Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Official Trailer #1

 


This is an intense movie. Based on characters we all read 20 years ago it is a lot better than I expected. Action packed from stem to stern it is worthy of your entertainment dollars.






















Go see it! 3 and 3/4 Floyds




 

To boldly go...

Star Trek into darkness. Quite possibly the best Sci-Fi movie I have ever seen. It moves fast from start to finish. Great references to the things we all love about Star Trek from the past. And, since they are on a newly enlisted five year mission we can only assume there will be a sequel.
Go see it soon. 5 Floyds.

 

 

 

Iron Man 3

While I enjoyed this movie it wasn't my favorite in the franchise. Parts were pretty predictable and it at times was a little slow for me. Pepper was pretty hot so that was a plus. The Easter Egg at the end was a downer compared to other Marvel movies. Over, it was better than 2 but not as good as 1. 3 Floyds.

  

 

If a bear craps at a place beyond the pines does it still stink?

The answer is a resounding hell yes. This is quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. It was long (2 hours 20 minutes) and slow (think white guys in an Olympic 100 slow). It had a decent cast with Ryan Gossling, Bradley Cooper and Ray Liotta but is still was epically bad. Worse than Ishtar bad. the story was told in three disjointed sections and really didn't resolve any story plots.

Don't waste your time, effort, money or anything else on it. In the words of Charles Barkley it was "Turrible." I give it  4 negative Floyds.

 

42 should lead to 21

42 - The biopic about Jackie Robinson opened Friday. Make no mistake; this is not a baseball movie. It is a movie about America and some of our darkest days and in particular one of our greatest days. The day Jackie was allowed to step on a field in "white" baseball was truly a landmark day for America. Baseball is a microcosm of the American way of life, both the good and bad. Now if they would only honor Roberto Clemente in the same manner for his contributions . Go see this movie. You'll cringe, laugh and tear up and there are not many movies that can make that happen. I give it four Floyds.

       

Jack Reacher is not a short man

With that being said I went and saw this anyway. Despite my issues with Cruise being self cast ( I would have cast Geoff Stults ) this turned out to be a pretty good movie. Reacher is a bad ass of few words and Cruise mostly pulls it off.

Based on One Shot by Lee Childs, I think it was good enough to have a sequel. If only Cruise would wear lifts or something. 2 1/4 Floyds.

  

 

Django Unchained - The D is silent

If you go and see Django all you need to know is one thing. It is a Tarentino Movie. I really liked how it had the feel of a spaghetti western from the 60's, a blaxplotation flick of the 70's mixed with Blazing Saddles and A Knight's Tale. The cast is very good as well with Christopher Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson stealing the show. I'd say go see it. 3 Floyds

  

 

Abraham Lincoln: I shall kill them all!

If he was taking about the audience he succeeded. Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter opened this weekend. I really was looking forward to this movie as I loved the book. I was disappointed. You guys will need to make your own call on this one but I can't reccomend it. One Floyd. Maybe the 3D version is better.

Red Tails

I went and saw the latest movie about the Tuskegee Airmen, Red Tails. The movie focuses on the Airmen, already in the war, and their low level assignments behind the lines in Italy.

It highlights their battle as men at war, as black men in a very prejudiced Army, and pilots against the vaunted Luftwaffe.

It has a good cast, and some of the best dog fighting scenes of any movie. It also has some really corny lines and is dripping with cliches. For a movie that took George Lucas so long to make (he started this project in the 80's)he should have delivered more. The best part of this movie is the air scenes.

I overall enjoyed this movie but felt like it needed a little more in it. 2 and 3/4 Floyd's

Indiana Jones meets James Bond

Well not really but Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig are both in Cowboys & Aliens. An interesting sci fi twist I really liked this movie. A lot. Abigail Spencer is the leading 'lady" and is pretty easy on the eyes. Also look for Clancy Brown (Highlander) playing an old west preacher. Far cry from Kurgan. Anyway, I give it 3 and 2/3 Floyds. Had it not been for a really bad green screen scene it would have been higher.

Avengers Assemble

I went and saw the latest Marvel comic book movie this weekend. Marvel once again kicked DC's ass as Captain America>Green Lantern. Captain America had a pretty good opening week end at the box office taking over the number one spot from Harry Potter.

Chris Evans does a pretty good job as the transformed 90 lb asthmatic, Steve Rogers. This isn't Chris' first Marvel Comic Movie. You may remember him as Johnny Storm in the 2005 and 2007 Fantastic Four Films.

Well he is all grown up, and bulked up, now and did a pretty good job as the First Avenger.

The movie did have some slow parts but they had to set up how the WWII hero would join his comic book brothers in the present day. And to that I say "Well played Mauer."

The Howling Commandos were pretty cool and the movie, at times, had a nice Star Wars feel to it. (You'll know these scenes when they come by)

Overall, I really enjoyed it and it sets up the May 2012 release of The Avengers perfectly. I'll give it 3 Floyds.

In brighest day, in blackest night....

I waited awhile to see this one partially because of all the bad reviews it received. But when it gets down to it it wasn't that bad. Reynolds was acceptable as the cocky Hal Jordan. Blake Lively ranks way up on the hot superhero girlfriend list and Geoffrey Rush and Michael Clarke Duncan were pretty cool as Hal's mentor Lanterns. Like I said before it wasn't bad. It it wasn't the worst superhero movie. If you haven't gone I would say go see it. It is just a shame that DC comics haven't been working on a JLA movies ala Marvel and their Avengers prequels. Two and a bit Floyds.

The Mighty Thor

I went and saw Thor this morning. After hearing mostly bad comments at work about this I went in with a sense of dread about this. I was more than pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed it. The effects were really good, the music was great and the story was pretty well done.

Natalie Portman plays the very sweet Jane Foster and she looks as hot as usual. Chris Hemsworth plays the title role pretty well. He put me in mind of Heath Ledger.

They threw a couple of bones in along the way (as usual)and they were pleasant surprises. Pay attention for a S.H.E.I.L.D. (***Bonus points for the new SHIELD Acronym) agent named Clint Barton and also stay for the cookie at the end of the credits.

It ended up being a pretty good trip to the movies today. We found an AMC card at the house that had never been used so the tickets and concessions basically cost us $4.00. Then as we were leaving the gave us passes for another ticket because of a sound issue (that really wasn't an issue) so we'll get to go to another movie (Captain America?) for free.

I am really looking forward to the release of Captain America and then the Avengers movie when it gets released next year. Go see it. I give it 3 and 3/4 Floyds.








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The Fighter

We went and saw The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, today. Both men give good performances of real life brothers Micky Ward and Dicky Ecklund. The movie follows the career of Micky (Wahlberg) who became a World Champion fighter and his contender, crack addicted, brother (Bale). This is an excellent sports movie but also an excellent movie about real life. Bale gives probably his best performance ever and should win several awards for it. Go see it! I give it 3 and 1/2 Floyds.