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The Covenant (2006)
An introduction of talented young actors to the movie audience.
Before commenting on the acting,the effects etc. I think it's more important to understand the behavior of the characters. I've read many comments about this movie in various websites and many of them mentioned poor fighting scenes,even poorer acting and all. Let's start from the very beginning:The main characters are the youngest of the four (in)famous families that survived the witch trials of Ipswich.What's more,is that even though almost everyone knows this,it only remains an accessory mystery fact to four super gorgeous close friends.But they actually have supernatural powers.Now where they live,people may not care anymore about the past of the family but mind you,the families seem to care a lot about hiding their past and their present abilities. So now imagine four guys between ages 17-19.At that age,they have to act normal and yet they must have to hide their actual identity,while from time to time they use those abilities to have fun. I think all of them carried out their characters pretty well. Plus,think about it-in a group of close friends,there is always a quiet one,a trouble maker-player,a jealous-aggressive one and a calm-responsible-mature one.That's what they did and did it well. Coming to the fighting scenes:in the back of the bar scene,we see for the first time what it looks like when angry covenant boys use their 'powers' and at first it made me think of a super-amazing fighting scene between the bad guy and the responsible-mature guy,but it turned out to be a disappointment.I mean,seriously-if you had supernatural powers wouldn't you think of setting your opponent's rear on fire or trying to take all the air out of his lungs?All I saw was a fantasized dodge ball fight with transparent balls of energy. Also,I think it would be better if there were more suspicion about the '5th' guy-it seemed as if they reached the conclusion too fast. Speaking of the female characters:Wouldn't any one of you out there be a little more startled when you saw your boyfriend's father who's supposedly 44 but looked like a hundred?And it seemed the girl and the guy got close too soon. Overall,if the story was distributed on a longer period of time (from July till December for example) there would be more suspicion set up,more thrills,more curiosity and more surprises.We would also see a gradual development in relationships which would make more sense. Still I enjoyed the movie.This I think is the 'introduction' movie for the main characters we saw,meaning they'll be on the screen in the coming years and they have a lot of potential.
The Cave (2005)
not a must see but recommend it
the concept doesn't miss anything.the team leader's way of making people agree with him(along with the support of his brother) and how paradoxical the path to escape are what i remember scene by scene-the emphasis definitely gets to the audience.however,when the team is being chased by the demonic looking creatures,it looks way too shaky to follow,making it almost impossible to look at the screen because you can't see anything clearly.other than that,since 'beneath hell lied the cave' i expected to see more of those 'bad guys',after all they've been there for centuries supposedly without disturbances from the outside world. overall it's an exciting movie and i had a really good time watching it.