A couple good ones this month. Some that I've really been looking forward to. =)
The Internship
Vince Vaughn. That's all the explanation I should even have to give for this one. But I will add that Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn together are fantastic. Gonna be great. Been looking forward to this one for months.
The Purge
Well, in order to be a good critic, I should give every genre a chance. This is my attempt at horror. EEK! I'm seriously scared after watching the trailer. Haha. However, it has Lena Headey and after only really seeing her play a bitch of a queen in Game of Thrones on HBO, I would love to see her play a housewife. =)
Much Ado About Nothing
I'm 100% sure this won't come to Gillette, but I like seeing adaptations of Shakespeare movies. Plus, Joss Whedon directs.
Man of Steel
Um.. It's Superman.
This is the End
This movie is going to be super cheesy, no doubt about it. But it's going to be awesome! These are the greatest names in modern comedy - playing themselves. Amazing.
Monsters University
In my opinion, Monsters Inc. is the best thing to come from Pixar so far. This has been a long time coming, and I think it will be worth it. They do awesome with most of their sequels. Just look at Toy Story 3.
World War Z
I love Zombie movies. And Brad Pitt has never looked better. Should be entertaining.
The Heat
Cop comedies are almost always good for a laugh. Especially when they have Sandra Bullock.
White House Down
Everyone knows I'm in love with Channing Tatum. I mean, how many girls aren't? Plus, Roland Emmerich is the King of disaster movies.
Kind of a short list this month - but it is what it is. Can't force Hollywood to make good movies. ;)
Friday, May 31, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Star Trek Into Darkness
This is such a good franchise. I mean, seriously, these movies have made Star Trek cool. That has to mean something.
I really am going to keep this review brief, mostly because it's been a couple weeks since I saw the movie and I can't remember the details or order of events all that well. Plus, there are a couple main plot points that I really don't want to give away.
Star Trek Into Darkness, directed by J.J. Abrams, starts out with the Enterprise scouting out a planet with a fairly uncivilized population. They have discovered that the volcano on the island is about to erupt and will wipe out the entire race unless they stop it. So.. Spock (Zachary Quinto) is in the volcano. Trying to freeze it. Obviously it works. It'd be pretty lame if Spock died in the first ten minutes of the movie. However, they mess up. Kirk (Chirs Pine) lets the indigenous population see the ship - which is against the rules. Oops.
Kirk loses his title as Captain of the Enterprise because of his little "oops" after Spock files a report against him. But Pike (Bruce Greenwood) fights for him and at least gets him to stay on the Enterprise as Pike's First Officer. Because of this, he gets to go to the meeting that Starfleet has just called. How convenient, right? Or maybe not. The meeting is attacked by one of Starfleet's own. John Harrison. Actually - Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch). Anyway, some people are injured and killed. So Kirk approaches the Admiral, asking to go after this guy, after they track him to the Klingon planet.
Kirk and Spock are at odds because Kirk feels betrayed by Spock, but they kiss and make up pretty soon and Spock gets to come back aboard the Enterprise with Kirk to chase down Khan. Uhura is also fighting wtih Spock because he's "insensitive" and didn't care about her feelings for him when he was in the volcano. But they follow him to the Klingon planet, where Kirk disobeys his orders and captures Khan (after he saves their lives) when he was ordered to kill him. Once Khan is on the ship, he gets Kirk to talk to him where he tells him that he was set up by Admiral Marcus (Peter Weller), who is trying to start a war with the Klingons.
So, basically, Star Trek Into Darkness has two villains. You have Khan, who is a genetically engineered super human. And you have Marcus, who is the head guy of Starfleet. These are two guys who you really don't want on your bad side. Pretty powerful.
There isn't a whole lot more I can say about the plot without giving the good stuff away, and I probably already gave away some, so I'm going to leave it there.
I need to say that I am not a fan or the original series. For no reason other than I have never watched it. But I think that J. J. Abrams has done a wonderful job at creating lovable characters for people just like me and even some people who watched the series before. The actors are not the most talented in Hollywood, but they do bring these characters to life. And they have great one-liners and onscreen chemistry that you cannot overlook.
In some of the other reviews I have read, people have complained about the plot of the movie. I don't really understand what their problem is, I guess. Of course it's predictable and not very original. It's an action movie, what do you expect?
Maybe I'm easy to please. I know that my brother thinks so. He hates most movies, and I gush over them. Haha. From reading my reviews so far, you might have guessed this. This is my eighth review, I think, and I've only given one bad review.
Also, I saw this movie in 3D. Totally worth it. As long as you aren't in my hometown. Our 3D sucks. But I went out of town to see it, so it was awesome. Best one I've seen in 3D since Avatar, for sure.
Definitely looking forward to the next one!
I give it nine out of ten stars.
P.S.: This movie has gotten me really excited for Ender's Game, coming out in November. I love Sci-Fi movies. =)
Thanks for reading!
I really am going to keep this review brief, mostly because it's been a couple weeks since I saw the movie and I can't remember the details or order of events all that well. Plus, there are a couple main plot points that I really don't want to give away.
Star Trek Into Darkness, directed by J.J. Abrams, starts out with the Enterprise scouting out a planet with a fairly uncivilized population. They have discovered that the volcano on the island is about to erupt and will wipe out the entire race unless they stop it. So.. Spock (Zachary Quinto) is in the volcano. Trying to freeze it. Obviously it works. It'd be pretty lame if Spock died in the first ten minutes of the movie. However, they mess up. Kirk (Chirs Pine) lets the indigenous population see the ship - which is against the rules. Oops.
Kirk loses his title as Captain of the Enterprise because of his little "oops" after Spock files a report against him. But Pike (Bruce Greenwood) fights for him and at least gets him to stay on the Enterprise as Pike's First Officer. Because of this, he gets to go to the meeting that Starfleet has just called. How convenient, right? Or maybe not. The meeting is attacked by one of Starfleet's own. John Harrison. Actually - Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch). Anyway, some people are injured and killed. So Kirk approaches the Admiral, asking to go after this guy, after they track him to the Klingon planet.
Kirk and Spock are at odds because Kirk feels betrayed by Spock, but they kiss and make up pretty soon and Spock gets to come back aboard the Enterprise with Kirk to chase down Khan. Uhura is also fighting wtih Spock because he's "insensitive" and didn't care about her feelings for him when he was in the volcano. But they follow him to the Klingon planet, where Kirk disobeys his orders and captures Khan (after he saves their lives) when he was ordered to kill him. Once Khan is on the ship, he gets Kirk to talk to him where he tells him that he was set up by Admiral Marcus (Peter Weller), who is trying to start a war with the Klingons.
So, basically, Star Trek Into Darkness has two villains. You have Khan, who is a genetically engineered super human. And you have Marcus, who is the head guy of Starfleet. These are two guys who you really don't want on your bad side. Pretty powerful.
There isn't a whole lot more I can say about the plot without giving the good stuff away, and I probably already gave away some, so I'm going to leave it there.
I need to say that I am not a fan or the original series. For no reason other than I have never watched it. But I think that J. J. Abrams has done a wonderful job at creating lovable characters for people just like me and even some people who watched the series before. The actors are not the most talented in Hollywood, but they do bring these characters to life. And they have great one-liners and onscreen chemistry that you cannot overlook.
In some of the other reviews I have read, people have complained about the plot of the movie. I don't really understand what their problem is, I guess. Of course it's predictable and not very original. It's an action movie, what do you expect?
Maybe I'm easy to please. I know that my brother thinks so. He hates most movies, and I gush over them. Haha. From reading my reviews so far, you might have guessed this. This is my eighth review, I think, and I've only given one bad review.
Also, I saw this movie in 3D. Totally worth it. As long as you aren't in my hometown. Our 3D sucks. But I went out of town to see it, so it was awesome. Best one I've seen in 3D since Avatar, for sure.
Definitely looking forward to the next one!
I give it nine out of ten stars.
P.S.: This movie has gotten me really excited for Ender's Game, coming out in November. I love Sci-Fi movies. =)
Thanks for reading!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
The Great Gatsby
Coming Soon!
And by "soon" I mean in a couple months when it comes out on DVD. Sorry folks!
And by "soon" I mean in a couple months when it comes out on DVD. Sorry folks!
Iron Man 3
I love Iron Man.
This review is for Iron Man 3, directed by Shane Black. Amazing movie. Very well done. Don't see it in 3D... it's a waste of money.
There is a new threat to the country. The Mandarin. And it's a threat that Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has a weird connection to from years ago. Back when he was still in the weapons business. Back when he was still sleeping around. Before Iron Man. Before Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow).
Tony is struggling with severe anxiety after the alien invasion in New York (from The Avengers). He can't sleep. He's been building more and more suits. And the Mandarin is bombing places and making threats against the country and the president. Then Happy (Jon Favreau) gets severely injured in one of the bombings because he was following a suspicious character, and when he told Tony about him, he just shrugged it off. Now Tony has a personal reason to go after the Mandarin. Revenge. He tells the Mandarin(actually the whole world, since he told the media) where he lives. Tells him to be a man and come see him.
Well, that wasn't very smart.
The Mandarin heard his invitation to his home. And they come with helicopters, guns, and bombs. Pepper knew that Tony and her needed to get out. And was trying to convince him to leave when they attack the home. They also had a visitor. One of Tony's one night stands, Maya. The one that connects him to the bombs and the Mandarin. She doesn't really have time to explain why she is there though, as the side of the house is blown off shortly after she arrives.
One of Tony's fancy new suits saves Pepper from the blast by attaching to her while she is flying through the air. It's pretty neat. She then gets Maya and herself outside while Tony runs about the house trying to avoid getting killed. After Pepper is clear of the house, he calls the suit back to him and starts to kick some butt. But, the suit is a new prototype, and the flight isn't working properly yet. So, Tony gets drug into the ocean with his house. Then the flight starts working and he flies out of the ocean, passes out in the suit and crash lands in Tennessee. Where he was previously planning on going to investigate a bombing from years ago.
Jarvis (the suit - voiced by Paul Bettany) dies here. And Tony is alone - without his armor. So, he breaks into a house, where he meets a cute little kid named Harley (Ty Simpkins). The kid helps him and takes him to the site of the bombing. Here he figures out that the bomber didn't die, like previously thought. Somehow he survived a bombing that vaporized everyone else. So, the bomb is the person (which we already know because we see the bombing that Happy is at). Which he soon finds out first hand, as two of these human bombs are also in town and attack him. He really has a special knack for being in the wrong place.
He manages to escape. Find out where the Mandarin is. Goes there and finds out the Mandarin is really just an actor. ( I really liked that part) Gets captured. Escapes. Has Rhodes (Don Cheadle) join him and they go to bring down the Mandarin. Which is led by Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce). Aldrich Killian is not a fan of Tony because years ago, he told him he would meet him on the roof. He lied. Tony just left him up there while he hooked up with Maya. There is a big fight at the end that I really enjoyed.
I'm not going to give away any of that though. =)
And I absolutely won't tell you the very end. Or the after the credit stuff. I'm trying to work on shortening my plot summaries.
This installment was directed by Shane Black instead of Jon Favreau, and I think that you could tell. There weren't huge differences, but Shane Black has a little different style. The only other Shane Black movie I have ever seen is Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, which is my favorite crime comedy. Obviously, since I also mentioned it in my review of Pain and Gain.
Now, I am a huge fan of almost all super hero movies. I mean, who isn't?
But Iron Man really does something special for me (although my favorite superhero is Batman). I'm extremely attracted to Tony Stark. Not Robert Downey Jr., necessarily. But Tony Stark as a character. I love how cocky he is. And I love that he is such an asshole. And I love that he saves lives. =)
I also am very attracted to Pepper Potts. She's gorgeous, first of all. And such a sweetie. And a bit of a badass in this movie. (Basically what I am saying is I would be thrilled to be a part of Tony's and Pepper's nocturnal activites.. don't judge me. The light in his chest would bug me in this situation though.)
And Guy Pearce. Haha. Even though he is a "bad guy" in this movie, he's still yummy.
So this movie had a lot of eye candy for me. Both male and female.
I think that Iron Man 3 was very well done.
The humor in all the Iron Man movies is great. They have memorable characters who have lovely back and forth banter. I wish that Don Cheadle had been cast as Rhodes in the original though. He has much better chemistry with Robert Downey Jr. than Terrance Howard does.
This installment went a little deeper into Tony's character than the other ones have. We saw how much he was struggling with anxiety. Saw how scared he was of losing Pepper. Saw how terrible he was with kids. And saw how much he cared about his little dummy robot.
I hope all of you watch it. Can't wait for the next installment.
I gave it a 9 out of 10.
Thanks for reading.
This review is for Iron Man 3, directed by Shane Black. Amazing movie. Very well done. Don't see it in 3D... it's a waste of money.
There is a new threat to the country. The Mandarin. And it's a threat that Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) has a weird connection to from years ago. Back when he was still in the weapons business. Back when he was still sleeping around. Before Iron Man. Before Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow).
Tony is struggling with severe anxiety after the alien invasion in New York (from The Avengers). He can't sleep. He's been building more and more suits. And the Mandarin is bombing places and making threats against the country and the president. Then Happy (Jon Favreau) gets severely injured in one of the bombings because he was following a suspicious character, and when he told Tony about him, he just shrugged it off. Now Tony has a personal reason to go after the Mandarin. Revenge. He tells the Mandarin(actually the whole world, since he told the media) where he lives. Tells him to be a man and come see him.
Well, that wasn't very smart.
The Mandarin heard his invitation to his home. And they come with helicopters, guns, and bombs. Pepper knew that Tony and her needed to get out. And was trying to convince him to leave when they attack the home. They also had a visitor. One of Tony's one night stands, Maya. The one that connects him to the bombs and the Mandarin. She doesn't really have time to explain why she is there though, as the side of the house is blown off shortly after she arrives.
One of Tony's fancy new suits saves Pepper from the blast by attaching to her while she is flying through the air. It's pretty neat. She then gets Maya and herself outside while Tony runs about the house trying to avoid getting killed. After Pepper is clear of the house, he calls the suit back to him and starts to kick some butt. But, the suit is a new prototype, and the flight isn't working properly yet. So, Tony gets drug into the ocean with his house. Then the flight starts working and he flies out of the ocean, passes out in the suit and crash lands in Tennessee. Where he was previously planning on going to investigate a bombing from years ago.
Jarvis (the suit - voiced by Paul Bettany) dies here. And Tony is alone - without his armor. So, he breaks into a house, where he meets a cute little kid named Harley (Ty Simpkins). The kid helps him and takes him to the site of the bombing. Here he figures out that the bomber didn't die, like previously thought. Somehow he survived a bombing that vaporized everyone else. So, the bomb is the person (which we already know because we see the bombing that Happy is at). Which he soon finds out first hand, as two of these human bombs are also in town and attack him. He really has a special knack for being in the wrong place.
He manages to escape. Find out where the Mandarin is. Goes there and finds out the Mandarin is really just an actor. ( I really liked that part) Gets captured. Escapes. Has Rhodes (Don Cheadle) join him and they go to bring down the Mandarin. Which is led by Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce). Aldrich Killian is not a fan of Tony because years ago, he told him he would meet him on the roof. He lied. Tony just left him up there while he hooked up with Maya. There is a big fight at the end that I really enjoyed.
I'm not going to give away any of that though. =)
And I absolutely won't tell you the very end. Or the after the credit stuff. I'm trying to work on shortening my plot summaries.
This installment was directed by Shane Black instead of Jon Favreau, and I think that you could tell. There weren't huge differences, but Shane Black has a little different style. The only other Shane Black movie I have ever seen is Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, which is my favorite crime comedy. Obviously, since I also mentioned it in my review of Pain and Gain.
Now, I am a huge fan of almost all super hero movies. I mean, who isn't?
But Iron Man really does something special for me (although my favorite superhero is Batman). I'm extremely attracted to Tony Stark. Not Robert Downey Jr., necessarily. But Tony Stark as a character. I love how cocky he is. And I love that he is such an asshole. And I love that he saves lives. =)
I also am very attracted to Pepper Potts. She's gorgeous, first of all. And such a sweetie. And a bit of a badass in this movie. (Basically what I am saying is I would be thrilled to be a part of Tony's and Pepper's nocturnal activites.. don't judge me. The light in his chest would bug me in this situation though.)
And Guy Pearce. Haha. Even though he is a "bad guy" in this movie, he's still yummy.
So this movie had a lot of eye candy for me. Both male and female.
I think that Iron Man 3 was very well done.
The humor in all the Iron Man movies is great. They have memorable characters who have lovely back and forth banter. I wish that Don Cheadle had been cast as Rhodes in the original though. He has much better chemistry with Robert Downey Jr. than Terrance Howard does.
This installment went a little deeper into Tony's character than the other ones have. We saw how much he was struggling with anxiety. Saw how scared he was of losing Pepper. Saw how terrible he was with kids. And saw how much he cared about his little dummy robot.
I hope all of you watch it. Can't wait for the next installment.
I gave it a 9 out of 10.
Thanks for reading.
Pain and Gain
I'll be honest. I think this movie only will appeal to a small group of people. I thought it had some similar elements to Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang from 2005. But that's just my opinion.
Pain and Gain directed by Michael Bay was an interesting film. Let's just say that. I loved it. Not at first.. but it grew on me. The humor is a little dark. But I like that. The characters were different. Not your usually crime movie, that's for sure.
Basically the movie is about Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg). He is a pretty average guy. Did some time in prison but works as a personal trainer now. Lugo isn't happy with his life though. He likes the way he looks, and he's a hard worker. But he thinks he deserves more. So he comes up with a plan to get what he wants.
He has a client, Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub), that is filthy rich and is a huge asshole. Lugo doesn't think that he deserves to have all that money so he pairs up with Paul (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) and Adrian (Anthony Mackie) and kidnaps him. The plan is to break him and get him to sign over all of his money to Lugo, who will split it with the guys. Then they let him go and life is good. The problem is.. Kershaw figures out who Lugo is because he recognizes his "stinky" cologne.
The next flaw in their plan: Paul is a real softy. He is a big ol' guy who might have a bit of a temper, but he has a big heart. He bonds with Kershaw and, because he is an idiot, thinks Kershaw is his friend. Which allows him to let his guard down around him.
They do eventually get the money out of him. Then they decide they are going to have to kill him because he knows who they are. But none of them really want to actually do it. So, they decide to make it look like an accident. Using Paul, because of his close relationship with Kershaw, they get him drunk. Then they rig him up in a car, and cause it to crash. Kershaw doesn't die though.. because Adrian put his seat belt on. So, they torch the car. Kershaw still doesn't die. So they run him over, and leave him for dead. But he isn't dead. This is one lucky guy. Well, as far as survival goes. He's clearly drawn the short straw on everything else.
When the cops investigate Kershaw's incident. They don't believe his story. They think he was on drugs or something. So he hires a private investigator, Ed DuBois (Ed Harris). Ed sees his side of the story as crazy too.. but he looks into it. Joins the gym where Lugo works and has him as his personal trainer.
Well, by this time, the boys are running out of money.So they line up another job. This one really doesn't go as planned. And that's all I'm going to say. Even though I can't really spoil it for you since it's a true story and all the information is online. But, I encourage you to watch it.
The acting in this movie was surprisingly good. Usually I'm not a huge fan of Dwayne Johnson, but he really did a good job in this movie. His character was a different role for him, but not like Tooth Fairy different. He plays and emotional, cocaine addicted, really dumb, Christian. Which is just kinda fun to watch =)
This was also the first movie I have seen with Rebel Wilson. I'm impressed. She's pretty funny.
Now I'll admit, I don't know how accurately it follows the actual events. The story is interesting though. It's about three guys, who are not very smart, trying to pull off a kidnapping. Obviously, they mess up.
I'm sorry, I've been working on this review for ten days.. and it sucks. Haha. Go watch the movie and make your own opinion.
I give the movie an 8 out of 10.
Comments are appreciated. =)
Pain and Gain directed by Michael Bay was an interesting film. Let's just say that. I loved it. Not at first.. but it grew on me. The humor is a little dark. But I like that. The characters were different. Not your usually crime movie, that's for sure.
Basically the movie is about Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg). He is a pretty average guy. Did some time in prison but works as a personal trainer now. Lugo isn't happy with his life though. He likes the way he looks, and he's a hard worker. But he thinks he deserves more. So he comes up with a plan to get what he wants.
He has a client, Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub), that is filthy rich and is a huge asshole. Lugo doesn't think that he deserves to have all that money so he pairs up with Paul (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) and Adrian (Anthony Mackie) and kidnaps him. The plan is to break him and get him to sign over all of his money to Lugo, who will split it with the guys. Then they let him go and life is good. The problem is.. Kershaw figures out who Lugo is because he recognizes his "stinky" cologne.
The next flaw in their plan: Paul is a real softy. He is a big ol' guy who might have a bit of a temper, but he has a big heart. He bonds with Kershaw and, because he is an idiot, thinks Kershaw is his friend. Which allows him to let his guard down around him.
They do eventually get the money out of him. Then they decide they are going to have to kill him because he knows who they are. But none of them really want to actually do it. So, they decide to make it look like an accident. Using Paul, because of his close relationship with Kershaw, they get him drunk. Then they rig him up in a car, and cause it to crash. Kershaw doesn't die though.. because Adrian put his seat belt on. So, they torch the car. Kershaw still doesn't die. So they run him over, and leave him for dead. But he isn't dead. This is one lucky guy. Well, as far as survival goes. He's clearly drawn the short straw on everything else.
When the cops investigate Kershaw's incident. They don't believe his story. They think he was on drugs or something. So he hires a private investigator, Ed DuBois (Ed Harris). Ed sees his side of the story as crazy too.. but he looks into it. Joins the gym where Lugo works and has him as his personal trainer.
Well, by this time, the boys are running out of money.So they line up another job. This one really doesn't go as planned. And that's all I'm going to say. Even though I can't really spoil it for you since it's a true story and all the information is online. But, I encourage you to watch it.
The acting in this movie was surprisingly good. Usually I'm not a huge fan of Dwayne Johnson, but he really did a good job in this movie. His character was a different role for him, but not like Tooth Fairy different. He plays and emotional, cocaine addicted, really dumb, Christian. Which is just kinda fun to watch =)
This was also the first movie I have seen with Rebel Wilson. I'm impressed. She's pretty funny.
Now I'll admit, I don't know how accurately it follows the actual events. The story is interesting though. It's about three guys, who are not very smart, trying to pull off a kidnapping. Obviously, they mess up.
I'm sorry, I've been working on this review for ten days.. and it sucks. Haha. Go watch the movie and make your own opinion.
I give the movie an 8 out of 10.
Comments are appreciated. =)
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