THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 Trailer

So the new trailer for Amazing Spider-man 2 just came out and personally I think it looks amazing, but I can't help to think there sure are alot of villians in that 2 minute preview.  Please don't let this be another Spider-man 3 mistake...way too many villians and a really shitty venom.  I know alot of people didn't much care for the first Amazing Spider-man but I loved it.  Yes they had to show the whole Uncle Ben dying again, but that's part of Spider-man's history and story.  If you really wanna argue origin stories then let's talk about Man of Steel and how it's okay to kill thousands of people.  Anyways, sorry for the tangent.  So this trailer is leading me to believe that one of the rumors is true, and that is that The Sinister Six is coming in a big bad way.  The Sinister Six is a group of Spider-man villians, now this group has changed over time and it's consisted of:  The Lizard, Electro, The Rhino, Doc Oc, Green Goblin, Vulture, Mysterio, Kraven the Hunter, Sandman, and Venom.  They have all been apart of the Sinister Six at one time or another.  So it's looking like this maybe coming in the 3rd or 4th movie.  Now hearing that gets me very excited but also worried.  Do we need someone like Joss Wheddon to direct this since we now know he can make many characters work together on one screen (Avengers) ?  Regardless on reviews or what people say about the Amazing Spider-man movies....I'm all in. Also did you get a look at the very quick shot of Paul Giamatti as The Rhino, and then also once he turns into the Rhino "Transformer", I'm not so sure about that take on it but I will hold all judgement until I see the movie.  So for you're viewing pleasure here is trailer for The Amazing Spider-man 2 coming to a theater May 2nd, 2014.

                    

                                                 

Time for a change

All right it's due time for a change on this blog I have going.  I haven't written a review in a very long time.  Time to revamp this blog.  More details to come. 

Monsters University (2013)

We saw Monsters University starring Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Charlie Day, Nathan Fillion, and many more.   This is a sequel to the 2001 animated movie Monsters Inc.  It's another slam dunk from Pixar, and just as good as the first one.  It takes place before the events of Monsters Inc. when Mike and Sully are in college and haven't even met each other yet.  There is so many cool and funny scenes throughout this movie.  It's gives you a glance at the college life but only if everyone was a monster or some other kind of crazy creature.  The animation and visuals are fantastic, Sulley's fur looks so real.  Pixar also invented a new way of doing lighting in this movie which I'm sure will be the new way to do shadows and lighting in cartoons now.  There is a scene that really shows it off in the movie where they are running down a hallway and jellyfish are being thrown everywhere.   This movie is great for adults and kids especially when allot of us seen the original when we were kids.  I highly recommend this movie for any lovers of Pixar, animation, kids movies, and Monsters Inc.

I give this movie a 5.0, I gave enough reasons above. 

Despicable Me 2 (2013)

I went and saw Despicable Me 2 starring Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Russell Brand, Ken Jeong, and Miranda Cosgrove.  This is a sequel to the 2010 computer animated comedy.  In this one Gru is hired by the AVL (Anti Villain League) to find the world's newest criminal master mind.  This movie was just as funny as the first one especially with the minions.  It seems they know where the laughs come from because you see allot more of the little yellow guys this time around.  There's not so much of a story from the kids this time around which I thought was kind of disappointing because they were hilarious in the first one "IT'S SO FLUFFY!!!"  I didn't care for the main story in this one and there wasn't any big surprises that you can't see coming very early in the movie.  Not saying that makes it a bad movie I mean it is a cartoon and geared towards kids with some adult humor, but it felt a little toned down from the first one. 

So if you enjoyed the first Despicable Me then I recommend checking this one out.

I give this movie a 4.0 for having minions  

A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

I watched the next installment in the Die Hard franchise last night, A Good Day to Die Hard a.k.a.  Die Hard 5.  Starring as always Mr. Bad Ass himself Bruce Willis as John McClane.  The plotline is John McClane is looking for his son and found him in Russia but his son has some secrets of his own for why he's in Russia.  During this adventure McClane gets entangled in a secret operation that he just doesn't want to be a part of.  This Die Hard is the worst one out of the series so far, saying so far because a sixth one is planned.  There is no back-story in this movie so your lost after the first 10 minutes.  Now granted you watch these for the action and shoot-'em up violence which it does deliver on to a crazy high extent.  When the first action sequence starts you almost wonder is this called Die Hard: Destroy all vehicles in Russia (you'll see why). 

I don't recommend this movie unless your a "DIE HARD" fan of the franchise.  This is more a fun brainless action movie that has no payoff in the end.  It's sad to say because I do love the Die Hard movies, especially the third with Sam Jackson.  But I would have to say this series died awhile ago and needs to be laid to rest.  

I give this movie a 2.0, for cool action sequences that's about it.

This Is The End (2013)

Just saw This Is The End, which is a R-rated comedy about the end of the world.  It has Seth Rogen who also wrote and directed the movie, Craig Robinson, James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, and  Jay Baruchel.  This movie is hilarious it's just so damn funny.  They do show alot of the funny parts in the commercials but there is still so much that they didn't show.  The basic premise is James Franco is throwing a huge house party and during this party the end of world happens.  A few chosen celebrities have to figure out how to survive while finding out what's exactly going on outside of Franco's house.  All the actors play themselves, a little more heightened and comedic version of themselves but themselves.  It's really great too since they are playing themselves they randomly make jokes about each other like for example Seth Rogen's notorious laugh.  There are many celebrities who appear throughout the movie that makes it even better.   Also trying to figure out exactly what is happening and what's causing the end of the world is alot of fun throughout the movie. 

I do recommend this movie especially if you like any of these actors and their other comedies. 

I give this movie a 5.0 for just being awesome.

Amazon Original Pilots

So after watching all of the comedy Amazon original pilots I'm at the point where they just aren't that good, granted it's very hard to judge a show on just one episode.  One thing I do like is that most of the actors in these are all new comers, which is great if the show gets picked up.  I enjoy seeing new people especially in comedic roles.  I was kind of hoping they would have a more vast array of types of shows such as a thriller, or even a drama.  It's all comedies or kid's shows.  Hopefully when these all get decided on they will expand or just leave it to Netflix since they are doing a fantastic job with original series.  I'm not sure when they will announce what has been picked up and what has been cancelled.  But once a decision has been made on all the shows I will put up a post about it.  Until then here is a short review on each show and these can be watched on the Amazon app which is on most bluray players and game systems.  Also can be watched online at www.amazon.com/originals.

Betas

A group of friends who are computer program developers are trying to get a startup going.  This pilot episode is basically them going through the ups and downs trying to find a company to buy their program.  Also random shenanigans in between the main story kind of keep it from getting too boring but it's just not enough.  This isn't really a comedy show but it does try to have some funny scenes and jokes but it's just really not funny.  It falls in between a weird place on trying to be too many things and just doesn't succeed.  It stars Charlie Saxton (Movie 43) and Ed Begley Jr. (Pineapple Express).  

I don't really recommend watching this one.

Alpha House

This one is about 3 senators in D.C. who are all trying to deal with issues in government.  They all live together and part of the story is them trying to find a new roommate because or an incident involving a guest start comedian at the beginning of the episode.  Now the story sounds like a setup for a sitcom comedy show.  This is far from it, it does have some comedic parts but the show itself has a serious tone.  It stars John Goodman and if it wasn't for him I personally don't think it would be as interesting, he definitely makes this show worth while.  So if you're a huge John Goodman fan and really like politically themed shows then is for you.  I recommend it but only on those terms. 

Browsers

So 4 young adults in the big city get hired on at a news website as interns.  This website basically browses the web for links, videos, and any information and tries to be the first one out there with the hot new info on the internet.  These 4 new interns all have specific skills to do this job.  They range from a stoner, a guy who still lives with his parents and 2 very determined people who will do anything to reach the top.  So it sounds like you got the basic premise down...right?   NOPE, they also all sing.  Not in the sense that they are trying to become singers and that's the part of the plotline.  More in the sense that they take situations in the show and sing about them with original songs.  Did I just make this sound really cheesy?, probably not because this isn't Glee 2.0.  The singing and choreographed numbers are entertaining and it does move the story along well.  The show had me laughing at times, especially a song the head honcho sings which is played by Bebe Neuwirth (The Faculty).  So I do recommend watching this one unless you just hate singing and the internet but if you're reading this on here you at least like 50% of that so check it out. 

Dark Minions

This is a stop motion animation show.  Since these are pilot episodes though this isn't entirely finished.  Only about 5 minutes of it is actually animated, the rest of it is just storyboards and the voices.  It has the voice talents of John Ross Bowie (Big Bang Theory), Kevin Sussman (Big Bang Theory), Clancy Brown (Shawshank Redemption), Richard Kind (Spin City), and Phil LaMarr (Mad TV).  The basic premise is 2 broke guys need a job and take one on a warship in space just for the money.  It had some funny scenes in it.  I don't see this one getting picked up just because it probably costs a good amount of money to produce since it's all stop motion animation (Nightmare Before Christmas).  I would probably keep watching this one, mostly because I enjoy that kind of animation.  I also enjoyed the actors who play the voices on the show.  It's not really a kind friendly show but I don't remember any worse language than you hear on regular cable TV.  So I would say wait for it to be picked up and hopefully you could see a full episode fully animated and that would make a huge difference in viewing this show. 

Onion New Empire

Hearing this was going to be one of the new pilots from Amazon I got really excited just because the Onion news can be hilarious.  The same does not bode for the show, it wasn't as funny as I though it would be.  Don't get me wrong it still has hilarious parts but it's more on the "Oh My God, did they really just say or do that?"  It stars Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), Christopher Masterson (Malcom in the Middle), William Sadler (The Shawshank Redemption), Cheyenne Jackson (30 Rock).  If you're familiar with The Onion News that you would be familiar enough with this show it's basically a fake news organization with fake news repots twisted with the worst possible outcomes.  There was an Onion New Network show on TV a few years back and is still randomly online so I'm not sure if this show will succeed since there's already something out there available.  If you enjoys The Onion News then yeah check out this pilot and hopefully you get some laughs out of it.

Supanatural

This is a cartoon series geared towards adults, yes I spelled it correctly above.  It's about 2 women from the ghetto who fight Supernatural forces but everything has an ethnic twist to it.  I get the whole twist on everything and the jokes can be funny but just seems more stereotypical racist than anything.  Which don't get me wrong that can be funny when it's done right but they just don't seem to pull it off here.  It stars a bunch of new people who haven't been in anything but it does have Riki Lindhome (Last House on the Left).  I could see something like this playing on Adult Swim...maybe, but I don't see many people enjoying this show.  If you really like animation and watch supernatural and you always wished instead of 2 stunningly handsome men it starred 2 super stereotypical ghetto women, then this show is for you.

Those Who Can't

This is a comedy about 3 guys who are all high school teachers.  One is a gym teacher, another is History I think and the other one I can't even remember.  There were a couple funny jokes here and there.  It's a little darker humor kind of like Always Sunny In Philadelphia but just not as good.  The 3 teacher who are also friends basically play pranks on each other and joke around the entire time which can be very funny at times.  Also the fact this is on Amazon and they can say anything makes it kind of funny since they aren't censored at all.  It again stars a bunch of new people who really haven't been in much and also comedian Nikki Glaser is in it.  If this one gets picked up I would give it another chance since it did have funny jokes and scenes throughout.

 Zombieland

Allright last but not least I watched Zombieland.  This is a continuation of the movie Zombieland, but without any of the same actors.  Now doing that right there can be a big mistake.  Watching this I kept my expectations low because of the new actors, and I would have to say you should probably do the same.  The environment, jokes, and character names are all the same.  But at times it feels like a zombieland rip-off or one of those straight to DVD movies that's ripping off of a huge blockbuster (Transformers / Transmorphers).  It stars...you guessed it a bunch of newbies and also Tim Bagley (Knocked Up).  You would think this is probably the one that would be picked up, but I have heard rumors already that this one has been cancelled but I would like to see a few more episodes to judge it properly.  So if you're really into zombies and want to see a little more of the zombieland world then yeah check it out.  If not just go watch the movie again.