51-55. Plus, the Next Aquaman entry.

A brief explanation of exactly what this blog is. Well, other than terrible. It's a blog about movies. I watch 100 a year that I haven't seen before. Currently I am blogging about 2012. In this Blog will be the 51st movie through the 55th. A quick little note I am doing a contest. An Aquaman Contest. If you look at some of the current blogs. You can see the one and only entry By Britt Goan. Well, it was the one and only entry. Next up. Casey and Rachel Adams. I will share their entry at the end of the blog. Also listed are prizes you can get for entering the contest. Now, on with the movies.


(51) Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow. (2008)

The Next Avengers is a great Story line. It's where all of the Avengers had had children. The Earth has lost and Tony has hidden the Children away. Ultron has won and is going to try and take down the children and take care of any other threats to him. Namely Tony and The Hulk.  It's actually pretty funny. The kids are pre-teen trying to deal with being the earths last hope, Not having any parents, and trying to just stay alive, because they are being hunted by the most powerful force in the universe Ultron. Tough break kids. They all deal with emotional debilitating circumstances and the only person they have to look up too is the unstable alcoholic Tony Stark. Hulk and Thor make grand appearances. The Voice acting isn't the best available, but it wasn't distracting. The animation was a good classic feel, not bad, fluid and concise. The Story line was fun. The Comedy perfect for the children that it was intended. The Action was actually pretty good. There is a point in the movie where a security protocol is activated and you get to see something amazing. The points in the film that push over the movie for me are the eventual come to fruition by the children and Thor in General. 4 out of 5.






(52) The Amazing Spiderman (2012)

By far the best Spiderman in years. I loved that they tried hard to get it right. They gave a little justice to the Spiderman franchise. Andrew Garfield was a great Spiderman. I can't do this without comparing to the previous Trilogy. So here it is. The Previous Trilogy was great for what it was. The first movie blew everyone's socks off. Then the trilogy lost it's mojo. The Second movie offered us a look at one of the most enduring Spider man villains Dr. Octopus. Actually rather well done. Then. Well. We have the third movie. Bad CGI for Venom, Worse costume design ever for the Goblin, A Dancing and Singing Tobey Maguire with bad winks and hand guns at cute girls. Nothing could save it. It was a black mark on that trilogy that no one can get over. This movie however has started out strong just like the previous trilogy. Marvel has its way of sucking from time to time, lets see if they can keep it away from this one. So. Garfield was great. the Transformation scenes were funny. The tough time learning his powers was great. The Stan Lee guest appearance was by far his best yet. Emma Stone was funny, sarcastic, and Gorgeous. What a great Gwen Stacey. The CGI in this was great at first. Then the lizard roared his head and it was ok, not great, but ok. The battles were fun, a little quick paced, but it's spiderman, it's not like he is going slow down, that's his game. He is quick and infuriating. The witty jokes from Spiderman in this movie were much more noticeable and frequent.. This I liked as well. Having Flash there leads me to believe that we may see a venom in the next installment. What we really need is an introduction of J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson, because there is no man alive that can pull that off any better than Simmons did in the first trilogy. This movie other than the medium quality CGI for the Lizard and terrible scene with Leary on the roof was a solid installment. 4.5 out of 5.

(53) Batman The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

I have lots of opinions here. Most of you will Disagree with them. Most of you already have. I will try and get my point across. Lets start with the positives. Fist off SPOILER ALERT. I can't say what I want here without spoilers.  The Story line itself. As a whole was fantastic. The part of Batman's fall and rise. The story line did go off character with Bane. He wasn't Spanish, but for the record. I don't mind that. I liked Bane's story that they gave him. It was fluent. I really liked the basic stuff behind the movie. I loved Talia. She was sexy, smart, and brilliantly plotted out throughout. I unfortunately caught on Super early, which is a downfall of being such a big fan of Batman, that I didn't fall for Bane is the kid thing. I did love the tie together. The Fall of Gotham was fantastic. The people were judged. They were judged by the perfect judge for this series. The Scarecrow. I love what he did if you were found guilty. Either Death or exile. Exile was basically death by falling in the frozen river. That was great. The acting was normal for these movies. I liked the people vs. the Cops and the 99% type up rise. The prison part is great. The escape was good too. The Breaking of the Bat was great. First they broke Wayne, then in epic Knightfall fashion (which I also super appreciated) Bane Broke the Bat. The ending with introducing a Robin, not any of the same Robins from the comics, which I am ok with as well. Then with Batman seemingly dying to save the city. I was ok with that. Here is deal. So what exactly did I not like. Well. Super Hero movies in General have to abide by certain rules. At least for me. They are allowed to go as far off character as they want, but with out going against character's core values. Character's core values are built over time by the companies, creators, writers and fans alike. In the beginning of Batman they were working through who he is. They let him carry guns at first but after a while the real Batman emerged. He doesn't kill people. He doesn't abandon Gotham. His core Value and Staple of Who Batman is. Is this. Bruce Wayne's parents were murdered in front of him, after going out to a Movie (The Mask of Zoro). Bruce Wayne vowed to protect Gotham in honor of his parents. He also vowed to do it without killing anyone. He Vowed to protect Gotham with his life, as long as he lived. To always be there for the city. Regardless of the consequences. He continually gives up his love life to protect the city. He always comes back. There was another Vow made in this series. It was to Bruce's parents from Alfred. He Vowed to Always stand by Bruce. When making a movie with Classic characters you have to abide by the core values. You can mess around with certain origin areas, You can mess around with story lines. You can do anything pretty much except break core values. The movie did that. At the end. Bruce left Gotham. NAY I SAY NAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! FOUL FOUL FOUL. I'll SCREAM IT TO THE ROOFTOPS IN THE CANYONS AND OVER THE OCEANS. BULL. Some of you say, Well, Gotham didn't need Batman anymore, he had protected it from the ultimate fall. Gotham was OK. A huge city. Is doing  OK now. Here is the deal. No it is not. What is the deal. You don't think muggers are still around, taking wallets and not getting caught. Batman is always needed. Could he run off and take a break with Catwoman in France. Well, yeah. He can do that. He isn't always there, but he will always go back. Even when he decided to move away from Gotham it called him back. He doesn't leave. HE DOESNT LEAVE. That's breaking a Core Value of the Character. It's like taking Scotch from Stark, Letting Superman wear green Kryptonite jewelry, and making The Hulk go to Anger Management. Lets just Let Batman LEAVE GOTHAM. Hey while we are at. Lets get Alfred to cry like a sissy and abandon Bruce. Lets do that too. Why we are at it lets make Animal Man allergic to cats and Michelangelo Lactose intolerant so he doesn't enjoy his pizza.  Hell, lets just go all out and make The Punisher a peace activist. I can see that now. Good Ol' Frank Castle having a peaceful sit in to protest the killing of a old lady.  What else..... Yeah Catwomans costume was god awful. You can't understand a word coming out of Bane's muffled mouth. The mask was cool though. So. 2  stainless steel Wolverine's out of 5.

(54) Immortals (2011)

From the same fold as 300. I was excited. Mickey Rourke as a villain. Sold. Greek mythology. Yes please. Cool special effects. Ok I am Game. It was bad. Henry Cavill was ok. It just wasn't that great of a story line. The base story was ok, but it was drug out to the point of exhaustion. It was terrible. The Gods fighting and the Bow was neat.  1.3 out of 5









(55) Man on a Ledge (2012)

Sam Worthington gets another starting role. I don't know why. I'm not even sure Why I watched this. It looked ok I guess. It actually didn't turn out too bad. It was all about getting back at the bad guy. Elizabeth Banks was amazing in it. I liked her as a stressed out upset cop trying hard to save the day when she had no idea what was going on. Speaking of having something going on. Genesis Rodriguez is in this. HOLY COW. Genesis Rodriguez is in this. She is a girlfriend of the brother of the main character. They are super dysfunctional and the best part of this movie by far. I can give you two reason why you should watch this movie 1) Genesis 2) Rodriquez. Seriously WOW.

Ok so the Aquaman Contest has another Entry.