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Iron Fist (2017)
An Excellent addition to marvel universe
this is a solid series. It's a little slow like the rest of the previous Netflix series but picks up. All the casting is well done. While there has been criticism about its to soap porridge I don't get it. Danny is fighting to clean his father's company of criminal elements and he does it by smashing there teeth not by using the board room. This is a solid series.
The 100 (2014)
Kymer Rouge vs the Nazis
The problem with this show is that the supposed good guys our all sociopaths. Its like watching the Nazi's vs The Kymer Rouge. Both groups were sadists.
I do find it interesting but the idea of the people in the ark being moral superior is disgusting. All the Ark residents our evil to the core. No issues justifying genocide or killing children all to save them selves. Never seen such a loathing and sociopathic show ever.
And I am not even going to get into the incredible weak science and tactics. The truth is this show mirrors the US in that we think we are the best and kill everyone else because they don't matter at all.
That's My Boy (2012)
A three way with a granny
This has to be one of the better sandler movies out there. How this was panned or why people did not go see it is beyond me.
I about peed myself in this over the top flick. Oh people are upset that a 12 year old boy banged a hot teacher. Well guess what everyboy imagines and dreams that get over it.
The cameos, the boozing are awesome there is nothing even that immoral when compared to the hangover 2.
If you liked any of sandlers previous moves you will love this, its crude, over the top and great music.
Going to watch this again.
Prometheus (2012)
Its all About David
Have to admit if you go into this your getting an alien or aliens type thrill your going to be disappointed.
Not that its with out its thrills etc its just that its very different.
Once again humans land down on a planet to do some research and all hell breaks loose.
This is a very well acted movie , Michael Fassbender as David is nothing short of perfect and for reasons I wont go into as thing it would spoil to much almost seems to be the heart of this movie.
All the other characters are also very well done Noomi and Charlize are great to watch.
The one thing with this movie is it leaves almost asking more questions then answering and some people don't like that and some people do.
Either way this movie was very well filmed with great visuals and some great performances.
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
A soft version of Batman
Man if your going to have a weak plot and not so great acting, at least have a well developed world that oozes style. I mean its not that hard to do.
This movie felt that a bad video game, the MMORPG has better settings and feeling for the world than this movie.
As for Conan, well he is a California beach bum. Yeah when he is angry there are glimmers of what he can be. Seriously after seeing Jason play Khal Drogo in game of thrones I was going oh yeah thats Conan. Nope apparently some psych majors from Berkeley got a hold of this script. His father tells him I love instead of avenge me. He never sounds convincing when he is being demanding of people. And at the end I swear they ripped off the end of bat man begins with him reflecting on his loving father.
Conan was never really a joyous looking guy.
The world is not dark and to many locations are thrown around just for the hell of it instead of flushing them out.
This was a poor attempt for a reboot. Even the music was weak, hell they could of just taken the music from the original that alone would of made the movie better.
The only good thing is that I thought the fighting was good and every now and then you saw where giving a proper director and script Jason M would of been great.
Game of Thrones (2011)
Never thought it was going to be this good
This has to be the best book adaption of any book. The characters are so spot on its great.
The acting is fantastic, the music and atmosphere is all just spot on.
I am hard pressed to tell anything specific as not everyone has read the books.
But people do need to beware, that is a dark dark gritty world its not all polish and nice its brutal. But brutal with a great story and great characters.
I never thought tyrion would be able to be properly represented in a film boy was I wrong.
Watch this if you want something a little different then the normal blah blah on TV and your fantasy or history lover.
Black Death (2010)
Not a light trollop through gondor.
This movie oozes atmosphere and as far as I am concerned well acted and well written.
Its a about a young priest who joins together with a band of soldiers who are off to determine whether a small village that so far seems immune to the plague in the medieval ages is being run by necromancer.
Nothing is black in white in this movie at all there is no redemption towards the end only questions about our own humanity and how religion of all forms can be perverted into personal agendas.
Also make no mistake this movie is violent, torture and brutal skirmishes are in this, not light stuff. Sean Bean is not Boromir in this flick he is a super tortured soldier.
I enjoyed this movie a great deal, and it was a disturbing ride to see this young priest fall from grace in a horrific way.
Tron: Legacy (2010)
Tron Lives
Just watched this today and I have not been so pleasantly surprised in a long time.
The writing and the story are a little weak but I found myself able to argue my way through it and it was never so glaring as to take away from the movie itself. It never had a moment like Independence Day where they took out an alien ship because they never invented anti virus software.
The world is also truly amazing, it was so cool to see there vision of a digital world, the action is fun and hectic and I enjoyed it all.
The only reason I wouldn't rate this a little higher is because of CLU, the technology just is not there yet to replicate a human completely and at times he seemed to odd to me especially when he spoke.
But in short fun action flick and I am pretty sure Jeff Bridges has a little fun with his character from the Dude in this.
Battle: Los Angeles (2011)
OK Action But Weak Story-Spoiler
Have to admit I enjoyed this movie up to the ending. The fighting was great the aliens and there vehicles were pretty neat as well its just that we would of had our buts kicked a lot quicker and harder.
The reason the ending annoyed me off is why would they bother having there command and control center be so lamely defended. The would have to of known our military capability so something so vital would of been strongly defended for anti air ground.
And why would they not base it in space, and why don't they have orbital bombardment capability, along with there drop ships in the initial invasion they should of had some of them actually be bombs to take out military bases.
In general not a bad movie but plot holes did it for me, at least it was not as bad as the biggest turkey of the all independence day, we won because they did not invent anti virus software.
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie (2010)
Death to the Heretic
This is a fairly decent animated movie to be honest, not worth seeing in a theatre perhaps but defiantly worth renting or buying cheap.
I disagree with people who say the movie doesn't have the feel of the universe, You may not realize how large it is, but sets machines, weapons, names, music background all to me make it feel like your in the warhammer world.
CGI animation is not the best but its not bad by any stretch, MUSIC is great, so is the voice acting, there's not much of it but this is a simple but decent plot.
If I was reviewing this as a 1 hour show would of rated higher, ain't going to lie I really enjoyed and wish they did more.
Flash Gordon (2007)
Bad Bad Bad
Good god this show deviates hugely from the comic book and movie. In fact I liked this this TV show the first time round when it was called sliders.
SCI FI give the money to star gate Atlantis or for another Babylon 5 movie. But 22 episodes of a sliders rip off.
I don't even want to say its flash Gordon I mean he is just a small town athlete, nothing that great and he is trying to save his father.
OH the acting sucks as well.
They could of at least used the music from queen and tried to make it campy. But nope.
The Descent (2005)
Great Flick
This is one very intense movie. If your looking for a T&A slasher flick go some where else. Hell before the girls run into the real threat just them going around in the cave is suspenseful because you know something is going to Happen.
And Happen it does and you get to watch Sarah go from a timid scared girl to one psychotic crazed women.
Enough cant be said about the set either I mean if this where just a movie about the cave it self it would be creepy, there are some truly great scenes.
There are two endings to this movie one happier then the other but both are very sad. I think I prefer the US version which would be the less depressing of the too but thats for the individual to decide.
Eureka (2006)
Great Fun Comedy
This is a cool blend of comedy and sci-fi the likes of which I have never seen before. This show reminds of what would happen to scull if she lived in a town full of Mulder's and the lone gun men.
All the characters are great. That includes the house literally. I am amazed at the quality of this show As of now BattleStar Galactia and Eureka are produced by sci-fi and there are great. The production values of Eureka are great the acting is top notch and did I mention the deputy is rather attractive.
I cant recommend this show enough, its bright witty and unique and its subject matte is such that it has a wealth of material to draw from. This show is great even for the non sci fi fan.
Surface (2005)
Miles Should Die Now along with the show.
The show is OK but miles and his sister need to go. All they do is whine and complain act beyond stupid. Although the sister always being caught in her Bikini is a good thing just for the T/A aspect of the show but her acting is horrid.
Also due to the fact there are lots of govenments out there with subs and considering these creatures are massive way bigger then a whale there would be no conspiracy because there are also lots of them not just one.
This show is a pitiful attempt of a series there is nothing suspenseful about it. This review comes after watching the pilot and 5 episodes after. I try to like new sci fi but this is bad.
Hardware (1990)
Good Movie
Have to admit don't exactly know why but I love this movie, from the music to the theme and the world that was created. I Solid sci-fi movie if there ever was one.
Especially the music I have always enjoyed the soundtrack and have to admit the characters are great. The fat man is rather disturbing and probably one of the most disturbing characters in any movie.
Kind of Wish that terminator 3 was more along the lines of this movie as well. the worlds been nuked humans slowly trying to rebuild only to have the machines come and get them.
In short if you are looking for a good sci-fi flick with some dark and gory screnes you cant go wrong with this movie
Alexander (2004)
Alexander would never of Made it out of Boot Camp
Through out history Military leaders are known for one thing Being strong and great tacticians.
Oliver stone does neither for Alexander. Alexander the great is filled with self doubt in front of his troops cries in front of his troops has his leaders question his orders in front of his troops. He would never of won his first battle. No great strategist acted this way, Ghenkis Khan, Napoleon, Caesar, Church Hill, Schwartzkoff, Patton. None of those military leaders ran around crying and pouting all the time.
He never wanted to bring greatness to the common folk he wanted to kill and conqueror for the greatness that was his divine right. Lets not forget to mention that when ever Alexander was crying and blue he has to go jump into bed with a man the love of Alexander and men has never been proving to be that of Homosexual kind and more likely it was the kind of bond of soldiers. Oliver Stone took such liberaties its sad.
Please if your planning on becoming a great strong leader in the future do not look at this movie as some sort of guide. This movie will end up having you become a long haired sad beatnik who owns a coffee shop thats being beat out by Starbucks.
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Good Flick
If you want decent action you got it with this movie. A simple style plot fine by me. I was thoroughly entertained by Riddick. It should of had a R rating as riddick is an R rated character.
Special effects the feel of the world all work well. If you want to see a good action movie worth this is it. I liked this better then the last 2 starwars films although some might say thats not saying much, but those movies still made some serious cash and I just dont think the marketing for this movie has been that great.
If your a red blooded male who likes things that blow up and knives and guns and more knives and more guns. Grab your self a bucket of popcorn and coke and sit down for a fun ride.
3/4
Troy (2004)
A mediocre movie at best
This movie never knows what it wants to be when there is casual reference to a gang rape that is supposed to be taken seriously because Achilles truly loves her and you think she is being it comes off funny and the audience laughed. It would be like laughing when they killed william wallaces wife in braveheart.
The music was also kind of campy and then serious and battle like it just did not seem to work. The actors played there roles well but the director was never able to pull it off.
Then why he decided to compress a 10 year war down to two weeks is is beyond me theres was to express time in a movie. Helen was taking back by meanlous in the book, Agamenon survived insteaad of getting killed by his war bride but I guess Petereson never plans on directing Electra. I am not some one who thinks that everything should be the same but the main points should atleast reflect homer especialy that noone survived and babys were thrown from the walls.
In the end its just a mediochre movie but if you are an illformed person our ignorant of basic greek history and mythology you will like it. The Achilles Hector fight I will say is probably the best fight I have seen.
Torque (2004)
Fun Fast Paced movie
Is this movie supposed to be giving us physic lessons no, do we really need an acadmey award winning plot no. This movie is mindless escapism at its finest the bad guys are bad the women are hot and the action is great what more does one need from a movie like this.
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
What a load of trash
This is going to be short and sweet as there is not much more I can say that others have not. This movie goes to show you that you have to put some type of intelligence behind movies that are going to have shock and vulgarity in order for them to be fun. This was a painful movie to watch as it was just boring.With not one real funny scene and I thought the girls did not have any chemistry what so ever. Stay away from this dung heap of movie.
Unbreakable (2000)
Great Movie its not XMen
A movie about hope and finding your place in life with a comic book hero twist. Samuel Jackson and Bruce Willis give great performances. Some people did not like this movie becuase they thought it would be a complete action flick, which it is not. I would highly suggest watching this movie if your fan of any of the actors or actress in this film and like movies that are a little off beat.
Moonraker (1979)
First bond movie
This is the first bond movie I saw with my father and its what brought me to love the series. It may be a little far fetched even for bond but it was fun. I still want his boat with the handglider. Drax was a great villian as was Jaws. I would argue that Ms Goodheads character was stronger than Halle Berries last character as well. All in all if you like bond and scifi you will love this otherwise you will just like it.