Jobs - Movie Review

The movie is worth seeing.  It is not geat and comparitively slow compared to a lot of modern movies but it told a good story.

Before seeing this movie the reviews I read were so bad that I tried to cancel my tickets.  Everything I read said that Ashton Kutcher was unbareable in the role of Steve Jobs. I bought it to, I thought the guy plays a bunch of morons.  He has been type cast by "The Seventies Show" and "Two and a Half Men"  I think he did a really good job playing Jobs.  Haha.  He didn't play an Emmy wiinning part or anything but he did well.

I will say I thought the trailer looked bad as well.  I think this movie tries to set you up with low expectations and then delivers a good story. Not a bad strategy, it worked on me.

Are Movies Better Now or Then?

I have been thinking about classic films verse some of the modern films and asked the question in what areas are films improving.  I cam up with two genre's where I see improvement.  Comedy and childrens movies. 

I don't think it is hard to make the argument that kids movies have gotten better.  All I have to do is point to Shrek.  This movie brought suttle adult humour and made these movies enjoyable for all ages.  I have seen some kids movies that go overboard or aren't all that funny.  Example Shrek 3 all though the ginger bread man crapping the gum drop is one of my favourite scenes of all time. 

I am going to make my case for comedies by pointing out that it is the nature of comedy to continously push boundaries.  I also think that romantic comedies have improved by breaking from the traditinoal mold.  They aren't always the two people forced to be together for some wierd set of circumstances that ends up leading them to their realization of love.  I think the reality of these comedies like getting a girl knocked up have made these movies better.  Then was the first Hangover movie.  This movie stepped right up to the edge with out going off the cliff; unlike Hangover 2.

As far as action movies, dramas, horror etc. etc. these movies haven't been able to keep up.  Now I am going on overall quality because the Saw series was freaking awesome as far as  horror goes.  The reason Saw was good is because it had a mental aspect and the focus classics maintained.  That is the problem with all other genres have.  They don't generally bring focus to the story and when they do they are too slow.   The are of that balance between good story telling and keeping things interesting has been lost.

Wall-E Movie Review

What a disappointment. Now I have to listen to all the liberals talk about how liberating it is that Disney can make fun of themselves. This movie is siply an attack on consumerism. It basically asserts that people will blindly follow consumerism until they become fat slobs that are merely cattle who exist to drive free markets.

This movie is the story of a trash robot left on earth to clean it up. It finds a plant and gives it to a drone sent to discover life on earth. All in hopes of returning to earth some day and repopulate the planet. This move is all about liberal agenda and assumes taht man lacks the ability to think.

I have news for Obama supporters. We are not robots nor will we be slaves. The morality of man lies in his principle purpose to use reason. We are the only known life with the ability to reason. By this ability we have both the ability to perpetuate ourselves into something more and comes with that the misguidance of self destruction. The only mean by which man suceeds is to follow his self interest. It is abudantly obvious that we must take care of the earth because it is in our self interest. It is in my interest to protect the planet, but to do so honestly.

I will perpetuate the myths of global warming. I have become a vegeterian because it is economically beneficial. It takes less time and creates less waste. My body reaps the benefits and it is my body that I most emensely enjoy. My body is that which give me access to all pleasures, even those of the mind.

I am going to stop rambling, don't go see Wall E.

True Grit Movie Review

The short of it is that this is a great movie.

This movie does what some many movies fail to do and I think it appropriate that it is a western that returns to a lost art.  Character and story development.  The movie isn't one two second shot after the other.  Focus is maintained on the characters and the storyline everything is deliberate and I like this a lot.  I would normally discuss the movie further but this is a must see.  I personally don't like having too much divulged to me when I really want to see a movie and this is a movie you should really want to see if you missed it in the theatres.

Battleship Movie Review

I just watched this movie on HBO or something and though I'd throw my opinion on to the blog.

The breakdown:  Horrible

This has gotta be one of the cheesiest movies I have every seen.  Actors actually seemed completetly out of place.  Especially, Liam Neeson.  The only thing I liked about his movie is that they seemed to bring real veterans to the set.  I appreciate the men and women who have served our country.   That being said the actual actors portraying service members were horrible.

I thought the relationships and interactions were disjointed as well.  It was actual hard to associate the brothers, boyfriend/girlfriend and friendships as real.  There wasn't any spark between the actors and the whole movie comes off as a bad soap.

Movie Review - World War Z

The brief, I was bored.

I'll get straight to the point.  I thought the movie was over animated and I didn't like the zombies.  The movie should have been a lot more violent.  The zombies walk around chomping at everything but never really did into anybody.  I was also disappointed in the movement of the zombies.  They seemed to pounce on people like cats and that is not the way a human body moves.

Now for a little about me.  I don't like zombies that are overly agile.  I think it is great when they run but it is still a decaying dead body.  Zombies should also be really chewed up and missing limbs.  For this reason I don't think they should move like super athletes.  It just isn't realistic.

The back to the movies the zombies also appeared to be especially stupid.  Zombies should appear to be driven by pure instinct.  Then we get to the characters.  The characters were very dull, even Brad Pitts character.  I couldn't have cared less if a one of them died.  This all get back to the point that the movie is boring.  You would be better off staying at home and watching re-runs of "The Walking Dead".

Movie Review - The Internship by Vince Vaughn

The brief, go see this movie it is funny.

This movie is exactly what is expected.  There are witty jokes and it is kept simple.  The movie finds humour by comparing generation X (my generation barely) to generation Z.  The movies general message is to live in the moment, get your head up from you smartphone and take the time to appreciate what is surrounding you, don't miss out on life.

I didn't have high expectations but I came out of the theatre in a good mood.  I rehashed some of the jokes with friends and found the overall experience enjoyable.  It is a movie I would sit through again once it hits cable.  Let's face it a movie really has to kick some you know what to go see in the movies twice because tickets have gotten really expensive. 

On that not the theatre I go to now serves food and alchol and it is barely more pricey than going out to eat.  A lot of theatres are heightening the movie going experience and I really like the new strategic direction.  Mostly the reclining chairs aspect.