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Back in 2004, a man named Bryan Lee O'Malley released a graphic novel called "Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life." I never saw it, heard about it, or even knew it existed. Turns out, he ended up writing 6 of them total. It wasn't until quite recently that I learned of them, and it was all thanks to a trailer being released of an upcoming movie interpretation. After mentioning the trailer looking fun, a good buddy of mine began to tell me how incredibly awesome the books are. I figured I might as well read them, and so I did. It was quite a good read, though the first book and a little bit into the second are a bit of a drag. This isn't a book review, however, this is a review of the afore mentioned movie interpretation. Continue reading to learn what I thought of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.
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Every summer, it seems, we are bombarded with action movies lacking a point beyond "explosions." Another one of those has descended upon us, but it's not quite what I described there. It has a point beyond "explosions;" it's main focus even strays away from guns and explosions. What could possibly take Stereotyped America's attention away from pretty mushroom clouds? Why, none other than boobs. And who comes to mind when you combine the thoughts of blowing things up with boobs? Angelina Jolie, of course. What is the point of this movie? Why did it sell nearly as many tickets as it did? How is it this movie even got made? All very good questions in my mind, yet I, unfortunately, know the answer. "Angelina Jolie with Guns." This is Salt.
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NOTE: It should read "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," but the code freaks out with the apostrophe. Sorry.
Disney: It's a company named for its founder, Walt. Many associate it with some of the greatest family/children's classic animated movies. When one thinks of Disney, one thinks of Aladdin, Bambi, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, etc. One of Disney's most well known and, in my humble opinion, best pieces is known as Fantasia. Everyone knows Fantasia as the movie with the dancing hippos, the best music video ever made to Mussorgsky's "Night on Bare Mountain," and the infamous skit, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
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Inception is the latest hurdle in acclaimed director Christopher Nolan's track. He's directed such movies as Memento, The Prestige, Batman Begins, and The Dark Knight, all of which I loved to pieces. He's known for his ability to bend minds, and seems to never disappoint (we don't talk about Insomnia). I typically love his work, so when I heard that he was making a new movie, I didn't care what it was about, I was convinced to see it. When I heard it had Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Paige, and Michael Caine, I made a squeaky "Ooh!" sound of curiosity mixed with glee. When I saw the trailer(s), I pretty much said "Okay... So what is it about?" None of the trailers explained a dang thing about it. I walked into this movie just out of respect for Nolan, DiCaprio, Paige, and Caine, taking a leap of faith. Before I tell you if it's the blockbuster it's made out to be, allow me to let you in on what it's actually about.
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Note: I have not seen the predecessor to this film.
Quite a while ago, a now classic sci-fi movie was released starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. It became one of his 3 biggest hits. This movie, named Predator, was about a team of highly-trained soldiers stranded in a jungle being stalked by a deadly alien warrior dubbed "The Predator." I never saw this movie, but I've been told many times that I should. It spawned a sequel (Predator 2) 3 years later, which I know nothing about, and a third movie 20 years after the second. In the year of 2010, they revived the series by making Predators, not quite a follow up to the movie, but taking place in the same reality, definitely. No characters were shared between the 2 movies, save for a reference.
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WARNING: This review has not been edited. I will have the edited version up ASAP.
Note: I have never watched the TV series in question.
In a recent string of movies based on TV shows that I have never watched, another one has hit the theaters. Infamous director M. Night Shamylan has, yet again, made a movie. He is known for his somewhat good movies The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs, and his relatively terrible movies such as The Village, Lady in the Water, and The Happening. In most circles of movie geeks, people who watch movies, and people who have heard of movies, he's known as "that director" who tries so hard to be cool like the other directors, but utterly fails by making terrible movies; right up there with Uwe Boll. Most people dislike him, and wish he would stop spending perfectly good money on such terrible movies. I, for one, am among these people. Regardless, I enjoy laughing at his terrible movies, so I went to see his latest failu- Ahem, attempt. That, of course, is The Last Airbender.
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Note: Sorry for the longest intro ever there. Please, bear with me.
Every once in a while, an animated movie rolls out into the theaters, and it's billed that it's for kids. All the adults go to see it for their own reasons, their kids want to see it, they love Pixar/Dreamworks, they review movies, they want to see the pretty 3D, whatever. A while ago, Dreamworks came out with a movie that hadn't really been done before. It followed the quest of an ogre saving a princess for a king so that he could get his swamp back from invading fairy tale creatures. It took the classic fairy tale story and warped it entirely. It was culturally relevant in its jokes, it had throwbacks to so many different fairy tales it was almost sickening, and it was genuinely hilarious. This is, of course Shrek.
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Explanation: The "Wax-On, Wax-Off" part of the original movie, which I always just saw as Miyagi making him do chores around the house so he didn't have to, was taken out of this one. Instead, he has him take off his jacket, and put it back on. Lame.
A movie straight out of the 80s, with pure 80s style has been remade. Everyone that lived in the 80s, and I do hope people that began living after them, have seen this movie, and it has affected them somehow. It's a classic, and a movie everyone must see at least once. Of course, I'm talking about the classic tale of Daniel Larusso and Mr. Miyagi, The Karate Kid. In this epic, Daniel, a young teen, is placed in a new habitat with his mother, and isn't adapting well, for he gets beaten up by the local bullies. That's when he discovers the venerable Mr. Miyagi, Karate master. He teaches Daniel the way of Karate so he can defend himself. It's a fantastic movie. Recently, they decided to remake this movie, and have it slightly offset from the original. Here's how it is:
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There is a comic currently being published by DC. It has been in the comics ring since 1972, and is still arguably the most successful comic series of the Western genre. I'll admit right off the bat that I have not read a single one of the comics in said series. Never touched a graphic novel of his, a comic, I hadn't even read up on the backstory until I started doing research for this movie. If you haven't figured out who this disfigured anti-hero of the western comics is by now, I'm of course referring to the supernatural bounty hunter Jonah Hex. Recently, Jimmy Hayward (director of Horton Hears a Who) decided to pick this up. An odd choice and quite a change from his only other directing piece, but I figured I'd give him a chance.
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NOTE: This review is from the point of view of a man who has never watched an episode of the original TV series.
A TV show from the 1980s has recently been resurrected in cooperation with the latest film trend of doing remakes. This TV show featured... Well, I think the opening narration describes it better than I ever could. Take it, Mr. Ashley.
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