Sunday, May 20, 2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ( 2007 )

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a 2007 adventure film, the third in the Pirates of the Caribbean films following The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and Dead Man's Chest (2006). At World's End is helmed by Gore Verbinski, director of the previous films, and the cast includes returnees Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, Geoffrey Rush, Jack Davenport, Tom Hollander and Naomie Harris. Chow Yun-Fat makes his first appearance in the franchise as Sao Feng, one of the film's antagonists, as does Keith Richards as Jack Sparrow's father. Disney opted to move the global release date a day early to May 24, 2007.

Story line;
At the conclusion of Dead Man's Chest, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and company find refuge with Tia Dalma, who offers them the opportunity to rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones' Locker. She says they will need a captain, "who knows those waters," prompting the reappearance of Captain Barbossa, killed by Jack Sparrow in the first film and who has been resurrected.
In the third film, the crew travel to Singapore to steal a navigational chart from the Chinese pirate Sao Feng, which will lead them to the World's End. They journey through a frozen ocean before sailing over an enormous waterfall and into Davy Jones' Locker. While imprisoned there, Jack Sparrow is confronted with the many facets of his character before being rescued by Will, Elizabeth and the crew............ [ Read more at Wikipedia ]

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Shrek the Third ( 2007 )

Shrek the Third is a computer animated / comedy film of the Shrek series. It is the sequel to Shrek 2, which was the sequel to Shrek. It was produced by Jeffrey Katzenberg for DreamWorks Animation, and is distributed by Paramount Pictures, and was released in theaters on May 18, 2007 (June 29, 2007 for UK & Ireland).

It was produced simultaneously with Shrek 2 with the working title of Shrek 3. Like the first two Shrek films, the movie is significantly based on fairy tale (specifically Grimm's Fairy Tales) themes.

Story line;
The movie begins with Prince Charming (Rupert Everett), a character from Shrek 2, riding on a steed through a forest to rescue a beatiful princess. However, the "forest" is actually a screen being rolled by two dwarfs and his "horse" is made out of wood. Prince Charming has been reduced to acting at a dinner-theater and none of the audience members are pleased. The set is falling apart and worst of all, everyone is cheering for Shrek when the final scene falls. Charming storms off the stage and into his dressing room, which is really just a mirror and a table in the alley outside. Frustrated and angry, Charming glares at his reflection. He hadn't gotten his "happily ever after" and that just isn't fair. Looking at a picture of his long gone mother, Fairy Godmother, Charming starts to concoct a plan to avenge their honor.

Meanwhile, King Harold (John Cleese) has fallen ill in Far Far Away and Shrek (Mike Myers) and Fiona (Cameron Diaz) have been summoned........... [ Read more at Wikipedia ]

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Rocky Balboa ( 2006 )

Rocky Balboa is a 2006 film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures, and Revolution Studios, written by, directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone as underdog boxer Rocky Balboa. It is the sixth and final film in the Rocky series, which began with the Oscar-winning Rocky thirty years earlier in 1976. The film portrays Balboa in retirement, a widower living in Kensington, Philadelphia, and the owner and operator of an Italian restaurant in the city called "Adrian's", named after his late wife.

Rocky Balboa was produced as the final sequel to the Academy Award-winning Rocky. According to Sylvester Stallone, he was "negligent" in the production of Rocky V and it left him, and many of the fans, disappointed with the presumed end of the series. Stallone also mentioned that the storyline of Rocky Balboa parallels his own struggles and triumphs in recent times.


Story line;
Rocky Balboa picks up in present-day Philadelphia, where Rocky, a local celebrity, is living in a row house in Kensington (a deleted scene reveals that Paulie has been living with him in a downstairs bedroom). His wife Adrian has died (due to "woman cancer," in 2002), and Rocky has retired to become owner of a small but successful Italian restaurant, Adrian's. He charms his patrons with stories of his past. Rocky visits his late wife's grave site regularly, and embarks on a yearly tour of Philadelphia landmarks that held importance to him and Adrian, including his old apartment and the pet shop where Adrian worked. His brother-in-law Paulie (Burt Young) joins him on this tour, but does so at great personal pain because, in his opinion, he did not treat Adrian well during her life. Rocky counters this claim by reminding Paulie that Adrian loved him as well.

Rocky's son, Robert Jr. (Milo Ventimiglia), is the opposite of Rocky - a buttoned-down, corporate-minded businessman...... [ Read more at Wikipedia ]

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