Fantastic Four has been made a few times in the past, but the most recent reboot came out in 2015. We follow the story of Reed Richards, Dr. Franklin Storm, Victor Von Doom, Ben, Sue and Johnny.
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What description springs to mind when you think: Mad Max. For
me personally, I picture Mel Gibson driving down the Highway with a sawn-off
shotgun and a GT Ford Falcon Coupe. Fast forward 35 years and not much has
changed. Still in the post-apocalyptic wasteland, still got Max and still got
some pretty cool high octane stunts. Only problem: It seems like the same
entire formulae has been repeated and regurgitated for a modern audience.
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Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the film. As I did most of the
movies we have reviewed. Not to mention, with actors such as Tom Hardy and
Charlize Theron, and George Miller at the helm, great visual effects, high
octane stunts (as mentioned before), 10 Academy Award Nominations and a 97% on
Rotten Tomatoes (Yes, 97 PERCENT!), It is difficult to fault such a movie.
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On top of a recycled list of plot features, the fact that the
story was incoherent, disjointed, had no general direction and made a 2 hour
run time feel like a decade left me feeling like I was waiting for something…
and the explosions! Wooo …... and waiting again…. and still waiting.
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All in all, A decent film that got a bit full of itself with
Oscar nominations and decided to save budget on writing by taking all the previous
Mad Max movie plots, putting them in a blender and then reconstructing them in
no discernible order.
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The Usual Suspects is one of those times
where an overrated film isn’t a bad film by any stretch. It was just over-hyped
and spoiled by positive accolades.
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From the
directive vision of Zach Snyder, (Director of superhero movie “Watchmen”, Hero
movie “300” and superhero movie “Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga’hoole” …
Uh, actually scratch that last one) comes Man of Steel; the attempted rebirth
of a nearly destroyed comic book icon… Superman.
Now straight
off the bat, Man of Steel could not have possibly done any worse than Superman
Returns (Which is pretty much the “Batman and Robin” of Superman films, if you
take the hint). So, in typical Zac Snyder fashion, A larger than life epic with
a ludicrous budget ($225 million), an insane amount of visual effects (most
which are pretty decent), a drawn out, slow story line/plot and an all-out
war/alienation of the protagonist. An in all departments, Man of Steel
delivered in spades.
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Since the
release of Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice and the announcement of Justice
League, It is widely received that Man of Steel was just a basic
re-introduction to the origins of Superman as a void filler to keep the fans
interested until the real blockbusters come out (and if it was Dawn of Justice…
It definitely missed the mark). So partly, that could be the excuse for
mid-range plot development (at best) and recycling/re-purposing the major fight
sequences and events from a previous movie (pretty much most of Superman and
Superman II).
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Overall, If you
want a more complete Superman experience, You should either watch Superman and
Superman II with Christopher Reeve or start invested in a few comic books (If
you’ve got the time and money, it’s definitely worth it!)
Most 90’s kids likely grew up watching Toy Story so it was only natural that when Toy Story 3 came out in 2010 that the demographic most excited about the movie would be teenagers. Although the movie gained a lot of praise from critics some even saying that the parents would cry more than the children it was just a giant let down in my opinion. The movie had a lot of hype around it, which made my expectations even higher but I just couldn’t (and still can’t) understand the glowing acclaim around it.
The movie ended up wining the Best Animated Feature Oscar and was even nominated for Best Movie of the year!! My main complaint about the movie is that it’s pretty basic. The film starts with an outstanding opening and a touching ending but it’s the main plot that does not resonate with me. I found it extremely repetitive and there was nothing endearing about it like the first two movies. Overall, I felt extremely let down with this movie mainly because I loved the first two but I think this movie had many flaws and it was most definitely overrated.
