6 reasons to enjoy Night at The Museum Battle of the Smithsonian 6. The production design on this film is superb. Everything looks crisp and old and glorious. I wasn't a fan of the first film and was hesitant to see this film but I'm glad I did because it was just good family fun. The films never really deliver on their full potential. You have the possibility to do some really suspenseful, dramatic, and cinematic things with the magical concept. instead we're played for light hearted simple laughs. 5. Hank Azaria was magnificent. His biceps were glorious and his voice really shines. He is such a tremendous actor who I wished had a bigger resume. Love him on the Simpsons, and in films like the Birdcage, and Run Fatboy Run. 4. His evil cronies were fun. I liked the Vader and Grouch cameos and I'll admit it's one of the reasons I actually went to see this film in theatres. Wish Napolean would've had more screen time. 3. Bill Hader is one of my favorite comedy acto...

X-Men Origins: Wolverine = waste of time You'd think a Wolverine movie would be easy. Set up a bunch of cool action sequences put Weapon-x in them and watch bad guys get sliced and diced. Instead they adapted the weaker part of Wolverine's origin. I didn't like the focus on Victor and James/Logan as brothers the dynamic doesn't work for me. It doesn't feel natural and the movie never really sells it. We never get to see brothers being brothers, instead we get guys fighting and killing stuff in lame pg-13 fashion. The new Sabretooth Liev Schrieber is pure genius. I wish we could go back and put him in over tyler mane's lumbering grunting Sabretooth from the original fox x-men film. Ryan Reynolds is used far to little. Blob was better than I thought he would be but he didn't fit in the film and should've been in Last Stand instead. WillIam was atrocious and should please stick to singing. Stryker was fantastic and he was a great heavy which is difficult to...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Ugggh! What wasted opportunity. The Harry Potter series in my opinion has been grossly mishandled. The books should have been adapted as hour long tv shows or mini-series. maybe turning every chapter into an episode or or every half book into a movie or something to that effect. I think that the film series started off well enough Sorcerer's Stone was faithful enough as was Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban added more style to the series which the following films carried brilliantly. I as very upset with the massive changes in Goblet of Fire and the Order of the Phoenix run time. This film also similarly flabbergasting story choices that I felt unnecessarily deviated from the awesome things that actually happen in the book. The Half-Blood Prince is very much a companion piece for death;y Hallows and in that way it works well in book form i fail to see how the films will blend and tell the upcoming story. I was disappoin...

Ghosts of Girlfriend's Past is an odd addition to my summer movie picks. Much like yourself I figured this was a sappy chick flick, I was never more wrong. My first taste of Ghosts of girlfriend's past came upon my fourth viewing of Star Trek. I was chatting with some of the movie theatre staff talking movies as i usually do. He mentioned in passing he got to see Ghosts of Girlfriend's Past while cleaning and that it was very unexpectedly funny. I replied "NO WAY". He said "for real, it's actually not that much of a chick flick. it's kind of about a guy who is a real player and it has actually has good advice about relationships, Check it out." I took his recommendation to heart and being the open minded cine-phile that I am. Checked it out a couple of days later after my fifth viewing of Star Trek and was pleasantly surprised. First off the script is very smart and witty. It successfully plays with all sorts of relationship, and chr...

Gi JoE Rise of COBra YO joE!!! the last video is what i'm used to thinking of when it comes to GI joe in film. I consider Stephen Sommers movies to be one of my film guilty pleasures. His films are cheesy, fun, over the top awesome. He has a real great talent for making films fun and light. It's a shame he wasn't involved in Mummy 3 which i have yet to watch but am not exactly thrilled about. I love Van Helsing even if it took a while for me to appreciate its ridiculous fun. Gi Joe is in the vain of Van Helsing and is set in the not to distant future. The special effects aren't quite as good as Van Helsing and are more along the lines of the Mummy Returns which are passable. The action is fun and the editing is tight and effective. The story is simple nano-mite briefcase is the macguffin and everyone is fighting for it. The casting with exception of Duke and General Hawk, is spot on. For Duke I'd like to have seen Wahlberg or Di Caprio or Chris Pine a...

So for the time being you will receive a bunch of movie reviews for the Summer movie season 09In no particular order you will soon get my two cents on: Observe and REPORt adventureLand Los Sin Nombre GI JOE rise of Cobra Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Bruno Land of the Lost The Hangover Funny People Night at the Museum battle of the SMiTHsonian Angels and Demons Drag me to HELL TERMINATOR salvation Let the Right one In Harry Potter and the HALF-Blood PRINCE Ghosts of girlfriend's past Up X-MEN ORIGINS wolverine GREEN LANTERN'S FIRST FLIGHT Inglorious BASTERDS WOMDER WOMAN (animated) WATCHMEN also comic reviews of WATCHMEN FINAL CRISIS SECRET INVASION DARK KNIGHT RETURNS DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN EMPIRE SUPERMAN red son Just Imagine STAN LEE creating the dcu also tv reviews of LOST FRINGE BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD IRON-MAN ARMORED ADVENTURES WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN and...SATY TUNED KIDDIES stephen of comicbookweekness is back

ADVENTURELAND!!! Let's get popping indy style with Mottola's latest film Adventureland. Adventureland feels like a worthy sequel to Apatow's Freaks and Geeks tv show which is also about being a teenager in the eighties. Adventureland focuses on a college grad with wanderlust trapped in ana amusement park job over the summer when he should be backpacking through Europe with his college friends. The film is most definitely a dramedy. Like most dramedy the cast is very much the star of the film. Hader and Wiig steal the movie as the odd amusement park owners and managers. They are strict but oh so understanding and seemingly the perfect bosses. Martin Starr gives an amazing performance as Joel the pipe smoking awkward literature nerd at the park. Kristen Stewart who I despised in Twillight truly delivers a complex and seductive performance as the love interest. She makes the audience fall in love with her. Her insecurity, naivete, music taste, and general 80's r...

Im back, for the time being gonna try to blog more often and get around to y summer movie reviews. starting with this summer's speed racer.... STAR TREK!!!! Has completely totally and utterly rocked my sum mer and life. One of the greatest movies ever on my favorite's list. It had action, drama, suspense, comedy, great sci-fi, time travel, two spocks, and heart. It fires on al cylinders. I've given more money to this film than any film ever. I've seen it in theaters 11 times and purchased tickets for it at least 20 times and then snuck into other stuff. the movie just deserves my money for being so perfect. Chris Pine is a star i'd love to see him in an Indiana Jones flick he has so much charisma and talent. The cast is phenomenal all around. Sulu, Chekov, and McCoy don't get enough story but hope fully next movie they'll focus on the bones, jim, spock trinity. I especially loved Bana as Nero between his role in this and Funny People. He's the breakout ...