Gearing Up....Ready to GO!!

Well 2009 just sprang right on top of us. Wow, this year is going to be a great one movie wise. Alot of great blockbusters coming soon, and I'm ready to see them all.

A few things are going to be differnet this year. Like last year I'm going to make a list, and I am going to try to watch every single movie on the list hopefully on opening weekend. Only this year the list will have flexiblity. Movies can be added and cut from the list as the summer hype progresses. Also I'm going to try to blog via my phone directly after the movie. These will mostly be a simple yea or nay with the fill-in of the blanks coming later. I'm hoping for a more interactive year also. That means you...the reader....I want to hear what you think of my ramblings. You think you can do that?!

Also it seems like the summer movie season keeps starting earlier and earlier each year. I mean come on Watchmen is coming out the first week of March! That doesn't give me much time, but you better believe I'll be ready.

Here is a tentative first draft of THE LIST

March 6, - Watchmen
March 13, - Race to Witch Mountain
April 3, - Fast and Furious
April 8, - Dragonball
April 24, - The Soloist
May 1, - X-Men Origins: Wolverine
May 8, - Star Trek
May 15, - Angels & Demons
May 22, - Terminator Salvation
June 26, - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
July 1, - Ice Age: Dawn of Dinosaurs
July 17, - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
August 9, - G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra

That doesn't seem like that many, but more can always be added.

It's Movie Time!

Update 2/2/09:

The trailers played during the Super Bowl really helped the list grow with these new movies coming soon.

Added to the List

March 27 - Aliens vs. Monsters
May 29, - Up
June 5, - Land of the Lost
June 19, - Year One

Twilight

So I had to see what all the hype was about. I wasn't a reader of the novels. Hell, until last month I didn't know there were any novels. I thought this would be a good chance for me to watch a movie and critique it on no previous knowledge of the film.



First off, the fans of these novels will say this is a forbidding love story. That it is, but it the basic Romeo and Juliet story. You know the drill. They love each other but there are all these reasons why they shouldn't. As for the story, I thought it was a bit too easy. It is like they fall in love just because they are not alike. They barely talk to each other for the first part of the movie. The girl falls for the guy cause she is more interested in discovering the truth about him, and the guy is alot like a stalker. Well he is a vampire. I just thought the binding everlasting love was most likely not translated as well from the book to movie. Got to make it quicker on the screen for all the dumbies, right?

Ok on to the vampires. Aren't vampires suppose to be scary and awesome?! Well not these vampires. Usually when I get done watching a movie about vampires, there is nothing more I'd rather be than a vampire. I want to fly, stalk, hunt, and talk to people like they are inferior species with my yellow eyes and fangs. It would be so cool. But after this movie there is noway I wanted to be like these vampires. They were wimps. Polite and courteous.....blah. The only cool thing any of them would do was run up trees. WOW, you could totally win the lumberjack games.

Even the "bad" vampires were lame. There was one and he was disposed of quite easily. Where is the epic battle to the death...Highlander style? And really is there anything such as a "good" vampire? Oh I want to bite you but I will resist it and be your friend instead......blah blah blah. Screw that rip her freaking neck out! I got to say the best line of the whole movie was, "you're like my own personal heroin." Great line. I'm going to start saying that to girls I meet. HA!

Ok so I bet the books are great. Since I didn't read them. I can't really say anything about those books. I just didn't get that "this is so cool" feeling that was suppose to be projected from this movie. The supernatural stuff wasn't "super" enough. The movements of the vampires didn't seem so awesome either. I've seen it all before. Being able to see the quick movements the vampires isn't everything, i.e. The Lost Boys. You're going to sit there and tell me with all that CGI technology out there you couldn't make these vamps look cooler? And what is with the Gitter skin?!!!

Twilight gets a l - lame, because I wasn't blown away by it. Half way through it I didn't even think it was entertaining, I just had to pee. It was a same old love story formula with no real defined payout. No tragedy. No plot twist. No happy ending. The whole movie can be summed up like this: girl moves to new town, she meets vampire boy, they "somehow" fall in love, vampire saves girl from other vamps. One last thing. Also you're going to tell me that no one else in this town has any idea that these people are vampires? They all just accept that they are all strange. Bullshit! I guess I should have read the novels instead.

Quantum of Solace

Legendary Movie Review is Back!

And so is James Bond.....or so I thought



Now I for one was stoked about the new direction of the James Bond franchise. Casino Royale took the character back to the beginning, (call it a reboot if you'd like) and made Bond tougher, dirtier, smarter, and even cockier. James Bond wasn't only a secret agent but also a human, who gets scratched and bruised throughout his battles with evil.

Now bring on Quantum of Solace! This film is suppose to be the continuation of what happened at the end of Casino Royale. Basically Bond is on the hunt for the man behind killing his girl from the the first movie.

Right from the get go this movie is action packed. It starts with a high speed car chase and never stops from there. The movie is filled with action. Every scene is either an action sequence or a transition to an action sequence. I can't really tell you what the story is about. Something about finding out information about an organization that no national secret agency has any idea even if it exists.

Overall I'd say that this movie delivers. If you wanted to see some awesome Bond fighting stunts....it delivers. If you wanted to see Daniel Craig kick ass....it delivers. If you wanted to see Bond as the coolest man on earth....it delivers. What is doesn't deliver .....STOP RIGHT NOW IF YOU DON"T WANT TO GET SPOILED, GO TO THE NEXT PARAGRAPH NOW......is an ending. Casino Royale's ending was great. He shot a man in the leg and introduced himself with the famous line Bond, James Bond. Quantum's ending is week. It is a downer. What happened?! We don't get anything resolved. Yes, he finds the man he was looking for but what does he do with him? We don't know. And what about the organization? Do we get an insight of what this organization does, or any leads on who is behind it? NO! And what the hell is the Quantum of Solace?! I'm guessing this is all set up to the next Bond movie that will no doubt be made within the next few years. Christ! I have to wait all over again. In a way it is brilliant, they make you want more James Bond action.

With that said, Quantum of Solace is a great action packed Bond film. It gets an A - Awesome just for that alone. It may not live up to Casino Royale but hopefully it will be a transition needed to greater Bond films in the foreseeable future. Go see it if you like James Bond in anyway.

Revamp in Progress

So the site pretty much died after the Dark Knight hit the street. Sorry about that. I went to see it like five times and thought it to be a little redundant to keep reviewing it.

But the show must go on! I had alot of fun this summer going to movies with my friends and writing crapy reviews (cough....my pov's)about movies. So I decided to keep the train a comin'. Be on the look out for more reviews and changes coming to the blog site soon. Plus the brand new countdown to summer movies '09.

Coming to a theatre near you!!

The Dark Knight

It is 6 am. I just got out of the Dark Knight. 3 am IMAX showing, yeah!!!



Bale was amazing! Eckhart was awesome! Ledger was extraordinary!

The movie is LEGENDARY!!!!

I have more but I'm tired right now so I'll update this later.

UPDATE: 7/20

And here.....we.....GO

Just saw the movie again.

It is flawless!

The Joker steals the show. There are all these talks about Heath Ledger getting an Oscar for his performance. I disagree. I think that will only tarnish this amazing performance of the Joker. More would center around his death than the fact that he brought his scary sociopathic character to life. As soon as you see the Joker in the scene your eyes lock in on him to try to see the actor. There is none. You see only the Joker. Brilliant!!!

The Joker may steal the movie but it is not all about him. This is how a origin story is meant to be done. By that I mean the origin of Two Face. Many would like to see the the origin of the Joker, but that would just ruin the Batman world Nolan has created. Anyways if you're a fan of comics you already know that there are multiple versions of the Joker's origin. I prefer "The Killing Joke"......read it!

Back to Two Face. This story being the rise and fall of Harvey Dent couldn't have been done better. Unlike in Batman Forever....which was awful to look back on now. Nolan brought realism to the Batman world. This could happen to people. He makes you believe. Plus Aaron Eckhart was great! His transformation into the villian was dead on.

And we can't forget about Christian Bale. Again he proves to be the best Batman ever!I think what makes him good is how he plays Bruce Wayne. Others made Bruce to be alittle standoff-ish and eccentric. Bale plays three different Bruce Waynes. The playboy selfish billionaire for the world to see. The truthful caring man for his "girl" friend. And the reckless still needing guidance "youngman" for Alfred. Man, talk about awards. He should get four for playing four characters.

Other brilliant's go out to Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman. They all did great jobs in their roles, especially Oldman. Another guy that can make the role into something more, something real. (Side note: I love how everyone calls him "the" Batman with reference to Frank Miller's Return of the Dark Knight and Batman: Year One) Maggie Gyllenhaal...eh....not much there. I really didn't feel her, but she probably did better than Katie Holmes.....HA!

Finally a movie of this summer goes all the way to the top. Dark Knight gets L- Lengendary. It will go down in history as not only the best Batman movie, but it might even push Superman the Movie (original) off the top as best comic book movie. If you haven't seen it yet.......quit your job, email will keep, skip the gym, whatever you are doing stop it and go see this movie. NOW!!!

Up next.......I have no idea

p.s. How about the Watchmen trailer?! How geeked out are you? If you don't have any idea what Watchmen is about, go pick up the graphic novel at your local book store.

Update #2: 7/21 Spoiler Alert do not read any further if you have not yet watched the movie!

For open discussion. As for the very end of the movie, what do you think of it? What do you think is the fate of Two Face? I've had some discussions amongst friends. They believe that it is the end. I think different

HELLBOY II

The Golden Army is Golden Awesome!!!







Way better than the first movie. Hellboy is a great comic, but nobody in the general public had any idea how great a movie will be. Well now we all know it is as super a cool as the original comic series.

Hellboy II is action packed and has a way more creatures than the first. Ron Pearlman is Hellboy! He was great! Only he will ever play Hellboy which is the best part. No one else could ever pull it off as good as he does. The way he delivers subtle one liners and his comic dialogue is brilliant.

If you were a fan of the first film, then you'll definitely like HB II. Out of the way is the back story, leaving much more time for HB fighting. With the addition of some great new characters that I'm sure will continue throughout more Hellboy movies.

Speaking of that. If you're excited to see more Hellboy adventures....well you're going to have to wait. The amazing director/writer of Hellboy and HB II, Guillermo del Toro, will be busy for at least the next four years with the Hobbit. Which means Hellboy III won't come out (if at all) for six or seven years. BOOO! I'm sure the Hobbit movies will be great!

Hellboy II: The Golden Army gets an A - Awesome. I wasn't expecting much more than the first film. In fact I don't think I really like the first one. This movie may have changed my mind. HB II totally worth a second viewing

UP NEXT THE DARK KNIGHT

Hancock, Wall-E, and wrap-ups

Ok so I got a little behind. So sue me!

This post should get things all ready for the next few weeks.



First up Hancock

If you watched the trailer for this new Will Smith movie, you most likely already know the story. Will plays a superhero with amazing powers. Only problem he is a drunk and an asshole to everyone he meets. Then he decides to change his public image. He goes to jail. He sobers up. Then he becomes a real super hero.

So what is the catch? Well that is the twist, which comes out of nowhere and is a bit too easy. There are no giant monster or evil super-villians for Hancock to fight. He only needs to fight himself.

Hancock is funny and entertaining. Probably the most un-believeable part is the fact that regular criminals actually believe that they can take out an invincible superhero. These men don't know anything about Hancock. They don't discover his weakness and use it against him. I merely are at the right place at the right time. It is actually stupid. I'll say it right now. The only one who can kill Hancock is Hancock.

It gets a E - Entertained because Will Smith is funny like always. It was worth the movie ticket but don't spend extra on popcorn


WALL-E

The best part about watching a Pixar movie is that you forget that you are watching a catroon. Wall-E is great. It is silly, fun, and exactly what you would expect from Disney and Pixar. Hey they can make a faceless robot look mean and evil. You try to do that!

Not much to say here other than I liked it. It wasn't the best of the Pixar movies, but then again they have alot to live up to. I say go see Wall-E if you just want to fill like a kid for two hours.
Hey, I like cartoons. I don't think that you need to stop watching them as you get older. Animation is a great art form and deserves to be respected. Sometimes I wish I followed my boyhood dreams of drawing comics or cartoons. Wall-E was the best movie experience of the summer. I even forgot to take notes while I watched it. So this review sucks. You know it, and I know it, so let's move one.

It gets an E- Entertained. Although it was funny, I wanted more. Then again it was a cartoon.

Others

My co-authors went to see these movies, but they haven't decided to write anything yet. So I'm just going to summerize their comments......so we can get moving.

The Happening - is Crappening. Not worth talking about. It gets a w- WEAK want my money back!

Get Smart - is alright but not "Smart" enough. I still want to see this because I am a fan of the old TV series, but I fear for the same faith that the remake of the Pink Pather brought to us. Please stop screwing up greatness. It gets an E - Entertained

Wanted - is awful. According to Bowser, he should have walked out. Plus the projectist stopped the film half way through the credits. This is a NO NO. Of course we have no clue who these people are, but that is all they get to prove they are actually making something. It gets a l - lame. I might go back to see the credits, and hopefully Jolie naked.

So that should get us up to speed. I may go see those other movies and bring you a real review later, but I doubt it. The big boy movies are coming out soon.

Up next HELLBOY II