Published 16 hours, 16 minutes ago
in Family.
Rated: NR
Running Time: 66 Minutes
Year: 2008
Nudity: None
One Sentence: Good for kids, not for old speed racer fans.
I am one of the only people so far that seemed to like the new Speed Racer movie, the rest of you are crazy. So Lionsgate and Shawn over at M80 sent me a copy of the next Speed Racer cartoon to go along with the awesomeness of the movie. This is a 1-2 punch to get Speed Racer all over the place. They are also releasing the original series on 5 DVD's so it's Speed all over the place. I had not heard about Speed Racer: The Next Generation, but I told them I would check it out.
First the good, the idea, is awesome. New Speed Racer, new art, new animation, a new car, story, kids, it all works, in the idea department. The new art, and track ideas that they came up with really work for kids of today. Technology along with robots and a cooler car than the original mach 5 make this toon totally work for the kid demographic. I think if your kids liked Speed Racer, this is a good quality movie to pick up as well that will continue the story from where Speed Racer left off.
Now for the bad. This movie is made for kids, and when I say for kids, I mean that in a way that means not for the family at all. Adults, will be rolling their eyes, at horrible jokes, overactive characters that will annoy, and a plot line that will not really keep you interested at all. The animation is layered a little weird, and looks a little off. So I don't think older Speed fans will go for The Next Generation, but I think any kids that liked the movie would do much better off with this version than the classic DVD's. So pick it up for the kids, and stay away from it when it is playing, it's out on DVD now.
Tags:
2 stars,
Family
Published 3 days, 16 hours ago
in Drama.
Rated: R
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Year: 2007
Nudity: 4 Boobs
One Sentence: The comedic view of the Afgan war with Russia from the point of view of America.
What we have here is a movie based on a true story, a story about a congressman who helped fund a war against Russia, through Afghanistan. A war that they say helped topple the U.S.S.R. However the movie is not a hard hitting boppic, that is long boring and preachy. This movie is light, funny, at times silly, and truly a very nice way to look at some of our history. It made me want to pay attention a little bit more.
If we were not at war currently this movie would have never been made. We would have no concern for the Afgan war, and would not care about a man who helped topple The Soviet Union, covertly. However we are, and so people like me want to know what actually happened, why was there a vacuum of U.S. support after the war, and why did the Taliban take over. This movie deals with none of that issue, however it does show what happened before hand, and while it might not be 100% historically accurate…it tells the story with enough flare to keep me paying attention and at least to be aware of something that happened 30 years ago that has changed our lives today.
Outside of the history, the movie is entertaining, and Tom Hanks plays a wonderful East Texas Congressman, who is both clueless, and genius. He plays idiot savant well, and delivers the part beautifully, and along with Philip Seymour Hoffman make the movie a pleasant experience. It is not an all out comedy, but is funny in some parts, and the subject matter makes it interesting even for parts that should seem boring normally. So while I don't think this movie is perfect in anything they do, they do all things really well, and it makes for a good history lesson if you are looking for one. I would rent it, it is out on DVD now.
Tags:
3 Stars,
Drama,
Philip Seymour Hoffman,
Tom Hanks
Published 1 week ago
in The Reviewer.
Well I am probably a year late, but I finally joined Twitter. I am not sure how much I will tweet, but I will for sure have updates for all my new reviews, so if you do not have my feed you can know the instant I have written a new review. I am sure I will write various other stuff that doesn't have to do with movies as well. So if you are dying to know where I ate, where I am at the moment, or whatever random other crap I can tweet about you can find out. Either click the giant twitter logo or check me out here. twitter.com/mikeyreviewer
Tags:
The Reviewer,
Twitter
Published 1 week, 1 day ago
in Family.
Rated: PG
Running Time: 129 Minutes
Year: 2008
Nudity: None
One Sentence: The first live action cartoon.
Those 2 weirdos, The Wachowski Brothers, have done what I think a lot of people have been trying to do for a long long time. They have made a cartoon, that is actually live action. The hybrid that CG cartoons fail at almost all the time and the fun craziness that cartoons have that live action fails at most of the time. There were humans for the emotional factor that lacks in cartoons, where we have a hard time understanding their feelings and it just not delivering on that human level. Then there was the movie around the humans, which was a living cartoon, colors, and things that don't apply to the human world, but make for a fun time.
This movie delivers everything that I wanted and more. It was visually appealing and amazing to look at, it was a world that lived and breathed, and while in the background at all times, was always in the foreground of your thoughts. It was a family movie, that was funny, had a good message, fun scenes, fights, romance, racing, mystery and a live monkey. Some people are saying the acting was bad, but I didn't notice. I guess I didn't care, I was just having too much of a good time watching the movie that I didn't care if the acting was a little bad, because I don't care. The movie is perfect to me.
Speed Racer is my favorite movie of the year now. It beats out Cloverfield, Forgetting Sarah Marshall and everything else I have seen this year, including Iron Man. This movie to me is the future of movie making and I am on board with this type of format and would love to see more of it. Speed Racer is a great movie for the whole family to see and I recommend going to see it this weekend, maybe even twice. I also am on the buy it on DVD boat when it comes out.
Oh and can I say that Christina Ricci as Trixie was super dupa hottt. I thought she looked great, and I just had to mention that here.
Tag:
Family
Published 2 weeks ago
in Comedy.
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Year: 2007
Nudity: None
One Sentence: Cute but not super awesome.
I saw Son Of Rambow in October of last year. It is finally coming out in some theaters around the country this weekend so I figured I would make a post about it. I already reviewed the movie, very shortly during my Fantastic Fest coverage from last here. Just click on Son Of Rambow and you will be taken there.
Tags:
3 Stars,
Comedy
Published 2 weeks, 1 day ago
in Action.
Rated: PG-13
Running Time: 125 minutes
Year: 2008
Nudity: None
One Sentence: A great start to the summer movie season.
I knew nothing about Iron Man, well except the suit and his name was Iron Man. I am not a comic book nerd as I have said before, but I do enjoy a good story, and well this one, in movie form was a great story. As I always say, I don't care about how it is portrayed compared to the comics, I only care about it in movie form. With this movie I am happy to report, that it is well worth the ticket price that you will all pay for this weekend.
There are so many things that make this movie worth seeing and paying for. Just the beautiful CG for the Iron Man suit is amazing. It looks real, it looks like it is actually there, and it is completly convincing. The fights, the flying, the suits, the technology, all of those advanced ideas and the execution of them in this movie are completly flawless. It just looked amazing. This alone is worth it. Yet there is so much more to get excited about.
The story, acting, and Tony Stark, played by Robert Downey Jr. makes you love and want to know more about this man. The movie is action packed, interesting, has a solid story, and in some parts, funny and sweet. Just light dashes of it here and there that really fill out the movie. It captured my attention from the very first scene and only a few small parts of the ending did was I not 100% enthralled with the movie. This movie is a great start to the summer movie season and I can only hope that all the others are as good as Iron Man, have fun watching it this weekend, I hope you liked it as much as I did.
Tag:
Action
Published 2 weeks, 3 days ago
in Comedy.
Rated: R
Running Time: 102 Minutes
Year: 2008
Nudity: 8 Boobs, 1 Penis, and too many vagina.
One Sentence: More of the same from H and K.
I have very very little to say here. I will not persuade anyone to go see this movie, if you are a fan you are going, if you are not a fan you are not going. I don't know anyone that is sitting on the fence waiting to see what the critics are saying about Harold and Kumar so they can decide to go see it. So why am I even writing this? I don't know. I guess I have to make a stance, which is probably the same stance I made with Harold and Kumar 1. Which is this…
It is a fun stupid movie, that works but does not have anything above and beyond. It will entertain those that expect to be entertained by it, and those who think it looks dumb will feel that way. So listen to your gut on this one it will be dead on.
I personally had fun with it. As in the last movie, Neil Patrick Harris, won the movie, and should be given his own TV show, channel, movie, and unicorn farm. It was a pure extension of part 1, it was like part 1 just kept on going, it felt exactly the same, the humor, style and everything. So I would say unless you are totally crazy about it, rent it.
Tag:
Comedy
