Monday, July 28, 2008

The Dark Knight

This sequel to the "Batman Begins" movie was really quite impressive. I liked it better than the first one in fact. I've seen it twice in the theater, and it was well worth it! I highly recommend seeing it on the big-screen, it was pretty impressive. The movie was also designed for IMAX theaters, so if you get a chance, go see it in IMAX. Seriously, if you go see this movie, you will not want to leave to go to the bathroom, or get refills on anything! The story progresses, as with many superhero stories, the public begins to hate batman, and the Joker fuels that hate by telling everybody that the things he is doing are because of the batman. I'm not going to spoil the story, but the movie does have somewhat of a sad ending. This is easily one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. I was annoyed by the fact that the actor for Rachel Dawes was different, but after a little bit, she seemed just as much to be Rachel as the previous actor, so it wasn't too bad. The violence and language are not too bad, although I would not let any young kids see this movie, because aside from the violence and language, there are some kinda creepy and scary parts. Overall, if you liked batman begins, you HAVE to watch this one, and if you've never seen batman begins, watch it, and then you'll want to see this one :)
9 stars!

Friday, July 25, 2008

Wall•e

I really enjoyed Wall•e. As with most of pixar's films, it was funny, and involved intimate objects acting like humans as main characters. I saw it in the theater, and I got a lot of good laughs. I highly recommend this film as good, clean family fun. It is the story of a robot (wall•e) left behind to clean up the earth, since there was too much trash. The humans all went out to space in a big space station thing, leaving hundreds of robots behind to clean up the trash. Our main character is the last one left, the rest had broken down before their task was complete. There are a lot of places where you can laugh at the personality of this little robot, especially when he falls in love with another robot from the space station that had been sent to find out if earth was inhabitable yet. If you liked cars or toy story, you will probably like Wall•e. I give this one 9 stars. It was well worth the time it took to watch it.

Hancock

Hancock was a pretty good movie, the action wasn't all that hot, but it was really funny. Unfortunately, they had to put a lot of language into it, which makes it unsuitable for family viewing. Other than that it was pretty good. The story follows the life of Hancock, who has strange superpowers that he has no idea how he got, since he can't even remember where he came from. In the end it turns out that he is actually a kind of angel, sent to protect the earth, along with several others who all had fallen in love, and therefore died. I can't tell too much or it will ruin the movie, but I say it was worth watching, although I would not pay for a ticket to see it in the theater. I give it 6 points.