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Two years ago, the first Iron Man movie was released, becoming a surprise critical and commercial success. So, naturally, a sequel was inevitable. The question was, can the sequel fulfill what seems to be the code for comic book movies, and top the first? The answer: Not quite. But that is not to say it was a bad movie at all. It just falls short of great. One of the main issues of the movie was the pacing. There were many points where it lagged, leaving you simply waiting for the next scene. It just felt a little padded out. It just didn't feel as well put together as the first.

Of course, the movie had many good points as well, including Robert Downey Jr pulling out his charisma again as Tony Stark and Mickey Rourke embracing his dark side to play a pretty good villain. Not to mention Don Cheadle doing a fine job stepping into the role of Rhodey that Terrence Howard playing in the first, with this time the character having a much bigger and better role. When the action scenes do finally arrive, they are generally a whole lot of fun, with the exception of the big villain fight, which was sadly very anti-climactic. A big complaint from some people about the first movie was that it had a disappointing villain with a mediocre final fight. Well, Iron Man 2 had a really cool villain, but an even more mediocre final fight. The visual effects were just as good as the first film, but also seemed to be used a lot less.

Also joining the cast list was the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell and the director Jon Favreau, as Natalie Rushman, Justin Hammer and Happy Hogan respectively. Johansson did a decent job, not bringing a whole lot to the role, but basically all that was needed for the character. Favreau being in the movie was pretty unnecessary, with his character being basically the same sort of offsider that Favreau played in Daredevil. As Justin Hammer, Rockwell did well playing a sleazy Stark competitor.

In closing, the movie is worth checking out, but make sure you don't go in expecting the first movie again. I personally enjoyed myself, despite feeling occasionally bored. I feel that it was the sort of movie that will seem better on repeat viewings, when I'm not just waiting to see when they will give us another action scene. Not that I am only interested in action scenes, it's just that as I said before, certain parts of the movie just lagged a little too long.

As far as entries in the Dragon Ball universe go, this one is kind of unique. Taking place in the alternate future of Trunks, a world torn apart by the merciless Artificial Humans, where almost all the warriors are gone, along with the Dragon Balls, and nearly all hope. Only two warriors remain, Gohan, now a grown man, continuing the legacy of his father, and Trunks, the teenage son of Vegeta and Bulma, who is training in hopes of becoming a Super Saiya-jin.

What makes this movie truly unique in terms of the Dragon Ball franchise, is that death has a lot more meaning here. The majority of the time in the series, when a character dies, it's kind of hard to get emotional about it, because you know as long as the Dragon Balls are around, they will likely be all right in the end. This fantastic TV special shows us what would happen without them. There is also no Goku, save for a small scene of him dying from a heart virus at the start.

With a run time of only about 50 minutes, there is not a whole lot of time to go into too much depth, but it definitely tells you the story that it intends in that time, fitting a fair amount of story into it. We get several of most intense fight scenes of the whole series, which probably owes to the short length, since they wasted no time on time filling power up scenes, as the main series often did.

As usual the voice acting (Japanese) is of a high quality, with Nozawa's voice give adult Gohan a newfound maturity, and Takeshi Kusao plays Trunks well. As far as villains go, Artificial Humans #17 and #18 are brilliantly malicious and evil, treating humans as mere toys for their enjoyment. Being a TV Special, the animation is pretty much at the same standard set by the series, not bad in any sense, but far from groundbreaking.

In the end, the special definitely has a lot to offer, and fans of the series should definitely love it. There is plenty of intensity and emotion, and many memorable scenes. The special portrays Gohan in a new light, very different from his usual timid nature, which has seemed to annoy some fans. Despite being a TV special, it remains one of my favourite parts of the series, which is rare for material that hasn't come from Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama. I'd call this one Toei Animation's greatest achievements in the Dragon Ball franchise.

First of all, I have no idea if the director's intent was to make this movie as laughably brilliant as it is. I'd like to say yes, but who knows. Maybe he wanted to make a serious movie with a lot of violence. To be honest, I kind of doubt it. Either way, there's no way I can argue with the endlessly entertaining end result. A ridiculous orgy of overacting, over the top violence and martial arts. The kind of movie you would get if Bruce Lee starred in Bad Taste. If this sounds good to you, don't even bother reading the rest of the review, go out and find the movie now.

The movie is filled with cheesy gore galore. It contains pretty much every form of violence you could ever think to put into a movie. I won't go into any detail, since every gory scene is so… imaginative (for lack of a better word), that to give any details of them away would definitely take away from the surprise and the sheer entertainment of these ridiculous scenes. But of course, none of this means anything without a certain quality of acting…and I don't mean a good one. Luckily, there isn't a quality actor in sight! Fan Siu Wong fills every scene with his over the top mannerisms and laughable emotions. It truly deserves to stand alongside the likes of The Evil Dead and Bad Taste.

I would call the character of Ricky one-dimensional, if his character had any consistency at all. One minute he'll be punching holes in villains begging for mercy, the next he will be claiming that he does not wish to hurt anyone. But in a movie like this, does it really matter? In the end, if you're a fan of Asian cinema, or stupid amounts of gore, or like me, both, you really don't have to look any further. Get a bunch of friends together, grab the DVD and have yourself one hell of a good time. Low budget gut spilling at its best.

It is a pretty interesting situation this game has... the movie (which I actually have not yet seen, so am not going to judge) received very mixed reception, whereas the movie tie-in, which in general are notorious for being thrown together quickly to be released in time for the movie, seems to be receiving unanimous acclaim. After playing it, it's really not that hard to see why. In the first minute of the game you will realise, this was not a game made for the Wolverine movie, this is a game made from the Wolverine character. You will dismember, disembowel, be-head and just cause a large amount of pain all around on your travels through the game. There is enough blood and gore to satisfy the most "hardcore" of Wolverine fans. I'm not one of the people who thinks adding gore is a good way to cover up a game's flaws, but in this case, it is. There are plenty of flaws, but most of the game you will be too absorbed in the coolness of it all to care.

Words can not describe how satisfying it is to slice your way through mass amounts of bad guys in so many different ways. Want your enemies blended? You can do that. Want to pop of an enemy's head like a pimple? It's gonna happen. It's just a game that gives you a great sense of power. Great for those of us who have a bit of low self esteem! Forget drinking your problems away, slice them away through Wolvie! (Remember people, violence may be fun in video games, but it is never cool in real life... so don't be a fool. The More You Know). And this sense of power is evident from the start... wait until you really start to level up! The amount of power you have can sometimes make the game a little easy, and the automatic healing ability helps a lot as well, but there are still some pretty challenging parts and as I have said before (and I can not stress this enough) the GAME IS FUN! When I was playing it, I wasn't thinking "This is too easy," I was thinking "This is too cool!

From a technical point of view, the game is really nothing special... there are little bugs around, like amazing disappearing and reappearing clothed... apparently Wolverine can regenerate a singlet, but it will take him a lot longer than actual skin. The graphics are also nothing special, except in the major cut-scenes in which they were amazing. There were a lot of video game clichés, like platforms that move for no apparent reason and stuff like that. The game's story is nothing fantastic, jumping back and forth a little, but it contained enough fan-service to keep me entertained. Another thing that added to the quality of the game was the voice acting, which was very well done, and I felt Hugh Jackman sounded more like Wolverine in the game than he did in the movie (not that I don't love him in the movies). Also, the controls in the game are very easy and will become intuitive after just a short time of playing.

Apparently a sequel to the movie has been green-lit... as I have not seen the movie, I don't know whether I'm excited or not. One thing I do know is that I desperately hope that Raven decides to do the tie-in game for that as well, so the nerdy heart may smile again.

This is another one of those movies I didn't expect to get as much out of as I did. I'm generally not into biopic movies and stuff like that. I mostly bought the movie for two reasons. The first is that I'm collection the Top 250 on DVD, and the second is that I'm a fan of Johnny Depp and Tim Burton (no, not one of those fans who think he's god because they think he directed The Nightmare Before Christmas, I'm the kind of fan who watched movies like Beetlejuice and Mars Attacks! when I was a kid. I was very happily surprised at how much I loved it.

So why do I love it so much? Well, even I'm not 100% sure of that. I guess it mostly comes down to how much I liked seeing the story of a man that was so genuine… a man who wanted to make movies because it's what he wanted to do, not because there was so much money in it. The fact that it's brilliantly quirky and fun definitely would have helped. It also had the great acting behind it, with Johnny Depp doing a great job as the awful director, Edward D. Wood Jr., and Martin Landau doing an absolutely awesome job as horror legend Bela Lugosi.

I can't tell you how accurately it portrays Wood. I don't know much about him outside this movie, and I haven't seen much of his work (other than Bride of the Monster). It's clear that the movie is biased towards Wood, but that doesn't stop the movie from being incredibly entertaining, wonderfully weird and just very well made overall. It has a great score as well! In the end, it's just a very pleasant movie that I instantly fell in love with.

I never expected to love this movie as much as I did! I basically bought the movie because I found it real cheap and was curious, and because I'm trying to get every movie on the Top 250. I didn't expect to get much out of it, since it didn't really seem like my kind of movie. After watching it, I realised how wrong I was. It was an absolutely beautiful movie, and really pulled at my heartstrings (although, as I've said in one of my other reviews, I'm an absolute sucker for emotional stuff like this). I won't go into too much detail about the plot, in case you don't know what it is, since it's a great experience going in not knowing about the plot. I'll simply say that it is a great portrayal of what one man can do without even realising it. Jimmy Stewart is in the starring role as the lovable George Bailey, a role that he is charming in. Some of the movie may seem a little corny by today's standards, but don't let that turn you off! It is also probably one of the most thought provoking movies I've ever seen as well. After watching it, I found myself thinking of what effect my own life has had on others, whether I could make a difference in anyone's life. It's the sort of movie that makes you want to be a better person. The movie is brilliant, and I'm glad I gave it a chance. It currently tops my Top 50 movies list, which is funny, considering how it doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of them. I've even been accused of faking my love for the movie! This is definitely a movie that needs to be seen. I've never seen anything else like it.

This is the first movie in what I consider the second trilogy of Muppet movies. The first trilogy consists of The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper and Muppets Take Manhattan. The second trilogy consists of The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island and Muppets From Space. What separates these trilogies has nothing to do with plots and such, as the movies don't really have much connection with each other, other than the fact that they of course contain the Muppets. What separates them is the fact that the first trilogy was made before the tragic death of the Muppet creator, Jim Henson, and the second was made afterward. Being the first movie made completely without Henson, and I really have to say, they handled it very well. The movie was directed by Jim Henson's son, Brian Henson, and he really filled his father's shoes well. They also had to use a new voice for Kermit the Frog, Jim Henson's most well known role, and also the other Muppets he voices. Taking over the role as Kermit was Steve Whitmire, who I believe did a fantastic job keeping the character alive.

As the title suggests, the movie is yet another adaption of Charles Dickens' famous story A Christmas Carol. Various characters are portrayed by Muppets, while several characters are portrayed by actual actors, with the key role of Ebenezer Scrooge being played by the brilliant Michael Caine. He did a great job, and it's my favourite role of his. That's partly what makes this movie interesting… all Muppet movies before this one were all about the Muppet characters, with human characters in more supporting roles. This movie focuses on a human character, with Muppets in supporting roles (not counting Gonzo as Charles Dickens narrating the movie). Kermit the Frog plays Scrooge's kind hearted assistant, Bob Cratchit, Miss Piggy plays his wife and Robin the Frog plays Tiny Tim.

Part of what I love about this movie is how well they are able to keep the fun of the Muppets, yet still tell a heart-warming story of A Christmas Carol. There are scenes in the movie where I honestly get a little emotional… but I am a big sook with stuff like this! I think that this the effort put in by Caine contributed a great deal to the emotional side of the movie. I think, if played by another actor, the end result may not have been as good. That's not to say it's not a well made movie overall, it's great! I'd have to say, my favourite parts of the movie would have to be some of the songs. They're catchy, and I often find myself singing them. My favourite is probably Marley and Marley, performed by the characters Waldorf and Statler (both with different performers, due to the death of Henson and also Richard Hunt, who died in 1991).

If you have children, or if you want to feel like a kid again, you must get this movie, as it is a must see, especially over the Christmas holidays (a time when it was shown each year for a while when I was little). The movie actually makes my Top 50, along with The Muppet Movie and Muppets Take Manhattan (and also Labyrinth, if you want more puppet fun). I've actually caught flack for having them on my list, but it really doesn't matter. I love the movie, and I make absolutely no apologies for it!

I think the selling point of this game was just how similar the gameplay was to the classic Sonic the Hedgehog games. Run through (mostly) 2D environments, jumping on enemies and such. They even introduced a new Boost system that was really cool. But the issue I have with this game is that it doesn't seem like they put enough effort into making the game fun. And that's not exactly my only issue. Anyway, when I say that they didn't work hard enough at making the game fun, I mean that there aren't enough areas where you can run really fast free from enemies, like the older games had. There always seemed to be enemies placed in areas that you are made to assume are for experiencing the speed side of the games. You find yourself running into enemies without seeing them coming. There are just some really irritating enemy placements in the game. Add that to an overload of bottomless pits and other obstacles that will just make you die a little inside every time you die in the game.

The bosses are fairly generic, making you dodge their attacks until they give you an opening to take down one of their eight health points. What makes the boss battles even worse is you have either Cream or Tails at the bottom cheering for you, and making comments every time you get hit or hit the enemy. It was just completely unnecessary to have them there. There was only really one boss battle that was actually that fun, and it was one of the last ones. I liked the bonus rounds of the game, where you use your DS stylus to collect rings in a Sonic 2 Bonus Stage type environment. This could also get frustrating at times with the obstacles, but all in all, the stages were pretty good.

The music in the game was not good. It went for a very "funky" style of music that just doesn't fit with a Sonic game. It lacked any of the charm the older Sonic music had, and it was just plain annoying. The storyline of the game wasn't much to talk about either, but in the end, I don't play Sonic games for their story, I play them to have fun. I just wish I could have had a bit more fun playing this game. I mean, it would be a lie if I said I didn't have any fun playing the game at all, it's just that by the end, I was playing the game because I wanted to beat it, not because I enjoyed playing it. It's just that it was a game that was so easy to get frustrated with. There were times when I just felt that the people who made the game wanted to see me suffer! In the end, it's far from a bad game, and it was a step in the right directions for Sonic games, but there was a lot of room for improvement. Luckily, they made use of that room for improvement for the sequel, Sonic Rush Adventure. For more on my views of that game, check out my review for it.

As a lifelong Sonic fan, I never regretted buying Sonic Rush, and I liked the gameplay enough to spend money again on the sequel... although that was in part due to the fact that I had already heard that they had made improvements. But I probably would have bought it anyway.

The marketing for this movie basically wrote itself. Martial arts superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li starring in a movie together at last! The movie poster caught my attention as a kung fu lover straight away. I love Jackie Chan! Have since I was a kid. Admittedly, I didn't know much about Jet Li yet, but I knew he was good. But when I watched the movie, I realised that it wasn't exactly what I expected. Li and Chan's roles were basically as supporting characters, albeit extremely important ones, to the fairly unlikeable character of Jason (Michael Angarano, of Sky High fame), a martial arts movie loving American teenager who has been transported to this ancient world, where he must return an ancient staff to the Monkey King, Son Wukong (Jet Li), who is the hero of the old tale Journey to the West. He does this with the help of and old immortal (Jackie Chan), a Monk (also played by Jet Li) and a young girl (Liu Yifei) out for revenge against the villain of the movie, the Jade Warlord (Collin Chou) and his gang. That's all I'm really going to say about the plot.

Now, the problem I have with the character of Jason is not so much that he's some American kid who seems too out of place in the movie, it's more that the character is very flat and uninteresting. There is nothing that really sets him apart from most other teenage movie heroes (including his own character from Sky High). A lot of his scenes in the movie are cringe worthy, and he brings the movie down a little. Although, it's not all bad, he does actually have some pretty cool action scenes of his own, so he's almost made worthwhile there. It's kind of hard to tell how well he was acted, since it seems he doesn't have much to work with. Now, Jackie Chan was awesome as always. His character was a lot of fun to watch on screen, and he brought the same charm he always seems to bring to his movies. Jet Li did a great job as well, both as the Silent Monk and the Monkey King. Chan and Li worked really well together, and had great on screen chemistry. I hope to see them re-teaming for more movies in the future. Liu Yifei didn't really do a bad job playing her character, it's just that the character wasn't really necessary, and only seemed to be there so the group would have a female. Collin Chou played the "paint by numbers" villain decently, as well.

Now, the action scenes are what really bring the movie up to a good level. The great Yuen Woo-ping choreographed the action sequences, which is a big plus, as he was the director of one of my favourite martial arts movies, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, as well as the fantastic Drunken Master. Those are definitely some to check out, if you haven't already. Back to the movie at hand, it had some great fights. The highlight of the movie was easily the long fight between Li and Chan, which made my heart cry out in joy. It was easily my favourite fight scene of 2008. A lot of the action was different to many other martial arts movies, with characters using magic and Chi and such to attack, which I really dug.

All in all, it's not exactly a great movie, and there are a few scenes that may make you groan, but there is a lot of great action, as well as a lot of the typical Jackie Chan style humour throughout the movie, with Li showing a more comedic side as well, making the movie a lot of fun. If martial arts and such aren't really your thing, than I can safely say you should give this a miss, but if you're into it, then there is a good chance that this movie is worth a watch, if only for watching two kung fu geniuses duke it out.

Now before I start, I just want to make this clear: I adore the original movie. For me, it's one of the definitive horror movies, and is my second favourite horror film, ranking only just behind Dawn of the Dead (Sorry Michael, I just love them zombies). I was kind of disappointed to hear they were remaking it, but was still looking forward to seeing the movie, as I generally am. Remaking Halloween was a move that was always going to cheese off a lot of fans of the original. It was unavoidable. But I can respect this movie, due to the fact that I could tell Rob Zombie had a direction he wanted to take the story in, rather than just a straight up remake, made only to make a tidy profit. And yes, I do understand that the direction it was taken in really missed the point of the original. As Zombie said himself, he set out to make Myers similar to the likes of the Wolfman and Frankenstein, a sort of sympathetic character. So, they've given him a face and a back-story. It's not something they should have done, because what made the original so scary was that to us, Myers was nothing more than a mask, a shape, a figure of nothingness. To make us feel sorry for him is not such a good thing. But at least it's easy to view as an alternate story, rather than a canonical past for Michael Myers. Had it been a sequel, there may have been issues there, even though I don't really consider most the sequels to the original canon. The last thing we needed was another Halloween Resurrection. Ugh.

So, regarding all that, I figure I will do the rest of the review treating this as a stand alone movie, and try to avoid any more comparisons to the original, since it's just too dang hard to compete with. Alright, one more comparison... There was too much grunting and moaning from Tyler Mane's Myers. He was scary because he was silent in the original. Sorry... I'm done now.

The back-story given to Myers was not a very revolutionary concept. Just a kid having a rough childhood and such. It wasn't really that bad. It had some pretty cool moments, and the kid who played young Myers didn't do such a bad job. He was portrayed as a little too much of a Momma's Boy for my tastes, but I guess that's what they wanted him to be. I guess in the end, he did well for the role he was playing. He was shown to be more mentally unbalanced that downright evil, which again, was the direction they stated they wanted to go with. The parts of the movie with Myers childhood started off a little lame, but gradually got better, especially when we started getting some gnarly kills. Sheri Moon Zombie did a pretty good job as Michael's mother, when she wasn't shouting and swearing in an over the top manner.

After the "prequel" sort of scenes, the movie became more of a remake of the original, except with plenty of little tweaks made to the story. Overall, I preferred this section of the movie over the prequel-like scenes. Tyler Mane did a good job playing the serial killer... I won't say he did a good job playing Michael Myers, since he was very different. Mane's Myers was much more.... angry. He would wreck stuff and throw things to get to his target, rather than just lurk in the shadows. Oops, does that count as a comparison? Sorry! But yeah, I guess what I mean is, he did well playing the dangerous, powerful killer that he was meant to play in the movie. He wasn't extremely scary, but he was pretty cool. Kind of like the movie itself. I know that may not seem good enough for some people, but it was all I was willing to hope for when seeing the movie. It was good to see Brad Dourif in the movie, who is famous for playing another killer I love, Chucky! I also really liked Malcolm McDowell's performance as Dr Samuel Loomis, Michael Myer's psychiatrist. The rest of the acting in the movie was nothing great, typical horror movie stuff.

Overall, I think it was a good slasher movie, which is a genre that I'm really into. As a remake, you will probably hate it, but as it's own movie, I really don't think it's that bad. This is not a fantastic movie, but it's entertaining enough. I am really glad that we are getting a sequel as well, since it will allow the franchise be taken into a different direction, and I look forward to seeing what Rob Zombie does with it. I think it is a good way to revive a franchise that died years ago, and with any hope these new movies will help push people towards the original for years to come.

Let me start off this review by saying that there will be plenty of comparisons to the first Sonic Rush game. If you haven't played that, you may not get as much from this review, but I hope it's still somewhat informative. There will also be some comparisons to the classic Sonic games. If you haven't played them, then go do so now. That is an order.

The gameplay in the main levels is basically identical to the predecessor, Sonic Rush, which played a lot like the classic Sonic games, except with some extra abilities, and a new playable character, named Blaze the Cat. Run through the levels with great speed, take out enemies, build up your boost bar (and gain points) by doing tricks. You also get ranked on how well you completed the level, and the better rank you get, the more materials you get to build and upgrade sea vessels, which I will get to soon. Now, while the main level gameplay is mostly unchanged from Sonic Rush, the level design themselves have been vastly improved on. There are less irritating bottomless pits, less enemies that are placed in areas that are made to assume are for running, making them very hard to avoid. Basically, while not an easy game, it seems the people who made Sonic Rush Adventure spent more time thinking of ways to make the game fun, rather than thinking of difficult obstacles as they seemed to with the first game, since the levels are a lot more fun, and even when I was dying, I never reached the level of frustration with the game that I did with Sonic Rush.

As with the first game, each boss has their own level, with one boss for each zone, unlike the earlier Sonic games, which usually had a boss at the end of each act. In this game the boss battles are slightly different. In Sonic Rush, you had to wait for an opening, at which point you had the chance to get in one hit, taking down one of their 8 health points. In this game, the boss has a health bar, which you slowly take down by hitting the boss, often with the chance to hit them multiple times in each opening. I feel this makes the boss battles a whole lot more enjoyable, especially the second boss. I find that one the most fun! Like the main levels, I did not find the boss battles very easy, but I didn't really get frustrated with dying, since they were fun enough that you didn't mind having another go. And also, praise the gaming gods, they got rid of the Tails/Cream on the lower screen cheering for you as you fight. Now the boss battles generally make use of both screens, as the main levels do.

Now we come to the ocean parts of the game. To move to the next level, or various other destinations, you have to navigate sea vessels that you build from materials. With different sea vessels, you will have to navigate through dangerous waters in different ways, fighting off enemies and such, using the Nintendo DS stylus. Sometimes you will even need to race through these waters. Now, the thing about these parts is that they are like a completely different game. There is very little that is "Sonic" about them, but I have to say… I found most of these parts a lot of fun! Sometimes I got annoyed with the racing, and I didn't like using some of the sea vessels, but overall, it didn't bring down the quality of the game, as you would expect a gimmicky sort of thing like Sonic riding a jet ski to.

The game also has 100 missions to do, but there are only a few that are necessary to beat to complete the game. The missions can be fun, but are a little repetitive, seeing as they all involve completing tasks in areas that you have already played several times, which brings me to another downfall of the game. It gets kind of annoying when you have to replay levels several times to get the materials you need to build the sea vessels. The graphics of the game were decent. Nothing special, but good enough for the game it was. Now, a bit of an issue was the music. I was hoping they would have a different style than the first game, but no, they kept the silly "super funky" music. It's not terrible, and isn't that big a deal once you get into the game, but it just doesn't have any of the charm that the background music in the older games had. Another notable improvement over the last game was that you can choose between Sonic and Blaze in the same game, rather than having a separate game for each character.

The storyline was honestly kind of irritating, without much going for it. There's a lot of dialogue that just made the game drag on a little. Luckily, if you are not like me, and don't have to watch every cut scene and read every little bit of dialogue, they do give you the option of skipping them, so it's up to you whether you deal with it. And the rest of the game makes it easy to ignore the bad story. The game has a new character, Marine the Racoon, an energetic young girl. She played a large part in the game, so she was always in the cut scenes and such. She could get a little annoying, but I didn't mind her as much, as far as unnecessary Sonic characters go.

All in all, I'd say the game is a vast improvement over the already pretty good Sonic Rush. I really hope we can get a third game in the series, because it is a fun game, and the similarities to the classic Sonic games should really please the older fans.

Fan buzz has been very negative for this movie. Myself, I have tried to remain positive. But even I, as a very lenient movie watcher has to admit that this really wasn't great. It's not on par with any of the other six movies of the franchise. It wasn't all bad though, and I will tell you what was good and bad about it now.

The animation was a real mixed bag. It had great backgrounds that looked almost like they were taken right out of the movies, then you have these very poorly designed characters. As much as I liked most of the designs on everything but the characters themselves, I couldn't help looking at the animation like a beautiful painting with poo smeared in some spots. You can look at the painting, but it's hard to enjoy it when you can't take your eyes off the poo. It takes away from the potentially awesome animation. They look plastic and stiff, and the facial expressions and lip syncing look like something from a Playstation game from 1999. The voice acting was pretty bad as well, although Christopher Lee did and alright job, and Matt Lanter had a lot more emotion in his voice acting than Hayden had in the entire role.

The dialogue was about as bad as can be. The exchanges between Anakin and his apprentice were all cliché and boring. Not to mention almost all the droids were like copies of Jar Jar Binks. A main problem was that I thought this would focus more on action than it did. That's why I felt all that lame childish stuff wouldn't matter. But it was mostly discussing the problems and treaties and stuff, which was the last thing this movie needed. There was a fair bit of action, but even when they were having awesome lightsaber duals, they felt the need to stop every 4 seconds and talk about stuff that I didn't need to hear, such as why they were having the battle. I wanted to see lightsaber duals on a level that they couldn't manage in a live action movie, and they did not deliver in this way. A lot of the other action was pretty good though, some being very fast moving and intense.

The storyline really didn't consist of much.... just people trying to get Jabba the Hutt on their side, basically. This is not a movie that I think many old Star Wars fans will enjoy, but it may be a movie that helps introduce new people to the franchise, which is always a good thing. This is definitely a movie for the younger audiences, not older people and film critics. It basically just felt like a long TV Show episode, which is basically all it was. It was good for a TV episode, but not for a movie. If the action is as good in the series as it was in the movie (and hopefully there will be more), then I will be looking forward to it. But if they release another movie that looks to be at this level, I will have to wait until DVD.

And that word is Awefantaculous. I use that word because words like "awesome" and "fantastic" are thrown around way too much. This movie deserves better. Almost everything about it was perfect. I will try to give away as little about the plot as possible, because to take away anything from this experience would be disastrous. Let me just say that I was not in the least disappointed with the plot, it delivered in as many ways as seemingly possible. It improves on Begins in almost every way. What you have seen in the trailers doesn't compare to what the movie delivers. heard complaints about the run time, but that was absolutely no problem for me. Every minute of the movie was great, and I didn't think any of it was unnecessary at all. In fact the only real problem I had with the movie was the dread of knowing that the movie had to end some time. The movie was the perfect mix of the human side and the action side. It goes so much deeper than the battle against good and evil.

The acting was at the top of the ranks. Christian Bale has once again proved that he is made for the role of Batman and Bruce Wayne. Maggie Gyllenhaal served as a great replacement for Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes. Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine both played their roles just as good as before, which is all anyone can really ask, is it not? I think Gary Oldman was even better as Gordan than he was in Batman Begins. Harvey Dent was played really well by Aaron Eckhart, as well. But I guess in the end what people want to know is about is how the late Heath Ledger played the Joker, easily my favourite Batman villain, and maybe my favourite villain of all. Well, he was perfect. I feel that the role will go down in history as one of the greatest villainous portrayals of all time. Give him the Academy Award and any other awards that he could possibly qualify for. Hell, invent a new category just for him. He was The Joker. May he rest in peace.

I loved the way the film was shot, whether it was the hotel scenes, the scenes of Gotham City and especially the action scenes in the movie, which I felt was another improvement made on Batman Begins. I guess you could say it was a lot more fun, since a common complaint about Begins was the lack of that. I thought the blue colour scheme of Gotham was really great. The movie also had some great wit throughout it, which rarely seemed cheesy or out of place. The score was really something as well. It is probably one of my favourite ones around. One of the best things about the film, for me, was just how dark the movie was. If Batman Begins pushed Batman and Robin to the back of your mind, then The Dark Knight will be the movie that pushes it out. The film was made to really let The Joker be what he was truly meant to be, without restraint. I am amazed that it got away with the PG-13 rating (even though I'm an Aussie, and don't have that rating system). The costumes and make-up in the movie were, big surprise, just great. I thought The Joker's makeup was really cool, because it didn't just take the easy way out and make it perfect throughout the movie. They went into detail with it. Batman's new suit was also pretty cool.

I guess in the end, all I can really say that I loved this movie, and I think it would be hard for someone to be disappointed with it. Christopher Nolan really came through big time, and made a massive improvement over the already great Batman Begins. This is clearly a franchise that fits him like a glove. It is suspenseful, emotional, action packed and really everything else I think people could hope for. A problem with the movie is that after seeing it, you may just be a little spoiled. Because it is at a level of awefantaculousness that is pretty rarely seen in movies. Believe the hype. This is way more than a Batman movie or a summer blockbuster, it is just incredible.

When I first saw this movie in the cinema, I was a mildly bored teenager who, though enjoyed the movie, didn't find it very memorable. Several years later, after hearing a lot of great stuff and realising it was from one of my favourite directors Tim Burton, I decided to grab it and give it another watch. I am definitely happy that I did so. I got so much more out of it when I watched it a second time. I'm not saying every teenager will be bored when they watch it, though. Probably the opposite. I'm the first to admit that my taste in movies at a young age wasn't exactly the best, but even at that stage I was able to look back and see the good in the movie.

The movie revolves around the stories that father, Ed Bloom (played by Albert Finney as an old man) told his son, Will Bloom as a child,(who as an adult is played by Billy Crudup) who has now grown up and looks on those stories not as nice exaggerated tales, but as lies that he was once foolish enough to believe. Throughout the movie, you are shown various stories from Ed Bloom's (played by Ewan McGregor throughout his adult years) life, where he meets lots of colourful characters and affects their lives. And you also have the side of the story Will Bloom dealing with a tattered relationship with his father.The story is nice and sweet, with lots of touching moments. I'll avoid much more about the plot, so I don't take anything away from the joy of watching it for yourself. I will just say it's a great plot, and I loved watching all these far-fetched stories come to life.

The characters and acting in the movie are great. The character of Ed Bloom (in the stories) was very well written, and very likable. Ewan McGregor plays him perfectly. Will Bloom, wasn't exactly the most likable character in some ways, but the aspects of his personality were important to the overall plot. He was played well by Billy Crudup. The supporting cast was really great, with very interesting characters played by actors like Danny DeVito, Helena Bonham Carter, Steve Buscemi and the late Matthew McGrory. Considering the large cast of characters in the movie, they were all handled very well considering their stories were all being told in one movie. That is another positive point of the movie.

Visually, this movie is fairly different from most of Tim Burton's movies. It lacks the Gothic theme that almost all of his films have. It was a bit of a change for him, but he handled it really well, and I look forward to seeing him take on some more movies in a similar style. This movie has become one of my favourites and is definitely in my top five Burton films. People of a really young age may not enjoy the movie much, but I wouldn't recommend it for anyone under the age of about ten anyway, since some of the scenes may be a little mature for them. My advice would be that if you haven't already seen this movie, it should be near the top of you "Films to Watch" list.

Alright, that sounded like a really corny thing to say... but in all seriousness this was an awesome movie. I like most of those computer animated movies, but this was even cooler still. The movie was hilarious from the start, and kept it up throughout a large part of the movie. But the parts that weren't funny were what sets this movie apart from many others. It didn't rely on cheap laughs and one liners for the whole movie, (and barely at all for that matter) it had some some truly dramatic moments. And the directors knew when the right time was to leave the humour out of those moments. None of the jokes seemed thrown in for cheap laughs. They were all done at the right times and were really funny. It sort of had the feel of some of the Disney movies of the not so distant past, like Aladdin and The Lion King. The movie had me cracking up, and I'm the kind of person who tends not to laugh at much at the cinema, even if I find it funny. So I guess that covers how awesomely funny the movie is.

The action sequences were great. It's clear that they weren't just thrown together to look cool, you can tell that a lot of research has gone into the various Kung Fu styles portrayed in the movie. Even if you don't like the movie itself, you should be able to appreciate the art the the fight choreography, which I think is up there with the best I've seen in animation, and definitely among the best in American movies. I liked the fact that all of the characters got a chance to show off their stuff. None of the martial artists really got a bum rap in that department, which was something that could have been a problem for the movie if they had. It's a bit of a shame that we couldn't get a little more history on some of the characters and some more screen time for them outside of the fights, but there was really no time for it in between the awesomeness. So it's not really a complaint, more an idea of what could be worked on, should there be a sequel.

I thought the characters were really cool. Po was likable and made a good hero for the story. Shifu was great for the mentor character with personal problems. And of course Tai Lung was a great villain. Basically all the movie really needed. But on top of that you also have the Furious Five, who are all cool in their own ways. The voice acting was really good, and I thought they were all well suited for their roles. My personal favourite was Dustin Hoffman as Shifu, he was awesome. But Jack Black was good as well, and his voice really seemed to match the good hearted Po. I also thought Ian McShane made a great villain. A minor problem I had was with big stars like Jackie Chan and Seth Rogen only having a couple of lines. I have no problem with using celebrity voices, but I feel it sort of defeats the purpose when their character hasn't got enough lines to really identify the voice.

No, the plot of the movie was nothing groundbreaking. A pretty standard tale of the rise of a hero. But what it lacked in that department it certainly made up for in style. The animation is fantastic. There were times when I forgot that I was watching an American movie, as it had all the beauty of China within it. You can see the effort that has gone into the animation to capture the Chinese culture, and I feel they were truly successful in doing so. I also loved the attention to detail, for example the fur on the animals and the way they've added in dust rising up from the ground when the characters hit it hard, just stuff like that. Even the 2D animation used in the opening credits was great. So I guess all that's left to say is that it is an awesome movie, and I plan to grab it on DVD when I get the chance, as I would like to watch it again. My little brother saw the movie with me, and he loved it as well. I'm sure this movie will soon become a franchise, and I hope it will be one that I can follow for years to come.

Comic book movies don't get much better than this. Sam Raimi once again proves what a great director he is with this sequel to the fantastic Spider-Man movie of 2002. And as good as the first movie was, this one improves on it in many ways. It's a fantastic continuation from the first one, fitting right into the storyline. I honestly don't think anyone could hope for a sequel better than this. Set two years after the first movie, Peter is struggling to find balance between his two identities. His life is falling apart. His loved ones are still suffering from various events from the first movie. And now a new enemy has appeared. What can become of all this?

The storyline of the movie is really great. It sort of makes you ask yourself questions. Like how long can a person really put other people before themselves before it all just becomes too much? Can a person really handle that much responsibility? The movie definitely gets the human side of the story right, and has a strong sense of emotion about it. It doesn't just go through the motions and have Peter as a hero who never gives a second thought. He is portrayed as a normal person who got these powers that he never asked for. After watching the movie you might re-think "How awesome it would be to have superpowers." And the villainous Doctor Octopus has been given a drastically different origin in the movie to the one he had in the comics, which was a risky move to make, but it really worked.

The acting is great, once again. Tobey Macguire still does a great job as Peter Parker and Spider-Man, Kirsten Dunst is a good Mary Jane Wattson and James Franco plays Harry Osborne well. As with the first movie all the supporting actors in the movie are great, like JK Simmons and Rosemary Harris. A lot of the chemistry the characters had with each other in the first movie is back, although considerably different in contrast to the differences that the events of the first movie have caused in their relationships with each other. The actors pull off the changes well. Alfred Molina was the perfect casting choice as the villainous Doc Ock, and played the part fantastically. Couldn't have asked for a better actor for the job.

The visual effects in the movie are amazing. The effects in the first movie were decent, but these are a vast improvement. The action scenes were just amazing and really got my blood pumping. All of it just came together better than someone could hope for. Once again the costume designs were fantastic, with huge props for the way Dock Ock is done. His artificial arms are awesome and the character could not look more perfect. So all in all, the whole movie was fantastic, and It makes me sad that I missed the chance to see it at the cinema. I've watched it several times, and it really holds up.

This movie is great in almost every way. This is one of the movies that helped get me into all the comic book stuff when I was in my early teens. Well, the character of Spider-Man anyway. Now, six years on, Spider-Man is one of my favourite comic book characters and Stan Lee is one of my heroes. It gives a really good origin story in the beginning that stays pretty true to the comics for the most part. Sure there were changes made to the story in some parts, but it was still pretty close. The origin carries into a pretty solid plot, which really works as a Spider-Man movie.

The acting was really good, and I felt the actors all portrayed their characters well. I thought that Tobey Macguire made a really good Peter Parker and a decent Spider-Man, James Franco was really good as Harry Osborne, and I think I'm one of the few people that thinks Kirsten Dunst made an alright Mary Jane Watson. They all had great chemistry together. You could really imagine that Mary Jane was the girl that Peter loved, and that Harry was his best friend. The father/son relationship between Harry and Norman Osborne was pretty believable. All the actors just worked really well together, and I believe good chemistry works really well toward making a good movie. Even the supporting characters are perfectly cast, like Uncle Ben, Aunt May, J Jonah Jameson and Betty Brant seemed as if they were straight out of the comics.

The storyline is pretty cool. It's filled with lots of drama, when you get to see Peter feeling different things throughout the movie. Guilt, love, confusion. You get to see the transformation of a nerdy, weak teenager into a powerful hero. It's not just about some kid who gets bitten by a spider and becomes a superhero, it's got a whole lot more depth than that. And for the most part, the actual storyline doesn't just feel like filler until the next action scene. That's part of what sets it apart from a lot of other comic book movies. Some of the dialog in the movie is a bit cheesy, especially some of the stuff between Peter and Mary Jane, but I don't really let it bug me.

The action scenes are really good, although a little fleeting for the most part. They just seemed over too soon sometimes. They were still really cool though, and were definitely some of the high points of the movie. The costume designs are really good as well. The Spider-Man costume looks awesome in about 132 different ways. Apparently the changes that were made to the Green Goblin costume in comparison to his comic counterpart caused some problems with fans. I think the changes were necessary to avoid being too cheesy. And his new costume looked awesome anyway. The special effects in the movie were pretty good, especially in scenes where Spidey is swinging around. There are some scenes where it does look a little fake, but it shouldn't take away from the movie for people. But I know people do like to whine about every problems in movies, so some people might find the effects an issue.

All in all, it's an awesome movie, and we were lucky enough to get two sequels to it. I've watched it a few times, and it holds up well. A fairly re-watchable movie. It was one of the movies that helped start the modern Marvel movie trend, along with X-Men and the Blade movies before it. Just another great thing it had a hand in. Sam Raimi is a great director. Spider-Man is a great character and was really done justice in a movie that could have easily been awful.

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The movie that was originally meant to be the closing of the The Askewniverse. This movie would definitely have been a great way to end the series, (But I'm really glad they didn't). As Kevin Smith has stated himself, this is basically one of the biggest cult movies of all time, because it contains references to every other movie he ever directed. The references are all really awesome, and some of the high points of the movie, as are the scenes containing certain celebrities playing themselves. I won't say any more on that subject, because I don't want to give anything away.

It would definitely be better for you to watch the previous View Askew movies before this one. The others being Clerks., Mallrats, Chasing Amy and Dogma. It's not like that should be a big deal, seeing as they are all awesome movies. I will admit to this, I saw this movie before I watched the other movies. To be honest, I still enjoyed the movie a whole lot. So I would say it can be enjoyable in many ways on its own, but I will also say this- The second time I watched the movie, which was after seeing the others, this movie went from being a pretty funny comedy to being one of my favourite movies.

It's a crazy storyline fitting for Jay and Silent Bob. I guess you could sort of compare the whole movie to their scenes in Mallrats. Monkeys, sexy girls and Will Ferrell... what more could you want from a movie like this? Don't watch the movie if you're looking for something like Chasing Amy, as this movie differs from it in many ways. Actually, on second thought scratch that. You should watch it, because even though it is different, it's still awesome on many different levels. It's not a serious movie in any sense of the word. It's just a whole lot of fun.

Jay and Silent Bob are great characters, and though only seen in small doses in previous movies, (save for Dogma) they are able to make do as the main characters with flying colours. I don't really know what else to say, except that the jokes are awesome, it has great references to its own universe and basically the film industry as a whole, and it's full of more awesome celebrity appearances than you can poke a stick at. Awesome movie, and one I can watch again and again.

God, this is a great mindless horror movie. This seems to be the part of the series where they just decided "Look, people don't watch these movies to be scared anymore, they watch them to see Jason cause carnage." So what do they do? Well for the most part they forget about the type of scenes where they hear a noise, and it turns out to be a cat or something like that. Then they throw in a bunch of corny humour, and last but certainly not least, bring back our man Jason and throw all his limitations out the window. Sounds like the perfect recipe to me.

Yes, it has the most ridiculous plot so far in the movie, (Remind me to write in my will that before burying me, I want my family to have me struck by lightning a few times and see if that helps) but who really cares? It's all part of the fun. It was offering something new to the series. As much as I love the other movies, most of them were all pretty similar in terms of plot, with characters that were hard to distinguish from one another, to me anyway. Sure the movies were all different in a couple of ways, but they still had a fair few similarities. Bunch of teens in a secluded area getting picked off one by one. Sure Jason Lives sort of has that, but it's a much smaller part of the movie. A New Beginning tried something new, but it didn't really pay off for them. The thing about the other movies were they were essentially about the killer taking out the people for most the movie. The minor exception to that rule was The Final Chapter, which contained some awareness to the situation, but even that came under that profile for the most part. Jason Lives seems to focus more on the fight against Jason. There are characters who know what he is doing from the start.

Another thing I like about the movie is the fact that the kills seem a lot cooler to me. Normally you would just see characters see Jason, have a scared look on their face and get killed. Or a character killed so fast they probably wouldn't even realise that they are being killed. It's not a major problem but it wasn't really what I wanted to see every time. Now scenes in the range of someone firing rounds of shotgun shells into Jason is more like it. The movie has removed a fair few of the Friday the 13th series, such as bare breasts and drug use.

It seems like they really wanted to offer the fans something new, and I feel that they really succeeded with this movie. There is lots of awesome and pointless violence, heaps of lame jokes, and an awesome soundtrack (Alice Cooper! Hell yeah!) and just plain Jason being awesome. This is not a movie to watch if you want to be challenged intellectually or anything. It's a movie you watch when you want some mindless entertainment.

To steal a line from a man of infinite wisdom, Welcome True Believers, to another exciting Kingdom Heartless review! Alright then! Time for what is essentially my first review of any relevance to current times. And I'm more than happy to be able to do it on a summer superhero movie. Before the real review gets under way, there are some things that need to be cleared up. Firstly, I don't mind Ang Lee's Hulk movie of 2003. When I first saw it I didn't particularly enjoy the movie, but on subsequent viewing I found appreciation for it. Secondly, my knowledge of the Hulk comics and such is far from perfect. I have a few comics floating around and I've read a few from libraries, but I am by no means an expert on the subject. So I guess you could call this a review from a semi-amateur. And Lastly, I am a simple man child. Put a lot of action and fun in a movie and I will be happy. This is evident from my love of movies like Transformers and X-Men: The Last Stand. Alright, now that we have those details out of the way, Let's Get Green. (Yep, I went there.)

I will start off by saying that the general opinion of this movies could really go either way. I'm not a very good judge with this sort of stuff. You could hate it. Myself, I enjoyed it quite a bit. No, it wasn't a perfect movie by any standard, but I still enjoyed it a great deal, and it's been added to my mental list of DVDs to be purchased. But it does appear like a movie that will have mixed reception. And I plan to give a few reasons why soon enough.

A big worry people seem to have with this movie is the CGI. To me, this was not a problem at all. It seems they have gone to a great deal of trouble to ensure that he did not look as cartoony as Ang Lee's Hulk did, and in that respect I feel they succeeded greatly. The detail of his facial expressions and body tone were done very well, and he didn't look as fake as some CGI does. The Abomination looked pretty damn awesome as well. But it's clear that there will be people who want to hate on the CGI. And as I was hoping for in the movie, there was enough explosions and missiles flying around and such to make Michael Bay wet himself. As stated above, simple mind to please. Also, this is no way like a sequel. I wouldn't think of it that way in the least. It is completely different in terms of background and such.

Edward Norton played his role pretty well. In fact the acting was pretty good all around, with solid performances from William Hurt and Tim Roth. And I will be honest, I thought Liv Tyler was great, and I know how much people like hating on her. I thought she was charming. I also thought Hulk's mindless roaring and stuff was cool. Heh. Of course there was a couple of cheesy jokes and self references, as we should all have come to expect from Marvel movies, but all of them were genuinely amusing and didn't distract from the story at all. I did notice at times, there was some weird camera shots that changed into another angle and just seemed a little off, in terms of timing.

The human side of the story was pretty good, albeit with a few pacing problems at times, but nothing to get Hulky about. The action scenes were really cool. Lots of Hulk randomly tearing things apart and causing carnage. I did notice some problems with some of the action being over when it just seemed to be getting revved up. Maybe it's just that I heard some different information regarding lengths. And similar to the earlier summer hit, Iron Man, the main villain didn't really seem to get as much screen time as expected.

I would also like to mention I enjoyed the score, and would like to note the presence of the original somber theme. Cool little thing for people who were fans of the original show.

All in all this was a largely enjoyable movie for me, and I'm hoping other people are able to enjoy it as well. The action scenes should be pleasing to most people at least. It's not the best Marvel movie for sure, but it is up there with the better ones. I'd like to give this movie about a 8.5 rating out of 10, and recommend you see this one at the cinemas. Well worth shelling out ten bucks to see.

Also, I would like to mention that people who whine about how illogical Bruce Banner's pants are can be quiet now. It doesn't go unexplained in the movie. All is well in the world.

First of all I will start off with the anime series. No, this doesn't have giant fighting robots. It doesn't have talking animals so cute that it makes you squeal. It doesn't have many of the things that people have come to associate with anime (except for a decent dose of panty shots and such), but what it has, it has a lot of. I was still willing to take a chance with this one. I'm definitely glad I did. I love feel good comedy. And I love anime. So when I watched combination of those two things so awesome, I was hooked. I also love tough characters with golden hearts, and Eikichi Onizuka is a perfect example of that sort of character. The anime is based off the manga series of the same name, which I haven't personally read yet. But look forward to getting the chance. So likely most of the stories in the anime were written by Tohru Fujisawa, the writer of the manga.

A former juvenile delinquent (and certified 22 year old virgin) who decides that he wants to be a teacher because it would be a great way to meet teenage girls. Fortunately, he unwittingly impresses the director of the prestigious Holy Forest Academy, and by a miracle he gets a job. Unfourtunately he is shoved in with a bunch of 14-15 year old kids who are sworn never to trust a teacher, and will stop at nothing to get them fired. Onizuka soon realizes that he can do a lot for these children... but he will have to survive them first.

Throughout the series he has to struggle to keep his job, and at the same time get through to the very same kids who are trying to destroy him. One by One, you get to see him change the lives of these children, and the anime shows that not everything in life is black and white. The children are real kids with real problems, some like the ones that go unspoken, but do happen. Like the boy who has a mother complex because his mother was 13 and alone when she had him. And the boy who gets beaten up by a group of girls. In short... it's a pretty screwed up group of kids. He also has a certain assistant principal who wants to get rid of him as well. It's very well written, and the characters are both likable and unlikeable at the same time. They have real depth.

Also in the series is the other new teacher at Onizuka's school, Azusa Fuyutsuki, who essentially serves as Onizuka's friend and possible love interest. The show is also extremely funny. It's not so much the overly zany humour that most comedy animes have, it's more of a clever and witty sort of humour. A humour that people can understand on a personal level. Every episode offers you something new, and the time will fly be. I was very upset when I reached the end of the series. Not many animated shows can be called inspiring, but this is definitely one of them. The animation is pretty basic, nothing really to rave about there. No complaints from me though, there's nothing wrong with it. I will make note of the music used in the series. I really like it. That's what I will say about it. The opening theme is one of my favourite anime themes around.

So in closing, this is a fantastic anime, albeit a little different than you may expect. I would gladly recommend it to anyone. Although I will note that from what I've heard of the English dub, to be blunt, is not good. The voice of Onizuka didn't do an awful job, but for the most part the voice acting is not as well suited for the characters. They basically took the most basic aspect of the characters and gave them the most stereotyped voices I could imagine. For example, the character of Yoshito Kikuchi has been given a high class, snot nosed voice that just pains me, to be honest. Let me put it this way, In the Japanese version they sounded like a bunch of teenagers, in the dub they sounded like a bunch of voice actors. So my opinion would be to get the DVDs and watch them in the original language with subtitles, but to each their own. Keep in mind, my opinion on dubs is pretty biased, as I usually dislike them. Although for the most part, I am not against the voices, more against the fact that a lot of the dialog gets changed, and it doesn't always seem necessary.

Now for the live action series. I'll put that here since this page seems to be for both series. I was lucky enough to find a subtitle version of this. Since I was a huge fan of the anime I was more than happy to watch it. And I was happy to find that it was a very funny series. Takashi Sorimachi did a perfect job as Onizuka and the story lines were pretty good. Some of story lines were very different to the ones in the anime. Most of the characters from the anime remain the same, although some of them have been combined to save time, as there was only 12 episodes of this series. All the acting was pretty good and it was overall a pretty good series. It's a fun series with a lot of hilarious ideas that come together really well. This series has more of an emphasis on the relationship between Onizuka and Fuyutsuki than the anime did. Yes, I have no shame in admitting that I love romance, so I enjoyed this aspect of the series. So I would definitely recommend watching this if you are able to.

I can't say that for sure, since I haven't seen every comedy. But I would definitely say that it's one of my favourites. The transition from a television show to a movie is not an easy one. This is one movie that got it right in every aspect. The movie doesn't come across as a long episode or anything. It comes across as a movie. It's probably the movie I can watch the most without getting bored of it.

It's got a good (and of course ridiculous) plot. America takes Canadian comedians Terrence and Phillip hostage for making a smutty movie, which all the kids saw and picked up bad habits from. If they get executed, Satan and his gay lover Sadam Hussein will be able to take over the world. South Park Humour at its best. And the songs are just fantastically funny. And not just funny but very catchy as well.

The movie basically pokes fun at many different things. It pokes fun at the way things get blown way out of proportion. It pokes jun at how uptight people are about smutty stuff, yet violence is no big deal. And of course there are the gay jokes about Sadam. And if I'm right it's also poking fun at the way America sees other nations. I'm sure many people find this movie offensive, but it's all just good fun.

Heaps of the characters had great lines in this movie, especially the evil Cartman. Of course he doesn't fail us in the movie. He offers us plenty of awesome lines every minute. The movie is packed with plenty of unnecessary swearing, and rude jokes, and that's all part of the fun.

A great aspect of the movie is that it didn't rip us off with the main characters. Each one of the four had their own story going on through the movie. I won't say Cartman's as it may give away more than you want to know, but Stan is struggling to win Wendy's heart again after a new, more sophisticated boy comes to town and rivals him for her affections. Kyle struggles with standing up to his overbearing (to say the least) mother. And Kenny has his own problems even after death. (Yes Kenny dies, big shock there.)

I would also like to talk about the animation. It is the best badly animated movie around. It is sort of hard to explain, but I will try. The movie is drawn very crudely, yet it's done with great animation, especially in certain scenes. I would also like to comment on how awesome it looks during the entering of hell scene.

So in closing, this is an awesome movie that every fan must see. Even if you aren't a fan I would recommend this to you. Well maybe not if you don't like the humour in the show, but if you haven't seen it, it's a great example of South Park style comedy, and I think it serves as an instant fan creator. I don't think any fan will be disappointed with this movie. It's just everything you could hope for and more. (To use a tired old phrase.)

10/10

This movie is by no means a challenging one. But I honestly can't see what people expected from a movie about alien robots that change into cars.

THE GOOD: The Special effects were awesome. Going into the movie I was prepared for cheesy looking robots. I didn't really think something like that would look good in a live action movie. It wasn't really a concern but I sure am glad I was wrong. They looked really good. Definitely a strong point in the movie. Being a Michael Bay movie of course there is plenty of explosions and such. And I am a simple man. Put giant robots in a movie with lots of explosions and I will be happy. I also don't think Shia was given enough credit for his role. He didn't really have the best lines, but he was very good in his delivery of most of them. He brought some humour to a role that was written to try and be funny, but many of the lines would not have worked if not delivered by someone with talent. He is a better actor than people give him credit for. Megan Fox didn't do to badly herself. The last half hour of the movie was really cool and really captured the way this sort of movie should be.

THE BAD: They may have pulled of not being cheesy with the robot's looks, but they didn't do very well with the dialog of the movie. The teen romance plot just seemed unnecessary, and seemed to drag on for a lot longer than was needed. I think Bay may have included in response to people who think his movies are just popcorn flicks. That sort of thing just doesn't seem to work in his movies, and it really didn't work in something that would have worked better as a popcorn movie. The characters were all pretty one dimensional and clichéd. For example Shia's character is a lovable loser and Megan's is a beautiful, but misguided girl.

All in all it was a very enjoyable movie that I was more than happy to buy on DVD after seeing it at the cinema. It was in no way perfect, but I am willing to accept the flaws. I found the movie a lot of fun and that's really all I wanted going into it.

At this point a sequel looks very good.

7.5 Out of 10

You know those movies that you know nothing about? I think I only saw one poster or something for it before I decided to see it. I needed to pass some time before Land of the Dead, and I though "What they hey? I like kung-fu movies... should be entertaining." That may have been the understatement of the year. I don't think I had ever laughed as hard in a theater as I did with this movie. Heck, I don't think I've laughed that hard since.

The story revolves mostly around a failure of a criminal named Sing, played by director Stephen Chow. Some of the other main characters are the Landlord and Landlady of Pig Sty Alley, as well as the evil Axe Gang and of course the Beast. All of the characters are great and memorable.

The story is very cartoony in some parts, yet also a lot darker in others. There are heaps of memorable scenes such as the knife throwing incident and the fights against the Axe Gang. I've heard of it described as Looney Tunes meets Kill Bill.... I would have to say that is a pretty good way of summing it up.

And now onto the fighting. Man, it's awesome. It contains many of my favourite live action fights scenes I would have to say. Trust me, if you're looking for really cool looking fights, look no further than this movie.

There's some good character development in the story to.

This is a movie where Stephen Chow truly shows off every talent a director could have. Camedy, Drama, Action and of course random pop culture references.

Also, if you like this movie you should also check out one of Chow's earlier movies, the awesome Shaolin Soccer. It's done in pretty much the same kind of style, except a lot zanier.

There's not really much more I can say about this title except it's one of my favourite movies, and I would gladly recommend it to fans of the genre, or even someone who's never seen a kung-fu movie before.

10/10

When this movie came out I loved it. My little brother loved it. My older brother loved it. My little sister loved it. It's just a really fun movie, and I'm really shocked it has a rating this low.

It's a movie that really can't be taken too seriously. It's not meant to make you stop and think "Hmmmm, could a boy raised in the jungle function in our world?" No. It's meant to be a fun and enjoyable movie. And in that respect in succeeds greatly.

There are lots of laughs with John Cleese as a talking gorilla, an awesome narration, and just all around great characters. Brendan Fraser is great as George.

Of cause being a Disney movie it has the basic love story, bad guys and toilet humour... and there special effects are far from spectacular, but I don't think people should let that hold them back from enjoying this awesome movie.

I see this as being one of those movies you look back on when you're older and still find a lot of the scenes really funny. It seems impossible to me that people could not find this funny. It kinda makes me feel old.... and young at the same time.

As I type this review I remember more and more scenes from the movie and it makes me feel like watching it again.

If you have kids... buy them this movie. If not.... buy it anyway.