The Intern

I liked this one. A good solid 4/5 stuff, nothing life-changing, but it was a good movie regardless in many aspects. In the centre of it stands Jules, played by Anne Hathaway, a business woman who started her own start-up and became insanely successful. On the other side of it we have Ben(Rober de Niro), a retired pensioner who misses something in his life and therefore joins a senior internship program and ends up working for Jules Ostin in her start-up about online-shopping.

I like the idea of a movie about re-introducing old people into the work force. It's an idea EU politicians  keep talking about and it's nice seeing Hollywood go at it. I think it was pretty fresh.
I liked that they didn't make Ben out to be with some stereotypical old senior who sees a computer and then takes three days to learn how it is turned on. He caught on fast. Don't get me wrong, there are seniors who are hopeless at learning anything new anymore, but these aren't the people we should encourage to get back to work. Ben wasn't hopelessly behind of anyone, he was a man of his own era, classy and gallant, but he still fit into the workplace and every accepted him and I liked that. It was an awesome collective. I would like to work at AboutTheFit.

I also liked the fact that it was in bits pretty relatable to anyone who has ever been an intern and listened to other people's experience. Sitting around on that first day trying to think what are you supposed to do? Yep.

I also liked that this movie didn't desperately try to be "that movie that shows old people can really be part of society". It did that, but managed to look like it wasn't trying. It did seem a bit like those movies that "show that women can have a successful career and a family, but also it's really hard for them. Poor women." I feel like that was emphasized a bit too much, yes, it was a huge part of the plot, but the dialogue had a bit much of that "You go girl! You are a strong independent woman!" stuff. You know, Really stating it. So that it's really really clear the movie is addressing that problem?

All and all it was a good fun film. There was a lot of good humour. A couple of really dumb sex jokes too, but I have learnt that sometimes you just have to accept those in an American film. I liked the ending too, although personally I would have never forgiven Matt. Cheating is one of those unforgivable things for me, but it was Jules's choice. At least nothing weird happened with her and Ben. Oh! On that note - it's nice to see a movie where the male and the female lead are just friends.

The next films I hope to get a post done on our American Ultra and Ricki and The Flash. I have seen some really interesting Japanese films too, but as I can barely post on everything I see in the cinema I think I'll limit myself to that.

Paper Towns

I expected more from this and that's probably the only reason to be dissapointed. It wasn't a bad movie. I just expected something a little less - unpredictable, knowing John Green I knew he won't go for the classical happy ending, but the ending what I got was exactly what I expected, which wasn't what I hoped for.

It was nice otherwise, the characters were sweet and take away the ridiculously overblown prom theme you get in so many American movies - does prom really mean that much to all of you and there? -  and you get pretty nice characters, the nerds weren't too nerdy and I really could relate to the Pokemon song.

One thing that I honestly don't get about these types of films is and this is also sometimes a general understanding that floats around in society: Why do you have to do stupid things to feel alive? Stupid, dangerous, borderline insane? Sure you can allow yourself a mistake here and there in life, but I've never understood the importance of doing stupid things for the sake of doing them. There is a lot of ground between living a boring meaningless life and the life of crime. There are things that are quite responsible, but still immensely fun. I mean, Margo and Q nearly got shot.

Another thing I don't get - if Margo talked to her sister every day - why couldn't the little sister tell Margo Q was going to find her? She knew, right? It would have saved Q a lot of heartache if the sister had just informed her Margo didn't want to be followed, but she didn't - right?

Inside Out - Pahupidi

English

There are certain times when I feel as if cartoons are really wasted on children, because as the movie ended the kids next to me that had been running up and down the corridors still had no idea what the character's names were - for Christ's sake. There were the most obvious, simple, logical, names ever! Joy, Anger, Sadness, Disgust and Fear. For some reason I feel that all of the kid's stuff I see lately is not only more fun likable than the movies for adults, but also carry a deeper message.

The film had those moments that you find easy to relate to, perhaps more so when you're older and have already seen a thing or do. It also included plenty of intelligent jokes, clever, witty solutions and ideas that takes a bunch of imagination to come up with.

While Joy is a pretty generic main character, she's happy, means well, likes adventures and is pretty brave, she's also a bit egoistic and narrow-minded. Like every proper main character she too lives through some good character development, but regardless Sadness is still by far my favorite. Not because I'm a particularly melancholic fellow. She's caring and more willing to listen. She's also....smart, spending a lot of her time reading, she knows a lot. If it came down to a choice between her and Joy to be my friend I'd choose her and not just because I don't think I could keep up with Joy's endless enthusiasm and energy. Fear is also weirdly charismatic. He also seems a bit more clever than the rest. It's interesting to note that Disgust is also associated with girly things like fashion, girlfriends and make-up. Just because she's a girl? It was also fun to see into the heads of other characters not just the main girl, Riley. All that's left is to hope that Pixar won't ruin this masterpiece by giving it a million sequels.

Eesti Keeles

Aeg-ajalt on mul tunne, et multikad on laste peale raisatud. Eriti kui need lapsukesed, kes pärast filmielamust ikka veel ei tea oma joogitopsi peal olevate tegelaste nimesid. Rõõm, Kurbus, Viha, Hirm ja Vastikus - lihtsamaid ja loogilisemaid nimesid on raske välja mõelda, kuid paraku tegelesid pisikesed vaatajad küll rohkem mööda koridori jooksmise kui filmi vaatamisega. Pole midagi teha, film oli pikk ja isegi Pixari filmikompanii maagia ei suutnud seekord põngerjat ekraani külge naelutada. Minu täieliku tähelepanu osaliseks sai linateos aga küll. Üldse tundub mulle viimasel ajal, et lastele tehtav kraam ei lähe mulle mitte ainult paremini peale, vaid on ka sügavamõttelisem.

Filmis oli küllalt selliseid stseene. mida elust enesest ära tunda, võib olla just siis kui oled juba mõnda aega elanud ka. Samuti piisavalt intelligentseid nalju, leidlikke, tõeliselt head kujutlusvõimet nõudvaid lahendusi.

Kui Rõõm on üpris klassikaline peategelane, selline heatahtlik, rõõmus, seikluslik hakkaja, kes on ka pisut egoistlik ja liialt piiratud vaateväljaga, siis minu lemmik tegelane on Kurbus. Mitte sellepärast, et oleksin kuidagi väga melanhoolne tüüp, aga kui peaksin valima kumba neist kahest endale sõbraks tahaksin, valiksin ilmselt Kurbuse. Kuigi Rõõmuga kaasneb nii lõbu kui ka...noh, rõõm, siis Kurbus on küll enamuse ajast masenduses on ta ka hooliv, hea kuulaja ja ...tark. Erinevalt Rõõmust on tema plaanid läbi mõeldud. Ilmselt ei jaksaks ma ka Rõõmu pideva ülevoolava energiaga sammu pidada. Kurbus on seega sügavam tegelane, kelles on peidus tarkust ja mõistmist. Kuigi ka Rõõm teeb läbi peategelasele kohase muutumise jääb kurbus minu lemmikuks. Hirm tundub samuti veidralt sümpaatne. On huvitav, et Vastikus on seotud ka naiselikke mõtetega moest, meigist ja sõbrannadest. Kas lihtsalt sellepärast, et Vastikus on tüdruk? Tore oli ka näha teiste inimeste, mitte üksnes peategelase Riley peas toimuvat. Jääb üle vaid loota, et Pixar ei tiku seda meistriteost veel kümne järgneva osaga rikkuma.

Minions

Now I've heard a lot of things about this one. I read a review and heard some comments and while they all seemed to agree that while it was quite good it really wasn't that good and I think part of that is hidden in the fact that people have the mentality that the first movie is always the best and from there on it goes downhill. It doesn't have to, you know and I could write a whole seperate post about sequels. Maybe I will. It's a topic I'd like to touch.

The following text contains spoilers!

The bottom line is - I liked it. If it had been a first part of something I might not have seen it, because I might not like minions by the look of them, but because I already know them - I did. I didn't have to be disappointed. The narration as it started off with was a bit long and I would have liked them to at least try and tell the beginning without words. It might have worked.

I liked the Villain Con  A lot. It brought forth fond memories of the cons I've been at. I liked the family of friendly villains. In general I love it about this franchise that tries to show evil people as nice guys with a peculiar hobby. I'm not sure how correct that is, but I've seen cartoon villains like that myself as well.

I liked Scarlet too. I think the era was right for her to be the first female baddie. Had it been 21st century - well - bit not good. I liked that she was independent and yet had a loving boyfriend. I was pleasantly surprised they stayed together. I liked the jokes for adults. It seems everyone did. It was nice that the movie had some intelligent humor in it as well.

I missed Gru and I kept hoping that a young him would show up! And he did! The movie ended exactly as I had thought it might and for once I wasn't annoyed at the fact, because it was exactly what I had hoped and left me feeling warm and fuzzy inside. I think it's hugely important how a movie makes you feel and leaves you feeling after your done. It doesn't have to be Oscar-worthy - if it makes you feel good inside - Go for it!

Tomorrowland - (Tulevikumaa)

I actually enjoyed this one greatly, but when days later I tried to recall which movie it was that I have yet to fail writing about nothing came to mind right away. So maybe it wasn't as good as I first anticipated, but it was the kind of film I liked - future, cute robots that develop emotions, sci-fi, Hugh Laurie.

It was the future that bothered me a bit at places through. Can we just get over the hovercraft obsession? Please? There are more interesting technologies to be thought of than hovercrafts, surely. The lack of fresh ideas maybe was this movie's biggest problem. The pin was a cool idea - it was without a doubt the best one the movie had and it was wise to build the story up to it, because it was also without a doubt the only original idea featured. At least it was original to me.
I understand that's it's much easier to say "Oh I've seen it, been there, done that" and much harder to come up with something sensational. However being only 20 years of age at the time of writing I don't think I should feel as if I've seen it all. Especially because when it comes to world I certainly haven't. Anyway…

The back story was a bit shaky too. I don't mean to be CinemaSins, but why was NASA no longer doing research. If anyone managed to get that please be so kind as to share it in the comment section.  Casey's brother asks her why are they tearing the thing down and her answer is something super vague. Along the lines of "They've stopped dreaming" and it never gets mentioned again! Ever! In the whole movie.
Also Casey is smart enough to get the dog is a hologram and yet misses a few other try obvious things that the viewer gets right away.

I still loved Athena. And it's not a bad movie so go see it.
(And yet I won't bother with the Estonian post)

Age of Adaline - Adaline'i aeg

English

Spoilers are marked in white in case you don't want to read them. When you do just mark the text with your cursor. 

Let it be said that I tend to like everything that involves around time travel and/or immortality. Let it be said that I liked this film more than I disliked it, despite it's many faults. I liked the main character. She was gorgeous, but more importantly she had a brilliant agelessly stylish looked to her that fit her character. Even more importantly - she was clever even when she did some stupid-ish things. She reminded me of Sherlock for the obvious reason that she could deduce, but she was also friendly and had a great sense of humour and displayed kindness even when trying to remain distant. 

I didn't fancy her lover. I realize he had to be persistent to open up a girl who pushed everyone away, but take that away and he comes off as a terribly creepy stalker. To the point where he looked dangerous more than charming to me. 

The movie tried to hard to explain it's magic scientifically. What happened to plain old magic? Why not just say it's magic? No one is expecting you to have a sensible explanation as to why the main character is immortal, snow, lightening,tragic accident - fine! I'm buying it. You may try to force the words molecules and  deoxyribonucleic acid into your explanation, but that just makes me look at it more 

critically. I liked the bit about some law being discovered in 2035. That felt just a bit clever.

The plot was incredibly predictable. My mum guessed one of the bigger plot twists and I did the other. It is one cliché stacked upon the next upon the next. The dog death scene made me roll my eyes. Especially because I read in one of the articles for my university course once that it's a standard cliché scene used to draw compassion out of the audience. It really is once you start looking it's in terrifying amount of films. 

so if you're looking for surprising experience that might not be your film, but if fiction and immortality suits your tastes it shouldn't be a big disappointment.

  

Eesti keeles

Filmi sisu liialt ette ära jutustavad osad on valges kastikeses. Soovi korral märgista kastis olev tekst kursoriga. Siis saab seda lugeda.

Olgu öeldud, et mulle meeldib kõik, mis on seotud ajas rändamise või surematusega. Olgu öeldud, et hoolimata kriitikalainest, mis seda filmi kohe tabab oli see ikkagi pigem meeldiv film. 

Mulle meeldis peategelane. Ta oli ilus oma ajatus stiilis, kuid mis veel olulisem, ta oli tark. Isegi valesid või tobedaid otsuseid tehas oli ta intelligentne ja nutikas. Ta meenutas mulle ilmselgetel põhjustel Sherlockit - ta oskas dedukteerida. Samas oli ta sõbralik, hea huumorimeelega ning suutis vaatamata vajadusele inimestest eemalduda paista lahke ja südamlikuna. 

Tema armastatu aga ei meeldinud mulle sugugi. Muidugi on sisu kohalt oluline, et mees ei annaks alla ja suudaks tütarlapse lukustatud südame lõpuks avada, kuid minu jaoks oli ta liiga pealetükkiv. Mis siis kui Adaline oleks lihtsalt olnud tavaline naine ilma surematuse saladuseta? Siis oleks selline mees ju õudusunenägu. Vähemalt minu jaoks.

Teadus on tore, aga maagilises filmis võib maagia rahulikult ilma suurema seletuseta jääda. Äike, lumi, traagiline õnnetus? Selge. Ma usun, et nii see juhtus. Lõppkokkuvõttes ei oodanud ma kinosaali tulles täpset ja adekvaatset põhjendust sellele miks peategelane on surematu. See film aga püüab meeleheitlikult mulle oma selgitust maha müüa ja mida rohkem ta müüb, seda vähem ma usun.

Sisu oli läbinähtav ja täis klišeid. Mu ema nägi ette esimese suure pöördekoha ja ma teise. Film ei üllata ja koerakese surm ajas mind lihtsalt silmi pööritama. Kui hakkate kunagi filme vaatama sellise pilguga, et kui paljudes neist mingi säärane stseen publiku nututamiseks on siis avastate, et tulemus on hirmutav. Nii et kui üllatusi ootate ärge kinosaali minge, aga kui ulmeteemad peale lähevad, siis ei ole ka pettumus tõenäoliselt suur.

JAFF post - As Gods will - 神さまの言うとおり

I love going to Japanese Anime Film Festival every year and this year I only got to see two movies and neither of them were an anime ironically. I'm not sure if I'll write about the other one. Not because I didn't enjoy it - quite the opposite I did, but because I feel that I may not be qualified enough to comment on most aspects of it accurately.

The movie at hand however was a perfectly good Japanese horror film and if you like the way Japanese do their scary stuff you will like this too. Now some say that Japanese like to use a lot of psychological horror and while that's true this film also has a lot of gore for those of you who are into that kind of stuff. Compared to your average horror flick where a group of young people try to escape lots whatever dangers that follow this movie is more clever. Running and hiding won't save our heroes and classical survival skills are of very little use. They need to use their brains and be witty. Whether the sort of dangers they face are twisted or weird is up to the viewer to decide. I suppose they are very unconventional, but the writer here prefers nesting dolls and polar bears to whatever natural disaster Americans might have them running from. Then again - are catastrophe films same as horror films? I'm not sure, I guess not...tell me in comments?

When I should describe this movie without giving much away I would say that it feels like a strange mixture of Hunger Games and Happy Tree Friends. Hunger Games, because it has this bunch of kids who have to participate in games in order to win a chance to - well live. It's much less like Happy Three   Friends, but it's the only series I know that I can create a parallel with. It has those adorably funny and kind of cute characters at times that do things that are so incredibly creepy and horrible, while still remaining kind of cute. There are good laughs here and there and then there are things that will test your tolerance levels.

The plotting is good and it has a lot of great twists, some of which went fully unexpected for me and some I could sort of get the general direction of, but that still surprised me as well. It's thrilling and captivating as well as pretty creepy and scary at points.

Oh and I feel the need to add that the ending however went over my head. I was really confused about what the moral of the story was and whether there was a God or no. But maybe it was meant that way. Also I didn't get the otaku guy. Who was he in the end? Why was he? Anyone?

Eestikeelne postitus tuleb siis, kui mul selle kirjutamiseks isu tuleb, aga kui seda aega ei tulegi võite rahulikult inglise keeles lugeda... kui saate ja oskate. Kui ei oska, siis ütlen lihtsalt lühidalt, et film on vaatamist väärt kui verd veidi välja kannatad ja põnevus meeldib.