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Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland (2016)
The show was really good, the movie just went too far.
As a fan of the show I was expecting more of the same -- low brow humour. With relatively low expectations going in, I have to say the movie exceeded my expectations in how bad it was. The story was over the top. I mean the whole party over football thing is great but I would've liked more football in the movie instead of a ridiculous story-line. Was actually expecting the movie to be about Alex Moran's final season at BMS and not about how the goat house had basically turned into a distopia. The only reason I gave this movie a 2 instead of a 1 is because I was a fan of the show and it was nice to see the characters again. But yeah, this movie just stretched everything too far. That's all I have to say, don't waste your time with it, it may actually ruin the show for you.
Spectre (2015)
Solid Bond Film, not as good as Skyfall
Although the opening scene was a bit over-the-top, the film quickly evolves into one of the better Bond films. Although not as good as Skyfall, Spectre is the final cornerstone in the Craig trilogy (Let's just assume Quantum of Solace never happened). It had the right amount of action and character development and his relationship with Dr. Swann was reminiscent in a way of On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Bond actually seems human this time around as he needs the cast around him to survive. If not for M, Q, Moneypenny and Madeleine, Bond would have certainly died and that's what I really liked about it. It felt emotional and I love that they went deep into the Moroccan desert where Bond was cut off from the world. The search for Spectre really set this movie apart, there was no clear mission, it had an air of mystery. Christoph Waltz was excellent and I may even hazard to say the best Blofeld ever. It was not the best Bond movie, but it will remain a classic alongside Craig's other two good films. If this is Daniel Craig's last kick at the can, I cannot imagine him going out any better!
Skyfall (2012)
Best Bond Since Golfinger
This is my favourite Bond movie ever made period. The film combined Daniel Craig's almost dark acting persona with an amazing storyline to create a film that I just couldn't get enough of. Unlike Craig's first Bond movie, Casino Royal, this one, although just as long, didn't drag on all day. I appreciated the quasi-criticism of calling the shots via proxy, as M did in the first scene, which saw Bond almost getting killed. Through events such as that, this film went beyond the typical action movie in it's plot and acting. With Javier Bardem playing the villain we saw one of the creepiest and oddest characters in last year's films -- a man who gained practically no sympathy from the audience. When Raoul Silva (Bardem) killed the Bond Girl in cold blood it left me in total shock and made me really hate the character -- I really wanted Bond to get this guy. The look back into Bond's childhood put this film past the superficiality of typical action movies. When he blows up his childhood house in order to stop the villain it put Bond's country and the lives of others beyond his vanity which is something no Bond has done in the past. Honestly, I thought Javier Bardem deserved a Best Supporting Actor nomination but the academy, like so often, disregarded this as a real film. In short, this was one of the best movies of 2012.