Ah, let's see...

Well, it looks like this is becoming a once a year blog. Oh well. Recent films I have seen include Avengers 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road. Avengers was good, but not as great as the first one. Mad Max though was amazing. Especially the soundtrack. Acting was good. Some of the scenes were kind of absurd, but it didn't take anything away from the film. Will see how much it makes at the end of its run. Anyway maybe I shall put up another post soon...or not. Heh, heh, heh.

Its been awhile...

Been a long time since I wrote a post, I can't believe I have not wrote one since last year. Well, one film I liked was Son of God that was released a couple months ago. Although its not exactly word for word from the Bible, it was still I think, a good portrayal of Jesus. When I watched the film, that week I had gone through a horrible experience which tested my faith, and quite frankly still effects me today. But when I saw what Jesus went through, and the sacrifice He did for all people it puts life in perspective. I don't want to get into what happened and with anything I can look at myself and take my share of the blame in the situation. I will preface by saying I am a horrible Christian, but I do put my hope in Christ alone and I want to please Him. Most times I fail, but I will keep trying. Whether your a believer or not, I think films like this can, if anything make you be aware of how awesome God is.

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!