Saturday, May 18, 2013
Only God Forgives trailer
Only God Forgives Trailer
I'm going to review a trailer today for a movie I'm most looking forward to in the summer. Nicholas Winding Refn directed one of my favorite movies Drive is back with star Ryan Goslin in this dark movie Only God Forgives. This movie looks amazing and what I like about the trailer it doesn't give to much away. What noticed from the trailer is the cinematography looks amazing. In a interview with Refn he said that Drive was like a dream Only God Forgives is like a Nightmare I can't wait.
Ebert
Roger Ebert
Besides doing a movie review I wanted to talk about Roger Ebert who just passed away recently. Ebert worked for the Chicago times and had a show in the 80s Siskel and Ebert. I think Ebert was the best movie critic of all time. Not to say I always 100 percent agreed with him but for the most part he knew what he was talking about. What separates him from other critics is that he would change his review if he knew he was wrong. Movies can grow on a person , and sometimes after a first viewing you may think about a movie and realize you liked it. Ebert will be missed.
Friday, May 17, 2013
The Thomas Crown Affair
The
Thomas Crown Affair
I recently caught The Thomas Crown affair on HBO one
night. I was little hesitant to watch it since I really didn’t like the remake
with Pierce Brosnan, But I’m a huge fan of Steve McQueen so I decided to watch
it. I’m glad I did this is a very stylistic movie that moves fast and at times doesn’t
have much dialogue, Steve McQueen was a great facial actor and this movie
brings out his strengths. The plot is a little different from the remake a
debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect
multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance
investigator who will do anything to get her man. Steve McQueen and Faye Donohue
have great on screen chemistry on the screen which is ironic because there were
rumors that they didn’t get along behind the scenes. The music is amazing; Michel
Legrand does an amazing job. For people who like older movies I recommend this
8/10
The way of the Dragon
The Way of the Dragon
When I was about 10 I loved Bruce Lee, I watched all
his films and still love them to this day. The Way of The dragon was the second
Bruce Lee movie I ever saw after Enter The Dragon, and while I like Enter The
dragon This is My favorite Bruce Lee movie. In this film, the one and only
Bruce Lee made his directing debut. Not only the movie showed the world why he
is the greatest martial artist to ever live, it showed that he is way ahead of
his time. This film showcased his astounding skills, agility, and charm much
more so than the brilliant classic "Enter the Dragon” and this film will
show how truly fast and nimble Bruce Lee is with his fists and feet. What I like
what Bruce Lee did was he made it like a western. A lone man goes to a place
that is very different and he has conflicts and then continues off into the sunset
for other adventures. The fight scenes are unbelievable, and it is already
widely regarded that the final Coliseum battle between Tang Long (Bruce Lee)
and Colt (Chuck Norris) is the best fighting sequence ever filmed for a movie.
Chuck Norris was the Karate champion of the Time so when these guys go at it it’s
amazing to watch. It’s almost like when everyone was excited to see Jet Li vs.
Jackie Chan in a movie. Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris is better because they both
were in their prime at that time Do yourself a favor by watching the original
Way of the Dragon with all its original Language it makes more since because Bruce
Lee character doesn’t speak English in the movie. Those who are content on only
watching the English-dubbed version are missing out on a lot!
10/10
The Mechanic remake
The Mechanic review
Ben Foster holds his own in this movie his Performance of the film was really something. Still has that slightly psychotic look in his eyes that he had back in Six Feet Under, but he really impresses as a competent and charismatic action star, with his own unique edge.
Most outstanding or memorable feature: Brutality of the action. What I liked about this movie was the character development you really felt for all the characters in this. The direction style was surprisingly good. The movie was directed by Simon West who I’m not too familiar the only other movie I saw from him was Tomb Raider which in my opinion horrible. The action scenes were filmed well the viewer can actually tell whets going on so many action movies today use close ups and shaky camera which distracts the viewer on what’s going on. The violence in this movie is handle well it’s not too violent but the same time it gets pretty gritty when needs to be. I felt satisfied at the end of the movie and I asked some other people on what they thought of the film.
So if you’re a person that likes action movies then you should defiantly give this movie a try. I wasn’t disappointed and got something better than I thought going in. I’ll give this movie 7.5 out of 10.
New Evil Dead
New
Evil Dead
As you all know I’m a big fan of the original Evil
Dead and that I was looking forward the remake. It looked like it was going to
be the next big horror movie that fans of the genre have been waiting for. In
this version it’s not really a remake it’s more of a reboot in some sorts. While
there are a lot nods to the original this is a new story, and new characters. Five
twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin. When they discover
a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the
nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left
intact to fight for survival. The difference is that one of the main characters
needs to detox so her brother in her friends take her to a cabin to help her
kick the addiction. The movie starts off really well the pace is excellent and
the horror elements are handled really well. But after the midway point the
movie doesn’t go anywhere it feels repetitive with the same thing happening
over and over. Yes there is a lot of gore but you just don’t really care about
the characters to really be frightened by them. The original Evil Dead you
cared about Bruce Campbell’s character. Another thing I didn’t like were the
demons they all were the same the original one had different types of demons
attacking the main character physically and mentally. It’s still a good movie I
will recommend it to any horror fan I give this a 7/10
Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3
I went into this movie with high expectations. I
Liked the first Iron Man movie and the 2nd one wasn’t as bad as many people
said. The trailers for this movie were excellent. I thought this was going to
be an epic ride. Right from the gecko we see the tone of this movie is campy.
Now I’m not against movies that are a little campy, but when you have a trilogy
and the first movie was serious you expect that tone to carry over to the next
movies. The script was filled with plot holes things didn’t make since and I’m
not nitpicking I can let some stuff go but in this case the flaws in the script
stood out like a sore thumb. Another problem I had with this movie was Tony Stark;
even though Robert Downy Jr. brings a great performance as usual the character
just falls flat to me. They try to make him human by giving him anxiety from
the events in the avengers but this only happens 3 times in the movie. The rest
of the movie you’re never worried about him because you know he’s going to make
a one liner and get out of a situation. The villain The mandarin played by Ben Kingsly
starts out good but there’s a twist that I’m not going to spoil that’s going to
piss off a lot of comic book fans of Iron Man. I know this movie is getting
good reviews I don’t understand why I hated it I give this a 4/10
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