Tag: Comics

Movie Review: The Avengers

“The Avengers” on IMDB

Action Adventure, 143 Minutes, 2012

Was there really any chance this would be a bad film?  All of the prequel films (with the arguable exception of “The Incredible Hulk” [IMDB] which I personally felt was an unneeded remake) were top-notch.  The studio enlisted geek God Joss Whedon to write and direct.  The marketing machine has been running non-stop for months.  Of course the best laid plans always have a chance to explode in one’s face but this was as much of a lock as I’ve ever seen.

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Movie Review: Super

“Super” on IMDB

Drama/Comedy, 96 Minutes, 2010:

This is an incredible film if you’re able to accept it.  If there’s a problem with it (and there isn’t) it’s that it assumes a lot of its audience.  So if you think there’s a problem with it (you’re wrong) then it’s really just you.  My guess is that you’re an idiot.  That’s really nothing to be ashamed of – lots of people are – but you may not enjoy this movie.  Everybody else: you’re in for a treat.

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Movie Review: Green Lantern

“Green Lantern” on IMDB

Action, 114 Minutes, 2011

I’m surprised at the vitriol that reviewers seem to have for this film.  Could the entire industry just have been having a bad day?  Because the movie, while far from the best thing ever, is also very far from the worst.  One of the criticisms that I continually hear is that it’s too “formula” or “clichéd”.  Of course it is: DC Comics invented the formula!  The Green Lantern was created over 60 years ago – doing the source material any justice at all means painting-by-the-numbers to at least some extent.

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Movie Review: Thor

“Thor” on IMDB

Action/Adventure, 115 Minutes, 2011

Good movie.  Took my son, he enjoyed it as well.

I never personally read Thor (or many Marvel comics, being a DC Universe kind of guy) so I had very little background to go on, but I believe they struck the right tone here.  For fans of the other Avenger movies (“The Hulk”, “Iron Man”, etc) there are plenty of inside-jokes and the ever-suffering Agent Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. is given his largest role yet.

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Movie Review: The Green Hornet

“The Green Hornet” on IMDB 

Action/Comedy, 119 Minutes, 2011

I really (REALLY) wanted to like this.  In the end I just couldn’t.

I’m not sure why but more often than not Seth Rogen just has this ability to drain the joy out of things.  I noticed it first and most dramatically in “Observe and Report” but also in “Funny People” and “Zach and Miri Make a Porno“.  It’s odd because I actually would say, if asked, that I’m a fan of his.  I like that he pushes the envelope; that he doesn’t go for the easy laughs.  But just as often as this works, it fails and sometimes spectacularly so.

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