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The Normal Heart (2014)
A film that successfully portrays the early days of the AIDS Epidemic
A tear mover film that really portrays the sadness and the reality of the AIDS Epidemic between the years of 1981-1984. Ned Weeks (portrayed by Mark Ruffalo) brings out the infinite frustration, irritation, and sadness of no one addressing the thousands of people who are dying. Dr. Emma Brookner (Julia Roberts) plays the wheel chair bound but strong willed Doctor who's outspokenness and fierceness about the AIDS epidemic is truly remarkable. Felix Turner (Matt Bomer) is Weeks AIDS stricken husband shows Weeks an optimistic approach to life until his very last breath. Bomer does an awesome job at portraying a dying victim but still someone who is trying to live in so many ways. Tommy Boatwright (Jim Parsons) brings humor in very serious and intense situations. Overall I would give this film a 5 out of 5. The actors and actresses in this movie are excellent. The movie really touches on a scary but very misunderstood, homophobic, and judgmental time.
Charmed: All Hell Breaks Loose (2001)
All Hell Breakes Loose: Tying up the loose ends.
Hi People: I have noticed a lot of people are bewildered about the finale of the third season of Charmed. Well let me start by this there is no part 2 to the Season Finale episode. The episode ends on a cliffhanger in which the fate of Prue, Piper, and Phoebe is unknown to set the tone for the fourth season. Since Shannen Doherty (Prue) Was leaving the show, the writers wrote the episode in a way that either three of the characters absences could be explained going into the fourth season. This is the reason why Phoebe faces staying in the underworld potentially being killed, along with Prue and Piper being attacked by Shax again in those final two minutes but this time without Phoebe coming to their rescue or according to some alternate endings a little too late. If anyone is still unsure about how it ended watch the finale again then watch the beginning of Season 4.
Mistresses (2013)
Pleasantly Surprised and cant wait for more
Originally I thought this show was literally just going to be about mistresses but people don't judge a book by its cover you maybe pleasantly surprised. The show stars four beautiful girlfriends who have been mistresses or somehow been affected by it. Savi Davis portrayed by Alyssa Milano is this stunning lawyer who seems to have everything she wants career wise but not in her personal life. With her marriage falling apart due to fertility issues on her husband's part Savi starts to find love elsewhere. Karen Rhodes played by Yunjin Kim of Lost is a psychiatrist who is helping her former client's family get through his death. However Karen who developed a relationship with her dying patient finds out by his widowed wife that he chose to be with his wife during his last moments. Feeling devastated over being technically being a "mistress" she is puzzled about what to do. She starts counseling his grieving son who knows that his father was having an affair but does not know with whom. April Malloy portrayed by Rochelle Aytes is a grieving widow who is trying to focus on raising her young daughter. April receives these mysterious phone calls regarding her dead husband, only to have a bigger surprise ringing her doorbell. Jes Macallan portrays Josslyn Carver who is a Real Estate Agent but ironically cant pay her own rent, only seems to be interested in sex and experimentation. I say give this show a chance people. Each actress delivers good performances and bring real emotions alive. Trust me its not just about sleeping around, that plays very little part in it.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Opposites Attract (1994)
A important episode but not for its plot.
Growing up the several times I saw this episode I always thought it was just another episode, along with thousands of other kids who thought the same. However this episode is significant because of what occurred off set. As stated by the trivia this is the final episode to have physically on set footage of the actors/actress Austin St. John (Jason), Walter Jones (Zack), and Thuy Trang (Trini) before their untimely departure from the series. Sometime after this episode was filmed the three of them left the series, because of a pay dispute with Saban. Due to Thuy, Austin, and Walter's departure several things had to be changed. One notable thing that people would question (this is also in the trivia) is why Jason is leading the team in the morphing sequence if Tommy was named new leader as seen in episode "White Light: part 2". The reasoning was because Jason was suppose to remain leader even when Tommy became the White Ranger however once Austin St. John left the show that concept was changed. The line about Tommy being the new leader in "White Light: part 2" was added in later. Another change that occurred was that the Trini-Richie storyline (Richie was Trini's crush/love interest) along with the character Curtis (Zach's Cousin) had to be dropped. Due to this the actors portraying Richie and Curtis were let go. Its a shame that we never got to see what would of became between Trini and Richie. Anyone who watches the episodes focusing on Trini and Richie can tell they had a developing storyline for their characters and I'm pretty sure eventually they would of become what Kimberly and Tommy were.
Halloween II (2009)
Over Exaggerated totally takes away true Horror
I think its safe to say Rob Zombie likes the gruesome killing and using a lot of swearing in his movies. The F word was so many times in the film, I had to ask myself was there any other swear word in the foul language dictionary. On another note some of the killings were very exaggerated, to the point that you almost did not take the movie seriously anymore. For example in Laurie's nightmare being at the hospital (Post-first movie events) we see Laurie's bloody nurse trying to get away from Michael collapsing on the floor and he stabs her a total of nine times. The scene is very graphic but also very exaggerated. I think it was truly unnecessary to have him stab someone that many times, John Carpenter would of never recommended that. The film experiments with something that has never been done in past Halloweens. We witness Michael eating something for the very first time. The issue with this is that once you start giving a "monster" human actions/Characteristics your taking away the true horror. The intention should be to make him as inhuman as possible. We also see Michael Myers having these illusions of his mother and his younger self who apparently inspires him to kill. What made the original (Halloween 1978) so scary, yet fascinating is that we don't know what made him kill besides Loomis describing him as simply being "Pure evil". This movie definitely is a perfect example for why the modern horror movie genre fails today.