The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Seen on DVD 3rd Oct 2008

Part of the Jurassic Park triple pack.

STORY: 5/7
Not only are the dinosaurs still roaming around on the island we saw in "Jurassic Park" but there is actually another island coverred in dinosaurs that we never even knew about. Mr Hammond has sent a team in to study the dinosaurs living on "Site B" which includes Dr Ian Malcom from the first movie!

ACTING: 4.5
Jeff Goldblum was made for the character of Ian Malcolm. He mumbles and rants so well! The standout here would have to be Julianne Moore though. She's awesome.

CINE / VISUAL EFFETCS: 6/7
Best movie dinosaurs ever! Honestly, they just look so freaking good!

SCORE / SOUND: 6/7
Who doesn't know the Jurassic Park theme music? It's big and bold and exciting and lends itself perfectly to the granduer of giant dinosaurs.


OVERALL: 5.5/7

Paranoid Park

Paranoid Park (2007)
Seen on DVD 25th July 2008

Dir - Gus Van Sant
Written - Gus Van Sant / Blake Nelson

Based on a novel by Blake Nelson.


I LOVE Gus Van Sant. His movies always look absolutely beautiful. I have been interested in him ever since i saw "Elephant" (2003) and Paranoid Park definitely lives up to the expectations. It possibly out-does them.

STORY: 6/7 - (no-one's ever really ready for paranoid park)
Alex (talented newcomer Gabe Nevins) is your average young kid. Has good friends, a girlfriend and loves skating. The thing is, he accidently cause the grisly death of a security guard. The movie starts with Alex writing in a journal, telling the story of what happened as he slowly pieces it together in his mind. You will eventually see every part of the story, some aspects re-told a few times as they gain greater meaning.

ACTING: 6/7
I think that Van Sant's choice to use unknowns / first timers in his movies is GREAT! The subject matter that he deals with best is the uneasiness of ebing a teenager, and nothing can tell that more clearly than an uneasy teenager. Gabe Nevins blew me away in this role!!

*Gabe Nevins



CINEMATOGPRAHY / VISUAL EFFECTS: 7/7 - (Skating)
As i said earlier, Van Sant films always look spectacular! Cinematography was by Christopher Doyle, who worked with Van Sant on "Psycho." (1998) The whole movie has a nice slow-moving feel, with some really interesting skate scenes.

*the look of Paranoid Park


SCORE / SOUND: 6/7 - (Elliot Smith)
Lots of lovely acoustic-sounding alternative tracks used to soundtrack as well as some nice soothing classical pieces. Elliot Smith, who is brilliant, appears on the soundtrack multiple times!

SONGS: N/A



OVERALL: 6/7
("I'm not much of a creative writer")


Interesting facts -
- The teenagers in the film were all cast through myspace.

South Park: Imaginationland

South Park: Imaginationland 2007/2008
Seen on DVD 24th July 2008

So um... this doesn't have an IMDB page, cause it isn't really a movie. it's just three episodes of south park packaged together, uncut, in a dvd.

They are from series 11 of the show. Episodes 10, 11 and 12.


STORY: 5/7
Well, cartman makes a bet with kyle that if leprechauns are real kyle will suck his balls (a brilliant premise.) They find a leprechaun, but he tells them that terrorists are coming to take over their imaginations, the mayor of imaginationland then takes the boys into their imaginations where they meet all kinds of crazy imaginary creatures from tv and movies. The terrorists then come and take control of imaginationland, letting all of the evil imaginary creatures run free.

As it goes on, butters is left in imaginationland, and it is up to him to save the day. Kyle and Stan are recruited to help the american government fight the terrorists, and cartman gets a court order to get his balls sucked.

ACTING: ummm?
it's southpark. enough said?

CINEMATOGRAPHY / VISUAL EFFECTS: 5/7
This "movie" actually looked REALLY REALLY good! the scene where the terrorists first attack (a tribute/spoof of the Omaha Beach Scene from "Saving Private Ryan") is AMAZING!!

SCORE / SOUND: 6/7
Brilliant use of music, some of the regular south park goodness, and then there's the movie-score spoofs: "LOTR" and "Stargate."

SONGS: N/A (unfortunately)
Unless you want to count... "Imagination... imagination... imaginaaaation..."



OVERALL: 6/7


Interesting Facts -
- Some of my favourite things are in this movie!
- AZLAN!
- Alien

- Freddy Krueger!