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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
A decent fantasy-action flick
26 July 2012
While it's certainly not a masterpiece, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" manages to be an enjoyable movie. A consistent movie with some great performances and awesome special effects, it's problems lay in other things.

First of all, I'd like to say that I don't think Jay Baruchel is the worst actor ever. He isn't great, sure, and they could have picked another actor, but it definitely doesn't take the enjoyment away from the movie. My main problems with this movie are about it's atmosphere and general feel. What bothers me the most is that it doesn't seem to take itself seriously. Scenes that are supposed to be super serious have the characters laughing as if nothing was at stake, and some parts could have had some more work put on. This takes away the "character" feel, and gives the "actor" feel. Don't get me wrong, a character can laugh during an action scene, but it depends solely on how it's done, and in this movie, it's certainly not done well.

I'd recommend this movie if you like a family-friendly fantasy film, and I'd say that if you have the chance to watch it, go for it, but really, don't expect too much.
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
At least I didn't have any expectations
23 February 2012
Warning: Spoilers
The two words that best define this movie are "unnecessary" and "awkward".

A sequel for a movie that was already considered bad? These little, cartoon-ish parts where you hear Nic Cage explaining everything about the movie? Unnecessary.

Cage freaking out? Ridiculous one-liners by almost every single character? Awkward.

It starts out fairly well, I must admit. That is, until a hot girl wearing makeup shows up. Wasn't she gonna fight the Devil himself? Who the hell needs makeup for that? Anyway. There's a boy that must be protected, for whatever reason. He's at this super fortress that's actually a church of some kind, I don't know. Lots of awful camera shots later, the "impenetrable fortress" is breached by a bunch of guys with guns. Alright.

A while later, you see Nicolas Cage being asked by some french dude, whos called Moreau, to save that boy, who we see escaping the fortress with the hot girl with makeup. Turns out that the people who breached the fortress follow the two, and, as incompetent as every single villain in superhero movies are, they take so long to reach them, that, by the time they capture both, the Ghost Rider is already heading there. Now, I've read some stuff about him on Wikipedia, and apparently, he's one of the most powerful creatures in the whole world, of course something like a grenade launcher wouldn't stop him, right? Nope, it actually does. Later on, 2 Javelin missiles don't, but who cares anyway, right, Hollywood?

OK, let's see. After that, there's some more meaningless action, with the most horrible camera work I've ever seen, and "witty" one-liners, like when the Rider throws a bad guy in front of a car and says "Roadkill". REALLY?

Summarizing it all up: The humor shouldn't even be called humor in the first place; The effects are alright; The acting is ATROCIOUS; The actions scenes COULD have been good, but the camera and the lack of a steady pace makes them annoying (Not to mention, the Rider doesn't even find an enemy that stands any chance against him).

Do NOT watch this
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