Day 41 continued - The Lost Medallion (Argentina)

 

"A man who stops into a foster home to drop off some donations soon tells the kids a story about two teenage friends who uncover a long-lost medallion that transports them back in time."

 

A very boring film that gave me a headache and was a complete waste of time. The film was poorly directed with rushed character changes and poor acting from everyone. The kids were annoying and tried too hard to act to the point you know that they are bad at it right now. Skip this film even if you might show it to children.

 

0/5

Day 18 - Explorers (American)

 

"The film stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix (in their film debuts) as teenage schoolboys who build a spacecraft to explore outer space"

 

A good movie that could have been great if it wasn't rushed. Yet the film still has its value as an entertaining movie. The director did a good job as did the casting director. Its quite brave to make a movie with children as the main stars but they managed to pull it off. Ethan Hawke was quite an actor at this age much better than most of the kids in the goonies movie. Sadly the other two kids didn't really do a whole lot of acting after this film, one died at 23 years old and the other retired. It should have been a bit longer with the aliens shown more but they still do a good job. This is a great movie to watch with children or if you simply like these kind of movies.

 

3/5

 

Little info

This was Ethan Hawkes and River Phoenix's first movie

This film suffered in the box office because it was released very close to Live Aid and only made 10 million before it was gone from the theaters.

Day 16 - Hoodwinked (American)

 

"It retells the folktale Little Red Riding Hood as a police investigation, using flashbacks to show multiple characters' points of view."

Its a really cheap movie that uses the program MAYA but I felt like they didn't use their time wisely. The animation was weak, it needed way more in-betweens and to follow the rules of animation better. The only good thing about this film was the voice cast which consisted of XZibit, Jim Belushi, Andy Dick, Anne Hathaway, Patrick Warburton and many others. I suggest you skip this film as it is such a bad movie.

 

0/5