The Karate Kid

There are movies out there that are just classics. I don't know if that actually means that the movie is good or its just a movie that everybody watched as a kid and they grew up with it. Sometimes, I think its a combination of both that make a movie just really damn good.

The Karate Kid is an example of that.

Now if you're normal, and above a certain age, you've probably seen this film. I'm still going to review it as if its the first time I've seen the movie... because it is. But I will tie in how this movie has been iconic because, it really is.

Now I'll be honest, until tonight, I had not seen The Karate Kid in its entirety. I think this is mainly because my parents didn't show it to me and therefore I did not grow up with this film. After watching it, I understand why they might want to hold off on showing me this flick. I'll talk about it when I get to the end of the review.

The Karate Kid centers around the story of a kid named Daniel (played by Ralph Macchio, god, what a phenomenal name!) as he and his mother are moving from New Jersey to California because his mom got a new job. Its apparent that Daniel LaRussodidn't want to move but he quickly finds some friends and even catches the eye of Elizabeth Shue (I actually only know her from Back to The Future).

Before I go on I should probably talk about Ralph Macchio. When this movie first started, I thought I was gonna hate this kid. I thought he was going to be this really annoying kid. And I'll be honest, there's a reason you don't really see Ralph Macchio in anything, he's not that great of an actor. But something about him is just perfect for this movie. He's this thin wimpy kid. He acts tough but he's going through a lot of shit. Its just one of the things that made this movie memorable. He's not the most ideal character, but I think that makes him more relatable. I don't think this movie set out to have Daniel be this incredibly complex character and have Ralph Macchio give a performance of a lifetime (even though he did). The movie set out to have Daniel be a kid being bullied. Not only that, but a kid going through a lot of transitions. He's moving from his home, he's getting bullied, he doesn't have any friends. This kid was relatable.

But things look really great until Elizabeth Shue's ex-boyfriend sees Daniel making moves on his girl and from that point on, it is this guy, John Lawrence (played by William Zabka) to make Daniel's life a living hell.

Now apart of me wanted to critique this movie on its incredibly over the top bad guys. Zabka's character, his friends, and ESPECIALLY his dojo master, all just the most over the top villains you could ever see. These kids aren't just your school bullies, these guys are absolute psychopaths. And they do not let up on Daniel at all. Its like they have nothing better to do but to watch this kid and make sure he doesn't go anywhere near Elizabeth Shue and if he does, they beat the living shit out of him. They're really kind of ridiculous.

And while its obnoxious how over the top they are, it really makes Daniel's struggle ever more satisfying in the end. On top of that, it really just exacerbates the time period this movie came out in. If you watch films now, even comic book films, the great villains that people connect with these days aren't your Johnny Lawrence or crazy dojo masters, they are your "anti-heroes" which I could write a whole other post on the loose use of anti-hero today, but you just don't see these characters anymore who are just evil for the sake of being evil and its done well. I feel like a couple movies I've watched lately, or in past reviews, I've knocked a movie for having villains who are just assholes for the sake of being assholes. They don't have much motivation, they're just the bad guy because the script called for it. But with this film, I just don't think the movie could have been as meaningful if Johnny Lawrence wasn't such an incredible asshole. I don't think the movie would have been the same if the dojo master wasn't such a hard ass psycho. Its not to say that I don't think villains need some kind of motivation because I feel like villains, especially villains in the movies of today, are good when you can see their side of the argument. You may disagree with their methods, but there's a connection there. With this movie though, Zabka's character is an asshole, plain and simple. And he's brilliant at it. The dojo master is so over the top, and it compliments the movie brilliantly. So while its obnoxious and over the top, these "villains" of the movie, play an intricate part of the story and really make the movie memorable.

So anyway, Daniel's getting the shit beaten out of him and he's sick of it. All he wants to do is leave. This is the point where he meets Mr. Miyagi (played by Pat Morita), the maintenance man at the apartment complex they live at. And if there was one thing I had to point to and say, that is the best part of the movie, I would definitely say the relationship between Daniel and Mr. Miyagi.

In a movie full of cheesy 80's dialogue and just over the topness, the relationship between Mr. Miyagi and Daniel is an incredibly honest and incredibly rich relationship. I don't know, I just love everything about it.

And I think with all the cultural references this movie has created since its release, I think I always imagined Miyagi as this Yoda, do-no-wrong mentor character, when in reality, he is just as flawed and realistic as Daniel is. He's had his own experiences his own struggles, and the two naturally come together.

So after Daniel figures out that Miyagi knows karate, the two go to talk with the bully and his dojo master. This is another great part about Miyagi. He says that fighting is not the answer and problems must be faced by talking. But because everyone at the Cobra Kai dojo is fucking insane, Miyagi instead strikes a deal. The bullies leave Daniel alone and Daniel competes in the karate tournament a couple months later. The bullies agree, and the rest of the movie is Miyagi training Daniel.

But of course, its not your traditional training, he's having him wash cars, do yard work, paint fences, etc. And this is the great depth and complexity of the character. He's not just teaching Daniel how to fight, fighting is the last thing Daniel actually learns. Instead Miyagi is teaching Daniel about balance, not just in karate, but in life. Its hard to explain, but this contrary to popular belief, and something I actually believed, Miyagi is not teaching Daniel to fight, he's teaching him to be a better person.

Throughout all of this there's this relationship between Daniel and Elizabeth Shue's character. Its alright.

Nobody looks back at The Karate Kid and points to Macchio and Shue's relationship. I'm not saying its bad, I would even say a lot of teenage relationships use this relationship as a base. What I would say though is that sometimes it kind of takes away from the great parts, which is Daniel and Mr. Miyagi. There's a little bit about how Daniel is poor and she's rich, there's a little bit of drama instigated by John Lawrence, but it all kind of goes away in the end. Its not a huge distractor but the movie could have done without all the hiccups in their relationship.

Oh and the relationship between him and his mom... yeah that kind of starts somewhere in the beginning but once he starts hanging out with Mr. Miyagi, his mom shows up at the end to cheer him on and that's it. She's really not that big of a part in the film... at all. Like I get it, if you don't have Shue and his mom, you don't have any female characters, but if you're going to put them in there, at least write them well.

The tournament portion of the movie is some of the best cinematic gold you can ask for. Its intense, its nail biting, and its this great build up to the final fight that you all saw coming from the beginning, Daniel versus his bully, Johnny Lawrence.

If you've seen the movie, you know this scene. Its so over the top, the stakes couldn't be higher, and its just a classic fight of good versus evil. There's no way around it. 

The ending is just an absolute perfect piece to this incredibly well put together movie and at the end, in the middle of my room, I was on the edge of my seat cheering for Daniel-san. Its that culminating suspense that sports movies often do and its done to perfect in The Karate Kid. 

But... its this ending scene that does make me realize why I was not shown this movie as a kid. 

As much as I love it, as much as I love the themes and messages in this movie about balance, and facing your problems head on, the end of this movie does kind of have a slight leaning towards saying, If you have a bully problem, just fight him, you'll earn his respect... and that's basically what happens. 

Its sad, because there's so much more to this movie. The interactions between Miyagi and Daniel are great, the messages Miyagi is passing onto Daniel is great. But in the end, it really is, fix your problems with violence. And I can understand how my parents would maybe see that message and say, we don't need to show Connor that, especially at an age where perhaps the messages are lost in the awesome karate and Joe Esposito singing "You're the Best Around". 

The solution to this problem was not, let's fight and I'll earn your respect and you'll stop bullying me, instead it should have been, you're a fucking psychopath, I'm going to get a restraining order and send your ass to jail because on Halloween, if a small Japanese man hadn't saved my life, you probably would have murdered me.

So what are the downsides of this movie? I mean there are things I could say but I think the things that this movie didn't have or "didn't do well" make it an iconic 80's film. Like I said before, the Cobra Kai dojo is over the top and ridiculously evil just for the sake of being fucking psychopaths. But it works for the film, it works perfectly. There's a distinct lack of female characters, but honestly, its not about Daniel's mom or Elizabeth Shue, its about Daniel. The dialogue is pretty hokey and cheesy, but I think that just makes the movie all the more iconic. And after the final fight, the bully is just cool with Daniel suddenly? Yeah... its pretty bad, but by the same token, the movie has a lot of heart to it. The relationship between Daniel and Mr. Miyagi is classic. The message of balance and patience is great. I would have liked to see a little bit more development of Mr. Miyagi, but as much as he is just as flawed as Daniel, I almost like how Yoda-like he is. Maybe that's done in the later films, but honestly, I don't know if I'll be able to watch all three on Netflix before they get pulled on April 1st... it is my spring break now though... We'll see.

So those are my thoughts on The Karate Kid. Rereading it, I may have overblown the impact this movie had, but honestly, I just finished it an hour ago and I'm still jacked. I'd like to know how influential on film history The Karate Kid was, if it was. Comment and Discuss below! Also, shoot me a tweet @cmhaugen24 and Follow me on Twitter to get updates on movie news and reviews.

I'll be on Spring Break this upcoming week so hopefully I'll get this blog updated a little more. There are a couple movies being pulled from Netflix by the end of the month so its pushing me a little bit more to watch some movies I've had on my list but haven't watched yet.

I'll leave you with this. I mentioned a little bit that Ralph Macchio never really did anything quite as large as this movie. Here's a funny little Funny or Die bit on Macchio, I thought it was kind of funny. Enjoy!

Max Trailer

This may seem out of the ordinary since its not really my type of movie, but I really wanted to say something about this movie because I feel like it could either be just a phenomenal movie... or a really crappy movie. And that's a shame. Check out the trailer.

If you're not on the verge of tears before the first minute of this trailer is over, you probably have no soul.

This is probably going to be a really short post, but I haven't been posting very consistently, I wanted to give you a little bit so this month isn't completely cut short.

In short, I really like half of this trailer. The first half of this trailer sets up the plot of the movie really well. A marine in Afghanistan is killed and the dog that he handles is just as distraught over it as the marine's family is. That's really something we haven't seen before. Its a perspective of war that we haven't been exposed to. On top of all of that, we have a very familiar story of a boy who loses a brother and has to cope with that. Doing that with a dog just adds a whole level of feels to it.

Up to a certain point, I was really amped for this movie. I was thinking it was going to make me cry, give me a perspective of PTSD in war dogs, just a pluthera of awesome things were coming out of this trailer.

And then they introduce the bad guy of the film.

Why put in a bad guy in this film? You've got a great premise. A drama of a kid dealing with his brothers death, a dog dealing with the loss of an owner. Their relationship and how they become friends. That's an entire movie right there... and I'm guessing that's only up to the second third of the movie. The last third is going to be this kid and the dog going out and solving mysteries, and I really hate it!

Now I'm only basing this off the trailer so I can't say too much, but what a waste of potential. This could have been a phenomenal drama, but when you needlessly add in some BS about a bad guy doing whatever, that was the point in the trailer where I wasn't as interested in the movie. Before it was a movie I was going to see no matter what, and now its more a movie I'll wait and see for the reviews to come out to see it. And that's a shame.

Again, this is all speculation, but my prediction is, that this could be either a really, REALLY great movie (I don't want to say Oscar contender cause its way too damn early) or it could be a really disappointing movie, which is a shame because its a very original idea and something we haven't really seen before.

Again, its a really short rant, I just saw this trailer and got so frustrated with the span of the emotions I had, from almost crying, to really pissed off. Especially when the kids friend said, "You have the Air Jordan of Dogs." STUPID LINE!

Anyway, give me your thoughts on the trailer. Comment and Discuss below or shoot me a tweet @cmhaugen24 and follow me on Twitter to get updates on movie news and reviews.

Insurgent

First off, I have to apologize for not posting in a while. I've been caught up with some other things and I haven't had the chance to actually sit down and knock out a couple posts. I hope you've enjoyed the past few ones and now that I actually went out and saw a recent movie, I thought it was time to take a break from the other things pressing me right now just to give you my thoughts on Insurgent.

Now, if you recall, I actually was pleasantly surprised by Divergent. Yeah it had a lot of elements that reminded me of The Hunger Games, but it actually turned around and decided to be a little bit different of a movie.

Unfortunately, maybe I've been busy, maybe I just have a bad memory, so I had kind of forgotten what had happened since I had last seen these characters, but here's where Divergent left off.

So at the end of Divergent, Tric (played by Shailene Woodley) and her companions, her boyfriend Four (played by Theo James) her Erudite brother Caleb (played by Ansel Elgort) and randomly Miles Teller (his characters name is Peter but he's always just been Miles Teller to me in this film series) are on the run from the evil government that is taking advantage of the faction system that is the system in this post apocalyptic world. They're on the run, only because Tric and Four are Divergents, the people who do not fit into one faction, but they are also blamed for the events of the first movie.

When I saw the trailers for this movie, not having read the book, I thought this movie had a really great opportunity laid down at its feet. Whereas the newest Hunger Games: Mockingjay was set in this revolutionary setting, Katniss was never really in the fight, she was never really massing people together to fight, it was more focused on the propaganda videos created by both sides in order to bring people to their side, not the actual fighting. I thought Insurgent had the great opportunity to show that side of the struggle, to show the post apocalyptic youths rising up against the evil President Snow... I mean... Jeanine... (played by Kate Winslet.)

Unfortunately, the movie never really does that. It never really focuses on the rallying of the troops, instead its just kind of floating in space. The main characters are just kind of floating and don't really have a purpose... until about the last third of the film. They'll come to this one group of people, hang out with them for a while, then float on over to another group of people when the bad guys reach them. They start the movie with Octavia Spencer and her clan of hippies. We don't really get to know Spencer's character at all, in fact, I kind of forgot she was in the movie, but hey! Here's a celebrity cameo I suppose. Then they migrate over to the factionless group, headed up by Naomi Watts when the bad guys show up at the hippy camp.

Which by the way, Naomi Watts is stunning in this film. I suppose she's suppose to be Four's mom or something but I was thinking she was maybe a former lover of his until he said she was his mom. Just stunning.

But its the same deal. They hang out there for a while, then they go onto hang out with the Candor Clan and shenanigans ensue there. I feel like there wasn't enough time spent at these places to really flush out this interesting world that has been created, or create some opportunity to really win these factions over against Kate Winslet. Instead it was just kind of convoluted and not exactly a strong story.

I think the good part of it all was the internal conflict of Tric.

Shailene Woodley, I would say, has really embraced this role. I could akin this role to Jennifer Lawrence and Katniss and how that really boost her career. The same can be said about Shailene Woodley.

So Tric is feeling immense guilt over the events of the first film. And that is shown pretty well throughout the film. And the better part of it all is that there seems to be a point of resolution within her. She seems to forgive herself after almost literally facing her inner demons.

The problem with it is that I feel like those parts were so blown over because they were trying to get to the next thing. Its kind of interesting having that reaction because I haven't read the book. I don't know if things went that fast or if they skipped some parts, but I feel like while they were sprinkled in nicely, they didn't always meld with smart decisions in the story. And that's the biggest problem I have with Tric, sometimes she just does things that are stupid. She's a very capable heroine and I think if the series wasn't so overshadowed by films like The Hunger Games, Tric could be a really memorable character. The problem is that she is overshadowed and for the convenience of the film, she's forced to do things that I just have to question as smart.

Also her issue with Four seem very forced and contrived.

Now on Four, I think he's actually a really good supporting character. He's your strong, tall, dark, and handsome love interest, but I think the movie made a real effort to make sure that this is Tris's story, not his. He's there to support her. While he may actually be the leader, this story is on Tris and that I actually liked.

But I almost feel like because they were trying to hard to make sure the focus stayed on Tris, it took away from any development of Four at all. There's a little bit of conflict with him and his mother, but that is quickly pushed aside. Again, he's not a horrible character, and I do like that he doesn't steal the spotlight from Tris, but I think he's a little bit boring in this movie as he's just the supporting boyfriend.

The same can be said about her friend Christina. I understand that she probably didn't have that big of a part in the second book as she didn't have a huge part in this movie. But any problems that Tris had with her had one brief scene of conflict and then suddenly she's one hundred percent behind Tris despite the fact that the last scene, she was all pissed at Tris.

So there are the characters who are incredibly devoted to Tric, and then there are the ones who oddly change their loyalty at the drop of a hat.

Most namely Miles Teller.

Now Miles Teller and Ansel Elgort are both rising stars and I'm kind of wondering if they were getting bored with this film series by the end of the first one. Honestly, they both look a little bored in this film. Now I can't totally blame them because I think both their characters are horribly written and their loyalties change at the strangest places.

I'm confused on why they even brought Miles Teller along with them and the first chance he gets, he screws them over almost immediately. The motivations for the big betrayals in this movie are really weak and just down right silly.

I talked with my girlfriend and she said that the book does a better job at explaining the betrayals and changing of alliances, especially in a character like the one Miles Teller plays. But if I have to go to the book to explain something that didn't work in the movie, that's kind of a disappointing movie in my book.

That being said, despite me thinking that Miles Teller didn't exactly bring it in this film, I am excited to see him in Fantastic Four and I even would love to see him in a Star Wars movie in the future. It may seem random, but something about this futuristic film and Miles Teller just made me think he'd be a really good character in Star Wars. Maybe give him a good script but keep him as the same really smart, but conniving bastard he is in this film, and just put it in the Star Wars universe, I could actually be down for that for some reason.

And then you get to President Snow... because lets be honest, Kate Winslet is just female President Snow. She's evil just for the sake of being evil and she's the self proclaimed leader, not really having a fair or understandable motive, but because she wants power. And that was really relevant in this film. You could tell she was just doing this for power. Which I mean that's not a horrible villain trait, but I think I would have wanted to see her actually be a sympathetic villain, the kind that is so evil but at the same time you can see their point of view.

This one, was just plot convenient and kind of boring. I mean, Kate Winslet is surprisingly good at playing a bad guy but I really don't think she'll be nearly as memorable of a character as President Snow is in The Hunger Games. Now I actually don't really like Donald Sutherland as President Snow, but at least he's memorable.

Honestly, the allies are undeniably good allies with unshaken devotion, the sort of bad guys have horrible motivations for betraying Tris and her gang, and the evil character is just blind evil.

And again, I would have liked to see Tris do something Katniss could never do. Actually fight in this Civil War going on.

I mean, if you're going to have this character be in this revolution, have them fight in the revolution for pete's sake.

But they don't really do that in this film.

The last third of the movie is going back to that Inception-like test mode and that is actually where the first movie kind of hooked me in. I think when they brought that back, that was actually one of the better parts of the movie. But at that point, it was a little too late, it was brought on by plot convenience and the results were just a little too coincidental. Everything seemed cliched and not anything I haven't seen before.

Now the ending actually kind of took me by surprise and I'm going to have to wait until the next movie to see where they actually go with this. It wasn't where I thought this film series was headed. Honestly, I almost feel like they could have ended the series with this movie. With the exception of one thing at the end, the movie actually wraps up pretty well. But this of course is a trilogy and the third movie will be split into two movies. But I actually think if for some reason, they wanted to end the series here, they probably could. I would actually be okay with this being the climax and conclusion to the film. But of course I am now two movies in and I would feel incomplete if I didn't watch the third movie. I guess I'll just have to wait.

Overall, Insurgent is not the worst second installment of a movie franchise, but it is miles from the top. It seems like a lot of this movie abandoned the things that made the first movie a pleasant surprise for me and kind of fell back into the formula that you see with every young adult book series film these days. It didn't feel new, it didn't surprise me (much) and it made me think that this film was just a rip off of the Hunger Games again. Hopefully the third movie can change things around, but for now, I'm not exactly impressed with the Divergent series.

But what did you think of it? Comment and Discuss below! Or shoot me a message @cmhaugen24 and follow me on Twitter to get updates on movie news and reviews.

I'll leave you with this. Here's an honest trailer for another generic young adult series, the Maze Runner. Enjoy!

Age of Ultron Trailer Trailer

So, I already did a rant on the Age of Ultron trailer that came out a couple months ago. Well now, there has been a new Trailer Trailer released for the new Avengers movie. The earlier trailer was actually considered a teaser trailer, but this one, I would personally consider this an actual trailer because it's not just showing what the movie is, but its pointing out the ideas and plot of the movie so we know what the movie is actually about before going to watch it. 

 

First to clear out the obvious. This trailer looks amazing. Its got a great look, it shows all the characters we love, it teases even more all the characters we're interested in seeing, and of course, it shows a lot of Ultron. Am I excited about Age of Ultron, Of course I am! It comes out in two months, I'm probably more excited about it than I was for the first Avengers believe it or not. 

There are some great things about this trailer. 

To me, this is the real trailer of Avengers Age of Ultron. I know technically we had the earlier one with the creepy Pinnochio song and that was a great trailer, but in the world where we live in where we're getting so oversaturated with trailers, that is now considered a teaser trailer... I don't know whether or not to be happy or sad about that. 

The unfortunate part is, that since that teaser was basically a full fledged trailer, the only way to make this third trailer awesome is to show more stuff and unfortunately, I feel like I know exactly how the movie is going to go now because of all the shit piled onto this trailer. Its all great seeing this stuff, but I think I would have been content if I had just seen the first trailer

This one, and just moved on with my life? I'm kind of of the idea that many times less is more, and its more important to keep me on the edge of my seats so when I go see the movie, I'm ready to go and enjoy an awesome movie, with Age of Ultron, I'm not totally certain they did that. I'm concerned that this trailer showed too much and nothing is going to surprise me because I've seen so much in the three trailers they've released for this movie. Doesn't make me any less excited, I just need to stop watching trailers I guess. I'm just worried that because I watched all these trailers, I have now seen the movie. I'm worried that I've now seen all the great action parts of the film, I'm worried that I now know exactly what is going to happen.

We'll have to see though.

Now, one of the good things... and bad things about this trailer is the fact that I know a lot more about the plot, how some of the characters will be used, and what this movie is going to turn out to be as we get closer.

The part of this trailer that got me actually really excited for this film is all the new footage of Scarlet Witch.

In Captain America: The Winter Soldier, we saw very little of Scarlet Witch but I think that post credit scene was one of the best post credit scenes I've seen out of a Marvel film.

In this trailer, Scarlet Witch is shown fighting with the avengers, possessing people, and honestly, looking a lot more awesome than Quicksilver.

I am excited to see the two of them, but apart of me is really excited to see Scarlet Witch and her contribution to the film. I feel like with the dark tone of the film, she'll be a great addition.

I think its because we saw a great interpretation of Quicksilver in X-men: Days of Future Past, I'm just not as excited about Aaron Taylor Johnson's interpretation of it. I hope its a fun version of the character, but the bar was set pretty high by Evan Peters in Days of Future Past.

Something that was revealed by this trailer is the confirmation that Scarlet Witch will be used to possess some of the Avengers and they will be used to fight one another. Put aside the fact that this was used in the last Avengers and this movie runs the risk of repeating itself, this actually has the potential to be really interesting and make Scarlet Witch a really scary character.

It does worry me though.

Mainly because of what we've seen in past trailers. The big thing that has been advertised in this film is that Tony Stark is going to bust out the Hulkbuster in order to fight a raged out Hulk. On face value, that's awesome. Its the Hulkbuster, it opens up for a great fight.

However, I'm worried that the possession, again, it going to be a rehash of what happened in the first Avengers and is only being utilized to pit Hulk and Iron Man against each other.

I've written in past posts on how I would actually like to see some kind of story going on for Bruce Banner, especially after what I saw in the The Incredible Hulk. I thought that he was sick or something and was losing control of the Hulk.

I want there to be actual conflict and character development that would prompt a fight between Tony Stark and Bruce Banner, two people that have traditionally been friends.

Maybe that's too much to ask for one movie, but I would have liked something a little bit more than, he was possessed. Unfortunately, this trailer kind of points to The Hulk being possessed by Scarlet Witch.

I'm still not totally convinced that his eyes are actually the Scarlet Witch red or they're just blood shot (possibly pointing towards the Hulk getting sick) but this new trailer kind of points towards that pretty hard, especially looking at Scarlet Witch possessing Black Widow.

Now I could just seem angry because my fan theory isn't correct. The honest truth is, I just like to theorize. As long as Joss Whedon brings us a compelling story that gives justice to a team we've grown to love and cherish, I have no problem with the Hulk being possessed. It just needs to make sense and it needs to be interesting.

Overall, I think the trailer just showed too much. I will probably bite these words but there doesn't seem to be much in this movie that we haven't seen from the trailers.

I saw a video the other day of a bunch of guys debating this very issue and the fact of the matter is, for fanboys like me, they could have just put a clip of the Hulkbuster, Ultron, and the Avengers with a 2 next to it and they might as well take our money now. I get for the average movie going audience, they need to show a little bit more, but this is getting kind of ridiculous.

Age of Ultron is going to be huge. There's no question about it. Marvel has been virtually unstoppable up to this point.

I am of the belief that Marvel is trying to maintain the integrity of its franchise by not just putting out fodder for fanboys to clap and cheer over seeing, but actually making stories and comprehensive ones at that.

Furthermore, Age of Ultron (from what I gather) is going to be the jumping off point for a whole new direction in Phase 3. The Marvel Universe is about to get huge and its starting with Age of Ultron and its lead into Civil War. I think a way to get even more excited about phase 3 and Civil War is for Age of Ultron to just be a great film.

I love the first Avengers film. However, I do acknowledge that the film is not incredible (story-wise) and that's okay. The franchise had reached a level that was unprecedented. Having all these heroes from past movies come together in this culminating event is something people have been trying to emulate ever since.

All I'm saying is that Marvel needs to be careful that its still on the trajectory that it was headed on with Captain America: The Winter Solider. That movie, to this day, is still my favorite Marvel movie and its because it wasn't just a good superhero film but a good film in general.

Marvel needs to continue not just making good superhero films, but also just making good films in general.

This Age of Ultron trailer is by no means showing any signs of Marvel going on a downturn, but my critiques of it will be showing too much in trailers, and the warning of dumbing things down just so you can get Tony Stark in the Hulkbuster. Give us something with substance, give us the Avengers movie that surpasses the original.

This rant didn't exactly turn the way I wanted it to, but I think I liked the direction it went. What do you think? Do you see any problems with Marvel's model of business or are they indestructible? Comment and Discuss below! Also shoot me a tweet @cmhaugen24 and follow me on Twitter to get updates on movie news and reviews!

I'll leave you with this. I may have already used this video but I think its relevant to the Marvel universe. Also I enjoy anything being critiqued by Nick Mundy. Enjoy!

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Word of advice... if you're a guy, don't bring your girlfriend to this movie. I'm not saying that women will not enjoy this film, but if you're thinking this might be a romantic date movie, you're probably wrong.

Kingsman: The Secret Service is an interesting movie because I don't think a lot of people expected that much from it. I think people saw another teen training movie, you know, the normal teen getting recruited into an awesome organization and becoming straight up badass in the process. This formula has been done countless times before and I think when people saw the trailer for this movie, it just seemed like another one of those movies.

The story starts out pretty straight forward, you've got this kid, Eggsy (played by Taron Egerton) and he's kind of your troublemaker. His step dad is a douche, his life just isn't that great. And then he gets recruited to join a super spy agency by Colin Firth's character, Harry Hart.

Codenamed Galahad, Harry served with Eggsy's father in the service and gives his entire career to help Eggsy.

The rest of the film is your run of the mill training movie. Its kind of an X-men: First Class for a new James Bond sort of franchise if they intend to make a sequel. Thats good because the movie is directed by the same guy who did X-men: First Class, so in many ways it was kind of rehash of that, but in my opinion, done better.

I love X-men: First Class, but I always thought that the training montage, though good and accompanied by one of the best scores I've seen in a movie in a long time, the parts with the new recruits just kind of seemed pointless at the end of the day. I never felt like the trainees ever really did anything productive in that movie.

In this movie however, the training was great, and you actually felt like it contributed to the plot. The ones left took what they learned in training and utilized it to foil the plot of the villain in the end.

Speaking of which, lets talk about the villain. Richmond Valentine (played by Samuel L Jackson) is a villain I struggle to decide whether or not he's really good or not.

He's different. His plan is all based around climate change which is not usually done, and if done, its not done very well.

Its Samuel L Jackson, so I mean some of it is really entertaining. I think the thing I'm caught up on is his lisp. I kept on going back and forth on whether or not it was funny. At first, I thought, no, its not that funny. And then he said something kind of funny and my immature mind thought, ha, that's pretty funny. And then it became unfunny again, and then he said something like the people without lisps are difficult to understand and that was kind of funny but I don't know. Its definitely not Sam Jackson's best character.

I think a lot of my reservations may be in the execution of his plan and not him as a character persay. I will talk about the ending, but until then, let's talk about something that really worked.

The relationship between Harry and Eggsy worked really well. I know its a cliche that's been done to death, of the young kid getting brought it by the veteran but sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. This time works.

Both actors are incredibly entertaining in the film. Colin Firth continues to show that he is a beast actor and he's willing to expand his range to a slew of roles and films. This is the same guy who won an Oscar for a drama like The King's Speech, now doing an R rated action spy film.

And then there's Taron Egerton. This guy is a really a newcomer and he just nails it. I at first didn't think I was going to like this guy. And truth be told, I really don't like his hat. But he's a good actor with a range. He can be charming and funny but at the same time be very serious and bring some emotion to the role. I'm really looking forward to any continuation of this franchise, especially if it means this guy will get more work.

I've actually heard people say that he would make a good spider-man in the new Marvel reboot, and after seeing this, I would be down for that one hundred percent. He has the ability to act like a tough kid but I also feel like he has the range to play Peter Parker. If they're going with a high school aged Peter Parker (which I hope they don't) I would be okay that approach if Egerton was Parker.

The unfortunate part is that the movie is for the most part, incredibly predictable. Its got all the cliches of a spy movie, its got all the cliches of a training movie, its got all the cliches of the young recruit and the veteran mentor. Everything is cliche... except for the ending... which I will get to.

Part of the reason I say this is because I began the film kind of questioning whether or not The Kingsman organization was actually a good organization. I was thinking that maybe Eggsy was being brought into a really shady organization that says its doing the right thing but in fact its not. And there were a couple moments where I think that could have worked.

However, that's not really the case and again, it fell into something that frankly, I've seen before.

HOWEVER

The movie does become a little bit different by how rated R this movie is. Like I said before, this movie seems like its a young adult set up. Something we've seen over and over and would appeal to the audiences of Hunger Games, Divergent, and Maze Runner. However, the rating of this film tells a very different story.

I see this movie as a crossover between those young adult films and the movie Wanted.

Just the over the top violence and action in this film, put together with the main character looking like he's coming right out of the Hunger Games, Kingsman has a really fun vibe to it that, while the story is a little cliched, its still entertaining and very tongue and cheek while being very violent and action filled.

And its this gritty action, but colorful vibe that makes this movie very entertaining and makes it feel new.

So for everyone reading this review who has not seen movie and you're looking for a recommendation. Here it is. Go see Kingsman. Its a lot of fun. The performances are fun, the action is fun (but very gory, so be warned) and plot overall is fun. The ending, though far fetched and a little bit obnoxious is actually the culmination of an interesting and pretty original threat. So there's your recommendation, I don't want to give anything else away. Go see Kingsman.

And if anything else tells you you should see this movie. Mark Hamill (AKA Luke Skywalker is in this film) He's in a very small role, but it definitely is fun.

Comment and Discuss below! Shoot me a tweet @cmhaugen24, etc. etc. Go all the way down to the bottom if you want to see the video but spoilers are ahead.

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Let's talk about the ending.

I'll clarify. The ending to Kingsman, is not bad. It builds, its suspenseful. Its everything you would expect from a spy thriller. Its also very over the top and humorous to a fun degree.

So Valentine has put a SIM card in every phone across the world. The SIM card has the ability to transmit a signal to the user, making them very aggressive and want to kill everything in this path.

Valentine's plan is to unleash the signal to the world, having everyone kill on another and decrease the world's population in order to limit humanities effect on the climate.

Valentine has gathered together all the world leaders who agree with his plan in his evil lair, implanted them with a micro chip making them impervious to the SIM cards signal, but also could blow their heads off if they go to the wrong people and tell Valentine's plan.

These complicit world leaders include, The President of the United States, the Queen of England, the Prime Minister of Sweden, etc.

Okay, so this plan is ridiculous for two reasons.

1. Valentine got to all of these people?

I mean I get it, we have some pretty corrupt people running world governments. But Valentine's plan is a global genocide!

And there are shots of the situation room in the White House where all the members of the President's cabinet are waiting for everyone in their country to kill on another. This isn't just one corrupt world leader, these are corrupt world governments.

And I get it, the people who disagree are locked up by Valentine... but that's like one or two people who disagreed with this plan? That's a really, really bleak view on the people who are running our governments.

And on top of that, Valentine's argument is all about climate change. The whole crux of his argument is that we must commit genocide in order to stop the Earth from heating up. Its not even a compelling argument. Its not even me contemplating with myself, maybe he has a point. And that's the part of the film that I'm not wild about. As much as its interesting to see an evil mastermind take it to the next level of Bond villain plots for something as different as climate change, I have to just be all around confused.

2. What happens after the film?

So, there's a point in the film where Eggsy is trapped. He is surrounded by the henchmen of Valentine, it looks like he's going to die... and then he has an idea.

He tells Merlin (played by Mark Strong) to activate the micro chip bombs in all of the heads of the guards in order for him to escape.

So Merlin does it, and all the guard's heads start exploding.

Its a funny scene. Its humorous, its colorful, its actually kind of fun. So all the guards surrounding him are dead...

But wait a second, aren't those chips in all the world leaders who went along with Valentine's plan?

Yup, and every world leader, including the President, dies in one click of a button.

I mean, I get it, these guys were corrupt, these guys were willing to sanction global genocide, they're really scum of the earth... but what happens after this film.

The world has just collectively started beating each other senselessly. Hundreds, if not thousands, were murdered... and on top of that, every world leader's head has now spontaneously exploded.

But instead of flying straight to London to help with the aftermath of the entire situation, what does Eggsy do?

... goes and has butt sex with the Princess of Sweden?

So, let me get this straight.

Every world leader's head just either exploded, or they're locked up in Valentine's evil lair. The world just collectively tried to kill each other, thousands are dead... and the "hero" of it all, is getting it in... He's not releasing the rest of the world leaders so they can go, you know, help their countries.

I mean I know you gotta give that Bond edge to the ending, but that would make sense if we had any feeling as though the world was going to be okay after this insane tragedy just happened.

The Kingsman didn't save the world, they kind of fucked it over.

But hey... at least Eggsy got laid?

Its not a huge deal because I only thought of this after I was leaving the theater so the movie was pretty darn entertaining for me to forget about that for a little bit, but this is kind of a huge loose end. Its kind of like the ending of Man of Steel. Metropolis is desecrated but there was no mention of it. This might be something that comes up if there's a sequel and could potentially be a funny bit, but its kind of a big loose end here.

That was really the only part of the film that I was kind of iffy about. My girlfriend was not wild about the fact that they were told to kill their dogs at the end (despite it not actually happening) but I really liked Kingsman if I put aside the ending.

But what did you think of Kingsman? Did you like the ending? Again, Comment and Discuss below! or shoot me a tweet @cmhaugen24 and follow me on Twitter to get updates on movie news and reviews.

I'll leave you with this. Its a fun use of Uptown Funk and action scenes from the film. Enjoy!

Batman v Superman: What's up with Aquaman?

It's been a long time since I've talked about Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.

I don't know what it is. Its probably my most anticipated movie (perhaps outside of Star Wars) and because I freaking loved Man of Steel, I am over the top excited for Dawn of Justice.

But I also realize that the film is not coming out for another year. (20 days till its a year precisely). Sure, there's been news about it here and there, but nothing overly exciting. The funny thing is, I don't even want a trailer for this film. I want to go in with no expectations and be wowed like I'm expecting to be. People were rumoring around that there would be a trailer in the Jupiter Ascending trailers and I laughed at them... cause they were wrong.

Honestly, there really hasn't been anything overly exciting (for me) to comment on. Right now the focus is on Marvel cause, as usual, they're killing it, and DC still has a year before Dawn of Justice, before Suicide Squad. The truth is, it's going to be another year before anything beats Marvel right now.

Now you may be saying, but Connor, what about this?

In case you're not up to date, this is a real poster, tweeted from Zack Snyder. Its Aquaman (being played by Jason Momoa). And all I can say is... It looks cool...?

Here's the honest truth.

I don't want this to be a prequel to The Justice League. I don't need the Justice League to assemble in this movie. Maybe an inkling here and there, have everyone show up in their secret identities or something, don't have Aquaman go full Aquaman quite yet, give me a little bit of suspense for Justice League, let me get to know these characters a little bit more as people before you shove how cool they look at me.

But most importantly, this has to be a movie about Superman and Batman.

Why am I getting a picture of Aquaman in a movie about Batman and Superman?!?!

Again, it looks cool. But these are the two quintessential members of the Justice League. Everything is built off their relationship. I want characters like Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, whatever, to take a backseat... a very far back seat, to Batman and Superman. That's what I've been thinking since the beginning. Check out my Wonder Woman rant and you'll see what I mean by back seat.

Snyder and other people have said that Supes and Batman are going to fight and I get the feeling that the movie is going to be focused on them, I'm just cautious about this film. I don't want to bad mouth it because, again, its my most anticipated movie of 2016. But I think the reason I haven't written that much about Batman v Superman is because 1) There's nothing concrete we know about the story, we've only seen costumes and kind of cool posters.  2) There's nothing overtly exciting about this film yet besides what we've known for a while now, its Batman. Versus. Superman.

But then I heard something that made me interested.

So we've heard from Snyder and other news around this movie, that Wonder Woman is going to be a descendent of the Greek Gods. Zeus, Hades, all the classics.

Am I the only one who would laugh if Liam Neeson was Zeus again?

Okay, that's interesting. You've got Bruce Wayne, genius, playboy, billionaire philanthropist. Superman, an alien from Krypton, and Wonder Woman, spawn of the Greek Gods. That's an interesting combination. 

But hey, isn't one of the Greek Gods kind of like Aquaman in a way?

So get this, what if Aquaman is in a similar situation to the Greek Gods as Wonder Woman is? What if Aquaman is a descendent of Poseidon?

Well that's kind of interesting. You could throw in something like he was raised by humans but he's really an Atlantian, that's kind of interesting. 

But again, I can figure this all out in The Justice League. I mean there are going to be two parts to this film, we have time for some character development in that movie, that way we don't take away from Batman and Superman and their development. 

So, on a second look at the Aquaman poster, we read the words on the poster that read Unite the Seven.

Okay, so Unite the Seven? What does that mean? It could mean the Seven Seas, the Seven members of the Justice League, the Seven Dwarves... something like that. 

But why Aquaman? Why show us pictures of Aquaman with a tag line that could just be a teaser for the Justice League. In fact it kind of points towards this movie just being a huge commercial for The Justice League, again, something I really don't want to happen. 

So he wants to United The Seven. Well its not quite the seven Justice League members, so while it still could make sense, I just don't know why Snyder would put something out like that for this film. If its Unite the Seven seas. I guess my question is... from what?

The villain of the film? Maybe, but that brings up a huge question of who is the villain of Batman v Superman? It hasn't really been confirmed yet. And to me, that's a huge part of the film. I know Batman and Superman are going to fight in this film, but I also know that they need to kiss and make up by the end for thing to be all put together for the Justice League in 2017. What's the best way to have two heroes kiss and make up? Joining together to fight a common villain. But who is the villain in Dawn of Justice?

Here's my three scenarios of what I think it could end up being. 

1. Lex Luthor? 

It could happen. I mean it wouldn't be the first time Luthor has been the bad guy. If done right I could really see that being a great way to truly introduce the character, introduce some kind of common goal to unite the two rivals of Superman and Batman. 

But again, I go back to the Aquaman poster. Why Aquaman? What can Luthor do to Atlantis, to the seas? Whatever? And are we really resigning ourselves to the idea that Lex Luthor is going to be the main villain in this film? I'm not saying it couldn't happen, but because I'm bored and have nothing better to do but analysis any clue of this movie, I can guess that Aquaman might have a key part to this film. So does Luthor really seem like the perfect way to attack Aquaman?

Honestly, I'm not convinced. If you read my rant on Jesse Eisenberg becoming Lex Luthor, you'll know that I personally want them to develop Eisenberg as the villain gradually. I don't want him doing some kind of real estate scheme in this film, he shouldn't have an immediate evil plan. Lex Luthor should be a plotting and conniving villain, who's plans transcend one movie and require more than just one film to fulfill themselves. 

I would much rather see Lex Luthor be developed in this film. Acknowledge his presence, make him an intricate part of the plot, have him manipulate and laugh when these two heroes waste time fighting each other. He doesn't have to be the main bad guy in the end, but he should have something cooking up, so much that whoever is the villain, while great is a pawn in the grander scale of things.  

Its weird because in my thought process of this, Kevin Spacey would actually make a great Lex Luthor, especially with some form of Frank Underwood. I really liked Spacey as Luthor in Superman Returns, I think it was kind of wasted.

So let's say, in my perfect world of mine, Lex Luthor is out as the main villain. Who is the villain?

I really want Brainiac. I think we've seen Lex Luthor as the main villain countless times, even Zod got done twice, I want to see another Superman villain get realized. Brainiac, Metallo, anybody. Anybody but Doomsday, I think Doomsday is being saved for bigger and better things. So give us a villain that Batman and Superman can disagree how to deal with, fight, and then unite to defeat in the end.

Unfortunately, that seems all too easy and I don't know if they're going that way, especially if they haven't revealed any concrete villains yet... which brings me to the second option.

2. There is no villain.

Not in the traditional sense. There's no big baddy. Maybe the battle really is centered on Batman versus Superman. Maybe these two are big enough Titans that they can fill an entire movie on the conflict of these two. It would be both very big, but very personal at the same time.

Similar to how Tony Stark is technically "the villain" in Captain America 3, this movie could more be about ideals and Superman dealing with other heroes in this bigger universe. I think you cut down on a big climactic battle against good and evil in the end (but hey we got enough of that in Man of Steel) and instead its a battle you're not totally sure where its going to go. The final battle could be Superman and Batman finally duking it out as a breaking point of their feud with each other.

And honestly, the more I write on this, the more I like it. It has the potential to make Dawn of Justice a very intelligent movie. It gets rid of the notion that Superman is always going to fight the bad guy, and personally, I think they could probably find a way to out Marvel Marvel on this one. Sure Captain America and Tony Stark are going to fight and that's an iconic battle, but we're talking Batman versus Superman here. If they have these two have very stark ideologies, so much that the two need to go to blows to settle their differences, I'm totally down for that. And in this version, you have that opportunity for Lex Luthor to have a master plan behind it all and connive until the next film while these two are fighting.

While I eventually want to see them team up and fight someone in the end, setting aside their differences for a greater good, this idea might make Batman v Superman a little bit more subtle of a film, with the iconic battle and everything else thrown in. Man of Steel was not your run of the mill superhero film, which is why I think people were so torn about it. While Captain America 3 might be your run of the mill superhero clash, this movie could be going for something more, and something totally different.

3. There's a Reason the Seas are Uniting.

So then we come back to this Aquaman mystery. Why post a picture of Aquaman, gathering the Justice League, in a prequel. Why would they be gathered already... Unless he's talking about the 7 seas. But again, I need to ask, why unite the 7 seas. What for?

...unless.

Maybe Aquaman is the villain.

He obviously can't be the absolute evil villain that someone like Brainiac or Metallo would be, but why not? Why couldn't Aquaman be the villain? Maybe he's pissed. Maybe Wayne Enterprises and Lex Corp are dumping in the ocean and Aquaman is sick of it. Maybe he blames Superman for the events of Man of Steel and the effect it had on the ocean. I don't know, my point is, he as well has an ideology, a cause that clashes with that of Batman and Superman. I don't know, I'm not the writers, but there has to be a smart reason as to why Aquaman is the villain. It has to be smart so Aquaman can eventually become a part of the Justice League at the end of the film.

Or maybe, there's something else going on.

 Remember how I said Wonder Woman was a descendent of the Greek Gods? Remember how there's a chance that Aquaman is also connected to the Greek Gods?

Well maybe the gods are pissed. Maybe its not just Aquaman as "the villain" but all of the demi gods. Meaning Wonder Woman as well.

This is going well off track of any kind of prediction I've ever had about Batman v Superman, but maybe this conflict is a conflict between man and god, with Superman right in the middle. He's got to choose between joining the leagues of demi gods, or defending the mortals who Bruce Wayne now comes out of retirement to protect but will stop at nothing to protect humanity, even if that means destroying Superman.

It would be a shift for Batman. He's spent his entire career fighting street crime and protecting Gotham, suddenly he's called into action to fight demi-gods. Wouldn't that be crazy?

I don't know if it means there's a modern war against the gods and humanity, but wouldn't that be awesome though? Its a retelling of Greek myth with superheroes who transcend the norms of superheroes like the ones at Marvel and instead are gods. I think there's something here. Again, I'm not a screen writer, but this could escalate things to a whole new level, and it would definitely require the assembly of the Justice League.

This is all based off conjecture and one poster that was maybe just Zack Snyder showing off Jason Momoa. It just gets me curious, that's all.

I just have no clue as to what this movie is going to be about, and honestly, I think my mind would be put to rest just a little bit with some kind of inclining as to who the villain is going to be. Its driving me nuts!

2015 was suppose to be the biggest year in movies. It was suppose to be Batman v Superman, Age of Ultron, Ted 2, Star Wars, the list goes on. Now, a lot of those films are still coming out and I'm sure its still going to be an incredible year. But for some reason, I'm more excited for 2016 than I am for 2015 right now.

I in fact am going to be doing a review of the new Age of Ultron trailer, because there's a lot to say there. But for now, I'll leave with all that to chew on regarding Batman v Superman.

But what do you think? Am I just spinning my wheels until more news comes out about Dawn of Justice or do you think there's some validity to these theories? What do you think of the Aquaman poster? Who do you think the villain is going to be in Dawn of Justice? How do you think this movie is going to come together? Comment and Discuss below! Or shoot me a Tweet @cmhaugen24 and follow me on Twitter to get updates on movie news and more movie reviews.

I'll leave you with this. Now, I am one of the few who believe that Man of Steel was just a pile of goodness and not much was wrong with it... I stand by that. But its kind of fun to hear some of the criticism of the movie. Also, its fun to theorize how Man of Steel is actually going to influence the next movie. Here's what a cartoon of Man of Steel might look like. Enjoy!

RoboCop

If you're thinking to yourself, Wow, RoboCop sounds like a pretty silly movie. I mean Half man, half robot, all cop? How ridiculous can it get?

Well... it can get pretty damn ridiculous. 

RoboCop is the epitome of a cheesy 80s action flick. The truth is, they just don't make movies like this anymore. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing but there's no doubt that there is something special about a movie like RoboCop... or Total Recall... Or other action movies I'll hopefully be reviewing in the future. 

RoboCop is... well... exactly what you would expect from a movie called RoboCop. The movie

follows the story of Officer Alex Murphy (played by Peter Weller) as he is transferred to Detroit PD. Its the future and a bleak one at that.

The streets are run by gangs, led by Clarrence Broddicker (played by Kurtwood Smith). The police department is being taken over by private companies. Also.. I mean, its Detroit. Even in the future its still kind of fucked up.

On one of his first jobs, Murphy and his partner Anne Lewis (played by Nancy Allen) find Clarence's hide out and intend to bring him to justice. Instead of that, they end up outnumbered and out matched. Murphy is captured and brutally shot to death by Clarence and his gang.

After everyone believes that he is dead, which he basically is, Murphy is transformed into RoboCop. A half man, half robot, bred to be a perfect crime fighting machine.

I probably could explain to you about the corporate espionage involved with the plot... but honestly, its a movie about a guy who gets turned into a robot to fight crime... set in the 80s. If you expect something more to come out of this film, you don't really know 80's action films that well.

Its a lot of shooting, a lot of action, and a lot of blood squibs.

Don't know what blood squibs are? Here's a decent explanation.

The great part about this movie is that it doesn't try to tell a complex story, it doesn't try to be anything but a bloody action flick. Sure, it has a little bit of satire in there.

Within the main plot line are sprinkled a series of TV ads, news clips, and what is apparently suppose to be TV from the future.

I suppose the argument could be made that the film kind of takes a harsh look at corporations and their true interests when they say they want to help society. But are you really going to take moral philosophy from a movie called RoboCop?

The movie has some satire in it, it does poke fun at our desensitization to violence and corporations, but this movie is not Requiem for A Dream, this movie is not a Wachowski film where the message is being forced down your throat.

Again, the movie is called RoboCop. You shouldn't be expecting too much from this movie besides over the top 80's action cheese, lots of blood and gore, and lots of people dying horrible and gruesome deaths in what probably should have been a goofy movie about a robot police officer, but instead was this really gritty action film.

All that being said, I didn't really come out of RoboCop with anything incredibly memorable that wasn't already pop culture references. I think I now get some of the background on pop culture and I know what people mean when they refer to RoboCop, but I can't say its a fantastic movie. Its over the top violence in return for very little character development, mediocre acting, and visual effects that probably don't hold up.

That being said, IT'S A MOVIE ABOUT A ROBOT POLICE OFFICER! WHAT DID YOU EXPECT THIS MOVIE TO BE ABOUT?!?!?

I appreciate this movie for the cultural icon it is, I'll pop it in if I want an 80s action fest going on, but beyond laughing at how the 80s are growing more and more dated, this movie doesn't do much for me.

But what do you think of RoboCop? Am I missing something extraordinary about the film? What are your thoughts? Comment and Discuss below! Or shoot me a tweet @cmhaugen24 and follow me on Twitter to get movie updates and news. 

I'll leave you with this. I'm not sure whether or not I want to watch RoboCop 2 or the new RoboCop next. We'll see. I'm also watching The BlackList so I'm hoping I can get a review of the first season up here quick cause I have a lot to say about that show. I'll give you the trailer for RoboCop the new one for now as I think that's probably where I'll be headed next, but don't quote me on that quite yet. Enjoy!