Edward Cantillo (EdwardGump)
Edward's Recent Reviews
Hope Floats
PG-13
Plot/Summary,Actor/director Forest Whitaker (Waiting to Exhale) helmed this romantic drama about a one-time high-school beauty queen who returns to her hometown of Smithville, TX. The Steven Rogers screenplay begins in Chicago, where blonde Connie (Rosanna Arquette, uncredited) appears on a trashy daytime talk show and tells a nationwide TV audience about her affair with the husband of her best friend, Birdie Pruitt (Sandra Bullock). Walking into the ambush, Birdie is paraded forth for a public humiliation as Connie's claim is confirmed by husband Bill (Michael ParĂ (C)). Birdie and her young daughter, Bernice (Mae Whitman), then move back to Texas to live with Birdie's eccentric mother, Ramona (Gena Rowlands), a taxidermist who has filled the house with stuffed animals. Since most of Smithville saw the TV show, embarrassment keeps Birdie sitting around the house in her pajamas; however, her moment of glory as the homecoming "Queen of Corn" has not been forgotten by handyman Justin Matisse (Harry Connick Jr.), the first guy who kissed her back in high school, so a romance soon begins. "Just give hope a chance to float up and it will," says Birdie.
My Review
This Film had potentul it was okay but still very boring and lame considering theirs no chemistry
Perfect Blue
R
Plot/Summary,Mima was a pop idol, worshipped by the masses until fashion dictated otherwise. In order to salvage her career, she is advised to drop music and pursue acting. A soap opera role is offered but Mima's character is less clean cut than desired. Regardless, she agrees and events take a turn for the worse. She begins to feel reality slip, that her life is not her own. She discovers (imagines) her identical twin, a mirror image that hasn't given up singing. Internet sites appear describing every intimate detail of her life and a figure stalks her from the shadows. Her friends and associates are threatened (and killed) as Mima descends into a dangerous world of paranoid delusion. She fears for her life and must unravel fact from illusion in order to stay alive. Perfect Blue represents a major change from traditional anime subject matter, analysing the pop icon phenomenon, fame and its psychological impact on the performer.
My Review
just weried.
Edward's Favorite Movies
Forrest Gump
PG-13
''My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." '' Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him. : Momma Gump gives out that memorable life lesson ever - among others - to her gifted son as to see how unpredictable things would get when you see or do them by luck. As such, they were miracles that shaped your way of life forever. Forrest Gump is an inspiring epic film that resonates the nostalgia of the days bygone and a touching story that defines moments for the man who is no different than everyone else due to his intelligence, making it THE BEST MOVIE EVER in the genre of historical drama. It's also a fine love story for the parts focusing on the boy and girl who take paths of their own, even if it not forgetting each other. I liked it how the titular character had his image digitally inserted into archival footage of people like John F. Kennedy, and while he wasn't real, he did at least leave a mark on history forever. Even more important than that was how influentially strong his mom, Jenny, and Lt. Dan made on Forrest's life by the relationships he had through them. With those things that's what I liked about a movie so well-made that I always yearn to see it again all the time. BONUS APPEARANCE: In his first ever filming role a young Haley Joel Osment plays the son of Forrest.he characters all seem to have their fair share of problems: For instance Jenny stumbles from one bad trip to another, Lieutenant Dan loses his legs, then his mind at war, while everybody else seems to engage in acts of relentless and tragic idiocy. All through this Forrest is the pinnacle and rock that anchors all the proceedings, the unchanging element. He sees the world in simple terms, intent on doing the right thing. In this movie it's not Forrest that's retarded, it's indeed the rest of the world. Forrest Gump mentions and addresses many of the crucial American wounds of the 20th century such as: Vietnam, relationships with African-Americans, drugs, capitalism and the mistreatment of women. Naturally Forrest himself takes the morally upright line on all of these, he fights in Vietnam then rejects war as hell, makes best friends with the African-American Bubba, rejects drugs, becomes a national sporting hero, makes a million without even trying, looks for love with Jenny but loses her despite treating her better than any other man ever did. The interactions and contradictions between Forrest and his more worldly, more cynical cast-mates is the source of much humour, some of it quite dark. Integrating Forrest into various bits of historical footage was quirky and interesting, though played no significant part in the story. ''What's normal anyways?'' The acting is strong, the narrative is compelling enough and its semi-documentary style direction is consistent and provides clarity and pace. However Forrest Gump is little more than an ideological fairy story, partly to keep viewers believing in the cause. Would that we could have a world where the best-intentioned half-wit could pop up at opportune moments in history, winning hearts, amassing a fortune, becoming famous. ,
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
PG-13
The new Forrest Gump. Benjamin Button presents the perfect story of a different individual passing through history from a unique and beautiful perspective. Cool a great movie that must be watched you aint now whats coneing for ya in the curios case of benjamin button this movie is an awsome life based on a wonderful book benjamin butons is a half extrodinary due to the fact he never knew who loved until he is almost dead.
