Hey, everyone and welcome to another edition of Phil Goes to the Movies, and this holiday season we have journeyed together through most of the big block buster movies. This time around we are looking at the second installment of the Hobbit... Did this movie hold up and entertain me to the fullest or did it make me want to choke myself with the one ring to rule them all? Lets dive in:
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug- Ok, where to begin, where to begin? Well, the movie starts off "Pulp Fiction" style, with a quick flash back how Gandalf first meets Thorin. After this scene we get back to the main story line with our heroes still running across the country side. Never understood why some of these dwarves are fat, because they are freaking constantly running, so i dunno maybe I'm looking too far into that. Luckily, the movie throws action at the audience right away, with a fight with giant spiders, which can speak, and thats the most creepy freaking thing i have ever seen. Why, you might ask? Because now, the spider can tell me how to go fuck myself as it bites me!
Anyway, though the movie moves, what seems like a rapid pace, at the same time, it really drags on and on at times.... For example, our heroes are captured by the elves and imprisoned, but don't worry plot will allow you to escape equally as fast. Then again we are forced to watch for about 45 minutes about how much of a dick the elf king is... yeah, i can tell that by looking at him, so lets move this shit along. I mean, the movie seemed to speed up the things that should count, and waste time on other shit that doesn't.
Then of course, we come to the barrel scene, this scene was ridiculous and made the movie, in my honest opinion. The main reason was because, I have never seen anything like it before, and it was like twelve minutes long of awesomeness. I mean you have the dwarves riding inside barrels down the white water rapids as Orc warriors are trying to kill them with throwing knives and arrows. They were even jumping onto the barrels getting into fist fights with the dwarves, and the same time the elves are killing the Orcs. The scene at the right balance of humor and action.
Then we see Gandalf doing his own thing, where he battles a mysterious new necromancer, and the special effects were pretty good. Before journeying into the ruins to face the necromancer, Gandalf meets up with Radagast, the Brown. We are now in the second movie, and no one and i mean no one has told this poor schmuck, that he has BIRD SHIT ON THE SIDE OF HIS FACE!!! Gandalf, don't be that guy, tell him he literally has white, encrusted shit on his face....jesus christ!
Now, the elves.... oh the elves, I really liked the new bad ass female elf, Tauriel, but it got really old really fast for me for some reason... like no Orc can beat these guys! Finally, Legolas got his ass beat by an Orc general, but still wasn't that bad of a beating. The things the elves did were cool, but like I said after awhile, ok, enough already we get it, you guys are awesome, defying the laws of physics... whatever... maybe I'm judging too harshly.
So, thats it for now for Phil Goes to.... oh wait, theres a dragon in this movie, my most favorite magical creature of all time! I forgot about much like the movie did too.... it was literally 2 hours and a half hours into the movie and no dragon! FINALLY! We see the thing that the title of the movie was based....the dragon, named Smaug. Now, I will admit this dragon was very well done, from the way it looked, moved, and the voice they used was perfect. The type of character of being an arrogant, pompous, which if you think about it if you couldn't be killed normal weapons, you would be too. I enjoyed every moment Smaug was on the big scene.... I wish I could have seen more of him!
Final Verdict- 8/10 The movie was good, with enjoyable characters, and some really amazing action sequences, like the barrel scene, but it is extremely obvious they are stretching the plot out. I understand, because the source material was one book with 300 pages, but come on, I guess they are going to milk this cash cow, until its dead. Then Gollum will get his own spin off movie!
Well, thats it for now, there are a few more movies coming out, and I will be there to review all the holiday movies. This is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Monday, December 16, 2013
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Frozen
Hey, boys and girls guess where i went on this extremely cold December night! Yes, its true i went to the movies.... i know, i know it wasn't hard to figure out, but welcome to another edition of Phil Goes to the Movies! This time around i dive into the newest Disney animated feature, and the question did it hold up to all the other Disney animated features before it? Or was it left out in the cold? Lets dive in shall we:
Frozen- I went to this movie not really sure what to expect to be completely honest, so i was open to see what disney had in store for me. First off, I want to say this movie was by far one of the most beautiful eye candy animated films i have seen in a long time. The way the ice appeared as if it was real, and the back grounds were jaw dropping. Disney seemed to stick with its roots with this feature, because the music was extremely emotional, and the women they cast to sing were astounding. The one song, "Let it go" you could just literally feel, the passion of a young girl allowing herself to be truly free after years of fearing her magical powers. The characters were all extremely likeable, ranging from the sisters to Christoph and his reindeer, and of course the loveable snow man, Olaf.
Unfortunately, heres where disney done fucked up... the movie felt extremely rushed. Nothing was really explained! Here's one thing i think should have been explained, WHERE THE HELL DID THE MAGICAL ICE POWERS COME FROM? This is never explained at all, you are just suppose to except it, and this young princess has to carry this heavy burden of these powers. After nearly killing her younger sister, the ice princess must live in seclusion, away from her younger sister and the world fearing what havoc her powers might inflict.
Another thing is, where was the villain in this movie? If you seen the movie, yes, we know who the villain is, but by the time that character is introduced to be the villain the movie is nearly over! In the beginning of the movie, they seemed to hint towards, the ice princess would become evil or she might unlock something evil with her powers. Unfortunately, nothing like that came up or remotely close to it, and it could have opened a whole another spectrum on the movie.
When the movie would actually try to push some character development or actual plot, it would explode into another song. Ok, the songs are performed amazingly, but they don't mean dick after they are done and the movie hasn't gone anywhere. Stop singing and tell me a freaking story... try explaining to me like i dunno... where the ice powers came from? How did the king know the rock trolls? Why didn't the rock trolls remember, the sister when she revisited them again later in years? Honestly, nothing is explained, its like you sit in a roller coaster, and you just fly through the movie.
"Hi, i have some questions for you, Movie," said Phil
"No, time! Lets sing!" replied the Movie.
"No, seriously, stop for a second!" Phil demands,"Where did the ice powers come from?"
"Here, look a funny snow man," says the Movie,"Listen to me sing again."
"Sigh, fuck it! Sure, sing again i guess."
Now, heres where some people are going to be like, "Really, Phil?" The snow man, Olaf, I liked the character he was funny and extremely likeable, BUT he didn't really add anything to the story. Honestly, the movie would have been fine without him... i mean don't get me wrong, the idea of the little guy melting made me want to jump in the movie and save him, myself.
Final Verdict- 7/10- The visuals and songs were unforgettable and breath taking, but the movie lacked a lot of things. Yes, it did show the empowerment of women and the sisters' love for one another. The movie felt like it was written by a 14 year old girl, that left out a lot explanations about plot points. I still say to go see the movie to experience on the big screen and stereo sound, but go during the day for the matinee.
This is it for now, next time i am going to conqueror and review the newest installment of the Hobbit coming out next week... This is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Frozen- I went to this movie not really sure what to expect to be completely honest, so i was open to see what disney had in store for me. First off, I want to say this movie was by far one of the most beautiful eye candy animated films i have seen in a long time. The way the ice appeared as if it was real, and the back grounds were jaw dropping. Disney seemed to stick with its roots with this feature, because the music was extremely emotional, and the women they cast to sing were astounding. The one song, "Let it go" you could just literally feel, the passion of a young girl allowing herself to be truly free after years of fearing her magical powers. The characters were all extremely likeable, ranging from the sisters to Christoph and his reindeer, and of course the loveable snow man, Olaf.
Unfortunately, heres where disney done fucked up... the movie felt extremely rushed. Nothing was really explained! Here's one thing i think should have been explained, WHERE THE HELL DID THE MAGICAL ICE POWERS COME FROM? This is never explained at all, you are just suppose to except it, and this young princess has to carry this heavy burden of these powers. After nearly killing her younger sister, the ice princess must live in seclusion, away from her younger sister and the world fearing what havoc her powers might inflict.
Another thing is, where was the villain in this movie? If you seen the movie, yes, we know who the villain is, but by the time that character is introduced to be the villain the movie is nearly over! In the beginning of the movie, they seemed to hint towards, the ice princess would become evil or she might unlock something evil with her powers. Unfortunately, nothing like that came up or remotely close to it, and it could have opened a whole another spectrum on the movie.
When the movie would actually try to push some character development or actual plot, it would explode into another song. Ok, the songs are performed amazingly, but they don't mean dick after they are done and the movie hasn't gone anywhere. Stop singing and tell me a freaking story... try explaining to me like i dunno... where the ice powers came from? How did the king know the rock trolls? Why didn't the rock trolls remember, the sister when she revisited them again later in years? Honestly, nothing is explained, its like you sit in a roller coaster, and you just fly through the movie.
"Hi, i have some questions for you, Movie," said Phil
"No, time! Lets sing!" replied the Movie.
"No, seriously, stop for a second!" Phil demands,"Where did the ice powers come from?"
"Here, look a funny snow man," says the Movie,"Listen to me sing again."
"Sigh, fuck it! Sure, sing again i guess."
Now, heres where some people are going to be like, "Really, Phil?" The snow man, Olaf, I liked the character he was funny and extremely likeable, BUT he didn't really add anything to the story. Honestly, the movie would have been fine without him... i mean don't get me wrong, the idea of the little guy melting made me want to jump in the movie and save him, myself.
Final Verdict- 7/10- The visuals and songs were unforgettable and breath taking, but the movie lacked a lot of things. Yes, it did show the empowerment of women and the sisters' love for one another. The movie felt like it was written by a 14 year old girl, that left out a lot explanations about plot points. I still say to go see the movie to experience on the big screen and stereo sound, but go during the day for the matinee.
This is it for now, next time i am going to conqueror and review the newest installment of the Hobbit coming out next week... This is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
So, your favorite movie critic is back again, with another review of the movie block busters for this holiday season. I went with some friends on this cold November night, to see the second installment of the Hunger Games series. Did it hold up to the first movie, or did it crap out like may sequels have in the past?....well here we go!
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire- The movie does a great job with following the golden rules of a successful sequel, by having all the original actors returning to play their roles. The story follows up right where the first movie left off, with Katniss, played by Jennifer Lawrence, and Peeta, played by Josh Hutcherson, living their lives after their experiences in the hunger games. You watch them attempt to put things back together and live normally. While, Katniss is hunting, she fires an arrow from her bow, to have a flash back of killing a young man from the previous hunger games. She completely freaks out, as she has what appears to be a panic attack.
Right off the bat, the movie does a great job capturing the human element here, for these characters, and it shows the after effects someone would have enduring the tribulations Katniss and Peeta did. I mean, I think when we watch the first movie, do we really think about what the main characters really went through, mentally? I mean, think about it, you are fighting for your lives... these aren't psychopaths who enjoy killing. There are young people ranging from the ages of 9 to 18, forced into an unimaginable situation, and the only way to come out is to kill. Regardless the movie, does a great job capturing that aspect.
The acting was really well done, such emotion in many scenes, and it makes sense since these poor people are basically, slaves. Katniss now becoming a beacon of hope for the mass of people in the districts... i was always confused why Peeta wasn't also considered one as well, but nonetheless people begin rioting more and more. Donald Sutherland plays the president, and I tell you these Sutherlands can play evil sons of bitches when they want too. If you want to see Donald's son, Kiefer Sutherland, play an evil fucker watch the movie, "Eye for an Eye", and see what I'm talking about... this father and son really know how to make an audience hate a character.
There wasn't as much violence as there was in the original movie, but regardless the fight scenes were still done very well. Hell, the environment was scarier the people fighting in the hunger games, which ranged from poisonous fog, freak lightning, tsunamis, and large flesh eating baboons!
I really enjoyed the film, and yes it was definitely worth the 10 dollars it costs to get into the movie theaters nowadays. It made you cry, laugh, and actually feel sorry for the poor people.... then hate the capital!
Final Verdict 8.5/10- The characters seemed real, with emotion and depth to them, and overall it kept you on the seat of your pants waiting to see how the characters will survive. Plus, each character when on the scene, really seemed to bring something to the table.
Thats it for now, catch me next time when i review the next big one, the second installment of the Hobbit. Until then, this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire- The movie does a great job with following the golden rules of a successful sequel, by having all the original actors returning to play their roles. The story follows up right where the first movie left off, with Katniss, played by Jennifer Lawrence, and Peeta, played by Josh Hutcherson, living their lives after their experiences in the hunger games. You watch them attempt to put things back together and live normally. While, Katniss is hunting, she fires an arrow from her bow, to have a flash back of killing a young man from the previous hunger games. She completely freaks out, as she has what appears to be a panic attack.
Right off the bat, the movie does a great job capturing the human element here, for these characters, and it shows the after effects someone would have enduring the tribulations Katniss and Peeta did. I mean, I think when we watch the first movie, do we really think about what the main characters really went through, mentally? I mean, think about it, you are fighting for your lives... these aren't psychopaths who enjoy killing. There are young people ranging from the ages of 9 to 18, forced into an unimaginable situation, and the only way to come out is to kill. Regardless the movie, does a great job capturing that aspect.
The acting was really well done, such emotion in many scenes, and it makes sense since these poor people are basically, slaves. Katniss now becoming a beacon of hope for the mass of people in the districts... i was always confused why Peeta wasn't also considered one as well, but nonetheless people begin rioting more and more. Donald Sutherland plays the president, and I tell you these Sutherlands can play evil sons of bitches when they want too. If you want to see Donald's son, Kiefer Sutherland, play an evil fucker watch the movie, "Eye for an Eye", and see what I'm talking about... this father and son really know how to make an audience hate a character.
There wasn't as much violence as there was in the original movie, but regardless the fight scenes were still done very well. Hell, the environment was scarier the people fighting in the hunger games, which ranged from poisonous fog, freak lightning, tsunamis, and large flesh eating baboons!
I really enjoyed the film, and yes it was definitely worth the 10 dollars it costs to get into the movie theaters nowadays. It made you cry, laugh, and actually feel sorry for the poor people.... then hate the capital!
Final Verdict 8.5/10- The characters seemed real, with emotion and depth to them, and overall it kept you on the seat of your pants waiting to see how the characters will survive. Plus, each character when on the scene, really seemed to bring something to the table.
Thats it for now, catch me next time when i review the next big one, the second installment of the Hobbit. Until then, this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Thor 2: The Dark World
Well, its time for the holiday season, most importantly is great new movies come out around this time. Now, its been awhile since i was able to do a movie review, and that is due to school this semester. I was able to go to the movies, and i made time for my favorite movie genre, super hero films. I saw, "Thor 2: The Dark World", now did it live up to the first movie, or was it better than the original? Welcome back to another edition of Phil Goes to the Movies, and lets dive right into this godly sequel.
Thor 2: The Dark World- This movie like many of the Marvel franchise has taken place right after the attack on New York City, in the "The Avengers" movie. I personally, enjoy this because it really makes everything more connected, and it creates this living breathing, unified world. It has the same cast from the first Thor movie, and from "The Avengers" something i always believed is extremely important in any sequel.
So, Thor returns to Asgard, with his brother, Loki, so he can receive his sentence and punishment from Odin, himself. Anthony Hopkins, an amazing actor, this guy could literally turn shit into gold, no matter the role. He returns to play the part, the king of Asgard, Odin, and he banishes Loki to the dungeons for crimes against Midgard. Theres that subplot, then of course enter the main villains, the Dark Elves, whom desire what every other comic villain desires, complete domination over everything and everyone. I have to say these guys looked kinda creepy, and were pretty well received for the heartless villains. Unfortunately, they were pretty one dimensional, and they really didn't have any wow factor to them. The main villain, and leader, Malakith was a typical head mastermind- cold, ruthless, and ready to kill anything that stood in his way. Been there and done that! He really didn't have anything else to him, that would make me say, "Oh, man that guy was a bad ass villain."
Now, he had to obtain this ancient and mystical power called the Aether, which he could harness it to bring darkness to the nine realms of the Marvel universe, and our hero needs to stop him before its too late. The main plot takes a place on the back burner so we can focus on the character Jane Foster, played by Natalie Portman. Honestly, did we really need this freaking character? She, of course, finds the Aether, and it bonds itself to her, which is the power of plot ladies and gentlemen, and no one can defeat the power of plot.
Ok, after this ironic, misfortune, things happen blah blah blah, and of course the Aether is killing Jane, because her body and life force cannot cope under the strain of this incredible power. Thor has to stop the Dark Elves at the same time save the woman he loves.
Now, the things i loved about the movie, hands down the fight scenes were awesome, and very well done with the special effects. The gernades the Dark Elves used, were pretty insane, because when they exploded they cause a temporary black hole effect, and the person or whatever would be crushed. I really loved the relationship between Loki and Thor, the two actors had great chemistry, and they really seemed to have that bond between two brothers busting each others' balls.
Things i didn't like, were how they built up this Aether has being this ultimate destructive force, and it was easily defeated by human technology. Because, Jane and her crew of cronies were there and had the perfect answer ironically.... power of plot, sigh!
Honestly, the movie was better than the original, in my opinion, but it still was a decent super hero movie. Would i go see it again? No, but if it was on cable or net flix i would watch it.
Final Verdict- 7/10, it had some great comical moments, some great actors, action sequences were fantastic, but the villain was boring and the Jane character ruined it for me.... is she really needed for god sakes?
See, you guys next time when i review the newer movie coming out this holiday season, this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Thor 2: The Dark World- This movie like many of the Marvel franchise has taken place right after the attack on New York City, in the "The Avengers" movie. I personally, enjoy this because it really makes everything more connected, and it creates this living breathing, unified world. It has the same cast from the first Thor movie, and from "The Avengers" something i always believed is extremely important in any sequel.
So, Thor returns to Asgard, with his brother, Loki, so he can receive his sentence and punishment from Odin, himself. Anthony Hopkins, an amazing actor, this guy could literally turn shit into gold, no matter the role. He returns to play the part, the king of Asgard, Odin, and he banishes Loki to the dungeons for crimes against Midgard. Theres that subplot, then of course enter the main villains, the Dark Elves, whom desire what every other comic villain desires, complete domination over everything and everyone. I have to say these guys looked kinda creepy, and were pretty well received for the heartless villains. Unfortunately, they were pretty one dimensional, and they really didn't have any wow factor to them. The main villain, and leader, Malakith was a typical head mastermind- cold, ruthless, and ready to kill anything that stood in his way. Been there and done that! He really didn't have anything else to him, that would make me say, "Oh, man that guy was a bad ass villain."
Now, he had to obtain this ancient and mystical power called the Aether, which he could harness it to bring darkness to the nine realms of the Marvel universe, and our hero needs to stop him before its too late. The main plot takes a place on the back burner so we can focus on the character Jane Foster, played by Natalie Portman. Honestly, did we really need this freaking character? She, of course, finds the Aether, and it bonds itself to her, which is the power of plot ladies and gentlemen, and no one can defeat the power of plot.
Ok, after this ironic, misfortune, things happen blah blah blah, and of course the Aether is killing Jane, because her body and life force cannot cope under the strain of this incredible power. Thor has to stop the Dark Elves at the same time save the woman he loves.
Now, the things i loved about the movie, hands down the fight scenes were awesome, and very well done with the special effects. The gernades the Dark Elves used, were pretty insane, because when they exploded they cause a temporary black hole effect, and the person or whatever would be crushed. I really loved the relationship between Loki and Thor, the two actors had great chemistry, and they really seemed to have that bond between two brothers busting each others' balls.
Things i didn't like, were how they built up this Aether has being this ultimate destructive force, and it was easily defeated by human technology. Because, Jane and her crew of cronies were there and had the perfect answer ironically.... power of plot, sigh!
Honestly, the movie was better than the original, in my opinion, but it still was a decent super hero movie. Would i go see it again? No, but if it was on cable or net flix i would watch it.
Final Verdict- 7/10, it had some great comical moments, some great actors, action sequences were fantastic, but the villain was boring and the Jane character ruined it for me.... is she really needed for god sakes?
See, you guys next time when i review the newer movie coming out this holiday season, this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Monday, August 19, 2013
Kick Ass 2
Heeeey, welcome back to Phil Goes to the Movies, the summer movie season is nearly coming to an end. Soooo many movies and i could only go to certain ones... i can't see them all, but the one i was waiting for this summer, final came out. Did it disappoint me? Lets dive right in:
Kick Ass 2- Ok, where do i start? This movie begins 3 or 4 years later, as we see both characters have grown. Speaking about growing up, Chloe Grace Moretz whom plays Hit Girl, is going to be a knock out in the years to come. I'm not trying to sound like a dirty bird here, I'm just saying you can already see that she going to be the next "hot chick" craze, like Emma Watson. I still don't get the whole Emma Watson hot thing.... honestly, she needs to eat something, so damn skinny and all i see when i look at her is Harry Potter forever.... sorry i cant take her seriously!
Anyway, veering off, the movie serious has taken the bar, from the last one and launched it out into space. The fight scenes were more brutal this time, and sometimes made me cringe. The plot this time around is Chris D'Amico, played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse, wants revenge on Kick Ass for killing his father with a bazooka. He becomes the worlds first super villain, and he owns this part. He just seems to play the whiny, pussy perfectly, and his comedic delivery is gold. He assembles the perfect killing team of the scariest people alive, but the one that stands out the most is Mother Russia. This woman is terrifying, and the scene when she goes ape shit on 10 cops was amazing. She killed some cops with a combination of a stolen cop car and a lawnmower. I wont spoil it for you, but just let your imagination go wild with that one until you see the movie.
Jim Carrey, even though is refusing to promote the film due to it's violence, plays an amazing part. You can tell hes having an absolute blast with his character, Colonel Stars and Stripes an ex-mob hit man turned good guy. Here, Kick Ass finds a way to fill the void with Hit Girl no longer fighting with him. He joins the Justice Fighters, a bunch of super heroes all inspired by Kick Ass from the original film. Most of the team is pretty forgettable, except for Donald Faison, who plays Dr. Gravity, and he cracked me up with his antics. I mean the only other character on the team that stood out was Night Bitch, and thats only because I'm a man and she was freaking hot.... other than that I would've been fine with or without her!
The movie really felt like it was mostly about Hit Girl, and Kick Ass was on the back burner for the most part. Kinda hard to understand why you would name a movie after a character and really not use him. The movie had three plots going on at the same time, Kick Ass trying to find his way again without Hit Girl, Chris D'Amico creating the super villain, The Motherfucker, to seek revenge, and Hit Girl trying to keep her promise to her adopted father, that she would no longer be a super hero.
The movie did seem to lose some of the magic it created in the first one, but there were plenty of hilarity to cover that up. Honestly, the movie didn't disappoint me, but i was feeling something was missing from it. I just couldn't put my finger on it.
Maybe It would've been cooler if Kick Ass became more of a bad ass. I mean there was a training montage of him training with Hit Girl, so why did he still suck at fighting? I think it would've been better if they were both bad asses.... i don't know maybe I'm asking for too much! I guess him sucking is the comedic point, for someone to get their ass kicked all the time... while still being named Kick Ass.
Final Verdict- 9/10- I highly recommend this movie to be seen in theaters. The movie was fast paced and didn't constantly bore with unneeded scenes. It gave you exactly what you wanted from beginning to end.
Ok, everyone this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Kick Ass 2- Ok, where do i start? This movie begins 3 or 4 years later, as we see both characters have grown. Speaking about growing up, Chloe Grace Moretz whom plays Hit Girl, is going to be a knock out in the years to come. I'm not trying to sound like a dirty bird here, I'm just saying you can already see that she going to be the next "hot chick" craze, like Emma Watson. I still don't get the whole Emma Watson hot thing.... honestly, she needs to eat something, so damn skinny and all i see when i look at her is Harry Potter forever.... sorry i cant take her seriously!
Anyway, veering off, the movie serious has taken the bar, from the last one and launched it out into space. The fight scenes were more brutal this time, and sometimes made me cringe. The plot this time around is Chris D'Amico, played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse, wants revenge on Kick Ass for killing his father with a bazooka. He becomes the worlds first super villain, and he owns this part. He just seems to play the whiny, pussy perfectly, and his comedic delivery is gold. He assembles the perfect killing team of the scariest people alive, but the one that stands out the most is Mother Russia. This woman is terrifying, and the scene when she goes ape shit on 10 cops was amazing. She killed some cops with a combination of a stolen cop car and a lawnmower. I wont spoil it for you, but just let your imagination go wild with that one until you see the movie.
Jim Carrey, even though is refusing to promote the film due to it's violence, plays an amazing part. You can tell hes having an absolute blast with his character, Colonel Stars and Stripes an ex-mob hit man turned good guy. Here, Kick Ass finds a way to fill the void with Hit Girl no longer fighting with him. He joins the Justice Fighters, a bunch of super heroes all inspired by Kick Ass from the original film. Most of the team is pretty forgettable, except for Donald Faison, who plays Dr. Gravity, and he cracked me up with his antics. I mean the only other character on the team that stood out was Night Bitch, and thats only because I'm a man and she was freaking hot.... other than that I would've been fine with or without her!
The movie really felt like it was mostly about Hit Girl, and Kick Ass was on the back burner for the most part. Kinda hard to understand why you would name a movie after a character and really not use him. The movie had three plots going on at the same time, Kick Ass trying to find his way again without Hit Girl, Chris D'Amico creating the super villain, The Motherfucker, to seek revenge, and Hit Girl trying to keep her promise to her adopted father, that she would no longer be a super hero.
The movie did seem to lose some of the magic it created in the first one, but there were plenty of hilarity to cover that up. Honestly, the movie didn't disappoint me, but i was feeling something was missing from it. I just couldn't put my finger on it.
Maybe It would've been cooler if Kick Ass became more of a bad ass. I mean there was a training montage of him training with Hit Girl, so why did he still suck at fighting? I think it would've been better if they were both bad asses.... i don't know maybe I'm asking for too much! I guess him sucking is the comedic point, for someone to get their ass kicked all the time... while still being named Kick Ass.
Final Verdict- 9/10- I highly recommend this movie to be seen in theaters. The movie was fast paced and didn't constantly bore with unneeded scenes. It gave you exactly what you wanted from beginning to end.
Ok, everyone this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Thursday, August 8, 2013
The Wolverine
Welcome to another edition of Phil Goes to the Movies, today, I get to review my favorite movie genres, comic book movies. The big super hero fad cash in, which is going on, and boy are they making ridiculous money doing it... so no way will this ever end any time soon. Now, one of my favorite comic books was the X-Men, and for 10 years now they still haven't really made an X-Men movie that good... I mean "X-Men: First Class" was pretty good, but still there were things that annoyed me about the movie.... then again, those things were just fan boy things, the movie itself was fine. Well, lets tackle the newest installment of the X-Men movies... 10 years later did Hugh Jackman disappoint?
The Wolverine- The movie starts out with Logan in exile, in the middle of no where, living like a mountain man. He's still haunted by dreams and visions of Jean Grey, so this movie definitely takes place some time after X-Men: The Last Stand. Now, as a fan of X-Men, i absolutely hated X-Men 3, and just pretend it was never created. Hell, i had to google the title of X-men 3, because thats how much i have erased it from my memory.
Now, Logan has made a vow to the late Jean Grey, he would never kill again. He gets into a bar fight, and before he breaks his vow, a mysterious woman comes to rescue him in a sense. I like this character, shes looks like a cross between being a vicious killer and your best friend's kid sister that grew up. I don't know what it was about this character, but she was a blast to watch kick a ton of ass.
Now, the obvious thing i loved about this movie is Hugh Jackman, this guy jsut owns the character as Logan/Wolverine. Its been 10 years, and he is as charismatic as he was in first the X-men movie. I dunno, he just seems to nail down the rage factor, and really gives the character life. I mean, his performance really reflects from the actual pages from the comic... Hugh is the wolverine, just like Kevin Conroy is the Batman, and Mark Hamill is the Joker. It would be hard to see someone else playing these roles.
The plot of the movie, it was fast paced and well done.Unfortunately, in these movies the villains are very important, and the villain was a female named Viper. Nothing was special about this character, I mean she did some cool snake like things, like peeling her skin to recover from injuries. She had some crazy poisons, but overall she was really blah and forgettable. The only i can remember about her was the actress playing the part was really hot. Other than that, whoopie-freaking-doo! Then, of course enter the Silver Samurai, another boring villain, and they completely changed him around from what he is in the comics. Unfortunately, if i dive any more into the villains the plot, i will give away the twists, so take it from me... it was pretty was weak and predictable. I did think it was funny how quickly Wolverine forgot his vow to Jean, and began slices mother fuckers up real quick. Then what was the point of the vow then? Waste of time that lil plot point was....stupid.
There were some great action sequences, my favorite had to be hands down the bullet train, and everyone fighting on top of it. The one thing this movie needed and some people might agree or disagree, but it needs to be rated R, not PG-13. To truly get to see Wolverine slice and dice, we need the ability to see some true violence and gore.... thats just me!
Final Verdict- 6/10, it was a good movie, but there are better super hero movies out there. To me this movie lacked a true villain.
There were many other things that happened in this movie, which aggravated me, but they didn't persuade me in my decision of rating the movie. The flaws just disappointed me as an X-Men fan. Scroll down past my sign off and see the things that bothered me. The summer movie season is nearly finished, and there some more i need to review. This is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Spoilers
I hated the Silver Samurai was a body suit keeping the sick old man alive. This villain is a bad ass his mutant powers, and ability to cut through anything. Instead we get a weak ass plot device!
Now, mutant powers can be taken, stolen, or moved from one person or another. Plus, they didn't even explain how the hell thats possible. Because the powers are in the person's genes, and by taking his healing powers, kills him? WTF
I cant stand that Adamantium can destroy itself, which now Wolverine's claws were cut off, and they grew back as the bone claws. Wonderful!
The Wolverine- The movie starts out with Logan in exile, in the middle of no where, living like a mountain man. He's still haunted by dreams and visions of Jean Grey, so this movie definitely takes place some time after X-Men: The Last Stand. Now, as a fan of X-Men, i absolutely hated X-Men 3, and just pretend it was never created. Hell, i had to google the title of X-men 3, because thats how much i have erased it from my memory.
Now, Logan has made a vow to the late Jean Grey, he would never kill again. He gets into a bar fight, and before he breaks his vow, a mysterious woman comes to rescue him in a sense. I like this character, shes looks like a cross between being a vicious killer and your best friend's kid sister that grew up. I don't know what it was about this character, but she was a blast to watch kick a ton of ass.
Now, the obvious thing i loved about this movie is Hugh Jackman, this guy jsut owns the character as Logan/Wolverine. Its been 10 years, and he is as charismatic as he was in first the X-men movie. I dunno, he just seems to nail down the rage factor, and really gives the character life. I mean, his performance really reflects from the actual pages from the comic... Hugh is the wolverine, just like Kevin Conroy is the Batman, and Mark Hamill is the Joker. It would be hard to see someone else playing these roles.
The plot of the movie, it was fast paced and well done.Unfortunately, in these movies the villains are very important, and the villain was a female named Viper. Nothing was special about this character, I mean she did some cool snake like things, like peeling her skin to recover from injuries. She had some crazy poisons, but overall she was really blah and forgettable. The only i can remember about her was the actress playing the part was really hot. Other than that, whoopie-freaking-doo! Then, of course enter the Silver Samurai, another boring villain, and they completely changed him around from what he is in the comics. Unfortunately, if i dive any more into the villains the plot, i will give away the twists, so take it from me... it was pretty was weak and predictable. I did think it was funny how quickly Wolverine forgot his vow to Jean, and began slices mother fuckers up real quick. Then what was the point of the vow then? Waste of time that lil plot point was....stupid.
There were some great action sequences, my favorite had to be hands down the bullet train, and everyone fighting on top of it. The one thing this movie needed and some people might agree or disagree, but it needs to be rated R, not PG-13. To truly get to see Wolverine slice and dice, we need the ability to see some true violence and gore.... thats just me!
Final Verdict- 6/10, it was a good movie, but there are better super hero movies out there. To me this movie lacked a true villain.
There were many other things that happened in this movie, which aggravated me, but they didn't persuade me in my decision of rating the movie. The flaws just disappointed me as an X-Men fan. Scroll down past my sign off and see the things that bothered me. The summer movie season is nearly finished, and there some more i need to review. This is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Spoilers
I hated the Silver Samurai was a body suit keeping the sick old man alive. This villain is a bad ass his mutant powers, and ability to cut through anything. Instead we get a weak ass plot device!
Now, mutant powers can be taken, stolen, or moved from one person or another. Plus, they didn't even explain how the hell thats possible. Because the powers are in the person's genes, and by taking his healing powers, kills him? WTF
I cant stand that Adamantium can destroy itself, which now Wolverine's claws were cut off, and they grew back as the bone claws. Wonderful!
Thursday, July 25, 2013
The Conjuring
Welcome everyone to another edition of Phil Goes to the Movies, and today we are going to tackle the new horror movie, "The Conjuring". Honestly, i have pretty much have given up on going to see horror movies in theaters. Main reason is because its not worth paying 10 bucks to see some cheesy, cliche scary movie. You know, the ones I'm talking about, a group splitting up for no reason to search for the monster or killer, and all of the other illogical things the characters do in the movies. Well, lets get to the review:
The Conjuring- This movie gave me the goosebumps every time i saw the trailer or sneak previews. This movie is based of a true story from the files of real life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, which tell their experiences helping a family being haunted by a demonic force. I watch many ghost specials on the discover channel or national geographic channel, so i recognized them almost immediately.
This movie sets the usual scene, a new family moving into a new home in the middle of no where, and the first night moving in the children play a game to past the time. This game is called hide and clap, you play hide and go seek, blind folded, and then if you're the "seeker" you ask for the "hiders" for three claps. During this game the children discover a cellar, which was boarded up in a closet, and after it was disturbed the haunting begins. The situations in this movie make sense and get around the cliches by simple, suttle scenes. It's late, the mother is getting for bed, when she hears someone clapping their hands together. She calls out to her childern, its late and they need to be in bed, and there's no time to play hide and clap. She checks on her children, whom are all sleeping soundly in their beds, and she hears a second set of clapping. She begins to investigate the house, which I believe anyone else in her position would do, and the tension in this scene is extremely high. I cannot talk about this scene anymore without ruining it for everyone else, but it scared the hell out of me!
The movie was very intense, and they played on the fears people have in the supernatural. Stephen King said in an interview there are three types of fears a person can experience. There's the creeps, horror, and terror. The creeps you get when you see a spider crawling along the floor. Horror is something you experience watching a monster chase a helpless victim. Terror, he explained, is when a person can't determine between a safety zone, where things can explained and rationalized, and am unexplained zone, a person cannot understand or truly identify the events happening before them.
This movie hands down dances all over terror by having literally everything you can expect in a ghost story. Ranging from things moving on their, demonic dolls, and even a possessed person. The movie had you on edge the entire time, and they didn't use cheap pop up scares, to frighten you. I mean there were a few, but it didnt rely heavily on them, like most horror films.
I wouldn't say this was the scariest movie i have ever seen, but it is definitely up there in the top.
Final Verdict- 8/10, this movie took its time literally terrorizing you, i would definitely suggest seeing this movie in theaters.
Thats it for now, until next time, this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
The Conjuring- This movie gave me the goosebumps every time i saw the trailer or sneak previews. This movie is based of a true story from the files of real life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, which tell their experiences helping a family being haunted by a demonic force. I watch many ghost specials on the discover channel or national geographic channel, so i recognized them almost immediately.
This movie sets the usual scene, a new family moving into a new home in the middle of no where, and the first night moving in the children play a game to past the time. This game is called hide and clap, you play hide and go seek, blind folded, and then if you're the "seeker" you ask for the "hiders" for three claps. During this game the children discover a cellar, which was boarded up in a closet, and after it was disturbed the haunting begins. The situations in this movie make sense and get around the cliches by simple, suttle scenes. It's late, the mother is getting for bed, when she hears someone clapping their hands together. She calls out to her childern, its late and they need to be in bed, and there's no time to play hide and clap. She checks on her children, whom are all sleeping soundly in their beds, and she hears a second set of clapping. She begins to investigate the house, which I believe anyone else in her position would do, and the tension in this scene is extremely high. I cannot talk about this scene anymore without ruining it for everyone else, but it scared the hell out of me!
The movie was very intense, and they played on the fears people have in the supernatural. Stephen King said in an interview there are three types of fears a person can experience. There's the creeps, horror, and terror. The creeps you get when you see a spider crawling along the floor. Horror is something you experience watching a monster chase a helpless victim. Terror, he explained, is when a person can't determine between a safety zone, where things can explained and rationalized, and am unexplained zone, a person cannot understand or truly identify the events happening before them.
This movie hands down dances all over terror by having literally everything you can expect in a ghost story. Ranging from things moving on their, demonic dolls, and even a possessed person. The movie had you on edge the entire time, and they didn't use cheap pop up scares, to frighten you. I mean there were a few, but it didnt rely heavily on them, like most horror films.
I wouldn't say this was the scariest movie i have ever seen, but it is definitely up there in the top.
Final Verdict- 8/10, this movie took its time literally terrorizing you, i would definitely suggest seeing this movie in theaters.
Thats it for now, until next time, this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Pacific Rim
Welcome back everyone, the other day i was sitting bored out of my mind when a friend called asking if i wanted to go see the new movie, Pacific Rim. Since, nothing else was going on, I gladly accepted the invite and away i went. I never pay for 3-D anymore, because, the last time i watched a 3-D movie was Marvel's "The Avengers", and i was not impressed with the quality of this huge fad. My friend talked me into seeing it in 3-D because of the huge robot/monster fights and i agreed. Mostly, because the little kid inside me always loved watching huge monsters kicking the crap out of each other. Did this movie hold up you ask? Lets dive into this review...
Pacific Rim- This movie takes place in the not so far future of the year 2020, where giant monsters have appeared from literally no where, reigning havoc and chaos on the planet. One of the opening scenes you see one huge monster destroying the Golden Gate bridge from the water. These things were gargantuan in size, and they have destroyed most of the major cities across the world. Man kind has been forced to build huge walls, reinforced with steel and concrete, yay! Then first time one of these monsters attacks, it tears through the walls, like fat kids, tear through their lunches! Lesson learned here, if the monsters are big enough to crush a city block just by taking a shit..... then what the fuck is a WALL going to accomplish? So the near future people become even dumber, i guess?
"Hey, Dave," said a construction worker.
"Oh, hey, Gary," the foreman replies.
"I was just wondering shouldn't we be building weapons to kill these things, rather than walls to disillusion ourselves this will keep us safe?!" inquires Gary.
"Gary, you're idiot, ok! These walls are reinforced with concrete and steel! No way there are getting through this!" Dave arrogantly states with a smirk.
"Yeah, but weren't our buildings, skyscrapers, and bridges made with these same exact materials, and the monsters tore that shit like tin foil?"
Monster attacks, ripping through the walls like a dick ripping through a virgin's hymen.
"Well! I didn't see that coming," says Dave.
So, the human race bans together to create these super sized robots to defeat the monsters. Now, a pilot would synchronize his or her brain to the robot, so it can move and fight more efficiently. Unfortunately, it was too much for one person to pilot these robots, so two people would be chosen to pilot the robot. One person would work the left side of the brain and the other the right side of the brain. The pilots then would have to synchronize themselves mentally, which they referred to this act as Drifting. The more compatible the pilots the better they would fight piloting the robots.
Now, theres only four robots, sooooo thats why i brought up the walls earlier in the review..... instead of building walls, you dumb shits should pumping out more fucking robots to fight against, oh i dunno, extinction!
They have categorized the monsters in the forms of tornadoes pretty much, and i say that because they say a monster is a level 1 through 5... level 1 being, not so tough to a level 5, which is a city eater im guessing... same system judging a tornado EF1- EF5.
Now, you're probably wondering why i spent much time on the plot of the movie. Mainly, because the other things like the movie itself, doesn't freaking matter. This movie was 2 hours and something minutes long, and it was boring as hell. For a movie pushing robots fighting monsters, there were only 3 fight scenes.... all of which ending so abruptly or anti-climatic. Now, i say because it basically, copied the old Voltron or Power Rangers fight scenes i would watch as a youth. Monster comes wrecks havoc, and the heroes show up to defeat it, the heroes get their asses kicked for about 10 minutes only to pull an actual weapon to slay the monster in six seconds! Same thing here!
They would be all dramatic, throwing basic punches into the monster's face, and then at one point, the robot gets ready to deliver another punch, and the pilot screams out, "Activate rockets!" These rockets in the elbow propel the robots down for an even stronger blow, which did the same damage as a regular punch, so what the hell was the point of that? Only for the heroes to finally to turn their fist into a plasma gun, to shoot and kill the monster. Well, didn't you dumb shits do that immediately, I mean you're only fighting for yours and the entire human races' lives!
There was absolutely no character development, and some of you are like so what. Ummmm, ok, this is important, in any story, to develop their characters, so the audience will make a connection with the characters. This way the audience will actual give two shits when something happens to a character. This is the second movie this summer, where seems like directors and writers don't give a shit about developing a character, and they focus more on slamming the action down our throats.
Outside the action scenes, you know all three of them, the movie is freaking boring as hell. I would suggest seeing this movie on HBO, or better yet Netflix because you can at least fast forward to the THREE fight scenes! You're not missing anything trust me if you did fast forward, other than some over top acting scientists, a whiney cry baby main character, a hot asian chick with issues, and "ill kill you at a moments notice" captain of the robot army.
Final Verdict- 4/10, this is 2 hours i will never get back, and for a robot vs. monster movie... i would have personally liked some more god damn fights! Definitely, not worth the 3-D price or a regular price for that matter, don't waste your time, like i did!
This is it for now, I got more summer movies i have to tackle yet... so this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Pacific Rim- This movie takes place in the not so far future of the year 2020, where giant monsters have appeared from literally no where, reigning havoc and chaos on the planet. One of the opening scenes you see one huge monster destroying the Golden Gate bridge from the water. These things were gargantuan in size, and they have destroyed most of the major cities across the world. Man kind has been forced to build huge walls, reinforced with steel and concrete, yay! Then first time one of these monsters attacks, it tears through the walls, like fat kids, tear through their lunches! Lesson learned here, if the monsters are big enough to crush a city block just by taking a shit..... then what the fuck is a WALL going to accomplish? So the near future people become even dumber, i guess?
"Hey, Dave," said a construction worker.
"Oh, hey, Gary," the foreman replies.
"I was just wondering shouldn't we be building weapons to kill these things, rather than walls to disillusion ourselves this will keep us safe?!" inquires Gary.
"Gary, you're idiot, ok! These walls are reinforced with concrete and steel! No way there are getting through this!" Dave arrogantly states with a smirk.
"Yeah, but weren't our buildings, skyscrapers, and bridges made with these same exact materials, and the monsters tore that shit like tin foil?"
Monster attacks, ripping through the walls like a dick ripping through a virgin's hymen.
"Well! I didn't see that coming," says Dave.
So, the human race bans together to create these super sized robots to defeat the monsters. Now, a pilot would synchronize his or her brain to the robot, so it can move and fight more efficiently. Unfortunately, it was too much for one person to pilot these robots, so two people would be chosen to pilot the robot. One person would work the left side of the brain and the other the right side of the brain. The pilots then would have to synchronize themselves mentally, which they referred to this act as Drifting. The more compatible the pilots the better they would fight piloting the robots.
Now, theres only four robots, sooooo thats why i brought up the walls earlier in the review..... instead of building walls, you dumb shits should pumping out more fucking robots to fight against, oh i dunno, extinction!
They have categorized the monsters in the forms of tornadoes pretty much, and i say that because they say a monster is a level 1 through 5... level 1 being, not so tough to a level 5, which is a city eater im guessing... same system judging a tornado EF1- EF5.
Now, you're probably wondering why i spent much time on the plot of the movie. Mainly, because the other things like the movie itself, doesn't freaking matter. This movie was 2 hours and something minutes long, and it was boring as hell. For a movie pushing robots fighting monsters, there were only 3 fight scenes.... all of which ending so abruptly or anti-climatic. Now, i say because it basically, copied the old Voltron or Power Rangers fight scenes i would watch as a youth. Monster comes wrecks havoc, and the heroes show up to defeat it, the heroes get their asses kicked for about 10 minutes only to pull an actual weapon to slay the monster in six seconds! Same thing here!
They would be all dramatic, throwing basic punches into the monster's face, and then at one point, the robot gets ready to deliver another punch, and the pilot screams out, "Activate rockets!" These rockets in the elbow propel the robots down for an even stronger blow, which did the same damage as a regular punch, so what the hell was the point of that? Only for the heroes to finally to turn their fist into a plasma gun, to shoot and kill the monster. Well, didn't you dumb shits do that immediately, I mean you're only fighting for yours and the entire human races' lives!
There was absolutely no character development, and some of you are like so what. Ummmm, ok, this is important, in any story, to develop their characters, so the audience will make a connection with the characters. This way the audience will actual give two shits when something happens to a character. This is the second movie this summer, where seems like directors and writers don't give a shit about developing a character, and they focus more on slamming the action down our throats.
Outside the action scenes, you know all three of them, the movie is freaking boring as hell. I would suggest seeing this movie on HBO, or better yet Netflix because you can at least fast forward to the THREE fight scenes! You're not missing anything trust me if you did fast forward, other than some over top acting scientists, a whiney cry baby main character, a hot asian chick with issues, and "ill kill you at a moments notice" captain of the robot army.
Final Verdict- 4/10, this is 2 hours i will never get back, and for a robot vs. monster movie... i would have personally liked some more god damn fights! Definitely, not worth the 3-D price or a regular price for that matter, don't waste your time, like i did!
This is it for now, I got more summer movies i have to tackle yet... so this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Friday, June 28, 2013
This is the End
Hey, everyone and welcome to another edition of Phil Goes to the Movies, and today i am here to review, "This is the End". Love'em or Hate'em the stars of this movie, have been in a number of movies together in the past. Ranging from Super Bad to Pineapple Express to Knocked Up, and the list goes on and on. How was this movie you are asking? Lets dive right in:
This is the End- I want to say this movie was funny right off the bat, for me anyway... i just really enjoy these writer's sense of humor, and the ridiculous situations happening to the characters. This movie has the actors, playing an extreme version or a character of themselves. For example, a coked out Michael Cera, and he was hilarious. One scene he walks over to Jonah Hill and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, where Cera blows a handful of cocaine into Mintz-Plasse's face. He immediately starts freaking out, and im laughing my ass off. Then, i realize these three actors were the main characters in "Super Bad".
The main plot starts real simple, Seth Rogen is picking up his friend, Jay Baruchel, from the airport. Seth wants to go to James Franco's house for a party, which the two actors do, and fifteen minutes into the movie, the world goes to hell, literally! Celebrities are falling into a huge sink hole outside James Franco's house. Now, the remaining people alive in James Franco's newly built mansion, trying to survive the apocalypse.
Hell, even the actress, Emma Watson, was in the movie, and hearing her drop the F-bomb cracked me up, because for the last 10 years, i have only witnessed her speaking properly in her British accent. She later makes an appearance, where she pretty much robs Seth Rogen and his friends food supply with an axe, because of a miscommunication she thinks they are going to do things to her. Danny McBride states, "Hermione, just stole all of our shit!" Classic!
The special effects used for the demons were amazing, and i wouldn't want to fight these hideous things on a regular basis! Unfortunately, i really can't speak too much about this movie without giving away the whole story, and most of the things i spoke about are in the trailer. This was a really original idea for a movie!
Final Verdict- 8/10, the jokes keep flying at you left and right, and this is definitely the right way to kick off the summer season for comedic movies. Definitely go see this movie!
Thats it for now, I can't wait for more of the summer hits coming in July, and hopefully i can see most of them. Until then, this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you dont have too!
This is the End- I want to say this movie was funny right off the bat, for me anyway... i just really enjoy these writer's sense of humor, and the ridiculous situations happening to the characters. This movie has the actors, playing an extreme version or a character of themselves. For example, a coked out Michael Cera, and he was hilarious. One scene he walks over to Jonah Hill and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, where Cera blows a handful of cocaine into Mintz-Plasse's face. He immediately starts freaking out, and im laughing my ass off. Then, i realize these three actors were the main characters in "Super Bad".
The main plot starts real simple, Seth Rogen is picking up his friend, Jay Baruchel, from the airport. Seth wants to go to James Franco's house for a party, which the two actors do, and fifteen minutes into the movie, the world goes to hell, literally! Celebrities are falling into a huge sink hole outside James Franco's house. Now, the remaining people alive in James Franco's newly built mansion, trying to survive the apocalypse.
Hell, even the actress, Emma Watson, was in the movie, and hearing her drop the F-bomb cracked me up, because for the last 10 years, i have only witnessed her speaking properly in her British accent. She later makes an appearance, where she pretty much robs Seth Rogen and his friends food supply with an axe, because of a miscommunication she thinks they are going to do things to her. Danny McBride states, "Hermione, just stole all of our shit!" Classic!
The special effects used for the demons were amazing, and i wouldn't want to fight these hideous things on a regular basis! Unfortunately, i really can't speak too much about this movie without giving away the whole story, and most of the things i spoke about are in the trailer. This was a really original idea for a movie!
Final Verdict- 8/10, the jokes keep flying at you left and right, and this is definitely the right way to kick off the summer season for comedic movies. Definitely go see this movie!
Thats it for now, I can't wait for more of the summer hits coming in July, and hopefully i can see most of them. Until then, this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you dont have too!
Monday, June 24, 2013
The Purge/World War Z
Welcome
to another edition of Phil Goes to the Movies, and today i am here to
rate two movies today. So far, the movies for the beginning of the
summer has started out pretty good, but nothing really amazing yet.
The Purge- This whole premise of this movie is a really wicked idea for a future world. Basically, for a whole 12 hours on one day of the year, crime is legal. There is so much you can do with this idea, but they decided to go with a cheap slasher film against an innocent family. This type of movie has been done before, and the audience watches as the family is tortured by the psychos. This time the family decides to fight back with guns, and the psychos begin acting like bitches when they realize the family is fighting back. I dunno, i went into this movie expecting sooo much more than this, micro story line revolving around this family. Such as great idea, but it was wasted on the storyline they chose to go with... shame!
Final Verdict- 5/10 basic average movie, been there done that type of movie. The movie could have gone in some many directions, but they chose this copout.
World War Z- Oh, the zombie craze, i never really understood why everyone has such a hard on for this genre, but in the last 5 years zombie movies, tv shows, and video games have been jammed down our throats. I went in to watch this movie not really expecting much, and i was in for a huge surprise. First off, the movie doesnt fuck around with a long beginning, it gets right to the good stuff, 10 minutes into the movie.
These ZOmbies were freaking terrifying, because i explain why... the traditional slow moving zombies dont freak me out! I would just shove these lifeless things to the ground, and get a bat or a sword, and go to town. Now, these zombies are fast and strong, now this is a problem. These guys dont get tired from running, so they never stop chasing you. If they never get tired then they will be at full strength, when they do catch you. Plus, these damn things freaking tackle people, violently! They move like a colony of ants, biting and clawing anything healthy and living. One other fact they say in the movie is the zombies get angry when you kill one of their own.
Holy shit, they are aware of their kind, and want to avenge their kin. I really enjoyed this movie, and the only thing i noticed they did in this movie is zombies are attracted to sound. When did this become the big thing for zombies? Seems like thats the new fad for zombies to be attracted to loud noises.... like a bunch of cranky old people, wanting nothing but quiet, or they will eat you.
Besides, that the movie did end a tad anti-climatic, and the plane crash, where Brad Pitt's character only had a metal shard in his side, and that was the extent of his injuries. Really? everyone else dies and hes all good.. thank god for seat belts!
Final Verdict- 8/10, really took zombie survival horror movies ot the next level!
Well, thats all for now... i shall return to see some more movies.. long summer season ahead of me, this iis Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
The Purge- This whole premise of this movie is a really wicked idea for a future world. Basically, for a whole 12 hours on one day of the year, crime is legal. There is so much you can do with this idea, but they decided to go with a cheap slasher film against an innocent family. This type of movie has been done before, and the audience watches as the family is tortured by the psychos. This time the family decides to fight back with guns, and the psychos begin acting like bitches when they realize the family is fighting back. I dunno, i went into this movie expecting sooo much more than this, micro story line revolving around this family. Such as great idea, but it was wasted on the storyline they chose to go with... shame!
Final Verdict- 5/10 basic average movie, been there done that type of movie. The movie could have gone in some many directions, but they chose this copout.
World War Z- Oh, the zombie craze, i never really understood why everyone has such a hard on for this genre, but in the last 5 years zombie movies, tv shows, and video games have been jammed down our throats. I went in to watch this movie not really expecting much, and i was in for a huge surprise. First off, the movie doesnt fuck around with a long beginning, it gets right to the good stuff, 10 minutes into the movie.
These ZOmbies were freaking terrifying, because i explain why... the traditional slow moving zombies dont freak me out! I would just shove these lifeless things to the ground, and get a bat or a sword, and go to town. Now, these zombies are fast and strong, now this is a problem. These guys dont get tired from running, so they never stop chasing you. If they never get tired then they will be at full strength, when they do catch you. Plus, these damn things freaking tackle people, violently! They move like a colony of ants, biting and clawing anything healthy and living. One other fact they say in the movie is the zombies get angry when you kill one of their own.
Holy shit, they are aware of their kind, and want to avenge their kin. I really enjoyed this movie, and the only thing i noticed they did in this movie is zombies are attracted to sound. When did this become the big thing for zombies? Seems like thats the new fad for zombies to be attracted to loud noises.... like a bunch of cranky old people, wanting nothing but quiet, or they will eat you.
Besides, that the movie did end a tad anti-climatic, and the plane crash, where Brad Pitt's character only had a metal shard in his side, and that was the extent of his injuries. Really? everyone else dies and hes all good.. thank god for seat belts!
Final Verdict- 8/10, really took zombie survival horror movies ot the next level!
Well, thats all for now... i shall return to see some more movies.. long summer season ahead of me, this iis Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
Man of Steel
Hey
fanboys and fangirls, welcome to another edition of Phil Goes to the
Movies, this time around i was able to see Man of Steel, after work
tonight. Now apparently, a lot is riding on the success of this film,
because if and only if it does well they will make Justice League the
movie. Now, with all that said and done lets get to the review.
The fight scenes were unbelievable in this movie, and the CGI effects really blended into the movie completely. They really showed you what could happen if something with immense strength and power fought in the middle of a populated city. The choice of actors i thought was very well picked. This new guy playing Superman, really looked like he could hold up a building, he needs to buy his personal trainer a new car.
Now here are somethings that happened in the movie I just couldn't ignore. First off, there were certain aspects of the movie that felt extremely rushed, and others they could have done with out. Lois Lane, for example, played no serious role in this movie, nor did she move the plot along. Heres why:
SPOLIER ALERT
She discovers the secret identity of superman literally in 10 minutes, by chasing all of these "leads", which were all the people from the flash backs in the movie of superman's youth. When, the Cryptonians come to get Superman, why the hell did they request for Lois to come with them? She had no purpose to be there, and all she did aboard the ship was meet the hologram of Superman's father. In the time it took her to escape, he was able to explain to her how to work their advanced technology. To turn their hyper drive into a portal to the phantom zone. Really?
Then, later in the movie Lois and Superman embrace in a kiss, showing they are falling for each other. This scene would make more sense if the movie portrayed them in other scenes, flirting or something. All i gathered from this was, she thought he was hot, and he wanted to bang her because she was hot!
How about the plane collides with the alien space ship, pulling everything and everyone in the phantom zone, and Lois falls from the plane last second. She continues to fall as everything else is being sucked into the vortex. I'm talking big pieces of buildings and cars... but her 115 pound ass cannot be pulled into the void. Riiiight!
Spoiler ENDED
The movie i felt tried to cram too much into it, and it effected it i believe. They could have left out Lois Lane, for the majority of the movie, and at the end when he comes to the Daily Planet you could meet the infamous Lois Lane. That wouldve been easier, and set it up for the sequel nicely.
Final Verdict- 7/10, the fight scenes were amazing, but the story line didn't make sense half the time, somethings were never really explained. The movie even though was 2.5 hours felt rushed, when it wasn't necessary, and they could have left things out for the sequels.
Honestly, i would go see the movie in theaters, but i couldn't see anyone seeing this more than once. Thats it for, i will return with more of the summers hits, this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
The fight scenes were unbelievable in this movie, and the CGI effects really blended into the movie completely. They really showed you what could happen if something with immense strength and power fought in the middle of a populated city. The choice of actors i thought was very well picked. This new guy playing Superman, really looked like he could hold up a building, he needs to buy his personal trainer a new car.
Now here are somethings that happened in the movie I just couldn't ignore. First off, there were certain aspects of the movie that felt extremely rushed, and others they could have done with out. Lois Lane, for example, played no serious role in this movie, nor did she move the plot along. Heres why:
SPOLIER ALERT
She discovers the secret identity of superman literally in 10 minutes, by chasing all of these "leads", which were all the people from the flash backs in the movie of superman's youth. When, the Cryptonians come to get Superman, why the hell did they request for Lois to come with them? She had no purpose to be there, and all she did aboard the ship was meet the hologram of Superman's father. In the time it took her to escape, he was able to explain to her how to work their advanced technology. To turn their hyper drive into a portal to the phantom zone. Really?
Then, later in the movie Lois and Superman embrace in a kiss, showing they are falling for each other. This scene would make more sense if the movie portrayed them in other scenes, flirting or something. All i gathered from this was, she thought he was hot, and he wanted to bang her because she was hot!
How about the plane collides with the alien space ship, pulling everything and everyone in the phantom zone, and Lois falls from the plane last second. She continues to fall as everything else is being sucked into the vortex. I'm talking big pieces of buildings and cars... but her 115 pound ass cannot be pulled into the void. Riiiight!
Spoiler ENDED
The movie i felt tried to cram too much into it, and it effected it i believe. They could have left out Lois Lane, for the majority of the movie, and at the end when he comes to the Daily Planet you could meet the infamous Lois Lane. That wouldve been easier, and set it up for the sequel nicely.
Final Verdict- 7/10, the fight scenes were amazing, but the story line didn't make sense half the time, somethings were never really explained. The movie even though was 2.5 hours felt rushed, when it wasn't necessary, and they could have left things out for the sequels.
Honestly, i would go see the movie in theaters, but i couldn't see anyone seeing this more than once. Thats it for, i will return with more of the summers hits, this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have too!
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