

Imagine the terminator is back, this time with armor plating. But inside... oh no .... it's not Arnold at all.....It's Dirty Harry Callahan !.

Well for my tastes a Robocop movie should be all about action, fantasy, wonder and fun. And I thought this movie hit it on all four food groups. I would think a great motto for this movie would be "If it does not go "whirrrrr" and "clank", then you really got nothing to worry about.

Add Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton) as the bad guy and Samuel L. Jackson as the commentator, and you have good casting as well.

On the other hand, if you ask if this movie was based on a true story, then it might be the wrong movie for you. You would be thinking of Driving Miss Daisy likely... which this is not.

Why did I vote so high? For what this movie was supposed to be ... for the type of movie, I think it hit it out of the park. I recommend people to see it... who like these kinds of movies.

While yes this is a cartoon, most cartoons that I have seen are clever and can appeal to audiences at many levels. While the movie Wizard of Oz was not a cartoon, it is an example of a Children's story that has many levels of interest and can get into even some deep philosophies as an adult. At a more common cartoon level, I find that often Disney and Pixar cartoons appeal to multiple age groups. This movie I felt was one dimensional. While it may appeal to some children, I found it to have little of interest, little subtlety that could keep the interest of the older audience. The theater we viewed it in was almost empty while other shows in the same movie house were packed. I also heard no applause or people expressing interest. Also one member that was supposed to go with us just refused to see the movie. I now see why. Now in fairness, this movie seems to have been done by South Korea and perhaps they lack experience in making these kinds of movies. South Korea has excelled however at several other fields including certainly electronics. Perhaps the first time any of us do something, it is not going to be great. But I suspect South Korea will learn as they have in other fields and I would not count them out of movie making in the future. My advice? Unless you have a youngster dying to see it, this is one to take a pass on.

Movie Burlesque

First of all, regardless of what I say during this, I do recommend the movie. I am a sucker for a group of pretty women dancing. Partially because I am a male, but women to me often have great moves and are not afraid to go with the music as many males are. Also this movie was done in what I would call good taste and there was honestly little that even I an older person would find offensive. And Cher And Christine Aguilera also played their parts well, and were often fun at times.

That being said, I would say that this movie called Burlesque had little to do with Burlesque, and I for one am fine with that, but it needs to be said. The women wore cute costumes, seldom showed much, and mostly had brash powerful music. Were they trying to threaten the audience? So I sort of saw this as "Burlesque as preferred by a women" ha, ha, sort of along the lines of, "I am woman, hear me roar". But I do not think the Moulin Rouge in Paris will be picking up this act soon. If meant as an allure alone, most men I think prefer at least a small amount of feminine side and sweetness on stage of the women. But again, what is wrong here is that I would not call this Burlesque, but something quite good more along the lines of the Rockettes. And as for the music, Cher sang two nice songs I believe and was her usual great self. I did not recognize Christine Aguilera at first and had to look up her name, but her voice was beyond talented. She had exceptional range and was able to do voice tricks such as being gravely at this point or smooth at another. But again for my tastes, even though I call that extreme talent, I tend to like songs more melodic, perhaps dare I say romantic. Christine's songs were too powerful for my tastes and came across more as if she were doing "76 trombones" rather than trying for sexy. But talented? Quite talented. I was left wondering who else on this planet could have sung the parts of Christine Aguilera.

And so I would highly recommend it as decent acting, good taste, great female dancing, even though the title "Burlesque" would seem not quite right. But yes I want to watch it again. Perhaps I am even happy that it was not the normal Burlesque.