Captain America-The First Avenger

Captain America is the latest in Marvel Studios comic book releases.  Captain America is actually well done, it has a nice story and great action.  The story follows the origins of Cap AKA Steve Rogers a scrawny kid from New York who becomes a great hero during WWII.  The writers did an awesome job the story it was easy to follow without making it too drawn out.  The origins of Cap got right to the point which is what a comic book movie should do.  Joe Johnston is to be commended for taking on the mantle in this latest release he did a wonderful job.  Chris Evans as Cap is awesome and he is totally believable in the role.  The director has some nice Avengers tie ins and if you are a comic book fan you shouldn't have a problem spotting the easter eggs.  Now we have to tell you as always stay after the credits because along with seeing the hard work put in by these folks Marvel Studios always gives us a tease for the next upcoming film and this time it's worth it.  Captain America-The First Avenger is definitely worth full price admission.

Green Lantern

We had such high hopes for this and we are sad to say that it's another epic fail for DC Comics & Warner Bros.  The last two comic book adaptations from DC have been really bad (Superman Returns & Jonah Hex).  We don't know if it's just bad screenwriting because the casting has actually been very good.  We are not going to bash DC because the comic books have great stories, and that should give some of these "A"-List screenwriters some idea on how to write the story.  Anyway the story took to long to explain itself especially for an orgins story.  The film was way over CGI'd it could have used a practical suit as opposed to a CGI'd one.  The weaponary, the Green Lantern Corps, understandable CGI but the suit way is too much and in 3D it's way too much on the eyes.  What makes this even worse it's not true 3D it's conversion. We have no problem with Ryan Reynolds but we have like too have seen him better as Deadpool to be honest.  Overall Green Lantern had potenial but it failed in it's execution.

Thor

We throughly enjoyed this film.  Most people may think that this was over CGI'd well we saw it in 2D and it was fine.   The story was easy to follow and stayed within the Marvel timeline coinciding with Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and The Incredible Hulk (We can't wait for Captain America).  Thor is a good time at the movies.  The acting was good, Chris Hemsworth did a good job as Thor and Anthony Hopkins as Odin, well you can't go wrong.  The director Kenneth Branagh who is primarily known for Shakespearian acting and directing did a wonderful job in directing Thor.  In our opinion Thor is worth full price and good rental when it comes out.

Drive Angry 3D

Ok this is again not one of Nicolas Cage's best movie roles.  We are not against Nic in anyway but his recent films have been needless to say.....CRAP and this one falls in to the same thing.  Drive Angry is a retro payback to the 70's Grindhouse genre which is cool but we think Quentin Tarantino Grindhouse was better.  The director did a good job with the action sequences especially in 3D and Nic did an awesome job driving but the acting is........well lack luster at best.  Amber Heard is eye candy and really didn't bring anything to the table acting wise.  So Drive Angry is best described this way Boobs, Bullets, Cars, & Guns it's good for a rental or best watched on Netflix when you're bored.

I Love You Phillip Morris

We were lucky to catch one of those screenings of a movie that they hand out flyers to when you're leaving a movie the other night. The movie is an Independent Film, so we are not sure when the movie will be released, or if it will be in every theater or only in a few. 

The title of the movie is "I Love You Phillip Morris", Starring Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor and Leslie Mann. The movie is based on the true life story of Steven Russell.

The movie begins with Jim Carrey's character laying in his deathbed reflecting on his life and talking to the audience via a voice over. We see a flash back to his childhood and find out he was adopted. When he grows up, he discovers who his birth mother is and goes over to find out why she didn't want him and is turned away. He begins to cheat on his wife{Played by Leslie Mann} and that is when the fun of the movie really begins.  We find out that Steven is gay and has been living a lie. He and his wife divorce, but remain friends. Steven finds a boyfriend and they begin their life together. As it turns out Steven is a con-man and comes up with different schemes to make money. While in prison, he meets Phillip Morris, played by Ewan McGregor and they begin a love affair.

Now if you can get past all of the male male kissing{Jim Carrey and Ewan McGreor} and the simulated gay sex scenes, you will have a great time watching this film. 

When this film comes out{No Pun Intended}, you should go see it. 

This film is worth full price and should be seen in a theater with a crowd to get the full enjoyment and effect of the scenes.

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

Ok we had to see what the hype was all about for Transformers, in our opinion if you are a fan of the series then go see it.  We are fans of good CGI and Transformers has it, now with that being said the story was shit...sorry it had to be said  

Nothing but explosion after explosion.   Well what do you expect from a Michael Bay film, just a lot of blowing shit up and if you think you can carry a movie for 2 1/2 hours with just CGI, explosions, and a crappy story and think it's good well......

I guess pulling in over a $100 million it's first weekend proves us wrong or it goes to show that the average movie fan will pay anything for crap.  

So if you are huge fan then go see it. otherwise wait for DVD. 

The Proposal

We went into this movie with the mind set "We don't really want to see this movie", but we laughed our ass off from start to finish.

The cast all worked well together and Betty White was funny and great as always.

Go see this movie, it is definitely worth full price.