Public Enemies

Well to start off – let me say that I didn’t feel as privileged as I thought I would for having the opportunity to watch this movie on the Monday a week before it was released in theatres. I thought that I was going to be able to bring my wife to a private screening where only about 20 to 40 people would be attending. Nope. The place was packed with a bunch of people that received the same free pass to see this movie. So anyways I don’t know who all was there who were also reviewers such as myself but I bet they walked out of the theatre with the same thought as I did. Public Enemies was way too hyped and fell flat to the expectations that were laid before it.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Right off I have to address the other critics out there. Those of you stating things such as: “The sad thing is, I’m pretty sure there’s a good film in “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.” The real bummer is, Michael Bay might even have been able to make it. On the other hand, if he did he probably wouldn’t be Michael Bay anymore.” seem to be ignorant to me. If it wasn’t for Michael Bay – and Steven Spielberg I doubt that we’d even have a live action Transformers. For anyone reading all the downplay that this movie is getting don’t let that stop you from seeing it. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is not a bad movie.

the Hangover

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“Next week’s no good for me. The Jonas Brothers are in town.”
That’s just an example of the many one liners that will come out of this outrageous comedy! I’m not sure what many might expect from this film, since it’s coming from the same guys that brought you Old School, but if you liked that movie then you are sure to like this one as well. I will say this – just for the record Old School is a better comedy (as far as laugh counts) but I think that this is a better “buddy” movie. Don’t really know if that matters on your scale if you’d like the Hangover or not – but just thought I’d throw it out there.

Up

Never in my wildest imagination could I have thought that Up would be one of the movies to run… SQUIRREL!… with the big boys this summer, and I’m happy that it is. Right away I must tell you – that if you haven’t seen this film yet, please do yourself a favor and go see Disney and Pixar’s newest feature – Up.

Terminator Salvation

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“This is not the future that my mother warned me about…” And that’s true to an extent. This isn’t exactly the future that was pictured in the previous films either. Though, maybe that future is yet to come in a 5th installment – who knows. Terminator Salvation is a pretty solid action flic that stays true to the first two films while still providing something new to the table.

Star Trek

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Space, the final frontier … well it used to be anyways. Lately it seems as if we’ve seen it all – from spaceships, to aliens, to intergalactic galaxies … we’ve seen it all. How is a new sci-fi film going to entice us to pay our hard earned cash for it if we’ve seen it all? Well maybe by throwing in a great cast, a decent story and some awesome special effects followed by a fan base of what we like to refer to as “Trekkies” and I think you’ve got a solid hit. Star Trek was a great re-vamp of an old franchise that I myself never took part of. If you haven’t seen it yet, then you are missing out on one of this year’s best films thus far. (Taken has been the best … so far)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Who directed this movie? They should be brought out into the street and then shot, then run over, put the car into reverse, and then run over him/her again! *goes away from the review for a second to look up the director …* Ah ha! Gavin Hood – well now I’ve got someone I can point a finger at … WTF Gavin Hood?!?!?!? Yep the more I thought about it the more I just didn’t like Wolverine.

Juno

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Ok, so if you didn’t catch my post in the “requested reviews” section of the blog – I’m doing something a little different. I’m going to take this week to try and really make up for the slack in the Requested Reviews. I know, I’m lazy – get over it! Let’s get on with it shall we?!

I didn’t want to see this movie. It seemed to me that it wasn’t too long ago that I had watched Napoleon Dynamite, 40 Year Old Virgin, Garden State, Little Miss Sunshine, Superbad,  and Knocked Up – so I guess I was kind of turned off at the initial idea of yet ANOTHER “Indie” film … but I fell to peer pressure and the will of the all powerful wife and was lured into watching Juno. I regret that I had not seen it earlier – this was a good movie.

Watchmen

This is the first time going into writing a review that I’m not quite sure how I will rank the movie at the end. It all amounts to the fact that I’m not sure how to view this movie. Part of me wants to look at it from the point of view of someone who has read the novel and knows what’s going on – and the other side of me thinks that I should take it from the point of view such as my younger brother that was with me while we saw this movie. He was someone who had no idea about the Watchmen graphic novel and was completely new to all of the concepts and themes of the entire plot. After seeing the first trailer with the Smashing Pumpkin’s song attached to it I was so psyched for this movie. I have a feeling that this review might go all over the place so let’s get to it shall we…

2008 in Review

Well with my favorite night of television coming *cough* OSCAR night – February 22nd, I thought it might be appropriate to do a segment I’d like to call – 2008 in Review. What I’m going to do in this post is talk about the movies of 2008 and give my top 10 of this past year. Then I’m also going to talk a bit about the nominations for main categories for this year’s Oscars and then give my picks for who I’d want to win and who I think will actually win. Hopefully this sparks some interest for those who might not have seen all of 2008’s films and might also spark some interesting conversations etc.

Taken

Ok so I saw a movie last weekend and didn’t write a review on it – that movie was the Unborn. You want to know why I didn’t write a review on it – because it was shit – that’s why! If you want a rating for a crap movie that I would never suggest for anyone to watch I’d probably give it a 2 out of 10. No, this review is going to be about one of the best movies I’ve had the pleasure of watching. Taken. Let me just say this, James Bond, Jason Bourne, and any other action hero better check themselves because there is a new bad ass in town and he goes by the name Liam Mother Fucking Neeson.

Twilight

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Gulp…wait, make that double GULP. Let me just start by saying that I’ve got a weakness for vampire movies and just for that reason alone I was bound to see this film. Not only that, but my wife has read the first book of this series and apparently fell in love with the story so much that she had to see this film. So with those two reasons combined what else was I to do? Twilight is quite possibly the best bad acting in a movie that I’ve ever seen and a film that seemed to have actual potential to be something that it just couldn’t become.

The Day The Earth Stood Still

Do you remember the Day the Earth Stood Still? I don’t. Maybe that’s because I was half asleep during the whole event. You’d think you’d be awake for an event such as the human race being annihilated … nah.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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Now I’m not too sure what everyone knows about this movie other than it stars Brad Pitt, but the Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a film not to be missed. Though I will warn you, it is lengthy (a full three hours). With that said, it’s a brilliantly told fantasy story that will immerse you into a world of wonder and imagination. Artistically directed to the last detail, add in fantastic acting from some of the best in the business, and you receive what you intend to get – a movie worth watching.

Forrest Gump

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“Stupid is as stupid does.”

Bolt

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Right, well the movie I’m about to review is about a dog and a little girl, but the adorable (yes I said adorable) little guy above you is key in this movie. Disney has stepped up their game and definitely punched up the character in their animated films. Bolt is an exceptional fun and humorous film that any kid or grown up should like. Let me just warn you now that if you do see this film and you don’t like it, I’m not responsible for my actions to convince you otherwise.

007: Quantum of Solace

Bond, James Bond … yeah well we didn’t get that in this movie – and we didn’t get a bunch of other things also. 007: Quantum of Solace is a good film but it doesn’t quite live up to the bar that Casino Royale left for it to reach. Don’t get me wrong, I liked it and I’m sure the majority of the general audience liked it too, but I’m not sure if it was exactly what we wanted out of the next installment.

Zack & Miri vs. Role Models

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Oh yes, it’s time for a throw down! Zack and Miri Make a Porno vs. Role Models. Who will win this year’s fall comedy spectacular?!?! We’ve got Elizabeth Banks set up to get down and dirty with Seth Rogen, or we’ve got Elizabeth Banks involved with Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott. Either way it looks like Elizabeth Banks has well earned her reward this month as the comedy slut. (nothing personal at all Elizabeth, that was just my weak ass attempt at being funny) Let the mash up begin … DING!

A Bronx Tale

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I knew that Robert DeNiro could direct, I know that he has directed, but what I didn’t know is that he directed the movie we’re about to talk about. A Bronx Tale starts off as a movie that we all have seen DeNiro do in the past. Something like a blend between Goodfellas and the movie A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. One a great movie, and the other a movie that had it’s good moments and bad. Funny how both movies I mentioned each have one of the main actors from this film.

Max Payne

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Ok, so I’m typically the first one to admit when I’m wrong – and I was so wrong to ever think that this movie could be any good. I figured ok, a pretty kewl game back in it’s day … turned into a movie could at least provide us with some mindless entertainment. The least it had to do was keep my mind occupied for over an hour at least. Well friends, Max Payne is not said movie, it is by far one of the worst adaptation films I’ve seen to date. It’s not so much for the lack of trying to be a good movie, it’s just that it sucked. I’m not going to butter you up to let you think that it was good because it wasn’t.