Tag: Mae Whitman

video review : Independence Day

video review : Independence Day

An invasion may be unlikely, but if space aliens do exist, and they probably do, it’s a scenario Earthlings may indeed have to face one day. That day happening to be the fourth of July and the American military being as effective fighting them off as they are in this movie is patriotic hogwash, more unlikely than the invasion itself, but this War Of The Worlds is at least fun to watch.

I’d prefer a more serious tone; characters drop one-liners when they should be fearing for their lives; but the jokes are funny. The plot? Entertaining. An alien mothership flies “90-billion” light years not just to kill every living being on Earth but to consume its natural resources before going on to the next planet. That’s where a Marine pilot and a cable repair man come into play.

my rating : 4 of 5

1996

video review : Tinker Bell

video review : Tinker Bell

There’s a point in which Bell encourages the mouse she’s straddled on to set off on capturing the feared sprinting thistles, even though he’s afraid to. And it doesn’t take long. All she has to do is breath a few whispery words of encouragement into his ear and he can’t resist. I bet that’s because she’s so pretty, as are most of her lady peers.

They’re co-workers, in fact, from Never Land’s Pixie Hollow; divided only by their job titles and the perks those jobs provide. Bell is a tinker fairy, hence the Tinker Bell name, and it is her job to make and fix things. It’s when she finds out, much to her dismay, that tinkers don’t get to go to The Mainland that the story’s plot starts to unfold.

Some of the music is too contemporary for such a mythical concept. The beginning/ending song vocals are particularly questionable. But it’s a cute movie and the 3D animation is absoultely adorable. It’s Tinker Bell though, specifially her Disney-perfect face and the life-like emotional expressions it conjures, that’s most magical.

my rating : 4 of 5

2008