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Showing posts with label no so good. Show all posts

Friday, August 28, 2009

I just saw Halloween 2 and...


I just saw Halloween 2... And I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. I didn't completely hate, but I didn't love it either.

However, I will keep my review semi-vague by using pros and cons

Pros
  • Love the use of the mother and the White Horse. Throughout the movie, you see Michael's mother in a ghostly haze pulling a white horse. It's suppose to be a symbol peace in Michael's head.
  • Rob's use of music is always great.
  • You felt the small town aura of Haddonfield and chill of the fall season.
  • Love Danielle Harris... She will always be Jamie.
Cons
  • Laurie was no Sidney Prescott. She was a bit whiny and boring. But the actress playing her is great.
  • It's a year later and Michael is coming back. But where did he go? Why did he leave? It didn't make since for him to leave town for a year without completing his dark mission.
  • He's shot in the head! How do you come back from that?
  • I understands that Michael kills to kill, but it seems Michael was killing to eat up the spare time in the flick. Some of his kills didn't make sense for the story's sake. (i.e. The stripper club scene, the van scene and the hillbilly scene)
  • Michael spent a good chunk of the flick just walking to Haddonfield and killing folks along the way... And eating a dog for a midnight snack.
  • This movie made a mockery out the Dr. Loomis character. I was highly disappointed in how he was portrayed. He was like Gale Weathers from Scream.
  • I hate the giant version of Michael Myers, I wish he was just above average build.
  • Although they tried to give Michael a purpose for killing, it was easily lost half way into the movie.
  • The opening dream scene was way too long.
  • Laurie goes insane in the end, which could've been drawn out better.
  • The feel of Halloween was not there. This was far removed from the original, and that wasn't a good thing.
There was something not so complete about this movie. I left the theater feeling cheated and teased. It could have been better and we could've gotten more. I hope this is it. I think this re-imagining thing has ran its course.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

My Bullet Point Wolvie Review


So the Wolverine movie...What do I say after that 2 hours of mashed up images?

I will review this movie in bullet points, pros and cons (SPOILERS AHEAD)

Pros
  • The guys are HOT! Hugh, Ryan, Liev, Taylor, Daniel (in fact, Liev brought the sexy in his version of Sabertooth)
  • Some of the action was good...just some.
  • We saw Hugh's butt and he wore tight jeans a lot.
Cons
  • The plot made no sense, it completely crapped on Wolverine's past.
  • The 1st 30 minutes were a blur of storylines that just confused everyone.
  • There were no mention of Wolvie's Asian past.
  • Too many explosions.
  • They took too many liberties with the characters. Gambit's powers and The Blob's powers were remixed and overhauled. Emma Frost's diamond shell is a secondary mutation. It was too much.
  • Silver Fox and Emma Frost were sisters...WTF?
  • They never talked about the Wolvie's healing factor.
  • The fight scenes were predicable.
  • Fox Studios made this mess.
  • Sabertooth could have done more, he was boring, hot, but boring.
The movie was better than X-Men 3, but by an inch. The folks at Fox should stop and look at the mess they are making with Marvel Comics. I am so glad that Marvel Studios take back the mutants in 2012.

So the movie was bad, but you may to see it to believe it.

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Viktor is a small town southern boy living in Los Angeles. You can find him on Twitter, writing about pop culture, politics, and comics. He’s the creator of the graphic novel StrangeLore and currently getting back into screenwriting.