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

Movie: Batman Begins (2005)

Batman Begins (2005)
Action, Adventure, Drama

This is the first of the Christian Bale (The Fighter, Terminator Salvation) series of Batman. Now, I did just watch every one before this as well but I thought I'd start with this series... I never really liked Bale all that much but he is the best Batman so far; George Clooney (Ocean's Eleven, ER) did this weird thing with his head that I couldn't get past and Val Kilmer (Top Gun)? No...just, no.

I think I've only seen this film once before, back when it first came out so its almost like watching it for the first time all over again....Alfred is always a favorite of mine and Michael Caine (Children of Men) is perfect for the role. Liam Neeson (Taken) is always a great hard ass and I love him as Wayne's teacher. It's especially awesome to watch the training of Batman. This movie is what it says it is; Batman's beginning.

I suppose they cant really veer from the original story too much seeing as its from the comics and all, but it's good to see a little more of the story revealed in each movie. This one showing the before and after the shooting of Wayne's parents. I think that its good to see Batman as not so perfect, the trial and error of finding the perfect Batsuit etc. The movie itself is less satirical and on more of a serious. The last couple were pretty much jokes the whole way through, I like that this one is more realistic; Batman could be REAL!! haha

I totally and completely forgot that Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek) is the girl in this one.... wasn't this the last movie she did... the only one she did while with Tom Cruise? *shudders*  Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) is the brains behind all the Batgadgets. Mark Boone Junior (Sons of Anarchy) is a crooked cop and Gary Oldman (The Fifth Element) is his straight laced partner, while Cillian Murphy (Inception) is the evil Scarecrow bent on destroying everyone. But I'm sure you already knew all of this as you've all already seen it, right?

3 out of 5 Batsignals...

Movie: Wrath of The Titans (2012)

Wrath of The Titans (2012)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy

It's not a good thing when I have nothing to say about a movie... I don't know why I do this to myself sometimes. I love Greek mythology and I know before I even see a preview that I'm not going to like this movie, and I was right. I just sat there and picked holes at it... besides the fact it was a pretty lame ass movie.

It even has Sam Worthington (Avatar) in it and you all know how much I love Aussies... not this time, sorry Sam. I might give you an extra point 'cos you were born in my town but that whole performance looked really damn uncomfortable... and your accent is the most ocker Aussie accent I've ever heard, I can't believe they didn't ask for you to tone it down a little. 'Tis kinda cool that the son of Zeus is Australian though. *snickers*

Liam Neeson as Zeus... you'd think it would be as awesome as Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars but no... Zeus, I'm sad to say, is lame. I thought Ares looked so much like Kit Harington (Game Of Thrones) that I just couldn't get past it. I imagined it was him through the whole thing, it made it slightly better.

I do love Ralph Fiennes (Schindler's List) though. Still, he was much too big for the role of Hades. It is nice to see him with a nose now after so many years of playing Voldemort, and at least him and Zeus sort of looked alike...I don't know, I think the script let them all down; it was boring and predictable.

2 out of 5 lightning bolts....