Mr. Scott set a course for a movie to make Star Trek for a broad audience and not just for trekkies. Hello fellow movie people Brandon is here to talk about the Star Trek reboot. I'm not going to make any friends by saying this, but I've never watched the show. Not a day in my life but I dug the ever living shit out of this movie. Lets dig into this action packed sci-fi adventure. For those of you who may not know this movie is an alternate timeline. I understand if you never watched the show like me, that bit of info doesn't mean a damn thing and if you did watch it, well, you already knew so that was probably a waste of space. Anyways, the movie shows substantially the origins of the crew. While some are from birth or childhood like Kirk and Spock, others are just how they get to be on the Enterprise. The movie is about the most pissed off alien in the world who wants to destroy the Federation because of shit that happens in the future. It is up to the young and inexperienced Enterprise crew to take out these overpowered miners. Yeah they are miners with the firepower of a warship but we'll gloss over that. And if you love seeing Kirk get his ass kicked over and over, this is the movie for you. The story is exciting with twist and turns, and even some of those emotions moments. It is a movie to hook non-Star Trek fans into fans of at least these movies. The cast in my opinion is well done. Chris Pine is Captain Kirk, and he fits that role perfectly. I will say who would've guessed the crazy red neck from Smokin Aces would've been a great pick to play the captain of the Enterprise. Zachary Quinto is the pointy eared bastard Spock. Talk about acting; the guy takes all emotion out of his lines and yet still delivers them perfectly. I only know him from Heroes and I've never watched that so besides this role I've never seen him play anyone else. The antagonist or senior holds a grudge is Eric Bana who plays Nero. I will say this is the most I've seen Eric Bana emote and it is a nice change from say his usual quite badass role. I like Eric Bana, but I think I like pissed of bald Eric Bana more. My problem I had with his character is he hardly does anything that makes me want him to lose. Sure he kills thousands of people, but he just sits in a damn chair most of the movie. It is hard to hate a guy who sits on his ass the whole time. J.J. Abrams is the director of this fine film. When I see this and know he is directing the newest Star Wars I think that he can actually do it. If he can make Star Trek into a great story to those who normally wouldn't give a crap then Star Wars should be a breeze. I will say the same thing everyone else has said before though. CUT BACK ON THE LENSE FLARES. I feel like I should be wearing sunglasses through most of this film it is so damn bright. In the end this movie spawned a series that I can't get enough of. The sequel was even better than this one which is saying something. I personally can't wait to see where this reboot series goes in the future. I give this a solid 4/5. Until next time Trekkies uhh what ever Spock usually says when he leaves.
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BAWBWBBBB. Hell yeah folks Brandon here and I am here to review a movie known as Inception. Just a heads up this is a review within a dream, within a taco, within a Taco Bell. Inception. This movie is Christopher Nolan dipping his toe into sci-fi and it works beautifully. I was impressed on how interesting and original his idea was for this film. But before I start metaphorically sucking his dick lets just talk about the movie itself. The plot is something that I heard some people out there couldn't keep up with. I honestly don't know how if you pay attention to the movie it is fairly easy to follow along. This movie is about a group of dream thieves that must inplant a thought into a company owners head and make him have the idea of dissolving the company. In order to do this they must go into different levels of dream states which they explain but I won't get into. The main character Cobb is haunted by his past and his deceased wife constantly shows up in the dreams he is invading to fuck things up for them. The story is exciting without burdening you with too much information. That's how I don't get how anyone go lost in this movie everything people would ask like "how did they get in the hotel when they were in a van?" My first thought is to walk away because they need to see the movie again. This movie unlike some over pretentious films doesn't make up a bunch of random terms and then to never explain them. Now being that they are in a dream I never felt like they were in any real danger. They try to make it perilous but I'm like your rules say they might go into a coma, but they still won't die. I had me feeling like, "Oh no I get to sleep in, "so dangerous"". The story is exciting and it feels like Nolan wanted to keep this as a stand alone story with no sequel to speak of. The acting is done by some top notch actors. You have Leonardo DiCaprio who is Cobb. He is the harden badass dream warrior who is haunted by his dead wife. Now I personally didn't care too much about his character no matter how much they tried to flesh him out. But that was a script issue not his fault. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Cobb's right hand, Arthur. His character is for the most part exposition man. Most of his lines are explaining how everything in the dream world works. Last was Ellen Page as Ariadne. She is a young college architect that is a builder in the dream world. She is supposed to be the hub for the audience to see through being that this is all new to her. My one problem is they go over her training in this montage footage so only 10 minutes have passed and she is already a master dream architect. I understand they had to keep the story moving but it seemed rushed. Christopher Nolan directed and wrote this movie. He is a great director the visual effects and the shots in this movie are wonderful. He keeps the movie moving at a decent pace, even though some parts seemed rushed. My one problem with him was the writing. He didn't make me care about the characters; which I didn't need to be emotionally invested in any of them besides Cobb. But even with him fleshing out who Cobb was, and his motives, he doesn't write Cobb as a likeable guy as much as I wish he would've. Now I am just being nitpicky the movie is fantastic no one can deny that. Nolan created this universe where I was wishing I could go into my own dream. It is so damn interesting I do want to see more movies set in the Inception world, with a different plot. In the end the movie is a fantastic ride and a great thing to show young film buffs who might've not seen it. I love this movie, and even to this day if Nolan puts out a movie he has my money. I give this a 4.5/5. I'll be leaving you fine folks with a question, I wonder how many people use the device to revisit sex dreams? Apes; they will take over the world in due time but before they do, watch Rise of the Planet of the Apes because is just that, the Rise part. But I'm getting ahead of myself fellow freedom fighters, Brandon here to talk about the remake before the sequel to the remake comes out. That sounded confusing, well anyways lets talk about one of the greatest reimaginings that Hollywood has ever done. Besides the Thing. This movie is literally the beginning of the Apes becoming intelligent beings. You follow the first smart ape Caesar whose mom was apart of a science experiment to help cure alzheimer's and it made him very intelligent more than most high school kids today from what I can tell. You follow his life with Will Rodman who saved his life and raised him, to his prisonlike ape sanctuary, to freedom. I didn't think it was possible for me to care about a character who doesn't say a word of english and is just a chimp, but I did. I was thinking poor Caesar, or hell yeah kick his ass! The story is a character piece that is very well done and in the end makes you so excited for the sequel you can't hold in the throbbing hard on when you hear Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. The acting cast is done well enough but the human actors for the most part are throw away. Not saying anyone did a bad job it is just this story focuses on Caesar and the other apes to the point where you're like "why are we seeing his story again?". Andy Serkis is Ceasar which my first thought is who else would be. Now he does mainly the motion capture for him and talk about a guy who dreams about being a ape. Every movie I've seen him in he is doing motion capture for something that moves like some kind of primate. Give this man an Oscar already shit. James Franco is Will he is a young scientist with a sick father, and a hot ass girlfriend. He raises Caesar, an it explains why Caesar doesn't hate humans at all he pities most of them. He is the father figure in this movie and James Franco shows he actually can be a serious actor when he wants to be. David Oyelowo he is Jacobs which is the antagonist of the film. He is a business owner who only cares about profit. Now the guy isn't a bad guy but his actions aren't ape friendly which vilifies him in Caesar's mind. The director is Rupert Wyatt who did an amazing job retelling the Planet of the Apes franchise. Lets just say he didn't Tim Burton it up. He completely got rid of the Tim Burton remake by doing this movie which is praise enough sadly he will not be directing the sequel. I can't tell you what Wyatt has done he doesn't have a huge filmography yet but I see him becoming something big in the foreseeable future. He did a great job on focusing on Caesar instead of the human characters which makes me happy cause until the astronaut thing happens the apes have to be the main focus. In the end this movie is fantastic and has one scene that still brings chills to my spine. I love this movie and I brought The Planet of the Apes back and made it relevant again. This was a great reboot and I cannot wait for the new one coming on the 11th of this month. So grab your guns and shoot some monkeys because they will rule us and I for one don't wanna be some apes dog. Until next time film folks. |
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