LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!
1
Title: Daybreakers
Countries: USA and Australia
Year: 2009
Genres: Action, Fantasy and Horror
Runtime: 1 hour and 38 minutes
Language: English
Directed by: Michael and Peter Spierig
Written by: Michael and Peter Spierig
Written by: Michael and Peter Spierig
Music by: Christopher Gordon
Cinematography by: Ben Nott
Cinematography by: Ben Nott
Cast: Ethan Hawke (Edward Dalton), Willem Dafoe (Lionel 'Elvis' Cormac), Sam Neill (Charles Bromley), Claudia Karvan (Audrey Bennett), Michael Dorman (Frankie Dalton), Isabel Lucas (Alison Bromley), Jay Laga'aia (Senator Turner), Harriet Minto-Day (Lisa Barrett), Vince Colosimo (Christopher Caruso), Mungo McKay (Colin Briggs), Damion Garvey (Senator Westlake) and Christopher Kirby (Jarvis Bayom)
Cinematography by: Elliot Davis
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer (Linda), Ashton Kutcher (Walter), Kathy Bates (Gloria), Spencer Hudson (Clay), John Mann (Hank), David Lewis (Brice), Rob LaBelle (Camden), Alexis Paunovic (Tom), Brian Markinson (Finneran), Sarah Lind (Annie), Ali Skovbye (Beth), Kyle Toy (Jose), Dean Wray (Larry), Brock Johnson (Mark), Mary Black (Peggy), Sarah Strange (Janet), Jay Brazeau (Martin), Jake LeDoux (Maloni) and Serge Houde (Judge Wettick)
Plots:
1In the year 2019, because of a plague, vampires have taken over the world. The hunt for human beings to feed on their blood will put humanity on the brink of extinction; but a group composed of men and vampires decides to fight to save the few survivors of the human race and also to find another way to feed and survive.
2 After losing their loved ones, Walter and Linda try to move on with their lives. On the one hand, Walter is a young professional wrestler who returns to the family home after the brutal murder of his sister, days before his wedding. On the other, Linda is the mother of a deaf child whose alcoholic husband has died at the hands of a friend in a bar. While trials for both crimes take place, Walter and Linda have a love affair.
My review:
Daybreakers tells an apocalyptic story about the human race extintion caused by an infected bat, turning them into vampires. Their willing to the immortality has caused an increasing on vampire species. Edward Dalton, the head hematologist for the largest supplier human blood Bromley Pharmaceuticals is working on a research for blood substitute. Days later when he had an accident, he met Audrey, a survivor who revealed a cure to put an end to vampire race. But Bromley will make things very complicated for that to happen... Will Edward and his human friends stop him? Will Bromley learn from his mistakes?
This film is surprisingly interesting. I thought it would be a waste of time, but it is entertaining. The plot has coherence and as you see it, you realize the meaning it has. Altough its apocalyptic and dystopical fantasy it tells us a story of survival and I think it is implicitly a critique of the society in which we are living in. Capitalism and the influence of banks in political decisions. In this case blood represents money, food and the rest of our basic necessities and I think Sam Neill's character symbolizes the ambition of a policy to profit from his business and policies. The main characters, however (the human ones) represent the rebelliousness and resistance of society.
My conclusion about ''Daybreakers'' is that it has a deep meaning on it.
Personal effects is about the lives of two people who have something in common: facing the death of a loved one by murder. Walter faces the death of his sister and Linda, her husband. While trials for both crimes take place, Walter and Linda support each other, emerging an unexpected love. Clay, Linda's son, is a problematic child since the death of his father and the souvenir he has from him is a gun. Fortunately, Walter teaches Clay how to channel his fury through wrestling at the gym. At the end of the story, something terrible will happen...
My review about ''Personal effects'' is that it really is a poignant story, it almost made me cry since I had a strong empathy with all the characters and the hard tests that life makes us. The plot is coherent and uses shocking flashbacks to makes us feel the pain of what the protagonists are suffering.
There is a song by the British electronic duo Frou Frou, with its song ''Let go'' that totally relates this film, especifically in the chorus ''Let go, let go, jump in, Oh well what you're waiting for? It's alright cause there's beauty in the breakdown''. I remark this last sentence since it is the moral of this story, so grief is really painful for everybody.
My conclusion about ''Personal effects'' is that is an insightful film.
This round is a difficult one, I enjoyed both of the films and it is even much more harder than the fourth one, but I made a clear decision.
Movie 1 Film mark: 7,34 out of 10
Movie 2 Film mark: 7,40 out of 10
For a few tenths of difference...
PERSONAL EFFECTS IS THE WINNER OF THIS ROUND!
VS
2
Title: Personal Effects
Title: Personal Effects
Countries: USA, Germany and Canada
Year: 2009
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 hour and 46 minutes
Language: English
Directed by: David Hollander
Written by: David Hollander (based on a short story by Rick Moody)
Music by: Jóhann Jóhansson
Music by: Jóhann Jóhansson
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer (Linda), Ashton Kutcher (Walter), Kathy Bates (Gloria), Spencer Hudson (Clay), John Mann (Hank), David Lewis (Brice), Rob LaBelle (Camden), Alexis Paunovic (Tom), Brian Markinson (Finneran), Sarah Lind (Annie), Ali Skovbye (Beth), Kyle Toy (Jose), Dean Wray (Larry), Brock Johnson (Mark), Mary Black (Peggy), Sarah Strange (Janet), Jay Brazeau (Martin), Jake LeDoux (Maloni) and Serge Houde (Judge Wettick)
Plots:
1In the year 2019, because of a plague, vampires have taken over the world. The hunt for human beings to feed on their blood will put humanity on the brink of extinction; but a group composed of men and vampires decides to fight to save the few survivors of the human race and also to find another way to feed and survive.
2 After losing their loved ones, Walter and Linda try to move on with their lives. On the one hand, Walter is a young professional wrestler who returns to the family home after the brutal murder of his sister, days before his wedding. On the other, Linda is the mother of a deaf child whose alcoholic husband has died at the hands of a friend in a bar. While trials for both crimes take place, Walter and Linda have a love affair.
My review:
Daybreakers tells an apocalyptic story about the human race extintion caused by an infected bat, turning them into vampires. Their willing to the immortality has caused an increasing on vampire species. Edward Dalton, the head hematologist for the largest supplier human blood Bromley Pharmaceuticals is working on a research for blood substitute. Days later when he had an accident, he met Audrey, a survivor who revealed a cure to put an end to vampire race. But Bromley will make things very complicated for that to happen... Will Edward and his human friends stop him? Will Bromley learn from his mistakes?
This film is surprisingly interesting. I thought it would be a waste of time, but it is entertaining. The plot has coherence and as you see it, you realize the meaning it has. Altough its apocalyptic and dystopical fantasy it tells us a story of survival and I think it is implicitly a critique of the society in which we are living in. Capitalism and the influence of banks in political decisions. In this case blood represents money, food and the rest of our basic necessities and I think Sam Neill's character symbolizes the ambition of a policy to profit from his business and policies. The main characters, however (the human ones) represent the rebelliousness and resistance of society.
My conclusion about ''Daybreakers'' is that it has a deep meaning on it.
Personal effects is about the lives of two people who have something in common: facing the death of a loved one by murder. Walter faces the death of his sister and Linda, her husband. While trials for both crimes take place, Walter and Linda support each other, emerging an unexpected love. Clay, Linda's son, is a problematic child since the death of his father and the souvenir he has from him is a gun. Fortunately, Walter teaches Clay how to channel his fury through wrestling at the gym. At the end of the story, something terrible will happen...
My review about ''Personal effects'' is that it really is a poignant story, it almost made me cry since I had a strong empathy with all the characters and the hard tests that life makes us. The plot is coherent and uses shocking flashbacks to makes us feel the pain of what the protagonists are suffering.
There is a song by the British electronic duo Frou Frou, with its song ''Let go'' that totally relates this film, especifically in the chorus ''Let go, let go, jump in, Oh well what you're waiting for? It's alright cause there's beauty in the breakdown''. I remark this last sentence since it is the moral of this story, so grief is really painful for everybody.
My conclusion about ''Personal effects'' is that is an insightful film.
This round is a difficult one, I enjoyed both of the films and it is even much more harder than the fourth one, but I made a clear decision.
Movie 1 Film mark: 7,34 out of 10
Movie 2 Film mark: 7,40 out of 10
For a few tenths of difference...
PERSONAL EFFECTS IS THE WINNER OF THIS ROUND!
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