Saturday 30 May 2015

Guardians of the Galaxy

This is another Marvel hero movie series I hope will be the next 2 Avengers movies. And given the fact that they're both made by the same studio it's pretty obvious. What's the story? A boy named "Peter Quill" is kidnapped from Earth by a bunch of aliens and is raised to be a bouncer. One day when he's a man played by "Chris Pratt," he's told to get an object. A sort of sphere looking thing. He tries to leave but someone comes to stop him and tells him he's getting it for some guy called "Ronan the Accuser." But Peter escapes and gets it to the guy but he refuses because he's terrified of Ronan. Outside an alien girl named "Gamora" played by  who tries to steal the sphere to keep it away from Ronan because he wants to give it to "Thanos." And a racoon named "Rocket" played by "Bradley Cooper" and a tree named "Groot" played by "Vin Diesel" also try to steal the sphere as well. Eventually they get arrested and at the prison they meet another alien named "Drax" played by "Dave Bautista." They all eventually become friends and escape. They try to find someone who could buy the sphere from them. When they find one person it fails so they try to get it in protection. So what's good about this film. Well in my opinion this probably one of the most funniest Marvel films made. And a lot of the effects and C.G.I is really impressive especially the final climax. And also a lot of the actor choices were really clever especially the main 5. A lot of the lines make us laugh hard and a lot. My favourite character is either Peter or Rocket or Drax. It also got a lot of likes on Rotten Tomatoes. I've seen it a few scene on some top 10 lists. I actually remember thinking that it was a little complicated when I first saw it. So to finish this is definitely a great comic book film and I would recommend checking it out.

Friday 29 May 2015

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

This was actually a big hit when it came out. It got really good reviews and it got 89% on Rotten Tomatoes and I heard it actually changed a few things. What's the story? Fury shows Steve a new plan to make more Helicarriers to help make peace in the world but Steve disagree. The next day Fury is shot by someone called the "Winter Soldier." Fury goes to Steve's apartment, but then the Winter Soldier finds him and shoots him. Steve follows him but he gets away. The next day it looks like Fury actually dies and now one of his friends  named "Alexander Pierce" is now head of S.H.I.E.L.D. but is also the main villain of the movie and is the one who assigned the Winter Soldier to assassinate Fury and his plan is to use the 3 Helicarriers to destroy all of New York. And the rest, I'm gonna let you watch because I found it to a pretty complicated story. Oh yeah and they also introduced "Sam Wilson" a.k.a "Falcon" who's actually my favourite new character. So what's good about this film? Well, for as complicated as the story is it's not enough that it destroys the film. And a lot of the action scenes are actually really impressive. And at the end of the middle of the film we see that the Winter Soldier is Steve's old best friend Bucky and we see that Fury isn't dead and actually it has one of the most intense Marvel climaxes you'll ever see. Even most of the scenes where it's mostly just characters talking is pretty well done, especially the scene where Steve and Romanoff went to some old camp and find the brain of a character from the last Captain America movie, "Dr.  Zola" and he tells them about, I'm not entirely sure but mainly h was talking about what was happening after the second World War and about how he got there. So yeah, this film is still great, I just found it hard to follow a little of it. But it's still a good, good movie that you should definitely watch.

Tuesday 26 May 2015

Thor: The Dark World

Like the other Thor review let's start with the story. What's the story? In the past Odin's father stopped an evil villain called "Malekith" play by "Christopher Eccleston" from getting his hands on a powerful material called the "Aether" to destroy the 9 realms. They captured the Aether and hid it away. Years later when Jane, Darcy and a new friend of theirs to see something, Jane finds the Aether and it goes inside her body and is destroying her from the inside. Thor then arrives and takes her to Asgard where Odin explains what it is and what it's doing. After that Malekith arrives to get the Aether but is stopped but in the process he kills Thor's mother. And decides to take Jane and Loki away to help destroy the Aether. While on a new planet they try it but Malekith gets the Aether and even Loki is killed, kind of. And what follows is probably one of the coolest, intense and funniest Marvel climaxes ever. So what's good about this movie? Well I'd have to say one of my favourite parts is Malekith, who's actually a really cool villain and Christopher Eccleston actually does do a pretty cool performance and a very threatening one. Another is once again the other cast. And actually there's much better action scenes in this and a lot more than the first one. This is one of the lowest rated Marvel films on Rotten Tomatoes with only 65%. And the ending where we find out Loki's not dead is a big surprise. He's still my favourite Marvel villain though. So, yeah. Once again I still think this movie is really good so yeah I'd say it's watchable and it is really funny.

Friday 22 May 2015

Iron Man 3

And now we come to the end of the Iron Man trilogy. This was the most successful at the box office out of all the 3. It reached the "billion" mark. What's the story? A new villain called the "Mandarin" is a murderous vigilantly and now Tony, Rhodey and the others like the army are trying to find him. One day a bunch of men in helicopters attack Tony's home and he uses one suit to fly to another part of the world to find the Mandarin. All while Tony is having nervous break downs from when he was in in the worm hole in the Avengers and he almost died from it so he's constantly having heart attacks and memories back to that moment. So what's good about this film. Well the action is very good and when you see all the Iron Man armours in the big fight at the end it's just awesome. And once again there's a lot of funny scenes. And the cast once again do great jobs in their roles. However there's not that much time of Tony in the armour. It's mostly just him out of it and just looking for the Mandarin. And I also like the ending of the film. It ties up the 3 films nicely. And now the next review will be Thor 2 then Captain America 2 then the Guardians of the Galaxy then Avengers 2. For this one though, it's good so yeah I'd say give it a watch.

Thursday 21 May 2015

Avengers Assemble

And now the big one. Avengers Assemble. The highest grossing Superhero film of all time and the 3rd highest grossing film of all time. When this film came out, everyone, and I mean everyone went nuts. And I'm not gonna lie it's one of my favourite films ever. Especially given the fact that I put it as my favourite Superhero film ever and I love it. I actually saw the 2nd one in the cinema 2 weeks ago. What's the story? At S.H.I.E.L.D  headquarters the Tesseract is acting up and teleports Loki there where he makes Selvig and "Clint Barton/Hawkeye" and a couple other S.H.I.E.L.D members his service by put a spell on them using his sceptre. They still the Tesseract because Loki needs it to bring his army called the "Chitauri" and rule Earth. So Nick decides to call in Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Thor and Bruce Banner to help get it back and stop Loki. And the rest I'm pretty sure is straight forward. So what's about his film? Actually what isn't? Everything is perfect. The action, the acting, the cast, the size, the settings and even the dialog. This film has some of the best action ever. And especially when you see all these heroes together it's awesome. The final fight between the 6 heroes and the Chitauri is just amazing and awesome to watch. And once again there's a lot of funny scenes in this I'm pretty sure everyone laughs at every single time they watch it. And another great part of the film is where we see "Thanos." The most powerful villain the Avengers have ever faced in the comics. And yeah we see him in his film, Guardians of the Galaxy and the in second Avengers film and we haven't yet seen him do anything. It's not until the 2nd Avengers film he says he finally gonna do something and I can't wait until the 3rd Avengers film called "Infinity War - Part 1" and the Marvel films that are apart of this film trilogy are "Ant-Man, Captain America 3, Thor 3, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy, a Spider-Man film (YES, FINALLY) he's probably going to be in the Infinity Wars - Part 2 like a couple of the others I just mentioned, Black Panther and Captain Marvel." If their going to be in the Infinity Wars - Part 2 it will become my new favourite superhero film. But back to this film, for what it is, it a spectacular film and it deserves every bit of the praise it's getting. And I'd say watch it but let's face it, you already have.

Captain America: The First Avenger

Like my last review I'm just gonna star with the story. What's the story? In World War 2 "Steve Rogers" played by "Chris Evans" is a small, skinny 18 year-old who wants to join the army. Then one day a scientist named "Abraham Erskine" sees him and offers him a chance be a part of an experiment that might be able to get him into the army. When he goes to it along with another person named "Peggy Carter." In the experiment it causes him to be taller and stronger. Just then Erskine is shot and the guy who killed him steals a vile of something. Steve catches him and he dies somehow, I never got that. During one day Steve finds out his best friend "Bucky Barnes" has been captured and goes out to save him along with a couple others. He, Howard Stark (Tony's dad), Bucky and the others then all try to top the evil villain of the movie "Red Skull" played by "Hugo Weaving." So what's good about this film? Well like every other Marvel film the cast is great especially Chris Evans as Captain America. Chris Evans actually did another Marvel character "Johnny Storm" from the two original Fantastic 4 films, that I might or might not review. But actually, in this film we get a few answers from Iron Man 2 about Howard. And like a lot of other Marvel films that's in this film is the comedy they keep doing. That's one thing I like about these Marvel films is the humour they keep doing that always makes us laugh and some jokes make us laugh hard. But aside from that the film is still good. At the end of the film, and I'm not talking about the end of the credits, I'm talking about the very last scene before the credits, Steve crashes a plane into ice water and freezes for 70 years and awakens after being thawed out and brought to New York. He meets Nick who tells him he's been a sleep for 70 years. And next review is the big one. I'm 100% certain you know what I'm talking about. For this one though I'd say take a look.

Sunday 17 May 2015

Thor

I'm just gonna start with the story. What's the story? Thor Odinson, played by "Chris Hemsworth" is the god of thunder and prince of Asgard. The day of his coronation as king, "Frost giants" come to Asgard to get back a casket that Thor's father "Odin" stole years ago. Because of this interference, it delayed time before Odin could name Thor king. He and a few of his friends including his brother "Loki" played by "Tom Hiddleston" go to the Frost Giants' home planet and fight them. During the fight, Odin comes and brings them back. Because of his arrogant, reckless and clumsy behaviour Odin strips Thor of his powers and his hammer "Mjolnir" and sent down to Earth as a human. While there he meets two scientists named "Jane Foster" played by "Natalie Portman" and "Eric Selvig" played by "Stellan Skarsgard" and their assistant "Darcy." While there he begins to learn a few things and Loki has taken over as king of Asgard while Odin  has falling into a deep sleep. And I'm pretty sure you can guess the rest. So what's good about this movie? Well, once again the cast is pretty good and the effects are very, very well done especially during the ending fight scene between Thor and Loki. Speaking of Loki. He's my favourite villain of this Avengers trilogy. You can tell Tom Hiddleston loves eating up the role. I'd say the only problem I have with the film is that there's too much too much talking and not enough action scenes. But what they do to make up for that is the action scenes and how they're really cool to look at. Also at the end of the film there's a scene at the end of the credits, like every other Marvel film, where Nick talks to Selvig and shows him the "Tesseract" a cube of unlimited power. Why do I bring this up!? Because when we get to the Avengers review, it's going to be a key thing. So to end I guess this movie is good. Not exactly the best but still good all the same. I guess it's worth a few viewings.

Friday 15 May 2015

Iron Man 2

This was actually said to be the lowest of the Iron Man films. You can see it on Rotten Tomatoes. While the first one has 93%, this one only has 73%. But to be honest I actually remember this being my favourite out of all the Iron Man films. I'm not entirely sure now. What's the story? Tony is back but it turns out he's dying. The ark reactor inside him is killing him, even though it's supposed to be keeping him alive. Also with him having a situation about his dead dad and not understanding most things about him. Also with having another man named "Ivan Vanko" also called by his super villain name "Whiplash" is out to kill Tony with having made his own ark reactor and to electrical whips. And also while having Tony making Pepper the CEO of Stark industries and him giving away all his things. And at one scene where Rhodey takes one of his Iron Man suits to try and stop him. And yeah, there's a few more details like that. And it's way to hard to say them all and I guess that that is a problem with the film. So what's good about this film? Well the cast is still really good. And this time Rhodey is played by "Don Cheadle." And he gets to be "War Machine" and that is really cool to look at at the end of the film. And the other fights are actually really impressive and I think are actually better than the first film's fights. So yeah, I think this film's good, not perfect but good. I'm not sure if I'd say that this is my favourite Iron Man film but it's alright. I'd say watch it.

Wednesday 13 May 2015

The Incredible Hulk

Yeah this is the sequel to the not good first Hulk film. What's the story? "Bruce Banner" played by "Edward Norton" is the "Hulk" a ginormous, strong, green creature who only smashes everything. Well he being hunted down by the military to be killed so the Hulk can't hurt anyone but at the end one of the general's soldiers is transformed into the villain, the "Abomination" and that's it, Literally that's the movie. Bruce trying to escape from the military and trying to live while also having a relationship with the general's daughter named "Betty Ross." So what's good about this film? Well to be honest there's not that much to have fun with. I think Hulk appears for only 3 scenes and even the first scene he's not there for that long. It's mostly just Bruce to survive and trying to live with Betty. But the goods things are actually with the Hulk and the action. The best action scene is Hulk and Abomination at the end. Watch this.
But aside from that it's not really that good. But actually at the end Tony Stark appears at where the General is and tells him what "Nick Fury" played by "Samuel L. Jackson," told him the Iron Man film about the Avengers, and yeah, it's Samuel L. Jackson, how can you go wrong with that. I'd say  take a look but don't really expect that much.

Iron Man

This film is going to start what I call the Avengers trilogy. What the story? "Tony Stark", played by "Robert Downey Jr." is an eccentric billionaire who, one day is shot by missiles and brought to Russia where shrapnel is inside him and is close to entering his heart and killing him, so his cellmate  named "Yinsen" makes him something to stop it then he makes another one called an "Arc Reactor" so he doesn't have to carry a car battery everywhere. While also being there he makes a robotic armour that he can get into and he uses it to escape and gets home from having his friend named "Rhodey" played by "Terrence Howard." When he get's back he makes a new armour, and have to say, when it gets it pain job, it's really, really cool. One night he finds out the weapons are being used by other people he decides to destroy them but that means dying himself. All this is happening while one of his employees named "Obadiah Stane" played by "Jeff Bridges" is making his own armour to kill Tony. And also there's also another key character named "Pepper Potts" played by "Gwyneth Paltrow." So what's good about this film? Well the action and C.G.I are both spectacular and the cast as well especially Robert Downey Jr. as Tony. You can tell he's just loves to eat up the roll. He's just perfect. And the rest of the cast do pretty good performances. And like I said before the armour is actually really cool looking and cool to look at. So yeah, I think this is a really good movie, especially seeing how it's the most praised out of all the Iron Man films on Rotten Tomatoes and by critics. I would say take a look.

Thursday 7 May 2015

My top 10 favourite Chowder episodes

Chowder is an animated TV show about some animal like things that act like humans. It's actually one of my favourite TV shows of all time. I just love it and I love it's comedy and it's animation is pretty nice looking. Chowder is the main character and is some kind of purple cat, dog thing who loves to eat and is the apprentice to "Mung Daal," a chef whose wife is "Truffles," a flying thing that's the waiter of the catering company they all work in. Then there's "Shnitzel," a rock monster thing who's extremely strong and is also Mung's assistant. And all he can say is "Radda," which everyone else actually understands and that's how he says other words. Then there's "Panini," a pink rabbit who has a huge crush on Chowder who always causes Chowder to say "I'm not you're boyfriend" because he doesn't want to be her boyfriend. And then there's Gorgonzola, a sort of mole or mouse, rat like thing who has a lit candle on the top of his head who's Chowder's arch rival even though they team-up in a few episodes. Then there's "Gazpacho," a kind of mammoth who's probably one of the funniest characters on the whole show and is terrified of his mother, who we never see. Then there's Ms Endive, an arrogant and creepy character who's almost like the villain of the show and is also Mung's rival. I'm able to watch these episodes on one of my favourite websites, "Seek Cartoon." My favourite actor on the show is actually "Nicky Jones" who actually voice Chowder, and he was actually a kid when doing this role so I guess it made him that much more funny and likable. And now I'm going to tell you my top 10 favourite episodes from one of my favourite TV shows of all time.
10. Tofu-Town: Man what a funny episode, yeah you're gonna hear me say that a lot on this countdown. What's the story? Chowder and Shnitzel are delivering food to someone but find out that it was a trick to get Shnitzel there. It turns out to be a old ancient town that Shnitzel used to live in and be something called a Baloney Warrior and he protected the king  of the town. But one night the king was kidnapped and frozen in cookie dough batter. From that we get baloney sword fights, karaoke singing and of course, comedy. So what's good about this episode? Well the story is very creative, especially the flashback scene that's just really funny. And even the ending gets some good laughs.
9. The Flibber-Flabber Diet: This episode has probably some of the best writing and some of the best jokes ever in this show. Truffles begins to worry that she's getting fatter so she has Chowder, Mung, Shnitzel and herself to go on a diet. Mung says the best way to lose any weight is by eating Flibber-Flabber, a dish he says is disgusting but Chowder actually likes and he gets the idea of having them all eat it so hopefully Truffles will call off the diet. The result is probably some of the greatest jokes ever seen on this show. In my opinion the best thing about this episode is the visual jokes they keep throwing at us and how much there are. It's just a great episode and one of my absolute favourite episodes of all.
8. Big Ball: This episode is actually really confusing. When I say that I mean that it barely makes any sense, and I'm not gonna lie, that's what makes me really like this episode. We're introduced to a game in Marzipan city where you hit a ginormous ball into the goal. However Chowder, Mung, Shnitzel and Truffles have been there for day and not one person has scored. This drives Truffles insane and tries to get one team to get one a goal so they can leave but Mung says they're not supposed to score so he tries to stop her by any means necessary. What's good about this episode? Well, once again the choices are once again so cleaver and smart and original that they're really funny. In my opinion the funniest part is when we find out why they're supposed to win. It just cracks me up every single time.
7. Burple Nurples: Yeah, the very first episode of Chowder. Why!? Mainly because of the uniqueness and creativity  of it. What's the story? Chowder decides he's ready to cook a dish all by himself and Mung allows after he tells him that it's because he saw Panini doing it because Endive let her. However while cooking Mung sees that Chowder put poison into the batter of his Burple Nurples and tries the rest of the episode to get rid of them and how he does at the end I won't give away but let's just say it's one of the funniest ending in this shows history. So what's good about this episode? Well the funniest is by far every single time that Mung tries to get rid of them. It just kills me. It's just one of the funniest episodes of Chowder ever.
6. Hey, Hey It's Knishmas: This is Chowder's Christmas episode and man oh man is it a good one. Chowder worries that he won't receive the gift he wants on Knishmas, when he sees Mung attempt to make a perfect Schmingerbread house and fail several times. Upon seeing this, he recruits Panini and Gorgonzola to help him make Knish Kringle like Mung's house. So what's good about this episode? Well for one thing, it's actually pretty rare that we see Chowder working together with Gorgonzola and especially Panini, given the fact that anytime Chowder sees her he just runs away saying "I'm not you boyfriend." And at the end when we see that their variation of Santa Claus is real is a really good ending.
5. A Little Bit of Pizzazz: This one has probably some of the most quoted lines ever in a Chowder episode. A baking accident causes Mung, Truffles, Chowder and Shnitzel to switch bodies. Chowder in Schnitzel's, Mung in Chowder's, Truffles in Mung's and Schnitzel in Truffle's. Just those combinations alone allow for a lot of creative ideas and the writer do it vey cleverly. Everyone begins to like being in these new bodies so they decide to stay in them, that is until they realise there's downsides o them so they decide to switch back, except Schnitzel who really enjoys being in Truffles' body and how they back to normal is just perfect with a lot of laughs thrown in there. So what's good about this episode? Well the choices they make with  each person in the other's body is perfect and all of them get huge laughs. My favourite is Chowder in Schnitzel's body. When he and Mung in Chowder's body go wondering through the city, it's just hilarious.
4. Endive's Dirty Secret: This episode has probably the must suspense in it. What's the story? It's a hot day in Marzipan and Mung, Chowder and Schnitzel want to use Endive's pool. She refuses and when she's all alone, she begins to do something embarrassing that she only does alone that Mung takes a picture of. He blackmails her to let them use her pool in exchange of them not showing the picture to anyone. But sure enough, everyone finds out, and what's her secret!? I won't tell you but I have to say it's really clever. I've always thought this episode was good but until recently I didn't think I would put it on but of course I knew I had too because of it's hilarious setup and how we never find out the secret until the very end. It's just a really good pay off.
3. The Blackout: This is an episode I've always liked and has always been a favourite of mine. In this episode Chowder turns every bit of power on  and it causes a power outage. Mung sends him out to turn the power back on while he's trapped in something cooking thing along with Schnitzel farting the whole time. That alone is pretty funny. Chowder heads out to find a way to turn it back on but Gorgonzola tells him that during Blackouts "Weirdoes" come out and try to have boring conversations with you. They eventually find Gazpacho who tells them the only way to turn the power back on is y going to the "Tower of Power" and lighting the fuse in the basement. Gazpacho manages to get them there but when they get there and get in the basement Gorgonzola tries to go home because he as tied to Chowder the whole time. But then since Gorgonzola has a candle on his head and lied saying he could light it he then goes back to Chowder after seeing some Weirdoes coming. So what's good about this episode? Well the story is very creative and every single joke has me laughing, especially the Gazpacho scenes, they always make me laugh. And another thing I like is how really creative the Weirdoes are and how they're designed. I thought those were really funny, and especially the scene where Gazpacho tries to show that they're real with the I.D thing always makes me laugh hard. And I won't tell you about the ending but I've gotta say it's really creative.
2. Chowder Grows-up: Yes, the very last episode of the entire show. It wasn't until recently I realised how great this episode is. I just love to watch it over and over, it's so funny. One day in the kitchen when they're making a dish that Chowder messes up and blows-up the whole place, of course. In the hospital Mung tries to tell Chowder to grow-up because someday he'll retire, or be killed by him, and then Chowder will take over the company but Chowder says he refuses to grow-up and he spends the next 20 years singing a song, no I'm serious. Mung tells him that by not growing-up he's been ruining everyone's lives like Shnitzel, Panini, Gorgonzola and Gazpacho. He decides to pick his own apprentice and grow-up. He picks a boy in a box who he names "Scraps." After a failed attempt to make a dish Chowder runs away into the Desert, but in their world, they call it the Dessert, that's wildly creative. But it turns out Scarps hid in his backpack and came with him. They find Gazpacho there and he wants to eat Scraps, which I've gotta say is one of my favourite jokes in the whole show. So after some motivational talk, Chowder goes back and tries to make something with Scraps but everyone think sit loose terrible but when Scraps tastes it they al try it and they all like it. Chowder then takes over the company and everyone moves on with their lives. Like Gazpacho does his comedy stand-up, Schnitzel marries Endive, don't ask, Mung and Truffle retire, Gorgonzola was able to brag to Chowder about hoe successful he's become and Chowder apparently married Panini and they have kids, 50 of them. But then we see that maybe it was fake, maybe and maybe we find out it was just a breaking the forth wall joke where the young Chowder appears and tries to deny this future, I'm not sure, but for what it is, it's really funny. What's good about this episode? Actually what isn't good? It's just perfect. Every single thing. It's funny, creative, likable, has likable characters and the has really nice animation. I also really like Scraps in this episode, he's really nice and he actually does get a funny line every once in a while. And it does show us a good lesson about if you don't grow-up and mature it could hurt the people around you so it's crustal that you do. Overall Chowder Grows-Up is by far my second favourite episode ever.
And my number 1 favourite Chowder episode is... The Thrice Cream Man: This is just a perfect episode. And my favourite part is how much it makes me laugh and laugh hard. And also this is another episode I've always liked and it was only a while ago I made it my favourite episode. What's the story? Chowder's favourite food in the whole world is "Thrice Cream" which is their version of Ice Cream. But now his obsession with it is getting in the way of work in the kitchen so Mung and Schnitzel try something to have him be sick of it. How!? By making a Thrice Cream man. A man made out of Thrice Cream. He's able to have people eat parts of him and keep regenerating. Eventually their plan actually works and Chowder actually becomes sick from eating so much of it. He goes to bed. The next morning he's still sick and Mung tries to tell the Thrice Cream Man that Chowder has had enough for a while but then the Thrice Cream Man gets angry when he says they'll find some other kid who'd like to eat him because Mung said to only give Thrice Cream to Chowder and Chowder only. Then he begins to stretch out and spit out Thrice Cream all over the building. Mung tries to tell Chowder to eat it all but he's still sick and Truffles is Lactose Intolerant so Mung and Schnitzel begin eating it but they both get Brain Freezes. Then after something Truffles says to Chowder he gets an idea. He gets the Thrice Cream cart man and inside it, a Thrice Cream Woman. They get married and they rest is laughs. So what's good about this episode? Well, once again, what isn't good? Everything and I mean everything in this episode works. It's funny, has great gags, has great puns and jokes, has great characters and it has some of the best animation ever seen on this show. So that's that. If you haven't seen these episodes yet, I'd give them a watch. Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed. Next I'll be continuing my Marvel reviews and my next one will be Iron Man.

Wednesday 6 May 2015

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

So you heard me talk about first The Amazing Spider-Man and about how much I love. Though you already knew seeing how I've talked about it before. So what's the story? Peter and his fellow high-school student are graduating. One night at Oscorp, "Max Dillon" play by "Jamie Foxx" gets turned into Electro by falling into a tube full of eels and while holding electrical power lines. Also "Harry Osborn" this time played by "Dane DeHaan" has returned to New York and is taking over Oscorp. One night Peter fights off Max in Time Square and defeats him. Then the next morning Harry says that he's dying and says the only thing that can save him is Spider-Man's blood though Peter thinks that if he gives it to him it might kill him. And yeah I know there are more details to the story but there's way too much and yeah I can't really say them all. So what's good about this movie, well the cast is still perfect and the action is actually some of the best I've ever seen in a superhero film, especially the final fight between Spider-Man vs. Electro . I get the only problem I have with the film is that the story is too complicated with too many details and wasting characters like the Rhino which guess will be in the next Amazing Spider-Man. With that said I still really do like this film. Out of every single Marvel hero who hasn't been in the Avenger movies, Spider-Man is the number one hero I would really love to see, especially since I heard that Marvel bought Spider-Man back so hopefully he might be in the next one. If you haven't seen this movie yet, I'd would recommend it.

The Amazing Spider-Man

So you saw my last Spider-Man review and know how I said it wasn't bad but not great or not even that good. So now we're onto the next Spider-Man trilogy, The Amazing Spider-Man. What's the story? Peter Parker, this time played by "Andrew Garfield" is once again the geeky nerd who has barely any friends. One night when he's at Oscorp a spider bites him giving him amazing spider powers. Another night he helps Dr Curtis Conners, played by "Rhys Ifans" regrow his arm with lizard D.N.A transforming him into the villain "The Lizard." All while Peter is also curious about the past and about his parent's death when he was a boy, and he's having a relationship with his friend "Gwen Stacy" played by "Emma Stone." So what's good about this film? Actually, what isn't good about it? The cast is perfect, the effects are perfect, the action is perfect, the acting is perfect and the direction is perfect. Andrew Garfield is the best actor in my opinion and Rhys Ifans is really good as the Lizard. He's a really enjoyable villain. But also Dennis Leary is also great as Captain Stacy, he's especially likable at the very end of the movie. And I also think the story is laid out pretty good, even if it is a little choppy and not as good as the previous trilogy's story that was actually pretty well paced and put together and easy to follow. But still this film is great and if you haven't seen it yet, I would definitely recommend it.

Tuesday 5 May 2015

Spider-Man 3

I can't begin to start the amount of people who said Spider-Man 3 when it first came out. People just thought it was bad with embarrassing scenes, waste of characters and too many scenes that were unnecessary. And while I don't really hate or think it's as bad as everyone else says it is, I do kind of agree with the but not really that much. What's the story? New York is all peaceful and quiet ever since Doc Ock and now Peter is able to till be a hero while still continuing his life. One night Harry attacks him because he thinks he killed his father and he finds out he's Spider-Man in the second film. Peter knocks him out which gives Harry amnesia which makes him forget about everything about him thinking that Peter killed Norman. Meanwhile, Flint Marko played by "Thomas Haden Church" has escaped from prison and has been turned into "Sandman." Peter finds out it was him who killed his uncle Ben and is out for revenge. Also a meteor crashes down to the planet and releases a goo called the "Symbiote Goo"  which attaches itself to Peter making him the black suited Spider-Man and changing his personality, and yeah I'll give my thoughts on that in a few minutes. Eventually he tries to get rid of it but it finds itself taking over someone else "Eddie Brock" played by "Topher Grace" turning him into the villain "Venom." So what's good about this movie? Well the effects are really impressive especially the fight scenes and effects on Venom look great, the sharp teeth, the gooey black skin and while he did look scrawny he still looked great. And also the story is really easy to follow. Now let's get to my problems with the movie and yeah, they're really big problems. While Venom did look great on screen he was given very little screen time which is a big rip off especially he's the number 1 thing people wanted to see. And let's get to the absolute worst problem of all "Emo Peter." Yeah, you knew it was coming, Emo Peter has to be the most hated Spider-Man thing of all time. And I'd be lying if I said I didn't know why. I mean everyone knows the story in the comics. Peter is supposed to be torchered  by the suit, the same way Gollum or Frodo were in the Lord of the Rings. It's one of those tragic attractions that just kept killing him, and it was a good. While there it was tragic, here it's comedy. And it's just embarrassing to watch. This is pushing it. If they went for a more serious route this movie could of been more effective, but when you see him dancing and acting so goofy, it's hard to get sucked into the torment he's supposed to be feeling. And even when he starts acting all mean and crazy it doesn't feel very believable. Except maybe the stuff with the Sandman, but that's identifiable, he killed his uncle. But let's get to my biggest problem with the movie, the dance scene. Yeah I may like this movie but anyone can tell you that this is the dumbest thing ever. It break the movie, it changes everything, it sucks out any amount of seriousness you were going for. I don't even think Spongebob or Chowder would be this silly. For many this is what killed Spider-Man for them, this was the step that went too far, they just couldn't understand how Spider-Man could go that deep with silliness. So yeah I've ridiculed this movie enough, so you must think I don't like this film, well no, I still do like it, it's just that it's just not the best Spider-Man. If you want to I guess you want, you could watch it, but you're tired of so much silliness and you think it might be too embarrassing to watch, then I'd say skip it.

Spider-Man 2

This Spider-Man film was actually said to be the greatest of the original Spider-Man trilogy and the greatest Spider-Man film ever, I mean look at it's score on "Rotten Tomatoes." What's the story? Peter Parker is back but now that he's Spider-Man, it's getting in the way of his personal life. One day Harry Osborn played by "James Franco" brings him to see "Otto Octavius" played by "Alfred Molina." He  the both to come to his ceremony where he'll be converting a new invention . During the process he attaches 4 mechanical arms onto himself and the experiment fails. He's then taken to a hospital where the arms kill doctors and take him to an old abandoned observatory. The arms then tell him to finish the experiment. Meanwhile Peter is thinking about giving up being Spider-Man forever, that is until Octavius kidnaps Mary Jane played by "Kirsten Dunst." And now it's up to Peter to stop him and save Mary Jane and save New York. So what's good about this movie? Well the cast is pretty good and actually Doc Ock is actually a pretty entertaining villain especially at the end during hi last few minutes we do feel pretty sad to see him die. But let's get to my favourite part of the movie, the train fight scene. Yeah it's obviously C.G.I but the creativity and the speed and how each moment built on each other really makes this a spectacular fight scene. So yeah, I  guess I do see the reason why this is the best original, but in my opinion it's still not as good as the newer films, but for what it is, it is a spectacular movie. This is a definite watch.

Sunday 3 May 2015

Spider-Man

This is going to start my Marvel movie reviews. What's the story. Peter Parker, played by "Tobey Maguire" is nerdy outsider that almost everyone makes fun of. One day while on a field trip he gets bitten by a spider which give him amazing spider powers. So one night he tries to use these powers to win some money for his aunt May and uncle Ben. He lets a robber get away and when he gets outside he sees Ben has been shot dead and so he goes to find and catch the man who did it he thinks it's the man he let et away. At one point the man trips and falls out a window to his death. And so now Peter has decided to become Spider-Man to fight the crime on the streets of New York. Meanwhile "Norman Osborn" played by "Willem Dafoe" has tested a substance on himself that has turned him completely insane and is out kill Spider-Man as the "Green Goblin." So it's now up to Peter to stop him. So what's good about this film? Well, the cast is pretty good, mostly, and the story is very easy to follow. I remember as a kid, this was my favourite Spider-Man film. And Willem Dafoe is great as the Green Goblin. He's actually my favourite Spider-Man villain. And I mean that in general, not just in this film series.  In my opinion the best fight was probably the final one between Spider-Man vs. Green Goblin in the abandoned church . So yeah, this film is good. I'd say take a look.