A few changes-Update!

Yeah, so I never update this because it is hard for me to find time to sit down and type out a long and drawn out movie review. In an effort to make the average of 0 readers that I have faithfully checking out the site on a never basis, I am going to change the way reviews are written here. Just thought I would give you a heads up.

For some reason it put my Batman stuff under this, so click here or look down if you wanna see it. Yep.

The Dark Knight

Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a pretty hard core movie buff. I love all types of film from the silent era on up to the technological marvels that we experience every summer today. My favorite movie of all time is To Kill A Mockingbird from 1962. Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch was my absolute favorite performance in any movie ever and while Mockingbird is still my favorite movie, Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker is quite possibly the greatest thing I have ever seen.

The good:
I hate to sound like a fanboy but this whole movie is freaking amazing. The cast is ridiculously talented.

Christian Bale
Heath Ledger
Michael Caine
Morgan Freeman
Gary Oldman
Aaron Eckhart

The special effects are really well done. The story is very mature and handled in a way that gives this comic book movie a more grown up feel.

The bad.
It seems pretty obvious to me that they were setting it up to have the Joker come back for the next film, but the death of Heath kind of put the breaks on that. I can not imagine anyone that would want to follow him up on that performance. Also, even though I love the fact that this is a dark and sinister take on Batman, I am kind of bummed out that it is too freaky for anyone else in my family to watch with me.

The wrap up.
This is the best movie that I have seen since Pan's Labyrinth. If you think you can handle a gritty take on Gotham City, so not hesitate to see this movie.

10/10

Quick reviews

Just wanting to get caught up on stuff that I have seen recently, so here are some quicky reviews....

Iron Man-Probably the best superhero movie since Batman Begins (although, I think the Dark Knight is going to strip this of the honor in a few days) Robert Downey Jr is awesome as Tony Stark/Iron Man and was lucky enough to be surrounded by an "A" list supporting cast. The special effects are awesome as well. If you are an old school comic nerd, be sure to stay through the credits... 9/10

Kung Fu Panda-Great family movie with little to no objectionable material. The animation is superb and there are several subtle nods to 1970's Kung Fu movies that I loved. Really well done. 8/10

Be Kind Rewind-One of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time. It is insanely stupid, but in a smart way if that makes any sense. Jack Black is actually pretty awesome in this movie (something that I can rarely say) and Mos Def turns in a very solid performance as the straight man. If you have a quirky sense of humor and a love for cinema, you should check this one out. 9/10

Into The Wild-This movie is amazing. I think everyone has wanted to do something similar to this guy at some point in their life. The cinematography is stunning and the sound track by Eddie Vedder is worth a purchase. Great film. 9/10

Anyway, expect a full review of Sweeney Todd at some point soon. Hope someone reads this...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of blah blah blah

Let me start by saying that I wanted to be Indiana Jones as a kid. We used to go to Gatlinburg for family vacation, and my brothers and I would all buy those leather whips they sold in the gift shops along with the leather tomahawks and the turquoise Indian jewelry. We would then take these home and proceed to play Indiana Jones until someone (usually me) whipped the other one (usually Ben) and they told mom. Then she would confiscate the whips and do whatever it was she did to make the disappear. I actually tried to whip a tree limb and swing across a small creek behind a friends house when I was in the 2nd grade. That was also the year we made a zip line across the same creek, but that is another story.

Anyway, to say that I was excited about a new Indiana Jones movie is a huge understatement. Even though it seems like George Lucas has a personal vendetta against me and is trying to take a crap on every thing that I still love from my childhood I thought that Steven Spielberg would cancel him out. Anyway, there are some mild spoilers in the review so if you have not had a chance to see this yet you may want to skip this.

The movie starts off with Indiana Jones (if you do not know that this is Harrison Ford, I probably do not want you reading my blogs or knowing me personally anyway. He is the man, plain and simple. Even a bad Harrison Ford movie is usually awesome.) and "Mac" played by the always reliable Ray Winstone are in the clutches of a group of Russian soldiers lead by Col. Dr. Irina Spalko (I have read that many people in the blog o sphere do not care for Cate Blanchett as an actress because she "looks like she wants you to know that she is acting" and it has never made sense to me before. She is not only bad in this movie, she is terrible. Everything about her character was really stupid and I am pretty suppirsed that she would take on a role like this... )

Now, before I go any further I would guess that most of you know that the story involves aliens. When I first heard that, I was admittedly kind of bummed out. I have to say that the alien deal is the one part of the story that I actually thought was interesting. SPOILER The plot of this movie stated that the reason the ancient Mayan civilization was that they were actually an advanced race of extraterrestrials which sounds kind of dumb and awesome at the same time. I think if they had someone who had produced a decent script in the last 10 years or so, this could have been awesome.

I actually think that I am going to stop this right here as I have been trying to write this for a couple of weeks now and just can not make myself care enough to keep going. I will say that you should see this movie, even though I hated it. I think my problem is that I went in hoping to be blown away like I was when I was a kid and instead I left the theater feeling empty. If this movie was just a Indiana Jones clone, I would probably like it more.

6/10