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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Transformers (2007): 13 of 104
Before sitting down to view this film, one has to understand what they're about to see: a sci-fi action movie based upon a cartoon show based upon a toy. Given that, one cannot expect to be sufficiently awed by the screenwriting or character development, as that's not why we watch action films, and that's not why we watch ca... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: I Am Legend: 11 of 71
Humans often seem to get a kick out of knowing how they'll die. The knowledge of one's death is at times very appealing, as it is usually the most constant unknown in all of our lives, and the one thing people fear the most is that which they don't know or understand. Francis Lawrence and Will Smith have an idea how you will... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Shrek the Third: 7 of 21
Shrek the Third is an entertaining film, but fails to capitalize on the element that made the first two installments so successful: a solid script laden with jokes that fit a satirical story. In Shrek and Shrek 2, it appeared as if the writers sat down at a table with a basic storyline in their minds, and then set to writing... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: District 9: 4 of 12
Set in almost an alternate reality, Neill Blomkamp's "District 9" poses the what-if question that other alien movies don't: What if the aliens came to Earth, and they weren't the dominant species? How would the world react if the aliens, with all of their advanced technology (which they obviously had to possess to get to Ear... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: National Treasure, Book of Secrets: 7 of 20
"National Treasure" opened in 2004, riding the coattails of "The Da Vinci Code," when the public was enraptured with secret societies, long-held conspiracy theories, a major cover-ups hidden in plain sight. At the time, it was an entertaining romp through American History with Ben Gates (Nicolas Cage), Abigail Chase (Diane K... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie revews: Watchmen: 5 of 14
Attempting to capitalize on the success of such other superhero movies as "Spider-Man," "Iron Man," and "The Dark Knight," Zack Snyder brings "Watchmen" to the silver screen, adapted from the graphic novel published by Alan Moore. There were multiple previous attempts to bring the comic to life, but all failed, until the tec... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World's End: 23 of 47
It is often the case with movie sequels that the writers and director forget what made the original so good. Management will lose sight of why the fans loved the movie, and will sit down to create a film that does not resemble its predecessor at all, leading fans to walk away from the theater with the feeling that yet anothe... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Iron Man: 21 of 41
"Iron Man" is what comic book movies should be like. The hero (Tony Stark in this case, played masterfully by Robert Downey, Jr.) is leading what he or she thinks is a more or less normal life, until something incredible happens, sending their existence careening off in a completely different direction than they had ever int... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Children of Men: 19 of 37
Children of Men is set in England in 2027, and every single woman on the planet has been rendered infertile. Nobody knows why or how, but the typical conspiracy theories are discussed for about 2 seconds. Regardless of how it happened, humanity is screwed because nobody can procreate, and the youngest person alive is now abo... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Spiderman 3: 51 of 80
You can tell from the opening credits, where they have taken Danny Elfman's Spider-Man theme and sliced it up, that this film will be very different from the other two before it. Spider-Man is on top of the world. People finally adore him, celebrate him, and he has turned the tide against crime in the city. The problem with ... More..