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.