Saturday 28 June 2014

My top 3 DreamWorks villains

3. Tai-Lung (Kung-Fu Panda): While I've said before that I thought this guy wasn't all that impressive I don't think that way anymore after watching it again recently. A few of the advantages of him is the design and the voice actor they got to play him. He actually does do a very good job though maybe I would of liked a bit more comedy from him. But for what we got from him, Tai-Lung is a cool, good fighter warrior and makes a pretty good villain.
2. Chantel DuBois (Madagascar 3): You've heard me say before that the best and funniest Madagascar villain is this one and man does she still make me laugh hard. The voce actress Frances McDormand does such an unbelievably fantastic performance. The action scenes with her are just great with the pacing, the timing, how fast it is and the animation. The best action scene with her was defiantly where Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman, Julian, Maurice, Mort, the Chimps and the Penguins are in the car trying to get away from her. The design on her is pretty good too. With good comedy, good threats and fun moments, that's a pretty good villain to me.
And my number 1 favourite DreamWorks villain is... Lord Shen (Kung-Fu Panda 2): Yeah I've said this 1000 times before and I'm saying it again. This guy is just a fantastic villain. He's funny, has a cool design and he does seem to be a better Kung-Fu fighter than Tai-Lung. I don't know what else to say about him. The voice actor Gary Oldman does an absolute perfect performance to make this guy a threatening, funny and surprisingly weird villain witch I love to watch.

Saturday 21 June 2014

My top 5 Pixar villains

5. Charles Muntz (UP): Having originally been a good guy Charles is a pretty psycho character. Before he met Carl he used to kill anyone who came to Paradise Falls because he thought they were coming to find Kevin even though that's why he came to Paradise Falls so he just killed them. Another reason why is because after the scene where he almost burns Carl's house we really begin to despise him a lot.
4. Axelrod (Cars 2): The reason I think Axelrod is a good villain is because we only find out that he's the bad guy at the end. During the scenes where we see him before that we really get to like him because he seemed to be a nice and kind guy, so when we finally see that it was him behind all of this I was kinda surprised. When I first saw this movie I was surprised to see it, especially seeing how I began to like him because he was nice. So the reason I think he's a good villain is because he actually managed to destroy a few of the other cars and he was a good manipulator.
3. Syndrome (The Incredibles): This guy is just awesome. His design is awesome, his motivation is somewhat awesome and what he does is awesome. He actually kills a bunch heroes before with his Omnidroids so that's pretty good and not to mention that he actually managed to kill heroes. Also the voice actor does a good job and he's pretty funny too.
2. Hopper (A bug's life): I'm just going to say thing right away, the fact that this guy and his gang were able to control a huge colony of millions of ants is really impressive. Sure he doesn't kill anyone but I do think he's an impressive character. Also he and his gang look really cool looking in some scenes like the scene where they're heading to ant island and we see them as the sun is going down and it looks really cool looking.
And my number 1 favourite Pixar villain is... Lotso (Toy Story 3): Being a small teddy bear able to take over any entire day care centre is really impressive for a toy his size. He has a gang that does anything he wants them to do is cool too. Not to mention he can be manipulative to new toys when really he has no intention of being nice to any of them and just torcher them 24/7 is hard core. The very first minute you see him you might begin to like him but after a while he's a lot like the Prospector in number 2. He says he wants the benefit and happiness of others when really he doesn't and I think one of the highlights of him is the voice actor they got to play him. I'd say Lotso is the best for a few other reasons. He's clever, manipulative, sneaky and a good gang leader.

Friday 13 June 2014

My top 3 Simpsons characters

3. Moe: You can't deny Moe has a lot of really funny moments. He's a lonely, pathetic, stupid, funny and weird person. He just runs a beat up old bar. In the Homer's Enemy he actually does have a very funny scene where it looks like he's nice and helpful to Homer until he says something stupid and unhelpful to destroy it. I'd say another thing that makes him so enjoyable is the voice actor who gives him a really big likability and unlikability which is weird for me to say, but either way he's just funny.
2. Homer Simpson: What can I say about this guy that you don't know already? He's fat, he's lazy, he's greedy, he vulgar, he's funny, he's entertaining, he's shot-tempered. He's everything that makes a great character but never to the point to where he's unlikable. Every single one of his entertaining scenes are 100% entertaining. Having funny scenes and lines in every episode makes everyone love this character.
And my number 1 favourite Simpson character is... Bart Simpson: Yeah I've said this before and I'm saying it again. Bart is my favourite character because he reminds me a lot of me. He like being a messer like me, he doesn't do very well in school like me, we like riding skateboards, we both have slingshots, we both like video games and we both like having fun and laughing. Another reason I like him is that he likes acting cool which is really funny a lot. He's also really funny, entertaining and fun-loving.

Wednesday 11 June 2014

My top 3 Simpsons episodes

3. Homer the great: This has a bunch of laughs and a really understanding story. Homer finds an ancient organisation called the stonecutters, an organisation that doesn't do anything except be keep secrets and reward itself. Homer manages to get in but gets into trouble when he accidently destroys their sacred parchment, that's pretty funny. They discover a birth mark on him though that shows that he is the chosen one who is said to bring balance to the stonecutters and he of course abuses the power like crazy, that really funny. But then it turns out he is the chosen one when he starts to feel bad and helps out the community, only to discover that the stonecutters don't want balance and instead want to go back to doing nothing. And all that is hilarious. Also The serious bits in it is pretty good too. For example there's the scene where Homer is telling the stonecutters that he does want things to go right. The ending is a perfect end to a perfect joke.
2. The Italian Bob: This episode just has a great joke everywhere. Mr Burns wants Homer to pick up a car that he bought from Italy and bring it back. Homer brings his family and while there they find Psycho Bob and it turns out he has a family and is the mayor of Italy but he never told any of them of the many times he's tried to murder Bart. However during a feast Lisa gets drunk and accidently tells everyone about Bob. And once again Bob wants vengeance by trying to murder them all. What makes this episode so good is the comedy. When there's a joke they immediately make another joke witch has you laughing for ages. Also what makes it good is the animation. The views of Italy are incredibly cool to look at. What else can I say!? It's just hilarious.
And my number 1 favourite Simpsons episode is... Homer's enemy: This is easily one of many people's favourites. This is also a perfect episode. We're introduced to a man named "Frank Grimes." A genius mind who had no breaks in life, was abandoned by his parents at age of 4, was left with nothing but misfortunes and never had anything handed to him. He gets a job at the power plant where he meets Homer, who's the exact opposite to him. Everything was handed to Homer, he has no idea about sacrifice and is... well stupid. Grimes is horribly confused plus enraged that such a man can exist and wants to prove to Homer, the world and himself that this is not how life works. People have to answer for their consequences and take responsibility for their actions. But Homer's actions constantly have no punishment. Actually they do, except it's often given to Grimes. The more and more Grimes tries to expose Homer for the fraud that he is the more and more Homer is rewarded and Grimes is punished. With Grimes being the bad guy of this episode it's pretty funny. Also I think the ending is kind of dark if you get what I mean. I mean Grimes has a meltdown and goes all crazy. I mean just watch this clip and you'll know what I mean.
Even Homer wouldn't be dumb enough to electrocute himself to death. But you know this is all really funny stuff. I just think this episode is funny, memorable, character based and just creepy at one or two scenes. This episode is just awesome.

Friday 6 June 2014

My top 5 best villains of all time

5. Voldemort (Harry Potter): Anytime Voldemort is on screen in the Harry Potter movies I just love it. He just steals the show and I love his performance. The way he uses his magi is really cool to watch. And I'd say that his best scene is his final fight with Harry. It's a really good fight. So I think he's a good villain because he a good fighter, manipulator, killer, magic user and a good user because he had a bunch of henchmen.
4. Master Xeanort (Kingdom Hearts): This guy is great. Not only is he a master planner but he's also a great manipulator, deceiver, charmer, evil Keyblade wielder, teacher for Darkness and pretend friend, if you know what I mean. Everything that's happened in the games has all been according to his plan for knowledge. He's also a really good explainer. For example when he's tell King Micky and Riku  about everything that's happened, he doesn't scream it out to them or control them to sit down and listen, he's just simply just sitting down on a thrown and he isn't doing much then talking normally and honestly like how a normal villain like him should do something like that. So yeah he's just a great villain.
3. Dr Nefarious (Ratchet & Clank): This villain is hilarious. He's a robot who wants to turn everyone into a robot too. The design on him is pretty cool too. Also his voice is funny. Also he has a sort of radio thing in his head that picks up broadcast and movie bits if he freaks out too much and he's left frozen unless slaps him and it's really funny. In the game "Ratchet & Clank All 4 one" you actually get to play as him and it's fun to. Yeah Ratchet & Clank is a series of video games. They're really fun, entertaining games. Nefarious helps make that possible in my opinion. So I'm just saying Dr Nefarious is funny, fun, entertaining and an evil genius.
2/1. Shen/Maleficent (Kung-Fu Panda/Sleeping Beauty): I had a hard time trying to decide which I like best, Shen or Maleficent. I decided to put them in a tie because I couldn't decide witch should go 1st. As I've said a bunch of times I think that Shen and Maleficent are really great villains. Maleficent is a great villain because she's powerful, she's classy, she's loud, she's quiet, she's despicable, she's over the top, she's everything you want in a villain. Then there's Shen. He's a lot of things that Maleficent is. Another thing that great about them are their designs. They both look awesome. Also one of the things that Shen that Maleficent isn't is funny. I mean Shen is hilarious. So I both like them equally because they're both amazing villains.

Thursday 5 June 2014

My top 10 best heroes of all time

10. Harry Potter (Harry Potter): Harry Potter is one of favourite heroes of all time for a lot of reasons. One is the fact that he surprisingly reminds me a lot about me. Even the actor who plays him in the movies "Daniel Radcliffe" is one of my favourite actors ever. A lot of my friends tells me I look a bit like him. I sometimes wear glasses, I have a scar on my forehead and something about out facial detail is a bit similar especially given the fact that we both have the same name "Daniel." Anyway the reason he's one of my favourites is because he's cool, he uses magic witch is fun to watch and he does have a sympathetic backstory.
9. Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank): Ratchet is from a race of creatures called "Lombaxes." He and his robot friend "Clank" travel the galaxy looking for adventure. Ratchet is an impulsive, odd but still friendly mechanic and Clank is a qwerty, smart and kind scientist robot. But anyway we're talking about Ratchet. Ratchet has a really cool design though I will admit it make him look like a cat. Though I think I'll be the first to admit using a wrench as a sword is a little... well, silly. I mean it does come in handy every once and a while but it does get a tad bit weird in some cases. Though I do like him because he's funny, clever, friendly and cool.
8. Cloud (Final fantasy 7): This guy is just awesome. He has a gigantic sword called the buster sword. His design is cool. Cloud is one of the people who has so much in him that he leaves an impression on you that you just have to like him. His enemy "Sephiroth" is also a big awesome great villain. Especially given the fact that Sephiroth's  sword is really, really long. But anyway we're talking about Cloud now. What else can I say about him other than I think he's just really cool.
7. Naruto (Naruto): I'm just gonna say this right away, this guy is nothing but sympathetic. Naruto is Japanese T-V show that I've loved for a good few years. This T-V show is probably the most dramatic show I've ever seen. It's based off a manga series on it. Just so you know, Manga's are Japanese equivalent to books. Anyway, Naruto himself is a ninja kid who has a beast inside him called the 9-tailed fox. Though because of this he's hated by everyone in his village growing up. It's too long to explain but just take my word for it. Anyway why I like Naruto himself so much is because he's really, really friendly and he's funny.
6. Po (Kung-Fu Panda): As most of you know the Kung-Fu Panda series is my favourite DreamWorks movie, and most of that come from the main character and the hero Po. He's funny, nice, friendly, innocent, lovable and energetic. When he's in a fighting scene he's funny and his Kung-Fu is cool to watch. It's hard to explain why he on this list I just feel like he does.
5. The Power Rangers: (Power Rangers): I've loved the Power Rangers ever since I was a small kid and I sill do. My favourite series is Power Rangers Dino Thunder. They're all awesome, the costumes are awesome and the rangers themselves are all fun, funny and cool. And there I'm talking about every ranger. Every episode of every series are cool and unique. Not to mention the main villains of the series. They're all designed coolly and they're awesome. Well most of them are anyway. Bit anyway the Rangers themselves are a wide range of good people, good personalities and good roles to play.
4. Batman (Batman/The Dark knight): This guy is awesome. He's mysterious, quiet, fascinating and awesome. I just mean the live action movies though. Batman that was made in 1989 starring Michael Keaton and the Dark knight which was made in 2008 starring Christian Bale. If I was to pick witch is better I would say Keaton is better as Bruce Wayne but Bale is better as Batman, which I have to say goes so far because of that infamous voice that Bale keeps doing when he's Batman. I mean it's so infamous that everyone has made fun of it and I mean everyone. But still I love Batman so much is because he's so cool and awesome and mysterious. His costume is a big help with that. It looks brilliant. I'd say Bale's costume is better because it looks new, unique, clean, dynamic, classy and threatening. Don't get me wrong I love Keaton's costume and it looks very cool but it looks a bit dirty and there are some bits on it I think were a bit wrong. So I think the Dark knight's Batman is better and cooler. Anyway, the big reason I love Batman so much is just because I think he's interesting, cool, dark, quiet and just down right cool looking. 
3. Spider-man (Spider-man/The Amazing Spider-man): I had a hard time deciding who I liked better, Batman or Spider-man. I decided to go with Spider-man for a few reasons. Spider-man is a part of Marvel and Batman is DC and I prefer Marvel to DC. Also I've loved Spider-man for a long time. There's the normal Spider-Man trilogy which started in 2002 starring Tobey Maguire and there's the amazing Spider-man trilogy which started in 2012 starring Andrew Garfield. With starring Peter Parker I'd say Garfield wins but with playing Spider-man I'd say Maguire wins. With the drama in the amazing Spider-man you really do get wrapped up in it really fast. It's just tearful. However with the action scenes I say the Amazing Spider-man's was better. It looked more real, fast and cool. And I have to admit Maguire's costume was better because it looked the closest to the comics and it looked awesome. Garfield's one looked a little weird to me. In the Amazing Spider-Man 2 it looks completely different to the one in the first one. So, which do I prefer? Well as much as I love the normal Spider-man trilogy I'd have to say the Amazing Spider-man is better for a few reasons. It's funny, dramatic, tearful, relatable and the characters were better even though the villains were better and memorable in the normal trilogy. The villains in the Amazing Spider-man were good too but not as good as the original.
2. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog): Sonic has been one of my icons for a long time. I mean he is just awesome. The design on him is cool, his personality is funny, friendly and cool and I have to say all his game are cool. My personal favourite is Sonic the Hedgehog 2006. All the characters around him are also great characters too... well say for just 1 character but I don't want to say who. What makes Sonic so good is his abilities, design and his awesomeness.
And my number 1 favourite hero of all time is... Sora (Kingdom Hearts): Not only is this guy so cool with what he does but also his design is cool as well as the Keyblade, his weapon. As I've said before Kingdom Hearts is my favourite video game series ever and 50% of that comes from the main character Sora. He's kind, friendly, funny, nice, lovable and always has a smile on his face. All the friends around him are all great characters too. The fact that he's just so kind and friendly makes him surprisingly very 3-dimensional.

Wednesday 4 June 2014

My top 5 UP moments

This will be my last top 5 Pixar moments.
5. The climax: While this climax is impressive I'll be the 1st one to say it really isn't anything new. But for what it is it is cool and awesome. Charles is the villain and the way he dies is a little dark. I mean he jumps out a window, get trapped in some balloons and falls to his doom. Not to mention that the fight between him and Carl is cool. There's also really funny bits here and there in this climax and that's what makes it good too.
4. The house's 1st few minutes in the air: While in the air in his house Carl is talking to Russell and well stuff happens. And ya know what!? It's pretty funny stuff. There's the scene where Carl thinks about lowering Russell down on bed sheets tied together and accidently drops it while Russell's still in the air. We actually think that's actually happening until back in reality Carl says "Well that's not gonna work." It's very funny.
3. Dug and Kevin's scenes: As I've said before Dug and Kevin are my 2 favourite characters of this movie. Why? Because they're both funny, nice, lovable and loyal characters. Kevin never speaks and yet Dug loves to speak. Every time they're on screen they just kill me. Though I'm a little confused about 1 thing. Dug kept saying he wanted to take Kevin back with him as his prisoner and yet after the night when Carl, Russell, himself and Kevin sleep under the house he stopped saying it. I'm a tad bit confused by that but still Dug and Kevin are still in my opinion the best characters of this film.
2. Alpha's squeaky voice scenes: This is one of the things that the UP fans have been talking about and it's easy to see why. It's funny and it's ingenious. Alpha bumped his collar causing some wire to come loose and so that's apparently why that happened. I mean having a voice like that being inside the body of a frightening dog like Alpha is jut awesome. Especially given the fact that Alpha is one of the villains in this movie, just a side-villain and it's hilarious to see that kind of thing happen. Apparently the actor who played Dug also played Alpha.
And the number 1 best UP moment is... The chase scene between Carl, Russell, Dug, Kevin and the other dogs: This scene is incredible. Kevin has Carl and Russell on her back running away from the other dogs and they're trying to get to the other side of a rock platform. The reason I think this scene is so good is the fast pacing. The fact that they were able to do this with C.G.I and I think that that's impressive. I even give credit that the humans actually look a bit real like and I love to look the humans designs because they look pretty cool. The reason I bring this up is because given the fact that they were able to do that chase scene with that kind of C.G.I is really cool to look at.

Tuesday 3 June 2014

My top 5 Ratatouille moments

5. Remy and his family in the old woman's house at the beginning: During the beginning of the movie Remy and his rat family are in an old woman's house in her roof and Remy keeps going into the old woman's kitchen to steal some of her food. What makes this so good is that it's funny. I mean it's really, really funny. When the woman sees that the rats have been living in her house the whole time she goes insane with trying to kill them all with her gun and it is just hilarious.
4. Remy cooking at the restaurant: It's pretty funny watching 1 rat controlling an actual human being and making him cook. Sure that kind of thing last or a lot of the movie but still it is really entertaining given the fact that they were able to do this be using C.G.I so I'm sort of impressed. Another reason why I like this is because of the other chefs in the kitchen who are entertaining too.
3. The villain chef chasing Remy through Paris: This is after Remy finds out that Linguini is the real owner of the restaurant since Linguini is actually the son of the chef who passed away and when he goes into the manager office he finds a letter that the dead chef once wrote to the villain chef saying that if he ever died Linguini would take over as the new ownership of the restaurant. The chef finds him and tries to stop Remy from showing the letter to Linguini. And from there the chef chases Remy through Paris to get the letter back and it is really funny.
2.  The final dish for Ego before the review: Now when I say that I mean the scene where Ego is in the restaurant and he's all ready to give the bad review when suddenly he has probably the best meal of his life and he decides not to give the bad review. It's funny, heart-warming and very clever. As he takes the first bite he suddenly gets a flashback to when his mother made him the exact same food when he was a boy and he loved and obviously he loved it again. Even to the point where Linguini and the other woman chef show him that Remy actually made the dish and they actually show him Remy is... actually I don't know how to describe it. I just love it.
And my number 1 best Ratatouille moment is... Ego's review: Yeah you all knew this had to be on the list somewhere. As I've said before Ego's review is one of my favourite movie moments ever. And I don't just mean this movie, I mean of all movie period if you get what I mean. It's well written, well acted, well animated, well paced and very, very well thought out. I'd say the best thing about this is that it helped me think of some things I could do for this blog not to mention that Ego actually mentions that sometimes critics need to really think about what people offer to us for entertainment and I really like that.

Monday 2 June 2014

My top 5 Cars moments

5. The ending of cars 1: I might of mentioned this in my review of the first Cars movie but in case I didn't I'll tell you now. Near the end of the movie Lightning and 2 other cars named the "King" and "Chick Hick" were on the last lap and it looked like Lightning was going to win until Chick bumped the King and he crashed, so Lightning stops just as he's about to cross the finish line allowing Chick to win and Lightning goes back to help the King and it's very nice and heart-warming.
4. The climax of Cars 2: As I've said before this climax is one of my favourites. It starts with Mater, Finn, Holley in London and Mater has a bomb attached to him by the bad guys. They're trying to use it to kill Lightning. Well it's too long to explain just watch it and you'll know what I'm talking about. I just think it's awesome and really great animation.
3. The comedy: There really isn't many jokes in these but the points where there is comedy is hilarious. For example, whenever Mater is on screen I always find him funny and it is. One of the examples of how he is funny is the scene where he's inside a bathroom in Japan and he doesn't know how to use it and... let's just say he got the soaking of his life. Hehehe.
2. The Animation in Cars 2: During the world grand prix that Lightning enters he, Mater, Guido, Luigi, Sarge and Fillmore go to different countries with the other competitors like an Italian racing car named "Francesco Bernoulli." What makes it so good is that the views and the shots and the look at all the countries are just beautiful to look at. I'd say the most beautiful site it probably Italy. It's just so pretty and so life-like.
And my number 1 best cars moment is... The racing scenes: All the racing scenes in both these movies are just great to look at. I mean really a lot of the time you feel like you're really with the cars and you're driving really fast. Also what make these scenes so good is that while the stories are supposed to be kid friendly it does feel a bit weird and the kids would feel a bit odd when it look like they're going to be hit by a car and the animation makes that possible and I think that that's really cool. So basically why I like these scenes so much is because there really cool to look at and the way the cars look when they're going fast is really cool.