This film was about the German biographical portrayal of Leo Tolstoy, based on Jay Parini novel. It is about a Russian writer and philosopher who have a restless life during his final years. His marriage life with Sofya Andreyevna is troubled making it more complicated as his partner and his chief adherent waged for his soul. Being disturbed with what’s happening about his children, professed doctrine, excessive wealth and life of indulgence, he had a dramatic journey and felt too unhealthy to go beyond the tiny rail station at Astapovo believing that he’s dying alone.

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What he didn’t realized was that many were worried about his condition, and are waiting for hourly reports.

With a mix of romance and comedy, this movie tells about a woman who has been too long for his boyfriend to propose marriage to her, and decides to do something about it. Desperate of getting engaged, she decided to follow her man to Dublin planning to propose on February 29th as according to Irish tradition women can propose to men on a leap year. But fate left Ana in a frustrating situation as she find herself stranded to the other side of Ireland and met a handsome and gruff guy named Declan who helped her in getting into her destination.

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Their journey proved to be a surprise of their lives as they make through the unexpected road to love.

A tragicomedy film about an accident-prone child entertainer named Luciano, who at the same time has neurotic problems. He is a guy who is coward to face the realities of life and aims for nothing at all. He only depends to his friend Manuel who is exactly his opposite and currently has a popular TV show in Spain. With a little talent in screenwriting, he landed into a writing assignment when Manuel went back to Buenos Aires with a beautiful date named Sophia. Everything suddenly changes in Luciano’s world as he had a chance of getting to know this beautiful lady. Ironically, Sophia also finds his oddity very endearing and fascinating. They enjoy their time together most especially when Manuel went away for another business trip.

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Later Luciano realized that he had the opportunity to win over the heart of his best friend’s lover.

In this movie, Tim Allen plays the role of Tommy, fresh from jail after serving a term. A man who is ready to face a second chance in his life but still forced to live in a world of lies because of his compulsive liar sister. He stayed with his extended family and tries to make his grandmother believe that he came from France for the past three years. Being so pressured with his situation, he decided to go and complete his so-called two missions: that is to revive his late father’s business and to find Christy, his former lover who was rumored to be dead because of an accident. Instead of grieving, he reported to his lady probation officer named Angela and luckily found a job in a popular fast-food chain. Everything seems to be alright, not until Tommy discovered that Christy is still alive and met again his old friend trying to draw him back in doing the same crime that sent him into prison.

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To win over the heart of Angela, Tommy strives hard to live with a clean name and going straight.

1. Shrek 2 (3D) – $436,471,036

2. Finding Nemo (3D) – 339,714,978

3. The Lion King (2D) – 328,539,505

4. Shrek the Third (3D) – $322,719,944

5. Shrek (3D) – 267,665,011

6. The Incredibles (3D) – 261,657,004

7. Monsters, Inc. (3D) – 255,870,172

8. Toy Story 2 (3D) – $245,852,179

9. Cars (3D) – $244,082,982

10. Aladdin (2D) – 217,350,219

11. Ratatouille (3D) – $206,445,654

12. Happy Feet (3D) – $198,000,317

13. Ice Age: Meltdown (3D) – $195,330,621

14. Madagascar (3D) – $193,595,521

15. Toy Story (3D) – $191,780,865

16. The Simpsons Movie (2D) – $183,135,014

17. The Polar Express (3D) – $179,100,434

18. Ice Age (3D) – 176,387,405

19. Beauty and the Beast (2D) – $171,350,553

20. Tarzan (2D) – $171,091,819

Shrek – Top of the Crop

Shrek 2 takes the lead as you can see from the list. In fact, the Shrek trilogy takes the 1st, 4th and 5th positions, all in the top 5 positions. This is a very impressive feat and in my opinion, Shrek took the cake because the stories were really good and the gags were good. Of course it helped a lot that 4 major stars were casted – Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas and Mike Myers. In fact, of the Shrek trilogy, I enjoyed Shrek 2 the most, so personally I am not surprised that it performed the best out of the three.

3D versus 2D

From the list below, we can see that 3D movies take 15 of the spots, in comparison with its 2D counterparts that take only 5 seats. It would seem from this statistic that the audience is favoring 3D animation to 2D animation. Even 2D/3D fusion shows like Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and Treasure Planet did not seem to please them enough. It would seem that The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and Tarzen are only in the top 20 positions because of their strong family-orientated storylines and classic branding. The Simpsons Movie benefited basically through a huge fan base through its TV series. Barring such unique franchises, it would appear that a 3D show would trounce a 2D one any day. The animation studios seem to be echoing this sentiment as the quantity of 2D animated features produced has dwindled drastically in recent years.

A Strong Storyline

This is probably not new to you, but I will say it anyway. I think that one of the most important factors that will drive an animated feature would be a strong and compelling storyline. In fact I would go as far as to say that if you forgo everything else, you must have a great story to tell! Every single movie on the list tells an interesting story (well almost) and they all did well enough to make it to top twenty.

Laughter, the Best Medicine

People like to laugh. They like to laugh at others. They like to laugh at themselves. They just like to laugh. All things constant, I think Shrek takes three of the top five positions because of their gags and original jokes. And do not forget the two maestros of comedy – Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy – who performed the voiceovers for Shrek and Donkey respectively. How can you beat that lethal duo?

A Strong Voiceover Cast

It is a fact that a star-studded cast for the voiceovers is a crowd-puller, especially when the celebrities are well-liked and great performers. Again, refer to Shrek’s cast. With Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, how can the movie go wrong?

The Importance of Recognizable Characters within the Show

This is just my theory, but I strongly believe that besides having a strong storyline, animated features should also showcase recognizable characters. And when I say recognizable characters, I don’t mean plain human characters. I mean monsters. I mean animals. I mean super heroes. With characters that are more interesting than humans, they are instantly more recognizable. Look at the list closely. Besides a couple of the old 2D movies, which other movie had a cast that only had plain old human beings for its lead? Having interesting and identifiable characters will most definitely attract ticket sales because people want to pay to watch interesting characters in an animated feature, not plain old human being! I don’t have to remind you again what a flop Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was, do I?

My Personal Favourites

In case you are wondering, my personal favorites are Monster Inc, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Shrek 2 and Ice Age in that order. My reason? They all have strong and compelling storylines. And I put them in this order according to how much I enjoyed each individual movie. I must say that Monster Inc gave me the best enjoyment factor!

Conclusion

So here’s my recommended recipe for a animated feature box office success:

1. The movie must be done in 3D

2. It must have a compelling story to tell

3. Inject lots of humor into the show

4. Get a strong cast to be your voiceover talents

5. The character designs must be interesting and memorable

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Aldric Chang is the Founding Managing Director of the Mediafreaks Pte Ltd group and is best described as a creative entrepreneur with business interests in building free online adventure games, cartoon animation, interactive digital media, internet marketing, web 2.0 and music

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By Philip Scott Johnson

Actress in frame:

Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Gloria Swanson, Marlene Dietrich, Norma Shearer, Ruth Chatterton, Jean Harlow, Katharine Hepburn, Carole Lombard, Bette Davis, Greta Garbo, Barbara Stanwyck, Vivien Leigh, Greer Garson, Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, Gene Tierney, Olivia de Havilland, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers, Loretta Young, Deborah Kerr, Judy Garland, Anne Baxter, Lauren Bacall, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, Lana Turner, Elizabeth Taylor, Kim Novak, Audrey Hepburn, Dorothy Dandridge, Shirley MacLaine, Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, Janet Leigh, Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Ann Margret, Julie Andrews, Raquel Welch, Tuesday Weld, Jane Fonda, Julie Christie, Faye Dunaway, Catherine Deneuve, Jacqueline Bisset, Candice Bergen, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sigourney Weaver, Kathleen Turner, Holly Hunter, Jodie Foster, Angela Bassett, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts, Salma Hayek, Sandra Bullock, Julianne Moore, Diane Lane, Nicole Kidman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, Reese Witherspoon, Halle Berry

In my personal view, this is not in case if you watch movie like “Million Dollors Baby” and coming releases like “Music and Lyrics,” “Nancy Drew,” and “The Nanny Diaries,” all are women oriented movie. However Movie puts mirror in front of us and it frequently provide us with a different perspective on the Human Family.

“I had this hope that there was a difference between blockbusters & really great art films- films that can be considered great cinematic creations,” said Simonton, who presented his findings recently at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in San Francisco. “It was a gratifying to find out they’re very, very different about them.”

Simonton says he’s not a movie buff- I’m a consumer like everyone else”-but in his long-time studies of genius, creativity & leadership, he started compiling data about the collaborative process of filmmaking in 1999. He’s also done a study comparing the Oscars with the Razzies. More detail about this in News24.