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True Bloodthirst (2012)
Solid decent vampire film
Of course it has bad effects and makeup; but for Syfy this was actually a pretty good movie with a decent plot and characters. I loved watching the interaction between the humans and vampires and after years of True Blood it's nice to see humans who aren't weak and can take care of themselves. The romances were pretty shallow and forced but I could tolerate it. I recommend watching the movie just don't go in with high expectations.
Bones: The Spark in the Park (2013)
Sometimes I hate Seely
There are sometimes when I can't stand Booth and his macho jock meat head ways. This is one of those episodes; after years interacting with highly intelligent people Booth should be more compassionate to the victims father and his unique way of dealing with grief. It was clear from his behavior that he was being pushed to the brink of suicide by his daughters death. This show hardly ever makes me cry but this one did and the actor playing the father was fantastic and made me feel his pain at his loss. Unlike the country singer episode I felt nothing for the murder victim but everything for her lonely father. Cam confronting the woman who stole her identity, wow just wow; that woman must be a sociopath to rationalize her behavior like that.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
Thought....HOLY CRAP!!!! At least 10x
Review was too long Well I just saw this movie yesterday night. I was apprehensive going in to watch it after hearing about the critic reviews. I ended up stunned, amazed, floored, and left the theater so happy. This is truly one of the best movies I have ever seen and it has officially killed any belief I once had in Rotten Tomatoes. I am not a huge fan of comic books; I do not consider myself a nerd or a geek...but this movie made me want to run out and get a freakin Superman t shirt and at least hide it in the back of my closet. Zack Snyder has definitely redeemed himself with this movie; I truly believe in his vision and think he is actually a worthwhile director. Whoever said that if you liked MOS you would like this one more was right. Apparently people are calling this movie dark; I did not find it dark rather I found it realistic. Let me try to put mythoughts into something coherent at least a little I apologize if Istart to ramble again:
1. Zack outdid himself...he truly is the man for this job and be delivered a masterpiece; this is now my new favorite CBM. 2. Ben Affleck as Batman/Bruce: I admit that I found him to be the weakest character of the 3 (Supes, WW, Bats) but he still did a good job; it was just I was more impressed with the characters of Clark and Diana and I kind of felt that Batman was just shoe horned in because he is Batman. With that being said Affleck did deliver a solid performance despite his characters weak motivations etc. The things Idid not like about the film mostly revolved around him especially the "save Martha" bit. I kind of understand what they were trying to do but much like tornadocide from MOS it wasn't delivered well; but unlike tornadocide this time I wasn't left wanting "to strangle someone 2. Henry Cavill is Superman for me! Yeah I know Christopher was and always will be great but I will watch Henry in this role until he is 50 he is that good; like when he saves Lois after Lex pushed her off the roof, the look on his face after the senate explodes. Speaking of which one thing that really was meaningful to me was the exchanged between he and the senator a second before the explosion. People say that these movies have no human connection but I disagree and that scene was done superbly. I really like the story WB/DC/Snyder/Terrio are trying to tell here,Superman doesn't like to be seen as a god by humans yet at the same time he himself blames himself for everything like he is omniscient or omnipresent. I recall in MOS when Superman told Swan that he (and the military) would never be able to control him...and Superman in turn needs to understand that he will never be able to control other peoples actions or stop people from dying. This is turning into a manuscript so I will try to finish this up quick. 3. Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman PERFECT 10, I see no one else who could have done this role. OMG and the scene when she first appeared in costume and that freakin guitar! 4. Ihave always been against Amy Adams as Lois Lane and I feel that I might have been wrong. 5. Jesse asLex Luthor....I get what they were trying to do but it is with him thatI feel was the weakest link of the movie. The worse thing about his Lex was his creation of Doomsday which just came off as creepy and kind of disgusting; someone needs a girlfriend bad. 6. SPEAKING OF DOOMSDAY (I swear I'm almost done) holy crap as someone who never read the comic books that boss was freaking amazing, I loved the effects they used with him and how he pulled in and pushed out electric energy. This Doomsday was the best I have ever seen but I admit I have only seen him in animation. In conclusion, I will just say this, everyone says that all of Superman's powers they always want the flight; after MOS of BvS I want freakin heat vision!
Schindler's List (1993)
Fantastic
Never seen Casablanca or Citizen Kane...but they must be spectacular to be rated higher than this film. Maybe its just the story and the characters but everything about this movie is great and memorable. It is the Mt. Everest of Holocaust films and the writing and directing makes you feel for even the characters with the smallest amount of screen time. Images that will remain with you include: Schindler looking for Stern at the train station, the little boy hiding in sewage and feces, the little girl making the slit throat gesture, the smoke at Auschwitz and the ash falling down, Danka leaving her hiding place to go be with her mother and many more. I admit the little girl in the red coat never impacted me.
Fantastic Four (2015)
Better than expected
Well I just saw this film and I honestly have to say it's not as bad as I thought it would be. I would definitely put it above TASM2 and Fan4 didn't even have romance. Maybe all the hate lowered my expectations so much that I ended up being pleasantly surprised. I was on board the film for about 3/4 of it. But when Victor reentered the picture that's when it took the nose dive. I will say that the 2 things I hate about the Fantastic 4 is the orange rock monster and plastic man aka Reed Richards, but I was amazed that in this film I didn't find their abilities ridiculous. Reeds stretching actually looked cool.
Overall I will say it was passable and I don't understand why it got so much hate, its not like it was a Star Wars prequel.
William and Kate: Into the Future (2011)
Less than stellar documentary
There aren't many documentaries on William and Kate so I guess you have to take what you can. This documentary is really less than stellar. It seems those in charge of it just scrapped together anyone they could talk to no matter if they really added anything to the story. Why exactly is Andrew Morten an expert on these 2? Because he wrote a book about Williams mother 20yrs ago? Their early relationship is to guarded to know what really went down, but according to this documentary Kate just sat quietly in a corner while William dated all these girls and quietly waited for him to choose her as the next on his list. It's quite disgusting and insulting to Kate to imply such a thing. And why are they talking to Diana's astrologer? They must really have had no one worthy to interview for this show. She keeps talking about stars and charts and how William likes older women (Kate is like 30 seconds older than William). Another interviewee said that "charity is important to William because it was important to his mother". Wrong, charity is important to the entire family and goes way beyond Diana; all members take part in it and have been doing so since before Diana was born. This documentary was juvenile, slanted, unprofessional, and based more on tabloid headlines imo. To tell you the truth the only reason I watched it was to fill the void while I'm at work.
All Hallows' Eve (2013)
Quite a Good Film
Just finished watching this movie and I thought it was pretty good. I considers there are 4 stories instead of three. #3 and #4 are so good and creepy. The first 2 are not as good possibly because the clown was not the main antagonist in those. What makes this film work is The Clown, when he's not there the story flat lines. Even the devil in story #1 was weak in comparison. The funniest thing is the fake alien in story #2, who is literally just a man wearing a leotard and an alien mask, once again go back to the clown. Some people have complained that this film is misogynistic and takes pleasure in abusing and torturing women. I can see how it could be taken like this especially on story 3. But men ended up dead in this movie as well though not in such brutal ways. I feel the abuse of the women in story #1 makes sense because a man can't provide a baby and the devil tends not to rape innocent male virgins. Overall some people will like this film others won't. I feel it is one of the better B horror straight to DVD movies.
Mirror Mirror (2012)
Better Than Expected
The previews for this movie gave a bad perception of this movie. Do not make a snap judgment on this film based on the trailer or that horrible dance number that is hinted at; that only occurs when the credits are rolling and I immediately turned the DVD off as soon as I heard the first line. The theme of "believing" pops up frequently through this film and I will admit it was one of the few things that made me roll my eyes. But despite that I still enjoyed the film. Lily Collins was surprisingly good as Snow White and I feel that out of all the Snow White movies I have seen she is the only actress who has ever really given her character a personality. Yes Snow White is bland and boring sometimes with her "purity" but she still at least has a back bone and stands up for what she believes in, whether that is to her wicked stepmother or her friends the dwarfs. I must say that I was impressed that Snow White stood up to them even though they were the ones housing her and keeping her safe from the beast in the forest. I also appreciate that Snow White didn't turn into Xena Warrior Princess overnight like in Alice in Wonderland and Snow White and The Huntsman. Her first fight she loses the upper hand a few times and has to improvise which was refreshing in this crazy feminist culture we live in. Julia Roberts as the Queen was also better than I had been lead to believe, though the role was written to be campy and funny she still was a wicked evil step mother, her wickedness lost some of its luster if it did not have to do with Snow White. In comparing Julia and Charlize, I would say Julia was a more evil step mother while Charlize was the more effective evil Queen. Prince Alcott and Snow White's relationship is alright, but I couldn't help but to get the impression that he was shallow in constantly talking about her beauty and she just might have a little school girl crush. I did not dislike the Alcott character, I thought he was funny, brave, semi-intelligent and willingly to admit when he was wrong. I loved how his relationship with the dwarfs changed and he apologized for his insulting them earlier in the film. But as for the love story I just wish there had been more substance to it. The dwarfs were great, they were funny yet effective, they had a partnership with Snow White rather than having to serve as the innocent girls bodyguards and get revenge on the evil Queen for hurting her. They were much more human and had much better personalities then the dwarfs in SWATH. The last thing I will comment on are the costumes, some of them were good, such as Snow White's big white gown (minus the wings and swan on her head) and her bandit outfit. But others were just downright silly and gave me the impression that the costume designer wasn't really trying. The whole animal theme at the ball just made mostly everybody look ridiculous! Heck just put everybody in masks rather then having them dress up like silly animals. In the end I would definitely recommend this movie just for the good family fun and above average acting and story telling.
Whatever Love Means (2005)
Very good telling of the other side of the story
I really enjoyed this movie and the way it portrayed Charles and Camilla. They are not the villains people want them to be, they are just two people who found themselves so deeply in love that they couldn't stay away from each other. Olivia Poulet was a great Camilla, and portrayed how multi-layered she was and probably still is. She was definitely a woman of the 70's when she met Charles; though I have always wondered what it was about Andrew that made her hold onto him so hard, especially as opposed to Charles. Laurence Fox plays Charles in a very sympathetic light, though I must say if he, the writers and directors took the lost puppy dog angle a little too far. Charles had some awkward qualities about him but he still had a long string of girlfriends before he met Camilla and after she was married. Despite the fact that they didn't get Charles completely right, I think all involved did a great job of showing how important Camilla was to him and how she gave him something that no other woman, perhaps nobody in general, was able to give him. I must admit that I found myself falling in love with Laurence's Prince Charles, and his awkward, sullen, a little jittery man with a quiet strength about him. One of the stand outs in this movie is Princess Anne who only pops up from time to time but always steals the scene with her witty comments and her British nose permanently up in the air. I have never been a fan of Anne, but Alexandra made me like her and laugh at the world with her. Don't know if Anne was really like this, but in this movie she always has a sense of knowing what is going on and relaying to Charles the reality of a situation which he, for some reason, is unable to see. This is not a movie about Diana, or Charles and Diana; it is a movie about Charles and Camilla and their first and second go around, the second one which ended when Charles marries Diana. I feel Michelle Duncan played a good Diana who was shy, beautiful, and in love with the idea of Charles rather than Charles himself. All parties involved come off looking equally good, bad, and selfish; the movie ends with the hope that CnC will remain friends but put an end to the romantic and sexual aspect of their relationship and that Charles will somehow find happiness with Diana. I definitely think royal watchers should look into this movie.
William & Catherine: A Royal Romance (2011)
Oh bad bad bad...
This was just bad in so many ways. I am one of the few who liked the Lifetime movie which aired a few months ago, and I expected much more from Hallmark seeing as how they had a longer time to make their movie. Boy was I wrong, more time definitely did not equal a better film. My first pet peeve about this movie is the actress playing Kate Middleton and the way the writers portray her. Kate may not be everybody's cup of tea, but she is definitely not a plain mousy girl who comes off like a reject from She's All That. Apparently all Kate is good for at the beginning of the relationship is school notes and exercising with. From what I have read about Kate, her brown mouse, "the girl you don't notice" persona ended long before she went to college. My second, and bigger, beef is that there is no clear indicators in the film telling the audience how the relationship between KnW changed; when William decided she was a girl he would like to go out with. Kate has a celebrity crush on him and looks longingly as he flirts with hotter blonde's. But why and how did William come to view her romantically and what did it? Those in the know will tell you it was the fashion show, but according to this movie it didn't have a lasting effect on William. A few scenes after the fashion show event and for no apparent reason, William just decides to cook Kate a romantic dinner; OK where did that come from? Another "unexplained event" in the movie is the reunification of Kate and William after their 2007 break up. I usually have no problem with clichés, but this one was just horrible! WnK literally spot each other in a crowd at some outdoor concert and slowly walk to each other and start kissing while those around them clap! Not only did this anger me because of its cheesiness, but it also had little to do with the truth. Apparently the breakup didn't last that long but William had to put in some work to get Kate back, understandably. A third problem I have with this reunification is that it added to the Pathetic Kate the movie had portrayed from the start. Any self-respecting woman would not take a man back that easily after he broke up with her; especially when he did so over the phone. This movie was badly written and very boring, even if you are a William and Kate enthusiast, this one will be a great waste of time.
Burlesque (2010)
Better Than Expected
I went to see this movie with a friend at the cheap movie theater because we had nothing better to do. Before we went in we warned ourselves that this movie had been getting horrible reviews. I must say we were both pleasantly surprised and impressed with the movie as a whole. It is not great by any means but it is enjoyable and does not deserve the ridicule it gets. It's not West Side Story but it also isn't Glitter. Christina was about average on the acting scale, enough for me to enjoy her performance. Like Crossroads, it is clear that Burlesque was written for Christina Aguilera; and like Crossroads it gets a bad wrap. The ending was a cliché, Hollywood Happy Ending scenario, but that still didn't take a way from the fantastic performances, gorgeous costumes, and pleasant story. The romance between Christina and her leading man was fake as h--- to easy and would never happen; but whatever it made me smile. I would highly recommend you see the film yourself before judging.
Black Blizzard (2008)
Fantastic and Enlightening
I had heard and known about the Dust Bowl since elementary school in history and literature. But I don't recall ever hearing about Black Blizzards. This documentary from The History Channel provides detailed information about the Dust Bowl years and the periodic events of Black Blizzards occurring. This was one of the best documentaries I have ever seen because it captured and held my attention when I had never before shown any interest of these events. A great job was done depicting how life was for the people who lived through the Dust Bowl with survivors commentary, scientific tests being performed on screen and commentary from historians and scientists. You will hear stories of how survivors hid during the storms and tried to protect their houses and livestock, how children had to go to school during the blizzards, about a teenage boy who got caught in a blizzard and went blind due to the dust in his eye. It really hit home how dangerous the situation got when you see these people hiding in their storm cellars which are usually used for tornado's. Then there were those who developed a form of "black lung" because of the dust they had been breathing in for years. Like a movie, "Black Blizzard" has a fantastic climax when on May 9th 1934 a Black Blizzard so huge and strong swept from the Dust Bowl to the Atlantic; showing the people on the East coast and Washington D.C what the people living in the Mid West had to live with all the time. I cried with the survivors as they spoke about their lost loved one's and the suffering of their families. When the rain finally comes and the disaster is over you just can't help but to take a big sigh of relief and smile that the suffering of the people is over. I was so engrossed in the story that I forgot that the people on screen were actors; and by the end of the 2hrs I felt that the Dust Bowl had just happened and had't been over for 8 decades. A job well done by all involved.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Weakest of the bunch
I have been over Harry Potter for awhile and I feel the movies have been going downhill since the 3rd one; but Half Blood Prince made me realize that the previous movies were actually rather good. This movie had such mediocre acting, bad acting, (and what was up with the lighting) that I had to scratch my head wondering why nobody stopped this before too much money was spent. If I remember correctly Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince are around the same length, so why did the former movie seem to be so much better constructed than this one? This movie jumps all over the place and has a couple of really pointless scenes, and the writer/director makes the characters do some idiotic things. I feel sorry for anyone who has not read the books because this movie, unlike previous ones, will seem quite confusing if you had not read the book or finally decided to go see your first HP movie. Emma Watson has been the poster child for bad acting amongst the younger cast members since about Goblet of Fire; but she had a lot of company with this movie. Rupert Grint gave about a 3 performance, and honestly I think his character could have gone on vacation for all he added to the film. Daniel Radcliffe was so off and on with his lines and scenes that it was almost painful to watch. He has never seemed so stiff and out of touch with his character before; perhaps the writing caused him to not know what his characters motivation was in certain scenes. The actress playing Ginny Weasly was atrocious as was her character! How could so many people be involved in this movie yet nobody took the time to prevent the inclusion of Ginny tying Harry's shoe or feeding him cookies? Not only was Ginny written as a doormat but the actress gave her so little personality that she could have been scenery. Tom Felton's performance had to grow on me but he was definitely at the top of his game in this film, too bad he didn't give his co-stars pointers. The lines he had to say were pretty bad, but he gave it his best shot; and all around I would give him an 8. 3 other things were missing from the movie: Jason, Alan, and Helena. All 3 have an uncanny ability to steal every scene they are in and Alan and Helena were used too little in this film when Alan especially should have had much more screen time. Jason was expected to be absent but I would have made up a scene so he could appear because he is truly that good.
Spooked: The Ghosts of Waverly Hills Sanatorium (2006)
Don't even bother
The first film I saw from these people was "Children of the Grave" and when I heard that this one was coming on I thought it would be good to watch mostly because Waverly is a real place that is rumored to be haunted. This documentary/film was AWFUL! There was too much fake commentary from the producers, directors, camera men...they needed to keep their faces out of this film. Waverly has been rumored to be haunted for a long time yet if anyone in doubt about it watches this film they will no doubt start to believe that every story about the place is as fake as this documentary. The paranormal proof was horrible and almost non-existent. I have heard better EVPs from high school students with tape recorders in a bathroom! They tried too hard to make things scary and the end result was that nothing was scary. Not the stories, not the blurry too dark to see anything videos, not the pictures, not the tape recordings! Children of the Grave was bad as well but at least it had some substance and a little bit of a creep factor. The only reason I am giving this a 3 is because the history portion of the show was very good and informative. Learning about how the hospital came about, the daily life there,and how it ended was the only thing worth while in this 2hr piece of crap.