Kvikmyndafræði í 6.bekk

Ég skráði mig í kvikmyndarfræði í þeirri von um að ég myndi kynnast einhverju nýju. Þegar fagið hófst var ég ekki viss um hversu vel færi um mig í faginu ef satt skal segja. Ég held það hafi að miklu haft áhrif á slaka blogg-frammistöðu mína en ég hef aldrei verið góður með að sjá um svona lagað sjálfur og skammast ég mín satt að segja mjög fyrir laka frammistöðu. Greinin vakti hins vegar ákveðnar tilfinningar í brjósti mínu sem ég held að hafi komið að mestu fram undir lok myndarinnar Oldboy en þá var ég svo sannarlega viss um að ég hafi ekki gert mistök þegar ég skráði mig í kvikmyndafræði. Ég hef svo sannarlega komist að nokkrum hlutum varðandi sjálfan mig sem eiga vonandi eftir að nýtast mér vel í lífinu og get ég sagt að kvikmyndafræði  hafi líklegast kennt mér meira en nokkuð annað fag á þessu ári. Ég sé mig alls ekki gera myndir eða blogga um þær í framtíðinni, satt að segja hef ég líka alltaf hatað blogg þannig þetta var eiginlega dauðadæmt frá byrjuninni. Mér hefur alltaf liðið frekar illa þegar ég hef verið að blogga og veit satt að segja ekki af hverju. Ég hef samt alveg gríðarlega ánægju af að horfa á kvikmyndir og tala um þær við vini mína. Kvikmyndiafræði í MR hefur kynnt mig fyrir mörgum nýjum hlutum varðandi erlenda og innlenda kvikmyndagerð. Ég hafði aldrei gefið gömlum kvikmyndum séns áður en ég hóf nám mitt í kvikmyndafræði. Oldboy er líklegast sú kvikmynd sem hefur haft mest áhrif á mig á undanförnum árum, en mér fannst hún alveg gríðarlega skemmtileg.

Það eru samt ákveðnir hlutir sem hefðu hjálpað mér alveg rosalega í þessum tímum en það er ef bloggið hefði verið meira eins og heimanám frekar en eitthvað sem við stöndum alveg fyrir sjálf. Þetta fyrirkomulag sem er núna hvetur okkur ekkert sérstaklega til þess að sækja á ókunnug mið heldur gerir það að verkum að við hörfum aftur í það sem við þekkjum öll frekar vel. Ef á hverjum föstudegi myndir þú láta 1-2 myndir á blogglista fyrir mánudaginn hefði það persónulega hjálpað mér alveg rosalega og kvatt mig til þess að blogga meira en ég gerði.

Þegar ég byrjaði í faginu vissi ég ekkert við hverju átti að búast. Væntingar mínar voru samt frekar miklar og komst ég að því að ég varð ekki fyrir vonsvikum með þetta fag. Þetta fag hefur að mína mati verið áhugaverðasta og skemmtilegasta fagið á árinu. Mér finnst að hægt væri að setja margar myndir fyrir um helgar sem við horfðum á á  miðvikudögum en í staðinn horft á einhverjar rosalega framandi myndir á miðvikudögum. Mér fannst vel farið yfir kvikmyndasöguna og varð ég ekki fyrir vonbrigðum varðandi þann hluta námsins. Mér finnst samt að blogghlutinn hefði getað verið betur upp settur.

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Birgir Sveinn Jakobsson

Summer Wars

Summer Wars is about a young guy who get's into trouble by solving a code he got sent one night. It turns out this code was a security code that gives complete control of OZ, a program online that connects everything. This leads to an hacking A.I. called Love Machine taking control of Japan and causing chaos. He is also invited to the countryside by a girl from his school who needs to find a pretend boyfriend to present to her family. There he meets alot of different people that come together to fight against this threat to Japan.
The art is wonderful and very original, at least in OZ, in the real world the art is very believable. It's very unlike what I am used to and that's why I like it a lot. The plot however is fairly predictable and has kind of been used before, I mean the similarities are insane. How they advance the plot is really fun though. In this movie there are alot of interesting characters. My personal favorite is King Kazma, the fighting champion within OZ. This is a romantic film and you can see the main character mature over the course of the film. This film shows the bonds of family which is something I really like in films since my family is very strange.
I honestly didn't think the OST was special except for maybe 2 songs that really caught my attention. Well maybe it was because I didn't really pay that much attention to the music. I like how the film sucks you in and you start feeling for the main character. Well I would have to admit that that's not really a pro but rather a must since not forming a connection between the audience and the main characters would be a huge failure.

Break Blade OVA 1

Set in a world quite different from our own, Break Blade follows Lygatt Arrow, an un-sorcerer, in other words a person uncapable of controlling qwartz, the material used by the entire world to produce all but the most basic of tools. Qwartz is the material that makes the world go round and the people who can control qwartz are called sorcerers. At the start of the movie he gets called to the country of Kristna by the King Hodr(sounds a lot like Höður), a former aquaintance of his, to help Sygin, the head researcher and Hodr's wife, with the study of an ancient robot they found frozen in a block of ice deep underground.
Having never been able to control Quartz he is shocked to find out that he can control this robot with unbelievable ease when the sorcerers can't seem to activate it. With this he gets dragged into a war between two countries and into a conflict between former friends.
This movie is the first of 6 movies with the title of Break Blade. What I like most about this movie is the fact that a seemingly unremarkable person can one day become the most remarkable of all. It shows how people are not always told the entire truth and that without knowing both sides you can be quick to misjudge. I feel it's sad that former friends can be torn apart by the lies of the ruling powers and how people get pulled into wars and don't know what they are fighting for. Well hehe i also got this in 1080p hehe so I had to watch this. Pretty cool fighting scenes and cool characters. I don't think anyone but the main character was really memorable in this film though, maybe he was just too epic or maybe the other characters didn't give you the chance to relate to them.

涼宮ハルヒの消失/ The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

Well well well. Here we have the film that was rewarded with the best animated film of 2010. Pretty epic reward but does it live up to it's reputation. Simple answer: YES!!!! A film of pretty epic proportions this again is a film that requires you to have seen the series or read the novels before watching(if you don't the whole experience is diminished by alot and you won't understand half of what happens). A word of advice for those who haven't read the novels or watched the series, if you want to watch this don't doubt what happens in it for a minute, because well, this is Haruhi and what she does never makes sense.
The story starts off with the group of five friends planning a christmas party at their school and break into the school at christmas and do it there because there is nothing better to do. The main protagonist Kyon wakes up the next day and experiences that his life has been seriously messed up somehow. It is like the events over the past year have been erased and Haruhi's presence along with it. She is nowhere to be found and their club "the SOS brigade" was never founded. The members of the club don't remember him and an entire classroom has completely vanished. Setting out to fix this screwup he turns to the only person who he believes can help him. When that fails he wanders aimlessly until his classmate mentions the name Suzumiya setting in motion a series of amazing events involving timetravel and just pure epicness.
This is without doubt the best anime film released in the year 2010. It is a must see for any Haruhi fan and just people who want to experience a fun world where normal rules don't apply. The movie has a good soundtrack and well some really really dramatic moments, like when he meets Haruhi again, I have to admit I almost cried... I am a sucker for good dramas.
Well there was one part of the film I didn't really like but maybe I just didn't understand it perfectly, that said this film is really deep and the movie stays true to the characters which is a must for any movie, and just what you would expect from a Haruhi movie.

It would be good if you could point out some things to talk about concerning movies. I always end up wanting to talk about the movie and the storyline and what happens but I don't think you want that :/

Black Rock Shooter

basic trivia: very skippable....Black Rock Shooter was originally a character created by the artist Huke. He gave his permission to let it be used in the Hatsune Miku song Black Rock Shooter and due to the huge popularity of that video he became well known although many mistook Black Rock Shooter for Miku but it is well known that black rock shooter and miku are entirely different characters. Eventually Black rock shooter gained enough fame to warrant a OVA which is a Pilot episode to the anime.

The movie shows the life of Kuroi Mato a junior high school girl that befriends a girl named Takanashi Yomi. They quickly become best of friends and spend alot of time together. The year quickly passes and the following year they end up in different classes which ends up dramatically reducing the time they spend together. Yomi becomes jealous as Mato starts to befriend another girl and spend less time with her. This somehow leads to some epic otherworldly possession as Dead Master, an etheral presence quite similar to Black rock shooter, for some reason ends up exploiting the jelousy withing Yomi's heart to take control of her.
Well this movie is certainly a must watch for fans of Black Rock Shooter. However I don't think it would be enjoyable for someone who is not a fan. The movie by itself isn't really a masterpiece or anything in that direction. What makes this movie good imo is seeing the charactes you love come alive on video for the first time.
The music is certainly good and we have some fun choreography for the fighting scenes. There are alot of scenes that aren't explained and if you haven't familiarized yourself with the story you probably won't understand what is epic about them and you probably won't be thrilled when seeing this film. Well for the most part it is just showing the live of a Japanese junior high girl and i don't think that is something that many are interested in but this film was a really enjoyable watch for me.

Evangelion (1.0) You Are (Not) Alone

 

The movie Evangelion 1.0: you are (not) alone follows the depressed teenage boy Shinji as he is dragged into a fight for the survival of the human race. His father being head of NERV, humanity's last line of defence against the Angels, beings seemingly desiring nothing more than to reach Lillith, a being locked deep withing NERV, and initiating the Third Impact, an event that would probably wipe humanity from the face of the Earth. Shinji gets dragged into piloting an Eva, a machine capable of fighting the Angels.
The characters in this movie are amazing. Well it is really strange that something this great could be created by a depressed suicidal man but sometimes the stranges things happen. I am not sure wether is should be explaining the characters here because I think it is better to let everyone get to know them on their own. I can't help but cheer Shinji on in his fight against the angels, wanting to give up at every turn he is without doubt not your typical hero type. He is more of a regular schoolboy that just happened to get dragged into something beyond his control. This leads to the audience being able to connect with him to a certain degree. I certainly wouldn't want to be in his position.
The CG is top notch in this film and the voice acting is superb. Seeing that this is perhaps the most famous robot/mech anime in the world, only other real competitor is Gundam imo. The pure epicness of the film is bound to turn almost anyone into a fan. That said, I can't say that there is much of a soundtrack in this, probably just about 2-3 songs in the whole. The flow of the film is really normal and natural too. I doesn't come to a point where you feel that plot is being forced onward, it just flows naturally.
Well I would really recommend this one.

Resident Evil

This movie is basically about an elite group people sent to investigate a strange insident which ocurred in the Hive, a facility far beneath Racoon City, controlled by the Umbrella corporation. The artificial A.I. in control of the Hive, a.k.a. The Red Queen, is reported to have gone homicidal and the group is sent to the Hive to initiate a reset of The Red Queen. This has some severe ramifications and the group end up having to fight for their lives within the Hive in a desperate attempt to escape.
Well the story is pretty fun. Starts off with someone stealing a highly deadly virus and releasing it into the atmosphere. This virus makes cells regenerate at an increadible rate and oh it turns everyone into zombies when they die.... isn't that fun. So basically the group ends up having to fight for their lives against zombies in a race against time as they try to escape to the surface.
Well the effects in the movie are pretty fun and it really is enjoyable to watch. The music is nothing really memorable seeing I don't even remember a single song but that might just be my bad memory. The characters are really fun though and it's interesting to see how Alice, the main character, suffers from amnesia at the beginning and her past is revealed to us throughout the movie.
What I didn't like about this movie is that there are alot of scenes where a larg part of the screen goes dark and then the audience is supposed to be frightened when something pops in all of a sudden. Too much of it and not really what makes movies for me.
Good parts of the movie ?? Zombies Zombies and more Zombies... I mean who doesn't like zombies? Well the choreography for the fighting scenes is really fun at parts and you got Alice jumping of walls and acting like a tough guy for most of the movie... Girls acting tough and then killing zombies...top that. Also the side characters are really fun and interesting at times and that adds alot to the movie.