Angel-Shadow

Gladiator for me is Ridley Scott's finest work. It is credible to state that alien was fantastic but for me this is his greatest achievement in film. Gladiator holds a message within which is never give in, or give up when your cause is worthy, and we can see that Maximus's cause is more worthy than any. Crowe is nothing short of world class in portraying to us the character of Maximus. Yes he is a born fighter and general of Rome, yet he loves his family more than anything and only wants to live peacefully with them. It is because of this that the audience can understand Maximus's drive for redemption, regained respect and vengeance for his family. The battle scenes for me show how Maximus fights with his heart and nothing else, he slays the fighters for his family, he wins the crowd for his family and gains his vengeance. Lisa Gerrard's "Now we are free" creates an overwhelmingly emotional end to the film and had me in tears for the first time ever in a film. Gladiator is nothing short of a masterpiece and shows that despite all the endless rubbish that has come out of Hollywood over the past ten years there are still gems and films to remembered for a long time, and Gladiator is certainly one of them.

I hadn't been to the cinema for quite a while and when i did finally go Accepted was what i decided to see. Essentially accepted is not the deepest,meaningful film you'll ever see but i think its main strong point is that it is extremely easy to relate to, not just for American teenagers but in many countries worldwide. The idea of failure has always been something that scares people, however "Accepted" brings a light heartiness to it and shows even though you may fail, you can still succeed. Justin long is clearly the star of the show and carries along the plot nicely with satire and sarcasm all thrown in while still playing a serious role. I wont give to much away about this movie but i highly recommend close attention is paid to the dean of the new college as that is where the major laughs of this film can be found. Blake lively is simply smokingly hot in this film and compliments Long's performance, this is also true of Columbus short and Jonah hill playing his closest friends. This film may not be as good as "The departed" in the box office right now but i think it gets my vote as giving you your money's worth.

Looking back to years gone by, well 6 years now when i used to love Pokemon at the age of 10, like 99% of 10 year olds at the time. I had the cards, the games you name it i had it but the one thing from it i never got was the movies, i saw the first one in the cinema once but that was about it. So too see it again 6 years on after reviewing classic films, not so classic films etc i think it put me in good stead to judge it, starting with pikachu's vacation. The only thing I can really say about this little pre-movie is that it is nothing more than something with a moral as had this been the standard for the movie all the way through i would of sent the DVD back, also i feel a few of the characters are mixed up such as ash having a pidgeotto after i thought he left it many months before, aside from that its not really watchable unless you are about 4, thankfully though the movie is a very different story.

With Mewtwo the clone of Mew being created it added an obvious hint that the film wasn't going to be childish like pikachus vacation. The plot is not fantastic but it rarely is, besides from that it still has that Pokemon feel about it. Mewtwo really was the star of the show in this one with a commanding voice which flowed well with the movie. At times the movie can be quite predictable but considering it was mostly aimed at children it hasn't done badly at all. The character of mew is as my sister put it ''cute'' with the windmill scene and is often amusing.

Pokemon had possibly one of the biggest ever franchises to create a film from, i don't feel they most the most of it however the film was very good and absolutely fantastic in very short bursts. Some say the franchise died after this supposedly disappointing film however i believe for its target audience it was extremely well done. In terms of being the best of how ever many they have made, i would say not quite as the 3rd one surpasses it in every way but to finalise I believe if you used to love Pokemon in younger years and want to experience what it felt like, if only for a while,watching this isn't a bad way to start.