Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) [2: Needed Improvement]
Positives: Great use and visuals via stationary cameras. Sorry for the pun, the paranormal activity was I guess descent (especially the kitchen door scene, awesome).
Negatives: NEVER USE OR PLACE CHILDREN ESPECIALLY A BABY IN A HORROR MOVIE. I FIND THAT UNACCEPTABLE! Too much family scripting and not enough paranormal. In the trailer you saw scenes of the baby crawling outside the house and a demon figure seen at the bathroom door (but the netflix dvd does not carry those).
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Toy Story 3 (2010) [3.5]
Toy Story 3 (2010) [3.5: Worth Watching Again, Probably Purchase]
Positives: Yes an anticipated animated sequel. Except for a few missing characters and voices from the first two it was still pretty good. It's final scenes are lines are emotional but it's call growing up and letting go. I am being generous giving it a 3.5, the animation and actor voices and being apart of the Toy Story saga is what saves it.
Negatives: The storied backgrounds needed different ideas. If they were deliberately taken to a day care center would make sense. The apparently bad characters that ruled the day care center, didn't sell. Looking back at Toy Story 2, the bear was a rip on The Prospector's story. Also the story's time lime, having him jump from boy to getting ready for college is one heck of a jump for a sequel. They should have continued thru an animated tv series like Star Wars Clone Wars did.
Positives: Yes an anticipated animated sequel. Except for a few missing characters and voices from the first two it was still pretty good. It's final scenes are lines are emotional but it's call growing up and letting go. I am being generous giving it a 3.5, the animation and actor voices and being apart of the Toy Story saga is what saves it.
Negatives: The storied backgrounds needed different ideas. If they were deliberately taken to a day care center would make sense. The apparently bad characters that ruled the day care center, didn't sell. Looking back at Toy Story 2, the bear was a rip on The Prospector's story. Also the story's time lime, having him jump from boy to getting ready for college is one heck of a jump for a sequel. They should have continued thru an animated tv series like Star Wars Clone Wars did.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) [3]
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) [3: Worth Watching Once]
Positives: Since I absolutely loved the first in 1987, a sequel would be intriguing. When I read Charlie Sheen would have a cameo (I said a line from Superman II, "man this is gonna be good!"). Michael Douglas sold great just as he did in the first movie.
Negatives: I was impatient so I read about the movie before watching it, and was surprised by a few things. His very young son Rudy had committed suicide(OMG!) and where did this daughter Winnie come from? Charlie Sheen would only have a cameo and what he says in a brief confrontation with Gecco turns out to be hypocritical. It's probably the updated look of media, internet and the financial world I don't care to hear or see now, didn't push/sell this to something I'd wanna see again.
Positives: Since I absolutely loved the first in 1987, a sequel would be intriguing. When I read Charlie Sheen would have a cameo (I said a line from Superman II, "man this is gonna be good!"). Michael Douglas sold great just as he did in the first movie.
Negatives: I was impatient so I read about the movie before watching it, and was surprised by a few things. His very young son Rudy had committed suicide(OMG!) and where did this daughter Winnie come from? Charlie Sheen would only have a cameo and what he says in a brief confrontation with Gecco turns out to be hypocritical. It's probably the updated look of media, internet and the financial world I don't care to hear or see now, didn't push/sell this to something I'd wanna see again.
The Social Network (2010) [2]
The Social Network (2010) [2: Needed Improvement]
Positives: Hearing and reading about the actual history it seems the factual history appears to be accurate depending of course what you believe based on the published story. But the lawsuit scenes are a definite he said vs he said. Actor choices were apparently good. A line in the movie I was impressed by (depending an historical accuracy) Mark Zuckerburg replying to the Winklevoss brothers "If Facebook was really your idea why didn't you create it?!"
Negatives: Where do I start. Movie reviews are not supposed to be or even made personal. But I as I say to alot of people why would anyone listen to a "movie critic" its just an opinion. But this movie hit a personal nerve/demon in me. I spent/lived and worked for a company that housed off campus living to UPenn students in Philadelphia. So I believe I know college students, although I never was one technically (did briefly attended tech school for less than a year). The image of college students I saw showed them to be arrogant, know it alls and pretty succeeding in jamming their foot in doors and in their own mouths. Ive seen so many college portrayed movies that it seems the only two goals are "a degree and getting laid".
Note: I only ended up on Facebook because a friend of mine, bullied me on to it. :)
Positives: Hearing and reading about the actual history it seems the factual history appears to be accurate depending of course what you believe based on the published story. But the lawsuit scenes are a definite he said vs he said. Actor choices were apparently good. A line in the movie I was impressed by (depending an historical accuracy) Mark Zuckerburg replying to the Winklevoss brothers "If Facebook was really your idea why didn't you create it?!"
Negatives: Where do I start. Movie reviews are not supposed to be or even made personal. But I as I say to alot of people why would anyone listen to a "movie critic" its just an opinion. But this movie hit a personal nerve/demon in me. I spent/lived and worked for a company that housed off campus living to UPenn students in Philadelphia. So I believe I know college students, although I never was one technically (did briefly attended tech school for less than a year). The image of college students I saw showed them to be arrogant, know it alls and pretty succeeding in jamming their foot in doors and in their own mouths. Ive seen so many college portrayed movies that it seems the only two goals are "a degree and getting laid".
Note: I only ended up on Facebook because a friend of mine, bullied me on to it. :)
8213 Gacy House (2010)
8213 Gacy House (2010) [1: Regretted Watching] It was a claimed true story and compared to Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity. Although the Gacy person and murders were true, this movie and so called investigation as a joke. It lacked a Ton.
Positives: At least their focus supposed to be a paranormal investigation of serial killer John Wayne Gacy. Use of cameras, and other (few) paranormal equipment, room to room searching.Negatives: Where do I start. Where half of them acted professional, the other half acted like childish cowards. A sold claim of true story especially that they were viciously attacked and all found dead, if this were true to would have made national news headlines. Major paranormal groups like PRS, Ghost Adventures or TAPS would have filmed investigations them selves, if they did I never heard about it. Very little use of real paranormal equipment. A ton of cameras, probably just for movie propping, and 1 or 2 things like EMF detector and/or K2 meter. Each team member would have had each piece of proper equipment. Over all it sucked and lie as a true story and an insult for a real investigation. A total rip of Blair Witch meets Paranormal Activity.
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