Showing posts with label Giovanni Ribisi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Giovanni Ribisi. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Ted

 Released Year: 2012
Directed by Seth MacFarlance

Casted by:
Mark Wahlberg as John Bennett
Mila Kunis as Lori Collins
Seth MacFarlane as Ted
 Story:
In 1985, in a suburb south of Boston, John Bennett is a lonely kid who wishes for his new Christmas gift, a teddy bear he names Teddy ("Ted"), to come to life to be his best friend. The wish succeeds with a falling star one night and Ted becomes fully alive. In 2012, John and Ted, now living in the South End neighborhood of Boston, are still staunch, if immature, friends enjoying a hedonistic life, even while John is pursuing a relationship with an office worker named Lori Collins. Lori hopes to marry John, but she feels that he cannot move ahead with his life with Ted around, who is now a complete wastrel. John is resistant to kicking Ted out, but he is finally persuaded one night to act when he and Lori discover Ted at home with four prostitutes.

Soon, John finds Ted his own apartment and a job at a grocery store, where his irresponsible behavior on the job manages to get him both promoted and acquainted with his co-worker Tami-Lynn. Ted and John still spend most of their time together, which irritates Lori when she discovers John has been skipping work to do so while using her for his excuses. Meanwhile, an obsessed stalker named Donny, who idolized Ted as a kid, shows interest in possessing him for his destructive son Robert. Things start to come to a head when Lori and John are invited to a party put on by Lori's manager Rex, who has a crush on her; they attend, but Ted lures John away to a party at his apartment with the offer to meet Sam Jones, the star of their favorite movie Flash Gordon. Although John arrives with the intention of spending only a few minutes, he gets caught up in the occasion which gets completely out of control, with Sam persuading John and Ted to snort cocaine with him. Eventually, Lori discovers John there and breaks up with him in a rage. At that, John blames Ted for ruining his life and tells him to stay away.

Eventually, Ted and John confront each other about their ruined friendship in John's hotel room and have a brawl after John provokes Ted, but soon manage to reconcile after the TV falls on John's crotch. To repair John's relationship with Lori, Ted arranges through Norah Jones (played by herself) for John to express his love for Lori with a song during a concert, being held at the Hatch Shell. Although John's performance proves an embarrassment, Lori is touched by the attempt while repelled by Rex's sneering. Later, Ted goes to visit Lori and explains that he was responsible for John's lapse; however, he offers to leave them alone forever if she goes to speak with him. Lori is persuaded, but moments after she leaves, Ted is kidnapped by Donny and taken to his house as Robert's unfortunate playmate.

Ted manages to distract Robert and reach a phone to contact John, but is soon recaptured. Realizing that Ted is in danger, John and Lori find Donny's residence and chase him and Robert to rescue Ted. The chase leads to Fenway Park, where Robert tries to stop John and Lori from getting to Ted first, only to have John knock him out. During the chase, Ted gets himself damaged and just when Donny grabs him on the tower, Ted falls onto the field, torn completely in half. Donny is forced to flee when a police car shows up. As John and Lori gather his stuffing, Ted relays his wish that John be happy with Lori, as his life fades away.

Unable to accept Ted's death, John and Lori return to her apartment to try to repair him, but it proves useless. That night, Lori makes a wish on a falling star. The next morning, Ted is magically restored and the couple reconcile with Ted, who encourages John and Lori to resume their relationship. With that resolution, John and Lori get married and Ted accepts having a life of his own.

The narrator reveals what happens to the characters after John and Lori are married:
Ted continues his affair with Tami-Lynn and gets promoted to store manager when he gets caught eating potato salad off of her bare bottom.
Sam Jones moves back to L.A. to try restarting his own movie career and shares a studio apartment with Brandon Routh.
Rex gives up his pursuit of Lori, goes into a deep depression and finally dies of Lou Gehrig's disease. This references a scene in which John told Rex that he wished Rex would get Lou Gehrig's disease.
Donny gets arrested for kidnapping Ted, but the charges are dropped when he and the police realize how stupid it sounds to kidnap a plush toy.
Robert gets a personal trainer, loses a lot of weight and goes on to become Taylor Lautner.
 L² Scored: 8.5/10

L² Comment:
 OMG, how did i ever miss this movie in the cinema? I'm totally a Mark Wahlberg's fans, but maybe i was too busy that time. But anyway the movie is so cute to watch at, everyone might think that Teddy should be cute but not in this move :) lol~ the storyline is good, the best part is when Mila Kunis picked up the shit and scream that her finger touch the shit~ lol.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Lost In Translation

Released Year: 2003
Directed by Sofia Coppola

Casted by:
Bill Murray as Bob Harris
Scarlett Johansson as Charlotte
Giovanni Ribisi as John
Anna Faris as Kelly
Story:
Bob Harris, an aging American movie star, arrives in Tokyo to film an advertisement for Suntory whisky, for which he will receive $2 million. Charlotte, a young recent Yale graduate, is left behind in her hotel room by her husband, John, a celebrity photographer on assignment in Tokyo. Charlotte is unsure of her present and her future and about the man she has married as she believes he takes more interest in his celebrity models, most notably a young and popular American actress named Kelly, than he does in her. At the same time, Bob's own 25-year marriage is tired and lacking in romance as he goes through a midlife crisis.

One night, after a long photo shoot, Bob retreats to the hotel bar. Charlotte, sitting at a table with John and friends, notices Bob and has a waiter bring him a bowl of peanuts from her table. Later, Bob and Charlotte have brief encounters each night at the hotel bar, until Charlotte invites Bob to meet up with some local friends of hers. Bob accepts and arrives later at her hotel room dressed in an outfit for a young appeal style. Meanwhile, the two begin a friendship bond through their adventures in Tokyo together while experiencing the differences between Japanese and American culture, and between their own generations.

On the penultimate night of his stay, Bob attracts the attention of the resident vocalist. The next morning, Bob awakens to find this woman in his room, having apparently slept with her. Charlotte arrives at his room to go out for breakfast only to find the woman in his room, leading to conflict and tension over a subsequent lunch. Later that night, during a fire alarm at the hotel, Bob and Charlotte reconcile and express how they will miss each other as they make one more trip back to the hotel bar.

On the following morning, Bob is set for his departure back to the United States. He tells Charlotte goodbye at the hotel lobby shortly before checking out and sadly watches her retreat back to an elevator. While riding in a taxi to the airport, Bob sees Charlotte on a crowded street and he gets out and goes to her. Bob embraces Charlotte and whispers something (substantially inaudible to the audience) in the tearful Charlotte's ear. The two share a kiss, say goodbye and Bob departs.
L² Scored: 6.5/10

L² Comment:
Bill Murray + Scarlett Johansson is a brand new team and it definitely created some good sparkles for this movie. Johansson was so young that time, but i dont feel that she's pretty actually, but no doubt that she can act.

Coppola, Murray & Johansson has been nominated in multiple awards and they did won a few but all three of them failed in the Academy awards. Coppola is really a talented female director, really hope can see more of her movies coming up soon :)

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Perfect Stranger

Released Year: 2007
Directed by James Foley

Casted by:
Halle Berry as Rowena Price
Bruce Willis as Harrison Hill
Giovanni Ribisi as Miles Haley
Nicki Aycox as Grace Clayton
Story:
Rowena is an aggressive reporter who team up with Miles Haley a researcher as a team to find out real truth story. They were after a secret sexual story of a male senator and his male interns but the story is shut down by the editor. Rowena was pissed off and quit her job. While walking furiously back home, she met her childhood friend, Grace. Grace ask Rowena to help her take down Harrison Hill, a wealthy advertising executive. Grace also gave Rowena her emails to proof the affair she's having with Harrison.

Few days later, Grace was found dead and Rowena suspect Harrison is the murderer. Miles helps Rowena to get a new identification and sneak into Harrison's company as an undercover. Rowena flirt with Harrison in both real life and through online; but at the same time a guy name "trublu" was flirting with with Rowena through online too. One day, while sneaking in Harrison's office to plant in some "hacking" system, Rowena action was found by Harrison. To lie, Rowena make up a stupid excuse and promise to go out for a dinner with Harrison. But a text message from Miles ruined the things.

Harrison is angry with Rowena and shoo her out of the company. Rowena was disapointed and went to visit her mother and while Miles pretend to be a technician to fix Harrison's computer and stole all his data. Rowena in another hand get into Miles' room and discover a shocking things. She saw Grace and Miles' sex photo and Rowena's picture all around the room. Miles came back and admit he likes Rowena and even use the nick "trublu" to flirt with Rowena.

With the evidence, Rowena make the police report and Harrison was arrested for murdering Grace. After Harrison's conviction, Miles visit Rowena and explain that he knows Rowena is the real killer and has been using this investigation to frame Harrison. He wonders what Grace had on her. Rowena flashes back to a memory of her stepfather trying to molest her and her mother has stab the stepfather to death with a fireplace poker. While Rowena and her mother burying the dead body, it was seen by Grace at that time. Rowena has planned all these to kill Grace and blackmail Harrison for the murder.

Miles request for sex to keep him quiet, but Rowena stab him to death and making the whole place in a mess. She called up the police and accuse Miles is disturbing her. She even used Miles hand to scratch a wound out of her and make it as if she's the innocent who has been attacked by Miles.
L² Scored: 6/10

L² Comment:
I never thought Giovanni Ribisi will be so hot~ :) He's always like the goofy small little brother of Phoebe Buffay in Friends. But hell ya, he's well build up now with a great body :) Hmmm~ whereas Bruce Willis doesn't really show us how good he is in this movie.

In another hand, the ever-sexiest Halle Berry is still smokey sexy in this film. Nice figure, nice hair and sexy lips :) But overall the story is a bit so so, nothing much too excited.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Avatar

Released Year: 2009
Directed by James Cameron

Casted by:
Sam Worthington as Jake Sully
Zoe Saldana as Neytiri
Stephen Lang as Miles Quaritch
Sigourney Weaver as Grace Augustine
Story:
Jake Skully has been recruited to replace his twin brother to be in one of the team for research in Pandora in the year of 2154. Human beings has been mining some precious mineral in Pandora but was afraid the attack from the local natives which are known as Avatar who stay on a huge tree. There's a huge amount of the mineral burried under the huge tree.

Dr Augustine has train Jake to be in his Avatar mode because he was lack of training. Unable to walk in the real life, Jake love his Avatar body a lot because he gain back his ability to walk and run. But according to Colonel Miles, Jake has to report to him regarding on every research the Avatar Program team has found and Jake will got his new real leg when he is send back to Earth.

During one mission out for research, Jake lost himself from others and luckily was saved by the native Neytiri. After that, Jake was recruited into the native but has to pass all the test that they set. Neytiri was assigned to be his trainer. Both went for language training, body seminar and also the way to defeat wild animals. When everything was managed, Jake found himself falled in love with Neytiri.

Both of the couple was force to break up because the Colonel and team came and burst off the huge tree. All avatar loss their home and Neytiri's father was killed as well. Researchers team ran away and try to help the native but Dr Augustine was killed. Being angry, Jake teams up with the local native to fight against his own human races while protecting the nature of Pandora.

Finally, human being has been defeated and send back to earth. Jake also decided to transform into the Avatar form forever and always stay to protect Neytiri and other Avatar.

L² Scored: 9/10

L² Comment:
One word - SUPERB !!! James Cameron is always my favourite director aka producer. He never fails to take my breathe away, seriously. I just love this film. But questions occured: 1) why only male avatar has nipples while female don't? 2) Male avatar don't have penis? Coz i can't see one flinging around even though they are almost naked.