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!
Monday, August 19, 2013
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!
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