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Listen, don't ask me why I started watching this when it came on television. Yeah, I watched the entirety of the romantic comedy 13 Going on 30.
I actually saw this movie probably more times that I've ever wanted to see when I was younger. My sisters really liked this movie, and my mom is always reminded of my sisters from this movie, so this movie was on... a lot when I was younger. You might say that it was a little bit of nostalgia that made me keep this movie on and watch the entire thing. But does it hold up. I mean this movie came out in 2004, it is older than a decade by this point.
13 Going on 30 begins in the year 1987. Jenna Rink is having her 13th birthday. She of course has the best friend Matt who is obviously in love with her, but Jenna has her heart set on being a part of the cool crowd and is pretty oblivious to the fact that he is crazy about her and accepts her for who she is.
I'll just come out and say it, this set up is a little bit on the nose. Jenna in 1987 is not so much a character as she is an archetype. She's the girl who just wants to be popular. There's not really anything relatable for great about her, we just know she's really focused on being popular and she really likes stuff in the 80s... that's kind of a running joke actually.
Well after an embarrassing episode with the popular crowd, she wishes, unknowingly with the help of some... wishing dust? to be 30 instead of 13.
And next thing you know, Jenna is waking up and she is suddenly Jennifer Garner.
The thing about this movie is that Jennifer Garner actually does a pretty good job in portraying a 13 year old girl in the body of a 30 year woman. It is a little bit of a hyperbole as to create comedy. But at the same time, Garner is actually kind of entertaining.
The majority of the film is Jenna trying to piece together what has happened to her since she was 13. She runs into old friends (played by Judy Greer) and of course she runs into Matt (played by Mark Ruffalo).
As they piece together what happened in Jenna's past, she figures out the things that she has done while working at a magazine that is having some problems, led by her eccentric boss Andy Serkis and has some fun all around.
The movie itself is really just a comedy about growing up and how if you're a kid, you shouldn't want to grow up too quickly.
As I've stated before, its a romantic comedy so a lot of it is trying to figure out what Jenna wants, who she wants, and the person that she wants to become.
Like I said, its a fun performance by Garner and you can tell that Garner is having fun while she's doing it.
Bruce Banner is in this movie. Believe it or not, this was the first exposure I had of Mark Ruffalo and he does a pretty good job. I won't say that he blows my mind in this performance but he's kind of fun but he does a good job at playing the romantic interest who's not exactly your stunningly handsome male lead in a romantic comedy like this.
This is also the first exposure I had to Judy Greer. It was actually kind of fun knowing her from something before she got "big" in things like Arrested Development, Archer, and other stuff. To me she'll always kind of be the quirky friend or "antagonist" of a lot of romantic comedies as opposed to actually being in a lot of raunchy comedy TV shows. Don't get me wrong, I like her in those roles, I actually think she's pretty funny, but this she's just the friend.
This is probably going to be a shorter review as romantic comedies are not exactly my area of expertise. I think in comparison with a lot of other romantic comedies 13 Going on 30 is a good time with a good cast and a good premise.
I think romantic comedies can be kind of fun and can be creative. They can also be pretty generic and can be pretty stale.
Is 13 Going on 30 a great movie? No, not at all. Its cheesy, its more likely going to appeal to people like my mom or my sisters and that's okay, its not exactly marketed to a guy like me. However, I can say that it was a little bit of a good time.
Garner is not only gorgeous but she seems to be having a good time. While Mark Ruffalo kind of seems like he's not exactly 100% in it, but he's serviceable. Judy Greer and Andy Serkis are fun enough in this film and the premise itself is kind of fun.
And that's really what this movie is, serviceable. Its not phenomenal, its not ground breaking, but its not bad. Maybe its just that I enjoyed a girly romantic comedy more than I enjoyed Transformers 4, but if you have a date night and need a cheesy romantic comedy, 13 Going on 30 might be a good choice for you.
But those are my brief thoughts on 13 Going on 30. What do you think about it? Comment and Discuss below! You can also send me your thoughts on Twitter @cmhaugen24 and let me know what you think of 13 Going on 30. You can also send me your requests for future reviews. You can also follow me to get updates on movie news and reviews.
I'll leave you with this. There's not exactly a lot of hilarious things about Jennifer Garner, especially in recent news, but here's a funny video of her on Jimmy Fallon where she gets pied. Enjoy!
I had a really good record of not watching the Transformers movies. I saw the first one a while back and surprisingly enough, I actually liked it. It was over the top, it had giant robots, it was worth a few yucks.
And then I saw that they were coming out with a sequel to that movie and I never got around to seeing it. And then I heard horrible things about those sequels and I actively stayed away from them. The two sequels to the first Transformers movie are thought to be down right awful and I had no interest in seeing them.
And then I saw the trailer for Dinotronic Jamboree. And I actually got a little bit interested.
I mean yeah, it still looked stupid, it didn't really look like it had any redeeming qualities about it, but at the same time, it just looked like a giant dumb robot movie. It had Mark Wahlberg, Shia LaBeouf was not longer in the movies.
It had Optimus Prime riding a dinosaur transformer!
It had all the explosions and action that could make for just a fun dumb action movie that sometimes you just like to see. And I don't think I was in the minority for this.
The trailer came out and while everyone in the back of their minds knew this movie was going to be just as shitty as the last movies, we all bought into it the same way. We all went to go see this movie and it ended up making over 200 million dollars at the box office.
I mean yeah, the movie was critically panned as one of the worst movies of 2014 but you know that won't stop good ol' Michael Bay.
If you're wondering what that magical trailer was like, I'll leave it here. Again, its nothing incredible, you can probably guess that the movie is going to suck, but at the same time it does incite a little bit of curiosity, at least it did for me.
So in the aftermath of a battle in Chicago... I guess it might have been something that happened in the last movie or something, the Transformers are outcasts actually being secretly hunted by the United States government. Which in itself, is actually a decent idea.
I know not everyone is a huge fan of Kelsey Grammer but I actually really enjoy him. He just happens to chose a the sequel in most franchises that seem to be the worst. Expendables, X-men, and now Transformers, even though there weren't that high of standards to begin with.
But anyway, its a decent idea that the US government is trying to hunt down the Transformers. I'm not totally sure how it connects to the rest of the franchise but I really like the idea.
Anyway, the US government is hunting down the Decepticon but have been secretly hunting down ALL transformers, including Optimus Prime and all the autobots from the rest of the franchise.
And I think it would have been enough to have the humans just hunting down and waging war on the Transformers in this movie... but alas, this movie decided that just wasn't enough and decided to add a lot of bullshit to make a TWO AND A HALF HOUR LONG MOVIE!!!
Anyway...
Enter Mark Wahlberg. Yeah he has a character name but to be honest, I really have no idea what it was. On top of that, he's playing Mark Wahlberg. He's suppose to be an "inventor" from Texas and he just sounds like a guy from Boston. I'm not saying that's all Mark Wahlberg is but if I can't believe that he's from Texas and I can't believe that he's an inventor, I'm just gonna call him what he is, and that's Mark Wahlberg.
But hey, that's not that bad. Who wouldn't want to see what happens when the transformers work with Mark Wahlberg?
Anyway, Mark Wahlberg is an "inventor" and he is having trouble making ends meet. His 17 year old daughter, (played by that shitty actress from The Last Airbender, Nicola Peltz) is about to graduate and she is worried about leaving him and she's worried about paying for college.
Now... I'm just gonna say it. These two are just the worst.
I'm realizing something very quickly and that is the fact that these two, and a lot of the characters in the rest of the movie just remind me of the characters from Sharknado.
Wahlberg is obviously one of the best of all the actors, but he's pulling out happening style acting in this and its just down right awful. And his daughter is just the worst.
I'll talk more about the daughter and one of the worst parts of the movie, but I'll talk about it more later.
Anyway, as Marky Mark is doing his "inventor" thing, he comes across an old wrecked semi truck and decides to bring it back to his "lab". He soon realizes that the semi is not just any old truck, it is in fact the leader of the autobots, Optimus Prime.
The government comes after him and they want to take Optimus Prime in. They of course get away and... well then I'm not totally sure what happens after that.
The story was actually kind of coherent up until the point where they escape with Optimus Prime. Yeah it wasn't exactly the greatest acting or performances from... anybody, but it did have a story and it was a good starting act in what probably should have been an hour and half long movie. Instead after that point the movie still had 2 HOURS left!!
Unfortunately, the US government is utilizing the services of a group of transformer mercenaries. These transformers come from the transformer homeworld and... I guess they killed off the dinosaurs?
On top of that, you've got Stanley Tucci who plays the head of a company that is working with the US government, taking the remains of the autobots they kill and recreating their genetic material to create their own transformers...?? I guess. And then on top of that the transformers that they created have the souls of Megatron and the evil Decepticon... I guess...
And then the Transformer mercenaries have their own motivations and the government have their own plots with Stanley Tucci and his company and eventually it just gets really confusing why they're doing anything that they're doing.
Oddly enough, the thing that they explain the most in the movie is this really kind of creepy explanation for why Mark Wahlberg's daughter who is a minor is able to date a 20 year old.
Now this has been a complaint of almost everyone I've seen review this movie and for good reason.
In essence, the movie takes a tactical pause to introduce her race car driving boyfriend who "just got picked up by Red Bull" and explains that their romance isn't creepy because they fall under a Texas statute called "The Romeo and Juliet Law", a law that says that if a relationship begins while two people are underage and one of them becomes a legal adult, its totally cool for them to have a sexual relationship.
Now you may be saying, Connor, this is a pretty small criticism of the movie, yeah its a little bit creepy (no, no, its REALLY creepy) but it can't be THAT huge of an issue for the movie.
But it really is.
The daughter and the boyfriend are two of the top characters and we're suppose to like them. And that's a little bit hard when this incredibly creepy relationship is just kind of sidestepped and by the end of the movie, Mark Wahlberg is just kind of cool with it.
And I mentioned before that the characters are pretty much the cast of Sharknado. And this is really brought on by the performance of the dumbass boyfriend (played by Jack Reynor).
I really think that this guy was an Irish actor who just couldn't get his American accent down so they took another five minutes out of the movie to explain why he has an Irish accent instead of actually forwarding the plot.
And you're probably wondering, why am I focusing so much on the human characters, isn't this a movie about Transformers?
And you know what, I actually thought the same thing while I was watching this movie. For some reason these movies think that while its easier to have the relatable characters be the humans, the action should be focused on them, and not the Transformers.
I get it, make the main character human, you have a relatable tie to the audience and how their reaction would be to working with a small building sized robot. But first off, the acting isn't good enough for that, so why? And second, you know you have a problem when the fighting of the Transformers is done in the back ground. A lot of the shots of the Transformers fighting is done with Mark Wahlberg or Airbender girl just looking dumb into the camera.
Think about it this way. The plot of Pacific Rim was focused on the humans but at the same time the action was focused on the robots destroying aliens. The majority of the shots of the action sequences were on the robots fighting the aliens and not the humans in the cockpit controlling the robots.
And while I wasn't in love with Pacific Rim, at least the cinematography in that movie made it seem like they actually gave a shit. There would be times in this movie where some transformers would go run towards each other like they're going to fight, then it would switch to one of the human characters and suddenly the transformers would be in the middle of a fight.
The weird thing is that for a franchise that Michael Bay won't let die, he really doesn't seem to give a shit on whether or not it looks good or not. He doesn't really seem to give a shit on if the characters are likable, if they can act, or if they even do things that make any sense.
As long as there are explosions in every. other. scene. Michael Bay seems to have just said, "looks good to me" and sent it to the final movie.
And the weird part is the fact that this movie is 2 AND A HALF HOURS!!! Have I mentioned that?
I don't think I've ever seen a movie go for that long and have that little effort put into it. Its really kind of amazing.
The ending is basically the same ending from the first Transformers and I'm not even sure who the main villain is, whether its Megatron (or Galvatron or whatever the hell that was) or the bounty hunter transformer or Kelsey Grammer. And the movie decides that, instead of getting done as quickly as possible, they want to drag out these fight scenes, as long as they can possibly go.
And the ending explains why this movie wasn't actually called Dinotronic Jamboree like I thin it should have.
Listen, I'm not a Transformers fan. I know people who grew up with this franchise and they know all the names of all the characters and all the Transformers that ever existed. And that's cool. Apparently, when the trailer came out, everyone freaked out because there was a dinosaur transformer in the movie. I personally didn't care who this dinosaur transformer was, I just know that I thought it was really damn cool to see Optimus Prime riding a fucking dinosaur transformer.
I'm going to tell you, the trailer of this movie lied to us all. There are no dinosaurs in this movie.
I mean... there are... for about 5 minutes...
And are they cool?
I mean... I guess. But by the time the dinosaurs show up, I just don't really care. I'm basically just begging for this piece of garbage to just end.
And that's the bottom line of this film. Its a 2 and a half hour long example of what happens when a director just does not put in any effort at all.
What's insane about this movie is that as hard as it is to believe, this movie had some things right. Things that would have made a pretty good Transformers movie. I think a war between Transformers and humans is a really interesting idea. I think humans creating their own transformers to fight the real ones is a really interesting idea. I think dinosaur transformers are a really kickass idea. I think Optimus Prime riding a transformer dinosaur is a really good idea. Hell, I even think having Mark Wahlberg in a Transformers movie is a good idea. But the way that this movie was executed was just horrible and made this movie really unbearable and make me almost feel like I was watching Sharknado or a really bad sci fi channel movie. And the weird part is, there's a lot of parts of this movie that makes it feel like a satire rather than an actual movie. Which hell, if you wanna make a satire of action movies, or hell even the Transformers franchise in general, go ahead. But choose whether or not its going to be a serious movie or a satire.
There really aren't enough words to really give this movie the shit it deserves. Its really that bad. While there are things that this movie could have done to be better, this movie gets absolutely nothing right and is just a down right horrible movie at the end of the day. It doesn't deserve a time of the 200 million dollars it actually got.
But of course, that's just my opinion. What did you think of Transformers: Dinotronic Jamboree? Did you like it? Do you think that Dinotronic Jamboree is a better title for the movie than Age of Extinction? I think so. Comment and Discuss below! You can also follow me on Twitter @cmhaugen24 in order to give me your own shit on this movie and any other thoughts you have. You can also send me requests for future reviews and get updates on future movie news and reviews on this blog.
I'll leave you with this. This is a video giving a slight explanation on why Michael Bay might actually be a genius. Perhaps they have a point. Enjoy!
I'm very glad that I didn't know that Brett Ratner directed this movie prior to me watching it, otherwise I don't think I would have given it the fair shot I actually think it deserves.
But this movie definitely has a lot going against it. First off, if you're like me and you're still skeptical of Dwayne Johnson as an actor, an entire movie of him starring, not him in a supporting role like that of the Fast and Furious movies, but in the main role, you get a little bit nervous. I mean the last thing I saw him star in was the one where he was the tooth fairy... so yeah...
Secondly, the trailers for this movie really left a lot to be desired. I have no idea what this movie was actually about prior to watching it. Which can be a good thing when you just go straight into a movie, but if I didn't have other reasons for wanting to watch this film, I don't know if the trailers would have warranted me to actually watch this film with any sense of urgency.
But the main reason I was so interested in seeing this movie when it showed up on Netflix was the fact that I want to start seeing Dwayne Johnson in more serious things so I can gage whether or not he's a good fit for the DC universe, a universe we have already established is going to be a dark and gritty universe, very contrary to the Marvel Cinematic Universe which I actually half expected The Rock to be in.
For those who don't know, The Rock has been cast as the arch nemesis of Shazam, Black Atom. Its odd mainly because the Shazam movie is barely in any pre production stage and yet The Rock has been cast. BEFORE any word on who is playing Shazam.
I have the feeling they're going to finagle some way to making Shazam and Black Atom one and the same and if they did it correctly, that might actually work in this DC Universe that is being set up, especially since I find it a little bit difficult to bring someone like a kid named Billy Batson into this universe where Batman asks Superman "Do you bleed?" and there's a thing like The Suicide Squad.
But the point of this rant is to ask the question, is Dwayne Johnson the kind of actor that could fit in the DC Cinematic Universe.
I've already kind of said that I have learned to enjoy the Rock more and more, especially with films like Pain and Gain, that while it wasn't great, does showcase that the Rock is an entertaining movie star. But again, can the guy act, and can he be more than the entertaining large guy that comes into random franchises?
Hercules seemed to be the closest example I could find to test that question.
I'm going to come right out and say that while the marketing for this movie leaves a lot to be desired in regards to what the hell this movie is actually about, the actual plot is really something I've been waiting to be done right and I'm happy to say, Hercules does it right.
The movie begins by telling the story of Hercules (played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson). Someone is retelling the legend of his conception, being The son of Zeus and enduring the 7 labors to establish his place as a demi-god amongst us mortals.
But you soon figure out that the legend is not exactly as mythical as its cracked up to be.
Hercules is, in fact, an "ordinary" man. I say "ordinary" because I mean... c'mon, its The Rock. The man is HUGE!
He is however a great fighter. This however is not enough and he furthers his reputation with the help of a group of mercenaries he carries out contracts with.
The movie is, in essence, the same premise as King Arthur. Its the idea that the legends are perhaps not all their cracked up to be, that there could have been a real Hercules, but this is exactly how the story became a myth.
The key difference is the execution.
King Arthur just put out a blanket statement at the beginning saying, this is the actual account of King Arthur and this is where the legend comes from.
Change the name of the characters in that movie however and you get the same outcome. The only reason that movie is called King Arthur is because that is marketable. Besides character names, there's no way to derive the legend from the real story.
Whereas Hercules not only doesn't come flat out and says, this is the more realistic version of the legend, instead toying with you and making you question whether or not this is a legend or just a realistic way of telling the story. But also, when the movie is suggesting that this is the more realistic version, they explain why they would think that Hercules was not just a mortal man.
He's got his nephew spewing out legend as they go, they use deception and smoke and mirrors to make people believe that Hercules is the demi god of legend.
And its done pretty well.
In King Arthur, I never really felt as though Arthur was extraordinary or warranted an incredible legend being told of him. He was just a soldier who did some cool stuff.
This movie goes out of its way to show you the rhetoric and means by which Hercules maintains the legend and every once in a while makes you questions whether or not the legend is real or not.
But what is the story about?
Hercules and his band of mercenaries are recruited by the King of Thrace (played by John Hurt). His kingdom is in danger of being overrun by the mythical centaurs and all he has is an army of farmers who are untrained. He recruits Hercules and his friends to train the army and defeat the enemy.
And that's all I'll say, there are a few twists and turns and it is actually kind of an interesting story... for the most part.
Consider this movie on the same level as 300 minus all the gore.
Its a Greek war story. There are a lot of battles, there's a lot of wartime politics, and there's a lot of battles.
I'll talk about performances next, but I'll leave Johnson's performance till the end. John Hurt of course does a pretty good job, the guy is just down right entertaining in my book in whatever he does.
And then you've got Hercules band of mercenaries.
And I'm not gonna lie, as much as I kind of liked these guys, they were all your pretty generic fantasy archetypes. You've got the bowman (or bow woman in this case) You've got the older man who has some kind of mythical powers who is also the conscience for the hero. You've got the crazy guy who wields axes.
I mean you've got some decent performances from Rufus Sewell and Ian McShane (McShane especially) but the rest of them are pretty generic and while they are entertaining, I really think they were more crafted to be the specialist of the group. They're known more for their fighting styles rather than their personality. Now, I would argue that for a movie like this, where the point is not necessarily to win Oscars and just give an action filled ride, this is more excusable. It doesn't make for a really compelling story or characters, but it is entertaining.
The rest of the characters in the film are your pretty generic run of the mill 300/ Game of Thrones characters (but not nearly enough development). They're the Greek characters with names you're not going to remember so they're really not worth mentioning. You'll probably just end up saying, there's that woman, or that guy with the cool whip. Which again, this is not an Oscar material movie, but it doesn't mean I'm going to forget it.
And then you've got The Rock.
Now I don't think anybody is going to walk out of this film thinking that The Rock is a world class actor. I'm not gonna lie, the first time I saw this trailer, I don't know if I could really take it seriously. First off, he's definitely wearing a wig. Second off, that goatee is priceless. Third of all, IT'S THE ROCK. As much as you want to believe this is a relatable character, the guy is a mountain. He's basically the heavy set character who literally carries a big stick. If this were a normal movie, Hercules wouldn't have been the hero, he would have been one of the mercenaries who carries a big stick.
But because he's Hercules, and because we need to see Dwayne Johnson be more than a supporting character in these action franchises, this is what we got.
Now... is it perfect? Oh god no. I'll say a lot of it is the writing, its not Shakespeare over here.
That however does not mean that Johnson is not entertaining. He actually really is.
Its actually one of the first times that I've seen Johnson do a straight role and not be a blank muscley sheet of paper.
Again, any other movie, Johnson is a supporting character with his appearance, but the way this movie was conducted, helped by a decent performance by Johnson, I actually really enjoyed Hercules as a character.
I mean, yeah, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson looking directly at the screen and yelling at the top of his
lungs, I AM HERCULES was kind of a dumb moment. But while there are a lot of scenes where The Rock doesn't exactly hit the right note in his acting, there are a couple more scenes where he actually is a good star for an action movie.
I'm still not totally sold that he works perfectly for the DC cinematic universe, however it has made me interested in seeing even more from the man.
I have access to HBO and I've heard a lot of good things about his new series Ballers. It looks a little bit like a comedy but I also believe it has a little bit of an edge to it that perhaps will give me more of an insight into his acting chops and get me more excited about his future in the DC Cinematic Universe, and just his career in general.
I read something that said that the majority of the critical reception for this movie was surprise that it was better than people thought it was going to be. And I'll be one of those people. While I had heard a couple good things about this film, after its release last year, I don't really remember hearing that much about it. I didn't hear bad things but I definitely didn't hear good things either and it just kind of disappeared. And again, I understand why this movie wasn't hyped up more.
I mean... it was directed by Brett Ratner... the guy who started the fall of X-men in the Last Stand.
But I was pleasantly surprised with Hercules. It definitely has its issues, but I don't think its at all a horrible movie. Its just a mediocre film that might be a fun watch if you're scanning Netflix for an action movie to watch. If you're looking for something more, you're probably not gonna find it here. But its a fun watch and an entertaining hour and a half.
But have you seen Hercules? How does it compare to other adaptations of the story? Comment and Discuss below! You can also send me your thoughts by following me on Twitter @cmhaugen24 and sending me ideas for movies or TV shows to review. I'll give them priorities (TV shows might take longer understandably, but I will watch them. You can also follow me to get updates on future movie news and reviews.
I'll leave you with this. I'm an avid fan of the Screen Junkies show and if you've watched it before you know the relationship The Rock has with Nick Mundy. Its a little bit dated but here's the Rock actually officiating Mundy's wedding. Enjoy!
I mainly wanted to watch this movie because of the cast. You've got Jason Bateman, an actor I've been following since Arrested Development. You've got Tina Fey, a woman who is funny as hell. Corey Stoll who, like I said in my Ant-man review, is an incredibly underrated actor, Rose Bryne who besides being hot as hell has been incredibly talented in lots of movies, and Adam Driver who I actually haven't seen that much of but want to due to the fact that he's going to be in the new Star Wars film. It just seemed like a stacked cast and I'm not totally sure how it could go wrong.
This is Where I Leave You is definitely not a straight up comedy. It actually starts on a very sad note, especially for Judd Altman (Jason Bateman's character). In the first five minutes he figures out that his wife (played by Abigail Spencer) has been having an affair with his boss (played by Dax Shepard) for a year. Not long after, Judd figures out that his father has passed away.
Judd reunites with his family, his mother (played by Jane Fonda) his eldest brother Paul (played by Corey Stoll) his sister Wendy (played by Tina Fey) and his younger brother Phillip (played by Adam Driver). Though his family was never incredibly religious, his mother tells her children that their father's last wish was to take part in a Jewish shiva where the mourning party receives guests for a week.
This family comes together for a week and each member has their own issues they have to deal with as they're trying to reconcile the fact that their father has passed away.
And every one has their issues. Judd of course is dealing with the fact that his wife and him are getting a divorce. He's also dealing with the feelings he has towards an old crush from high school (played by Rose Bryne) as she reenters his life. Paul is dealing with his wife Annie (played by Kathryn Hahn) as they want to start a family but are having trouble conceiving. Then there's Wendy who is dealing with a marriage that has produced two kids, but they are not exactly getting along. And then there's Phillip who is kind of the family screw up but is finding happiness in a relationship with his therapist (played by Connie Britton).
So as you can see, there is A LOT that happens in this film.
This does become a little problematic for the film as the movie seems very fragmented at times. When you get invested in one storyline, they kind of put that on hold to deal with another conflict. In that, the movie feels disjointed and not totally together.
Also, the movie does place Judd as the main character, which isn't a bad thing, Jason Bateman pulls off that role well, but because of that, it kind of puts some of the conflicts on the back burner and they're kind of put aside until its a good time to bring them back up.
So as a whole, the movie doesn't feel totally complete. However, this is slightly remedied by the fact that this cast works really, really well together.
Like I said, these are all incredibly talented actors and actresses. And they really act like a family. I come from a family where I have three siblings as well and the interactions I saw were a lot of fun. I can see my family doing a lot of the things that happened just because we're family. Its dysfunctional sure, but it does make for a lot of good moments.
Put on top of the fact that the movie is a good mix of comedy and drama that had me laughing at a lot of bits and gave me the feels at other parts.
I guess the down side of the dramedy aspect of the movie is that looking back, its all kind of family cheese.
The movie is designed to tug at the heartstrings, make you feel, probably give people the same reaction I had to it when I said that it reminded me of a my family.
And I in no way say that that's a bad thing, I like getting the feels every once in a while, and I like it even more when I can laugh while doing it, which this movie does.
What I might say to that end though is that the movie does set itself up a little bit too much in that when you look at some of the lines of dialogue, they're not exactly realistic as they cheesy.
Again, I really enjoyed it, I liked the cheesiness of it, I just think some people might here some of the dialogue and say, that's not exactly how families really interact.
Is the movie perfect? No. Unfortunately, I can't really say that I'll this film is overly memorable, at least it doesn't really seem like it. But I think if it comes on HBO (which I can guarantee it will) I'll probably stop and enjoy some of the humor and the fun moments from the film.
Overall, its a fun dramedy with A LOT going on. It has a family feel to it with some adult humor, but the dialogue maybe is a little bit too cheesy at points. But overall, I really enjoyed This is Where I Leave You.
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I really don't have a video to post after this review. Sorry to disappoint, but nothing really comes to mind. Also, I have to wrap this up, so I'll try and get a really good video for my next review. So this is where I leave you (See what I did there?)
So as much as I don't want to admit it, I think a part of me was pretty convinced that Ant-man was going to fail. I don't think I was rooting against it necessarily but I didn't have much confidence in it. I thought there was too much going against it and I thought that this was going to be Marvel's weak link. And to be honest, I thought it deserved to be. If you read my post on why I thought Ant-man might fail, you'll know that I didn't think a lot of effort was being put into this movie. Marvel didn't seem overly excited about it, Edgar Wright was taken off for not playing within the Marvel Universe being set up, and the trailers seemed a little lazy to me. To me, it seemed like Ant-man was just a cash grab for Marvel (because lets be honest, you know this movie is going to make a lot of money because its Marvel), and while I love a lot of what Marvel has done, its not out of the question for them to do something like that (cough cough, Iron Man 2) and frankly, I don't want Marvel to succeed if that's how they're going to do things.
So the question is, is Ant-man a cash grab or is it a legitimately good movie?
Ant-man begins quickly sharing that Hank Pym (played by Michael Douglas) was a member of SHIELD who left the organization because he figured out the organization was trying to replicate his shrinking Ant-man technology.
Years later, enter Scott Lang (played by Paul Rudd) who has just been released from prison for burglary of his former bosses house for VistaCorp. He's a con who can't get a job and is being prohibited from seeing his daughter Cassie.
Through a series of events, Lang is recruited to take part in a heist. This heist doesn't exactly go as planned, but it puts a particular suit in the possession of Lang and it flags him for recruitment for another job by an older Hank Pym and his daughter Hope (played by Evangeline Lily) as they plan to make Scott the new Ant-man to disturb the plans of the evil Darren Cross (played by Corey Stoll) and his plans at Pym's old company.
Overall, this movie is a heist film.
I don't really buy the comparison that I'm pretty sure was made in comparing this movie to Ocean's 11 because while both of them are heist films, this one is definitely more of a comedy rather than a comedic heist film, if that makes sense.
The movie definitely feels like a Marvel film but at the same end, it feels like a separate entity with its own characters and sense of humor. Its very much like Captain America: The Winter Soldier. It feels like it does exist within the same universe but it doesn't rely totally on the Avengers...
Now, I would be lying if I said this one doesn't TOTALLY not rely on the Avengers. But I'll get to that in a second.
I've been really behind on Marvel as of late.
I never got out my review on what I thought Avengers: Age of Ultron really meant for the larger Marvel universe. I never gave my thoughts on the casting of Tom Holland as Spider-man, something I was incredibly surprised about due to all the posts I've done on Spider-man. And even this review is a week later than I originally planned. I guess its all the DC trailers distracting me.
The biggest singular "problem" I had with this movie was how it disrupted a perfectly good story to randomly tie into the Avengers.
There's a part about half way through the movie where, in order to pull off the heist, they need this piece of equipment. It just so happens to be in the new Avengers headquarters.
Scott goes to the headquarters and runs into Falcon (played by Anthony Mackie)
They have a quick fight, Scott gets the piece of equipment and with the exception of the very end, this encounter is never mentioned again.
And I kind of wonder if this was the kind bit that Edgar Wright took issue with. Because it really kind of seems shoe horned in. Its right in the middle of a montage of Scott's training and while its a fun scene, I just couldn't help but feel like this scene was a hiccup in the natural flow that the movie was taking on.
I'm realizing that talking about this particular scene is kind of strange, especially since I haven't talked about much else of the film, but I have to say, this scene bothered me.
Anyway!
The most important part of this is, how is the movie? How is the cast?
Paul Rudd as Scott Lang...
Honestly, I didn't know about this one. I kind of thought that Paul Rudd didn't really seem like the kind of person that would do a Marvel movie, so I was kind of hesitant.
However, in the context of this movie, its tone, and just the way everything turned out, I can't really think of a more perfect role for Paul Rudd.
The idea of Ant-man is really silly. Its shrinking your size. I don't care what science Michael Douglas pulls out of his ass in this movie, you're shrinking. Its the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids of super powers. The suit, looks kind of stupid. And the name of the character is Ant-man, again, kind of stupid. But Paul Rudd just gives it the humor and surprisingly a lot of respect to the charater. Yeah Ant-man is a silly superhero idea, but Paul Rudd makes you believe and really root for him.
I'll talk about Evangeline Lily next...
She was good in this film.
If you've read my reviews on The Hobbit films, you'll know that I'm not a huge fan of Evangeline Lily and even less of a fan of her part in that movie. I haven't been impressed with her work.
That being said, she's really good in this film. What I'm realizing is that this movie is more important than I think I give it credit for.
She's a really strong female character and she's actually more capable than Scott is. And while I'm not totally sold on the reason why she's not the one doing what Scott is doing instead of him, I totally get it and I actually really enjoy the dynamic she has with Scott, the dynamic she has with Hank Pym, and I loved her role in the movie.
I'll talk more about her a little bit later, but she actually has a big role in the larger picture of things.
But then, there's the part of the movie that I think was probably the strongest, I don't think its much of a surprise to anybody, but the strongest performance in the entire movie was that of Michael Douglas as Hank Pym.
I mean again, I don't think it was much of a surprise. You've got this power house actor, coming into a not to well known franchise, he's obviously going to shine. And before I went to the movie, everybody was saying that Douglas was great but I wasn't totally sure what they meant until I saw it and I really loved it all the way around.
Furthermore, I can say for certain, without giving anything away I guess, that Hank Pym's story is not over. He's going to have a presence in the next films and I think future plans at Marvel are going to throw him into a position that will create a lot of tension for the universe.
I've watched a couple things since I've seen the movie discussing what might happen in the future with Hank Pym and Scott Lang and everyone else, but I really like what they did with this film and the possibilities that are left open.
This film was a very silly comedic movie, but at the same time it had some huge implications. Which is odd because again, the scope of this movie is much smaller compared to the other Marvel movies that have come out recently.
And that's something that worked out really well for this movie. Its a small scale but at the same time it has its allusions to a larger universe. Again, I'll say some of them were less subtle than other ones, but this movie had a lot of allusions to a larger world.
Now, before I start talking big picture stuff, I of course need to briefly talk about the villain.
C'mon Marvel!
Darren Cross will probably go down as one of the most mediocre villains in a Marvel Cinematic universe movie and its a real shame because Corey Stoll is an incredibly underrated actor. He's got incredible talent and he's just being thrown aside in a throwaway role which is the exact same role that Jeff Bridges played in Iron Man 1. He's the greedy business man. He has no motivations outside of that, he's just greedy.
And on top of that he's a little over the top crazy, and there's no redeeming qualities about him. You're not gonna walk out of this movie and really remember who the villain was. He's a guy trying to make another shrinking suit. They really give this half ass attempt at him being the son Hank Pym never had but is easily replaced by Scott Lang, and he's just not that great of a villain. Now I'll probably remember him because I really like Corey Stoll. But most people will forget him very easily.
The last character worth mentioning is not even that big of a character but he's really kind of the best comic relief of the movie.
Michael Pena plays Paul Rudd's former cell mate and right off the bat, this guy is just down right hilarious. Paul Rudd himself is a funny actor but where he's best is when he subtly reacting to people who are much more funny than he is (best example: I Love You Man) and Michael Pena is that counter balance to Rudd in this movie. I've read and watched a couple things on this movie since watching it and I've figured out that Pena's character grew because Peyton Reed gave him room to improvise some of his lines and it really surprised a lot of people because Michael Pena is not known as much as a comedic actor as say Paul Rudd, and he knocks it out of the park in this one.
While he's not the absolute best part of the movie, he definitely is the Quicksilver of this movie that people can't talk about the movie as a whole without mentioning his role.
But now I wanna talk about the larger picture stuff.
Ant-man may not have a humungous impact on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in the long run, the consequences of this movie aren't going to chance the landscape of the universe the way that Captain America: The Winter Soldier did.
But the reason I bring this up is because Hope Van Dyne represents what comic book movie going audience have been calling for: A female super hero. And while she's not really in this one, Wasp is coming. That's all I'm going to say.
I think Hope was saying what we all were thinking at the end of that scene when she simply said, "it's about damn time".
With the exception of that out of no where scene with Falcon, the post credit scenes were really the only indication towards a larger universe that didn't connect directly to the story.
But it gets better. Because this movie alludes to so much, despite having such a contained story.
This movie makes first mention of Spider-man. This movie even alludes to Doctor Strange. Its got a lot of allusion that were subtle and didn't take away from the story.
And while I thought the scene took away from the story, the Falcon scene was important as it does point towards Ant-man's role in Civil War.
I know I didn't talk too much about the greater implications of Avengers: Age of Ultron (yet) but a combination of that, plus this movie, makes me pretty excited for Phase 3. I'm especially looking forward to seeing a lot of new characters, and new set ups, and not always relying on the same characters we've had for 12 films now. This includes Black Panther, Doctor Strange, etc.
Again, while the movie is small in scale, it really has some huge implications and gives me a lot of hope for the future.
So yeah... Ant-man is, in a way a cash grab for Marvel... but that's not to say its not a good movie.
I didn't even talk that much about the action which was really creative and had a lot of creativity to it. I didn't talk about the use of ants, and the funny parts that come out of that.
I'm not so much disappointed with what happened in the movie and the turn out that actually came out of this movie, but I wish this movie could have been something bigger. I won't say that Marvel went back to formula with what they did in the first phase, but there are similarities that only make this movie good, when it definitely could have been great. I think it definitely ranks above a lot of the phase 1 films, but its not quite good enough to be put in the top five of all the Marvel movies that have come out.
That's a confusing outcome of what I thought of this movie, but I liked it, I just think I wanted more out of it. I am excited though to see the consequences of this film, it gets me excited for Phase 3, and honestly, I have no idea what is going on., and I love it!
But those are my thoughts on Ant-man. What did you think? Comment and Discuss below! You can also send me your thoughts on Ant-man to my Twitter @cmhaugen24 and follow me to get updates on movie news and reviews coming out, and if you send me requests for future reviews, I'll make them my priority.
I'll leave you with this. Screen Junkies did an interview with Peyton Reed and Michael Pena and gave some good insight into the larger implications of Ant-man. check it out! Enjoy!
So one of the things I really like about online critiques of movies is the vast amount of opinions different people can have on a movie. Some people may love a film, while others can't stand it. And with this site, I get to give my opinion.
Probably one of the movies reviewed by others with the widest range of opinions that I've seen is that of the 2001 movie musical, Moulin Rouge. Some people loved it and thought it was creative genius. While others have since said that it was overblown for its time and didn't deserve all the attention its gotten.
Also since it was what I decided to watch on HBO tonight, I'll give my thoughts on it to fit into that trend of people giving their thoughts on this movie.
To give a little bit of background on my experience with this movie, as it is not the first time I've seen it. I had friends at a very young age that were obsessed with this film. I did theater in middle school and high school and due to that, I hung out with a very different crowd. Great people no doubt. But I got introduced to a lot of different forms of art and media that I hadn't been into before. This is about the same time, if not before, I was dating the girl that made me love Rent. Everyone seemed to be into the pure "bohemian" lifestyle of "art" and "expressionism" and yada, yada, yada. So I had A LOT of people who would die before letting anybody say anything bad about this movie...
Well I don't see those people anymore so I think its safe to say I think this movie is a little bit overrated.
The movie centers on a young writer by the name of Christian (played by Ewan McGregor. He begins telling the story about love.
And that is a common theme of the movie: love. The thing is, its not really saying anything about love besides love is awesome. Love can be difficult. But love is awesome.
And yeah, the Nate King Cole lyric "The Greatest thing you will ever know is to love and be loved in return" is a pretty slogan and its definitely a great way to appeal to the romantics out there. Its not exactly substantive.
Anyway, Christian is telling his story about love, as he arrives in Paris to be a Bohemian writer. He quickly joins a troop of other Bohemians and agrees to write their play "Spectacular Spectacular". What is "Spectacular, Spectacular"? To be honest, I'm not totally sure. They kind of throw that title out pretty quickly so its not exactly important for you to know the title of the play... anyways...
Through a mixing of identities, Christian meets the courtesan Satine (played by Nicole Kidman) and they fall in love... really out of no where.
I mean, yeah, try not falling in love with Ewan McGregor after this song...
I mean, its Obi-Wan Kenobi singing Elton John, who wouldn't fall in love with that instantly?
But in all seriousness, they fall in love faster than most Disney cartoon couples do.
However, Satine was suppose to be meeting with a Duke (played by Richard Roxbourgh) as it was set up by her boss (basically her pimp) Harold Zidler (played by Jim Broadbent), believes that Christian is the Duke. And when it revealed he is not and the Duke finally appears, they need to improvise and sell to the Duke the exact same plot of the movie in the form of a play so that he will invest and help the bordello turn into a theater.
Its a story of hidden romance all decorated with a jukebox musical with a wide variety of songs.
And that's the first thing to talk about when it comes to this movie.
If you read my Rock of Ages review, you'll know that one of the biggest problems with that movie musical was the fact that it was trying so hard to base the story off of the music. The dialogue in most scenes were so atrocious because they were trying really, really hard to tie in classic rock songs.
Moulin Rouge on the other hand probably wrote the story and picked out songs that would work for the story. It basically did the opposite of Rock of Ages, it probably based the music off the story, and not the other way around.
And they do this well, almost to the point where the music seems a little bit random at certain points. I'll give Rock of Ages all the shit I want, but at least they stuck with a genre of music. I'll fall asleep all I want to Across the Universe but at least all those song have a theme in the Beatles. Moulin Rouge was really kind of pulling songs out of their ass, from Elton John, to Madonna, to Nirvana, and Whitney Houston. So yeah, it was a little bit confusing.
That being said, for the most part, I really love the music in this movie. The version of Your Song, sung by Ewan McGregor, I think sometimes is better than Elton John's original. El Tango De Roxanne is really one of the best choreographed and performed songs in the show. Its one of the shows you can go back and watch just for the music.
So yeah, while I'm not gonna say its the best soundtrack as it does have a couple songs I think it could have done without, the majority of the songs are really good and generally all of them are at least well performed.
Unfortunately, the movie falls into the same traps that a lot of movie musicals fall into that they're maybe one or two songs too long and the movie starts to drag at a certain point. I've been looking at different musicals when that happens and what changes and I think its the fact that the majority of musicals like this and Rent start out happier in the first act and as the second act goes on, that's where more of the drama comes in, the sets get darker, and it becomes just dreary. Now that wouldn't be that big of a deal if it wasn't complimented by dark music. And if dark sets and dialogue doesn't bring you down, dark music definitely does that.
Moving on from the music, the next thing worth talking about is the cast. Having watched this movie a couple of times, I realize that it is a really talented cast, both acting wise and musical wise.
I mean if you said today that there was a musical with Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, and Jim Broadbent, I think anybody who's seen a good number of movies would know most of those actors and be excited about it. And those three are probably the best in the show. You can make a case for John Leguizamo and the guy who plays the Narcoleptic Argentinian (Jacek Koman), but the very name of that character should tell you what the writing is like for this movie. You've got a character who's only name is The Narcoleptic Argentinian. Even though he sings one of the best songs in the show, he's not that developed. And even the heavy hitters don't have the greatest dialogue. But its a Baz Luhrmann movie. The guy has a little bit more background in visuals and cinematography that determining if the dialogue and story are really that great (another reason I'm really interested in eventually seeing and reviewing The Great Gatsby).
The truth is, the only people really worth talking about, (outside of The Duke, who I will get to) are Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor.
Now I'm a little bit bias when it comes to McGregor because his performance as Obi-Wan Kenobi was my childhood, the man can do no wrong in my book.
Being as objective as I can, McGregor does a good job at playing the dopey dreamer who only wants to write about love. Again, he's not figuring out what love is, he's not figuring out what it means to be in love, he just thinks its pretty neat.
The guy is a phenomenal singer and I'm incredibly excited to see him play Lumiere in the Beauty and the Beast reboot coming out in a couple years.
I'd say the biggest problems with Mcgregor's performance are due to bad writing. Christian is your "tortured artist" and some of the decisions he makes are kind of dumb in the end.
Nicole Kidman on the other hand... well...
I'll try and give Kidman as much slack as I gave McGregor because lets be honest, the script was not that great. I think she did alright with what she was given, and yeah, she's a talented actress.
But where McGregor really played up the obnoxious "Tortured artist" cliche in this film, Kidman really plays up the obnoxiousness factor.
She has moments where her voice reaches a register that I think only dogs can reach. And yeah, her character does some pretty stupid stuff near the end.
Basically, I think I can conclude that the way this movie ended was really not as well done as it could have been and that might be why people have differing opinions on it.
That being said, I'm not totally sure why Kidman got an Oscar Nomination for this role. Now that I'm looking at it, 2001's Oscars weren't that stellar of a year anyway, but I digress.
And then you've got Richard Roxbourgh...
And dear god... this guy is bad.
I mean this is a note for everyone involved in the film, I can honestly say nobody phones in their performance in this film. Everyone is into it and they sell it. I don't think the movie would have been successful if everybody wasn't in it, regardless of if its actually good or not.
But Roxbourgh is an example of someone maybe getting too into it. And yeah, again, a little bit of it has to do with the writing. His character is an idiot. But he's also one of the most 2 dimensional villains I've seen in a long time. And I mean, he's got the twisty mustache and everything!
But overall, the movie is a little bit ridiculous. Its not just Roxbourgh, its really the ensemble and set up in general.
Regardless of your thoughts on the movie, you have to admit the movie is different and odd. Whether or not that's a good thing or a bad thing is up to your personal preference.
If you enjoy adaptations of popular songs, you will probably enjoy the juke box musicalness of this movie. There's definitely good things about this movie.
I personally just think its a little bit overrated and didn't really warrant all the nominations it was set up for. Now, the movie didn't win a lot of the awards that it was nominated for so that makes things a little bit different.
I've heard people call this movie a guilty pleasure movie because while people sometimes realize the bad parts of the movie, they still enjoy it for one reason or another. Whether that's you or not, that's up to you.
But those are my thoughts on Moulin Rouge. What do you think? Comment and discuss below! You can also give me your thoughts by following me and sending me them on Twitter @cmhaugen24. There you can send me your thoughts and requests for future reviews. you can also get updates for future movie news and reviews that come out of this blog.
I'll leave you with this. Trailers from the 90's and early 2000's were weird... here's the trailer for Moulin Rouge. Enjoy!
Let's talk about Godzilla. I'm pretty sure this movie I have heard so much about this film and while I never got a formal request, I feel like I've needed to give my thoughts on this movie for a long time. And now I can finally do that as I have watched this film.
I'm gonna come out and say it, I've never been a huge fan of monster movies. This movie, Pacific Rim, any other movies where the world is being devastated by giant monsters, it has just never really been interesting to me. I mean the fact of the matter is that most people go to these movies to see a giant monster spread chaos across a city until its taken down or something. But you can do that in a well edited youtube video or a video game. So they have to add characters, humans that have their own problems and development while the monster is recking havoc.
The problem with that is that any problems that these characters are dealing with really kind of go away and are irrelevant to the fact that there is a giant monster destroying everything they know. Who cares if Aaron Taylor-Johnson has some father issues, or doesn't really know how to be back with his family, its fucking GODZILLA!
So how do you make a compelling story out of that?
The movie starts out in 1999 in Japan. Joe Brody (played by Bryan Cranston) is an engineer on a nuclear power plant with his wife. He's a workaholic and is excited about the research or whatever they're doing but unfortunately, he doesn't always have time for his son Ford.
Well a horrible accident happens, leading to the death of his wife.
Fast forward fifteen years later, and Ford (played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is a Lieutenant with Naval EOD. He's returning home from deployment to his wife (played by Elizabeth Olson) and his son Sam. But his reunion is cut short when he gets a call saying that his father was arrested in Japan.
Joe Brody has been obsessed for the past fifteen year of what happened to his wife and continues to break the law to look into what caused the accident at the power plant.
After a lot of confusing twists and turns, the short explanation of it is that Ford and his father find a secret military research base where the accident happened and after some havoc wreaking, and even more confusing twists and turns, we're introduced to the monsters, MUTO (or as I'll call him Cloverfield mosnter) and Godzilla.
And I'll give the movie the credit it deserves. The monsters look fantastic. Godzilla looks great. The other monsters really are cool looking.
The problem is, they were great to look at... when I could actually see them.
My biggest problem with this movie is that I feel like the entire movie was just in the dark. I felt like everything was so dark, and all the great fighting scenes were in the dark so I couldn't totally figure out what I was looking while I was squinting to see the fight.
I feel like this movie is the kind of movie that really only works in theaters but even then, I would like to see a little bit of what is going on when I'm watching it at home.
The other thing that I'm not totally sold in this movie is the utilization of the cast.
Notice how I said utilization instead of just the cast.
Because as a whole, I like the majority of the actors in this movie. I am becoming more and more of a fan of Elizabeth Olson with everything I see her in, she's a really good actress and I think she did a great job in this film, I kind of wish they would have focused more on her and not Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, while not horrible, just wasn't as good as Olson in this film and that's kind of a trend in movies they're both in (i.e. Age of Ultron).
Bryan Cranston, I love him in this film. He's actually really good and the beginning does create for some good tension between him and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
But like I said before, its a monster movie, it doesn't really make much sense to spend a lot of time working on these two father son issues when there is a skyscraper monster out there about to destroy San Diego.
And unfortunately, they really under utilize Bryan Cranston. I feel like he could have been a huge part of this movie, he could have made this movie really good... and they just don't use him as much as they should have.
And I don't think I would have minded so much that the acting or story of these human characters wasn't exactly good, if the fighting of the monsters wasn't so boring. I already mentioned the fact that I can't see half of it, but this movie just isn't as fun as other monster movies that I have seen.
Its kind of unfair, but I have to compare this movie Pacific Rim.
While I didn't love Pacific Rim, I walked out of it saying Guillermo Del Toro knew exactly what he was making in this film. While the character performances were fun, he knew that movie was a movie about giant monsters fighting giant robots. If you're not going to give us really compelling characters, at least give us some badass monster fights that we can actually see. Like the dumbest line in the movie says, "Let Them Fight"
And for god's sake, let them fight in the day. I couldn't see shit in this movie! I know I've already said that but you've got these huge monsters that I can't see worth shit because they're grey and in the dark and I am straining my eyes to actually figure out what the hell is going on.
And while the monsters are fighting, I'm watching Quicksilver stumbling around it what really seems like a mission that won't work. I never at any point thought that the humans were making a good enough plan to take down these monsters. So if the humans are worthless, make the fights between Godzilla and MUTO awesome. And I just don't feel like they were.
I could really care less if Gareth Edwards or whoever does a sequel to this movie because its really not that great of a film. I didn't walk out of this one saying, oh I need me some more Godzilla and I don't really think they need to make another one. And if you're wondering if you need to see this movie or not, I would say its probably one you can live without seeing.
But those are my thoughts on Godzilla. What did you think? Comment and Discuss below! You can also send me your thoughts by Following me on Twitter @cmhaugen24 and give me your requests for movies to watch in the future. You can also follow me to get my thoughts on future movies news and reviews!
I'll leave you with this. A lot of what I couldn't say in this review is pretty well said in this How it Should have Ended. Enjoy!
