Sin City: A Dame To Kill For

Plot: Various stories tell about life in Sin City.


I really liked this movie. I had recently watched 2005's Sin City and was impressed by the visual flare that the movie provided. This time, we are still getting that flare and style, but this time it feels like we are getting more. The format is the same: The movie is composed into individual character based stories. This movie really needs more people to go see it. It doesn't have a huge market, but it is easily one of the most fun movies of the year.

And yes, it is better than the original!

Grade: B


Want a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxdoaETi7q4

Let's Be Cops

Plot: 2 friends are stuck in the pursuit of their dreams, so they decide to dress like cops.

This movie has a very simple plot: Act Like Cops. This can be done well: as seen in Ted and A Million Ways To Die In The West. Here: it provides for a very formula driven movie. This movie was low budget. Why? Because the plot has so many cliches. You know exactly where each action will be taken to advance the movie. In a film like this: You need steady laughs to compensate for your generic ideas. This has attempts of laughter given by the two best components of the movie: The 2 leads: Jake Johnson and Damon Wayons Jr.. They try to make us laugh time after time, but the script gives them a bland formula, with no freedom to create something awesome.


How I define this film is a generic run of the mill dime a dozen comedy. There is nothing unique about this idea given to us in this movie.

This is the 2nd time back-to-back that I have felt this way.

Expendables 3: (Generic- Average)
Let's Be Cops:  ( Generic and Bland)

This movie is watchable, it just doesn't have any stand out moments that are unique.



Grade:

C

Want some Cops action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKIAZjs__Xc

The Expendables 3

Plot: The Expendables fight to stop Barney's old teammate.

This movie is one of the hardest movies of the year to review.... I loved the first two and really really wanted to have the same fun entertaining experience with this new entry in the series. The Expendables 3 is good, but in a very uneventful way.

Unlike the first 2, this movie is rated PG-13, and while this was not a huge problem for me, it did make for fast cuts placed in the movie.

You had whatever cool action shot start and then end, with no middle. The filmmakers stretched 5 shots into 10, and I would have preferred to have seen one fluid motion of action as opposed to several quick flashes of action.

New Additions are great:

Wesley Snipes was one of the best characters in the movie, he finally is given a character to play.
Antonio Banderas adds great humor,

AND THEN WE GET THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE FILM

MEL GIBSON AS THE VILLAIN!!!!

We hear that Gibson was a former teammate of Barney. We see Stallone's reasons for going after this guy. They hate each other, so we have our conflict.

My problem with this is that we don't understand Gibson's point. He is a weapons dealer, who happens to hate Barney. Why does he want weapons? What is his goal? All we know is that he wants to get revenge on Barney.

This movie is good, yet uneventful, it is a film that you can say. "Ok, I saw it" Not "That was awesome."

Grade: C+

Want a trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xD0junWlFc

Trailer Spotlight

These are some of the trailers that have really impressed me lately... I will have a review up for these films when they are released. I feel that these films need more attention!!!!


Mad Max: Fury Road:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdLl1GVjOrc

The Equalizer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAI7rF0eQyQ

Interstellar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WzHXI5HizQ 

The Expendables 3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xD0junWlFc


I hope the actual finished products are as good as these trailers!!!

Guardians of the Galaxy

Plot: Outlaws and Criminals unite to stop a powerful orb from falling into the wrong hands.

This is Marvel's new movie, and we have had luck this years Marvel films: The Amazing Spider-Man 2, 

X-Men: Days of Future Past, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and now Guardians of the Galaxy.

The trend of Marvel greatness continues. Guardians of the Galaxy is a very different Marvel film. Some Marvel films have had a dark undertone, like Winter Soldier did. This movie does not have that, instead it is replaced with very clever and witty humor.

My favorite thing about this movie is: Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon, definitely one of my favorite characters of the year. Rocket is the character that is so outrageous in the way he acts, he always has a joke to say about every other scenario and he is easily that funniest character in the film

This movie is worth checking out in XD 3D, as it is very entertaining, funny, and cool.

My Grade: 

A- 

Want a Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_g85U_MjrZY