Great film that does some justice...

Posted : 7 months, 2 weeks ago on 2 March 2008 09:58 (A review of First Blood)

When people hear Sylvester Stallone most people think of Rocky, but when I hear his name I instantly think Rambo.

In First Blood, Stallone plays John Rambo, a ex Special Forces operative come back from the Vietnam war at first trying to find one of his last friends from his unit and after finding out that his friend was dead, Rambo starts to drift and comes to a town with a sheriff that doesn't like Rambo and arrests him for trying to go back into town for something to eat. Rambo is brought in the local jail and is really mistreated by the deputies and escapes and makes his way in to the near by mountains where he is chased by the sheriff's and later by the National Guard with nation wide media.
I'm not going to spoil the end because its a great ending with a great message that says something that most Vietnam vets have wanted to say for years, that they are not baby killer, but men fighting for their countries freedoms.

Acting in the movie, on everyones part, is superb even for a action film in it time.
Music is sometimes haunting and other times glories all fitting the moments their in.
Other effects, sound and visual, fit great and are never over the top giving the movie a more realistic feel then other movies of it's kind.

Over all, First Blood in one of my favorite action movies that speaks a message at the end that I believe to true and sincere and should be enjoyed by anyone how watches.

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Kinda funny, once

Posted : 7 months, 2 weeks ago on 28 February 2008 12:58 (A review of The Master of Disguise)

First off, Dana Carvey was funny in Wayne's World and SNL and is a great impressionists.
That being said, this is only slightly funny the first time through but fart jokes only are funny once.
Carvey plays Pistachio Disguisey, a somewhat off guy that turns out to be from a family with supernatural skills of disguise. Well his parents are kidnapped and must learn to become a master of disguise to save them.
In whole most of Carvey's characters that he disguises as are really bad and a lot of the funny jokes are fart joke really.
I wouldn't suggest seeing this movie but if felt compelled to, I guarantee it won't be rememberable.

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Typical 80's movie

Posted : 7 months, 3 weeks ago on 27 February 2008 03:28 (A review of Over the Top)

See one 80's movie, you've probably seen them all.
Well Over The Top is a movie from the 80's that followed every 80's before it.
Sylvester Stallone plays a trucker/arm wrestler that left his wife and son years before and comes into his estranged son's life when his wife in near death. They both head on a journey and split half way through and the kid figures that he loves his father and all this while Stallone's character is preparing for the arm wrestling championship in Vegas.
Acting is sub par compared to anything dramatic but is good enough to entertain.
The soundtrack is filled with crappy pop music that filled all movies of the time which could be a bad thing but wasn't a issue here.
Overall its a entertaining movie to see once but don't really a movie to see over and over again.

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Good thriller done in a interesting way

Posted : 7 months, 3 weeks ago on 26 February 2008 01:01 (A review of Memento)

When I first saw the trailer for this movie back when it came out I thought the movie premiss was interesting.
Now that I've seen it I would have to say that that premiss was fulfilled.
Basically, as Prelude said, the story is done backwards where you see the end of the story first and the beginning last. It's a interesting approach that was done before in Irreversible but fits the whole movie.
Guy Pearce plays a man who is trying find the man who raped and killed his wife and left him with only short term memory unable to commit any new memories to long term memory. Beginning at the end is interesting concept as the audience knows what's the conclusion is but now have to watch and see how Guy Pearce's character reached that conclusion.
Acting by Guy Pearce was wonderful and also Joe Pantoliano did a great job as both brought their characters to life.
Sound was solid across the board with great fitting music that didn't force emotions or preempt what was coming next.
In whole Memento is a good thriller that I thoroughly enjoyed and a must see for all movie buffs.

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Good Britsh comedy

Posted : 7 months, 3 weeks ago on 25 February 2008 01:31 (A review of Mr. Bean's Vacation)

It seems like most comedies coming out these days are either really stupid parodies of real movies, like Meet the Spartans and Epic Movie, or more adult humor oriented that sometimes are in totally bad taste.
But along comes Mr. Bean.
I've yet to see the show and have only seen Mr. Bean in action once in his previous movie and having also seen Johnny English, which Rowan Atkinson is also in, I kinda knew what was coming before I watched it.
And I have to say that more comedies should be like Mr. Bean's Holiday.
Story wise it was cute as Mr. Bean wins a holiday to Cannes, France and how he gets there while he causes so much damage along the way.
Comedic elements are also cute and doesn't need to be interpreted by a adult mind to get the jokes so it's a good movie for younger audience.
Acting by both Rowan Atkinson and by the boy, played by Max Baldry, in the film is great and both compliment each other as a half functioning adult and fully functioning child.
Music wise the soundtrack in solid and adds perfectly to the film.
All in all Mr. Bean's Holiday it a solid family friendly comedy and should be enjoyed by anyone who watches it.

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Not my kind of musical

Posted : 7 months, 3 weeks ago on 25 February 2008 12:51 (A review of Across the Universe)

I know that the Beatles are loved by many and I do like some of their music but when I heard that Across The Universe was really about telling a story using only Beatles songs I wasn't really interested.
But my sister bought the DVD and some of my friends had really liked it, I said "meh" and watched it.
Now that I've seen it, I really don't know what's so special about it.
The story isn't that interesting even if it was showing the changes that were going on around the Vietnam war which I really disagree with but that isn't important in my review.
The music was nice but again I'm not a Beatles fan so I didn't really care.
The acting was nice and it's what saved the movie for getting a 2.
What really killed the movie for me was the mid part of the movie when all the "psychedelic" imagining and really ruined the rest of the movie.
I've seen other musicals and do like some of them and proudly say that I do like them even if it me look less manly but this musical is one that I don't like and don't plan on watching ever again.

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Terrible

Posted : 7 months, 3 weeks ago on 25 February 2008 12:26 (A review of Ultraviolet)

I've was told from plenty of people that Ultraviolet was a terrible movie and after watching I would have to agree.
The writing was bad with little story that really wasn't interesting.
The acting was bad as no one felt real and spoke crappy dialog.
Action scenes felt dry and uninteresting also.
Music was bad techno music that felt forced.
Now I've heard that the director of this directed Equilibrium which I've been wanting to see and it's suppose to be good and I hope it is because this movie says to me that the director can't direct.

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