Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Review

I loved the first Pirates movie. Curse of the Black Pearl was great! And then they made two horrifyingly stupid sequels which were awful. After I thought they would be done, I hear they were making a fourth without Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley. I thought it would be even worse, but then I saw that Geoffrey Rush would be back and Penelope Cruz and Ian McShane would also join the cast. McShane plays Blackbeard, and Cruz plays his daughter, who Sparrow is in love with. The movie was the best of the sequels. I thought it had a good story which was Blackbeard, Barbossa, and the Spanish racing to the Fountain of Youth. The cast was better than the previous two sequels. It also had great fight scenes, even though they were quite exaggerated at some parts. My favorite part was between a member of the crew and the captured mermaid. I enjoyed the movie so I give it a 2.5/5 stars.

First Photo with Tom Hardy as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises!

When I first heard that Bane was going to be the next villain in the Dark Knight Rises, the end of Nolan's trilogy about Batman, I thought it was a joke. He was one of the low-key villains from the comics, and made an almost hysterical performance in Batman & Robin. I also couldn't believe Tom Hardy would be playing him either. But I thought about it, and I trust Chris Nolan wholeheartedly that he will continue this franchise with grace and that the third/end of it will go out with a bang!

A Few Good Men Review

A Few Good Men is the story of two Lawyers (Tom Cruise + Demi Moore) defending two soldiers of murdering one of their fellow comrades. Jack Nicholson is in charge of the base they are from in Cuba. Nicholson is a tough old-timey stereotype of the ultimate soldier. He does a great performance perfectly worthy of this Oscar Nomination for BSA. They must prove the soldiers were only obeying orders told by Nicholson. It is based on Aaron Sorkin's (Social Network, The West Wing) play of the same name, and he also wrote the screenplay. It is pretty similar to The Social Network with a vernacular only used by those mentioned in his movies such as soldiers and Harvard geniuses. The pace of the conversations and dialogue is also very fast-paced similar to The Social Network. I think it was a good courtroom drama, and I give it 3/5 stars.

The Social Network Review

The Social Network Review

            The Social Network is speaking of the founding of Facebook. Facebook is one of the most popular visited sites ever. It tells the story the founder, Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg), and the troubles he went through to keep it running. It is a highly controversial movie since it depicts the founder, worth over $1 billion, as a very egocentric and awkward person. I at first thought this movie was a documentary, but when I saw Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, Charlie Wilson’s War) writing the screenplay and of all people David Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en, Benjamin Button) directing I was stunned. It took me awhile to get around to see it since I wasn’t all that interested. When I ended up seeing it, I thought the directing and the acting of Justin Timberlake as the Napster-creating Sean Parker was amazing. Jesse Eisenberg also did a great job, and altogether the movie was very interesting. I thought it was very fun to watch and give it 3/5 stars.

New Trailer of the Day: The Adventures of Tintin

It has been 3 years ago since Spielberg has directed another movie, which I thought was awful (Indiana Jones 4). And 6 years since War of the Worlds and Munich. He has been in more of the producing phase recently such as producing True Grit, Hereafter, and The Lovely Bones. It is somewhat rare for him to go back into his native directing chair. I hate this new animation type which is similar to last year's Mars Needs Moms. I prefer the ones that I grew up with such as Lion King, The Incredibles, and Finding Nemo. But I trust Spielberg to give us quite a spectacle, but I will probably not go see this in theaters and just wait for the DVD release.

Buried Review

Buried is the story of a truck driver hired by the US Army (Ryan Reynolds) to drive supplies in Iraq. He is ambushed by terrorists and wakes up inside a coffin with the instructions that if he calls people to get him a million dollars he will be let go. It sounds like quite a intense movie, and that it is. The ENTIRE movie is him trying to survive in the coffin. While losing air and trying to convince people by phone his story, his fight for survival is agonizing. He must go against the forces of nature such as snakes crawling in the coffin and making sure the dirt above doesn't collapse on him. The director does a good job with keeping us entertained with limited scenery. I thought the movie was alright, and give it a 2/5 rating.