Movies - January - Review

A short review, but a long post, of the movies I watched in January.

1.
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring

Summary: I think I don't have to explain anything, I'm sure everyone knows what it is about...

My Opinion: I haven't read the book, so I can't compare the movie with the book.
But I was a bit disappointed of the film. Yes, it's a great story, the scenery is amazing and the music is fantastic, but it was definitly too long! 171 minutes! Nearly 3 hours...and that's only Part 1! Part 2: 172 min. Part 3: 192(!) min. All together 535 Minutes to watch. These are nearly 9 hours. A "normal" movie has about 90-100 minutes. So The Lord of the Rings Trilogy has the length of 5-6 "normal" movies... Okay, enough about the length... ;)
Because of the length I got bored from time to time and started to think about how stupid some of the characters are, especially all the bad creatures like orcs. That isn't a good sign. When I start to make fun of a movie it always has bad influences on my review afterwards...
There were also some other facts which I didn't like, but I don't want to complain too much about Lord of the Ring, because Tolkien did a great job (I say that even though I haven't read the books), he had such a great imagination and fantasy and I would love to meet him (I know, he's dead...).
I can't wait to see Part 2!
Oh, I have already seen it, but it was years ago, so I can't remember...

Rating (Stars out of five): 4 Stars

2.
Monsieur Ibrahim

Actors: Omar Sharif, Pierre Boulanger

Summary: Paris. Monsieur Ibrahim, an old Muslin Turkish, is the owner of a small market in a poor neighborhood. He becomes friend with a boy called Momo, who lives with his father in a small apartment in the street. The father doesn't realy care about the boy. Monsieur Ibrahim gives him love, education and knowledge of the Koran. They learn a lot from each other and after Momo's father leaves his son without a word, they become even better friends.

My Opinion: I liked this movie a lot. It's a beautiful and sad movie. And I the soundtrack fits perfect.
I haven't seen the first 20 minutes of the film, because we watched it at school and I wasn't there when they started to watch it, so I can't say how it starts. My friends told me about it and I think there is one scene at the beginning which isn't clean, but I'm not sure about that...

Rating: 5 Stars

3.
Save the Last Dance

Actors: Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas

Summary: Sara loves to dance and dreams of becoming a ballerina. But that dream ends when her mother dies in a car accident. She stops dancing and has to move to Chicago to her father, who she has not seen for years. She now lives in a Ghetto and it isn't easy for Sara to find her new way of life. After some time she falls in love with Derek, who enjoy dancing HipHop and he encourages Sara to restart dancing and follow her dreams...

My Opinion: A lovely film about dancing and living in the suburbs.

Rating: 4 Stars

4.
Rebel Without a Cause

Actors: James Dean, Natalie Wood

Summary: Jim moved with his family to the suburbs of Los Angeles. He quickly gets in trouble with a group of young guys. They want him to take part in a "Chickie run", which means driving cars towards the edge of a cliff. Jim take part, but one of the boys died in the race. Jim and his new friends Judy and Plato have to hide from the police...

My Opinion: I watched this one, because I wanted to see a film with James Dean. ;) Now I know, that he really is a good actor, but I didn't like the film a lot. The Plot wasn't that great and it wasn't impressive to me. There weren't any feelings about the film after the ending.

Rating: 3 Stars

5.Miss Potter

Actors: Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson

Summary: Beatrix Potter is a thirty year old, unmarried woman who lives in London with her social-climbing family. She loves to draw and write stories and the animals she draws are her friends. But nobody wants to publish her book. One day a young man, Norman Warne, publish her book and it was really successful. Norman falls in love with Beatrix, but her parents are against a marriage...

My Opinion: I totally recommend Miss Potter. It's an emotional and wonderful movie and I nearly cried. Compared to Lord of the Rings this one was too short.

Rating: 5 Stars

6.
A Beautiful Mind

Actors: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris

Summary: The story about John Nash, a mathematical genius and winner of the Nobel Prize. It's about his life and how he suffers from paranoid scizophrenia.

My Opinion: Really impressive and sad. I watched it for the second time and it was still amazing. Good acting and music.

Rating: 5 Stars

Have you seen some of the films of my review?
How do you like them?