Iron Man 2

In Iron Man 2, the world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is the armored Super Hero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armor because he fears the information will slip into the wrong hands. With Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and James "Rhodey" Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, Tony forges new alliances and confronts powerful new forces.


This is a tough one to review. At the risk of sounding like an idiot, I liked the movie AND I didn't like the movie. Seeing this as an individual movie . . . . . it was very entertaining. Robert Downey Jr was outright hilarious. All the other characters pulled their weight as well. The story was good and kept the movie paced nice enough that I didn't find myself getting bored. The action scenes that were in the movie were awesome. Seeing this movie as the sequel to Iron Man that is should have been . . . . it could have been SOOOOO much better. Although the action scenes were great, there were literally 3 of them. With the way the movie started off, it was as if you didn't even have to see Iron Man 2. I also felt that this movie was just used as a set up for future Marvel releases related to S.H.I.E.L.D., Captain America, Thor, and The Avengers. It was a whole lot of talking.


Still, I would definitely recommend people checking this movie out. Not that my recommendation matters - people are going to see this regardless. Regardless of how much better the movie could have been, I was thoroughly entertained throughout. Just try to keep your expectations in check and you should come away with the same feeling that I did.

Get Him To The Greek

Aaron Green (Hill) gets things done. The ambitious 23-year-old has exaggerated his way into a dream job just in time for a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.'s Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a $100-million tour. His warning: Turn your back on him at your own peril.British rocker Aldous Snow (Brand) is both a brilliant musician and walking sex. Weary of yes men and piles of money, the former front man is searching for the meaning of life. But that doesn't mean he can't have a few orgies while he finds it. When he learns his true love is in California, Aldous makes it his quest to win her back... right before kick-starting his world domination.As the countdown to the concert begins, one intern must navigate a minefield of London drug smuggles, New York City brawls and Vegas lap dances to deliver his charge safe and, sort of, sound. He may have to coax, lie to, enable and party with Aldous, but Aaron will get him to the Greek.

This movie was pretty much exactly what I expected. There were HUGE laughs at times. And then it kind of dragged at others. I've never really been a big fan of Jonah Hill and feel that he is only good depending on who he is playing off of. Luckily, he plays great off of Russell Brand and played even better off of P Diddy. There's something I never thought that I would say. The scene with the furry walls had me doubled over laughing. Again, the one knock against this is that they could have easily made it 15 minutes shorter and this would have been perfect.

I would definitely recommend this movie to the audience that it was meant for. Its not a straight up comedy for the masses. Its full of sex, drugs and what not so its definitely an acquired taste.

Frozen

A typical day on the slopes turns into a chilling nightmare for three snowboarders when they get stranded on the chairlift before their last run. As the ski patrol switches off the night lights, they realize with growing panic that they've been left behind dangling high off the ground with no way down. With the resort closed until the following weekend and frostbite and hypothermia already setting in, the trio is forced to take desperate measures to escape off the mountain before they freeze to death. Once they make their move, they discover with horror that they have much more to fear than just the frigid cold. As they combat unexpected obstacles, they start to question if their will to survive is strong enough to overcome the worst ways to die?


Is this one of the silliest inner thoughts during skiing being turned in to an absurd movie? Or course it is. Is the acting atrocious and the set up of the story lame as hell? Of course it is. I actually think that the writers sat around just coming up with things the audience might ask out loud as to why they couldn't do things while stuck in the chairlift and went out of their way to explain them prior to them getting stuck in said chairlift. All of this being said - there are some points of these movie where the tension is creepy as hell. Most of my favorite teenage memories are of going skiing with my father. I loved to ski. I was awesome at it. However, I was petrified of the ski lift. I would get the week in the knees feeling getting on and getting off and when it would stop because someone would have trouble getting on I would come as close to $hitting my pants as humanly possible. There were many a time where I would wonder what it would be like to be stuck up there so this movie made sense to that crazy fear I used to get while going on the ski lift.


I wouldn't really recommend anyone rushing to see this movie. It is cheesy as hell even if there are some really creepy parts.

Babies

This film simultaneously follows four babies around the world – from birth to first steps. The children are, respectively, in order of on-screen introduction: Ponijao, who lives with her family near Opuwo, Namibia; Bayarjargal, who resides with his family in Mongolia, near Bayanchandmani; Mari, who lives with her family in Tokyo, Japan; and Hattie, who resides with her family in the United States, in San Francisco.


I watched 15 minutes of this. The babies cried. The babies hit each other. The babies put things in their mouths. There was barely any dialogue whatsoever. Unless these are your kids, why in the blue hell would anyone watch this for 90 minutes!?!


I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone. Ever. Unless you enjoy crying babies for 90 minutes. Seriously.

Robin Hood

Robin Hood chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richard's army against the French. Upon Richard's death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a sheriff and taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marion (Cate Blanchett), a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marion and salvage the village, Robin assembles a gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for life. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff. With their country weakened from decades of war, embattled from the ineffective rule of the new king and vulnerable to insurgencies from within and threats from afar, Robin and his men heed a call to ever greater adventure. This unlikeliest of heroes and his allies set off to protect their country from slipping into bloody civil war and return glory to England once more.

I really liked this movie. I liked the action. I liked the story. I loved the characters - especially those that would go on to be his "band of merry men". All of that being said - I feel like the movie could have been better. It felt long. I mean the movie was 2 and 1/2 hours so it is long but it "felt" long. Also, it was as if they were going out of their way to tone it down for a PG-13 rating which makes such little sense to me with a movie of this nature. So as great as the battles were - there was no blood. They pulled back on most of the violence that would obviously be there in major battle scenes like in this movie. The part that people have to remember is that this isn't the typical telling of Robin Hood. This is the story of everything that happened prior to drive him towards the Robin Hood that we know of through the stories.

I would still recommend people checking this out even with all my waa-waa there. Its still entertaining even if it isn't on the same level as Gladiator or Braveheart.

Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an epic action-adventure set in the mystical lands of Persia and based on the video game of the same name. A rogue prince (Jake Gyllenhaal) reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess (Gemma Arterton) and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time—a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.


This movie is borderline entertaining as long as you have bottom of the barrel expecations. Hyping it to be on par with Pirates Of The Carribean is absurd. As long as you expect something more like Mummy 4 you should be somewhat satisfied. Its completely formula and cliche in every way. The action is decent. The scenery is decent. You don't really get hooked by any of the characters and that makes it seem longer than it is.


I wouldn't really recommend anyone seeing this. There are much better things out there to see considering that this is just above the level of watchable to be completely honest.

Letters To Juliet

When a young American (Amanda Seyfried) travels to the city of Verona, home of the star-crossed lover Juliet Capulet of Romeo and Juliet fame, she joins a group of volunteers who respond to letters to Juliet seeking advice about love. After answering one letter dated 1951, she inspires its author (Vanessa Redgrave) to travel to Italy in search of her long-lost love and sets off a chain of events that will bring a love into both their lives unlike anything they ever imagined.


This movie is completely formula and fluffy in every way. There isn't a single part of it that you don't see coming. However, I ended up enjoying it a lot. Its one of the better "chick" flicks to come along in a long time. Yes, the fiance is beyond annoying and you can't wait for him to get off the screen. And the prospective boyfriend is not too much less annoying. However, the voyage of trying to help the elderly woman was enjoyable. The best part of this "chick" flick is that NOBODY dies. I'm sorry if that ruins the movie for you, but I was so relieved that it didn't follow the newly enforced Nicolas Sparks template and kill anyone off. Its about damn time!


I would recommend people checking this out. Its a great date movie and is much less painful than the recent rash of "chick" flicks that have flooded the zone.

Just Wright

Just Wright revolves around a sports trainer (Latifah) who finds herself falling in love with a professional basketball player (Common) while rehabilitating him from a career threatening injury. Things are further complicated because her closest friend (Patton) is also pursuing him.


This movie should have been called Just There because . . . . . its just there. There is nothing memorable or remotely interesting about anything in the movie. You know every single step of the movie playing out just from watching the commercial. The chemistry is simply not there and the characters have no hook whatsoever. NBA players as actors? Really? Is that what we've been missing in movies?


I wouldn't recommend anyone bothering to check this out. It really is a massive waste of time and it is "just there".

Killers

Trying to recover from a sudden break-up, Jen Kornfeldt (Katherine Heigl) believes she'll never fall in love again. But when she reluctantly joins her parents on a trip to the French Riviera, Jen happens to meet the man of her dreams, Spencer Aimes (Ashton Kutcher). Three years later, her seemingly impossible wish has come true: she and Spencer are newlyweds living the ideal suburban life – that is, until the morning after Spencer's 30th birthday when bullets start flying. Literally. It turns out Spencer never bothered to tell Jen he's also an international super-spy, and now Jen's perfect world has been turned upside down. Faced with the fact that her husband is a hit man, Jen is determined to discover what other secrets Spencer might be keeping – all the while trying to dodge bullets, keep up neighborly appearances, manage the in-laws... and work out some major trust issues. And you thought suburban life was easy.

Horrible. Completely horrible. Ashton Kutcher did nothing but solidify the fact that he is a horrible excuse for an actor. Katherine Heigl also did nothing except play the same character that she plays in every movie . . . . . horribly. This was just downright painful.

No, I wouldn't suggest that anyone see this movie . . . . ever. Seriously. It would be just cruel to your eyes, ears and brain.

MacGruber

In the 10 years since his fiancée was killed, special op MacGruber has sworn off a life of fighting crime with his bare hands. But when he learns that his country needs him to find a nuclear warhead that's been stolen by his sworn enemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer), MacGruber figures he's the only one tough enough for the job.Assembling an elite team of experts--Lt. Dixon Piper (Ryan Phillippe) and Vicki St. Elmo (Kristen Wiig)--MacGruber will navigate an army of assassins to hunt down Cunth and bring him to justice. His methods may be unorthodox. His crime scenes may get messy. But if you want the world saved right, you call in MacGruber.

Oh my God! This was horrendous. I couldn't even make it 20 minutes in to the movie. I haven't watched SNL in years so I don't know if having seen MacGruber skits would have made this any better but I have not the slightest clue how that would be possible in any world.

I wouldn't recommend anyone watching this . . . . . ever. Even after only 19 minutes - I can guarantee that this will be on the worst movies of the year list.

Solitary Man

Solitary Man tells the story of Ben Kalmen, a fifty-something New Yorker and former successful car dealer, who through his own bad choices lost his entire business. When the film opens, Ben's on the verge of a comeback, but some of the same motivations that led to his demise are threatening to take him down again. He's divorced from Nancy, his college sweetheart and the one person who knows him better than anyone. Although he still finds the time to hang out with his daughter Susan and his adoring grandson, she breaks off contact when she discovers he's seeing one of her friends. His girlfriend Jordan is the daughter of a very influential businessman who's on the board of a major auto manufacturer. If Ben can just keep his hubris in check for a little while longer, he will be back as big as ever. But circumstances place him in very close proximity with the one girl he shouldn't touch, throwing everything into jeopardy.

This was your textbook character drama. You meet Michael Douglas's character at a pivotal time of his life, you travel with him on his life's journey for a while, you grow to care about where he's going to go, etc. I wouldn't say this was a great movie. I also wouldn't say that it was bad. It was good enough to keep me watching to the end.

I'd lukewarmly recommend people checking this out. I really don't see why you would have to set time aside to watch it but if you have nothing better to do its not the worst thing you could check out.