Alice In Wonderland

July 25th, 2009

Looks like another great soundtrack from Danny Elfman is about to be unleashed in Tim Burton’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ movie.

Watch the trailer and let me know what you think.  Elfman has always been one of my favourite composers – sends shivers down your spine…

What do you think?  Worth seeing in glorious 3D?

Alan

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The Coraline movie masterpiece for kids

July 14th, 2009

The Coraline movie is here! Neil Gaiman’s marvellous children’s novel Coraline has become a suitably magical feature film directed by none other than Henry Selick, the man that directed the 1993 cult classic animated feature film ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’. If any director was capable of bringing Gaiman’s unnerving tale of people with Button-eyes in an alternate version of our actual world, it is Selick. The visual aspect of the Coraline movie is a superb example of stop-motion animation, a filmmaking process that can truly be enchanting when executed well.

Where the original Coraline book was of the same odd and magical sort that we have all come to expect and want from Neil Gaiman, the look of the Coraline movie took several moviegoers by surprise with its palette of vibrant colours and the method of animation. The Coraline movie is a marvellous thing to look at, and will fascinate viewers of every generation with its weird story and highly entertaining cast of characters.

The acting talent attached to the stop motion adventures of the Coraline movie is rather impressive too. Dakota Fanning handles the role of Coraline herself, and the rest of the cast has a collection of British television legends in the cast, including Ian McShane, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Teri Hatcher performs the voice of both versions of Coraline’s mum. The Coraline movie’s sarcastic feline friend is performed by John Hodgman.

It is rather fitting that such a strange story is brought to the screen in such a manner that it does capture the feel of a dream. Stop-Motion animation has that wonderful otherworldly quality to it that CG is yet to possess. There is something wonderfully odd about stop motion, especially here in the Coraline movie. It may be the knowledge that the moviegoer is watching inanimate objects moving around on the big screen, or it might just be that the finished vision of a stop-mo movie is so different to most other animated films of the contemporary scene.

While the Coraline movie is not really as filled with lingering images as The Nightmare Before Christmas, it is certainly not devoid of it’s visual treats. Just wait for the musical scenes, the strange metamorphoses of the characters, and of course, the chilling buttons that characters have in place of eyes in the alternate world. Viewers that haven’t read the book are in for a real treat as they discover the crazy universe that Gaiman created, a world that is similar to ours, just rather awry.

For those who are familiar with the book (and it has been enjoyed by just as many grown-ups as youngsters), the Coraline Movie is as near a faithful movie version of the Coraline novel as it’s going to get. This is one kid’s film that is going to become a much-loved classic for every generation. The Coraline film is pure magic.

 

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Sport Movies—exciting as Well as Entertaining

December 4th, 2008
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Jacob Marshal asked:

What do we expect from movies? No doubt, entertainment is the first thing that we would expect from movies. What else? After long hectic schedules of daily work, we would often prefer to go for an amazing movie that can give us lot of excitement and good fun, than those tragic ones. Sport movies are the kind of movies which can give people utmost joy and pleasure.

The sport movies are built upon sports settings like football field or baseball stadium, arena, or the Olympics etc. Often you would find a competitive event or various athletic events being the central point upon which the whole story of the movie is built. Mostly the protagonist of the story is a boxer, footballer or a racer or any other sports person according to the demands of the story. Sports movies does not necessarily be fictional, they can be non-fictional also or a combination of both. However, they would surely belong to one or the other subcategories like biopics, dramas, comedies, documentaries, fantasies, film noir and melodramas.

Whatever may be their category, sport films are widely popular among the masses. The sound tracks of the sport movies are often exciting. The narrative and commentaries in the sport movies are also marvelous. Excellent sound track, good choreography and real like settings make the sport movies unique. Many sport movies have won the hearts of the audience and remained evergreen till today. Some of the most popular sport movies include Olympia (1938), Bull Durham (1988), Raging Bull (1980) , Hoop Dreams (1994), Hoosiers (1986) , Remember the Titans (2000) , Million Dollar Legs (1932) , Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005) and Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) etc.

Many sport movies are also based on real stories. Some of the renowned sports movies which are based on real life stories include The Great White Hope, Gentleman Jim , The Cinderella Man etc. The Pride of the Yankees (1942) is also a famous sport movie based on Lou Gehrig the reputed baseball player of the New York Yankees. Another film Ali starred by Will Smith is based on the life of boxing champion Muhammad Ali. Somebody Up There Likes Me released in 1956 is also an excellent film highlighting the life of middleweight champion Rocky Graziano.

Sport movies are always acclaimed. Till now, movies on various sports, including football, cheer leading, wrestling, chess, boxing etc have been made. But, the most popular sport themes in the Hollywood seem to be baseball, basketball, American football, soccer and boxing. However other sport themes like horse racing, golf and wrestling are also greatly appreciated by the audience.

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Downloading Movie Soundtrack Discs is Unproblematic and Cool

December 2nd, 2008
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Isaiah G. Henry asked:

Movie soundtrack has always been something that makes the movie a lot more memorable. Take for example the movie Jaws, the haunting background music when the shark lurks the waters is something that no one can ever forget.

Although we have many websites that allow download free movie soundtracks it is difficult to find one website that will allow you to download all our favorite movie soundtracks. It will of course be nice if you can find websites that offer wide range of movie soundtracks free downloads. Finding these websites that offer download free movie soundtracks is quite a task and can turn out to be just a bit difficult at times. It took me some time but I managed to find a few websites that can be used in combination to download free movie soundtracks.

Steps to download free movie soundtracks. To find the websites to download free movie soundtracks, you need to get online and to your favorite search engine. Use keywords like, free download, free music download, free movie soundtrack download, download free movie soundtracks, movie soundtracks for free download, etc.

Although there are a few websites for free movie soundtracks downloads that may offer you free Anti-Spyware and Adware as well along with a software that supports the file format they offer for download, it is advised that you be safe than sorry. Because with more and more websites offering movie soundtracks free download there are good possibilities that your computer may get infected by some harmful viruses.

Free websites make it easy for you by offering a variety of movie soundtracks for free download. The websites that charge should first be tested by downloading song clips before registering and paying the fee. If the website does not offer samples, move on and look for another website that does. There is a huge list of websites which offer every kind of movie soundtrack for free download.

However, at the same time it is these websites that offer download movie soundtracks free that have made sound movie tracks more accessible for music lovers and in some way are the reason for movies success. In other words, websites that allow free download of movie soundtracks are a boon.

So, if you have a computer and high-speed internet at home what are you waiting for? Go on search for websites that offer download movie soundtracks free and get your movie soundtrack collection made.

Any good website will be able to give you free downloads of movie soundtracks with excellent audio quality. Knowing how easy it is, get ready to be a part of the internet savvy world and begin downloading free movie soundtracks of your choice and be envied by your friends to be the first to get your hands on the latest and most popular movie soundtracks.

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