Saving Mr. Banks...

Now I don't want to go on and on about how good a film is, but once in awhile you watch a film that just takes you away from all the crap in the world, in life, and just makes watching a film an enjoyable experience. The acting by Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson was superb. The film was about the dealings that Walt Disney(played by Hanks)had with PL Travers who write the book Mary Poppins, in turning her book into a film adaptation. Before I forget, Colin Farrell was amazing as well playing Travers father in flashback scenes. If you are looking for a film to watch during Christmas time this is the one.

Smaug, he alright

The Hobbit 2 was way better than the first one. It had lots of action this time around. The dragon played by Benedict Cumberbatch was beyond awesome. The facial features, the armor of the dragon were amazing to behold, Oh Smaug, the stupendous. Also the mountain lair where he sat with all the gold was cool to see. Of course there is going to be a third installment, but if its anything like this one then I can hardly wait. This is short but sweet review of a film. When something is good you don't need to expound on it.

Watching Thor 2 was about as good as mayhaw jelly, but not quite...

Thor: Dark World was a pretty good film to watch. I don't know why the film was panned so much by the critics. But I though it was fun to watch. Loki was excellent just like in the other films. The head of the dark elves played the "villain" role well. Even that girl from that lame Two broke girls show was watchable, well not really, just trying to be nice. Effects were amazing,and the story I thought was easy to follow along. Not much more I can add except to say that at least with some of the Marvel charcters like Thor, Captain America, the filmmakers have got it right. Just glad Robert Downey was not in this one at all, like in a cameo or something. However there is one surprise appearance that was done cleverly well. It was pretty hilarious jack. Well, I'm gone!

Escape plan? That means...Everybody get down!

What can you say about Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarrzenegger? They are too damn funny in this film. The lines that Arnold says are ridiculous. I was glad he was able to get a "get down!" line in there. So both he and Sly are convicts in a prison run by a corrput warden. The warden was played great by Jim Caviezel. At times he was over the top as a villain, but then he would be cold as ice. He did a good job. Stallone is an expert in getting out of prisons, he works for a security company going undercover to see what cracks and mistakes are in the prison system. Not to give anything away, but there are some pretty good twists in this one. You might expect it to be straight up action film, which mainly it was. But there was alot of humor thrown in as well. Sometimes unintentional, which makes it more funny. So go watch film!

It's all Gravity jack!

A film one in awhile deserves the hype, and you definitely get that with Gravity. Sandra Bullock is amazing as an astronaut who gets stranded in space along with George Clooney, who once again I have to admit did a pretty good in his role. You never know with him if he is going to be annoying or good when it comes to his films. Bullock was amazing in her role. She had humor, emotion, bravery. She just did an awesome job. Also lets not forget the effects. With all that space debris flying around, it looked like a freight train! The soundtrack was good too. All I got to say is Voy a beilar!

Machete reeks...

Maybe thats to strong of a review for Machete Kills, but I guess I was expecting more. When they said Charlie Sheen, and Mel Gibson were going to be in the film I said "Okaaay." And of course they didn't add much to the film at all. Mel Gibson would give long speeches about nothing and then he looked pretty bored. So did Sheen. The action sequences at times were cool and ridiculously over the top which I loved about in the first film. This one though one, it just seemed to go through the motions. Walter Goggins was pretty good as the first incarnation of El Chameleon. Demian Becher as Mendez did a fine job as well. If theres a third installment, hopefully it goes back to how the original was.

Prisoners:oooofffff!

It was a good psychological suspenseful film. Hugh Jackman was good as one of the fathers whose daughters go missing in the film. Terrence Howard was good, but I don't think they used him enough. They made him too much of Jackman's sidekick I thought. The "suspected" kidnapper was well played. And I thought that the twist was good, but really convoluted. The last scene too was something that kind of left me speechless as one reviewer wrote it would, but it was more of a reaction on my part of "Oh come on man!"

Insidious 2: Don't watch it...

Enough said

Go back to thes kinds of films Vin..

Riddick was a film that I enjoyed watching. Dark humor, action, special effects. Can't ask for anymore jack! I know Vin Diesel wanted to try other types of films. He did some comedy, some drama. But he's a pretty legit action star, so why not stick to that? Anyway the first in the I guess you can say trilogy was Pitch Black which was a classic. The second film Chronicles of Riddick put me to sleep to be quite honest. But Riddick comes back fast and furious!(hahaha,see what I did there? I used another of his films bro to be funny. Have not watched any of those films, probaly won't. Okay I'll stop. too many words in the parenthesis) I think Riddick would have done really well if it was released in the middle of the summer season. Hopefully it does well in the box office. I'll see ya man. Bs man.

World's end my friend?

See that title rhyme. Anyway this was a very funnny film, about a bunch of guys who were high school chums who attempted to go on a pub crawl to 12 pubs when they were younger,but failed cause they were too high or wahtever. Now years later they all meet together again to attempt this glorious feat. Simon Pegg is hilarious as Gary King who gathers the group to attempt to do the crawl again. During their escapades they face a whole group of robots. I know that sounds dumb, but trust me its an awesome film. I liked the physical comedy, the banter, also the reactions to situations. To me, a actor has comedic talent just by the way they react to situations. It could just be the right look,laugh, a line. Just something simple that makes the whole audience laugh. The main cast had all that down to perfection. Highly re-co-mend.

Ee-ly-sium? I gotta come up with new material...

I didn't think i would like Elysium, but that film was alright jack! Good effects,good action, story, also good acting. Sharto Copley as the main "Villain" (wink, wink) was awesome. Reminded me alot of District 9 which is a good thing. The portrayals of earth and elysium were pretty dramatic. Basically Elysium is a colony for out in space that is only reserved for the well to do and the elite they live. They have the ability to heal and regenerate themselves. While on earth the people still struggle through sickness. so attempts are made to invade elysium, so all citizens of earth can be healed of whatever ailment. Matt Damon was good as the main character who is part of this effort to infiltrate Elysium. Jodie Foster was just going through the motions to me. I thought Wagner Moura who plays Spider, a smuggler in the film, was really good in his role. Although he seems kind of sleazy, ultimately his sole interest is in helping the people. Although it seems reviews are mixed on the film, I say give it a try. "Miss Kay's up to something."

Wolf-reen?

I though this was a good film. Its kind of cool that Hugh Jackman keeps playing Wolverine, and enjoys the role. It's weird, there are some actors who play a popular character, and then abandon it because they think they will be typecast. There was some slow parts in the film, particularily the love story between Logan and Mariko, but it wasn't too bad. There was some good action scenes, and funny one-liners. Some of the villians in the film were not so spectacular. I think they could have done more to develop them. But you only have so much time in a film. I kind of wish they would do a stand alone X-men film centered around Nightcrawler, but I don't think that will happen. So The Wolverine is good, my sonnn!

RIPD no BS man...

You know something man, this is bullshiii...Anyway, I thought RIPD was a fun film to watch. It was funny, had good action. Jeff Bridges was good as Yosemite Sam or whatever his name was in the film. Alot of people compare it to Men in Black. Eh, I don't know. I guess instead of aliens, they went after ghosts or demons I guess you could say. I think it would have probably done better in the box office if was released in the fall. Perhaps near Halloween eh? Some of the garbagio thats doing well in the summer is beyond me, like Grownups 2? Oh come on man!

Now lets see the Atlantic drift!

Pacific Rim is what a summer blockbuster should be. To me even though summer is not over, this was by far the best film this season. You simply cannot go wrong with giant robots fighting monsters. The acting was fine. It didn't take much from the film. Charlie Day was as usual brillantly funny. Ron Perlman was hiliarious as well. I hope they make many sequels, and I would not mind seeing Godzilla, or Gamera make an appearnce. Even Mothra if she/it wants to join in on the fun.

It's no Walker, Texas Walker but Lone Ranger will do...

I have to say I enjoyed watching the Lone Ranger. Critics lambasted(funny word there eh?) the film, but I thought it was fine. Maybe it was a bit too long. Buy hey,it had alot of action,humor, explosions, horses,masks, woman with a prosthetic leg shotgun(not kidding there jack)So I'm glad I went to watch it. Johnny Depp was superb as Tonto, and I think Arme Hammer did good as the Lone Ranger. His delivery was a bit hokey at times. I guess it was centered around Johnny Depp but I think enough attention was given to the Ranger. I had read a graphic novel that was published a few years ago, a retelling of sorts of the Lone Ranger, so I was curious to how it would be portrayed in modern day film The character has been around for a long time, so it was nice to see it reinvented and I believe this film did it right. Plus it was awesome to listen to the William Tell overture playing as the Lone Ranger and Tonto were chasing the bad guys. A delightful experience. Heh, heh delightful. Ah, I'm so funny.

World War Z was like a freight train!

I probably should have read the book before the film, but thats okay, I didn't read Cloud Atlas either before I watched it either. I thought World War Z was pretty good. Not much of a Brad Pitt fan. But I thought he did good as a UN ivestigator trying to find out what is causing the zombie strain that has impacted the world. I also like the action sequences involving the zombies when they would go into a frenzy. If your looking for a long dissertation on what constitutes a zombie or not (whether its the air, a virus etc.), DON'T look for it here. I don't care. As long as its entertaining than Hey, I'll watch it jack! Can't wait to read the book.

This is the end...Really?

Well, for a film that had alot of laughs, there were some parts that were just a waste of time. Like Jonah Hill getting demon possessed, and a ridiculous boy band performing at the end. So the film is basically a ridculous, albeit alot of times hilarious story about the ending of the world as we know it. All the actors in the film apparently play themselves, at numerous times they were referred to as Hey Seth Rogen, hey James Franco. Now mind you this film is just out to have fun. Alot of crude humor, so it may not be for everyone. To me alot of the funny parts were the reactions by Craig Robinson. Like his screaming, and just the one-liners he would say. All of the actors did that. Especially Danny Mcbride. Man, that guy just pulled out all the stops to be funny. So like I said, some parts were unnecessary and they didn't even make it more funnier. Like the old saying goes, sometimes less is more.

Man, why didn't Man of Steel have it at Denny's?

It was pretty interesting to see IHOP used extensively in Man of Steel. But you know(chewing from side to side) I aint gonna be here that long. Okay, enough of the inside jokes. Superman, oh exuse me, Man of Steel was pretty cool. However there are some kind of boring spots where his origin is talked about. I sort of get why they had to do that, considering this was ANOTHER reboot, but some of it was long-winded. The action scenes with Superman and General Zod(played by Micahel Shannon of Boardwalk Empire)and with his cronies were off the charts in my opinion. It felt like watching a video game as they crash through buildings, cars, warehouses, cows(not really) you name it Jack! Michael Shannon was a really good bad guy. But I also think they should have injested a little bit more humor in the film,it seems that Superman was kind of limited in his lines. Oh well. Like I said there are some slow parts, but when the action picks up you won't be disappointed...Jack!

Hangover 3: All they needed was the mayor...

That was an outside(or inside joke? eh..) joke if you will. Anyways the hijinks were aplenty in Hangover 3. This movie was too funny with the ridiculous chase scenes and the hilarious one-liners. Critics say that its nothing like the original with all the chase scenes and also that the actors were going through the motions. I don't think so. The banter was pretty entertaining. Zack G is funny as hell with his facial expressions, and so are Ed Helms and Bradley Cooper. Can't forget Mr. Chow,who for some reason has to always show frontal nudity in each of the films. Hahaha. There was even a shot of Shangrila man. I wish though there was more of John Goodman and Melissa Mccarthy in the film. Also there was some minor charcters from the first Hangover that I wish were in this one. The critics are wrong once again in their negative reviews of this film. There was alot of laughter in the theatre. Can't really compare with the first two films, which I don't think it should. It's funny. If you don't want to watch it, watch something else like the Great Crapsby. (yeah right, jack!)

A twist that makes sense...

Unlike the twist in Iron Man 3, the twist involving the main villain(Benedict Cumberbatch)in Stark Trek: Into darkness was on the money. I am not a Star Trek fan at all, but I have to say this movie was really good. It had plenty of humor, good action, and real good visual effects. It was pretty cool to see Judge Dredd in it without his mask as Dr. McCoy. He was funny with his weird metaphors. Weird is good though. But Cumberbatch showed what a real movie villian is like. He was cold, calculating, but he even was able to draw sympathy in one scene where you didn't think he could. I can't wait for the continuation of the Sherlock BBC series that he is part of. It will be interesting to see if they continue with this version of the Stark Trek franchise, but we shall see kuya.

Iron Lame?

Well, I'm going to give out alot of plot points from Iron Man 3, so if you don't want to continue reading, then go away. I thought the acting of Ben Kingsley as the villian Mandarin was excellent, but all that came out of that was that he was a drug addicted actor paid off by Aldrich Killian who is actually the Mandarin. What? Are you kidding me jack? Okay, I understand that its a twist, but all Killian did at the end was tell Tony Stark. "I am the Mandarin. I have always been." No explaination as to how, I mean there was some, but not enough. There was of course plenty of good action, and special effects, but also too much of that excruciating dialouge between Pepper and Tony. It was an alright movie, but nowhere near as good as The Avengers.

Hey Jackie...

42 was an awesome movie to watch. The movie seemed like a throwback to classic films from the 50's. The story entails how Jackie Robinson beame the first black person to play in the MLB. Harrison Ford was great as Branch Rickey the baseball executive of the Brooklyn Dodgers who helped bring in Robinson. Everything about the movie had an authentic feel to it. From the baseball grassfield to the cars, clothes. Was it too melodramatic at time, eh who cares? It was a fun movie to watch. I hadn't seen a sports film in quite awhile, so it was good to see one that was well made.(hey did they call you man? Hahaha, couldn't resist.)

Trance...What the hell is that?

Art heist, hypnosis, very weird love story, some action. All that creates the movie Trance. I did not if I would like the movie, but it was cool and different man, it was different...heh, heh, heh. Anyway James McAvoy was excellent in the lead role, so was Vincent Cassel. The soundtrack was right on with the scenes as well. I always like watching movies that are not too mainstream, and have interesting plots. Sometimes you need to watch something different in a movie man. Heh, heh, heh. Right, right.

Hello Im professor Ashland...

Evil dead was an awesome, gory bloodfest. I was not sure if I would like it, but it had plenty of action, chills and whatnot. The cast was one of those twentysomethings you have never heard of, but they did a good job. To act in a film like this requires alot of hard work with dealing with all the bloody effects and such.(I should end more sentences like that with an and, and some word that doesn'y even fit)Even good old Bruce Campbell makes an appearance(I won't tell you when) I will say he should of came in and said "Hello my name is Ashland. I'm a professor of antiquities at Hofstra. Tell me that would not have ruled! It's a good to see a horror movie get the top spot in its first week of release too.

Olympus has fallen kuya

I like action movies when they are done right. It doesn't matter to me if its a one-man army like Rambo or a team like the Expendables. Olympus has Fallen, to me has gotten it right. It stars Gerard Butler a member of the Secret Service who goes to save the president who is being held hostage after the White House is taken over by terrorists. The action was cool, so were most of the effects. But too much of the gunfire looked like out of a video game. Angela Basset acted well as the head of the Secret Service. And so did Aasron Eckhart who played the president. The action was pretty intense and almost non-stop. The interaction between Butler and the presidents young son was funny, but at the same time real. Too many times the interaction between kid and adult actors seems forced. One thing that annoys me is that there was an extra scene at the end of the credits according to Wikipedia. It was a pretty significant one too! Oh well, guess I'll have to check it out when it comes out on dvd.

Sim-sala-flop!

Oz the great and powerful, not so much. Don't get why James Franco was casted as Oz. They should have had more experienced actors and actresses. Michelle Williams was a bore as Glenda. The effects were pretty cool, especially the character of china doll. That was done well. You know I don't know what else to say jack. I don't think it deserves that long of a review. Eh, such is life.

Hello, I am jack

Hey, Jack the giant-slayer had everything jack. It had action,romance, comedy,beans,special effects,pigs in a blanket,canabalism,watermelon,tires, potato salad. It had everything jack! Hey look here, when you can take a childhood story and make adults enjoy it, hey you got something there jack. Throw in Ian Mcshane in there, you got yourselves an epic there jack. Hey,listen I watch all kind of movies, and I'm telling you jack this ones a winner...jack! Hey, it's the kind of movie that takes you into another world jack. I just wish I had my pure leaf lemon ice tea, and I would have been alright jack!

I-den-ty?

Identity theif was a hilarious movie to watch. Lots of sarcastic one liners, and clever ad-libing, I think. Jason Bateman plays a guy who gets his identity stolen from a woman played by Melissa McCarthy. Bateman plays a guy name Sandy so I guess thats how she did it. The Sandy jokes at times were rough. The physical comedy by the two was amazing. They went all out. I also liked that there were some suprising actors in this. Jonathan Banks(of Breaking Bad fame) plays a criminal who sends two of his underlings after the female Sandy. And also Robert Patrick(Mr T-1000 himself) who plays a crazed bill collector. If you went to see a fun, ridiculously over the top film, then see this.

'Wheres my lotto ticket?!" I forgot Mama."

Mama was a pretty good old school horror flick. It's about two girls who are found by their uncle after they had been stranded in a cabin for a long time after their dad kills their mother. They were taken care of by a ghost who becomes very protective of them even after they leave the cabin. The girls are really wild and unkempt when they are discovered. But the uncle and his girlfriend try to give them a home. Jessica Chastain was good as the girlfriend. So was Nikolaj Coster Waldu playing dual roles as the father and uncle. The ghost was pretty cool and scary looking. Visually the film looked stunning. The dream sequences were well done. This was a way much better horror film than Sinister. I mean how serious can you take a film when the entity was named Baghul? Baghuuuuullllllll! Anyways it was good to see a film like this make it to the top of the box office. I had my doubts that I would like it, but it was good. Like a freight train! Cause thats what happens when you don't hail to the chimp. Heh,heh,heh.

Lewis!! What are you doing?!

And that was one of the many classic lines that Arnold Schwarzenegger delivers hilariously in The Last Stand. I thought this movie was cool, despite it not doing too well in its opening week. I don't know, the way Arnold just delivers lines is funny with his accent. The car chases were pretty cool, the cast was alright. I did not get the point of Forset Whitaker as an FBI agent. Too boring. I think he should have been the main bad guy. Luis Guzman as one of arnalds deputies was classic. "What are you in a crusade?" Hahahaa. Ah, good stuff. A good movie to watch and escape from the drudgeries of life, like...nah forget it. Go see movie!