Friday, June 10, 2011

X-Men: First Class

I would never call myself an X-Men fan, but I've been to every film and I would say that this was, by far, the absolute best. Though it was obviously an origin story, it was still fun and even made the exposition entertaining. There were delightful cameos and hilarious jabs at the past films. What made this film great was that it played with the time period it took place in, the 60's, and had fun with it, giving the film a James Bond film. Emma Frost, played by January Jones, would've been the perfect Bond villainess. While Kevin Bacon was an excellent super villain helping the soviets. An overall fun blockbuster to enjoy with some popcorn.

I Am Number 4 (DVD)


Evil aliens are hunting down nine good aliens in order while getting ready to colonize Earth. Alien three dies and now it's time for number four, who happens to be an incredibly handsome young man who has an infinity for a blonde manic-pixie-dream-girl. A film appealing to the Twi-hards and sci-fi action fans alike, and so obviously so. As soon as Number 6, an ass-kicking blonde chick, appeared, then the movie had a character I was interested in. I wish this film was call I am Number 6.

Water for Elephants

I was hesitant about seeing this film because I hate the way elephants, any animals for that matter, are treated at the circus. I personally have not been to a circus since I was a kid because of it. And due to my personal issues with that, I did have to walk out during a scene. The story was good. The acting was good, specifically from Christoph Waltz, but the cruelty to animals overshadowed everything for me.

The Hangover Part II

Though they tried to avoid another incident like Las Vegas, they failed. Let the high jinks prevail. It must have been easy for the screenwriter to create this film. All they did was take the same successful formula of the first film and put it in Thailand. Though it definitely had it's funny moments, it didn't make me want to see it again. I understand why movies like these are popular, but I'm sick of seeing men act like idiots.  

Priest

I would be hard to decipher this film from others which are just like it such as Legion, because they are basically the same film, except in this one Paul Bettany is fighting Vampires instead of Angels. While he was fighting these vampire, alien, beast, creature things I kept thinking, "would it be so terrible if they made it into the city where everyone seems miserable and oppressed by religion?" Any comic book or action movie that has me routing for the bad guy, isn't doing its job. This movie played out exactly how I expected, so if you saw the trailer and thought it looked cool, then you'd probably enjoy it.