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Mid90s (2018)
Can't believe anyone liked it
Just a truly horrendous film. No plot. No direction. No reason to care about any of the characters. Wasn't nostalgic at all. Literally a complete waste of time.
Ghostheads (2016)
Interesting, but not what I expected
This provides some nice insight into the great things that the Ghostbusters community does for each other and for others. Although it focused a little too much on one individual and it would've been nicer to see more groups and members given the spotlight a bit more. I wish the moments where people talk about wives not liking it or "needing to keep it separate" from your wife would have ended up on the cutting room floor. I feel like one of the intentions of this documentary was to show that the "overdoing-it nerd" stereotype is not true, and I feel like these conversations went against that idea. Ghostheads, as a community, do great things and help others and, at least in cases I'm familiar with, our wives fully support what we do. Overall, it definitely captures the spirit of who we are and what we do and is an entertaining look at the world of Ghostheads.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Just a good, fun Turtles film!
OK, so I just saw the 7:00 PM showing at my local AMC.
I'll start with my background... I'm 29, and grew up on the original movies and cartoon. I had tons of TMNT toys, and really loved the Turtles growing up. I've seen the 2007 movie, and a few episodes of the various cartoon series since the first series. I haven't read the IDW comics. So I would consider myself a fan, though I haven't seen/read every iteration.
First things first, the movie could have used more of a plot, but I would put it on par with Secret of the Ooze in that regard. No huge plot twists or major depth of the villains or anything. It's an OK story, with plenty of action.
The CGI looks decent if you can get past the drastic change in their looks. The Turtles and particularly Splinter... in my opinion, definitely look like how you could expect mutated animals to look. I didn't like the look of the noses when they first debuted, but it had started to grow on me.
The voice acting is really very good. Knoxville is an awesome Leonardo. Ritchson really does a great job with Raphael's gruff, gritty voice. Noel Fisher is hilarious as Mikey. Jeremy Howard does a good job, and definitely pulls of the nerdiness (I must admit, though, that I love Corey Feldman's Donatello). Shaloub does a really nice job as Splinter, as well.
Megan Fox is fine as April. Not memorable. Not horrible. Not great. Just fine. Honestly, she does better in the beginning of the film, but when the action kicks in, she's not all that believable.
My absolute favorite scene... when the Foot have entered the Turtle's Lair and Shredder and Splinter are fighting. The emotion that Michaelangelo, Donatello, and especially Leonardo show is just amazing. It's chilling, in the greatest way. They look like they're truly worried about their sensei, their father. You can't pull that off with the old foam-rubber suits, no matter how much I loved those. The CGI look of these Turtles is really great. There's so much more emotion to them now, and its really a great thing.
The fight scenes are actually pretty awesome, and probably where most of the PG-13 rating comes from. There are times where the hits are pretty brutal, but in a good way. It's good for the fights to not just constantly be blows being deflected, but for there to actually be some hard hits.
With the way the movie ends, they've definitely set up a sequel (which they obviously would with this being such a big franchise). We'll see if it does well enough, but you can sign me up to see another Turtles film done in this style. It was good fun.
Overall, probably a 6.5/10. Not amazing, but just a fun Turtles film.