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Ice Princess (2005)
A fake look at the sport
---Another Warning! This is kinda biased, being reviewed by a REAL ice skater!-- Originally I did not want to see this movie, considering the trailers made it look absolutely fabricated, and on top of that a chick flick. However, just yesterday my mom and I decided to rent it for laughs. Well, knowing the true side of the ice skating business, I can truthfully say that this movie only partly gives you the truth about figure skating.
Don't get me wrong: the movie itself is fine for one who wants mindless entertainments, and the lead stars (Joan, Kim, and Michelle) shine. However, the idea that there's a formula behind jumps and spins is completely ridiculous.
"Fold your arms in to go tighter,""Push your toe pick in to get more force," Seriously, I think that's more common sense than physics.
The competition-sectionals-was terrible. Since when did a competition for teens get on ESPN? Never. Nor, unfortunately, are competitions ever that packed. Also, the songs/programs the skaters preformed...It almost makes you wonder if they were actually doing freestyle, or the more likely event artistic. Definitely Zoe's program would not be allowed at Sectionals. Actually, none of the programs except the Asian girl's could have been allowed. They were all too... showy. There are tons of other problems, too, but this is getting too long.
All in all, if you really don't care and just want to see a movie without listening to my rants, see this movie. If you want a real look at ice skating, don't.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Scrum-diddly-umptious!
Despite how much of a classic Willy Wonka And the Chocolate Factory is, Tim Burton achieves the impossible; Charlie and The Chocolate Factory matches, and some might say exceed, the legendary standards of the Gene Wilder classic.
Charlie has some dark moments. This is definitely not a film for children under six. However, despite being labled "darker than the first," in many ways it is just the same. The opening credit scene, the attack of the squirrels...Fine. Its darker humor. But nothing in it is quite as scary as the tunnel scene in the original. However, Charlie does achieve a lot more with its slightly more adult turn.
Johnny Depp is certainly a lot easier on the eyes than Gene Widler. There is no way to say who's take on the eccentric Willy Wonka is better, though; despite differences, the character ends up being the spotlight of the movie. Of course.
Tim Burton took a lot of risks with this picture (Especially with the whole "father is a dentist" thing.), yet somehow they add to the fun of it. Sure, there are a few flaws: The opening credit sequence was a bit, well, creepy (Very creepy), the accidental pedophilic sayings (The worst? "Eat my grass. Its delicous" says Wonka to Mike. -shivers-),and the terrible wig Johnny had to wear. In contrast, the Oompa Loompa songs are actually hilariously funny-one's disco, another's hippie, and one's even rock! Also, despite not having musical pieces here and there, Danny Elfman's score fits the film.
At the end of the movie, the audience clapped. I clapped, too.
In other words, I'm so seeing this again.