The Mummy

So begins the Dark Universe.

For those who didn't know, The Mummy is the beginning of a new cinematic universe containing every monster in the Universal Studios catalog. Classic monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolfman, the Invisible Man, and Creature from the Black Lagoon will soon be reintroduced to movie audiences. Each getting new stand along movies with hopes to have all the monsters exist in the same  movie universe.

Although this isn't the first attempt to re-boot the monster universe.
Remember The Wolfman (2010)?
Maybe you heard of Dracula Untold (2014)?
Of course, what ever happened to the blockbuster The Mummy (1999)? Which had two sequels!

Ironically displayed at the theater where we viewed The Mummy last night.

So why is there a need to re-boot the previously re-booted? More importantly, should you even go see it?

The Mummy get G - Gratifying

Tom Cruise gives the movie enough star power to entice an audience. Plus there are a few seat jumping scares, and the mummy character is creepy and terrifying at moments.  I think it helps that we sat close to the screen for those scares. I only had a problem with the ending. I feel the movie was going one direction and then takes an odd turn with no way to resolve it.

The classic monster movies of the 1930s were considered popcorn movies of their era. This movie is no different. You should grab a large bag of popcorn, sit real close to the screen, and enjoy the ride. Just don't expect the story to blow you away. It's just suppose to be two hours of fun.

Next week we have Cars 3.... I barely remember the second movie!

*NOTE* Baby Driver has moved from August to June 28th, and Dark Tower has moved  to August 4th. Don't know why??

Godzilla!!

I wanted to wait a bit to write this review.
The reason why? I wanted to see what other people had to say about this movie.

Mainly I wanted to hear from my friends.  I wanted to be certain I wasn't the only one. I wanted to know that it wasn't just I trying to hold this film to higher standards.

Let's get this straight. Every scene featuring Godzilla was spectacular! I expect only the best when it was reported that this new Godzilla would take 450 years to create on a single computer. The monster battle scenes were thrilling, engaging and just simply awesome. The only thing is that you expect a movie called Godzilla to actually show more Godzilla.

Seriously there is maybe 20 minutes total of Godzilla in this two hour film.

Well, that wasn't the worst of it. The story was bad. I am talking really bad. There were so many problems with it.

As many regular readers may know, I try not give any spoilers to the movies I post on this blog. So I am not going to get too deep into the story. I am not going to tell you about anything what happens. I just try to give my honest opinion and reasoning behind whether or not you should go see it.

As for the story, I could care less. The writers try SO hard to get you to care about these "human" characters that they lose focus on the characters that really matter, i.e. Godzilla. They try to get you to believe that the humans can be the deciding factor in a world of gigantic monsters. When actually the people would be like ants to Godzilla and he wouldn't notice nor even care about their presence. Also the tone of the story can not be determined. It attempts to be super serious based in reality, but then tries to have corny moments that made the original Godzilla movies so entertaining. Both can not co-exist in this film. (I am so close to spoiling these moments....I can't stand it!!)

I was completely frustrated with this movie. I feel as if I try to tell you anymore, I may drop a few hints about what happens. I even thought about posting an update in a few weeks ripping it apart. But I am not going to do that. If I did, this blog becomes nothing more than another movie review site with a pompous writer who believes he knows way more about cinema than you would ever know.

So instead I will leave it with this.

Godzilla is worth a viewing. Maybe not in a theater. You could wait to see it at home with your HD TV and surround sound. On the other hand I could be completely wrong. I've seen a few Facebook posts stating that people loved it, but I think they were just mystified by the incredible Godzilla images to even care about the story.

Although if you do decide to see it in the theater, don't blame me. I warned you.

Godzilla gets an e - Entertained

Some parts I liked. Some I hated. The negatives out weighed the positives for me. You may be different.


Here is a reminder of the new and improved rating system


L - Legendary
E - Exceptional
G - Gratifying 
e - Entertained
n - Nugatory
d - Dreadful

Next Week... X-Men: Days of Futures Past.        

Hoping for the best from that one.