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.