With Deadpool coming out in less than 2 weeks, it's time to talk about the things I'm looking the most forward to seeing in the movie. Deadpool is also the 2nd most anticipated comic book movie I'm looking forward to this year. My most anticipated being Captain America: Civil War. And with the Merc with a Mouth's movie being the most marketed comic book movie I've ever seen. What I mean by that is that I've seen countless adds for this on YouTube. So let's go over the 5 things I can't wait to see in Deadpool.
5. The over the top action: As we've been seeing in the trailer, we see that the action is beyond crazy. And by that I mean the characters are doing strange fighting moves and there's lot of gory and bloody fight scenes and not something that young people would want to watch. I think a lot of this action is going to be awesome.
4. The funny side-characters: As we've also seen in the trailers we've seen the side-characters be funny too like T.J Miller as Weasel and a couple others. Just the few seconds with him were great. Just imagine the funny moments we'll see of him in the whole movie.
3. The final fight between Deadpool and Ajax: We've only seen a second or 2 of this fight in the trailer and so when the movie comes out and we get the full fight between these 2 at the end, I'm sure it'll be awesome. For those don't know, Ajax was the guy who almost kill Deadpool was having that operation thing. And so now Deadpool is trying to find and kill him. And, like I just said, I'm sure the fight will be really cool.
2. The 4th wall breaking: The main thing that Deadpool is most notable for is his constant 4th wall breaking. And for you who don't know, that means always talking to the audience and knowing they're in a movie or book or comic. And Deadpool is one of the main characters that does that. I especially find funny is the way he does it and what he says when he does do it.
And the number 1 thing I'm hoping to see in Deadpool is... Deadpool: Now, when I say Deadpool, I mean just seeing him. Not just because his suit looks awesome, but also because of all the funny scenes with him, his timing, his delivery, his one liners, his wise-cracking attitude and because I think Ryan Reynolds will make an amazing Deadpool especially given what we've seen him do in the trailers and the hilarious things we've heard him say. And that's what I'm looking forward to see in Deadpool.
Sunday, 31 January 2016
Thursday, 28 January 2016
My top 5 worst sequels
Here, I'll be talking about the sequels that were absolutely terrible. And no, no prequels aren't on this. Just sequels that a lot of people say are horrible.
5. X-Men 3: The Last Stand: With this being the first of the X-Men movies to be considered bad and switching the director from Bryan Singer to Brett Rattner, we get a boring movie that doesn't feel fresh, has a ton of things that don't add up and kills off great characters like Cyclops, Professor X and Jean. There are some good things about it but there's too much bad stuff to acknowledge that. But hey, it could be worse. It could of been this.

4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End: Being the most complicated and most boring out of all the pirates movies, this is the one that had people the most angry because they couldn't follow a single thing that was happening because it wasn't explained very good and they don't even try to make it easy to understand. It has barley any action, slow pace and too many sub-plots building up to a climax that is a lot of fun but its just not that satisfying.
3. Spider-Man 3: Yeah, when I did my top 10 films that I like but everyone else hates list, I should of put the Amazing Spider-Man 2 because I like that movie a lot, lot more than this but everyone else hates. But yeah, I say I like this movie. While I despise Emo Peter like everyone else, my main problem is that this movie is boring. Absolutely boring. With wasted potential by having Venom be in this, we get a film that has him in it for 10 minutes and then he dies. That is a is an absolute rip off, Venom is the only reason people wanted to see that movie. But no we just see boring scenes and Emo Peter.
2. Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones: While I say I kinda like Phantom Menace, I cannot defend Attack of the Clones. it is the worst out of all the Star Wars movies. It beyond forgettable, it's beyond boring and I don't even think it's that creative. The acting isn't very good. Some do fine but it's mostly just bland. And the chorography of the lightsaber fights is horrible. It doesn't look like their even hitting their lightsabers. So yeah, I don't mind the first one, the second one is inexcusable.
And the number 1 worst sequel is... Batman & Robin: Yeah, the movie that made everyone say that Joel Schumacher is the murderer of Batman. With some of the worst action you'll ever see, puns that will make your ears bleed and neon lights and props that will make your eyes bleed too. With billions of negative reviews with everyone saying that it's some of the worst pieces of garbage ever to be called movie, they decided to reboot the series 8 years later to a talented director and cast. And that's why Batman and Robin is the worst sequel ever.
5. X-Men 3: The Last Stand: With this being the first of the X-Men movies to be considered bad and switching the director from Bryan Singer to Brett Rattner, we get a boring movie that doesn't feel fresh, has a ton of things that don't add up and kills off great characters like Cyclops, Professor X and Jean. There are some good things about it but there's too much bad stuff to acknowledge that. But hey, it could be worse. It could of been this.
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End: Being the most complicated and most boring out of all the pirates movies, this is the one that had people the most angry because they couldn't follow a single thing that was happening because it wasn't explained very good and they don't even try to make it easy to understand. It has barley any action, slow pace and too many sub-plots building up to a climax that is a lot of fun but its just not that satisfying.
3. Spider-Man 3: Yeah, when I did my top 10 films that I like but everyone else hates list, I should of put the Amazing Spider-Man 2 because I like that movie a lot, lot more than this but everyone else hates. But yeah, I say I like this movie. While I despise Emo Peter like everyone else, my main problem is that this movie is boring. Absolutely boring. With wasted potential by having Venom be in this, we get a film that has him in it for 10 minutes and then he dies. That is a is an absolute rip off, Venom is the only reason people wanted to see that movie. But no we just see boring scenes and Emo Peter.
2. Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones: While I say I kinda like Phantom Menace, I cannot defend Attack of the Clones. it is the worst out of all the Star Wars movies. It beyond forgettable, it's beyond boring and I don't even think it's that creative. The acting isn't very good. Some do fine but it's mostly just bland. And the chorography of the lightsaber fights is horrible. It doesn't look like their even hitting their lightsabers. So yeah, I don't mind the first one, the second one is inexcusable.
And the number 1 worst sequel is... Batman & Robin: Yeah, the movie that made everyone say that Joel Schumacher is the murderer of Batman. With some of the worst action you'll ever see, puns that will make your ears bleed and neon lights and props that will make your eyes bleed too. With billions of negative reviews with everyone saying that it's some of the worst pieces of garbage ever to be called movie, they decided to reboot the series 8 years later to a talented director and cast. And that's why Batman and Robin is the worst sequel ever.
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Here I'm going to review the original 1971 movie that was a success both at the box-office and critics. Even to this day people say it's a classic that should always be watched by everyone. And even the author of the original story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl, is also said to be a master author. What's the story? Well... let's face it, you know this story inside and out. A magical chocolate factory owner named Willy Wonka has decided to hide 5 golden tickets in bars of chocolate and who ever finds them are given the opportunity to go to his factory and look at it. 4 of the children who find them are people from around the world. And finally, the last ticket is found by a boy named Charlie Buckett and on the 1st of October the 5 children including the adults with them go to the factory and meet the mysterious Willy Wonka played by Gene Wilder. And the rest of the movie is them going deeper into the chocolate factory and the kids getting separated because of bad behaviour 1 after another. So lets go over the many good things in this. First off the cast in this is really good. Even the child actors are great at capturing the bratty kids of the time. Except Charlie who's the kind hearted and given person. Gene Wilder is perfect for Wonka being suave, elegant, mysterious and when he needed to be, very kind. That made him more enjoyable and make you want to follow him all the way. The effects as well for the time, while dated, kinda hold up. Well, mostly. The songs are also classic, memorable, perfect and catchy songs. They're really good. Listen to a few.
But the moral is pretty good here too. It's just always be good and true to yourself and one day you'll get your reward. And the way they show it is really effective. And finally, it's also cool to see how well directed this movie is. I think it's directed really good and how the characters do what they do. So yeah, this is a really timeless classic that I would say to look at, but let's face it, you already have.
But the moral is pretty good here too. It's just always be good and true to yourself and one day you'll get your reward. And the way they show it is really effective. And finally, it's also cool to see how well directed this movie is. I think it's directed really good and how the characters do what they do. So yeah, this is a really timeless classic that I would say to look at, but let's face it, you already have.
Sunday, 24 January 2016
Superman The Movie
And here I'm doing the very first Superhero movie that was considered to be really ground-breaking and at the time was the greatest comic book movie of all time. It was released in 1978. Also, this is a DC comic book movie like Batman. And I'm actually looking forward to the Batman V Superman movie that's coming out this year. And one more thing, I'm just reviewing this Superman movie and Man of Steel. The reason is because I haven't seen the others and I don't really have an interest to. And also Batman V Superman is the sequel to Man of Steel and I'll be reviewing that when it comes out and when I see it. What's the story? It's starts off on a planet called Krypton that's about to be destroyed. Two parents, named Jor-El and Lara send their son away to Earth. Along with him they give him a green crystal. When he gets to Earth, he gets taken up by a husband and wife named the Kents. They decide to name him Clark Kent, played perfectly by Christopher Reeves. As the years go he realises he has amazing powers. One day the father dies, which is really sad, even though he's only in it for 5 or 10 minutes, we really grow to like him. Anyway, that night Clack goes to the shed and finds the crystal that his parents left him. He decides the next morning to leave and find some answers about who he is. So he goes to the North Pole, I think, and throws the crystal into the snow and it forms in a fortress of ice. Inside he meets a vision of his real father, Jor-El, and he tells Clark his real name, his name, the history of Krypton and what his powers are. He then gets a really dated but iconic super suit which looks kinda dated, but it's probably the best of all the Superman live action movies. Look.

So he flies to a city called Metropolis and gets a job as a reporter at the newspaper place called the Daily Planet where he meets new friends like Jimmy Olsen and future love interest, Lois Lane. While that's going on, a man named Lex Luthor, played by Gene Hackman, plan to do some stuff that I couldn't understand. Anyway, one night, a helicopter that Lois is in begins to fall but Clark turns into Superman and saves her revealing himself to the world. And the rest I won't spoil. So let's go over the good stuff. Firstly, all the cast is perfect, like Marlin Brando as Jor-El, Gene Hackman as Lex Luther, but the best is Christopher Reeves as Superman. He manages to capture the nice and kind-hearted side of Superman while also being a very convincing dorky Clark Kent. He nails all of them. The special effects still hold up for the time. They even manage to pull the audience in even more by killing off Lois Lane at the end only to have Superman fly so fast around the world and that he goes back in time and save her. Even the climax was a lot of fun with trying to get to Lex Luthor and trying to stop the missiles. So yeah, the fact that this was the first real comic book movie is really a huge achievement and it is really, really good. I especially like the look of the film. Yeah, you can tell it's the 70's but you can't tell from the good way it looks. And the ending is a really happy ending. It puts a smile on your face. The entire film actually makes you smile. So yes, it's a great film and definitely check it out if you have the time.
So he flies to a city called Metropolis and gets a job as a reporter at the newspaper place called the Daily Planet where he meets new friends like Jimmy Olsen and future love interest, Lois Lane. While that's going on, a man named Lex Luthor, played by Gene Hackman, plan to do some stuff that I couldn't understand. Anyway, one night, a helicopter that Lois is in begins to fall but Clark turns into Superman and saves her revealing himself to the world. And the rest I won't spoil. So let's go over the good stuff. Firstly, all the cast is perfect, like Marlin Brando as Jor-El, Gene Hackman as Lex Luther, but the best is Christopher Reeves as Superman. He manages to capture the nice and kind-hearted side of Superman while also being a very convincing dorky Clark Kent. He nails all of them. The special effects still hold up for the time. They even manage to pull the audience in even more by killing off Lois Lane at the end only to have Superman fly so fast around the world and that he goes back in time and save her. Even the climax was a lot of fun with trying to get to Lex Luthor and trying to stop the missiles. So yeah, the fact that this was the first real comic book movie is really a huge achievement and it is really, really good. I especially like the look of the film. Yeah, you can tell it's the 70's but you can't tell from the good way it looks. And the ending is a really happy ending. It puts a smile on your face. The entire film actually makes you smile. So yes, it's a great film and definitely check it out if you have the time.
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
So out of all the Fantastic 4 movies, this is the one that I actually do consider to be good. I do know the problems but I do still really like it. And even the people who don't like it even admit that there's good things in it and that it's better than the last one. What's the story? So Reed and Sue are getting married and while that's going on, a creature from outer space called the Silver Surfer comes to earth and starts making craters. At one point he flies over Dr. Doom's mansion where his dead body is placed in a crate. When he flies over, his energy causes Doom to come back to life. That's actually one of the things I like about this. It's that in the scenes where we cut back to him and see him doing his thing and trying to get the mask off and monitoring the Surfer and he's in the shadows, I think those scenes are cool. Anyway, so a general asks Reed to build a sensor to monitor the Surfer but he refuses because he's going to get married but behind everyone's back, he begins to build it. Ben and Johnny find out and promise to keep it secret. During the wedding, the Surfer flies by and crashes everything. Johnny follows him but the Surfer grabs him and somehow gives him the ability to swap powers with the others. Somewhere in Greenland, Doom tries to talk to him but the Surfer shoots him with a blast of energy which begins to make his skin go back to normal. The Fantastic 4 then go to London where the Surfer is and he makes another crater in the sea. The general yells at them for failing so he says that Doom will help them. They're all shocked seeing how he died in the last one and he tried to kill the 4 of them. And the rest, I won't spoil. So let me go over the flaws I have with it. Firstly even though I thought bringing Dr. Doom was a little pointless, even though I do think he's a tiny bit better here than the first one. Not perfect but still better than the first. And the biggest problem I have with this movie is Galactus. This is like the way they portrayed Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This is a huge problem. Galactus is one of the greatest Marvel villains ever and in fact, I should of put him on my top 5 Marvel villains list. Here though... he's just a cloud. I'm serious. One of the coolest Marvel characters ever who's supposed to look like this...

Instead looks like this...

But, now let's get to the stuff I liked. The action in this is way better. Not just because there's more but just from the fact that it looks really good. Another thing that's really good is the Surfer himself. He looks awesome.

And the actor they got to play him is really good. And something else I liked in this that the last one was, was that this movie wasn't boring like the last one. I was interested right from the start. Also, Chris Evans who played Johnny here also played Captain America in the M.C.U, and, yeah I think he does a good job here. Obviously his portrayal as Cap is a lot better, especially sense his Cap one is one of my favourite superhero portrayals ever, but he's fun to watch here too. So yeah, the film does have a lot of problems and in the end, probably doesn't really work. But I still like it and I think that out of all the Fantastic 4 movies, this is the best. Yeah, they are all bad, but I think this one is O.K. I do think it's good and if you don't want to watch it, that's fine I do understand. But me personally, I think you should watch it.
Instead looks like this...
But, now let's get to the stuff I liked. The action in this is way better. Not just because there's more but just from the fact that it looks really good. Another thing that's really good is the Surfer himself. He looks awesome.

And the actor they got to play him is really good. And something else I liked in this that the last one was, was that this movie wasn't boring like the last one. I was interested right from the start. Also, Chris Evans who played Johnny here also played Captain America in the M.C.U, and, yeah I think he does a good job here. Obviously his portrayal as Cap is a lot better, especially sense his Cap one is one of my favourite superhero portrayals ever, but he's fun to watch here too. So yeah, the film does have a lot of problems and in the end, probably doesn't really work. But I still like it and I think that out of all the Fantastic 4 movies, this is the best. Yeah, they are all bad, but I think this one is O.K. I do think it's good and if you don't want to watch it, that's fine I do understand. But me personally, I think you should watch it.
Fantastic 4
Here I'm going to review the original 2 Fantastic 4 movies. I'm not going to be talking about the one that came out last year because everyone's said it sucks and was the second worst film of 2015 and I agree. It sucked so hard. I already talked about these two movies before in my top 10 movies I like but everyone else hates list. I also acknowledge that there are lots of problems but, for some reason, I kinda enjoy them. Especially the second one. And apparently when Stan Lee wrote the Fantastic 4 comics, they were supposed to be a failure. No, really. Apparently he was writing some kid friendly stories for comics and they weren't doing so good. So as it went on, Stan wanted to do something that would get him fired because at that point he wanted to retire but he sold them, they were turning out to be a big success and that's when he started writing other heroes like Hulk, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, the X-Men and the others. So yeah, the Fantastic 4 is the reason we got all the other great Marvel heroes. What's the story? It starts off with Reed Richards and Ben Grimm going to visit a man named Victor Von Doom. He tells them that he's going to be taking a ship up to space and they agree to go with them. Along with them is Sue Storm, Victor's girlfriend and her brother named Johnny Storm, played by Chris Evans. They do and when do, they get hit by a cosmic ray which gives them all powers. Reed can stretch his body like an elastic band, Sue can turn invisible and create force fields, Johnny turn on fire and shoot fire and Ben's body turned into rock and strength. So through most of the movie they're trying to fit into the real world with these powers and Reed is trying to make a machine to turn them back to normal. And that's it. Yeah that's the biggest problem everyone has wit this movie that I have to admit I have too. There's barely any action and we barely see Doctor Doom. And yeah Doctor Doom isn't played that good here. We mostly just watch them trying to fit in. That's the movie. And it is boring when we see that the only action is at the end and it's not that long. But everyone, whether they're doing a good job or not, look the part. Everyone looks great. This what you would imagine the Fantastic 4 would look like in a live action movie.


Yeah I do admit that the Doctor Doom mask does look a little lame and a little cartoony, but at least it's better looking than the one we saw in the new movie. That one looked terrible. See.

Absolutely horrendous. And yeah, like everyone, I really wish Fox would give the Fantastic 4 rights back to Marvel so they can include it in the M.C.U because we all know they'd be able to make the Fantastic 4 movies good. And because of the 2015 version, that makes 4 Fantastic 4 movies that were considered bad. I don't mind this one and the Rise of the Silver Surfer one but everyone else hates them. And when I say there's been 4 of them, there was another one that was made in the 90's that was also garbage. Even Stan Lee admits it was bad. And he said that, that means it's awful. So for this movie, I don't think it's as bad as everyone says but is bad. I'd say skip it.
Yeah I do admit that the Doctor Doom mask does look a little lame and a little cartoony, but at least it's better looking than the one we saw in the new movie. That one looked terrible. See.
Absolutely horrendous. And yeah, like everyone, I really wish Fox would give the Fantastic 4 rights back to Marvel so they can include it in the M.C.U because we all know they'd be able to make the Fantastic 4 movies good. And because of the 2015 version, that makes 4 Fantastic 4 movies that were considered bad. I don't mind this one and the Rise of the Silver Surfer one but everyone else hates them. And when I say there's been 4 of them, there was another one that was made in the 90's that was also garbage. Even Stan Lee admits it was bad. And he said that, that means it's awful. So for this movie, I don't think it's as bad as everyone says but is bad. I'd say skip it.
Tron
Next to Pirates of the Caribbean, Tron is another one of my favourite Disney live action movies that was also in Kingdom Hearts. The first time I saw this was a few years ago with my brother. And, just like the first Pirates movie, I really loved it. What's the story? Well actually this one has a complicated plot as well. So there's this guy named Flynn played by Jeff Bridges, who was part of a company called Encom who had an idea for a video game called Space Paranoids. But another person named Dillinger stole the idea and made millions off of it and was given the job of manager of Encom and he fired Flynn so he couldn't tell anyone. So it's been 2 years since that happened and Flynn is looking for anything in the internet that can help prove that he invented the game first. He plans to do so by using his program named CLU. Apparently in the internet programs are people inside computers. But one day, Dillinger and his programme called the M.C.P (Master Control Program) realise what Flynn is up to and decide to shut down everyone from their programmes so they can't talk to them. But one employee from Encom named Alan is annoyed at this because he was creating a new program named Tron, which was going to help everyone but now that Dillinger shut him out, he can't finish it. So Alan meets another employee and one of him friends named Laura who also has a program. They go to Flynn's place and he tells them what he's been up to. They then make an idea. They get Flynn inside and he'll be able to by pass it and instead of having them use a group 7 access, they'll be able to use a group 6 access. They do but the M.C.P ties to stop him and he uses a laser to suck Flynn into the world of computers and tries to fit in to survive in games set by Sark, Dillinger's other program. And while there Flynn meets 2 new friends named Ram and Tron. Tron is Alan's program who's a security program to stop anyone, especially Dillinger getting too much information. The 3 of them manage to escape and now they have to find a way to get to the M.C.P and destroy him and put the computer world back to normal. So now let me go over the hundreds of things I liked. I really like all the characters. The story is quite interesting and very entertain. The adventure that happens is really fun. The look of the film is unbelievable, even for back in 1982. I mean really. This film has a design that is all it's own. Just look at it.


Yes, it may be a little dated but you don't really care because it looks so nice and it designed so nicely and it is so unique. The camerawork supports that When it shot in the human world and the computer world. If you take a part the fact that you can't follow the story that much the first time you see it, you can really appreciate this movie for the fact that it is really smart and really clever. Truth be told, I think I like this movie almost as much as I like the first Pirates movie. Unfortunately, it wasn't that big a hit when it first came out. But later on, people began picking up on it. Because it is a really good movie. So yeah, definitely check it out. It is a really great film.
Yes, it may be a little dated but you don't really care because it looks so nice and it designed so nicely and it is so unique. The camerawork supports that When it shot in the human world and the computer world. If you take a part the fact that you can't follow the story that much the first time you see it, you can really appreciate this movie for the fact that it is really smart and really clever. Truth be told, I think I like this movie almost as much as I like the first Pirates movie. Unfortunately, it wasn't that big a hit when it first came out. But later on, people began picking up on it. Because it is a really good movie. So yeah, definitely check it out. It is a really great film.
Saturday, 23 January 2016
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
This is the last of all the Pirate movies. Well not really, because there's supposed to be another one out soon. And out of all of them, this is the most hated. To be honest, this is my second favourite Pirates movie. Even though I do understand why people don't like it. But out of al of the sequels, this is the one that's probably the most easiest to understand. Yes, there is 1 or 2 things that are kinda complicated, but it's not as bad as the other 2. And watching this film, I found it to be better than the last 2. Not even close to being better than the first but I still enjoyed myself and when I saw it, I said thank-you because I finally got a Pirates movie I wanted. And also, this was the only Pirates movie I saw in the cinema with my brother and sister. What's the story? So Jack is in London trying to free Gibbs from being arrested because people think that he's Jack. He eventually does but then they both get caught. People are saying Jack is putting together a crew but he doesn't know what they're talking about. Barbossa then arrives and tells Jack that he lost the Black Pearl which of course makes Jack angry at him. After a pretty cool chase scene, Jack meets his dad again, yeah we see his dad in the third one, and he tells him some advice that will help him get to the Fountain of Youth and how to make it work. Apparently you need 2 special challises and use a mermaid's tear in one of them and if you drink the one from the one with the tear in it you'll live forever but if you drink the one that doesn't, you'll die. So there needs to be 2 people to make it work. At the same pub they're talking at, Jack meets a person who's been posing as him and they have a sword fight and it turns out that it's just a person named Angelica who Jack used to know. They talk for a bit and she tells him that her father is Blackbeard and that he's searching for the Fountain of Youth as well. The next day, Jack and a few others are brought on board Blackbeard's ship and that night they make a plan to take over the ship and defeat Blackbeard's mutant crew. They eventually do until Blackbeard himself comes on deck and stops them with his sword that has the power to control everything on the ship. He and Jack talk and Blackbeard reveals that he has a Jack Voodoo doll and unless he wants to stay alive from it not getting harmed, he'll help Blackbeard get to the fountain. And the rest I won't spoil. So let's go over the few problems I have with the film. Firstly, I didn't like the few complicated things in this, like there's a scene where Jack and the others have to some stuff to capture a mermaid, and yeah, something about the way something happens during that scene happens, it just comes across as something you can't understand that good. Another thing I didn't like was something that happens during the climax where, I won't spoil, but something just happens and it just sorta comes out of nowhere. And now, what I did like. Firstly the action in this is incredible creative, incredibly funny and each one advances the story in someway. Jack himself is better than he was in the last 2. Not better than the first but still fine. The adventure as well is fun when they're moving and heading trying to find the fountain. And there's a scene that happens that takes place in an old ship with Jack and Barbossa and that was pretty funny and they did do some cool things with it. So yeah, the first film is still the best one of all of them but I still like this one. I can't really say it's good, but it has good things in it. Some of the best out of all of the Pirates movies. With the last 2. It felt like they were kinda pointless. This one kinda is too but I still stand by it as the second best out of all of them. I wouldn't recommend it but I don't think it's as bad as everyone says.
Pirates of the Carribbean: At Worlds End
So out of all the Pirate movies, this is the one that has the most complicated out of all of them. And that's saying a lot given the fact that all the sequels are complicated. So I'll try my best to tell this story. What's the story? So apparently Tia Dalma has brought Barbossa back to life and now everyone is going to a place called Singapore to get a map from a guy named Sao Fang that will lead them to where Davy Jones Locker. A beach like area place where Jack was placed in the last movie. Which makes no sense because he was eaten at the end of the last movie by then Kraken so he should really be dead. I don't know, maybe there's a reason for it, but it's so complicated I couldn't follow or understand it. Anyway, they do and while that's going on, Becket murders Elizabeth's dad. The others eventually get to Davy Jones Locker and get Jack out. And apparently they're not in their world and when they figure that out, they rock the ship until it flips over and because when the sun sets and they're somehow back. Yeah, I don't get it either. Elizabeth then tells Jack that all Pirate lords are gathering to fight Becket and that he should help fight him too. They then go to an island where they find that the Kraken is dead and they find a dead man who was in Singapore. They then see Sao Fang's ship coming towards theirs. And that's it. The rest is stuff that I don't get or couldn't follow. So let's go over the 1 or 2 things I liked. The action in this is the best in all the movies. The best one being the climax with everyone on the Black Pearl against everyone on the Flying Dutchman. And the cast is still good and they're still some fun scenes and funny scenes. Johnny Depp as well is fun as Jack. And that's it. So now let's go over the problems. The story in this is the most complicated. You can barely understand one thing that's going on. And even just the look of it isn't that pleasant to look at. And most characters are unneeded like Sao Fang and a few other. And it being so needlessly dark, and confusing and weird and just not that much fun. With the first movie it was easy to understand. Evil pirates just wanted to lift a curse. With these last 2 films, it's so all over the place and I forget what the stories are. So yeah, it's not a good film. I personally don't think it's that bad, but it is still bad. Again, I'd say skip it.
Friday, 22 January 2016
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
So after the big hit with the first Pirates movie, Disney decided to make more. And the amount of people always say that the sequels are not very good and, yeah. Even though I do like the sequels a little, I can't deny the fact that the sequels aren't very good. What's the story? It starts with Jack escaping a jail in a coffin and makes it back to the Black Pearl. It turns out he stole a picture of a key on it. He shows his crew and they decide to go find it. Will and Elizabeth on the other hand are in Port Royal and are placed under arrest by some guy named "Becket" for helping Jack in the last movie. Becket and Will talk and he tells Will that if he brings him Jack's compass to him, he'll release him and Elizabeth. So Will sets off to try and find Jack and ask for the compass. That night Jack meets Will's father on the Black Pearl and he tells Jack that "Davy Jones" is after him because he raised the Black Pearl from the depth of the sea for Jack and in exchange Jack would do something for him. But it's been over 15 years and he hasn't done it so now Davy Jones is going to try to use a creature call the Kraken to drag the Black Pearl down again with Jack on it. Jack then has his crew land the ship somewhere. In the next few days Will goes to an Island and finds a bunch of natives and Jack who's now their leader. Will is put in a cage with Gibbs and the other crew members and apparently the natives are planning on eating Jack. So Jack tries to escape, which I really don't get. And by that I mean, how does he know they're going to eat him? Anyway, they eventually escape and try to find a woman named Tia Dalma. She explains that the key Jack is looking for actually unlocks a chest and inside the chest is Davy Jones' heart. He cut it out and put in there. Apparently he was given the duty of guarding the souls of the dead but he left so he could be with Tia Dalma but when he came back, she wasn't there. Tia Dalma then gives Jack a jar of dirt because Davy Jones can't step on land for 10 years and if he does, he'll still to it. So if Jack throws it on him, he won't be able to move. And the I won't spoil because to be honest, I have no idea about what happens for the rest of the movie. So, yeah, sorry for making the story sound long but that's the way it can be told. That's the biggest problem people have with the sequels that I have too. That being that the stories are so complicated. And this one was already pretty complicated but it's not the most complicated. That's the next one. I could barely follow anything in that movie. So lets go over the few good things in this. The action is once again spot on. The best one being the sword fight between Jack, Will and another guy named "Norrinton" inside a huge water mill wheel. The choreography there is just unbelievable And again, the cast do do great jobs, but here's where the problems start. There was no need to bring back Will and Elizabeth. And even though I do really like Jack, he's really over used. Plus, remember that scene with the natives, it goes on forever. There is no need for it. It doesn't connect to the plot and they need bring it up again. It goes on for almost a half hour. And yeah, even though Davy Jones is cool with a really cool design, we barely see him. You could cut out the scene with the natives and replace it with more scenes with Davy Jones. And plus, there's another scene where Will meets his father and it is so boring. Sure, it's important but it's boring. I feel like a lot of this was like Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi. With the native scene being like the opening Jabba the Hutt scene. But what I really liked from that was that there was a lot of stuff going on and there was a lot of things happening and the characters were interesting and there was a lot of action and it was important to the plot. Here it's not. I can barely remember anything that happens there. And even the climax seems anti-climatic. You expect the ending to have a really huge and epic feel. And it does a little, but no, it's mostly just pushed to the side for some scenes that no one really cares about. So yeah. The film does have a lot of problems and really doesn't work. It's like Iron Man 2 where the cast is great and so is the action but the plot is all over the place and some things aren't told very good. And out of all the Pirates movies, this is my least favourite out of all of them. It's forgettable, it's dull and I don't even think that it's that creative. I'd say skip it.
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