Prince Caspian

The second installment of the Narnia series gets a high reccomendation.
Very little to say without giving the story away, but if you had heard grumbling about A) Caspian's Spanish accent, or B) it not sticking to the book, rest easy.
The accent is explained and easily understandable. However, the actor's grasp of a spanish accent is shaky at best. In short, he wanes and waxes, and could have used more practice.
Not sticking to the book? Well, the already short book was mostly descriptive phrases, and in my opinion, they did a good job filling it out.
The battle scenes may make it questionable for younger kids, but other than that... go see it, rent it, whatever.
5/5

Con Air

I saw this movie on vacation, and I gotta say.... Language and violence aside, it was a fantastic film.

I gave the language and violence a pass, mainly because it was depicting real life.
Summary (hopefully spoiler free) A group of hard core criminals, serial killers, and rapist are loaded onto a plane going to a maximum security prison. Nicholas Cage plays a former delta force soldier, sent to prison for killing a man in self-defense. He is scheduled to be released and hitches a ride on the plane with his christian friend. Well, things go down, and the plane falls under a different control.

This movie was a character study, and probably one of the best I have seen. Too often character studies from Hollywood are long, liberal, boring, and preachy. This movie was the opposite. It was fast-paced, interesting, and most surprising of all, it had many Christian, conservative overtones.

The language and violence are there because, lets face it, serial killers and drug lords rarely act like Sunday schoolers. Over the course of the hectic plane flight, the changing personalities are amazing.
The script was amazing, the plot intricate, and the characters were all well fleshed out.

It gets 4/5 stars, only losing a star due to extreme family unfriendlyness.

Indiana Jones: Crystal Skull Review

Ok, I do not want to spoil anything, so I will try and keep it short.
1: This is the most family-friendly of all the Indy movies. Less gore, less passionate love scenes.
2: Language is fairly mild
3: Research in the setting and time period was extensive and well done, although Shia Lebeouff (Did I spell that right?) was not really in character. He makes a bad greaser.

I will spoil one thing for you: There are aliens in it, so the ending is a bit tacky, but otherwise, it has the same awesome feel of all the indiana jones movies, although you can tell they're grooming Lebeouf for the role of the next Jones.

Acting was superb, the script fit the setting and mood, and the lines, although normally would seem hoaky, fit right it and were delivered well.

I give it 4/5 stars. *****

Iron Man Review

WARNING! MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!On the surface, this movie gets top scoring for getting Tony Stark's personality and lifestyle correct.More points for taking the back story from an accident with shrapnel in vietnam, to an accident with shrapnel in the middle east. It was a smooth transition, it worked well, and it made more sense. They were able to transition everything over to the terrorist setting quite well. (Right down to the power hungry warlord.)Special Effect= FREAKING AWESOME! Well done flying, fighting, and jumping. The suits were spectacular.This movie was amazing partly due to the fact that they were able to take quite a bit of creative license, as was done with spider man, and STILL adhere to all the tiny little things that only diehard, freakfans would notice. (like me.)ie: Rhodes, Stark's military consultant and erstwhile bodyguard, checks out an unpainted (grey) Iron Man suit. Can anyone say "War Machine?"ie: Pepper Pot's freckles.ie: His revealing of his identity. This only happened in the comic books like three years ago, so don't feel bad.Now, to dig into it.Even as you watch the movie, you can FEEL the pull the directors are having. They are trying to remain true to the comics, but their pacifist, anti-corporate, anti-army beliefs have been LASER-etched into their brains, so they can barely fight it. As a result, all throughout the movie, Tony struggles with making weapons (after seeing what they do) and he his having trouble coming to terms with his company. At first, it appears to dampen the affect of the film.However, the directors managed to find an outlet for their anti-corporate rage in Obadiah, the vice-chair of Stark Enterprises. He is everything hollywood thinks a business man should be. He is a two-timing, double-dealing, back-stabbing, greedy, power-hungry, twisted old man. They were even trying to show the evil through subtle animation hints. ie: When the air chase begins, Tony's suit emits almost nothing, while Obadiah's gives off a huge, thick cloud of black smoke.Now, before you assume that the evil Hollywood has made Tony a pacifist, you have to pay close attention. He stops making weapons, until he can find out who is selling him out. He doesn't want weapons to fall into the wrong hands and make matters worse. He realizes that his life prior to the accident was pointless, and his dying cellmate gives a reason to live again: To protect those who cannot protect themselves. In fact, he kills several terrorists in the process of freeing hostages. (If getting slammed into a brick wall wont kill ya, getting shot by retracting, shoulder-mounted miniture guns will.)All in all, a spectacular movie. I liked it, but then again, i AM slightly biased.GO IRONMAN!!!

Garfield 2: A tale of two kitties.

um... less than impressive


Although it has possibilities, and it cracks some REALLY funny jokes, it was incredibly disappointing, like most sequels. When it needed to keep fueling giggles till the next joke rolled around, it resorted to crude humor, swearing, sexual innuendo, etc.
It had a potential for greatness... and blew it.
1 star *

Garfield: the Movie

I had always wondered when this would become a movie. I was pleasantly surprised.


It was ok all around. Funny, ingenious, etc. They captured Garfield well, but a few mild swear words earn it its rating.
3 stars ***

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Here's the trailer:



Sky Captain, in my opinion was a fantastic film. The all-star cast demonstrated good acting, and the script was well written.
Now, the downside is that many people will not understand this film. Most will think it stupid or hoaky. They will not understand the way the script is written. Why? Because the entire thing was designed to feel like a movie from the golden age of the silver screen. They duplicated the feel perfectly. I can say without a doubt that if the directors from the 30s had access to this kind of technology, this is what they would have produced.
Caution: A few mild swear words, and nudity is suggested and mentioned. However, the "nude" scene must be taken in stride, as it is handled VERY well. Nothing is shown, and it winds up being VERY funny. For a spoiler, see below. *
All in all, I give this movie 5 stars. It was very good. *****



*spoiler for questionable scene.
Sky Captain wakes next to Polly in bed after an explosion. He remembers nothing after the explosion, but their clothes are gone. (no nudity is shown. All but head and shoulders are covered.) Joe (sky captain) asks Polly why she is embarrassed about being naked. Polly demands to know where the clothes have gone. Then she resolves to get up and wrap herself in something, and commands Joe to roll over and look away. Joe rolls over and is greeted by the sight of their heavy-set russian guide in the same bed, also in the same predicament.
A monk appears and explains that the clothes were burned to remove radiation. Scene ends.