YEAH 2012 movies!!!! 19-22

Yes, indeed it's another post. Ok, listen seriously. I have like way too many of these. If you look back I am in my third year of doing this. People should go back and look at some of my previous ones. I have some good moments out there. Plus, shoot me an email or comment if there are movies you want me to watch. So this is the deal. I watch movies 100 of them that I haven't seen before. Then I rate them. They could be new they could be old, the only deal is that I couldn't have seen them. The ratings fall from 0-5. On with the movies.

(19) Mirror, Mirror (2011)

Anne drug me out to see this one, I didn't really care about it, but I knew Anne wanted to see it. I didn't have high expectations, it looked kind of stupid. Well, I didn't expect it to be a comedy. Right from the get go it was apparent that this was a different movie than what I thought I was going to see. Lilly Collins who plays Snow White, was so great, so beaten in the beginning and full of life by the end. Roberts was extraordinary and the Dwarfs, the Dwarfs were by far the best and most fun part of the film. Armie Hammer surprised me as the leading man and did a great job at being the heroic prince. The twist on the story was surprising and fun, I loved the effects of the Mirror and I thought this movie was much more fun than any movie that I had seen like this in a long time, fine shades of enchanted throughout. I loved Enchanted. I liked this a lot too. It went on a bit much with pointing out the Queen was Evil the Girl was Good thing. It got a bit long winded and the fight scenes looked rough, especially when it comes to movies bad choreography can be unacceptable.  It looses points for not pulling that together. The Dwarfs as I mentioned earlier were by far the part that sold this movie, they were fun, brave and exciting, not to mention hilarious. There was something in this movie that gains it points that sometimes doesn't stand out in other films, considering it doesn't stand out in other movies, scratch that most movies (except horror, they always pay attention) and it did so much in this one, it makes me think that they did this in purpose. It was the coloring. It's on display in the picture above. They are bright and vibrant when things are good, dark and gloomy when it's bad and shady when it gets hairy. It's just really well done. The music was also down right Amazing. It was a whole lot better than I ever expected. 4.2 out of 5.

(20) Rango (2011)

First off, look at the poster, SO funny. Sorry It's an international poster, but I don't have all day to push the scroll button to find the English version of this, who do you people think you are judging me for putting a different language poster up, I mean its funny ok, He is trying to blend in, never mind the bright shirt, he is going to pull this off.  The story was fun, comical. Depp was funny, nothing special about the voice overs in this one, it's straight forward. I thought they did a good job with the animals in the desert and they did a good job with the little  twist with the lizard protagonist. I loved the Rattle Snake. It continued with a few things that I liked. The bird scenes were great, Plus Beans was a great character with odd freezing and continuing story. I don't think they did anything throughout the movie to make it a stand out story. It wasn't exciting and it was a typical kids movie where the main character bumbles and falls his way to becoming the hero and has to make a choice to actually be a hero, continue with a lie, blah blah blah blah blah blah. Here goes the actual thing about this movie. It's a cartoon. The End. It wasn't bad. It wasn't good. It wasn't even average. Below average. Watching the trailer gives you the best parts of the film, Nothing stands out, as a matter of fact the Poster above overshadows most of the comedy in the rest of film. It's 100 percent skippable. However, It's also watchable. Plus, its on instant play currently. 2.4 out of 5.

(21) Drive (2011)

Justin Brooks a good friend of mine from my younger days, we keep in touch, mostly through random texts and the Book of Face. He said this was the best movie he had seen in Years and really wanted me to check it out. So, I did. The Music score OUTSTANDING. The feel of the movie with the colors and pace gave off a feeling of a really bad TV movie from the 80's It however, wasn't as bad as most of those. It was Dry. Purposely. Gosling, as usual, delivered a great performance, slow steady and creepy, borderline insane throughout. The Bathroom scene with the Red head girl that reminded me of a Girl I used to be good friends with, was a surprising and intense part of the film. It drug a bit due mostly to this dry and slow feel. I didn't like Carey Mulligan in this. She looked like she always had a runny nose. this was probably on purpose. The Action scenes weren't that great, They were perfectly intense, I liked the mask and the some of the sly performances given by supporting cast members such as Albert Brooks character Bernie, sold most of his scenes, but Ron Pearlman dropped the BALL big time, Half ass. I don't know what exactly Brooks saw in this, maybe it was the music and feel it gave, because that was amazing. The Music gave this movie a few points alone, I loved the opening and closing sequencing they really paid close attention to giving this film a certain feel and they did a great job with that feel. It was violent when necessary and sweet at times. I went in thinking it was going to have a nice good car chase, but instead we just got to see a smart man out run the cops to lets face it an unbelievable basketball game. Yeah, I said it. It's not real that the Clippers could have beaten the Celtics in a playoff game. Why, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT LEAGUES PEOPLE. Plus, we all know the Clippers would never make it to the finals especially in the last few years. Maybe in the next few, Who Are we kidding now that the Lakers have Howard for get about it. 3.9 out of 5.


(22) Middlemen (2009)

I watched this because it was a fun story, with Luke Wilson. Guess what, it was surprisingly great. The story line got intense, It made since and it was a true story, believe it. It was fun. It was action packed and sometimes a bit intense. I felt bad for the character played by Wilson at times, but then on the other hand he was a complete scumbag. Giovanni Ribisi was amazing like he usually is. He can be funny, scary, bouncing off the walls and completely unnoticeable. Really weird. I like him a lot though. Laura Ramsey was so hot in this and was the by far portrayed as the hottest girl in the movie. I liked the Drug lord tie ins and the plot was a really fun roller coaster. However it looses a few points for the obvious reason. It's a story about Porn. Not many people want to watch a movie about Porn. So it's basic inability to appeal to everyone makes it a little less approachable. It also has a good bit of nudity. That all isn't that important, but I take everything into play when I watch and rate. This movie was a huge surprise and I didn't expect it too be so good. 4.1 out of 5.

Next up the AVENGERS.

2012 Movies, A quick Blog 16, 17, 18 plus a look forward.

That's right time for another blog, That means if you are reading this you are wasting a little bit of your time reading this. Well, hopefully I am helping someone pick out a movie or avoid one. I will be doing a quick three here. So lets give the breakdown in case some one is reading this blog for the first time. I watch 100 movies a year. Movies that I haven't seen. It can be any movie during any time period the only qualification is that I haven't seen it. Then I rate it. 0-5. 0 is unwatchable, 5 is a must see. So enough of the break down, Sara don't forget to give Rachel her winnings.  First one to comment on this blog gets a prize. First new follower gets a prize. This blog only. The only thing for the comment is that you have to have seen one of the three movies covered. Not really. Just comment.

(16) Whiteout (2009)

I decided I really wanted to see this for two reasons. One is that it is based on a comic book series that made wizards 100 top Trade Paper Backs. That's quite an honor. Steve Lieber was the artist he has done lots of awesome stuff like a run of Detective comics, Batman,  a massive run of Hawkman and a few other reparable comics. Whiteout was an Eisner award nominee in 1999 and 2000 and I need to shut up about comics now. The second reason I wanted to see this is completely obvious. Kate Beckinsale. Who doesn't like watching her prance around. This is my second deep Snow movie in a row, The Thing and now Whiteout. If I was honest, I would say that it was by accident. Lets pretend that I did it on purpose. Later on in the Year I watched the Grey. Lets focus here. Whiteout was about a serial killer on the loose in a settlement. Never really sure who it is throughout, and the twist at the end was unbelievable. Not unbelievable in a since that it was so amazing that it was unbelievable, but honestly not believable. It didn't make since, the movie must have done a bad job or cut some stuff out, but it didn't make any since. The action was pretty good. I liked some of the tweaks they made to survive the snow storm. I liked the feeling they gave you of the actual Whiteout. Which is where the wind is blowing so hard that you can't see anything but the snow. I liked the gimmick of the whole movie, the presentation was off. I honestly think the story could be done justice, but it wasn't done here. Beckinsale was obviously good, but even her sexy accent can't save a pile of crap. I'll give it a point for her alone, and a point for doing a good job with the Whiteout, everything else including the acting and delivery gave you the feeling that everyone on board this movie was doing this movie for the paycheck. It suffered because of the lack on enthusiasm by all that was involved. The story is a good one, I want to see BBC do this, they put effort into the things that they know are going to fail. They give you everything they have. Warner Brothers tend to fail when they don't have belief in what they want to do. The release date didn't help this movie become popular. That date is black listed it doesn't bode well for anything that is released on that date.  Which gives me an inclination that Warner Brothers honestly didn't care about this movie. It shows. 2.1 out of 5.

(17) WWE: Tombstone the History of the Undertaker. (2005)

A History of the Wrestler Known as the Undertaker. This is the first Documentary that breaks from its traditional suck that WWE continues to put out. The Undertaker is an intriguing character. It goes through his History as a Wrestler and leader. It skipped the only part I watched this for. I wanted to see the Undertaker that I saw while in High School. He was this sadistic Cult leader and they had a bunch of other wrestlers follow him around and do his dirty work. The thing is I know it was some really famous wrestlers that were in that crowd. I really wanted them to at least show them and they did, but only for a brief second. It didn't even show the good ones, The Brood who was Gangrel, Christian and Edge. Two of which became super successful and  I just don't remember about the other people who were in there, but I feel as if some of the current super successful pro wrestlers were part of that group of the Undertakers. I wish it would have covered that, but it spent more time going over his accomplishments and ignored it because of it's sadistic side I guess. Here is the thing, that's O.K. if its a documentary about a Wrestlers careers then it needs to focus on the accomplishments and it do what this documentary did which is give you things that made this Wrestler one of the most popular to ever step foot in the ring. It did that. Not only did it do that, but it gave it too you in a fashion that was grand and actually done well. Not in the crappy way the WWE has been doing it's recent documentaries. So for that, Considering I am interested and it kept me engaged. Over time, I will add that. I was like 4 hours of material. which is something that I started and it took me some time to finish, like most of the wrestling documentaries that I watch I do it over time. It was good. It was actually one of the best ones I have seen thus far. 4.9 out of 5. I dropped a .1 just for not giving me any Brood action. Take that WWE.

(18) The Tourist (2010)

The only movie in this blog that is main stream. It's of course a Johnny Depp movie, I do like this guy. Jolie is ok, she hasn't put out anything in a while, too busy with the family I guess. Depp was good in this one. No hint of Captain Jack, which is the thing everyone complains about. He was a nerdy and perfect for the role. It was a fun movie about people jerking the police around. I thought the plot was predictable and fun, but not exactly what I expected when going in, however I'm saying it wasn't good. It wasn't great by any means, but it didn't let me down. It was good way to spend my time and it made a wonderful addition to the list. Plus, Depp is always fun and the chemistry between the two was fun to watch. It's good to see two superstars interact. I don't think we will see a second addition to this movie, at least I hope not. Like most movies that hit the middle of the road and I don't have anything to say against it or for it. I give it a middle of the road Rating. 3 out of 5. Nothing special here. Nothing bad either. Just a middle of the road kind of movie that gives you exactly what you want from it. Nothing. Watch it if you want, it's perfect for a background movie while writing a blog, or doing something with the computer or just plain old something to go to sleep too. Do some homework while watching it. Something, like that. It's fun. Not that great, but not exactly something you should skip just because. I say do what you want with this.

Coming up Next some more Johnny Depp with Rango, The twist on Snow White Mirror, Mirror, and Justin Brooks suggestion Drive. Plus...... THE AVENGERS...... oh and a Luke Wilson mixed up in Porn Middle men.  


Until next time, Don't let your meatloaf in your Mash Potatoes.