Sam Raimi: Full Of Talent, Falling Well Short Of Excellence
Sam Raimi, director of the Spiderman trilogy and the Evil Dead trilogy has returned with an interesting, yet possibly dull movie, Drag Me To Hell. The title alone, not catchy, nor interesting is a new twist to Sam Raimi’s roller-coaster career. His B-movie foray with the Evil Dead trilogy propelled him onto the scene and follows that with a mediocre attempt with the Spiderman trilogy. Though the movie is already edited and set for release this Friday, it is unlikely Raimi will have redeemed himself. The use of below average CG is evident in the trailer and what’s worse, this movie doesn’t take on the seriousness of what a story like this could be. It remains to be seen how the movie will fare, however, with his recent string of work, one can expect it won’t be very good. Apple boy and Allison Lohman won’t be strong enough to carry the movie. Raimi has so much potential and he set himself up to be an excellent director and writer, particularly after the widely popular Evil Dead series. What happened? Maybe the fame got to him or maybe he got lucky. No one knows, but just don’t expect a whole lot from him in the future. Who knows, I could be wrong. But probably not.
Terminator Salvation Review
This movie was highly anticipated and for good reason. It is the summation of the previous Terminator movies and it did not disappoint. Christian Bale, who seems to be cast in everything now, delivers a pretty good John Connor. In fact, it was so good, it made Eric Stahl and Edward Furlong look inadequate in their roles. Terminator picks up years after the Terminator 3 left off and the resistance (a band of humans) are fighting to live through the machine apocolypse, per se. The movie centers around a human/robot hybrid, played by Sam Worthington who plays an important role in the movie. Not to disclose anything utterly important, his role, rather, the idea of his role has been mentioned in previous Terminators. This movie is excellent from an action and story stand point. Will there be other Terminator movies? You’ll have to see and interpret the ending for yourself. The only knock I give the movie is the fact that it remained PG-13. The storyline lent so much more to open it to an R rating. The movie is good and if you have a chance, it must be seen in theaters. On a scale of 1-10, I give this movie a 9. It was good and excellent on many fronts, but I give it a 9 only because of the rating.
Memorial Day Movie Weekend On SciFi Channel
Memorial day weekend will be full of movies and specials. While it is the norm to showcase the Twilight Zone marathon on holiday weekends, the SciFi Channel is doing something different. Starting Friday, May 22, the SciFi Channel will be airing a movie marathon. It will be mixed with SciFi originals with more popular movies like John Carpenter’s The Thing or Judge Dredd. Then on Monday, May 25th, they will air a Land of the Lost marathon in preparation to air the movie that stars Will Ferrell. The schedule will resume to normal after the long weekend, but it is nice to get a good break once in a while.
Watch Updated Trailers For Summer’s Biggest Blockbusters
Forget the teasers, here are the updated trailers for this summer’s biggest movies:
Harry Potter and Half-Blood Prince
Newer Site That Can Stream Anime For Free
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Star Trek 0: Awesome, Worth It On Many Levels
The highly anticipated Star Trek movie is, to sum it up in one word, awesome! The long wait in line was worth it. I will caution this, however. Go to the restroom before the movie starts. You will not want to miss anything. The movie focuses on James T. Kirk’s, pre-Shatner days, and how he became the legendary captain. You start to understand some of the quirks and nuances that Shatner’s Kirk had. This movie, even for those who didn’t like the Shatner films, is highly likeable. There’s no witty catch phrases, knee-jerk reactions or any “Shatner-isms” so for those who didn’t like the Shatner films, you’re good to go. The cast, some fairly new to the movie business pulls off a great performance, particularly Chris Pine. You’ll also see scenes with good ole Spock in it. He plays a cameo, kind of. His role is fairly important to the plot of the story. It doesn’t matter where you stand in the fandom of Star Trek. You will enjoy the film. You can see touches of Abrams’ work so be prepared for that. On a scale of 1-10, this movie gets a 9. I only give it a nine because there is nothing at the end of the credits.
This movie is one of the best in the series and will most likely remain a classic for some time.
District 9 Trailer Here, Not to be confused with Halo
District 9, a movie produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Neil Blomkamp, is not a decoy title for Halo. It is about a race of aliens who is forced to live amongst humans. That doesn’t nearly go along the lines of Halo. Don’t let the rampant rumors fool you. The trailer can be seen here.
The movie will be shot in documentary style, much like Cloverfield and the Blair Witch Project.
Wolverine: Origins Review–Worth It, Kind of
The much-anticipated Wolverine has finally come out and there has been lots of talk about whether or not the movie was worth the price of admission. Well, yes, and no. Hugh Jackman again turns in the performance of Logan/Wolverine and the edginess and toughness he showed in previous films and the comic book are there. The story arc and the action were great considering cut down budget prior to filming. You also get to see characters that weren’t in other X-Men films like Deadpool, Silverfox, the Blob and most importantly, Gambit. There is one character that is not befitting to the movie, not because his character isn’t wanted. Sabertooth, played Liev Schrieber, does not epitomize a good Sabretooth. Tyler Mane’s Sabertooth fit the persona much better and I see Liev Schrieber’s casting into the part questionable at best. Depending on the movie theater you decided to go to, there are different endings so beware.
Despite the inconsistency with the casting of Sabretooth, the movie lived up to the expectations and the hype. It is worth seeing if you can stomach the fact the Sabretooth shouldn’t be Liev Schrieber. On a scale of 1-10, the movie is deserving of a 7. The acting’s not that bad and the story is believable…in the scifi world.