Movie #16:
PRISONERS (Sun.Sept.29.2013)
The movie stars Hugh Jackman (X-Men Series) and the uber hot and talented Jake Gyllenhaal (End of Watch). The movie is about a man, Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman), whose daughter, Anna, has been kidnapped along with her best friend Joy Birch, on Thanksgiving Day. Along with Joy's father, Franklin Birch, Keller had to deal with the police letting the kidnapper, Alex Jones (Paul Dano), go free. Based on a lack of evidence against him. But all was not lost because he was still a valid suspect in the investigation, but that didn't really "sit" well with Mr. Dover.
And so the movie deals with a very important "What If" issue. As in what would happen when a father like Keller Dover would take the law in to his own hands, instead of the police detective's, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal). The kidnapping of the little girls takes a toll on everyone, including the detective's. Detective Loki doesn't want the girls to die even more than the parents do and not because of ambition and a perfect "closed cases" record but because he actually cares, he's just not as emotional about it, because he keeps it in.
All the performances were outstanding in this film. It was shot wonderfully. There was little to no score in this movie, which was perfect because it was a nicely made independent thriller, it didn't need to have a hyped up score to go along with the movie's theme. The movie itself is very engrossing. Lots of twists and turns along the way which every great thriller should have in store. The movie had a great subject matter to ask: "What would you do?"
This is a spectacular film. Two thumbs up!!!
****
Monday, April 21, 2014
GROWN UPS 2
Movie #15:
Grown Ups 2 (Sun. July.28.2013)
This movie is far better than the first one though some say it tanked but I don't care what other people say. When it come to sequels the only ones that work are comedy: The Hangover and action: X-Men.
Grown Ups 2 has way more outrageous moments in it than the first one, like the giant moose is the house. At least I think it was a moose it could have been something else entirely. The movie itself is like a big SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE REUNION, LOL!!!
***
Grown Ups 2 (Sun. July.28.2013)
This movie is far better than the first one though some say it tanked but I don't care what other people say. When it come to sequels the only ones that work are comedy: The Hangover and action: X-Men.
Grown Ups 2 has way more outrageous moments in it than the first one, like the giant moose is the house. At least I think it was a moose it could have been something else entirely. The movie itself is like a big SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE REUNION, LOL!!!
***
Saturday, June 22, 2013
MAN OF STEEL (2013)!!!
Sat.June. 22.2013
Movie #14: Man of Steel!!!
Two words for this movie: PURE EPICNESS!!! This movie is amazing, just amazing. This is probably the first Superman movie where they actually show the actual planet of Krypton, in Superman: The Movie(1978), the set designers really didn't do all that much to show Krypton but the production team and visual effects team for this movie made a real effort to show Krypton in its entirety. All the actors and supporting actors were superb and the dialogue between all the characters were perfect and full of depth and passion like a person would believe every word the characters were saying.
Henry Cavill's portrayal of Clark Kent/ Kal-El is mesmerizing and charismatic, definitely Henry Cavill gave out great charisma because Superman could just appear in front of a crowd and they'd be mesmerized. Henry just has that perfect demeanor to pull the character off. Henry has it all: the gorgeous raven hair (dyed he said so himself), the piercing blue eyes, the strong and defined jawline/chin, and not to mention an amazing physique and great posture and tall stature (seriously he's like 6'1'', not as tall as Christopher Reeve or Tom Welling but if anyone would stand next to him he'd be huge).
Amy Adams' portrayal of Lois Lane is down to earth because in other works she's sort of high maintenance and it's great that Amy chose to play Lois in a "real" way. Amy Adams as Lois Lane really is outstanding, Lois has a wide range of feelings that other portrayals of Lois did not have, this Lois has depth, Amy Adams Lois and Erica Durance's Lois of "SMALLVILLE" fame have great spunk!
Michael Shannon, oh that man, just his demeanor alone will creep every audience member out. He's fantastically menacing as General Zod, Terrence Stamp would quiver in Michael's presence and Terrence played a ruthless General Zod as well. It's a shame that Michael Shannon will always play bad guys, just look at his resumé onhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0788335/?ref_=sr_1. He'll always be type casted as the "bad guy," and "villain."
The supporting actors were great also. There's Russel Crowe as Jor-El, who seriously has the first 20 minutes of the movie to himself as well as Michael Shannon.
Diane Lane and Kevin Costner as Martha and Jonathan Kent, respectively, they were perfect as Clark's "Earth Parents." Then there's Christopher Meloni as Colonel Nathan Hardy and Harry Lennix as General Swanwick, and also Richard Schiff as army scientist Dr. Emil Hamilton. Last but not least there is of course Laurence Fishbourne as Perry White, who is usually played by a caucasian but it's still great that they chose him to play Perry White instead.
The movie has "all the right moves" so to speak. It's got action, drama, romance, bits of comedy, tragedy, chills, thrills, and oddly enough surprising twists and turns, especially near the end of the movie, which is awesome, the ending is AWESOME!!! The movie also has a great cinematic score by the amazing Hans Zimmer (Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception, Pirates of the Caribbean).
Zack Snyder clearly did an amazing job directing the movie and he clearly chose the right person to produce the movie. The producer is of course the fantastic Christopher Nolan, the director of The Dark Knight Trilogy. With this duo, it made having Superman appear in the "real and modern world" plausible.
Five stars all around, four stars wouldn't give the movie justice, it wouldn't be enough to show how amazing this movie truly is. It is grand and epic in scale.
*****
P.S- If Man of Steel doesn't get nominated for the 86th Academy Awards I will be truly disappointed, everyone who was apart of this movie should be proud. They did a SUPERB job creating this adventure.
I LOVE HENRY CAVILL!!!
Sunday, May 5, 2013
IRON MAN 3- Digital
Movie #13: Iron Man 3-Digital
There was absolutely nothing wrong with the film what-so-ever. It was a fantastic experience, I even got the chills when I saw it. But that is what action movies do to me, they give me the chills and the thrills. The movie is action packed from the very beginning to the very end.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with the film what-so-ever. It was a fantastic experience, I even got the chills when I saw it. But that is what action movies do to me, they give me the chills and the thrills. The movie is action packed from the very beginning to the very end.
Robert Downey Jr. (a.k.a RDJ) gives us his very best as always, the role of Tony Stark comes naturally to him, that's why he was the perfect choice to portray the character. Gwyneth Paltrow is an utter delight as Pepper Potts, and watch out everyone, we have a scene stealer. Guy Pearce was way sexy and "hot" as Aldrich Killian, and Ben Kingsley was eerily menacing as The Mandarin.
The way that the film was made was top-notch. The director, Shane Black, definitely knew what he was doing. The visual aspects of the film were fantastic. The script was phenomenal as well, the dialog between Tony and the little boy Harley (Ty Simpkins), was hilarious, everyone in the theater was laughing their asses off.
If this movie doesn't receive an academy award or even a nomination for the 2014 Academy Awards, I am going to be really upset. I will go NUCLEAR!!!
I highly recommend this film. It's for everyone of all ages, so bring the family along.
****
PEOPLE STAY UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE MOVIE, AS IN THE VERY END.
Ty Simpkins and Robert Downey Jr Iron Man 3 Premiere Interview
This is an interview of two stars of the Iron Man 3 film. It's Robert Downey Jr, and Ty Simpkins. Enjoy.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Hotel Transylvania 3D
Movie #12: Tues.Oct.09.2012
Hotel Transylvania 3D
Other than the little children in the theater I was at yelling at the movie and saying, "EWW!" at certain scenes. It was quite an enjoyable experience.
Adam Sandler's voice was superb (in my opinion) and his usual co-stars were in the movie...except for Rob Schenider and he works with Adam all the time. When I heard the voice of Mavis... I admit I was confused at first. I though Mavis was voiced by Miley cyrus but in fact she was voiced by Selena Gomez which is even cooler and better.
Adults could definitely watch and enjoy this film as well. I'm eighteen years old and I had a blast watching the movie. Except for the children speaking in the theater during the movie I had a fantastic time at the movies. Hey if I could vacation at Hotel Transylvania I would have a great time...but I wouldn't if that giant spider was there. I hate spiders, I am arachnophobic.
If this movie were to be rated anything, it would be:
** 1/2 stars because it was funny but predictable.
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