Showing posts with label Fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fantasy. Show all posts

Friday, April 6, 2012

Amélie [2001]


"She'll change your life."


Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writers:  Guillaume Laurant (scenario), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (scenario)
  Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz and Rufus


Storyline

Amélie is a story about a girl named Amélie whose childhood was suppressed by her Father's mistaken concerns of a heart defect. With these concerns Amélie gets hardly any real life contact with other people. This leads Amélie to resort to her own fantastical world and dreams of love and beauty. She later on becomes a young woman and moves to the central part of Paris as a waitress. After finding a lost treasure belonging to the former occupant of her apartment, she decides to return it to him. After seeing his reaction and his new found perspective - she decides to devote her life to the people around her. Such as, her father who is obsessed with his garden-gnome, a failed writer, a hypochondriac, a man who stalks his ex girlfriends, the "ghost", a suppressed young soul, the love of her life and a man whose bones are as brittle as glass. But after consuming herself with these escapades...

Monday, November 21, 2011

The Last Airbender [2010]


"Four nations, one destiny."


Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Writers: M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Noah Ringer, Nicola Peltz and Jackson Rathbone


Storyline

The world is divided into four kingdoms, each represented by the element they harness, and peace has lasted throughout the realms of Water, Air, Earth, and Fire under the supervision of the Avatar, a link to the spirit world and the only being capable of mastering the use of all four elements. When young Avatar Aang disappears, the Fire Nation launches an attack to eradicate all members of the Air Nomads to prevent interference in their future plans for world domination. 100 years pass and current Fire Lord Ozai continues to conquer and imprison anyone with elemental "bending" abilities in the Earth and Water Kingdoms, while siblings Katara and Sokka from a Southern Water Tribe find a mysterious boy trapped beneath the ice outside their village. Upon rescuing him, he reveals himself to be Aang, Avatar and last of the Air Nomads. Swearing to protect the Avatar, Katara and Sokka...

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

THE PROPHECY 'Trilogy' (3)



The Prophecy [1995]


"Marked by Fate, Doomed by Prophecy... Time is Running Out for Mankind!"


Director: Gregory Widen
Writers: Gregory Widen 
Stars: Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas and Virginia Madsen



Storyline

Angels come to Earth to find a human soul that can end the war in heaven. Humans are caught up in this battle and must find a way to stop the angel Gabriel before he takes the soul back from where the angel Simon has hidden it.














The Prophecy II [1998]




"An evil force has declared war..."




Director: Greg Spence
Writers:  Gregory Widen and Matt Greenberg 
Stars: Christopher Walken, Russell Wong and Jennifer Beals



Storyline

Gabriel returns to Earth to prevent the birth of a child conceived by one of his kind (the Angel Daniel) and one of God's "monkeys" (a human woman - Valerie). The coming of this child has been prophecised by a monk, Thomas. When the Angel Daniel kills members of Gabriel's army of angels, Gabriel instead employs the assistance of a teenage girl (Izzy) who has just committed suicide. Gabriel keeps her alive to assist him in his war against Daniel and the other angels which climaxes in a battle in Eden.


















The Prophecy : The Ascent [2000]




"Mankind's Last Hope From Total Destruction!"




Director: Patrick Lussier
Writers: Gregory Widen and Carl V. Dupré 
Stars: Christopher Walken, Vincent Spano and Dave Buzzotta



Storyline

The conclusion to The Prophecy Trilogy. Once again, Christopher Walken returns as the Arch-Angel Gabriel. As the War in Heaven and on Earth rages on, Pyriel, the Angel of Genocide, rises to power, intending to destroy all of mankind. The only one who stands in his way is Danyael, who was born of an Angel and a woman, but Danyael is unaware of his purpose, until he runs into Gabriel, who has now become a human after the events of The Prophecy 2, and is acting as his secret guardian. Now, the fate of the world hangs in the balance as Danyael sets out to confront Pyriel and finally fulfill his destiny.







THE LORD OF THE RINGS 'Trilogy' (3)


The Lord Of The Rings : The Fellowship Of The Ring [2001]


"Its power corrupts all who desire it. Only one has the will to resist it. A Fellowship of nine must destroy it."


Director: Peter Jackson
Writers: J.R.R. Tolkien (novel), Fran Walsh (screenplay) 
Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen and Orlando Bloom



Storyline

An ancient Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir and his three Hobbit friends Merry, Pippin and Samwise. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Ring must go. Their quest to destroy the One Ring is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign! 














The Lord Of The Rings : The Two Towers [2002]




"A New Power Is Rising."




Director: Peter Jackson
Writers: J.R.R. Tolkien (novel), Fran Walsh (screenplay) 
Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen



Storyline

Sauron's forces increase. His allies grow. The Ringwraiths return in an even more frightening form. Saruman's army of Uruk Hai is ready to launch an assault against Aragorn and the people of Rohan. Yet, the Fellowship is broken and Boromir is dead. For the little hope that is left, Frodo and Sam march on into Mordor, unprotected. A number of new allies join with Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Pippin and Merry. And they must defend Rohan and attack Isengard. Yet, while all this is going on, Sauron's troops mass toward the City of Gondor, for the War of the Ring is about to begin.
















The Lord Of The Rings : The Return Of The King [2003]




"The eye of the enemy is moving."




Director: Peter Jackson
Writers: J.R.R. Tolkien (novel), Fran Walsh (screenplay) 
Stars: Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen and Ian McKellen



Storyline

While Frodo & Sam continue to approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of the path Gollum is leading them, the former Fellowship aid Rohan & Gondor in a great battle in the Pelennor Fields, Minas Tirith and the Black Gates as Sauron wages his last war against Middle-Earth.







Monday, November 14, 2011

Sucker Punch [2011]


"You Will Be Unprepared."


Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: Zack Snyder (screenplay), Steve Shibuya (screenplay)  
Stars: Emily Browning, Vanessa Hudgens and Abbie Cornish


Storyline

A young girl (Baby Doll) is locked away in a mental asylum by her abusive stepfather where she will undergo a lobotomy in five days' time. Faced with unimaginable odds, she retreats to a fantastical world in her imagination where she and four other female inmates at the asylum, plot to escape the facility. The lines between reality and fantasy blur as Baby Doll and her four companions, as well as a mysterious guide, fight to retrieve the five items they need that will allow them to break free from their captors before it's too late... 

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 'Quadrilogy' (4)



Pirates Of The Caribbean : The Curse Of The Black Pearl [2003] 


"Over 3000 Islands of Paradise -- For Some it's A Blessing -- For Others... It's A Curse."


Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers: Ted Elliott (screen story), Terry Rossio (screen story)
Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and Orlando Bloom


Storyline

This swash-buckling tale follows the quest of Captain Jack Sparrow, a savvy pirate, and Will Turner, a resourceful blacksmith, as they search for Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth, the daughter of the governor and the love of Will's life, has been kidnapped by the feared Captain Barbossa. Little do they know, but the fierce and clever Barbossa has been cursed. He, along with his large crew, are under an ancient curse, doomed for eternity to neither live, nor die. That is, unless a blood sacrifice is made.











Pirates Of The Caribbean 2 : Dead Man's Chest [2006]



Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers: Ted Elliott (screen story), Terry Rossio (screen story)
Stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley


Storyline

Once again we're plunged into the world of sword fights and "savvy" pirates. Captain Jack Sparrow is reminded he owes a debt to Davy Jones, who captains the flying Dutchman, a ghostly ship, with a crew from hell. Facing the "locker" Jack must find the heart of Davy Jones but to save himself he must get the help of quick-witted Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan. If that's not complicated enough, Will and Elizabeth are sentenced to hang, unless will can get Lord Cutler Beckett Jack's compass, Will is forced to join another crazy adventure with Jack.









Pirates Of The Caribbean 3 : At World's End [2007]


"At the End of the World, the Adventure Begins "



Director: Gore Verbinski
Writers: Ted Elliott (screen story), Terry Rossio (screen story)
Stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley


Storyline

After Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from the the land of the dead, they must face their foes, Davy Jones and Lord Cutler Beckett. Beckett, now with control of Jones' heart, forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Now, Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Tia Dalma, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng, to gathering. The Pirate Lords want to release the goddess Calypso, Davy Jones's damned lover, from the trap they sent her to out of fear, in which the Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. With this, all pirates will stand together and will make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.









Pirates Of The Caribbean 4 : On Stranger Tides [2011]





Director: Rob Marshall

Writers: Ted Elliott (screen story), Terry Rossio (screen story)
Stars: Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz and Ian McShane


Storyline

Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) crosses paths with a woman from his past (Cruz), and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past. 




Sunday, June 19, 2011

The Crow [1994]


"Real love is forever."


Director: Alex Proyas
Writers:  James O'Barr (comic book series and comic strip), David J. Schow (screenplay),
Stars: Brandon Lee, Michael Wincott and Rochelle Davis

 

Storyline

 

A poetic guitarist Eric Draven is brought back to life by a crow a year after he and his fiancée are murdered. The crow guides him through the land of the living, and leads him to his killers: knife thrower Tin-tin, drugetic Funboy, car buff T-Bird, and the unsophisticated Skank. One by one, Eric gives these thugs a taste of their own medicine. However their leader Top-Dollar, a world-class crime lord who will dispatch his enemies with a Japanese sword and joke about it later, will soon learn the legend of the crow and the secret to the vigilante's invincibility.




Season of the Witch [2011]


"Not all souls can be saved."


Director: Dominic Sena
Writers:  Bragi F. Schut
Stars:  Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman and Claire Foy

 

Storyline

 

A 14th century Crusader returns to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence. A priest, a grieving knight, a disgraced itinerant and a headstrong youth who can only dream of becoming a knight join a mission troubled by mythically hostile wilderness and fierce contention over the fate of the girl. When the embattled party arrives at the abbey, a horrific discovery jeopardises the knight's pledge to ensure the girl fair treatment, and pits them against an inexplicably powerful and destructive force.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Dorian Gray [2009]


"Forever Young. Forever Cursed." 

Director: Oliver Parker
Writers: Oscar Wilde (novel), Toby Finlay (screenplay)
Stars: Ben Barnes, Colin Firth and Rebecca Hall


Storyline

 

Fresh-faced and innocent, Dorian Gray arrives in London to move into the house he has inherited. Almost immediately he falls under the influence of amoral and calculating Lord Henry Wotton, leading to a life of increasing debauchery and even violence. Through many years Gray stays as young-looking as ever, while a portrait painted when he arrived grows old, reflecting his increasing excesses. Eventually the picture, now secreted in his attic, becomes almost hideous to behold. When true love finally enters his life he realises he must guard his secret at all costs.

 

 

 

 

Avatar [2009]

"Return to Pandora"

Director: James Cameron
Writers: James Cameron
Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver

 

 

Storyline

 

When his brother is killed in a robbery, paraplegic Marine Jake Sully decides to take his place in a mission on the distant world of Pandora. There he learns of greedy corporate figurehead Parker Selfridge's intentions of driving off the native humanoid "Na'vi" in order to mine for the precious material scattered throughout their rich woodland. In exchange for the spinal surgery that will fix his legs, Jake gathers intel for the cooperating military unit spearheaded by gung-ho Colonel Quaritch, while simultaneously attempting to infiltrate the Na'vi people with the use of an "avatar" identity. While Jake begins to bond with the native tribe and quickly falls in love with the beautiful alien Neytiri, the restless Colonel moves forward with his ruthless extermination tactics, forcing the soldier to take a stand - and fight back in an epic battle for the fate of Pandora.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

The Green Mile [1999]


"Paul Edgecomb didn't believe in miracles. Until the day he met one."

Director: Frank Darabont
Writers: Stephen King (novel) & Frank Darabont (screenplay)
Stars: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan and David Morse

 

Storyline

 

Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift.



Wednesday, January 12, 2011

The Sorcerer's Apprentice [2010]

"It's The Coolest Job Ever."

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Writers: Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal (screen story)
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel and Alfred Molina


Storyline

 

Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness. It'll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes The Sorcerer's Apprentice.



Thursday, July 29, 2010

Beowulf [2007]

"Pride is the curse."

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Neil Gaiman & Roger Avary
Stars: Ray Winstone, Crispin Glover and Angelina Jolie


Storyline

 

Set against the coming of Christianity, this is the story of the last hero: in 507, a monstrous troll wrecks havoc in the mead hall of the Danish king, Hrothgar. He offers rewards for the death of Grendel, so Beowulf, a great and boastful Geat warrior, arrives with his thanes. Beowulf sets aside his armor and awaits the monster; a fierce battle ensues that leads to Beowolf's entering the watery lair of Grendel's mother, where a devil's bargain awaits. Beowulf returns to Herot, the castle, and becomes king. Jump ahead many years, and the sins of the father are visited upon Beowulf and his kingdom. The hero must face his weakness and be heroic once again. Is the age of demons over?



Monsters, Inc. [2001]

"Monsters, Inc. : We Scare Because We Care"

Directors: Pete Docter & David Silverman
Writers: Pete Docter & Jill Culton
Stars: Billy Crystal, John Goodman and Mary Gibbs


Storyline

 

In a city of monsters with no humans called Monstropolis centers around Monsters, Inc., the city's power company. Monsters, Inc. The lovable confidant, tough large, furry blue behemoth-like giant monster named James P. Sullivan (A.K.A. better known as Sulley) and his Cyclops wisecracking best friend short, green monster with one large eye, Mike Wazowski discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. And now it's up to Sulley and Mike to send Boo back in her door before anybody and especially two evil villains such as Sulley's main rival as a scarer chameleon-like Randall(a monster that Boo is very afraid of), who possesses the ability to change the color of his skin and Mike and Sulley's boss Mr. Waternoose the chairman and chief executive officer of Monsters, Inc.



Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Bruce Almighty [2003]

"If you could be God for one week, what would you do?"

Director: Tom Shadyac
Writers: Steve Koren & Mark O'Keefe
Stars: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston and Morgan Freeman


Storyline

 

Bruce Nolan, a television reporter in Buffalo, N.Y., is discontented with almost everything in life despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend Grace . At the end of the worst day of his life, Bruce angrily ridicules and rages against God and God responds. God appears in human form and, endowing Bruce with divine powers, challenges Bruce to take on the big job to see if he can do it any better.



Constantine [2005]

"Hell wants him. Heaven won't take him. Earth needs him."

Director: Francis Lawrence
Writers: Jamie Delano & Garth Ennis
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz and Djimon Hounsou


Storyline

 

John Constantine is approached by Det. Angela Dodson who needs his help to prove that her twin sister Isabel's death was not a suicide. The dead woman was a devout Catholic and Angela refuses to accept that she would have taken her own life. She's asked Constantine for help because he has a reputation for dealing with the mystical. In fact, he is a demon hunter whose sole purpose on Earth is to send demons back to the nether regions. John himself has been to Hell - as a young man he too committed suicide and now knows that he is destined to return there on his death - but hopes that his good deeds may somehow find him a place in Heaven. As he looks into Isobel's death, he realizes that demons are trying to break through to the human world and his battles lead him into a direct conflict with Satan.




End of Days [1999]

"When the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison."

Director: Peter Hyams
Writer: Andrew W. Marlowe
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gabriel Byrne and Robin Tunney


Storyline

 

On December 28th, 1999, the citizens of New York City are getting ready for the turn of the millennium. However, the Devil decides to crash the party by coming to the city, inhabiting a man's body, and searching for his chosen bride, a 20-year-old woman named Christine York. [If he bears her child between 11:00 PM and midnight on New Year's Eve], the world will end, and the only hope lies within an atheist ex-cop named Jericho Cane, who no longer believes in God because of the murder of his wife and daughter.



FANTASTIC 4 (2)




Fantastic 4 [2005]


"Fun. Fast. Fantastic."

Director: Tim Story
Writers: Mark Frost & Michael France
Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis and Chris Evans


Storyline

 

Reed Richards, a brilliant but timid and bankrupt scientist, is convinced that evolution can be triggered by clouds of cosmic energy, and has calculated that Earth is going to pass one of these clouds soon. Together with his friend and partner, the gruff yet gentle astronaut muscle-man Ben Grimm, Reed convinces his conceited MIT classmate Dr. Victor Von Doom, now CEO of his own enterprise, to allow him access to his privately-owned space station. Von Doom agrees in exchange for control over the experiment and a majority of the profits from whatever benefits it brings. He thus brings aboard Susan Storm, his shy, though assertive chief genetics researcher and a former lover of Reed's with whom she had an acrimonious break-up, and her diametrically opposed brother Johnny, the maverick and hot-headed playboy pilot. The astronauts make it home intact; however, before long they begin to mutate...











4: Rise of the Silver Surfer [2007]

"Rise"

Director: Tim Story
Writers: Don Payne & Mark Frost
Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba and Chris Evans


Storyline

 

With Von Doom back in his homeland of Latveria the fantastic four have new troubles when Galactus has decided that Earth is his next target. When his henchman, The Silver Surfer, is sent to Earth he discovers that he's getting more than he bargained for when he encounters the Fantastic Four. But that's not all when Dr. Doom decides that after two years in the homeland he is ready to return.





Aku ni agak kurang ke arah cite2 "fantasi komik" sebenarnye tp cite ni "menghiburkan" jugak laa....
Geli ati gak tgk Johnny "Human Torch" Storm (Chris Evans) yg selalu wat lawak 'kurang ajar' kat Ben "The Thing" Grimm (Michael Chiklis)...hehehehe...
Yg dlm 'Rise of the Silver Surfer' ni aku cukup suke tgk efek si "Silver Surfer" tu....cantik!!!
cuma yg mengherankan aku, kat mane si "Silver Surfer" tu belajar English hah??....siap alien sama alien pon ckp English gak??....hahahahah......