Pompeii (Review)

Forgive me friends. Honestly, I don't know where I have to start since this movie really lacks content. You know there's something that just not right when throughout the movie I'm shouting, "You know nothing, Jon Snow!" in my head. I know the story of Pompeii from the book. How that city was destroyed and buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. I was shouting that phrase in my head, probably  because I want to skip the story to the disaster scenes where Jon Snow, eh I mean Milo, struggling to safe his love interest that he hardly know (for God's sake, they only meet twice or thrice for 10 minutes or so). He really know nothing that they're all would end up as artifacts. But for the sake of documenting all my experience, I try to write this rambling narrative. 

The movie poster. Source:IMDb.com

The most entertaining part of this movie is when the volcano begins erupting and the disaster happens. That's because the special effects is great and thrilling. This movie should be the kind of movie that tells us great story about its characters. So when the disaster occurred, we feels emotional when watch the characters struggle for their life. Unfortunately, this movie failed to do that, at least for me. By the time the volcano erupted, I don't really care anymore about the characters.

What I don't like from this movie is its cliché love story. It's not convincing. The two leads, Cassia and Milo, spend a bare minimum of time getting to know each other and their relationship lacks development. The only thing that I like regarding the story is the bromance between Atticus and Milo.

Overall, Pompeii is a thrilling movie for those who enjoy great special effects and disaster scenes. If you want a typical pop-corn movie that thrilling you, I think this movie will satisfy you. But I won't recommended it for those whom feels that story is the most important thing in a movie.

Robocop (2014) review

Well. Well. Well. Another very late post by a lazy writer *guilty smile. So I have risen from the grave to write again. This time, I want to write about a movie that I've watched like a zillion years ago. I'm just kidding. I watched it just a month ago. Maybe it's too late. But my motto is "better late than nothing". Hence, I still write this. I've never seen the original Robocop movie. So I can't tell you which one is better (the general consensus among movie lovers seems favoring the original). If you want to find out my opinion about this movie, just read my review below.

Robocop movie poster.  Source:IMDb.com

The most frequent complaint that I heard about this movie is that it doesn't have the same level of satire and gore as the original. Actually, I don't mind if it's not gore. I'm  not a big fans of violence scenes nor the sight of blood, flesh, bone and internal organs. So I find that the action scenes in this movie quite satisfactory.The music is so so. The story is interesting enough, but I can't help to think that they can do better. There's a sosio-politic allegory in this movie that if optimally explored could made it has more weight

What I love in this version of Robocop is the acting, particularly Gary Oldman and Samual L. Jackson (very entertaining as Pat Novak the presenter). Joel Kinnaman is quite okay as the main protagonist. What I feels this movie lack is a great antagonist. It makes this movie less thrilling and the climax less exciting.

Overall, I love this movie. By no means a masterpiece, but very enjoyable indeed. What's your opinion about this movie? Like it? Hate it? Comment below and let me know.