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- First reviewMay 23, 2008
- Last reviewAugust 18, 2011
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Best RiffTrax Live Yet
PostedAugust 18, 2011
NotMyRealName
from East Northport, NY
Initially I was disappointed that the performance only had one short, but I was quickly won over by the high quality of the feature. Solid riffs, good timing, and a smattering of up to date references that definitely made this riff more accessible to the younger folks in the audience. Some of the strongest material to date. More of this please!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Prequelitis
PostedJune 10, 2011
NotMyRealName
from East Northport, NY
It's not a bad movie, but it wasn't really great either.
I have no quibbles with the performances--McAvoy and Fassbender gave of their best, selling a script that wasn't good enough for them. Scenes were taken from the superhero cookie cutter--the training montage in particular felt forced. The action scenes were all crisp and well choreographed, though.
The biggest complaint I had was the obsessive need that Hollywood prequels have to connect ALL the dots between the prequel and its chronological successors. It left the last fifteen minutes of the movie feeling forced, from Moira's "You're not G-men, you're X-Men!" line, to Raven joining the dark side just after she saw the dark side shoot her brother, to snarky little asides like "Next I'll go bald!" Yes, we get it, you're Patrick Stewart in the future, move on.
It was better than X3 and Wolverine, and if it weren't for the acute prequelitis, I'd probably have ranked it higher. Either way, a decent addition to the X-canon.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Such a waste
PostedJune 25, 2009
NotMyRealName
from Bohemia, NY
I wanted to like it. I really did. But after an hour or so had passed, I simply gave up on finding anything of redeeming value in this film. When did Michael Bay become a parody, even of himself? Make us care about the characters, and the battle sequences mean something. I felt nothing, and I resent that.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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Could Have Been Great
PostedApril 11, 2009
NotMyRealName
from Bohemia, NY
I wanted to like this movie. I really did. And there were parts that were laugh-out-loud funny. It was just so... uneven. I couldn't decide whether it was supposed to be a farce, a romantic comedy, or a drama.
And you know, I'm okay with a movie that doesn't fit into categories. But this film seemed to ask for a level of emotional investment that was impossible to reach, given the scattered storyline. Seth Rogen's character was someone I wanted to like, wanted to relate to, but just couldn't. Only his excellent acting, and the hilarious support of Anna Faris, made the film bearable.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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Less Magic, More Death
PostedMay 23, 2008
NotMyRealName
from Bohemia, NY
The difference between this entry in the Narnia series and its predecessor came with the opening scenes. This was not the story of four English schoolchildren taking a magical journey. It was a story of kings and successions, of murder and betrayal, of pride and genocide.
Normally, I would be all for such a tale. "Lord of the Rings" is one, and a successful one at that. But "Prince Caspian" felt hollow, at least in comparison.
The epic battle scenes were unnecessarily protracted, and the character development in-between often abbreviated. Edmund showed the most depth--a surprise, given that of all four Pevensie children, he probably got the least screentime. The blossoming romance between Susan and Caspian was tacked on at the end, although it was successfully played for laughs by Lucy at one point.
In general, the story took too long to tell us what we already know--the bad guys are bad, the good guys are good--without more than touching on the truly interesting subjects. I'd have loved a story arc for each of the Pevensie children, but all we really got was Peter's growing realization that he wasn't the High King anymore.
As the series goes on, there will be less emphasis on characters from the "real world," and more emphasis on the fantasy setting. (If they follow the source material, that is.) That's a shame, because it was the connection to our world that made Narnia so special in the first place.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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