If only Spiderman 3 had been this good.

The general consensus regarding Spiderman 3 is that it was garbage. The production budget alone was $258 millions dollars and that is not counting marketing costs.

This video was made for absolutely nothing and I enjoy it 100 more than I enjoyed SM3.


AMAZING SPIDERMAN ANIMATION! - Watch the best video clips here

Somthing I should have explained earlier...

The rating system used on this site is not a concrete as most other movie review sites. For example, I consider No Country for Old Men to be a 10 (and it deserved every Oscar it was nominated for) but I also consider Airplane! a 10. Airplane! is never mentioned in the same breath as the Godfather or Vertigo which are considered to be two of the greatest films of all time, but I love it. So there you go.

Treasure Planet

Treasure Planet is movie that I am supprised that I missed out on when it was released back in 2002. A sci-fi take on Treasure Island from Disney with a mix of hand drawn animation and CGI? Any of you who know me (and, yes, I must speak in sweeping generalizations, as my readership has positively bloomed into 4 people and when you are dealing with those kind of numbers, you have to be careful(what?)) know that the only way this movie would be more awesome is if they added a subplot about a ninja that kicks a Dinosaur until it explodes while throwing the one ring into the abyss of Mount Doom. Basically, this is a dream come true kind of movie for me that I could honestly care less about.

This is one the least memorable films I have ever seen. I honestly do not know what happened during the movie and I sat an watched the whole thing this weekend. The animation is as stunning as you would expect from Disney, with the combo of CGI and standard art really popping off the screen. But that is all I remember.

The character designs all seem pretty well thought out, outside of Jim Hawkins who looks like your typical "middle age guy thinks all kids will think this guy looks rad" look from the late 90's-early 00's. The design of Long John Silver is both practical and fanciful for the world they created.

I am already tired of writing about this movie. Maybe my expectations were out of check on this one but I just don't care. This is not a bad movie, but not a good movie either.

5 /10

3:10 to Yuma

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So, I finally got around to watching this film the other day. A Western starring Russell Crowe, Christian Bale, that is directed by James Mangold, and based of a short story by Elmore Leonard! Plus, the original film was pretty awesome, sign me up!

The story revolves around a down on his luck rancher, Dan Evans, (another amazing performance by Christian Bale. Why does this guy not have an Oscar yet?) who lost a portion of his leg in the Civil War. In order to save the family farm, and to win back the respect of his oldest son (who feels his father is a coward), he agrees to help escort outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) to Contention Arizona where Wade will take the 3:10 train to Yuma prison. Along the way, the posse (which also includes Peter Fonda in a role that shows he can still act, contrary to what the rest of his recent filmography might say) is slowly picked off by Wade as he makes several escape attempts. Evans' oldest son (played rather well by Logan Lerman) winds up joining the posse, against the wishes of his father. The final act comprises of a fairly fresh take on the traditional Western shoot outs that we have come to expect from this genre of film.

The acting here is top notch across the board. Christian Bale, as already stated, does a tremendous job of portraying a husband and a father with something to prove. There is a scene at the end of the movie where he is trying to talk his son into turning around and leaving that is absolutely breathtaking. Bale conveys more emotion with a slight change in expression than most actors can ever possibly hope to display. Russell Crowe does a phenomenal job of playing a different kind of "bad guy" and you can tell he loves every second of it. The other star of the show is Ben Foster who is probably best known for playing Angel in the underwhelming third Xmen movie. Here he plays Wade's right hand man, Charlie Prince, with a manic energy that entices the viewer into watching not turning away, even when he is committing a gruesome act of violence.

This film, being a Western that is not Little House on the Prairie, is quite violent. People are shot and stabbed and what not. There is also a fair amount of swearing, but not enough to qualify as gratuitous. (BTW, get one of these if you are a Christian movie nerd. You can find them at Target for cheaper. Well worth the price.)

I can not recommend this movie enough. If you have not already seen it (it's box office draw was not near what it should have been) you really should go check it out.

9.5 / 10

This = awesome

I know that you all have seen this already, but man, this makes me so excited. The only thing that really scares me about this is that the last time I was this pumped about a movie from my childhood coming out was back in a year we called 1999. We all know how that turned out... The sad thing is, my youngest brother and I went to see that in the theater 13 times! 13! It took us that long to realize we were disappointed... The second one had the advantage of a Yoda fight, but Hayden Christensen was king of the androids in this one...

Anyway, hopefully the new adventures of Dr. Jones will be rad.

What we are about

Hi, welcome to 2 Dudes Movie Reviews. Here, I hope to enlighten you with wit and wisdom about films I think are awesome. I hope to update this a little more often than I do my other blog, but who knows. Check back for my first review soon!