{"id":1006,"date":"2009-12-03T21:07:56","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T19:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inthenameofmovies.wordpress.com\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2018-10-29T16:36:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T14:36:16","slug":"nims-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/nims-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Nim’s Island starring Gerard Butler, Jodie Foster & Abigail Breslin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nim's Island with Gerard Butler, Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I\u2019ve always liked Jodie Foster. She is a good actress and I really enjoy her performances. I am not exactly a fan of Silence of the Lambs, but I really like Nell, Maverick<\/a>, The Brave One and now- Nim\u2019s Island<\/a>. By now I think it is obvious that I made a habit of watching everything with Gerard Butler<\/a> in it. This movie offers family-friendly fun and mindless entertainment. You can enjoy the movie no matter how old you are, and you are going to appreciate it even more if you have a wild imagination and are used to writing\/creating fantasy worlds\/stories on your own.<\/p>\n

A reclusive island:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nice pet, huh? Gerard Butler in Nim's Island<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Biologist father (Gerard Butler) and his 11 year-old daughter Nim have travelled the world and decided to settle on a beautiful reclusive island on the Pacific. Her mother has died a long time ago and it has been the two of them ever since. The girl\u2019s best friends are a sea lion and a lizard, in addition to a pelican; appropriately called Galileo. They have the tools and the technology, and whatever they can\u2019t make, they order. Nim has a creative mind and what she lacks in human friends, she makes up with the stories she reads. Her favorite author is Alex Rover: a wonderfully brave adventurer: Think Indiana Jones. Only, Alex is so much easier on the eye – I never found Harrison Ford attractive. But Butler takes on a second role in the movie: as opposed to the cute but a little nerdy dad (he is fascinated with one-cell organisms), Alex has longish, unkempt hair, cowboy hat- and he is sexy.<\/p>\n

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Nim's Island, Gerard Butler as "Alex"<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Real Alex<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, the actual Alex- or should I say Alexandra- is played by Jodie Foster. You might consider Alex her alter, brave ego \u2013 or just a companion from her imagination. The two talk. While Alex is as masculine, impulsive and fun as one can possibly get, Alexandra is an agoraphobic who hasn\u2019t left the house in weeks. The humor of the movie comes from Alexandra\u2019s actions as well as Nim\u2019s relationship with her extra domestic, smart and fun animals.<\/p>\n

The Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nim\u2019s dad needs to go on a two-day cruise and he can\u2019t persuade Nim to come with him. Now, Nim is more than happy to stay on the title and take care of her turtle. And she does seem awfully capable of taking care of herself. So he leaves. But when an unexpected storm damages his boat and means of communication, he gets stranded on the ocean. Nim starts to get worried and scared. So she asks Alex for help- Alex was asking for Nim\u2019s help about information on the tropical volcano the island has, that’s how they know each other- how do you save a girl on an undiscovered island when you can\u2019t leave the house?<\/p>\n

So this is where the story gets more action and even more fun. Nim tries to keep pirates & tourists off her island, her father tries to fight the ocean and come back home while Alexandra leaves home in an attempt to find Nim.<\/p>\n

The script lives up to its entertaining potential and when you like the cast as I do, all you need is some pop-corn, really. It\u2019s perfect escapism.<\/p>\n

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bfJNjczox9U[\/pro-player]<\/p>\n