Thursday, December 11, 2008

"Twilight" with a "Bolt"

Two of the recent releases are topping the box office and are worth watching. Among Twilight and Bolt, the latter is more promising and entertaining, at least surely for the fans of animated movies.
Since I'm a vampire cult fan, I found the former impressive too. After a long time of movies based on Ann Rice's novels, another good movie has come. Though not as captivating as movies based on her writings, this is a different attempt filled with drama, fantasy, romance and thriller.

Twilight :


Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a bit different, never caring about or fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother Renee (Sarah Clarke) remarries and decides to move with her new husband to Florida, and Bella decides to go live with her father, Charlie (Billy Burke), in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she's ever met. Intelligent and witty, his piercing eyes see straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than any cheetah, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands, and he hasn't aged since 1918. Most importantly, he's a vampire. Like all vampires, he's immortal. He doesn't drink human blood (they're vampire "vegetarians"), which is rare among the vampire population. Instead, they go on regular "hiking" trips, where they feed on prey such as grizzly bears and mountain lions. For Edward, Bella is the thing he has waited ninety years for - a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. And what will they do when James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi), and Victoria (Rachel Lefevre) come into town and James sets his sights on Bella? Will true love prevail when Edward is forced to save her life and conquer his thirst? The true question is, When you can live forever, what do you live for?


Bolt :


Bolt tells the story of a dog who is convinced that his role as a super dog is in fact a reality when he is ripped from his world of fantasy and action by his own doing. His obsession with his owner and keeping her protected from the green eyed man of the television show he works on, completely absorbs his life. This takes him to the point of no return when he believes that she has been kidnapped, and he accidentally gets packaged and shipped to New York city in pursuit of his owner. This is when the story unfolds, and he goes through a transitional period where he learns that he is as super as every other dog. His disbelief of his abilities being non existent fuels a lot of different emotional changes, and eventually comes to a reality of who he really is. This all culminates when he finds his owner and reunites with her in the action packed climax of the movie.
John Travolta has given an amazing performance voicing the canine and so has Miley Cyrus who voices the cat. It is an action packed adventre comedy which can be enjoyed by people of all ages.



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