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Back in 1980s and till a good part of 1990s, we used to see a lot of movies in Bollywood, where the Movies had a predictable storyline and were called as Formula movies.
Most of these stories had 2-3 heroes and heroines. They had a cunning villain, who had inflicted some trouble on to a family or individual, may be killed a few folks. The heroes often were out to take revenge. There were guys in between, some songs and dances were added in.
Then there were some standardized fight scenes, meant more to entertain, and the film used to get over by the time someone tried to make some sense.
Yet, over a period of time, I have observed that Hollywood movies too have their “Formulas”.
The Formula is: Create a scenario where some evil aliens or monsters start wreaking havoc. Then someone figures that there is a way to stop that. Some people start finding that way, but there are twists and turns, some betrayals and some shocking facts revelation.
There are variations, some movies are better made, but some are just average and some are pathetic. Yet the formula often makes the movies stand out, and one cannot deny the existence of Formula.
One such Formula movie with monsters and creatures which I recently saw was a movie named “Goosebumps”.
The story in short is : A person R.L.Stine(played by Jack Black), due to circumstances begins to avoid the day to day social life. He is a writer and begins creating monstrous creatures. His strange imagination makes him create monsters that hold his books’ readers locked up.
Now, teenager Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette)meets this man’s beautiful daughter Hannah (Odeya Rush), when he moves to Stine’s town.
Gradually, Zach finds why his dad is so mysterious.
Accidentally, Zach unleashes the monsters from Stine’s manuscripts, and they start spreading terror and mayhem everywhere.
Yet there is a way to stop them, and its up to Stines, supported by his daughter, Zach and Zach’s friend. Initially, there efforts do not yield much, but they win in the end.
All in all, I did not find the movie much appealing, and I am doubtful if the movie did good or not.
Perhaps the movie shows that the formula is not enough to make a movie good, and needs much more efforts to make things work and incite people’s interest.
Source: Imdb website and own movie viewing.
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First this is all about monsters and any kind of supernatural .After going to a new small town,the teenager boy Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah (Odeya Rush), living right next door.
But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach's comes when he learns that Hannah has a mysterious dad who is revealed to be R. L. Stine (Jack Black), the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. It turns out that there is a reason why Stine is so strange... he is a prisoner of his own imagination - the monsters that his books made famous are real, and Stine protects his readers by keeping them locked up in their books. Zach unintentionally unleashes the monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town,
it's suddenly up to Stine, Zach, Hannah, and Zach's friend Champ (Ryan Lee) they all do their best to back all of the monsters in the book.
Goosebumps the film is made for the kids, this isn't the type of film that is trying to bridge the age gap at being universally beloved. Lucky for the film, its makers know their market and the children in my theater loved it, and for this kid at heart, we liked it too.
One of the smartest decisions the filmmakers made in making an R.L. Stine film adaptation of the beloved book series Goosebumps was casting Jack Black as the token 'adult' in the film. While we know Black has aged in real life, he is one of the few men in Hollywood who hasn't lost his wonder, and that transcends the big screen. He may put on a funny accent for the role of R.L. Stine but he has the right sentiment and that is obvious to audience members.
The rest of the cast is equally wholesome and approachable, with each of the three teens (Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush and Ryan Lee) being equally effective in their roles. The characters they portray aren't anything extraordinary or new, but they are archetypes we know and enjoy. The stand out among the three would be Odeya Rush and scenes where the kids are interacting with one another.
Goosebumps does one thing that we wish would've been a bit bolder, and that is stray away from the horror and air more on the side of family adventure comedy. It's like Jumanji with zombies instead of a stampede of African wildlife. And that is also where it loses points for originality, as adult film goers will see the same plot line in a different skin, which is a tad disappointing for something as creative as the Goosebumps book series.