Furious 7

Ok, the block buster season has returned, and so have I, to review those movies we all wanna see. This is one of those franchises, which is considered a guilty pleasure to most, including myself, and some of the things you choose to over look because you're enjoying the action. This franchise is known for ignoring the laws of physics with their impossible stunts, but this time they went way too far! Lets just get to the review:

Furious 7- Ok, 15 years later, this franchise has become the "Harry Potter" of race car movies. Each time a new sequel is created they go with some new stunt or gimmick more impossible than the last movie. Well, they finally have gone too far, where the audience was laughing out loud at most of the shenanigans being performed during this movie. There was one scene, where Dom (Vin Disel) plays chicken with the main villain Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham), and both cars smash into each other. Both drivers get out, simply crack their necks and other joints, and get ready to get into a fist fight. No air bags deployed and these guys don't even have a scratch on them. WHAT? NO!

Plot- There are literally TWO PLOTS going on at the same time in this movie. One is Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) is the older brother of the villain from the 6th movie, and he wants revenge for what happened to his younger brother. He is a special Ops, gone rogue, and he's targeting the main cast one by one. Then on top of that, a special agent played by Kurt Russel, approaches Dom (Vin Disel) to help recover a computer hacker by the name Ramsey. She has created the ultimate searching device, where you can find anyone anywhere from every device with a camera or video device. If Dom helps him, he will help Dom get Deckard. Huge plot hole is, Deckard is hunting them the whole movie, and every time they are doing something for Kurt Russel, Deckard is there to screw them up... so why not just get him? Why do you need to help Kurt Russel at all? FUCKING DUMB!

Now, i know action movies back then were ranging in different types of movies. This franchise would seem to apply to those movies to keep up with the mainstream. Nowadays, the only action movies are superhero movies, so I guess they figured all the characters, in this film, need to have super powers. A few examples, Dom's ability to have super human strength and impervious to any injuries, The Rock's super human strength and fast regeneration ability, and Michelle Rodriguez's ESP, and ability to resurrect a person by simply by telling a story how her memory had returned.

Final Verdict- 3.5/10, This film is laughable how serious they want you to take it, and they should've all died 5 times over from the impossible stunts they performed. The only saving grace was the nice send off to Paul Walker. This is an HBO movie at best! Save your money!


That's it for now, This is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have to!

Big Hero 6

Wow, its been quite some time since my last review, mostly because, well this school semester had me begging for mercy. Now, with that said I snuck off to see the newest animated movie "Big Hero 6." This movie was the first to be inspired by a marvel comic book for a Disney animated movie. Was it a good time, or did I wish the robot's batteries ran out for good? Let dive in shall we:

Big Hero 6- Back in the late 90's, when the first pixar movies started hitting the big screen, I remember saying wow this is really something. Nowadays, the computer generated movies blow those away. I mean, watch the first "Toy Story", and you will see what I mean how far they have come with the animated technology. I bring this up because the movie looked beautiful, a ton of eye humping candy to stimulate those senses.

The plot- Basically, a young boy named Hiro is super genius that is using his brains to hustle people in robot fighting. He is convinced by his older brother, to join the robotic school he is attending, and use his smarts to better society in some way. Hiro designs these tiny nanobots that respond to your every thought, through a head band. The tiny robots can take any form or shape, but when someone steals it for themselves to terrorize the city. Hiro and his friends set up to take the thief down by Hiro building super suits for each other them. Enter the Big Hero 6.

I thought the movie was decent, but nothing i would say I would watch again. I mean, if it was on TV i would watch, but I wouldn't go out of my way! Main reason is because, none of the characters, except for Baymaxx has that "it factor," where you are drawn into or make a connection to them. That's pretty rare for a Disney movie, but it does happen.. I mean there are some jokes, but mostly it was Baymaxx that got the big laughs through him being naive to human culture.

Final Verdict- 5.5/10- Characters were very forgettable, plot became cliche' and very obvious, and the movie was lacking something. I wouldn't see this in theaters.. save your cash and see it another way.

Thats it for now everyone, I am going to try to see another movie in the next couple of days. The school semester made it really rough, but the reviews must go on.. this is Phil Goes to the Movies, so you don't have to!