Jose Miguel B. Fernandez                                                                              Film Critique                     

10-D

Inside Out

            To start my review, I will first give a short summary of Inside Out. The main character in this movie is Riley; at the start of the movie, we see how she got her emotions/feelings (joy was gotten from birth, sadness followed soon after, disgust when she was forced to eat broccoli, anger when she retaliated against her dad for forcing her to eat broccoli and fear when she nearly tripped over a lamp wire). To continue, she lives in Minnesota but then due to her father’s work, her family is forced to move to San Francisco. Riley doesn’t take this lightly as there are many setbacks to being in SF (for example: being away from friends, new school, moving truck not arriving, not having her hockey team, etc). The movie then focuses on Riley’s emotions as sadness and joy are accidentally taken away from the main control room ( spoilers ahead). When joy and sadness are roaming Riley’s long-term memory, the remaining emotions (anger, fear, disgust) are then forced to take control of Riley, disabling her to feel joy and sadness. After a few days, anger gives Riley the idea to run away by stealing her mom’s credit card and using it at a bus station; luckily, joy and sadness return and get Riley to go back to her parents. She then joins her university hockey team and the movie ends.

            To start the actual review, I would say the movie was pretty good. The animation was well done; the story is clichéd but that’s acceptable because it’s a kid’s movie. The humor was fairly good too but what I really noticed that for a movie made for 5-12-ish children, the theme of running away and depression wasn’t really appropriate. Nonetheless, it’s a good movie. 7/10

Joaquin Quizon

12-E

Terminator Genisys

Story: The story was quite good, quite fresh and really is a great take on the whole time

travel plot of the series. Although there are a few plot holes here and there, it is overall a

great story that is entertaining and keeps you interested. 8/10

Cast: The cast was great; Emilia Clarke was phenomenal as Sarah Connor, even pulling off a

great American accent. Jai Courtney also plays Kyle Reese well and Jason Clarke puts in an

amazing performance as John Connor. However, the biggest praise goes to the big man

himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who reprises his role as the terminator and shows that

even in his advanced age, he can still put on a wonderful performance. 10/10

Sound and sight: They brought back the old theme song which really got me watching the

movie and the way it was filmed was great, a typical action movie which I enjoy a lot .

The explosions were great and so were the shooting scenes and overall, it was a great sight

to behold. However, the cgi was a bit off in some parts.

Overall: Great cast with great directing and story make for a great movie that features a

classic. If the director keeps this up, I can see another trilogy coming up for Terminator.

Martin Paterno

10-B

A few weeks ago I watched Ant-Man. I found this movie really fun to watch, because of its hilarious script, great action scenes, and its never-ending comic relief. For those of you who don’t know, the original Ant-Man in the comic book universe, Hank Pym, creates a suit that lets him shrink down to the size of an ant. In Marvel’s movie adaptation, however, Hank is an old and retired Ant-Man who gives his suit to Scott Lang. I really liked the cinematography of this film because it would be following an ant- sized man beating up the bad guys, so the audience would see a speck and henchmen flying around.

Overall, I’d give this film a 7.5/10. Why? Well I do think Ant-Man is a good film but compared to legends like Titanic or The Godfather, Ant-man doesn’t really have that extra “oomph” like the two movies mentioned above. However, in the end, Ant-Man is still something nice to watch; it does have its moments and is an action-packed film.

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