Now You See Me

Now You See Me is the baby of Ocean's 11 and The Prestige. It is about a group of 4 magicians that pull off a series of robbers using there powers of misdirection.  The film stars a lot of people. It would take awhile to list everybody, but the main role in the film is played by Hulk. I am uhmm Mark Ruffalo and is directed by the guy (Louis Leterrrier) that brought us the The incredible Hulk movie and I find that terribly funny but that's just me.  

To what I thought was good about the film. The film had a cool idea for a story and had some really good twists and turns in the plot. So that is the main thing about the film that I really enjoyed which was the plot. It is what really keeps you engaged in the film. Its not the interesting characters or the good dialoge, but the plot that is the showboat of the script. Another thing that you can put in the good column is the stars in the film. Everybody played there roles very well and gave it there all I felt. They all had really good chemistry which each other. Which really helped this film because it would have been hard to sit thought if they didn't.

Now the director I feel didn't do the best job that he could with the script. I think he thought that the script was smarter then it actually was. He tried to make your mouth drop with all the twists and turns and I am not saying that I wasn't like okay I kind of didn't see that coming, but by the end of the film I could totally see where the film was going. So it starts to lose the only card up its sleeve (see what i did there). I also really didn't like the DOP on the film I am not saying that it is shot bad or its on shaky cam the whole time. He just did so much camera movement. I think he was just moving the camera to move the camera and it started to make me sick to myself. So this film tried to be Ocean's 11 and The Prestige's baby and it to me it missed the mark by a ton. So I would say keep your money and wait for the DVD if you really want to see it.

RATING
2 out 4 Ticket Stubs.

The Hangover Part III

The Hangover Part III is the final movie in the one of the most unlikely trilogies  ever. Well to start we all know that this film is kind of about if you have seen the first two, but I will say that the this film is tonality different to the other two films. The reason why I say that is because it plays more like a adventure film then a comedy. They also get rid of them waking up and finding out what they did the night before. This time go around they most help a gangster (John Goodman) find Chow because he stole his gold. Then craziest happens.

New rating system

I am going to change the rating system again. Yes I am sorry but I promise this one is staying for a long time. The only thing I am changing is the total amount of ticket stubs. It's going to be 0-4 now. If your wondering about the other reviews. Here is like a cheap chart. If I give it a 3 out of 5 ticket stubs rating it is now a 2.5 out of 4. I bet you guys can figure out how it's going to work form their. So my next review will be The Hangover Part III. See you guys next time

Texas Chainsaw 3d (spolier heavy)

Okay first off I am sorry this review is so late. Well I am not gonna lie you readers I wasn't planning on doing a review on this film, but after I saw how awful this film was I had to do one. Well this is going to be more of a rant so super amount of spoilers in this review. I am going to give you guys a little background on why this film is so bad. I love the first Texas Chainsaw massacre . I am not talking about the bullshit 2003 one. I am talking about the old school Tobe Hooper one. The reason why I mention that one is because this film starts off with images form that film making this film its sequel reboot of type thing. That movie takes place in 1974. Keep that in mind people.

So the film opens. First shot of the film there is this huge family of like 5 or 6 people. Which doesn't make any sense because there was no big 5 or 6 member family in the first one. (Kyle begins to bang his head against the stone wall in front of him) Well their was they were all killed mostly. Then these guys from "town" come in and kill off all the members of the family except for 2 people a baby (not in the in the first one) and leatherface of course. These guys that kill the whole family just kill them. So I am sitting here watching the movie and was like are they serious about to do this. Are they about to make the big bad guy of Hooper's film a good guy. Yes everybody they do they make him the good guy, but I am getting ahead of myself. So after the family is killed the film goes forward lets say 20 or so years. Making it around 1994. The little baby girl grows up into the real main character. Heather played by Alexandra Daddairo who is the best part of the whole damn movie. Just because i can look at her for a hour and half. She finds out her grandma dies and finds out she is adopted and all the cliche horror movie stuff. So we go to the house which has leatherface in the basement. Shit happens and people start to get killed. You will not care because the characters are complete bullshit and horribly acted. Also you won't be scared once and if you are scared its because of stupid freaking jump scare (which aren't even that good).

Then we get to the second half of the film and some how the movie gets worse I honestly don't know how they did that. Heather is running from leatherface and gets to a carnival. In which form some odd reason nobody really freaks out that there is a mad man with a chainsaw. She gets away form him. Thank god because then the movie would be over. We get all this dialogue about how nobody went to jail for killing that family and Heather figuring out who she is. During the scene were Heather is figuring out who she is a cop goes and looks at the house where Leatherface is. He pulls out a Iphone so we can see is happening to him and so the the sheriff (who is the worst sheriff of all time) at HQ can see. But wait isn't the fucking 90's. How the fuck is there a Iphone the fucking 90's. Sorry got off track. The cop of course gets killed. Then Heather leaves the police station and gets to a bar and figures out more information and after that she gets capture by the leader of gang that killed the family at the beginning. So guess who comes to save the day. That's right ladies and gentleman good old Leatherface. He comes in and kills the man that killed his whole family and almost killing Heather but only doesn't because there is a burn mark on breast. Which tells Leatherface that she family. The sheriff also sees this whole thing goes down. Just lets them go. So he can live with himself about letting the family die at the beginning of the film. So Heather returns with Leatherface and takes care of him. Fade to credits. ( Kyle is dead form head trauma from hitting his head against the wall)

I am sorry how the hell did this movie get made. Like were they just put something on the screen it will sale. Its a horror movie and only teenage boys are going to this movie and guess what it went to number one. Why do we let this happen. This why Horror films get a bad rep. I love horror films good horror films. Like Insidious or Sinister or for those true horror fans that liked The Innkeepers. Those are what horror films can be and instead we get this shit. I am sorry for all the cursing, but my god this movie made me so mad. For the love of god don't pay money to see this. Don't even see it for free. Just run away from it.

RATING
1 out of 5 Ticket Stubs ( the first 1 I have ever given out)

Star Trek Into Darkness

Star Trek Into Darkness is the follow up to the 2009 J.J. Abrams update of Star Trek. This film picks up after a few of years of the crew been going on missions and now they really feel like a crew, but the real story of movie picks up after there is a terrorist bombing at a London archive. So the crew is chosen to go after the said terrorist.

Now with the story all put away. What did I really like about this film and there is a lot that I really loved. This film to say is a so much fun all the way thought. It gives that old star trek feel of adventure  but also it has some great parts of sadness thrown in there. Like I am not gonna lie to guys I teared up twice in the film. The acting is almost perfect in the film. It is a repeat of last time with all the main stars. They all know what they need to do and how to get these characters across. The thing that I really want to talk about is Benedict Cumberbatch. This dude kills the character that he plays. It his intense and is just pure evil. Definitely one of the best bad guys of the summer season  so far. Now another thing that wanted to talk about was the script. The story and the lines that are in this film are perfect. I loved all parts of the story it goes thought twists and turns that are very welcome. J.J's style is absolute perfect for the film. That includes all the lens flares which  I loved all the way thought the film. The dude has not made a bad film yet in his career. The way the CGI looks is great all the things look great on screen and the film itself looks great. There are so many things about this film are great. The pace and tone of the film are perfect. It hits the same tone that is just all around fun, but still can be very moving when it needs to be and super serious. The pace is perfect it never is not moving forward.

Well form all that positive most people can tell what I am going to giving this, but before I want to do this. This film is also going to piss off  a lot of fanboys of the series. The thing that I don't understand about people being angry about the film is this. Those first films are still there for you to watch and the more important thing is that they are still cannon. This Star Trek series is happening in a completely different timeline. So that means JJ and his team can do whatever they want and it will leave both this and the old versions cannon. So people who get pissed about some changes just remember that.

That needed to be said sorry about the little rant there people, but this is a perfect summer movie and easily the best and funniest so far. My rating is going to be

RATING
5 out 5 Ticket Stubs.

The Great Gatsby (2013)

The Great Gatsby this is the fourth attempt to put this classic American book to the big screen and did they do what they were set out to do. The answer to the question is yes and no. The story centers around a group of characters the three leads being Jay Gatsby (Leo DiCaprio) Nick Carraway (Tobey Magiure) and Daisy Buchanan (Carey Mulligan). The story if you don't is mainly about a love triangle between Jay and Daisy and the person Daisy is married to.

This film has a lot to talk about first the CGI in the film is great it looks really great and you get to see some amazing scenes and some amazing looking sites. Also I really enjoyed Leo he play Gatsby very well I thought. He was very likable and very fun to watch on screen like he always is. I do believe his acting was better in Django, but that is most because he was such a good bad guy. Sorry got off topic there. I also thought that Joel Edgerton (plays Mr. Bucahana) he was a great dick(for lack of a better word). I really didn't like him by the end of the film. Also I thought the script was very good. The part where they are just sitting around and talking is very good and interesting. The film was filled with a lot of really good lines. After watching the film I really would like the read the book. It makes you want to go out and read the source martial.

Okay this film has some problems and they are big ones. I think the biggest was the Direction and the editing. Baz Luhrmann has a very specific way he wants his films to look. The film is a visual onslaught. After away the film gets to your head and it give me a little bit of a headache, but then you finally get used to all the CGI and over the top set pieces. This is the biggest problem with the film. Luhrmann was so into his visuel aspect with the film.  That a lot of things don't mix well. The style of Luhrmann doesn't fit the script. Most of the time I love super stylized movies but this film not so much. Also the editing felt really choppy. Their is a lot of super fast edits and he doesn't anything really soak in. Also I don't Magiure did that great of a job. I don't think he was bad but his character could have been played by almost anybody I felt. This film is very decent. It has nothing really memorable about it.   So for that I am going to give the film.

RATING
3 out of 5 ticket stubs.

Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3. Let the summer movies begin. Iron Man 3 is next and possible last Iron Man movie. Was it good? I will touch on that more later.  Tony Stark (Robert Downy Jr.) is having some issues form his experiences in New York. When the next super villain comes and that is Ben Kingsley as the Mandarin.

Now with this movie we have got a new Director at the helm and that being Shane Black. This movie really is his baby. Form the way this movie begins to the way this movie ends. You know he had his hands in the writing (Which he did) and his very cool style  (the dude is obsessed with christmas). His style was about to match the Iron Man universe very well. His pacing is really good he keeps the film rolling along very well. The tone is very cool. Black's odd sense of humor fits perfect here, but I did feel that there was a lot of humor in this one. Which is odd because this is also the most story driven one and darkest one of the 3 Iron Man movies. All the acting in this film was great. Ben Kingsley was awesome and Robert Downy Jr. is Tony Stark so he of course just as good as he always is. Without giving anything away this films best scene to me was the Airplane scene and if you seen the trailer you know what I am talking about.  Also this film is the most comic booky of all the Iron Mans. Which to me is a big plus and the last I would say 20 to 30 minutes has some very cool and great action.

Now not spoiling anything this film is going to split a lot of fans into two different camps.  It changes something and if your a fan of the books your gonna be seriously pissed off, but if you can ride it out I think you will have a good time still. I really did enjoy the movie and almost everything in the film and it is a lot better than Iron Man 2. Actually this maybe my favorite Iron Man. Now saying that well thinking that is going to be a 5 out of 5 right here, but there is some problems. The problems in the film are actually very hard to fine. The problem is that some of the stuff they do is just okay. Its not bad, but its just underdone. It could have just been done better is what I am trying to say so with that being said I think my rating for the film is going to be

RATING
4 out of 5 Ticket Stubs