movie week

this week i become an amateur film critic. although i only boast of watching 4 movies, i do believe that i too can give more or less a decent review for the movies i watched. after all, i do have my preferences and my likes, attended a workshop once on reviewing a movie (entitled Maleana...great movie by the way), and like everybody else wants to enjoy herself while watching a movie. to cap it all, i live with my brother (who is by the way a critical reviewer himself)...maybe some of it rubbed off on to me...anyway, this goes to say that these reviews are based entirely on my opinion and should in no way dictate yours! so here goes the first one!

note: i am not particular with the techie aspects like movie time or casts or scripts and that sort of stuff...but since this is a review, i hope to get it up later!

1. the pacifier
vin diesel stars as the uptight, strict, navy seal lt. shane wolfe who is assigned to protect the family of an assasinated scientist, whose chip has the potential to damage and impair the US army's nuclear and missiles waeponry. as he takes on the role of a babysitter, he must contend with the 5 headstrong kids that he is assigned to protect, find the chip and keep it from going into evil hands, discover the true meaning of family, fall in love and learn how to change red baby's diaper.

frankly speaking, i expected a lot from this movie after i saw its trailer. i expected to get a good laugh, but i a wee bit disapponted after i saw it. it only had a few laughable laughs, and it really never managed to hit that note that i was looking for. i found the story development too fast in a sense that we were not shown how the relationship of lt. wolfe with the kids develop. the characters were not given ample time to develop and several tidbits and info regarding their background were thrown in during the middle part of the story. one thing i found disturbing was the shifting of scenes. there wasn't a lot of signs that would lead the viewer to know that it was time for the next scene; there was some parts that i was confused since i thought that this scene was still part of the previous scene. not that annoying but it quite confused me.

the story is quite formulaic but no doubt vin diesel's stunts, not to mention the effort and skills of his young co-stars are the shining points of this movie. except for a few scenes where the kids were kind of stiff in their acting, the maturity and their talent shines through in the movie.

this movie is definitely recommended for kids and the family. it has the nice mixture of action, music, fun, and humor.

rating: 5/10