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September 9th, 2009

So, we went to see the movie 9 tonight.. I liked the whole 9/9/09 thing.. was pretty cool.. anyways

So, I LOVE Tim Burton and when I saw the preview for this movie, I absoloutley had to see it. I was not dissapointed with the animation and detail, the movie was AMAZINGLY done. I was blown away with the visuals and the sound quality… I couldn’t have been more impressed. The plot however.. I didn’t care much for. You spent too much time wondering what the heck was going on, and the end (where loose ends are usually tied up) was really dissapointing because.. well, I still don’t know what’s going on.   Maybe if I put on my spiritual detective hat and watch it again I could figure it out.

I’ll give it a 7 because where it lacks in plot, it makes up for in everything else. Good movie. Your ‘older’ kids will LOVE it.

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July 16th, 2009

So.. like we mentioned before, I’m just your basic, average movie lover.. so keep that in mind if you want to critize my opinion :)

So, I spent 2 hours and 43 minutes of my life with “The Watchmen” the other night… I can’t say that it was a complete waste of my life, but it was close.

So, I was expecting a cool superhero movie, and, well, while it was about superhero’s, it was more about their dark bad sides than it was about anything you’d normally find in a superhero movie. The first hour is all about how much of an A**ho*e one of the superhero’s is.. and they’re not even really superheros. Mostly they’re all normal regular humans with a little more strength and smarts than some of the rest of us. There’s only one with actual superpowers.

There are a couple (a COUPLE) of good fight seens, A LOT of shock and awe violence, and I have to admit the effects aren’t that bad, the music is pretty good and the acting itself is pretty good (Jeffery Dean Morgan and Billy Crudup were awesome) . I found it overall pretty boring, and slow.

If you’re a fan of the Graphic Novels, then you’ll no doubt love the movie, but if you don’t know anything about them, and are finding out who The Watchmen are for the first time, then you may or may not like the movie, it’s all about personal preference. I give it a generous 6.

Oh, and one more thing. Dr. Manhattan.. doesn’t like to wear clothes. Just warning you.

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June Sleeper Hits

June 30th, 2009

So, I want to let you all know about 2 suprisingly good movies that you may have never heard of  being released to video tomorrow.

First, is “12 Rounds”. Starring John Cena (professional wrestler), it’s suprisingly good. I wasn’t expecting anything spectacular, and I actually thought it was going to suck, so I wasn’t set up to be dissapointed if it blew. Basically, Danny (John Cena) is a cop, who accidentally gets a criminal’s girlfriend dead. One year later, the criminal wants revenge. So, he has 12 Rounds of challenges for Danny to pass, and if he does, he lives. whooooooo

The action is pretty good, script is pretty good, acting is pretty good. For a movie I hadn’t heard of, it was a pleasing suprise.

The second, is “The Betrayed”. It moslty stars Melissa George (Sadie from Grey’s Anatomy) as a woman who is kidnapped along with her son because her husband is suspected of stealing millions of dollars from a crime boss. The result is a woman who realizes that she doesn’t know who she married, and has to find clues to the money or she and her son die. It’s a psychological drama that will keep you wondering and suprise you atleast twice. It’s really not that bad of a movie.

Neither one of these movies got very good reviews, and if it’s because they were lower budget and didn’t have REAL Hollywood stars in them, then it wasn’t a very good reason. Both movies were not bad at all. I’ll give them both a 6. So, if you’re looking for a new movie this Tuesday, these 2 are good ones to get. They’re a little off the radar, but sometimes, the best discoveries are the ones you didn’t think you’d make.

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The Happening.. what?

October 3rd, 2008

So, yesterday, I watched The Happening. I was really dissapointed when I didn’t get to see it in the theatre, because it looked like a really good movie. It had lots of my favorite things in it.. M. Night Shyamalan, Mark Wahlburg, and horror. See.. lots of my favorite things. When I watched it yesterday, I was SOOOOOO glad that I didn’t spend 20$ to see it at the theatre. (20$ ? You might be asking.. yes.. 10$ for the ticket and 10$ for the candy. Sheesh)

The script is crappy (but Wahlburg has a couple decent lines, all of them comedic), the plot is crappy ( unknown force making people kill themselves while not so bright 10th grade science teacher tries to find out why), it’s all around not a good movie. When the movie is over, you sit there wondering wether you just watched something real, or imagined the whole thing.. but then you look over at the clock, realized an hour and a half HAS actually passed, and sigh.

I was really dissapointed. So I gave it a 2, and wrote it on the list of movies that I didn’t really like, but would watch at 3am if I couldn’t sleep and there was nothing else on tv.

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OWN Iron Man tomorrow.. I’m gonna!

September 29th, 2008

Okay, so I didn’t have the time to write a review on Iron Man, but since it’s going to be released tomorrow I’m going to take the liberty to write one now.

If you’re a comic book fan.. or if you don’t know anything about comics at all, you’ll LOVE this movie. Quite frankly, I loved it. It’s got it all.. a snobby rich boy who sells weapons because he makes tonnes of money, gone soft after a life altering experience, throw in a little superhero and VOILA.. A fantabulous movie.

I have to admit that I was a little skeptical at first because I really don’t like Robert Downey Jr.  He always has that.. untrustworthy, slime ball look to him, but I have to admit…. he was PERFECT in this movie. I can usually think of someone better to play a part, but I can’t think of anyone better than him. I mean, he might not be the best superhero ever, but I think he’s the best actor to ever play a superhero.  Kudos RDJ!

The action is awesome and not too “all over the place”, the plot is great, the effects are very well done, the script has everything it needs and nothing more.. I could go on forever. I was completely engrossed for 2 hours and 5 minutes and the time went too fast.  Oh, and if you keep watching after the credits are done rolling.. you’ll get a suprise!

So, I gave it an 8 .. and I’m going to make George buy it tomorrow to add to my movie collection.

“Is it better to be feared or respected? I say, is it too much to ask for both?”

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