(31) Megamind (2010)
I watched this in Spanish, So I don't exactly have any comments on Will Ferrel except the fact that I don't care for his stuff, so his usual influence will have no effect here. It's about a Villain who wins. Then gets bored when he doesn't have anyone to fight. He falls in love, tries to create a new hero. It was a fun Spin on the Whole Super hero Super Villain thing, lots of good laughs. awkward moments. Spanish. I liked it. It wasn't anything to jump up and scream about. It's O.K. So it is what it is A kids movie about Super Heroes and has a pretty good back story with surprises. However, its just that there is nothing that stands out as overly good or overly bad. The animation was lazy sometimes Dreamworks just doesn't polish stuff and that's the difference from Dreamworks to Disney. I can't comment on the Actors, because I did watch it in Spanish. So do to the Bad Animation and overall greyness of the movie I guess I'll give it a simple 2 eh's out of 5. (32) Grown Ups (2010)
Sandler, Spade, James, Rock, Schneider. Should be good. Especially when you throw in Selma Hayek. However this was combining all their movies, if you have seen some of their movies. then you have heard all of these jokes. The Cabin in the woods with the family. I did think the scene with Scheiner's daughters were great. Jamie Chung was the hottest of the three. It was action packed with superstars, but that's every movie like this. It was childish. However, I am not blind to the fact that this is exactly the point, they are chilish movies meant for a certain age. It's not that overly bad, that i am going to give it a horrible score. Even though the jokes are predictable, the acting is redundant and the plot is weaker than blade of grass to a high powered lawnmower. It's completely watchable. So 2 Old ladies are funny when sexual out of 5. (33) The Sorcerers Apprentice (2010)
Right off the bat I'm getting this off my chest. Nick Cage was Terrible. The effects less than great. I ran my mouth about how bad Dreamworks was and used Disney to compare good movies with then I ran across this movie and remembered every company has it's main movies they focus on and then they have their The Sorcerers Apprentice. I don't think the kid Jay Baruchel is any good. He just bugs me. The plot was like a teenage book, just not any good. I did like the car chase, and some of the heads up to Disney's animation the Sorcerers Apprentice. This was a lame attempt to take an animation classic with Mickey and turn it into an action flick. I'll give it a one point for the Car Chase One point for the fire, One point because it was short, One point for having Wizards. I'll take away 3 points just for having Nick Cage in it. 1 dancing broom out of 5. (34) Taking Woodstock (2009)
I watched this because I love Demetri Martin's stand up he is really funny and i thought it would translate into this movie. The deal with this movie is simple. It never ends. Never. It's the story of how Woodstock started. Apparently it hasn't happened yet. Considering the movie was so long. It also was a gay pride parade of movies. The reasonable thing about this movie is that there were some good moments. Like how.... oh the helicopter scene was hilarious. Other than that. It's avoidable. 1 dirty hippie in a hole out of 5. (35) Troll Hunter (2011)
This is a Norwegian film that Chris Zwart and Tom Lomax told me not to miss. So I called the guys up and they brought their people and we enjoyed the Hell out of this one. Anne even loved it. Jeremy John watched it with us. It was simply one of the best films I have seen in quite a while. It may have been the best movie of the year for me. It's scary, It's animation is terrific. The story line is so good. It's a brilliant plot. Bear Killings spawn a huge Government Conspiracy. This film is a must see. It's terrifying in places, funny in others and it's just so great. This movie is flawless. I know it doesn't sound amazing, but Troll Hunter is bar none one of the greatest films I have ever seen. Everyone enjoyed this one. 5 TROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL out of 5. Watch the Trailer. Anne and I went on a Movie day. We saw a bunch of movies together. Anne picked some I picked some, We watched them all in one day. Those are fun days. The first movie.
(36) Bridesmaids (2011)
First movie of the day. It was hilarious. Do girls talk that way. It really was a Hangover with women in it. It was Raunchy. I liked it. Poop jokes and all. I laughed so hard I cried. some of the jokes are just over the top funny and everyone of the actresses pulls it off. Just perfectly. Perfectly. Kristin Wiig. FANTASTIC front lady. Maya Rudolph no one else in the world would ever be able to pull off the dress in the middle of the street like she did. Ellie Kemper from the office was also fantastic. However, Melissa McCarthy Stole. The. Show. She was amazing. From start to finish. She was like a dirty Guy Fieri. So wonderful all the way around. So good. Charming. Even the soundtrack was great. Jokes were well thought out and pulled off great. The movie was perfectly paced. It was just spot on. 5 penis jokes on a plane out of 5. (37) X-Men Origins: First Class (2011)
This is movie number two of Anne and Brandon's Movie day out. Let me just put something out there. This movie with Marvel couldn't have been more inaccurate in the X men time line It couldn't have been more inaccurate than half of the movies Marvel puts out. From Emma Frost being the same age as Magneto, to Banchee and Havok I just don't get it at all. Not at all. Period. However, even with grave inaccuracies I am willing to look past it if they do a good job with the movie. Finally. Even with all the inaccuracies and an ugly Mystique They got this perfect. Kevin Bacon was amazing as Shaw. The Hellfire club was perfectly represented. The fights were perfectly displayed. Beast was well represented. James McAvory was Brilliant as the young Charles Xavier. The Young Magneto was great, thanks to a stellar performance of Michale Fassbender. The Plot line was actually ok. I enjoyed the Recruiting scenes where you got to me lots of mutants. Even Wolverine was in there with the only foul language in the entire movie. Thanks to Hugh Jackman for showing up in it. It pulled it together well. Even with the movies themselves not corroborating because Emma Frost was in both the last X men movies. In First Class which Time Line wise took place years and years before Wolverine Origins Emma was an Adult. In Wolverine Origins she was a Teenager. How does that work. Anyway. This movie was really good. It was paced well, I thought it was over a bit to quickly, Just Action packed. The turn to evil for Magneto was Cinematic Genius. 5 teenage mutant non ninja humans out of 5. (38) Super 8 (2011)
Anne and I's third movie of the day. It did not disappoint. I had heard several put down's before I went to see it, but none of them stood up against it. I really enjoyed it. It was loveable. Scary. Plus, the kids in this were great. Who thought Elle Fanning would out do her sister. It was really quite well done. From the Monster's real goal to the rescue trips to the story telling. The unrelenting director in the film, not of the film, but in the film. The effects Breathtaking. The cinematography amazing. the Setting oh my the setting made it feel like i was in the time period watching a movie in that time period. Details were spot on wonderful to picture frames and wardrobe. So good. It did however have some slow spots that felt redundant and useless. It could have been cleaned up a little. Plus, making an 9 year old the attractive one in the film was a bit uncomfortable. By no means is it borderline pedophilia it's just that she was the object of the 7 and 8 year old boys, 7 and 8 year old boys are supposed to look at 9 year old girls, I just didn't want to. With all of that being said. Abrams hits on all cylinders again delivering a movie that I can't wait to watch with my kids. It really was this generation's E.T. So fun. The best part was there wasn't any Evil in this movie, just misunderstanding. 4 Spaceships in the sky out of 5. (39) Green Lantern (2011)
As a Huge DC Comic fan. Just a Comic Fan in General I am extra Critical. However Tolerant as well. DC did just as much Wrong with this movie as they did Right. The Plot was great for a Green Lantern Movie. Hal Jordan was the obvious choice although a Guy Gardner movie should be made. Hal was the obvious choice. Reynolds pulled of the character too. I didn't hate him. Carol Ferris was well represented. OA was breathtaking. Kilowog and other Lanterns along with Sinestro looked great. There were a couple of things Wrong with the movie. Hammond was horrible. I'll get into Hammond later. I hated Parallax at least the way he was represented. Plus, little inaccuracies along the way with Parallax and Abin Sur. I am not going to gripe on that. Real GL fans already know my issue there. The Guardians looked terrible. I could have done a better job with them on a napkin. Glitches in the animation were obvious. Once on Oa when Hal first goes on to fly by himself there is a grey area that is blinking. Now with my actual problems and praises. Fight Scenes were well done, the Ring constructs looked great. The space ships good. The feel of the movie was fantastic it felt like it was going to get better, then it didn't. Hammond was too much, let me rephrase. There was too much Hector Hammond. Hector Hammond is a well respected and great Green Lantern Villain, he deserved to be in this movie. He is what ruined the movie for me. Well one of the Three things. So this is why I am going to be hard on this movie. They spent a good 30-45 minutes building a Hector Hammond Character. They introduced his dad. His problems with his father, his problems in life in general. they went through a massive character dramatization and build up and revenge and why he did the things he did and then. In Seconds. pushed him aside like he wasn't important. Why waste that much of a movie on a character that you are going to throw aside like nothing actually happened. Plus, His character had massive inaccuracies. I'm not talking Deadpool in Wolverine origins inaccuracies, but massive inaccuracies nonetheless. So Hammond is Problem number one. The next problem is a personal one. I didn't like the way the Green Lantern Looked. It was too shiny. they could have pulled off a classic suit feel and just gave it a green aura around it. That would have been way way better and probably cost a lot less. The Lantern itself didn't look like a lantern, the whole look was disappointing. The Third and Final problem I had with the movie is that Sinestro was a sub character. SINESTRO!!!!!!! If they wanted to do this movie properly they should have just stuck with the original deal and made Sinestro the Villain everyone would have loved that. I have a few small praises. Very small things that I really liked. The color of Parallax was yellow, subtle but Fantastic. Space looked really good. Lanterns in the back of scenes and Lanterns around the large group gathering were actual characters. Attention to little detail was spectacular. So with all the above aforementioned details I give this a 3 Blackest night out 5 brightest day. (40) Straight Jacket (2007)
I like my Anime. I had heard this was good. I don't remember who said it was great, but its about monsters, and chemicals, betrayal and so on and so on. You know Anime stuff. The Mechs were great. Mechs fighting Monsters with Magic. Sign me right the Hell up. Voicing was good. Animation was great. Blood everywhere. gore raining down from the sprinklers like water during a fire. 4 out of 5. Sometimes you just need some Blood pouring out of Monsters that Rip peoples eyes out and use them as bracelets. The Next 60 eventually.
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