Movies: Mass Post... Part I

I've watched a heap of movies lately so this will probably be a multi-post as well but I thought we'd start with some of the more kid friendly ones and then I can have fun berating the not to so awesome ones in a second post... how's that sound?

The theme song for The Lego Movie has been stuck in my head ever since I saw this movie. It just randomly explodes out of me sometimes... "Everything is awesome!" I loved this movie, especially Batman (Will Arnett) and Superman (Channing Tatum) and Green Lantern (Jonah Hill). Starring Elizabeth Banks (Hunger Games), Alison Brie (Community), Will Ferrell (Anchorman), Liam Neeson (Taken), Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption), Chris Pratt (Guardians of The Galaxy) and a whole range of others. Made entirely in Australia, even though we were the last country to have a release date. Worth watching more than once to catch all the Easter Eggs. Everything is awesome!

I can't remember who recommended me Space Pirate Captain Harlock but it had been a while since I'd watched any anime and when I saw the preview for this one I was immediately captivated by the awesome space pirate ship, Arcadia. I watched it English dubbed, which I don't normally do because they just can't seem get the same inflections as the Japanese do, but this was dubbed really well! I loved the animation style though the husband complained that it felt like he was in a video game... that was what I liked about it! The story is a bit long winded, I had to watch it twice to follow the whole thing and even then I'm still confused by the very end... But totally worth it. Apparently there is a manga too but the animation on it is not quite as awesome as the movie, which I would watch a third time.

Mr Peabody & Sherman is a brand new, digitally animated film based on the characters from the old Rocky and Bullwinkle Show! I was pretty excited when I saw the title because of course I recognised the name and I'm a sucker for these reminiscent type films. Mr Peabody (Ty Burrell) has built a time machine in order to teach his adoptive son Sherman (Max Charles) history. Of course they hit a few snags on the way, the least of which is Penny (Ariel Winter), a girl from Sherman's school who teases him about being a dog and then gets lost in ancient Egypt. There's a rollcall of important people throughout history and Mr Peabody comes out with some of the most hilarious puns. The kids will love this one.

(Not exactly kid friendly but I couldn't resist...) After the fastest earning Kickstarter program ever, the Veronica Mars Movie was funded by fans worldwide nine years after the show ended... and it was totally worth it! If you're a marshmallow like me, you would have been just as excited that all of our tweeting to stars Kristen Bell and Jason Dohring, as well as writer and director Rob Thomas, finally paid off in a Kickstarter campaign that clicked over faster than the seconds. It's $2million goal was fully funded in under 10 hours! That is some crazy fans right there. So Veronica (Bell)  is now a lawyer and of course Logan (Dohring) find himself caught in a bit of a bind and in need of her help... So she dusts off the detective gear and gets to work. Classic Veronica Mars, exactly what the fans asked for! Will watch again for sure.

That's all for now but don't worry, I have a massive list of movies lined up for you.

Love Gee
xoxo

TV: The Tomorrow People SE1 EP5

The Tomorrow People
Drama, Sci Fi

Now that's more like it! Maybe Marvel should be taking lessons from Julie Plec (writer/producer of The Vampire Diaries, The Originals). This show very much reminds me of Dark Angel (again) mixed with a little bit of Nikita.

It's the story of the next evolution of humans; Homo Superior... Yes, terrible name and they admit to that a few times in the show itself. I also have a little trouble with them referring to them as not human and a different species... if I found out I had a mutated gene, I wouldn't be suddenly inferring I'm of a different species. I don't think I would be comfortable with that. Also, in making that claim it can semi-justify violence against them, because they're not human. I don't like it...

Teleporting...

Anyway, there is an underground group of these super humans who can teleport, have telekinesis and can read minds. The CGI on the teleporting is actually pretty cool; it's a little Stargate-y or Jumper-ish, they kinda suck into themselves. Plus these guys can fight! The fight scenes in this show are so much more impressive than Agents of SHIELD... though I've always wondered how guys manage to pull off an awesome roundhouse kick in a those tight jeans... mmm...

Story revolves around Steven (Robbie Amell from Revenge) who is the prodigy son of the savior... or something like that anyway. He has more than just the three powers mentioned above but he's still trying to work out how to use them. While trying to find his every elusive father he gets tangled up in his evil uncle Jedikiah's (Mark Pellegrino most recently from Revolution and Being Human but I know him from his role as Lucifer in Supernatural) plans to eradicate his species. Steven works for his uncle while also helping his underground friends John (Luke Mitchell, who is an Aussie!) and Cara (Peyton List from Mad Men). Honorable mentions go to Sarah Clarke (Twilight, 24) as Steven's mother and Jason Dohring (Veronica Mars, Ringer) as the diabolical Killian McCrane.

Not a bad show, I think I'll keep watching it just for Mark Pellegrino who plays such an awesome bad guy. Let's see how the rest of the season plays out eh?

3 out of 5 Stargates...

PS. Yes, I know I've been posting a lot of mediocre shows, but I like putting up different shows rather than reviewing the same ones every week and all the new shows are a bit meh so far... like I said though, we shall see how the season plays out. We might be pleasantly surprised with some of them.