Tomorrow, X-Men: First Class

Tomorrow it seems that the long anticipated movie "X-Men: First Class" is released, although I have never really been a fan of any Marvel Super Heroes I always enjoyed watching Wolverine and the X-men cartoon. But with this movie I am a little optimistic, I in no way doubt the pure awesomeness of the movie. It looks like one of the most fun and action-filled movies of the year, but I feel like it may contain content that would ruin its chances. It looks like many curse words might be thrown into the mix along with some unneeded sexual content. So I'm not too sure why I would watch a movie where the characters are heroes and saviors when their own lives need some saving! But besides that, the plot looks amazing, the effects look amazing and the concept is brilliant, so I definitely want to see it. All I'm saying is that although they may save the world from WWIII, I am worried that they may not be characters worth cheering for.

"Your costume doesn't need a lot of cleavage for you to save the world."

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Upcoming Movies

The Green Lantern, June 17: Green is the new good in the upcoming movie "Green Lantern". Although I am worried about the "rating" outcome of this movie because of the scene with the Green man waking up in bed with a girl he hardly even knows, I think that this movie might just show a true redemption story where the bed scene shows only how messed up and self-centered he was before and then how he risks his life for others after. With great CGI and story to boot! Something tells me that gone are the dark and depressing Marvel movies, that is, if they don't add a bucket full of swear words. Weigh In Guess: 75%

Mr. Popper's Penguins, June 17: Another movie full of animals and potential "doo-doo" puns. I have a strange feeling that this movie may just get a lot of viewers though......on the first day, then plummet the next. The only redeeming quality I see is the use of the many-faced Jim Carrey in this film, he may just be funny and spastic enough to get people to come and enjoy it, since after all, Mr. Popper will be in the state of loosing his mind because of the arrival of the flightless birds. The movie may do well, if the animals don't talk and......they aren't dogs. In conclusion I think that it will be a 50-50 movie, as long as they don't use every animal joke that is used in every kid's movie involving said animal and also, it looks like "Old Dogs" meets "Animal Planet". Weigh-In Guess: 52%

Cars 2, June 24: It seems as though that Pixar wishes to continue the stories of their loved, and beautifully developed characters and after Toy Story 3 it seems that Cars 2 is next on their agenda. I loved the first one, Cars it being my favorite Pixar film next to Ratatouille (Man, thats hard to spell) was wonderfully made with photo realistic characters that made you feel like you know them by the time the credits rolled. But this time, racing and friendship-building do not seem like the center plot, this time it's about........espionage?! Not only that, the center character seems to be the hillbilly car, Mater. This movie may sound a little different, but it seems like another Pixar hit, although I have a feeling that it will not be as original as the first it will redeem itself with even-better visuals, 3x the action, and a revisit with the unforgettable vehicles. Weigh In Guess: 89%

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Thor: The Score

Of all the scores I have heard (other than John Powell's) this one stuck out the most in the theater. Making you feel like you are in a world where honor matters, Patrick Doyle adds a sense of power and greatness to his music that adds to the movie in a way that no other does. Using many clangs and kettle drums to his orchestra makes you feel like Thor himself is conducting it with the vigor of a high being! The track "Sons of Oden" tells you on its own that this movie is taking place in a wondrous place and with powerful and honorable characters, Doyle did a wonderful job adding to a movie by turning music into a movie genre and turns a conductor's baton into a paintbrush.

Movie Review: Thor

Ah, Thor: the barbaric hero of Marvel manliness. Partnered with his hammer of the Gods and his Pigheadedness of righteousness he is a force to be reckoned with. And his movie’s delivered to my door with amazing effects and breathtaking CGI in under 30 minutes…..only one problem, they forgot the plot on this thing!

Although most critics bowed down to this god (along with most movie goers that gave it five stars because something exploded in it) I must say that, it leaves something to be desired.

It starts with our hero, I mean, Thor as a small child with thoughts of great battles and amazing slaughters of civilizations! You can guess what happens when he is given the strength and power to do so. His first act as “almost king” is to declare war on a frozen wasteland, which ends in a disastrous result and a insult to his father. Being a good king and father, Thor’s “dad” does the heavenly version of a “time out” and banishes his son to a planet called earth, where most of the movie takes place.

Thor is confronted with many obstacles, huge fight scenes where, because of the camera work, viewers have no clue what in Asgarth is going on, cars, giant metal heaters, family troubles, and smerfs on steroids. All of which, make up most of the movie. All of this takes breath in amazing worlds of computer art, which tries its best to distract from the fact that the characters are not developed past the fact that they have names.

Let me put it like this, Thor is banished, he goes to prison, he is told that is father is dead, he gets out of prison, glugs down “the mother of all beers” with a guy he hardly knows, Show’s up at the trailer of the girl he met the previous day, tells her of his world, then the next morning makes breakfast for her and her friends! Oh, and a few hours later realizes his error and gives everything so a town is not destroyed… Ah, obviously Thor is on some form medication.

But still, on a lighter note the movie is filled with amazing fights, acts of sacrifice, and the finding of good morals in the cluttered basement of secularism, not to mention the artsy camera shots (besides the fight scenes), and truly amazing scenery and CGI that would make James Cameron weep with tears of joy. Unlike the other Marvel movies this one ends with hope, and although the character development got lost in the shuffle, this movie offers a hero that would fight for your life, not his own.

THE FIRST WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE?

What is your favorite is a cool thing I thought of to try to get people more involved (and following) in my blog. What happens is that whenever a "WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE?" appears it will be followed by a genre eg. Kids and family, sci-fi, ect. and it is your job to post what your favorite movie in that genre is!
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In light of the fact that the last two posts have been about a kids movie, I thought.........I forgot.... But anywho, just tell me what your favorite movie in that genre is! And the most popular one will be posted!

Rio: The score

Yes, I realize that the "Rio" thing has been hit pretty hard around here, but that is because it is the most recent movie I've viewed! But I promise you that Monday will have another movie, then probably followed by it's score.







Rio: The score

John Powell has never let us down when it came time for a children's movie, and with this one being place (as the title suggests) in Rio, John does not hesitate to see what new instruments he can pull out and introduce the the score. With so many instruments I love to hear yet never heard of, with even the inclusion of bird calls, Powell wonderfully gets across the point that this.......is a bird movie (if the high number of wood-wind instruments didn't give that away.

With scores like "Morning Routine" that shows the fun in the movie and "Motorbike" which sounds very mechanical without leaving the "tropic sounds" behind. John gave us just what we wanted, a score that has the movie inside it.

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Movie Review: Rio

From the makers of the hit Ice Age series comes Rio, a comedy adventure about taking a walk on the wild side. Blu is a domesticated Macaw who never learned to fly, living a comfortable life with his owner and best friend Linda in the small town of Moose Lake, Minnesota. Blu and Linda think he's the last of his kind, but when they learn about another Macaw who lives in Rio de Janeiro, they head to the faraway and exotic land to find Jewel, Blu's female counterpart. Not long after they arrive, Blu and Jewel are kidnapped by a group of bungling animal smugglers. With the help of street smart Jewel, and a group of wise-cracking and smooth-talking city birds, Blu escapes. Now, with his new friends by his side, Blu will have to find the courage to learn to fly, thwart the kidnappers who are hot on their trail, and return to Linda, the best friend a bird ever had


Review:


Not award-worthy, but something I want on my DVD shelf for nights when I want to sit down with a tub of ice cream in the dark and feel like a kid again.

Although kid-targeted with its brightly colored scenery and, of course, talking animals. Along with an attempt trying to hone on the older generation with the voice talents of George Lopez, (who I think has voiced about every CG animal known to man) Anne Hathaway, and two hit singers I have truthfully, never heard of. This movie has something that will make you realize that you can still feel like a kid going to the theaters.

In the area of kid movies, I am one that does not budge, if lame jokes and songs are ingredients in the movie's batter....I would rather not taste it. So when my young brother insisted we go view "Rio" I felt like I was in-between a rock and hard place. Knowing the reason of "family time" I reluctantly joined them. Anyway, John Powell does the music, right?

The very first happening in the film was.....a musical number... The movie was speeding down on the incline I already had it set upon. But as the picture continued I was hit with something, colorful scenery....but I was also hit with a few somethings I did not see coming....A plot, and characters I started to get attached to. Which somehow found a way to knock down the barrier that was keeping me from enjoying the movie.

Though this movie was predicable just by the trailers (Blu would learn to fly, He and Jewel would get together in the end, and George Lopez would crack wise) The characters made the predicability fun! The plot was predicable, but the characters were not. This made the movie purely enjoyable! On top of this, I began rooting for something that I usually fight against in movies. The inevitable "marriage" of the two main characters. I am the one normally cringing at the "love" scenes in movies, but in this twist I was sent through, I found myself mentally cheering, hoping to see the two opposite birds "get together in the end". But again, predictability was one my side, so I knew they would.

Its time to get serious. What do you go to the movies for? Action, drama, explosions and those little chocolate chips with the white BBs on them. And all of above are...not in the movie. (I even checked with the concession stand and they never even heard of the snack) This film had nothing the average movie goer wants out of a movie (in other words, Michele Bay would leave the theater). But it does make you remember what you went to the movies for when you were five, and that is want makes this watchable.

In conclusion, I would like to say that, if you have kids, without a shadow of a doubt they will love the picture for its sheer kid-candy. But, if you are like me, you will find the cleverness of it and its undeniable effect on you, realizing that although your childhood has ended, like the film inevitably will, and is fading in the in the distant fog of your once-domant youth, you can still have fun like a child going to see a movie with his mother and father.

Cute, brilliantly animated, lovable, Rio is one for kids, and the kid in you.

P.S. If anyone can remember what was happening during the scenes with the drooling dog, tell me, I was too distracted.

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