Super 8 A “It’s like the Goonies and ET!” That’s what is often said about Super 8. Well, Super 8 HAS kids in it, they go on an adventure, and yes, there’s an alien trying to go home. But that’s not why I think it’s similar to those movies. I wasn’t initially impressed by the trailer, especially since I was still recovering from the nauseous “Cloverfield” movie, produced by J.J.Abrams. I grew up watching the Goonies and ET (more so the Goonies, considering I was only 4 or 5 when ET came out). I remember wanting to be one of the Goonies… I thought it was cool, that the kids had that much independence that they were able to go out and go through an incredible adventure, chase down a pirate treasure, and come out winners in the end…. Of course, there’s no fucking way that would happen in today’s world, where you have stupid knuckleheads and crazy child abductors… but guess what? Super 8 takes place in the early 80’s back when you COULD go out and play outside without the fear of being kidnapped….(well at least you could be naïve to it) I think Super 8 is more like the Goonies/ET, in that it matches the TONE of those movies. They were feel-good, adventure movies that took you out of what is going on now….it brought you into the movie, where you forgot your place in the real world, and could imagine yourself on the adventure as a kid… the story was serviceable and the acting by the kids were pretty good…(especially Elle Fanning, she’s gonna be a huge star someday) This movie felt like it was directed by Steven Spielberg, it looked like a Spielberg movie, if you didn’t know better, you would think it was a Spielberg movie. Well, it’s directed by J.J.Abrams and PRODUCED by Spielberg. Well done. (btw Spielberg only produced the Goonies) one more thing....make sure you stay for the credits.....
Bad Teacher n/a Trailers looked funny, unfortunately I was too busy to catch this in the theatres….which turned out to be a good thing, since this movie apparently sucked. Cameron Diaz is no longer attractive, but she does look good with sunglasses….since she looks like she only sunbathes her face…with no sunblock, until it looks like leather and her eyes sink in….anyways, the reviews were bad, which only kept me away even more. It’s too bad, Jason Segal deserves better.
X-Men: First Class A Now here’s a perfect example of when movie review get me to SEE the movie rather than keep me away. I saw the trailers and thought they were horrible. Let me tell you why…. X-Men: The Last Stand. Remember that piece of shit? I do. That completely destroyed the X-Men franchise. I hated it so much, that when the trailers for this came out, I could only see everything negatively. My first thought after seeing the trailer….”what the fuck is up with The Beast?... they might was well cast the puppets from the Dark Crystal…this movie is gonna suck….” After letting time go by and right before the opening weekend, I started to hear good things about the movie and was able to focus more on what really needed focusing on…. It was being directed by Matthew Vaughn, who direct one of my favorite movies, Layercake, he also directed Kick-Ass, which was pretty entertaining. The more and more I heard about it, the more I actually wanted to see it. Guess what. It was good. There are plenty of continuity errors in the movie, but that’s because the filmmakers want you to pretend like X3 and Wolverine never happened! If you can do that, you’ll enjoy this movie. It’s well made, goes by pretty fast and is very entertaining. It doesn’t FEEL like a superhero movie….not at first, at least…and that’s a good thing…
Green Lantern n/a Trailers for this movie sucked. I liked Green Lantern growing up. Movies like this and Thor are hard to make. If you see the source material, making a movie about a guy who gets a ring and can pretty much do anything with it, and fly around and shit is hard. If you’re gonna do this movie, it better be really fucking good, otherwise, it’s gonna fail miserably. Bad reviews and the fact that the bad guy, Peter Sarsgaard looks like this….
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