On Friday I went and saw Prometheus 3D at Vue Cinema, Festival Place, Basingstoke.
This movie had a lot of hype attached to it, originally the movie was going to be a prequel to the Alien movies, but the Ridley Scott decided this was just to be a movie set in the same universe as those movies.
The Wayland Corporation finance an expedition to the distant moon LV-223 after archeologists discover identical star maps from several different otherwise unconnected ancient civilisations.
They hope to find the creators of humankind, however what they do find...is something that could totally destroy it if it gets chance to escape.
The movie was great, lots of action and it adds more to the history of the Xenomorphs (you get to see a early evolution on the facehugger and and the fully grown alien) which is quite interesting, although the movie does leave things open for a sequel to this movie.
Prometheus certainly lived up to the hype in my opinion (a rare thing these days) and although the 3D wasn't really that good it didn't detract from the enjoyment I got from watching this movie.
Prometheus is rated 15, in 2D and 3D and in cinemas now.
Saturday, 9 June 2012
Men In Black III
This week I went to see Men In Black III at the Odeon Cinema in Basingstoke.
In the third instalment of the MIB franchise, an old enemy of K has escaped from a prison on the moon and goes back in time and erases him from history and it's up to J to time jump and save his partner and prevent the World being conquered.
If you like the Men In Black franchise, then you should like this...however as much as I'm a fan I just felt like this movie was made just for the sake of money, especially in 3D (which I didn't see the point of whatsoever). Sure there were some funny bits and bits which explain more about the J's father, but I just don't feel like it was a good movie in the franchise and I hope this is where it stops.
Men In Black III is in 2D and 3D, rated PG and in cinemas now.
In the third instalment of the MIB franchise, an old enemy of K has escaped from a prison on the moon and goes back in time and erases him from history and it's up to J to time jump and save his partner and prevent the World being conquered.
If you like the Men In Black franchise, then you should like this...however as much as I'm a fan I just felt like this movie was made just for the sake of money, especially in 3D (which I didn't see the point of whatsoever). Sure there were some funny bits and bits which explain more about the J's father, but I just don't feel like it was a good movie in the franchise and I hope this is where it stops.
Men In Black III is in 2D and 3D, rated PG and in cinemas now.
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
The Traveler
Netflix has quite a mishmash of movies on there (and finally us UK users are getting a bit of a wider selection) and recently I noticed The Traveler. I looked at the details and people really slammed the movie saying it was truly awful...but it intrigued me and I wanted to see if the movie was that bad.
The movie is about a man who wanders into a police station on Christmas Eve and confesses to committing murders, although unbeknownst to the police officers they have not happened...yet. He gets interrogated and he says his name is Nobody...and starts his confessions. Each time he confesses to a murder, one of the officers in the station dies....because they all share a secret.
The movie wasn't the greatest, but by no means was it as awful as people have tried to make out. Sure, it was certainly staying in the realms of b-movie fare, the script was cheesy,the gore was a little over the top and the ending was more than a little lame...but there is an interesting twist and Val Kilmer's performace as Nobody was interesting and a little creepy.
The Traveler is rated 18 and available on DVD now.
The movie is about a man who wanders into a police station on Christmas Eve and confesses to committing murders, although unbeknownst to the police officers they have not happened...yet. He gets interrogated and he says his name is Nobody...and starts his confessions. Each time he confesses to a murder, one of the officers in the station dies....because they all share a secret.
The movie wasn't the greatest, but by no means was it as awful as people have tried to make out. Sure, it was certainly staying in the realms of b-movie fare, the script was cheesy,the gore was a little over the top and the ending was more than a little lame...but there is an interesting twist and Val Kilmer's performace as Nobody was interesting and a little creepy.
The Traveler is rated 18 and available on DVD now.
Sunday, 29 April 2012
Avengers Assemble (3D)
This week I went to see Avengers Assemble in 3D at Vue Cinema, Festival Place, Basingstoke.
Over the last few years, Marvel have been producing some really good movies...The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger...all these movies were leading up to this. If you watched during/after the movie credits, you had little snippets involving SHIELD and teases about the Avengers Initiative.
The story brings together the mightiest of Marvel's superheroes..The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye under the watchful eye (no pun intended) of Nick Fury. The heroes are assembled as the Avengers Initiative, as a defence against the largest threats against the World.
The Avengers enemy is demigod Loki, who opens a portal to allow creatures to invade the planet so he can be come supreme ruler of Earth. At first the heroes fight against each other as Loki planned (Dr Banner says "We're not a team. We're a time bomb!") and that allows the invasion to go ahead.
Can the superheroes get together in save to save Earth? Damn straight they can...but how much of the Earth will be left?
The movie was a great watch, and had some great comedy moments, some touching moments, and of course a moral message (that teamwork is a good thing) and a great movie that Marvel/action/superhero fans will enjoy....and of course look out for the obligatory Stan Lee cameo and tease during the movie credits.
Joss Whedon has done a great story, and has truly redeemed himself after the absolute dross that was The Cabin In The Woods...this seems to be the kind of movie/realm that he works in best.
The movie was made 3D in post production, so this was not as good as it could have been...I know there are plenty of people who will be perfectly happy with the 3D, but most of the movie is "flat" and I wish that they would stop doing this. If you are going to make a movie 3D then actually film it in 3D, it makes all the difference.
Avengers Assemble is in cinemas now, you can see it in 2D or 3D and is rated 12A.
Over the last few years, Marvel have been producing some really good movies...The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger...all these movies were leading up to this. If you watched during/after the movie credits, you had little snippets involving SHIELD and teases about the Avengers Initiative.
The story brings together the mightiest of Marvel's superheroes..The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow and Hawkeye under the watchful eye (no pun intended) of Nick Fury. The heroes are assembled as the Avengers Initiative, as a defence against the largest threats against the World.
The Avengers enemy is demigod Loki, who opens a portal to allow creatures to invade the planet so he can be come supreme ruler of Earth. At first the heroes fight against each other as Loki planned (Dr Banner says "We're not a team. We're a time bomb!") and that allows the invasion to go ahead.
Can the superheroes get together in save to save Earth? Damn straight they can...but how much of the Earth will be left?
The movie was a great watch, and had some great comedy moments, some touching moments, and of course a moral message (that teamwork is a good thing) and a great movie that Marvel/action/superhero fans will enjoy....and of course look out for the obligatory Stan Lee cameo and tease during the movie credits.
Joss Whedon has done a great story, and has truly redeemed himself after the absolute dross that was The Cabin In The Woods...this seems to be the kind of movie/realm that he works in best.
The movie was made 3D in post production, so this was not as good as it could have been...I know there are plenty of people who will be perfectly happy with the 3D, but most of the movie is "flat" and I wish that they would stop doing this. If you are going to make a movie 3D then actually film it in 3D, it makes all the difference.
Avengers Assemble is in cinemas now, you can see it in 2D or 3D and is rated 12A.
Friday, 13 April 2012
The Cabin In The Woods
Today I went to Vue Cinema, Festival Place, Basingstoke to see the movie The Cabin In The Woods.
The movie is about a group of people who go to a desolate place to unwind and have a good time...but all the while they are being watched and manipulated by people who are using them for a higher purpose...
I went into the cinema expecting good things of this movie, but to be honest it really was not to great a movie and despite a few clever bits a lot of it was highly predictable and to be honest quite boring. It had a little gore in it and some funny bits it in too, but it didn't save it. The ending was quite lame too.
Personally, I don't really recommend this movie very much...but I'm sure there are some people out there who will like it.
The Cabin In The Woods is rated 15 and in UK cinemas now.
The movie is about a group of people who go to a desolate place to unwind and have a good time...but all the while they are being watched and manipulated by people who are using them for a higher purpose...
I went into the cinema expecting good things of this movie, but to be honest it really was not to great a movie and despite a few clever bits a lot of it was highly predictable and to be honest quite boring. It had a little gore in it and some funny bits it in too, but it didn't save it. The ending was quite lame too.
Personally, I don't really recommend this movie very much...but I'm sure there are some people out there who will like it.
The Cabin In The Woods is rated 15 and in UK cinemas now.
Sunday, 27 November 2011
50/50
Last week I attended a preview screening of the movie 50/50 at Vue Cinema, Festival Place, Basingstoke.
The movie is about Adam Lerner, a 25 year old man who has a simple life with a beautiful girlfriend and works for a radio station with his best friend who complicates his life in humorous ways.
Adam gets diagnosed with a rare type of cancer, and the movie shows how he and the people around hime deal with what is happening....he tells his friend, and he uses it it pick up girls (although he hides how scared he is for his friend), his girlfriend uses this as a way out of the relationship, and his mom wants to pretty much smother him (despite having her hands full with Adam's dad suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Adam starts seeing a cute student doctor to help him with the psychological effects of the chemotherapy he undertakes....and they start falling for each other.
The movie, despite the sad circumstances is quite feel good...although there are the roller-coaster ups and downs everything does turn out fairly well in the end.
50/50 is rated 15 and in UK cinemas now.
Saturday, 12 November 2011
Suck
Last night I watched the movie Suck on DVD.
The movie is about The Winners, a down and out band, who would be willing to do absolutely anything to get themselves a record deal. When their manager tells them they are getting long in the tooth, he never realized how prophetic his words truly were.
During a road trip, The Winners radically change when bassist Jennifer goes off with someone one night (who turns out to be a vampire) and when she returns she is almost a different person with a sexually charged charisma that drives the fans wild.
One by one, the band succumbs to the blood lust and their "gimmick" and an incident with a radio DJ propels them to superstardom.
When an aging record producers calls them on being vampires, they realise that being vampires is not all that it's cracked up to be.
This is not the greatest of movies, featuring Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Henry Rollins and Moby (as a rocker called Beef!!) and features music from Rolling Stones, David Bowie and more...in fact the soundtrack is actually a lot better than the movie itself.
It's an ok movie I guess, it doesn't really take itself too seriously.
Suck is rated 15 and available on DVD now.
The movie is about The Winners, a down and out band, who would be willing to do absolutely anything to get themselves a record deal. When their manager tells them they are getting long in the tooth, he never realized how prophetic his words truly were.
During a road trip, The Winners radically change when bassist Jennifer goes off with someone one night (who turns out to be a vampire) and when she returns she is almost a different person with a sexually charged charisma that drives the fans wild.
One by one, the band succumbs to the blood lust and their "gimmick" and an incident with a radio DJ propels them to superstardom.
When an aging record producers calls them on being vampires, they realise that being vampires is not all that it's cracked up to be.
This is not the greatest of movies, featuring Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Henry Rollins and Moby (as a rocker called Beef!!) and features music from Rolling Stones, David Bowie and more...in fact the soundtrack is actually a lot better than the movie itself.
It's an ok movie I guess, it doesn't really take itself too seriously.
Suck is rated 15 and available on DVD now.
Sunday, 6 November 2011
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)
The follow-up to the "shocking" movie The Human Centipede, and centers on Martin, a night time security guard who is a big fan of the original movie and fetishizes the incredible skills of Dr Heiter...and wants to make a 12 person "full sequence" human centipede. After kidnapping the people he wants for his project, then then goes about making his creation, but with the lack of medical equipment uses kitchen utensils and household tools instead.
Although the movie was shot in color, the movie is in black and white, Tom Six said that while he was editing it he thought black and white was much scarier. It does kind of add an atmosphere to it, but I'm not sure it makes it scarier....after all, you would have to make it more scary and less boring first.
An interesting thing of note was that Ashlynn Yennie played herself in the movie and is part of the human centipede Martin makes.
The movie was initially banned in the UK by the BBFC in June, but was granted an 18 rating in October after 32 cuts to the movie totaling 2 minutes and 37 seconds....I'm not sure what the cuts were, although I viewed the uncut version and to be honest, I really don't understand what all the fuss was about....sure this movie is "worse" than the original (on many levels including quality) but I have seen movies with worse in that haven't been banned.
If you liked the first movie (which I do not, I also found that movie boring) you may like this...it does try to ramp up the ramp a little more but to be honest it really isn't that good, there was no real story to it and it just felt like it was made for the sake of being made.
Not a great movie... 4/10
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) is rated 18 and in UK cinemas now and available for download in the US.
Sunday, 30 October 2011
Monsturd
Tonight, I'm watching the movie Monsturd on YouTube.
It is the story of prisoner Jack Schmidt who is on the run, and after a shootout falls into a sewer near a chemical company who have been dumping their waste. The mixture of faeces and chemical waste transforms him into a being that is half-human and half-faecal matter, and he goes on a murderous rampage, coming up from the sewers via toilets, leaving messages written in faeces ("Don't Get Caught With Your Pants Down" and "Sh*t Happens" being examples).
Ideal for a Halloween watch, but a truly awful movie to be honest. The dialogue is just awful and the acting is even worse...still it's not as bad as Birdemic...but it is REALLY close!! Watch it if you want a laugh, or if you want to see how not to make a movie.
Monsturd is rated 15 (although I have absolutely no idea why), is available on DVD or if you want to watch it for free CLICK HERE and watch it on YouTube.
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Fright Night 3D
Last Friday I went to see Fright Night 3D at Vue Cinemas, Festival Place, Basingstoke.
Fright Night is a remake of the movie of the same name released in 1985 and is the story of Charley Brewster, who discovers that his neighbour Jerry is a vampire and is responsible to the recent deaths of several people.
When nobody believes what Charley has discovered to goes to Peter Vincent, a self proclaimed vampire hunter to help him destroy Jerry.
The movie is great fun, and in my opinion one of the best remakes in a long time. It was quite funny and had a few moments which made the audience jump. Colin Farrel played Jerry well, but the main star of the movie had to be David Tennant, who was amazing as Peter Vincent and very funny.
I don't think, however, that the movie should have been in 3D as the only parts you really noticed the 3D was when vampires were destroyed, and frustratingly the movie was not available in 2D at my local cinema.
Fright Night 3D (and in 2D in select cinemas) is rated 15 and in cinemas now.
Fright Night is a remake of the movie of the same name released in 1985 and is the story of Charley Brewster, who discovers that his neighbour Jerry is a vampire and is responsible to the recent deaths of several people.
When nobody believes what Charley has discovered to goes to Peter Vincent, a self proclaimed vampire hunter to help him destroy Jerry.
The movie is great fun, and in my opinion one of the best remakes in a long time. It was quite funny and had a few moments which made the audience jump. Colin Farrel played Jerry well, but the main star of the movie had to be David Tennant, who was amazing as Peter Vincent and very funny.
I don't think, however, that the movie should have been in 3D as the only parts you really noticed the 3D was when vampires were destroyed, and frustratingly the movie was not available in 2D at my local cinema.
Fright Night 3D (and in 2D in select cinemas) is rated 15 and in cinemas now.
Monday, 29 August 2011
June 9
No, before we start...this is not a belated blog...June 9 is the title of the movie!
The oldest village in northeast Ohio, Boston Mills is steeped in legend and lore, earning the nickname Helltown. Since the early 1970s, Boston Mills remains the perfect playground for unsupervised teens, thrill-seekers and ultra-naturalists.
The movie follows a group of teenagers armed with nothing but a video camera and minds full of annoying pranks to the sleepy town of Boston Mills...but they discover that the the stories that made Boston Town famous are not the stories to be afraid of.
The teens vanished, and nobody knows what happened on June 9...nobody saw the events of that day, the gruesome truth...until now.
This movie...it's quite cheesy to be honest and feels like they were trying to replicate the greatness of The Blair Witch Project in some ways, and failing. That's not saying this is a bad movie, although it is not a good movie either. I did enjoy the ending as these teenagers were so damn annoying that they pretty much deserved everything that happened to them.
If you want to check this movie out, you can watch the full movie for free on YouTube! CLICK HERE to watch it now.
This movie is unrated and available now also on DVD in the US if you want to purchase it.
The oldest village in northeast Ohio, Boston Mills is steeped in legend and lore, earning the nickname Helltown. Since the early 1970s, Boston Mills remains the perfect playground for unsupervised teens, thrill-seekers and ultra-naturalists.
The movie follows a group of teenagers armed with nothing but a video camera and minds full of annoying pranks to the sleepy town of Boston Mills...but they discover that the the stories that made Boston Town famous are not the stories to be afraid of.
The teens vanished, and nobody knows what happened on June 9...nobody saw the events of that day, the gruesome truth...until now.
This movie...it's quite cheesy to be honest and feels like they were trying to replicate the greatness of The Blair Witch Project in some ways, and failing. That's not saying this is a bad movie, although it is not a good movie either. I did enjoy the ending as these teenagers were so damn annoying that they pretty much deserved everything that happened to them.
If you want to check this movie out, you can watch the full movie for free on YouTube! CLICK HERE to watch it now.
This movie is unrated and available now also on DVD in the US if you want to purchase it.
Friday, 19 August 2011
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Teaser Poster
The movie hits cinemas early 2012, and here is the first teaser poster...
Well, it doesn't give away much...but should get the fans interested! Let's just hope that this is better than the previous movie.
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Red Riding Hood
Today I downloaded Red Riding Hood from iTunes (US)
Pretty girl Valerie is torn between 2 men...Peter, a brooding outsider and Henry, a wealthy man her parents have arranged for her to marry. Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they hear Valerie's sister has been killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest that surrounds the village.
The villagers had an uneasy true with the werewolf for years and offered it monthly animal sacrifices but under a blood red moon the beast has upped the stakes by taking a human life.
Wanting revenge, the village calls upon Father Solomon, a famed werewolf hunter, to kill the beast but Solomon's arrival has unintended consequences when he warns that the werewolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them.
As the death toll rises at every moon, Valerie has suspicions that the werewolf could be someone she loves and discovers she has a unique connection to the beast...making her suspect...and bait.
If you were expecting a story based on the fairy tale, don't get this movie, it's not what you'd expect...it's not quite the horror that some people tried to make it out to be either but more of a thriller with romantic overtones.. It has some interesting twists and turns and is a rather good movie, although I think it could have been a little better.
Red Riding Hood is rated 12 in the UK and will be available on BluRay, DVD and download on 22 August.
Pretty girl Valerie is torn between 2 men...Peter, a brooding outsider and Henry, a wealthy man her parents have arranged for her to marry. Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they hear Valerie's sister has been killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest that surrounds the village.
The villagers had an uneasy true with the werewolf for years and offered it monthly animal sacrifices but under a blood red moon the beast has upped the stakes by taking a human life.
Wanting revenge, the village calls upon Father Solomon, a famed werewolf hunter, to kill the beast but Solomon's arrival has unintended consequences when he warns that the werewolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them.
As the death toll rises at every moon, Valerie has suspicions that the werewolf could be someone she loves and discovers she has a unique connection to the beast...making her suspect...and bait.
If you were expecting a story based on the fairy tale, don't get this movie, it's not what you'd expect...it's not quite the horror that some people tried to make it out to be either but more of a thriller with romantic overtones.. It has some interesting twists and turns and is a rather good movie, although I think it could have been a little better.
Red Riding Hood is rated 12 in the UK and will be available on BluRay, DVD and download on 22 August.
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Captain America: The First Avenger
Yesterday I saw Captain America: The First Avenger 3D at Vue Cinema Basingstoke.
The year is 1942 and America has joined the war, and a weedy and sickly Steve Rogers wants to join the armed forces to help win the war, but gets rejected on more then one occasion to his frustration, until a doctor sees something in him and enlists him as part of Project Rebirth, which is an experiment to create super soldiers, thus transforming Rogers from weakling to a man of maximum human potential. He is initially misused as a propaganda tool, but he changes that when he risks his life and saves many prisoners of war and shows he is a hero.
If you have been watching the recent Marvel superhero movie you will know that they are all building up to the Avengers movie which is out May 2012 in the UK, and this is a good part of the story explaining the creation of Cap and what happened during the war, and his discovery in present day.
The 3D was reasonable considering this wasn't filmed in 3D, although could have been better...although the images behind the credit at the end were well done....and speaking of the credits, stay right until the end of the of them, yet again Marvel have added something that you might like to watch at the end!
Captain America is rated 12A, also available to view in 2D and is in cinemas in the UK now.
The year is 1942 and America has joined the war, and a weedy and sickly Steve Rogers wants to join the armed forces to help win the war, but gets rejected on more then one occasion to his frustration, until a doctor sees something in him and enlists him as part of Project Rebirth, which is an experiment to create super soldiers, thus transforming Rogers from weakling to a man of maximum human potential. He is initially misused as a propaganda tool, but he changes that when he risks his life and saves many prisoners of war and shows he is a hero.
If you have been watching the recent Marvel superhero movie you will know that they are all building up to the Avengers movie which is out May 2012 in the UK, and this is a good part of the story explaining the creation of Cap and what happened during the war, and his discovery in present day.
The 3D was reasonable considering this wasn't filmed in 3D, although could have been better...although the images behind the credit at the end were well done....and speaking of the credits, stay right until the end of the of them, yet again Marvel have added something that you might like to watch at the end!
Captain America is rated 12A, also available to view in 2D and is in cinemas in the UK now.
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
I recently went and saw Transformers: Dark Of The Moon 3D at Vue Cinema Basingstoke.
The third movie in the franchise finds the Autobots battling the Decepticons once more. Both sides are in a race to uncover secrets of a Cybertronian craft that crashed on the Moon.
The movie is kind of ok, with a few twists and turns and Sam has a new love interest (because Megan Fox kinda sealed her fate with Michael Bay, silly girl) which is kinda good.
This movie is better than Revenge Of The Fallen...but only just. If you like the turn you brain off explosion-fests that Michael Bay does, you will absolutely love this, but I personally think there should have been more to this movie (and the previous 2 also).
I hope that this is the end of the Transformer movies, but with the money they will pull in this is highly unlikely and there will probably be more on the way.
I saw the movie in 3D, and to be honest it didn't really justify it...to be honest a movie has to be shot in 3D for it to be effective, so it felt like this was just another movie attempting to jump on the 3D bandwagon and failing.
Transformers:Dark Of The Moon is rated 12A and is still in UK cinemas now.
The third movie in the franchise finds the Autobots battling the Decepticons once more. Both sides are in a race to uncover secrets of a Cybertronian craft that crashed on the Moon.
The movie is kind of ok, with a few twists and turns and Sam has a new love interest (because Megan Fox kinda sealed her fate with Michael Bay, silly girl) which is kinda good.
This movie is better than Revenge Of The Fallen...but only just. If you like the turn you brain off explosion-fests that Michael Bay does, you will absolutely love this, but I personally think there should have been more to this movie (and the previous 2 also).
I hope that this is the end of the Transformer movies, but with the money they will pull in this is highly unlikely and there will probably be more on the way.
I saw the movie in 3D, and to be honest it didn't really justify it...to be honest a movie has to be shot in 3D for it to be effective, so it felt like this was just another movie attempting to jump on the 3D bandwagon and failing.
Transformers:Dark Of The Moon is rated 12A and is still in UK cinemas now.
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Awesome Captain America Poster!
I saw this poster online and thought I should share
Don't expect to see this poster in the cinemas though...although this is an official poster, it was only given out to cast and crew at the wrap party.
Only 100 posters were made, so if you are able to get hold of one of these then consider yourself very lucky!!
Captain America is released July 29th in the UK.
Thursday, 5 May 2011
Thor 3D
Last week I went and saw Thor in 3D at Vue Cinema, Festival Place, Basingstoke.
The story of Thor spans present day Earth to the mystical realm of Asgard, and centres around Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior who reignites an ancient war with his reckless actions. As punishment, his father Odin strips him of his powers and banishes him to Earth where he is forced to live among humans. When the most dangerous villain of his World sends its darkest forces to invade Earth, Thor then learns what it takes to become a true hero.
The movie is great fun, and is one of the rare ones that wasn't too bad to watch in 3D either (although I did have a moment that worried me as they were playing 3D trailers and the glasses were not decoding it properly... thankfully the movie was fine, so it looked like the trailers were not done correctly...) and was not as bad as I feared it would be. There were some funny bits in there and the action was good too.
The cast was pretty good, and Athony Hopkins was a brilliant choice as father of Thor, Odin.
If you are looking forward to the upcoming movie The Avengers, then this will hopefully be something that will keep you going until Captain America: The First Avenger is released later this year. It's great fun, and I recommend it to comic book and Marvel fans as well as people who like a bit of an action movie with a few
laughs in it too.
Thor is rated 12A and in cinemas now.
The story of Thor spans present day Earth to the mystical realm of Asgard, and centres around Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior who reignites an ancient war with his reckless actions. As punishment, his father Odin strips him of his powers and banishes him to Earth where he is forced to live among humans. When the most dangerous villain of his World sends its darkest forces to invade Earth, Thor then learns what it takes to become a true hero.
The movie is great fun, and is one of the rare ones that wasn't too bad to watch in 3D either (although I did have a moment that worried me as they were playing 3D trailers and the glasses were not decoding it properly... thankfully the movie was fine, so it looked like the trailers were not done correctly...) and was not as bad as I feared it would be. There were some funny bits in there and the action was good too.
The cast was pretty good, and Athony Hopkins was a brilliant choice as father of Thor, Odin.
If you are looking forward to the upcoming movie The Avengers, then this will hopefully be something that will keep you going until Captain America: The First Avenger is released later this year. It's great fun, and I recommend it to comic book and Marvel fans as well as people who like a bit of an action movie with a few
laughs in it too.
Thor is rated 12A and in cinemas now.
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
The Last Exorcism
Recently, I watched The Last Exorcism on DVD.
Reverend Cotton Marcus is a well known and liked priest and practitioner of exorcism, with many faith people believing in his work...however he is not one of them. He decides that he wants to expose what he considers a sham by having the last exorcism that he is going to be performing filmed, allowing the secrets behind the scenes to be captured.
He goes to Louisiana to a family where the daughter is believed to be possessed, with livestock being slaughtered and the only clue to these barbaric acts the next morning when the daughter's nightdress is covered in blood.
Reverend Marcus prepares for his final performance, but discovers he is going to have to perform much more than a charade to get rid of this demon.
I have watched a lot of horror movies, and seen some really bad ones....and sadly this one ranks down there. It is a very slow movie, which then kinda peps up a little, but in the end is rather lame. The documentary style of the movie is good, but I just get the feeling that there should be a lot more to this movie, and quite frankly I found the movie boring. You should never believe the hype of a movie, and this is a prime example why.
I know some people will say I do not understand horror, or perhaps not watched enough horror movies...I have been watching horror movies since I was 13, I'm kinda hooked on the genre and watched classics as much as modern horror...and this film just does not cut the mustard, which is a great disappointment for me when I saw that Eli Roth was attached to this movie.
Sure, it's not the worst horror movie I have ever seen (I honestly do not think that ANYTHING will ever beat Birdemic!!) but this could have been so much more.
I you really want to get this movie, it is available on BluRay and DVD now and is rated 18.
Reverend Cotton Marcus is a well known and liked priest and practitioner of exorcism, with many faith people believing in his work...however he is not one of them. He decides that he wants to expose what he considers a sham by having the last exorcism that he is going to be performing filmed, allowing the secrets behind the scenes to be captured.
He goes to Louisiana to a family where the daughter is believed to be possessed, with livestock being slaughtered and the only clue to these barbaric acts the next morning when the daughter's nightdress is covered in blood.
Reverend Marcus prepares for his final performance, but discovers he is going to have to perform much more than a charade to get rid of this demon.
I have watched a lot of horror movies, and seen some really bad ones....and sadly this one ranks down there. It is a very slow movie, which then kinda peps up a little, but in the end is rather lame. The documentary style of the movie is good, but I just get the feeling that there should be a lot more to this movie, and quite frankly I found the movie boring. You should never believe the hype of a movie, and this is a prime example why.
I know some people will say I do not understand horror, or perhaps not watched enough horror movies...I have been watching horror movies since I was 13, I'm kinda hooked on the genre and watched classics as much as modern horror...and this film just does not cut the mustard, which is a great disappointment for me when I saw that Eli Roth was attached to this movie.
Sure, it's not the worst horror movie I have ever seen (I honestly do not think that ANYTHING will ever beat Birdemic!!) but this could have been so much more.
I you really want to get this movie, it is available on BluRay and DVD now and is rated 18.
Sunday, 7 November 2010
Saw 3D
On Friday, I watched Saw 3D and Vue Cinema, Festival Place, Basingstoke.
As a brutal battle wages over the legacy left behind by Jigsaw, a group of people who survived the deadly games gather to get support from fellow survivor turned self-help guru Bobby Dagen...but Dagen harbours a dark secret that will unleash a new wave of terror.
I thought this movie was great and certainly a lot better than the previous 3 movies (as much as I like them, I tended to watch it for the traps and not the story line) and barring the final trap Dagen has to save someone from the traps seemed to be quite simple.
I'm not so sure the movie really warranted the 3D treatment, but it seems so many movies are jumping on this bandwagon...although this move there seems to be no choice as it whether you would like to watch it either 2D or 3D, which I think may lose it a lot of watchers as some people are unable to watch movies in 3D, or feel they are too expensive.
Something else of note is that Chester Bennington from Linkin Park is also in this movie and is in a trap where he has to truly put his back into the role! Don't worry, I'll say no more on that for people who have not watched the movie yet and want to...
The movie was a good watch, and there was an interesting twist at the end, although if you think about it, it makes sense that would have happened.
Is this "game over" for the franchise? They say yes, but so many franchises have been killed off and come back (Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street instantly spring to mind...) so I say it is a case of never say never, although this would be a good place to stop.
Saw 3D is rated 18, only viewable in digital 3D and in cinemas now.
Saturday, 16 October 2010
Vampires Suck
Today I saw Vampires Suck.
This movie is a spoof of the vampire movies that seem to be all the rage at the moment. Teenager Becca, finds herself torn between 2 boys, vampire Edward Sullen and werewolf Jacob White. Becca and her friends wrestle with several dramas throughout the movie, with everything coming to a head at their prom.
I usually enjoy watching spoof movies, but this was painful to watch, the jokes were not funny barring a few, the cast were wooden and to be honest, I want my time and money back after watching this pile of trash.
Yes, vampires suck...but man, this movie sucks far more.
Vampires Suck is rated 12A (and is a cut version) and in cinemas now.
This movie is a spoof of the vampire movies that seem to be all the rage at the moment. Teenager Becca, finds herself torn between 2 boys, vampire Edward Sullen and werewolf Jacob White. Becca and her friends wrestle with several dramas throughout the movie, with everything coming to a head at their prom.
I usually enjoy watching spoof movies, but this was painful to watch, the jokes were not funny barring a few, the cast were wooden and to be honest, I want my time and money back after watching this pile of trash.
Yes, vampires suck...but man, this movie sucks far more.
Vampires Suck is rated 12A (and is a cut version) and in cinemas now.
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