Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Update Review on Hulk and Happening: Ebert & Roeper:

HULK

Ebert & Roeper: Two Thumds Up

HAPPENING

Ebert & Roeper: Thumb Down (Phillips) Thumb Up (Roeper)

Saturday, June 14, 2008

The Happening Review

Synopsis: A paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity. http://www.imdb.com

Other Reviews:

Ebert & Roeper: Due Out On Tuesday (6-17-08) http://kplusb.org/ebertroeper/

Fandango: 54 Oh No, 19 No, 50 So-So, 55 Go, 72 Must Go http://www.fandango.com

Rotten Tomatoes: T-Meter: 19% (Rotten), Top Critics: 11% (Rotten), RT Community: 38% (Rotten) http://www.rottentomatoes.com

Metacritic: Critics: 37 out of 100, Users: 3.4 out of 10 http://www.metacritic.com

Yahoo Movies: Critics: C+ Users: C+ http://movies.yahoo.com

My Review: M. Night Shyamalan is one of my top ten directors mainly because I love the concepts in his films. I also like that tries to incorporate some kind of religious undertone. This film may have placed me with the other fans who have expressed their opinion as “losing faith in the director.” I going to be honest this film was not that great, but saying “it sucked” MIGHT be a little too harsh. The concept was great: “What is it like to see humanity at its basic primordial state,” very suspenseful right. Wrong, what we actually see on screen is just a family running from the wind and a bunch people killing them self’s, I might add in pretty brutal ways, hints the rating of R. I hate to say this but has M. Night Shyamalan lost his touch or is it just an awesomely bad run of luck. I know fan are about done with M. Night Shyamalan movies, I quote the guy behind me “I will not waste another dollar on his movies again.” I want to believe that there are others out there like me who like M. Night Shyamalan and have some faith in his work. Is this bad run of movies the end of the line? The Village, Lady in the Water, and The Happening some would say has gotten progressively worst and I half way agree. I liked The Village and Lady in the Water but both of there ending were bad. I have the same feelings for The Happening but worst. It also was slow and somewhat boring. The suicide scenes are so brutal all you can say is “Holy Shit,” which also can turns people off. It wasn’t all bad there at lease two good things that came out of this film and that are Mark Wahlberg, and John Leguizamo. Not one to pay for maybe rent but that maybe stretching it also. So if you are like me and are a fan of M. Night Shyamalan and still have some faith in his filmmaking then you MIGHT give it a shoot, when it come out to rent. Until next God bless and happy movie hunting.

The Incredible Hulk Review

Synopsis: Fugitive Dr. Bruce Banner must utilize the genetic accident that transforms him into a giant, rampaging hulk to stop a former soldier that purposely becomes an even more dangerous version.http://www.imdb.com

Other Reviews:

Ebert & Roeper: Due Out On Tuesday (6-17-08) http://kplusb.org/ebertroeper/
Fandango: 21 Oh No, 15 No, 45 So-So, 90 Go, 181 Must Go http://www.fandango.com
Rotten Tomatoes: T-Meter: 64% (Fresh), Top Critics: 67% (Fresh), RT Community: 87% (Fresh) http://www.rottentomatoes.com
Metacritic: Critics: 61 out of 100, Users: 8.2 out of 10 http://www.metacritic.com
Yahoo Movies: Critics: B- Users: B+ http://movies.yahoo.com

My Review: This movie is just one more stepping stone to bringing the Avengers movies and the Marvel Universe into greatness, when comes to comic book movies. Edward Norton is amazing actor and he doesn’t let us fans down. I am going to say there were thing that brought it down a couple of notches. The biggest of which was the final battle, the battle itself was awesome but how it ended sucks. I do recommend and it is very entertaining it’s just it had potential and could have ended better. Listen to The Movie Blog Pod Cast for more in depth opinions at http://www.themovieblog.com/ Most of what these three have to say is along the same feelings I have for the film. Until next time God bless and happy movie hunting.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Marvel Studios Plans

2008

Iron Man: Intro to Nick Fury,“The Avenger Initiative,” and War Machine
The Incredible Hulk: Introduce to the Super Soldier Serum aka Captain America (there is a delete scene with Steve Rogers) , and Robert Downey Jr. makes cameo appearance as Tony Stark

2009

X-Men Origins: Wolverine: Wolverine was an Avenger

2010

Iron Man 2: Intro to War Machine and maybe Thor
Thor: Will mostly likely introduce other Avengers.
Spider-Man 4: Spider-Man was an Avenger

2011

The First Avenger: Captain America: Introductions and Back Story
The Avengers: I say push back to 2012 so Marvel can fit in the Ant-Man movie.

TBA

Ant-Man: Founding Member so hopefully this movie comes out before The Avengers movie. This movie would have to include the other Founding Member who happens to be Ant-Man’s wife and that is Wasp.
Black Panther: Spin off
Hawkeye: Spin off
Nick Fury: Spin off

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

UPDATE: Movies I recommend to see in 2008

There are quit a few To Be Announced (TBA) in the Fall movies season but once I see some previews for movies coming out in the fall I will update this list. For more info visit: http://www.comingsoon.net, http://www.kerasotes.com/Home.aspx, http://www.movieweb.com/, or http://www.videodetective.com/Default.aspx ,

Number Ones for July:
National: The Dark Knight or Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Indies: The Wackness
Comedy: Step Brothers
Family: Journey to the Center of the Earth

Number Ones for August:
National: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Indies:
Comedy: Pineapple Express or Tropic Thunder
Family: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Number Ones for September:
National: Eagle Eye
Indies: The Duchess
Comedy: TBA
Family: Igor

Number Ones for October:
National: TBA
Indies: TBA
Comedy: Zack & Miri Make a Porno
Family: City of Ember
Halloween: Saw V

Number Ones for November:
National: Quantum of Solace or Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Indies: Milk
Comedy: TBA
Family: Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa or Bolt

Number Ones for December:
National: Frost/Nixon
Indies: TBA
Comedy: TBA
Family: TBA

2009

Inkheart
Watchmen
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Star Trek