Here a two new pictures of the upcoming Iron Man Movie straight from Comic-Con
We were privy to witness two scenes being film for “Iron Man 2.” The first scene depicted Tony (Robert Downey Jr.) looking down at a scale model of the Stark Expo, which closely resembles the New York World’s Fair Pavilion. This included a Unisphere at the center of the convention. As the camera panned from the level of the model towards Tony looking inquisitive at the Stark Expo, he spoke to himself, “The key to the future is…where?”
The second scene we saw featured a much more animated Tony, as he interacted with Jarvis in his workshop. The sequence required Tony to utilize the holographic-floor as he paced around the workshop to investigate further into the main pavilion of the Stark Expo. Prior to filming the sequence, we saw Downey speak with the post-production director regarding the ideal gestures and motions to best interact with the planned projected images.
In this scene Tony reconstructs the main pavilion by enlarging and relocating structures with his hand motions. Doing so evidently allows Tony to reach a conniption prompting him to remark to Jarvis, “I am discovering-rediscovering-a new element.”
It became apparent that a central mystery in “Iron Man 2″ requires Tony to look into his father’s past, specifically the Stark Expo. This will play a major role in the energy crisis, which is a chief issue in the film.
In the photo below Robert Downey Jr is kickin back with producer Kevin Feige.
This may be obvious to those that watched Star Trek, but no amount of movie magic is going to bring Eric Bana back for the Star Trek sequel. Bana confirmed the news himself:
[Star Trek] was a one-shot deal. I had a great time. The whole Star Trek thing has been nothing but a blast and a great, fun ride. Right from the get-go, the shooting, the junket was fun, the touring with a really great cast, great group of people. We had a great time traveling together.
Bana is currently enjoying a "summer of Bana" with three summer movies: Star Trek, Funny People, and The Time Traveler's Wife. The Star Trek sequel is currently being written and may be the start of a two-part story.
Ninjas, who doesn't like them??
Assassins, how cool are they??
Put them together and you have
But, you be the judge
GRADING :
Visual: A+
Content: B/A
Acting: A
SYNOPSIS : Set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the watchmen?
REVIEW : Great film. It is for 3 types of audiences (and I might be excluding some)
- Graphic Novel/Comics Readers
- Action/Special Effects Moviegoes
- Complicated Films Moviegoes
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Every character has its own story but it does not take away from the main story.
This film was everything you would want in a movie.
It has:
- Comedy: Some jokes here and there. Subtle but it's there
- Action: Are you kidding me? From beginning to end
- Blood: Just the right amount, for the bitting they get
- Romance: For the ladies and some men as well
- Politics: How doesn't love to see the government being blamed for stuff
Long story short, Watchmen is for people that want to have some fun and/or like a movie with a message to mankind.
PROBLEMS: It does not continue, the story ends there.
WARNING: This film is not your typical superhero movie. IT IS NOT FOR KIDS.
So, if you don't want your kids to see blood, sex or a ENORMOUS Naked Blue Man, do not take them.
SIMILAR FILMS :
V FOR VENDETTA
EQUILLIBRIUM
SIN CITY
There are great films and horrible films and the TOP grossers have lots of both.
School is not over and these are the grades. I will give two grades for each film, one for content and the other for purpose.
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) A/A+
2. Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) C+/B
3. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) A+/A
4. Beverly Hills Cop (1984) D/B+
5. Batman (1989) C-/B
6. Ghostbusters (1984) A/A
7. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) A/A
8. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) B+/A
9. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) B/A-
10. Back to the Future (1985) A+/A+
11-50
11. Tootsie (1982) A/A
12. Rain Man (1988) A/A
13. Three Men and a Baby (1987) B-/A
14. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) C/B
15. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) D-/B
16. Gremlins (1984) C/A
17. Top Gun (1986) B-/B
18. Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) B/B+
19. Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) F/C
20. Rocky IV (1985) F/D-
21. Back to the Future Part II (1989) B/A
22. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) B/B
23. Crocodile Dundee (1986) B/B
24. Fatal Attraction (1987) A/A-
25. Platoon (1986) B+/B
26. Rocky III (1982) F/D
27. Superman II (1981) C/B
28. Coming to America (1988) B-/B+
29. Working Girl (1988) B/C
30. On Golden Pond (1981) -/-
31. 9 to 5 (1980) -/-
32. Stir Crazy (1980) C/C
33. The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) D/C
34. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) -/-
35. “Crocodile” Dundee II (1988) D/D
36. Twins (1988) F/C
37. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) B/A
38. An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) -/-
39. Porky’s (1982) -/-
40. Terms of Endearment (1983) -/-
41. The Color Purple (1985) A/B
42. The Karate Kid (1984) B/A
43. Out of Africa (1985) B/B
44. Arthur (1981) A/A
45. Airplane! (1980) B/A
46. Any Which Way You Can (1980) -/-
47. Stripes (1981) -/-
48. WarGames (1983) A/A
49. Superman III (1983) D/F
50. The Untouchables (1987) -/-
Twilight is a 2008 romantic-fantasy film directed by Catherine Hardwicke and based on the novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer.
GRADING :
Visual: A
Content: C (1st hour: B / 2nd hour: D)
Acting: D
Dialogue: F
SYNOPSIS : Seventeen-year-old Isabella “Bella” Swan moves to the small town of Forks, Washington, to live with her father, Charlie. There, she finds herself drawn to a mysterious classmate, Edward Cullen, who is revealed to be a 108-year-old vampire, but is physically seventeen. Although Edward discourages the romance at first, they soon fall deeply in love. When the arrival of three nomadic vampires, James, Victoria, and Laurent, puts Bella’s life in danger, Edward and his family, Alice, Carlisle, Esme, Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie, put their lives at stake to save her.
REVIEW : This film is about Bella, a young girl that moves to a small town in Washington to live with her father. Because she is so clumsy, pale, awkward and NEW, everyone wants to be friends with her (sure). And of course every boy in school wants to date her (again, sure they do). Nonetheless, the most common and normal thing that happens to new kids in school, the HOTTEST (apparently, he is) GUY in school secretly wants her, although in a way that no other boy would WANT her, he wants to drink ALL of her blood because obviously, he is a vampire (did not see that coming, did you?). Well, if you think you know where this is going, think again. This is not you typical VAMPIRE movie, trust me. Its is just a LOVE story (if you can see that, accounting that the actors do not look in love) that HAPPENS to include Vampires.
Don’t worry, I will tell you why. In this film, being a vampire means:
- They look FREAKING pale for no reason (they do have sunlight exposure)
- Go to school and sit in the cool table
- They can actually read minds (some others can see the future)
- Their eyes change color when they are hungry
- They SPARKLE in the sun, instead of having a painful death
- They play Baseball
- They RUN really really fast
- See, didn’t I tell you they were different
But, taking away all this, these are not the reasons why this movie BLOWS.
PROBLEMS: The movie its actually okay, your typical teenager film with really bad acting. Don’t get me wrong, not every teen film has bad acting, its just the majority. The movie itself has a great beginning, the 1st hour its amazing, it gets you hooked. A person that has not read the book, can also enjoy it. Nevertheless, everything changes when she goes into the woods with him (the 2nd hour), its starts going DOWN HILL. At the beginning you think that the bad acting is just result of the awkwardness that the actors feel toward each other before THEY FALL IN LOVE. Nevertheless, you realize that is NOT. The actors do not progress along with the characters, they actually make it worse.
Plus, the DIALOGUE do not help either. Although the dialogue its suppose to be a little cheesy (teen girl novel), they over do it.
SIMILAR FILMS :
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (teen vampires)
Romeo and Juliet (forbidden love)
GRADING :
Visual: A
Content: C-
Acting: B
SYNOPSIS : Shia and Michelle, portray a young man and a single mother who are brought together and coerced by an anonymous caller into carrying out the plot of a corrupted artificial intelligence system.
The United States armed forces have a lead on a suspected terrorist in the Middle East, the DOD’s computer system recommends that the mission be aborted because they cannot obtain a possible ID and it appears that the man is in a burial ceremony. The Secretary of Defense (Michael Chiklis) agrees with the abort recommendation, but the President orders the mission to be carried out. This turns into a political backlash when they realize that they were all civilians.
Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) is the main character, who after finding out that his twin brother is dead, realizes that he has $750,000 in his account for no reason. When he returns home he finds his apartment filled with weapons, explosives and, forged documents in HIS name. He receives a phone call from an unknown woman, that tells him that he has 30 seconds to get out of there, because the FBI is coming for him.
Jerry only wants to know the answer to 4 simple questions: WHAT, WHY, WHO, WHEN.
WHAT is going on?
WHY him?
WHO is responsible?
And WHEN is this going to end?
REVIEW : This is a okay movie. It was great action sequences but for some reason it does not cut it.
I am not going to lie to you, I watched this movie because SHIA LABEOUF (have you seen him, SO DREAMY) and it was produced by freaking STEVEN SPIELBERG. And it would not surprise me that a lot of people watched this movie for at least one of those reasons (if you can call them reasons).
The story is your typical police thriller with lots of cars chasing, FBI, questions, reasons and conspiracies.
The only thing that makes this movie different is the REASON why and WHO is responsible.
I loved the first half of the movie, I am not going to lie. Come on, a freaking person in the phone telling you what to do and KNOWING your every move, that’s good stuff.
Even at the moment you find out why this is happening, it is still good, but not as much.
It is 118 minutes long (about 2 hours)
Nevertheless, the way they beat the responsible does not make sense and it is too FAST. Once you find out everything they rush the movie to a conclusion. And because it is DREAMWORKS, you get a happy ending. Even if it was not what you would had wanted (I know, I didnt).
So, if you like action movies, you might like it
If you like thriller, you might like it
But if you believe that a GREAT movie should be a movie that it is not just good at the beginning but at the END as well, this is not a movie for you.
PROBLEMS : Rushed ending. It takes a lot of time for you to find out what is going on and at the end, they try to cram everything before the film ends.
The main characters do not have chemistry. I do not think is Shia’s fault but Michelle’s (the same happen in Made of Honor). Do not get me run, she is good, she just does not have good chemistry with the actors she has performed with.
Finally, the biggest problem is that the END is not believable.
SIMILAR FILMS :
The Game (the thriller)
The Net (paranoid high-tech nightmare)
