I liked it, I liked it better than MIB 2, and somewhat better than MIB1. The jokes were clever, the acting was reasonable, and the story done about as well as any time travel storyline can be. Of course the entire time travel, change history thing is way overdone in science fiction these days, so I would say it loses points for that. Not as many as something more serious would, but I'm still tired of the whole time travel thing.
On the whole, I'm glad I waited until it came on Starz, since I get that for free with my employment, so I didn't actually have to pay to see it, but it wasn't a bad show, and while it probably wouldn't have been worth seeing in a full price theater, I'm not sorry I saw it. I'd give it about 4 stars out of 5.
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 23, 2013
Movie Review The Amazing Spiderman.
I'm still divided on how I feel about this movie. While watching it, I found that I didn't care much about the characters. The action scenes weren't done nearly as well as we've come to expect in action superhero movies, and that may be its biggest problem.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Tron Legacy Review
For my birthday, my wife gave me tickets to the opening night of the new Tron movie, Tron Legacy 3D. Despite it's rather dull storyline, I had been something of a fan of the original Tron, particularly that it was a rather groundbreaking movie with computer generated special effects.
Tron Legacy is a much better movie. It's still a special effects movie, and the storyline is still somewhat lacking, but no more than a lot of other movies that try to be primarily special effects. Unfortunately, while the effects in the original Tron were, at the time, fantastic and futuristic, The Tron Legacy effects were nothing special by modern standards. These days everything is done in the computer anyway, so it isn't that big of a deal anymore.
One other annoying detail, The 3D version isn't exactly 3D all the way through. It is 2D until Sam Flynn (Kevin Flynn's son) is pulled into the computer (I'll trust that's not a significant spoiler, It wouldn't be much of a Tron movie if someone didn't get sucked into a computer). Then it's 3D until it shows the real world again, when it goes back to 2D. All I can figure out is that they were trying to do what The Wizard of Oz did with the color, black and white change when entering Oz. As far as I'm concerned, it was annoying in both instances, and I think that I'll skip the 3D version of this particular movie in the future.
There is a little anti-capitalist propaganda that I detected in the movie. It's rather blatant, and the attitude is almost a cartoonish version of progressive thought. After all, how dare a company try to turn a profit. Kevin Flynn is even more of a hippie type than before, and that really looks like a caricature as well. Interestingly, there is also very much an anti-utopist message in the movie. Attempting to create some sort of utopia doesn't work, and totalitarianism generally results. There is even a strong pro family message to the movie. The liberal propaganda seems tacked on to get things past the leftists running Hollywood,
One final complaint. It wasn't really finished. Most of Tron Legacy almost seemed to be more about setting up the sequel, than having an actual movie. There were several major plot threads that were never finished or fleshed out. I suspect at least one, possibly two more movies are in the works.
Overall, if you want a deep movie Tron Legacy isn't it. It is a nice popcorn type movie with decent if not fantastic (by modern standards) special effects. The plot is also fairly flat, better than the original, but also rather similar to the original.
Finally, if you want to see and actually understand Tron Legacy, you should probably rent the original Tron. There are a number of references that could leave the uninitiated confused.
I intend to get the DVD when it's available, and I'll see the sequels. It's not a deep or masterpiece of a movie, but it's worth a nice view a few times.
Tron Legacy is a much better movie. It's still a special effects movie, and the storyline is still somewhat lacking, but no more than a lot of other movies that try to be primarily special effects. Unfortunately, while the effects in the original Tron were, at the time, fantastic and futuristic, The Tron Legacy effects were nothing special by modern standards. These days everything is done in the computer anyway, so it isn't that big of a deal anymore.
One other annoying detail, The 3D version isn't exactly 3D all the way through. It is 2D until Sam Flynn (Kevin Flynn's son) is pulled into the computer (I'll trust that's not a significant spoiler, It wouldn't be much of a Tron movie if someone didn't get sucked into a computer). Then it's 3D until it shows the real world again, when it goes back to 2D. All I can figure out is that they were trying to do what The Wizard of Oz did with the color, black and white change when entering Oz. As far as I'm concerned, it was annoying in both instances, and I think that I'll skip the 3D version of this particular movie in the future.
There is a little anti-capitalist propaganda that I detected in the movie. It's rather blatant, and the attitude is almost a cartoonish version of progressive thought. After all, how dare a company try to turn a profit. Kevin Flynn is even more of a hippie type than before, and that really looks like a caricature as well. Interestingly, there is also very much an anti-utopist message in the movie. Attempting to create some sort of utopia doesn't work, and totalitarianism generally results. There is even a strong pro family message to the movie. The liberal propaganda seems tacked on to get things past the leftists running Hollywood,
One final complaint. It wasn't really finished. Most of Tron Legacy almost seemed to be more about setting up the sequel, than having an actual movie. There were several major plot threads that were never finished or fleshed out. I suspect at least one, possibly two more movies are in the works.
Overall, if you want a deep movie Tron Legacy isn't it. It is a nice popcorn type movie with decent if not fantastic (by modern standards) special effects. The plot is also fairly flat, better than the original, but also rather similar to the original.
Finally, if you want to see and actually understand Tron Legacy, you should probably rent the original Tron. There are a number of references that could leave the uninitiated confused.
I intend to get the DVD when it's available, and I'll see the sequels. It's not a deep or masterpiece of a movie, but it's worth a nice view a few times.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
My wife and I went to this movie a few nights ago. We originally had no real intention of seeing it, but we wanted a date night, and decided to go to a movie. This was the only one playing we wanted to see at all. It was a wonderful movie, with stunning 3D special effects. It reminded me a lot of the Secret of NIMH in it's overall feel, but with a significantly different story.
The Legend of the Guardians, is a fantasy, that not only involves talking owls, but owls that can forge metal, and wear helmets, and metal covers for their talons. If you can get past that, it is a wonderful little story about good and evil.
The Legend of the Guardians, is a fantasy, that not only involves talking owls, but owls that can forge metal, and wear helmets, and metal covers for their talons. If you can get past that, it is a wonderful little story about good and evil.
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