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VLOG Post: Video Review of Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice

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At  R eal I sys M ovie R eviews, thus far we have only made written reviews but that changes today. We have made our first video review, we are reviewing one of the most anticipated movies of all time,  Batman vs Superman: Dawn of justice.  In this video review, we discus both the positives and negatives of film, while presenting it in our usual entertaining way which our audience has come to expect. Creating this Vlog was team effort and wouldn't have been possible if every team member did not contribute. This was a real challenge as all of our team members had clashing schedules, thus limiting the amount of work we could accomplish on any single day. The general theme of the video was composite of all our ideas ( we had reject some of our initial plans as it was deemed to be unfeasible given time and technological capability constraints ). Each team members contributions are listed below. Arya Ehteshami   Arya worked as something of director/team leader. He h

Ken's review: Helios

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Helios I think this movie is a serious production, it contains lots of attractive gun battle action, with the exquisite props, adding persuasive to the complex story, but only in the first half of a small portion of the film. The style of the movie is very wide: mediation between China and South Korea, the mainland and Hong Kong's subtle relationship, international terrorism, is entirely the model of Hollywood movie model, but the director does not create a good atmosphere to the audience, the audience most of the time followed the camera chaos rambling, bad movie edition. luckily, the famous actors support the movie with their own reputation. The total investment in this movie is about 200 million RMB, is twice of "Cold War", but not better than it. Actor, Jacky Cheung is a good actor, Wang Xueqi also have a perform well. South Korea's nuclear crisis, was pulled in Hong Kong, I personally think that the intervention of the mainland is the Hong Kong people concer

Ken's review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 " Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2" has a very entertaining and smart story, but also to stimulate the role of the relationship between the full development, with the former to maintain the same style and perception.       The core of this film is the family, whether it is action, dialogue, or the role of development, in the film are the interpretation of the meaning of the family. Sequel as long as the rocket raccoon and Baby Groot field, they will certainly take away all the limelight. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, and others showed a solid and wonderful performance. Once again play Star Jesse Keith Berte showed his best level; although Suer Sultan played other large role, but Jia Nora is definitely her screen logo; former WWE professional wrestler Dave Battis has been grown as a competent actor; it is worth mentioning that Michael Rooker, he shaped (Yondu) so pleasing, so that with the story of the development and courage of

The Day After Tomorrow

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The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 American climate science disaster film. The film depicts in a series of extreme weather events undermined the climate, it's caused global cooling and leads to a new ice age. In this movie, climate warming cause rising of sea level,  atmospheric circulation anomalies, hurricane, hail and violent weather causes widespread destruction around the world. In the face of calamity, dead is infinite amplification and the life was so fragile like an ant under the foot. But it's comforting to know people were great strength, courage, and solidarity when they get into difficulty. The day after tomorrow is a valuable film cause it makes people think that the relationship between human and natural, it educates us to focus on environmental protection, we have one earth only, so we better start taking care of it. Reference: https://www.amazon.com/Day-After-Tomorrow-Widescreen/dp/B00005JMXX

Guardians of the galaxy Vol. 2 Review

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When Guardians of the galaxy was first announced, everyone expected that this would be Marvel Studio’s first bomb. Yet when the movie came out, somehow it delivered exactly what the genre needed. A dose of light-heartedness, a dollop of mirth and a pinch of awesome. The rowdy, raucous spaced opera coupled with a nostalgic 80’s soundtrack burst on to the scene. Who would have thought that a movie with a bunch of crank characters, which included a talking racoon and a sentient tree who could only speak with three words, would be such a hit. Following this movie, all superhero films needed a bit of humour (cough cough Batman v Superman). DC’s Suicide Squad was reshot, recut and accompanied with 80’s soundtrack to emulate guardians. Yet was this lighting in a bottle or can James Gunn repeat brilliance again with the sequel, Guardians vol. 2. Gunn sets up volume 2 to resolve some of the criticisms of the original film by focusing on a more character development as well as introduci

Maeesha's review: Deadpool

I'll be reviewing what is probably the best comedy thriller that was released in 2016. And yes, it's about superheroes again!  “Deadpool” is the cinematic equivalent of that kid in school who would always say how much he didn’t care what people thought of him, but just loud enough so everybody could hear him. It is the teenager who pretends to be too cool to care, but wants you to like him so badly it hurts. Of course, this is partially a byproduct of being a cog in the machine of the superhero movie marketing system—you unavoidably have to hit a few of the beats of the genre in order to satisfy the audience. However, “Deadpool” fails to live up to the potential of its beloved source material, subverting its own agenda by becoming a remarkably generic, by-the-numbers man-in-tights flick. “Deadpool” is about a guy who constantly pushes back against the expectations of the superhero, but the movie about him fails to match his rebellious personality. It’s a remarkably straightf

Fight Club

“In Tyler we trust” “the first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club” For those of you who have already seen this movie, you may get my reference. However, for those of you who haven’t, hurry the f*ck up and watch this goddamn masterpiece already. Never has a movie better expressed the feelings of individuals who wish to rebel against the monotony and commercialisation that western society imposes on the individual. For an entire hour, you will get to watch the slow degradation a seemingly uptight man who buys wayyyyyyyyy too much furniture turn into a philosophical psychopath who’s only desire is to bring down the system which he hates. Now if the philosophical aspect isn’t really your thing, you can just turn up to watch the bloody gore that is fight club. The visual effects seem so real that you can almost feel the sickeningly wet crunches as people beat each other’s faces into complete and utter pulp. However, above this sickening display off letting loose

Big Fish

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Big fish is an America fantasy comedy-drama film based on a novel "Big Fish" by Daniel Wallace. The film was directed by Tim Burton and stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, and Marion Cotillard. The theme of this movie is reconciliation between a dying father and his son. Big fish represents the legendary life of the father through the son's gradual understanding of his father, the son listened his father telling the story about the magical experience when he grew up, the reaction of the son from conviction, unfeeling then revulsion and rejecting when the father said. Unit the father is going to leave(dead), he trying to understand and inclusive his father, eventually help father finished the last big fish story of his life. At father's funeral, the son saw the archetypal character of those who appeared in his father's story. Father was not lying, rather, they are real people, but they were exaggerated and amplified by his fath

Grave of the Fireflies

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by Abir Grave of the fireflies is a Japanese animated film by the iconic Studio Ghibli. Some consider it, the greatest animated movie of all time. If you recon that Bambi was emotional as animation gets, Let me start my saying that grave of the fireflies is like depression distilled into 90 minutes. This film evokes emotion like no other and is known as a real tear jerker. Grave of the fireflies is based on Akiyuki Nosaka's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It chronicles the lives of two siblings, Seita and Setsuko, following the fire-bombing of their town during the end of second world war. Following this we witness their struggle for survival, both parent-less and homeless we observe their tragedy with unsentimental intimacy. Despite the somber tone, the movie is contrasted with magical moments of natural beauty and childlike delight, thus making the tale even more harrowing. This film is a work of art unlike no other, most modern animated f

Manuel's review: V for Vendetta

Movie review: V for Vendetta Ok so first of all, this movie is incredible. Imagine an action movie had a baby with a philosophical movie, and then this baby came out as the pinnacle of movie evolution. This baby then wins a beauty contest without even entering, and beats up chuck Norris for fun with one arm tied behind his back. To give a brief review of what happens, basically Evey Hamond is young woman forced to live with a crime fighting vigilante who calls himself V. This companionship revolutionised not only themselves, but the nation in which they live. In the movie, Hugo Weaving gives a stunning performance as V, a chivalrous yet sinister vigilante. Meanwhile, Natalie Portman portrays Evey, a broken individual who regains her integrity in a most unlikely manner. Now for the not so dark stuff. Once you finish watching this mental org*sm of a movie, you get the feeling of finishing an essay 3 hours before it’s due. The beautiful philosophy interwoven with the bloody violenc

Arya's review: Billy Madison

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Billy Madison Ok then ladies and Gentleman of the movie-blog-reading universe, so now that we’ve been through some absolute classics of cinema: ‘The Dark Knight’ and ‘Oceans Eleven’ (which you bettterrr have watched! :P), it’s time to take you to a world filled with light-hearted humour that will have you in stiches. This, my friends, is the world offff (*cue drumroll) ADAM SANDLER. Adam Sandler’s outrageously hilarious 1995 film ‘Billy Madison’ is a classic of a different sort. It’s not exactly the type of movie that has been critically acclaimed with Oscar nominations and a sophisticated script.   HOWEVER, it is the type of feel-good comedy movie that you will want to rewatch over and over again and make you think those critics who panned the movie are out of their depth. The movie, which is directed by Tamra Davis, revolves around the protagonist Billy, played by Adam Sandler who is the heir to a Fortune 500 hotel company that his father Brian

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

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By Abir The name says it all, this is the first film where we see the most iconic super heroes off all time. While we have seen countless iterations Batman and Superman in their own films, they have never appeared together in the same film. Witnessing the success of Marvels crossover movies and their shared universe, Warner Bro who owns DC decided to put their hat into the ring with Batman V Superman: Dawn of justice. Unfortunately, this film sinks under the weight of its expectation. Whereas Marvel has created a series of films, thus introducing characters, fleshing out their backstories and motivations before attempting the crossover. DC and Warner Bros are trying to use this film to springboard a so-called DC cinematic universe. The film is set 2 years after the events of man of steel , it harkens back to that film by presenting a different perspective on superman’s colossal battle with General Zod. With metropolis and other places reduced to rubble, adding on the los

Ken's review: Elysium

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Elysium In the science-fiction thriller Elysium, William Blake’s prophesy has come to pass and then some. Humans not only established heaven in the desperation of hell, they have privatized it. Earth is a toxic dustbowl, but in the sky above hangs the ultimate gated community. Elysium is a space station in the shape of a halo, the inside edge of which is covered with villas, golf courses and serene boating lakes. Within every home is a medical pod that cures all ills and freezes aging. Life there is an infinite retirement, as long as you can afford it. The defense minister, Dracom who is a fairly responsible role, and the audience can understand why she has been so cold-blooded to kill all the poor people who have invaded the elysium. The rich have spent a lot of money to stay, the defense minister is obliged to maintain their quality of life, and the defense minister will also maintain the purity of the world as a bliss Max’s job is to build the police robots that k

Jiamin YE's Review: Allied

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Allied is a 2016 romantic thriller film directed by Robert Zemeckis  and written by Steven Knight.  The two main characters are Brad Pitt  (as Max Vatan) and  Marion Cotillard (as Marianne Beauséjour). Allied looks like a movie talking about spy and war, but actually it is a love story. In the first half of the film,  Max and Marianne disguised a pair fake married couple and then they assassinated a German senior officer. In the process, they live together, going out together, developed, implemented plan of assassination and escape from danger, therefore, they fell in love with each other. In the second half, they got married, and have a child, they have happy and quiet life in British. The wonderful time is always too short, the British government suspects that Marianne is concerned with a case of intelligence disclosure, and Max confirmed his wife is a spy, they wanna run away, in order to save Max and their child Marianne eventually committed suicide.