First and foremost, I went into this movie with a mindset of keeping it a separate entity from the animated series. I tried to imagine the movie as a different way of telling the same story (more or less), rather than an adaptation. But even without comparing this movie to its animated series, Avatar: The Last Airbender was a complete let down of a movie.
Clash is a visually stunning action-adventure/fantasy movie, and I quite enjoyed it. However, perhaps because of all the hype it received, it didn’t quite meet my expectations. But regardless, I would still recommend you go see it on the big screen.
Here at Professional Procrastinators, we’re no strangers enjoying films, good or bad. And 2010 is destined to be one heck of a year for theatrical releases. Remakes especially. A whole bunch of movies coming out this year are bound to draw attention: The A-Team, The Last Airbender, Nightmare on Elm Street, Footloose, Death at a Funeral, Tron Legacy, Robin Hood, and Alice in Wonderland (to name a few). But, we’ve voted and I’ve compiled the Top 5 films my fellow procrastinators and I just can’t wait to see. Read on to see our countdown!
Star Trek, a beloved franchise by many, has been in a sharp decline of quality for far too long. Both the last film (Star Trek: Nemesis in 2002) and the last series (Enterprise) were a shattering dissapointment to many a fan (myself included). The franchise was dying and desperately needed new life breathed into it. Well, the wait is over. Star Trek, the brand-spanking new film by J.J. Abrams (creator of Lost, Alias, and Cloverfield), gives the Star Trek franchise the righteous kick in the pants it deserves. Read more…
So, I grew up as a kinda geeky kid. My sport of choice (like most of my fellow geeks) was soccer. I don’t know why it attracted so many of us geeks. I know its a demanding sport and 300 trillion fans worldwide can’t be wrong about it’s macho prowess, but i’m American. Unfortunately this causes me to look down on European sports as kinda girly for no good reason. Sorry European sports. I guess its a cultural thing. Now i do realize that i am getting pretty off topic here, but bear with me. I swear my stream of conscientiousness is going somewhere… maybe. SO, back to me being a soccer kid. Being a group of kids that were geeky and too smart for their own good, a rumor quickly got passed around that every time we did that hitting the ball with your head thing, we lost a few brain cells. Geeks are very concerned about becoming stupid, so most of us made it a priority to learn the chest bumping thing instead. The group of true soccer jocks on the team ignored it, but i’m willing to bet i’m smarter than them today because i was cautious about headbutting a ball coming at me at mach 2. Hopefully i’m smarter than them. It doesn’t seem to have helped my ability to stay on topic, because this is a Wolverine Review. Read more…
Here’s the gist: Take Rick O’Connell – the main character from the Mummy movies – and plop him in as the main character, add a silly factor a notch above the (original 2) Mummy movies, combine some “Hey, even if I accept your fantasy physics, I’m pretty sure there’s something you forgot,” and add a pinch or two of wonderment reminiscent of the original Jurassic Park movie.
I’m sure the others have plenty to say about this movie, so I’ll keep it short.
I really liked Batman Begins. This one blew it out of the water! I came out of the movie theater giddy; this movie is easily among my top 5 favorites. It doesn’t have what you’d call a “twist” ending, but when its over, you want to see it again real soon so you can pick up all the small details.
Go see it! Chances are you’ll want to see it more than once on the big screen.
Edit: I know this isn’t exactly a review, but I don’t know who was supposed to actually review the movie and I didn’t want to step on anybody’s toes. If and only if the reviewer(s) don’t share my enthusiasm for this movie will I go into more detail about why this movie is among my favorites. I hope that clarifies my vagueness.
Grade: A
There’s a good chance that I’m the only one in this group that enjoyed Speed Racer. It was not cinematic gold but it kept me mostly entertained for the two hours and fifteen minutes of its running time. I guess in some fairness I have more history with the series than anyone else in the crew. I was introduced to the show while in middle school and it was rather like a joining of two awesome things, James Bond-esque cars and animation. I had a bonding with the silly plots and the weird cars that crisscrossed in a weird wonderland of joy. I doubt I’ve seen the entire series, just bits and pieces but they all had this feel to them that was really unique. Read more…
