The Avengers, Prometheus, Moonrise Kingdom
I know this blog is woefully out of date, so I'm doing what I can to update. Sometimes Facebook doesn't give you enough room for a movie review!
First up: The Avengers.
So, I can't really be objective about this movie. I've collected this comic book since I was 10 and I bought as many back issues as I could afford when I was a kid. My Mom bought me a subscription to it when I was 11, so I got it in the mail. And I love Joss Whedon-Buffy and Firefly are two great shows (and check out Serenity, which is a great movie). So, I'm NOT objective. That said, I loved this movie. It's the first one that got The Hulk right, in both Hulk and Banner form. It got the cranky relationship between Iron Man and Cap right-with Iron Man bowing to Cap's superior tactical knowledge. It faltered maybe a bit on Hawkeye (one of my favorite characters), who should have been more of a smart-ass, but did a great job with the Widow and Thor and the relationships between all of them. And it had a great villain-to bring them all together to fight as a team, with all their individual strengths. And it was funny. I felt like I'd been waiting to see this movie since I was 10 and it didn't disappoint. Thanks, Joss.
You know what did disppoint? Prometheus. I wish I hadn't seen all the cool viral videos for it, because that lead me to have high hopes for it. I'll give it this, it looked great. And I thought Fassbender (the heart of the movie, as Mark Ruffalo was in The Avengers) and Rapace were both great, as was Charlize Theron. Here's where I can't cut them any slack. First, let me say that as a sci-fi fan, I don't expect scientic accuracy. Weird stuff happening that goes against all known laws of relativity and science? LOVE IT. But as this is supposed to be a scientific/exploratory journey, I do expect them to behave like scientists. Did they? No, they behaved liked idiots. Taking off their helmets in an underground cavern/space ship with no thought as to what affect they could have on the environment? Throwing the mapping balls AFTER they've taken their helmets off? Approaching an unknown creature that looks like a sea cobra speading it's hood (and looks dangerous even to an imbecile) and acting like it's a tame lap dog? Mr Biologist, you deserved what you got. As a friend told me, he hated the characters so much and they were so stupid, it was fun watching them bite it. And here's one thing I won't cut them slack on-when Charlize says "We've travelled 2.7 light years. We're a half a billion miles from Earth". Jeez, Charlize. 2.7 light years is almost 13 trillion miles. Half billion put you still in our solar sytem-somewhere around Jupiter. You couldn't have gotten someone to fix that?
Moonrise Kingdom is the lastest from Wes Anderson. I've liked all is movies and this was good as well, although I felt a little disappointed and here's why: I expect great things from him and instead I got this sweet children's story. Yes, it was great to look at. Yes, the acting was very good and it had some great lines. And Bill Murray is in it! And Frances mcDormand and Bruce Willis! But at heart it is still the story of two runaway children who want to get away from the grown-ups and while I really liked it, I wish Anderson would make something more for adults. However it was a good palate cleanser between all the sci-fi action comic book movies I've seen and Spiderman yet to come.
First up: The Avengers.
So, I can't really be objective about this movie. I've collected this comic book since I was 10 and I bought as many back issues as I could afford when I was a kid. My Mom bought me a subscription to it when I was 11, so I got it in the mail. And I love Joss Whedon-Buffy and Firefly are two great shows (and check out Serenity, which is a great movie). So, I'm NOT objective. That said, I loved this movie. It's the first one that got The Hulk right, in both Hulk and Banner form. It got the cranky relationship between Iron Man and Cap right-with Iron Man bowing to Cap's superior tactical knowledge. It faltered maybe a bit on Hawkeye (one of my favorite characters), who should have been more of a smart-ass, but did a great job with the Widow and Thor and the relationships between all of them. And it had a great villain-to bring them all together to fight as a team, with all their individual strengths. And it was funny. I felt like I'd been waiting to see this movie since I was 10 and it didn't disappoint. Thanks, Joss.
You know what did disppoint? Prometheus. I wish I hadn't seen all the cool viral videos for it, because that lead me to have high hopes for it. I'll give it this, it looked great. And I thought Fassbender (the heart of the movie, as Mark Ruffalo was in The Avengers) and Rapace were both great, as was Charlize Theron. Here's where I can't cut them any slack. First, let me say that as a sci-fi fan, I don't expect scientic accuracy. Weird stuff happening that goes against all known laws of relativity and science? LOVE IT. But as this is supposed to be a scientific/exploratory journey, I do expect them to behave like scientists. Did they? No, they behaved liked idiots. Taking off their helmets in an underground cavern/space ship with no thought as to what affect they could have on the environment? Throwing the mapping balls AFTER they've taken their helmets off? Approaching an unknown creature that looks like a sea cobra speading it's hood (and looks dangerous even to an imbecile) and acting like it's a tame lap dog? Mr Biologist, you deserved what you got. As a friend told me, he hated the characters so much and they were so stupid, it was fun watching them bite it. And here's one thing I won't cut them slack on-when Charlize says "We've travelled 2.7 light years. We're a half a billion miles from Earth". Jeez, Charlize. 2.7 light years is almost 13 trillion miles. Half billion put you still in our solar sytem-somewhere around Jupiter. You couldn't have gotten someone to fix that?
Moonrise Kingdom is the lastest from Wes Anderson. I've liked all is movies and this was good as well, although I felt a little disappointed and here's why: I expect great things from him and instead I got this sweet children's story. Yes, it was great to look at. Yes, the acting was very good and it had some great lines. And Bill Murray is in it! And Frances mcDormand and Bruce Willis! But at heart it is still the story of two runaway children who want to get away from the grown-ups and while I really liked it, I wish Anderson would make something more for adults. However it was a good palate cleanser between all the sci-fi action comic book movies I've seen and Spiderman yet to come.
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