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- First reviewJuly 4, 2008
- Last reviewMay 19, 2012
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birdgoddess's Reviews
Overall rating
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5
I want to be an Avenger!
PostedMay 19, 2012
birdgoddess
from Warwick, RI
Age:65 or over
Gender:Female
Goes to the movies:once every few months
Dialogue
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Special Effects
5
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5
Art Direction
5
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5
Acting
5
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5
Story
5
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5
Camerawork
5
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5
Nothing in this movie is less than awesome! Snappy dialogue, especially from sarcastic Tony Stark, action that delivers non-stop thrills, and characters that are very easy to love! Now, Thor...he is one hot demi-God! The special effects are top of the line...watch Dr. Banner morph into the Hulk and Tony step gracefully out of his high-tech Iron Man garb. Loki, the rascal that he is, shows us way more than mischief this time around
Hawk-eye, with his bow and dead-aim arrows, makes some mayhem of his own that at first surprises us but soon delivers an Avenging hero! Black Widow sees to that!
Humorous all the way, the "kids" don't play well at first, and cans of serious whip-ass are opened on each other. They do learn to play nice eventually...boys will be boys after all!
Hawk-eye, with his bow and dead-aim arrows, makes some mayhem of his own that at first surprises us but soon delivers an Avenging hero! Black Widow sees to that!
Humorous all the way, the "kids" don't play well at first, and cans of serious whip-ass are opened on each other. They do learn to play nice eventually...boys will be boys after all!
I will be asking Santa for the DVD!
Pros well paced, great story, great actors, give me more!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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2
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5
Hmm...
PostedDecember 29, 2011
Certainly had enough action and I thoroughly enjoyed RDJ. I must have missed something, however, as I was essentially lost for the better part of the story. My favorite scene was the totally improbable get-away of our heroes as they went running through the woods while cannon-fire and bullets screamed all around them. This, of course, after Watson had managed to drop a tower on to the warehouse where the evil professor had captured Holmes. A big hand and a loud, "Huh??" to Sherlock for surviving a meat-hook to the right shoulder and being hoisted up for a 'spin' while attached. A miraculous recovery, Old Boy! Oh, by the way, Sherlock's camouflage costumes were hysterical! I had a few chuckles, but the first one made more sense to me.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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4
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ET and then some
PostedJune 30, 2011
In a movie world where a family has trouble going to a flick together for fear of too much blood, foul language, and/or sex, this movie steers a clear path through all of that nonsense. The kid actors are very likeable, sarcastically funny, and full of adventure. Although the "creature" from the train wreck doesn't show itself until close to the end, there is enough mystery and action to hold your interest. The train crash is over-the-top amazing ...although I did wonder how the pick-up truck that caused it managed to stay in relatively good shape with the driver still alive inside. I got over that fast enough and enjoyed the movie from start to finish...no, it's not ET, but the setting and flavor of the story-line comes close. Go see it with the family.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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5
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Incredible, jaw-dropping action
PostedJune 30, 2011
Shia is, as usual, so much fun to watch. His daffy sarcasm and over the top huffing and puffing while "running away" from those nasty decepticons is what I went to see. Megan Fox and Shia had better chemistry, I think, but Rosie is beautiful...a little too tall for Sam, however. Patrick Dempsey...a bad guy? He must have had a blast with the part! Imagine John Malkovich making you laugh...really!
I have a secret though...I am in love with Optimus!!! And Bumble Bee??? He is pure adorable-ness! SEE IT, SEE IT, SEE IT!!!!
I have a secret though...I am in love with Optimus!!! And Bumble Bee??? He is pure adorable-ness! SEE IT, SEE IT, SEE IT!!!!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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3
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Yogi Bear
PostedJanuary 16, 2011
For little kids, yes. Adults: go when you know you are able to fall asleep for the 88 minutes...because you'll want to! If my 7-year old grand-daughter had not been squirming and wiggling I actually may have done just that!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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5
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Sid sparkles...again!
PostedJuly 20, 2009
Took my nine and a half year old grandson to see it last week.
Who doesn't know a "Sid"? Here he is, still trying to be the "cool" one, the "accepted" one, the one who saves the day. Although he doesn't think so, Sid is a star...on so many levels!
What I continue to love about Ice Age is the message that family is really all that matters...and when one of our own family members is in an awkward position, or behaving badly, or doing something foolish,we find ourselves saying, "Oh well. We can't choose our families!" But here is a movie that gives the characters the chance to do just that, and by gosh, the family chosen is as crazy and dysfunctional as any family could ever be!
Who doesn't know a "Sid"? Here he is, still trying to be the "cool" one, the "accepted" one, the one who saves the day. Although he doesn't think so, Sid is a star...on so many levels!
What I continue to love about Ice Age is the message that family is really all that matters...and when one of our own family members is in an awkward position, or behaving badly, or doing something foolish,we find ourselves saying, "Oh well. We can't choose our families!" But here is a movie that gives the characters the chance to do just that, and by gosh, the family chosen is as crazy and dysfunctional as any family could ever be!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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5
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5
UP...a touching story of love on so many levels.
PostedJune 22, 2009
Took two of my grand kids to the movie on Saturday. My nine year old chuckled his way through it; my five year old found it intense and got very "nervous" hoping Carl wouldn't fall out of the house, or off the blimp. She had her ears covered and, at times, her eyes. I had a lump in my throat along side a few tears, but also plenty of smiles.
It is a home run for Pixar...again!
It is a home run for Pixar...again!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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WALL-E
PostedJuly 4, 2008
There are so many wonderful, light-hearted, touching, and utterly brilliant moments in this movie that you aren't alive if you don't get it.
By mere sounds little WALL-E evokes all our familiar emotions and desires...humanity should have a "robot" as "human" as he is. From the moment he "feeds" his friend cockroach, with what looks like a Twinkie, to his deep need to make contact with another being who will love him, WALL-E will steal your heart. Sleek, but dangerous EVE, who is sent to look for and collect a living specimen that shows Earth can once again sustain life, is WALL-E's heart's desire and the whimsical expression on his rusted face can mean nothing less than love.
Powerful lessons about our arrogance and greed bring you to a world of slothful life-styles, as obese people, who glide through a virtual existence on some sort of hover chair, are instantly provided with their every want. Run by insidious computers, this world bombards its residents with flashing bill-board ads telling them exactly what it is they "should" want!
I won't give you any more! Go see...no, go experience, WALL-E!
It is prophetic!
By mere sounds little WALL-E evokes all our familiar emotions and desires...humanity should have a "robot" as "human" as he is. From the moment he "feeds" his friend cockroach, with what looks like a Twinkie, to his deep need to make contact with another being who will love him, WALL-E will steal your heart. Sleek, but dangerous EVE, who is sent to look for and collect a living specimen that shows Earth can once again sustain life, is WALL-E's heart's desire and the whimsical expression on his rusted face can mean nothing less than love.
Powerful lessons about our arrogance and greed bring you to a world of slothful life-styles, as obese people, who glide through a virtual existence on some sort of hover chair, are instantly provided with their every want. Run by insidious computers, this world bombards its residents with flashing bill-board ads telling them exactly what it is they "should" want!
I won't give you any more! Go see...no, go experience, WALL-E!
It is prophetic!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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