5 movies and nicknames for 3 mistresses

Just rented 5 movies that were in the cinemas sometime ago but was too darned lazy to step out of the house to watch.

-Piranha

-The Social Network

-Secretariat

-Legend of the Guardians, The Owls of Ga'Hoole

-Takers

Let's start with the first one, Piranha (3D).

On Rotten Tomatoes, it garnered a rating of 74%, but while I didn't detest this movie, I'll probably never watch it again, so I'm giving it a 60%. I've never been a fan of american humor so although it's highly popular, with critics praising the balance of gore and jokes, I liked the gore, hated the jokes. And seriously, someone should smack the writers. If they are going to come up with an ancient fish that somehow did not evolve with the rest of the world and survived via cannibalism, at least come up with a new scientific name. The movie called these 'the first piranhas' as Pygocentrus nattereri or also known as Red-Bellied Piranha. WHAAATTT?! RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH!

Conclusion: Watch it, but don't expect too much. Oh, and watch it when your parents and kids are not around. Naked Boobies alert!

Next up, The Social Network

Oh, I really really liked this movie. R.T (Rotten Tomatoes) gave it a 94% and I have to agree. I'm tempted to give it 95% myself but Justin Timberlake's take as Napster creator Sean Parker just completely fell flat. Jesse Eisenberg as facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was awesome. He carried off the perfect amount of social misfit and genius. Of course, since it is a movie, many events were a dramatization, but it was still engaging stuff. The flashbacks to and fro can be a little disconcerting, especially in the first half of the movie when we are introduced to several characters and have just a name to peg them to. I give them 90%!

Conclusion: If you use facebook, watch it. If you don't, you should also watch it.

And now, Secretariat.

Hmm, it will be biased for me to review this one, as I have an irrational penchant for horse related movies and novels. Seabiscuit, Hildago, the Black Stallion. (etc, etc, etc). I'll try to be as unbiased as possible. Secretariat is a movie based on a real horse back in 1970s who won the Triple Crown Races, set 2 new records that still hasn't yet been broken. The movie focuses a lot on the trials the owner of the farm (a housewife) faced. I liked this movie for the horse, and Diane Lane's take as Penny Chenery, the owner. R.T says it deserves 64%, I'm giving it a 75%.

Conclusion: Watch it but I think Seabiscuit is still the king of horse-drama movies.

Legend of the Guardians - The Owls of Ga'Hoole

When I saw the poster advertising this movie, I was like 'meh, owls this time?' While I am a fan of anime/CG movies (Miyazaki FTW!) a movie on talking, fighting owls didn't appeal to me. Still, I picked up the movie, thinking 'what the heck'. Boy, I have never been this happy to be proven so wrong. Based on a book, yes, it has talking, and fighting owls but it is also absolutely awesome. While the plot is a typical fantasy-children's-book on the epic battle of good-versus-evil, I adored the crazier owls (Lyze and Digger). The CG is stunning and the battle scenes have sequences that I know I cannot blink. R.T says 51%, I say 75%! I'm definitely watching it again for the CG!

Conclusion: Watch it! And if you were thinking of using Avatar as a justification to get that new 3D TV for your home, consider using this movie instead.

Last but not least, Takers.

R.T pegged it to 28%, I think it only deserves 20%. Basically, it's a movie about a group of men planning and pulling off robbery. Complete snoozefest, ending was lame. Don't waste your time, go and rewatch Ocean's Eleven instead.

Conclusion: Don't watch it. I already warned you.

And to end this long post, I have come up with nicknames for the mistresses. (The need for nicknames are built in my genes, can't help it.) I'm calling whirlpooled, whirlie and obsidian-k is sidi. (see?! easier to type!) I wanted to call myself moonie but since J.K Rowling stole my nickname, I am reduced to calling myself nienie, or ninny.

Ninny reporting. Cheerios Peepies!