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Hummingbird (2013)
Stay away from this one , or you'll regret it
What is it with these Martial art action stars, have they taken one too many blows to the head or what? After a couple of good Martial Arts movies, they always seem to start to think they are hired for their superior acting chops, and not their ability to kick ass. So they wanna move on to more serious roles. Listen Jason, your not shake spear material so stick with the regular movies you normally make. This movie is totally incoherent. I dunno if it's meant that way or just cut that way, but it's really bad put together. It starts out with some incoherent war footage from a what I assume is a chopper point of view, than you're find you self back in London in a back alley were a two punks are shaking down bums, for what exactly I couldn't figure out. And one of the bums is Jason's character, whom gets in a fight with one of them. Can't really call it a fight though cause he throws one punch and than (as I all other Hollywood movies) expect the bad guy to just drop. So he end up getting beaten up by the two punks, than he escapes and seek shelter in a luxury penthouse, were the owner just happens to be on a 6months vacation. He gets a shave and a shower and all of a sudden he's a new man. First he wanders around drunk out of he's mind, for as bit. Than all of a sudden he got a job in a Chinese restaurant, but you get no explanation as to how he got it.
Mes chères études (2010)
Student services
The movie is a bit strange and portrays the girl as very naive It starts out with a student fainting in class, turns out she haven't been eating in a while cause of poor economy, from there on the main story starts. After seeking advice from what I believe is the school Counsellor whom basically tell her to sue her parents or get more jobs. Than she somehow get the idea of trying prostitution. (At this point I sort of miss and explanation as to why she choose it so fast) It supposed to be a one time thing, but soon she spends all the money and she need to do it all over again. You get to see how she spends her hard earned money, while she's spending them. Dinner out with her friends paying for their drinks etc All the while you get to see these small cash signs in the air with a price tag of what the item cost her, It was and interesting way to illustrate how money just fly away sometimes. When you've been broke for a log time, you often fantasies about what you gonna spend all the money on when you get on the up and up. But once you get there you soon realize easy come easy go. So soon she needs money again and one client leads to another and another and so on and so forth. One thing that struck me as odd though, was that with every client she usually just lay there like a corpse while they do their thing. I may not know much about prostitution and the life of the average hooker, but I assume when you pay for sex you want some spark in it, however fake that spark must be. I'm pretty sure nobody pays a hundred Euros for a girl to lay there playing dead while you hammering away at her. Not unless you got some weird fantasy about them being dead, I'm pretty sure they would expect her to fake it at least Also the average client was usually men in their 50; it would have been nice with some diversities Another odd thing with the main character is that she seems to get more stupid/naive for each client she takes on. Which is usually quite the opposite of what normally happens in that line of work There are also bits and pieces that doesn't really go anywhere, which is a bit confusing But all in all not a bad movie,
Equilibrium (2002)
Who came up with this load of garbage?
Where do I sign to get the 111min. Of my life back,cause this wasn't worth it
Let me guess the producer watched 1984 and judge dredd+matrix and figured it would be a good idea to mash those into one movie, featuring stone faced Christian bale, and stone faced Sean bean First it start out like a standard futuristic cop movie. Cops raiding a building, but from than on it just goes down hill. The cops hit all their targets while the bad guys miss by the truckloads. Now I'm willing to suspend my sense of realism to a certain degree, but this movie is stretching it way beyond what is forgivable. The cops constantly go on raid after contraband, yet you never get to know how they got the information, which would be interesting considering they always kill everyone they come across. Not to mention that all the places they raid never seem to have a look out, and keep all their contraband merchandise out in the open. The whole gun-kata is just ridicules, and looks even sillier.
Don't waste your time on this one, go watch They Live by john carpenter instead or even 1984.Or perhaps Drive with Marc Dacascos This one obviously spent all their money on ammunition, cause the story line is paper thin, and the acting is wooden. And that's just he good parts
Before Midnight (2013)
Not really working for me.
One of the things that made the two previous movies work was the spontaneity, and the constant change of scenery. Since they were walking most of the time you didn't have time to get bored you were to busy immersing your self in romance and the story.
But now they have been married a couple of years, and are on vacation in Greece. And all they do is fight, in different scenery It starts out with them fighting in the car on the way back from the airport, than they take a short break at a dinner party, and a small stroll trough the city, than they are on it again in a hotel room. That's about the entire movie. If you ask me, it really shouldn't have been made. I don't believe in happy ever after etc. But this movie was no point in making, it's kind of like watching your parents divorce settlement from a birds eye perspective I don't get why they choose to film in Greece,there is so much nice scenery in and around Greece,but they use nothing of it. It would have been better if they had left it at the two previous movies,and just let the fans come up with the rest of the story But I guess she needed the money
Desperate Measures (1998)
Worth the time
Desperate Measures This thriller is a fast and intense paced movie, which is often overlooked Andy Garcia does a great job playing desperate dad, trying to save he's leukemia ridden son. And Michal Keaton does an even better job playing manipulating psycho, and completely steels the show. What bugs me a bit though is the constant rendezvous between Michal and Garcia, were Garcia has several opportunities to shoot him but hesitate afraid that he won't get the bone marrow he needs to he's soon. I would expect even a cop know you can actually kneecap someone and they'll live. That drags the movie down a bit, the days when you could get away with the good and the bad guy constantly running into each other, were long gone even when this film was made Not to mention that Andy's character would never been able to continue on the force, not to mention he would probable been sued. The survivors or victims of he's desperate try to keep Keaton alive, just so he could save he's son. Personally, I would have made sure Andy didn't get he's bone marrow, simply cause he leaves a wake of dead and injured people. But all in all it's a good thriller.
Skins: Pure: Part 1 (2013)
wasted
Skins part 4 I always liked Cassie's character she was always different from the rest of the skin cast, and her face got a lot of emotion and expressions. But that said I think this episode borrows a bit from and old 80s movie called No Small Affair that said this 4 episode is a lot to take in but there's also no solid story in it. The story is all over the place. *********************** Spoilers *************************************** The whole Cassie becoming a super model was just stupid, and made no sense at all **************************end of spoilers******************************* Come to think of it, I actually liked Cassie more when she was nuts. Now, they just portray her as the average teenager (?) with all the regular ups and downs. Back when she was nuts, she was more unpredictable, interesting and funny
Skins: Rise: Part 2 (2013)
The white knight Cook.
When I first heard that skins had started over again with the good old characters I was excited, than as started watching I got more and more disappointed. The Effie story was not believable at all; the Cassie story was even more stupid. She used to be this quirky but funny basket case, and now all of a sudden she was completely normal, working at a diner and being stalked, than becoming a fashion model.(which was highly unlikely her character) And now the whole story with cook
I guess he's destiny was the least surprising of them all a: mid level drug dealer.
But since when did cook become such a white knight!? In the previous seasons he didn't care about anyone but himself ,now all of a sudden after he witness he's boss kill one of the other mid level dealers, whom was having and affair with he's wife. Cook takes off with the gangsters girlfriend whom he suppose to save, along with he's own girlfriend
Cook was never any smart, so the fact that he's a drug dealer didn't surprise me. But the fact that he's a dumb blue eyed drug dealer seemed a bit too far fetched, I mean back in the old skins days, he was usually the one with the contacts in the underworld. So why portray him so naive now? I'm not surprised by the fact that he got a soft spot for girls, he always thought with he's libido, but the whole: I'm gonna play white knight and save her, is just so not cook Never gonna understand why they always gonna have a dialog with the bad guy, instead of just killing him. The entire second episode seems more like the plot for a bad American movie. Oh yeah, when you hiding in the woods from a gangster who wants to kill you, it is always smart to go around screaming for a missing person. I get that it's someone you care about but still not really logical. Not to mention that cook who always got in a fight back in the days, now fights like girl. They should've just left the old series alone instead of coming up with this crap. But I guess some of the cast was trying to move on from skins, I know that Hannah Murray who plays Cassie wasn't all that interested in going back. But she said she liked the new Cassie( I guess she needed the money)and that's why she came back *******************************Be ware spoiler*********************** When Cook got a chance to end it all he refuses,and let the mob guy live,even though he just killed he's girlfriend and her parents(which didn't make sense)that part just got too stupid,did he really think that the gangster boss wouldn't come after him just cause he managed to beat him in a fist fight?? Get real
The Lifeguard (2013)
Not really worth your time
This is one of those artsy films that are suppose to be deep and meaning full and tell a story with every picture, and the dialogs is suppose to be heavy& make you go Hmm. Personally I got bored after the first 15 min.Kristen's character didn't make any sense to me. She got a job as life guard, but didn't seem like she really wanted the job. And the lines they deliver are just agonizing to listen to, and don't really sound like they believe in what they say. One good thing about it, never seen Kristen bell show so much skin before. But I gotta say I hope the new Veronica mars movie will be better than her last few movies. Cause she really hasn't got that much worth watching. Besides For veronica mars I've only seen he in one other move that is great Gracie's choice
Skins: Fire: Part 1 (2013)
A last dying effort to get the good ratings back?
Skins the end? Since they brought back the old characters I assume the season 5-6 didn't really do as well as they hoped. That said this new series with Effy as main character, lack the chemistry you had in the old seasons. It feels like Effy isn't a strong enough character in this show, to carry it the way they mean to. Working at the stock marked was a bit to high up at the food chain to able to identify with, I mean if she had some crummy job in a coffee shop and a shitty boss, that would be something people could relate to, cause everybody been there onetime or another in life. The whole cancer drama thing didn't really fit. Things like that you need to work up a care for the character, which in this case you really didn't get to do. Yes you followed her in the 4th season but time has passed since than, and besides she didn't have to create the drama all alone than. I have no problem with showing them now as adults out in the "real world" But I found it a bit boring, and not really caring for any of them, since their characters was so flat
White House Down (2013)
Just when you thought things couldn't get worse they made White House Down
This movie is so bad; it's hard to know where to begin. Jamie Fox overplays being a down to earth president so much that it makes you laugh. The scene where he has to change shoes and goes for the high top sneakers was just tragically funny, not to mention unnecessary. These supposedly highly trained professional terrorist's run around like idiots. There's a scene were they come out of a elevator,on the hunt to find the president. Were they just walk out like they are bulletproof. If he had been waiting for them they would all be dead before they even walked 5 paces.
It would like to think that if the president was held hostage within the white house or any where else for that matter, they would have a media black out immediately. Not much point in the good guys storming the white house, when you as terrorist can watch it play by play on CNN live. I would also assume that as long as the president is held hostage he's nuke codes would be useless. But based on what I've read about our nuke system, he's codes a lone doesn't lunch a baseball at once. So there's really no point in getting the codes. Cause someone else has to push the button Since in all these movies they always just HAVE to use the new F35, (who I believe is still on a testing level and has yet not entered mass production, since most of the countries canceled the order when Lockheed couldn't keep the budget.) I'm stating to wonder if these movies are made simply as propaganda for the plane. If you loved Olympus Has Fallen, you will probably love white house down.. If not. Have the good sense to stay away from this movie, I wish I had.
Nightbreaker (1989)
Good but could be better
It is and interesting movie.With some good actors in it But could have done with some More meat on the bone. The movie spends a lot of time on the background story of Emilio's character,but spends less time on showing how he got there. Also the narration at the end could have used some more facts to give the movie more substance. You never get what happened to Lea Thompson she just seemed to be out of the picture when they switch to modern day. But its a really good movie the only problem is it left me with the feeling that a lot of stuff ended up on the cutting room floor,which make the story seem a bit thin. I dunno how much effort they've put in it, but i feel the story got a lot of unused potential.
Graceland (2013)
Don't watch. You will regret it
Graceland First impression= Don't waste your time, your not getting it back, and it ain't worth it The TV series seem weary hastily put together. Not to mention if your expecting a undercover FBI agent, I seriously doubt you send a message through the cockpit of the plane he's traveling on, asking for FBI agent so and so, and I also doubt the stewardess would go asking for said FBI agent in front of all the other passengers. It kind of tends to blow you future cover. The entire crew seems highly unprofessional in their behavior. This is one of those show that you have seen a million times before, where the ragtag bunch of a undercover crew are suppose to be the best there is and so on, and the newbie make all the mistakes they tell him not to make, and where every one is semi hostile towards him cause he's replacing someone they have worked with for a long time. You've seen it in 21 Jump Street; you've seen it on Dark Blue and basically every other show of this type. When are the people who makes these show gonna realize that nobody, and I mean NOBODY shoots up as a way to test the drug. If you wanna get killed by shooting your self full of rat poison or washing powder sure. But if you gonna buy a suitcase full of drugs, you don't shoot up to test the product. The acting is wooden at best the lines are standard an tacky and the actors are basically bottom of the barrel I'm wondering if the people above me have seen the same show I have, or are they simply paid to say good things about this show? It was 45 minutes I won't get back, with a bunch of actors that can't act, can't say lines
Longmire (2012)
What a god awful dumb show
This show is soo bad it sound like they read their lines of a cardboard outside of the camera view. They walk all over a crime scene, touching evidence. Not that it matters much since they don't seem to have a forensic team, and the sheriff and he's deputies have a combined IQ of 7 on a good day. "Oh no, they didn't" They actually take a pair of pants that was part from the crime scene where a murder has been committed, and make a whole ranch full of cowboys drop their pants, and try on said pair of pants which would actually be considered tempering with evidence. The sheriff is so tough, that he puts a hand on a gun while questioning and unarmed civilian standing more than 10ft away. In short; the sheriff looks like he has watched too many old western movies and tries really had to look like Clint Eastwood's gunslinger characters. The rest of the cast are just fill inns
Bullet to the Head (2012)
Worst on screen chemistry ever
The movie has the worst story line I've seen in a long time,even for a stallone direct to DVD. Stallone needs to realise the 80s are over he ain't on top anymore. He's just a vague memory of what he used to be as an action star, both him and Arnold need to retire for good Sylvester plays a hit-man who gets double crossed and loses he's partner in the process, than sets out for revenge. Along the way he teams up with a Korean cop whom seems to be in love with he's black berry cause it never leaves he's hand, and he always nag about going by the book and playing by he rules. Which seems kind of dumb, cause when you team up with a hit-man, you can pretty much guarantee nothing you do will be admissible in court. Yet he keeps on talking about arresting people, nevermind that he as no jurisdiction where he is in the first place. Sylvester and he's on screen partner has no chemistry what so ever, which make the movie even more unbearable. They lack everything a god buddy movie is supposed to have: chemistry, witty dialogue humour. In short I think this is the worst Walter hill movie ever. Stallone need to ease down on the steroids, they have almost melted he's brain. What kind of a stupid hit-man kills the guy he's working for?
Iron Man Three (2013)
Boring Stupid Flawed and not really that funny
First off I know Marvel sold they're behinds years ago,so all these superhero movies are basically made only to sell more toys and MCdonalds menu's with toys in them.But this is getting ridiculous.You suppose to root for the superhero,not be indifferent about him.
The movie spend a great deal of time showing how big Tony's ego is, and how he thinks he's superman =indestructable,and above everyone else,including he's own security chief
Than he goes on national TV and tells the bad guy to come get him and where to find him (not that hard considering everyone knows he's Iron Man. And he's house is kind of hard to miss). Which of course put he's beloved pepper in danger, when the bad guy do just that. I was kind of hoping she would get killed, but no such luck
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****Spoiler***Spoiler******* One thing that struck me as odd, he got all this super gadgets that he can control on a whim ,yet he can't stop and incoming missile aimed at he's house? And how come in the end he could call up on all he's Armour suits but couldn't do it when he's house was under attack?? Why didn't he's suits just fry everyone off the bad guys in the end battle, why go in close to punch them, it makes no sense at all? Another thing the women who claimed to be homeland security whom Tony fights off in the bar, how come she was alive? You could clearly see her in the bunker room with the other test subjects, when they first discovered that the serum could be used as a bomb, which blew up and killed everyone in the room. That was way before the incident at the bar, so technically she shouldn't be alive. Unless the A.I.M. guy could raise the dead.
End of Watch (2012)
Bored
When I see all the good review this movie get, I wonder if we'd all seen the same movie. The whole buddy cop thing is done in at least hundred different ways before. This one really didn't bring anything new to the table, besides maybe the whole hand held camera thing. Which really isn't something you wanna see in a action movie, besides that too is so overdone. Not to mention it usually works best as a comedy *******spoilers******spoilers*******Spoilers****One thing I found a bit strange, was that when they are holed up in an easy defensible apartment hiding form gang bangers with ak47, they start walking in front of the windows casting silhouettes for the bad guys to shoot at, and lest not forget that Jake's character gets the whole bright idea to run out from the apartment they hide out in. Away from the place they have just called for back up of all available forces to, and out in the streets in a neighborhood were cops isn't all that popular to begin with. He is suppose to be an ex-marine, if what they teach the marines is to run away from the easy defensible position and out into the open,I would be worried End of spoiler****** One thing that puzzles me though is that every time when they catch a criminal who's armed, they grab the weapon like it was their own private piece, putting their fingerprints all over it. I have no idea what it's like to be a cop, but to me that's seemed kind of strange and unrealistic. If this weapon was use in any sort of crime it would immediately weekend the evidence. There's also a few scenes where a co worker is clearly mad cause he's filmed by our heroes, but you get no explanation why there's a grudge between the.
Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010)
The Aussie version of Red Dawn
The Aussie version of Red Dawn, only this one focus a bit more on the psychological aspect of killing in a war Lets make one thing clear right of the bat, this is a blatantly rip off from the 1984 Red Dawn (yeah I know you Aussie lovers hate that comparison, but that just goes to show is true) only Red Dawn was waaaay better, and a lot less politically correct The characters in this movie are way too old to pass as teenagers. The part where they stand on an edge of a cliff and say they can see cobblers bay, the horizon seemed a bit fake (but that could just be the filming,or just poor cgi) One part they had changed from the book was, in the movie they don't all really know each other from before. While in the book they were all long time friends from way back. Therefore it seemed a bit strange to me that they should call up Lee out of nowhere, to ask if he w*anna come along on their camping trip. *****spoilers****Spoliler******** I found it a bit too stupid that when they sit and discuss what they gonna take with them to their new hideaway, and its all dead quiet around them. Yet they can't seem to hear a low flying chopper coming, until it's right outside the house they hide out in. I live in a fairly big city and whenever there's a chopper passing over you can hear it all he way to the other end. I seem to recall that scene was in the books too, but some thing's are better executed in books than on the big screen.************End of spoiler********** It's not a bad movie it's a bit slow in places where it should be fast, and a bit fast where It should've been slow, for instance the whole Lee and Ellie romance thing, all of a sudden they just start kissing. Other scenes were cut way short But it's a bit short even if it a series, they could have put more depth into the story
Daylight Fades (2010)
when you're life fades while watching a movie
When daylight fades Is a low budget slow moving, boring vampire movie about love, relationship, and god knows what else. The main problem for me with this movie is the pace and the fact that you really don't care about any of the characters. The main guy is supposedly the underdog of the society whom never has much luck; than one night he meets the women of he's dreams, they have a fight just before things go wrong. And he gets turned in to a vampire with a conscience. Which means he's gonna go around for the rest of the movie preaching about right and wrong and that you can not go around killing people, just cause you're a vampire. Even though he does it him self sometimes He bitch and wines like he is in a Ben stiller movie. This gives me even less sympathy for him. "Oh it's so hard being a vampire", "my conscience is telling me to stop" If you like a vampire movie that moves at snail pace, this might just be the movie for you. It's kind of like a movie about a vampire's struggle with he's inner self and he's conscience. It makes twilight seem Oscar worthy, and they even have sparkling vampires how sad is that
Cybergeddon (2012)
CYBERGEDON is the worst short series I've ever seen.
CYBERGEDON is the worst short series I've ever seen. And if I was the FBI I would drag the producers to court for making them look bad. Were do I begin, the acting is super bad thanks to Missy Peregrym whom basically struts around with cleavage all the time and spew out lots of words about cyber terrorism and hacking, but with a look on her face that says going through the motions. But lets face it she ain't in anything cause she can act, she's eye candy pure and simple. I know it's probably not easy to make a good movie of cyber terrorism, but this is impossibly bad. It makes hackers with Angelina Jolie look Oscar worthy ****spoiler*****************spoilers********** When she almost get captured by her Ex-boyfriend (whom probably wouldn't be allowed on the case anyhow) she so dumb that she brings him with here when she escapes after he's subdued with a tazer shot from a hacker she just have mange to get released from prison, without any paperwork what so ever. Than she just forget that they can track he's cell phone, and this is suppose to be the F.B.I's top cybercrime fighter. Later when the superhero ex boyfriend get a chance to stop the bad guy, he runs into a room with and armed terrorist with a hostage and yells Nobody moves, instead of just shooting the hostage taker and the bad guys he ends up nearly getting he's as beat by a skinny punk girl, just so the main bad guy can get away. Another stupid thing is, when they kidnap missy's mum in order to get to Missy's character, she runs after the car and when she finally catch up with it, she just stand in front of it until they run her down and off course can escape away safe. Cause the guy who can hack a traffic light just simply can't manage to hack a traffic camera, not to mention telling the FBI that the cyber terrorist they think is in prison is actually out on the loose, an creating havoc in the country . By mid of episode 8 I was hoping they kill off both missy's character and her mum Don't watch it unless you're hungry for cheep missy Peregrym Eye candy
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
Trying to be Miami Vice in Hawaii but fall flat
Trying to be Miami Vice in Hawaii but fall flat
This show got every stereo type cliché in the book. The divorced cop with a troubled relationship with he's ex-wife, and their preteen daughter caught in between. (And why should he be any different from every other movie cop, so when they suddenly need a hacker he knows one right of the bat. Even though he suppose to be new on the island) The though ex-military guy with grudge, who off course is an ex navy seal (why can't they for once be Green Beret or a Delta or a Ranger.) And the hot sexy eye candy, whom off course would rather be a cop and fight bad guys, than a movie star or a model etc. And off course the Asian/native Hawaiian cop. Guess there wasn't any black actors available for audition. Anyway they've worked hard to cover all the fan bases just to make sure. Someone should tell Scott Caan, that he doesn't have half the acting chops he's old man have. The guy can't act. He belongs in fraternity movie, where he can drink beer burp and act like a douche
**************** spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler spoiler************ One of the most stupid scenes happens when they main hero I the middle of a car chase calls a girl whom works on an aircraft carrier, (and she of course have her Iphone switched on, lying next to classified tech equipment, while she's working as a radar/satellite operator. which I'm pretty sure is a big no-no) And ask her for satellite surveillance of car they are chasing, but lost track of It gets even more stupid when after breaking several of a person's civil rights. Scott can (Who can't act) goes into this big monologue about how they can't arrest the suspect cause they only got a name and knowledge that its connected to bigger crime, but no solid evidence they could take to court. The duo often have these cheesy dialogs while driving, usually right after they have just broke several laws and are about to break another one. I also find it kind of fun that they walk all over the crime scenes leaving finger prints every were, and none they arrest ever goes to court with the hole testifying thing They even have the worst care chase in history and SUV vs. a smaller sedan; the good guys ride the SUV (off course) and the bad guy the sedan. And every time the sedan pushes into the SUV the sparks explode like fireworks,, Someone should explain to these producers that NAVY SEALS are actual marksmen and good fighters, these people can't fight their way out a wet paper bag, not to mention hit a target. Every time they gonna storm a building, everybody goes in to the front, so the bad guys can escape through the back window/door. This happens 98% of the times
Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986)
Not bad
This is a cute little chick flick. Jennifer Connelly stars in this cute little teen chick flick of girls growing up and falling in love The film is full of cute little awkward moments from a girl's point of view I guess. But I found it a bit disturbing that they portray every male older than school level as a predator on the hunt for young girls. They don't dare go full out with it, but they imply it every time an adult come into the picture, which don't have kids. The shrink, the baseball player, the politicians, almost everyone only; with the exception for a journalist But I think Jennifer look and act really well and mature, for her young age, her character looks and acts like someone who have decided what they wanna be when they grow up, but haven't yet realized that things don't always turn out that way But I feel they could have dug deeper into the characters. *****spoilers ******** spoilers
I also found it a bit stupid that in the end the Jeff character just all of a sudden got along with he's stepfather, with out any explanation as to why, considering they had been butting heads since start, they should have included a scene or two that showed what compromises they had come to, especially since Jeff's parents, in particular he's stepfather was trying to control he's life down to the smallest details. I got the impression they wore trying to tell me that your parents are always right and you should just blind obey them and accept their rules The scene where Jeff wakes up next to Jennifer's father in bed was a bit stupid and unrealistic. How would he not notice that there was another person in the bed, which was a bed he was to have all to him self? That scene seemed kind of rushed and weary little planed to fit in with the rest story line
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Boring Stupid and waaay to long
What a stinker. Let me state for the record that I'm a fan of the first batman from 1989. Not the movies made since than It may not have been true towards the comic, but it was a whole lot better than the crap they have produced with Christian bale in. The 89 version didn't rely so heavy on super gadgets and fancy machinery. He had a car, a grappling hook, a few smoke bombs and a plane (that Warner brothers forced into the movie, just so they could sell toys) In the dark night rises Almost everything is magic gadgets: a bike, a helicopter, an EMP gun, Not to mention that a swat team wouldn't leave hostages unsecured in a room just to run after bad guys. You dispatch people to secure everyone in the room, in case one or more should develop cases of Stockholm syndrome, while the rest of the team chase the bad guys. ****spoilers****spoilers Even worse the helicopter was armed, yet he didn't shoot bane when he could. WTF batman are you retarded? ****end of spoilers***** Not to mention the 1989 Alfred used to have balls Michal Caine sounds like and old maid: ooh you can get hurt, Oooh someone might beat you. All Michal caine does is walk around whining about Bruce Wayne running around playing batman. After listening to him for 2 minutes I wanted to strangle him. Not to mention that batman fights like a girl. Bane weakest point would be he's breathing mask, yet batman never tries to damage it. Batman is a friggin wussy compared to how he was portrayed by Michal Keaton, not to mention you can hardly understand anything Bane says. Gorden levitt looks like he was hoping for a part as boy wonder/ robin. The only good character her was Matthew Modine, and I don't even like him much. But this is one of the better parts he has played by far. I found it funny how a bunch of super trained mercenaries can't seem to hit a bunch of police men moving in line side by side. Bales voice when he's in costume sound like a little street kid playing tough. Even Val Kilmer was better batman than Bale
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)
Oh how the mighty have fallen
Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren used to be kings of the Martial Arts franchise in direct to video action, People were lining up to rent their movies, when they both starred in the first universal soldier. movie (in which they were great) They made a dynamic duo which I haven't seen repeated since double impact. But a long time has passed since than,and the world has changed.The direct to video marked has changed along with the rest of the world. Sadly Dolph Lundgren and Van Damme has not. Not unless you wanna count aging. Look at them now, they have either wasted all their money on coke, or they just simply don't understand how over the hill they are. They are like a couple of worn out prostitutes they'll do anything for money now matter how degrading or stupid it is. This movie is complete sh*t. Where shall I start? Sense. This movie makes none. Storyline it none existent. I can't find it at anyway. Directing and line delivering is so bad it make you cringe . The pace of the movie is slow. I've seen turtles age faster than the pace of this movie. The main plot about Scott Andrew,(Dolph Lundgren 's character) having gone rouge. Makes even less sense cause he got shredded in the first Universal soldiers movie, which was great by the way,really good and entertaining.
The end battle is just laughable. I don't think I've seen anything that bad since the first American ninja movie,that I used to love back when I was kid, but just make me cringe now. Which to me is a perfect example of and era that is over.Much like Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren s glory days
The Neighbors (2012)
Too far between laugh
This show could have been good, with some better comedian's tom Arnold or something. When I started watching it I was hoping for something like Tom Hanks Burbs. But forever hoping in vain. I really liked Jamie Gertz in the 80s but a comedian she never been. She mostly played serious role and after watching this I understand it was for a good reason. The lines stinks, the acting is wooden at the best. I can't think of a single moment where I actually laughed, while watching this show. The Daughter of the house looks like a man, a cross-dressing man. Jamie Gertz has only one expression most of the time. They could have so much fun with the hole alien neighbours in suburbia, thing but instead they try their hardest to bore us to death
Last Resort (2012)
Could have been good,but got overwhelmed by too much stupidity
This was so promising by the first episode than it just fell flat This show started out great, when I first saw the pilot episode I was hooked, I couldn't wait for number 2.But than it went down hill fast. There are so many unanswered question that they hope will keep you watching, but in reality just make you role your eyes. The first thing you do in a case of a coup or a mutiny is shooting those who oppose you. You simply can not let them live, they will try to overthrow or undermine you at any chance they get. Not to mention it's important that those who serve under you don't have anything to go back to. That's the one thing these conspiracy shows always do wrong. They never shoot those who undermine their authority I could look away from all the inaccuracy about navy standard and women on subs. All the patriotism BS however is boring, stupid and unnecessary. The show would be much better of just using the suspense of trying to survive. The man in charge make all the wrong decisions and would have lost the trust of he's team. That's one of the things that really annoy the heck out of me with this show,no matter what hardship the sailors/soldiers have to go through every time the captain make a idiotic decision, they always go I/ we don't blame you sir. Have the navy managed to wipe out human nature?
**SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS *** When they got attacked in episode 2, they had a perfect ambush planed, but the leader was so afraid that he might be shooting on American special forces coming to kill them, so he stood up and warned the attackers, which turned out to bee Russians by the way (just so he could shoot them with out loosing viewers) Several of he's men got killed, yet no one seem to blame him for it. But if he hadn't warned the attackers he's men would actually had survived and the Russians spetnaz would have been killed. To make things even worse they start negotiation with the local mob boss whom has several of the marine's hostages, instead of just taking them by force. Even better how the H**** did they get a hold of the nuke codes, I mean the plot is suppose to be that some rouge government inside the government sent the nuke order. But I thought the president carried the nuke codes on him at all times I got even more stupid when the captain compares the loss of a soldier,( a loss he could have prevented) to the fact that he's son (whom apparently died in friendly fire in Afghanistan long time ago) won't get a proper burial until he surrenders.And of course nobody blames the cap. I mean com on that's just to stupid.