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Logan (2017)
Dark, Bleak Action-Packed and emotional, Logan has it all.
When it was announced that Fox would be making another solo 'Wolverine' movie, I was excited. Then rumours began piling up that it would be based off the popular 'Old Man Logan', the comic community, (myself included) got even more excited. Then the first trailer dropped, and somehow we got even more excited. However, it was now I realized the movie was doomed to disappoint us. We had so much hype built up (by us, not Fox surprisingly) that there was no possible way Logan could ever reach the bar we had set.
Well, it didn't reach the bar.
It ran by the bar, grabbed it, and pulled the bar (and us) to levels we didn't think it could reach. All while being one of the best superhero movies ever, and not often using superhero powers in the movie (more on that later).
Logan follows, well, Logan (duh) at least twenty years after the events of X-Men III The Last Stand and the mutants are mostly wiped out. Logan has grown more bitter and old and is forced to live in the middle of Mexico with Professor Xaiver and a newcomer, Caliban. Eventually he finds that a group has been experimenting with mutants and have a clone of him, Laura (or X-23) now, he finds himself on the road with Laura and the Professor in an attempt to get Laura to her friends so they can be safe. The only problem are the people who want them dead, and that Logan's healing factor is weakening.
The movie Has a very simple yet interesting plot, The movie works because of the character dynamic. Logan is forced to face the fact that Laura is technically his daughter and that his family is gone. Professor Xaiver is slowly dying, both of old age and his powers becoming more and more unstable.
However, while the plot is simple, there is one scene which really doesn't work. In the original 'Old Man Logan' comic, the X-Men are gone because Logan was tricked into killing everyone. It's a horrific and tragic scene, one which no reader will ever forget. In the movie, it's implied that Charles lost control and caused a telepathic shock wave which killed 98% of all mutants around the world. It's sad, but not nearly as powerful as the scene in 'Old Man Logan'.
While that scene does slightly annoy me, the rest of the movie is nearly perfect. The character arcs are amazing, the plots are truly realistic and intense, and when the more emotional moments hit you and hit you hard. When Charles dies, it's a sad scene, but at the end of the movie when Logan dies, you can't not feel emotionally devastated. Not old because Logan dies to save Laura, but because it's also the end of an era (Hugh Jackman's Wolverine roles). The action scenes which are frequent throughout the film are top-notch and awesome to watch, if not a bit brutal, but the writers knew when to have action and when to have calm. Wolverine's "Berserker Rage" may be the greatest scene in the entire X-Men franchise.
All the actors in this movie are either returning actors to the franchise or newcomers. But either way, there is not a single bad actor in the entire movie. The special effects are some of the most realistic and well made I've seen in years. I'm also happy that not all movies are going wit the horrible CGI blood route.
Overall, Logan may not only be the best X-Men movie to date, but possibly the best superhero movie to date. It stands tall against movies such as Captain America The Winter Solider, or The Dark Knight and succeeds in it's mission despite being potentially hindered by the 'R' rating it has, which not only does it earn, but actually feels like it benefited from having an 'R' rating. If you for some reason haven't seen Logan yet, make sure it's on the top of your list.
Arrow (2012)
Awesome, awesome, awesome.
To be honest, the first half of season one was slow, but after that, this has become one of my favourite t.v. shows to date. It's stories are strong, characters interesting, (except Moria and Thea and thanks for offing her at the end of season 2 Slade) and some of the awesomest action sequences this side of The Walking Dead! If you don't know a lot about the comic story lines published by DC, that's no issue. They don't really follow any stories from the comics which is my only real complaint. Anyhow, this show is awesome and you should check it out! It's entertaining in all the right ways that a superhero show should be. I can't wait for it to return.
Redline (2009)
Star Wars + Fast and Furious + Wacky Racers + Speed Racer + Captain Underpants = Redline
Hey, I was over on Amazon.ca a few days ago, and I saw that 'Redline' was recommended for me. The cover looked interesting so I went over to YouTube and looked up the trailer. A few days passed, and I bought it. After finishing the film I have only one question.
Why didn't I order this earlier?
The story is decent (it's a race on a robot planet where the robots don't want them there.) All the characters have an AMAZING amount of character depth, personality and back story (yes, I know that's what depth is.) The animation is some of the best you will ever see coming from Japan, the acting is pretty good. Some of the actors didn't do perfect but since this gets so intense at times, it's unlikely you could act with the level of intensity needed. And the music is great! Oh, and did I mention there's a lot of toilet humor? At least in the English dub their is. Over all this is a fantastic film. I highly recommend buying it on Blu-ray.
The Dark Knight (2008)
...Wow
Okay, I was over at a used DVD shop a few days ago. I see this sitting there and the price was $5. I had never seen another 'Batman' movie before, but hey. Curiosity can be a powerful thing. So I got home and left it for a few days. Finally I was lying on the couch and thought 'Oh yeah, I have the Dark Knight. I should watch that.'
IT. WAS. A. MASTERPIECE.
Also, until this point my only knowledge on the 'Batman' franchise was a really old Batman comic I found awhile ago (#187 to be exact.)But this thing FELT like a comic book come to life, the story felt like it was taken word-for-word from a Batman comic. (I'm not sure if it was. Just saying, It might have been taken from a comic.)But when the Joker (Heath Ledger in probably his greatest role EVER.) rolls into town, that causes problems, not to mention that Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart)is trying to take down the Falcone crime family. (Led by Eric Roberts, HE CAN ACT IN THIS THING!!!!) So batman (Christian Bale) goes off on a crime fighting spree. But maybe the joker has more planned that Batman can tell...
Everyone did a great job acting, the effects were AMAZING and their was not a single flaw I can remember. So guys, GO. CHECK. THIS. OUT. NOW.
RoboCop (2014)
New 'Robocop'? I'll be there! A 'PG-13' rating? Uhhh...
Okay. I am a fan of the original 'Robocop' I thought it was fun, cheesy and all around fun.
A Remake? Oh boy...
Okay, they changed a bit too much. Why? IT WAS RATED PG-13!!!! C'MON! I'm going to quote 'Screen Junkies' here "If you're going to re-make robocop make. it. rated. R!!!"
The acting? It wasn't good, it wasn't bad. That's the only way to put it.
Special Effects? The best part of the film.
Music was okay.
Not much blood. That was another problem when compared to the original.
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Pacific Rim (2013)
Awesome dumb robot movie! Uhhh... I mean Pacific Rim!
Look, this film was pretty stupid. The plot was pretty unrealistic, Mako would switch from English to Japaniese mid-sentence. The main guy struggled to maintain his Americian accent. They for get the have a GIANT SWORD UNTIL TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE MOVIE! But none of that matters. This film was OUTSTANDING.
Everyone turned in a magnificent showing for the acting, everyone had depth, personality and back story so we could care for them! The story was great. I mean c'mon! Aliens coming from space and robots having to fight them? Haven't seen that! (Unless you count District 9 or every single Japaniese Anime ever made...) But aliens from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and two-person mechs fighting them? THAT IS ORIGINAL. The music was great, outstanding effects (also the effects team who worked on this are working on the new 'Godzilla' coming this May!) and spot-on humour when it's needed! So can i recommend 'Pacific Rim'? YESYESYES!!! Go watch this, It is SO worth your time, watch it with friends and it will be even better! This is an AMAZING MOVIE. And I can't wait for a sequel!
District 9 (2009)
Awesome, awesome, awesome.
How great is District 9? Too good for words my friend, too good. So here's the basic idea; in 1982 a huge space ship appeared over Johannesburg, and from it came 'Prawns' an alien race. Now many years later the government wants to evict the Prawns and move them to District 10. From those few sentences, this film sounds pretty stupid right? Wrong. Well, things don't go as planned, and it's lots of fun to watch the Prawns angrily react. Along the way our main army guy accidentally inhales some alien liquid/gas which causes him to turn into a Prawn himself, along the way he meets a Prawn who he makes a deal with, (The liquid he got hit with is actually an alien gas necessary for the Prawns to power a ship so they can get back to the mother ship and get away from earth and back to their planet.) So they break into the base, cause a massive shoot out/slaughter and manage to retrieve the liquid. Now the army comes to forcefully move the Prawns and get the Half-Prawn guy back, because he is the only one who can get the Prawn's weapons to work. After an intense fight (and an awesome mech suit shoot out) the Prawns leave the guy who was changing but promise to return to change him back. The only problem is that it's going to take three years. As the film ends we get one last shot of the guy who was changing. Now a full Prawn.
The acting was good but the special effects are where this movie really shines! Weather it be the make-up on the Prawns, the explosions, the huge mech-suit that appears at the end. Of the gallons of gore that flies everywhere (even on the camera) it is all really good, the music and lighting are fine as well.
So when it comes right down to it, District 9 is an extremely well done movie. I can easily recommend to sci-fi fans, or fans of action movies or even people who just like lots of gore. District 9 is amazing and I hope they make a sequel (even though the chances are really, really, small of that happening.)
Dinoshark (2010)
Not as good as 'Sharktopus' but still enjoyable!
Okay... We have another CG monster flick. This one came before 'Sharktopus'. Is it as good as 'Sharktopus'? No. Is it still enjoyable and totally worth watching? Yes. Here instead of creating whatever the beast is, this thing thaws out of an iceberg due to global warming. (But somehow it can get from the Artic to Mexico without anyone noticing...) And of course it goes on a blood-thirsty rampage. The bad thing is that there is conveniently a women's water polo tournament happening. So now it's up to a small group of people to band together and stop DINOSHARK! Okay, there's the plot.
Acting? Well, we have Eric Balfour (THE Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE) and Iva Hasperger along with Roger Corman himself! The acting is okay (which is saying a lot considering this is a SyFy channel movie.)
Special Effects: Really. Cheap. And you've gotta love them! The CG on the Dinoshark is laughably bad and the blood is that much worse!
Final thoughts: Can I Recommend 'Dinoshark'? Totally. Loads of fun, if you buy this on DVD or Blu-Ray it's not gonna cost you all that much. So all you stand to lose is time, that is if you don't like these kind's of movies... If you do, by all means go out and get yourselves a copy! It's by the man who made 'Sharktopus'!
Assassin's Creed III (2012)
Wow, best in the series.
When I first saw the trailer to this game I hoped it would be good. Man was it ever amazing! After playing 'Assassin's Creed', 'Assassin's Creed Brotherhood' and 'Assassin's Creed III Liberation' I can safely say (at least until 'Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag' comes out) this is by far the best. First off you're not in Egypt or Italy or Rome, you're in the American Revolution! Second, you become a native assassin (that's new) who wields a TOMAHAWK! That is epic. Third it throws you for a loop halfway through: (Spoiler Alert!) When Desmond enters the Animus again he dose not become Connor (native guy) yet, you become Nathan, who in the end is a Templar (but they don't tell you that) and he meets a native woman and falls in love with her. (Who becomes Connor's mom.) Jump 17 years, Connor is now 17 (or so) his mother died when he was young. So he goes and trains as an assassin. You meet with historical figures throughout the game (George Washington, Benjamin Franklin.) And it's a great game with more of a plot that I'm telling you, but at the end... Desmond dies! (No joke!).
Okay, that's done, the graphics? Best in the series. The voice acting? Outstanding (especially Connor's voice). The controls? Very smooth and easy to remember. The plot? See above. Well, with that all done can I recommend this game? Duh, It's amazing! If you have not played this stop everything your doing, go out to your nearest video game dealer and buy this game! It was an outstanding game and I cannot wait for the next instalment.
Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus (2010)
So much better than the first!
Okay, I never thought I would say this... The sequel was better than the original! Yes, the effects are laughably silly, the acting is poor and it has no plot, but that's why you love it! This time instead of a 'Giant Octopus' we have 'Crocosaurus' (A huge crocodile) and somehow the megalodon has come back from the dead... (Don't try to figure it out.) So now we've got another super-heavyweight champion monster showdown. I watched this thing on the 'Space' channel and was cracking up at how bad it was. If I had to tell you whether to watch 'Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus' or 'Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus', I would tell you 'Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus' and not have a second thought on that. If you were a fan of 'Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus' and you have not seen this, go check it out! I can guarantee you you're gonna love it.
Raging Sharks (2005)
Wow, this was amazing!
Okay, this was a film by 'NU Images' (they made the 'Shark Attack' Trilogy). So you shouldn't expect a lot, but this was AMAZING! Yes, we have (sort of) bad acting and stock footage of sharks and stuff. But instead of trying to use the whole 'Big Shark' (Ala 'Shark Attack 3 Megaladon'), the sharks look real! This film has a few very well-timed plot twists and surprises which I don't think you will see coming. It's a must-see for fans of 'Shark Attack' or any B-Movie. Trust me, you will not regret it. I'm not going to spoil much, but this movie had an amazing opening scene! It kind of makes you question where this film is going, but by the end it all makes sense. 'Raging Sharks' was a surprisingly good film, one I can totally recommend to B-movie (or just movie) fans!