TrAkILLAuDiO Reviews

5 Centimeters per Second (2007)

A stunning film, that made me feel truly alone

[10/10 · 9 June 2009]

I rented this movie after watching voices, and place promised, and I knew that there would be the same tone in this film. After I watched chapter one, I honestly felt exactly what the people were feeling, I connected with them on so many levels, this to me is a huge part of what makes this movie so good, it draws you in, makes you feel just what people in the movie are feeling, and makes you think about that first love you ever had. In chapter 2 the story gets more complex, and more emotional at times, and seeing as I had just broken up with my ex fiancé, and another girlfriend, I found myself again feeling that loneliness that creeps into your soul in the small hours of the night. My all time favorite part of this movie is when Takaki is sitting at his desk writing an email, and he clears it out and closes his phone saying, "when did I start writing messages, to no one" I honestly was so amazed with this part of the film, that it became my favorite part, and I honestly love the middle chapter. The third chapter is also breathtaking, and driven so well by the loneliness of Takaki that it seems almost as if you want to turn it off, you want to have a vision of him happy with his life, and you want it to be OK, but it's not, and the music in this chapter is amazingly matched with the tone of his very soul. all in all I loved every last moment of this film. this movie is by far one of the best movies I have ever seen. The visuals are breath taking, and simply amazing, and the story line is one of the best I have seen in a film.

Dance Flick (2009)

Only person in there (some spoilers)

[1/10 · 24 May 2009]

Don't get me wrong I like to laugh as much as the next guy, but when there is nothing to laugh at, and you're the only one in the theater there is just something wrong. So I went to see this movie with my wife this weekend, now both of us have seen the TV spots for "Dance Flick," and have both thought it looked OK, so we get tickets, and get into our seats about 20 minutes before this movie starts. We wait, and wait, and yet there is no one coming into this movie, right there was my first hint that this movie would boom out. Now the movie starts and the first about 5 seconds seem OK, then it's right back to the same humor as "scary movie", and" little man". I was so disappointed I walked out of this movie after the "little miss sunshine" rip off (And I have only ever walked out of one movie before, and that was the first "Hulk" movie). I was honestly so sick of this movie after 20 minutes, it was just one bad joke after the other, no thought, no planning, and half the jokes seemed about 2 years old. This movie is nothing but yet another dark stain on movie making. Don't see this movie, and if I could I would rate it maybe a ¼ star.