Sex Tape | Movie Review

Sex Tape stars Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel and Rob Corddry. In this movie, Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel's sex life is not what it used to be. So after some tequila, they decide to make a 'sex tape'. Things go wrong and the 'tape' gets added to the 'cloud' so now they have to get it down from the 'cloud'.

This movie was getting a lot of negative reviews. It only has 18% on rotten tomatoes and around a 5 on IMDB so I knew going into this movie that it might be awful. Before I continue I just want to say that I went in with absolute lowest expectations possible. I was pleasantly surprised and found it a pretty watchable movie.

Is it good? Not really. Is it stupid? You betcha! But I love Jason Segel in How I Met Your Mother and he was pretty hit and miss in this film but when he hit, you could tell that he was channeling Marshal Erickson. And as for Cameron Diaz. She's not great, but it is a huge step forward compared to her joke of a performance in The Other Woman. The characters don't really bother me as much as I thought they would which I guess is a plus?

About 50% of the jokes don't really hit. Which is a huge flaw. No one in the theatre was laughing and it was kind of embarrassing because I wasn't really laughing either. But compared to most other people who have watched this movie. I actually think that the time passed quick and I was entertained for 90% of the movie.

Overall Not much to say. Below average but entertaining

I'm going to give Sex Tape

B-

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2001: A Space Odyssey | Movie Review

If you have not watched 2001: A Space Odyssey yet. What you need to do is turn off your computer. Go purchase the blu ray (and a blu ray player if necessary) of this movie and watch it immediately. 2001: A Space Odyssey is Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece. It stars Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood and Douglas Rain as the voice of the incredible Hal 9000.

THIS PLOT SYNOPSIS CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS ALTHOUGH YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THIS FILM BY NOW SO BE WARNED:

This is a four act film. The first 25 minutes of the film contains no dialogue. It is known as 'Dawn of Man'. In this, we see the evolution of mankind and how we have evolved from apes. In one of the greatest transitions in cinema history, we are transported to the year 2001 (or 2000) and I will not spoil anything here, but this act contains the most dialogue to length ratio.

The third act is the most famous and long act with the H.A.L 9000 and Dave.

The fourth act is one of the most confusing and tripping moments that you will ever see in film history. It has been discussed endlessly, with people giving their own theories to what the ending means and I of course have my own theory, just like everyone else who has seen this film.

This movie is praised as a masterpiece. The acting is perfect for what the film needs to be. The characters are toned down enough due to the fact that 1 hour and 28 minutes of this 2 hours and 30 minute movie contains no dialogue. The first and fourth act have no dialogue. The second act is dialogue heavy and their is dialogue inter spliced in the third act of the film.

The special effects all hold up today. The cinematography is incredible and the score is completely hypnotising. The long shots are so beautiful to look at, they are just so amazing in every sense of the word.

My one flaw with this film is that (this has been tested) I can fast forward (at x1.5) for about 1/3 of the movie without noticing a difference or impacting the film even in the slightest. Apart from that, I have no other flaws with this classic movie that will live for many more years as a masterpiece.

I'm going to give 2001: A Space Odyssey

A

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The Expendables 3 | Movie Review

Yes, this movie was leaked online. I watched this film on Youtube. I have heard that it is not illegal to watch a film on Youtube (it is to upload it) but when it comes to morals, lets just say that if I was going to watch this in theatres, I would have waited the 3 weeks and actually seen it in theatres, however I had no intention in seeing this film until I saw it on Youtube and I have been sick recently so now I have a review for The Expendables 3.

The Expendables 3 stars Sylvester Stallone. Everyone else gets between 5-25 minutes screen time each. They consist of Jason Statham, Wesley Snipes, Mel Gibson, Jet Li, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Antonio Banderas and Harrison Ford. In this film, Sylvester Stallone is facing a new problem in Mel Gibson. He decides to recruit new, younger members to join The Expendables.

This is an action flick. So of course you want to see loads and loads of action. Well then there is a problem. There is no action. 3-4 action scenes max. 1 big action scene, 2 medium level action scenes, and 1 small one at the half way mark. The action, in my opinion, is a very mixed bag. On the one hand, you have some great stunts performed by, most likely not the actors in the film, probably stunt doubles. And then on the other hand, you have fast cuts so you don't see any blood or extreme violence so that this film can be kept at PG-13 (M) to get more money. This detracts from the one of the only redeemable features of this movie.

The characters are even more of a mixed bag. Sylvester Stallone has shades of an interesting character but sadly is removed of any character development from the first two and denied any further development as a character. The young Expendables are truly awful. They are just so terrible. Boring characters, two dimensional action stars with barley any action to compensate for their lack of everything else. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford and Wesley Snipes are all terrific characters and easily the best part of the movie. The problem there is that these characters could have benefited from more screen time, companions at minimum. Mel Gibson plays an above average villain but nothing to run home about. Again, could have benefited from more screen time.

My main problem with the film is the overall pacing of the film. While the action scenes are mindless entertainment, they could have been more compared to the first two. But the scenes that don't contain action (which is most of the film) contains some of the worst dialogue ever. And not in the 1980's, funny, laughable dialogue bad, just boring, uninteresting and hard to watch.

To reiterate, the positives are: the second action scene, Arnie, Harrison and Wesley's one-liners and the fact that if it is on TV and I am doing something else, I guess I could just have it on in the background. In terms of negatives: Fast cut action, boring dialogue, the young Expendables, lack of character development and no action.

I'm going to give The Expendables 3

D+

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Batman: Volume 3 - Death of the Family | Comic Book Review

Just to be clear, this is just the Batman arc that takes place across Batman #13-17, not the companions such as Batman and Robin, Batgirl, Red Hood and the Outlaws. Death of the Family is the continuation of Scott Snyder's Batman story. In this volume, The Joker is back and is targeting the entire Bat family (Batman, Nightwing, Red Robin, Robin, Batgirl and Alfred) and is also planning something big that involves many popular, beloved Batman characters.

#13 was an amazing issue. The way they show the police station in the dark as The Joker talks to Commissioner Gordon and the other officers was actually frightening (or at least just to me because The Joker scares me) and the way they reference Joseph's Kerr's back story in this issue is amazingly incredible.     10/10

#14 focuses more on Batman and him coping with the return of The Joker. This is a lot different to the previous issue but is of course still incredible.     9.5/10





#15 started the continuous 3 issues, 1 story section of the story. The Joker is getting more and more evil and the story is getting more and more intense. And you can see that this takes a toll on Batman psychologically.     9.5/10

#16 is the beginning of the end. Batman is unsure of his plan but knows that The Joker is has a counter to whatever Batman does, giving an interesting take on Batman's approach.     9.5/10

#17 wraps up the story in such an incredible way. Action, intensity, a semi reveal, psychological insanity and overall a terrific conclusion to an amazing story.     9.5/10

My average for this story is

9.6

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Movie Review

Rise of the Planet of the Apes is a reboot/prequel to the original Planet of the Apes movies. This film stars James Franco, John Lithgow and Freida Pinto who all get out shined by Andy Serkis as Caesar, the greatest ape alive. In this film, James Franco takes home Caesar who has had a substance that is supposed to cure brain disease such as Alzheimer's passed down by genetics. As Caesar gets older, Problems arise.

This film has combines CGI with Motion Capture almost flawlessly. Caesar looks incredible, the emotion that he shows on his eyes blows my mind. There are a couple of scenes that make me tear up. And according to the director, it is because of the emotion shown in Caesar's eyes which I can completely agree with. James Franco works as a great supporting character. The film starts off as his story and then blends perfectly into Caesar as the main focus point of the film. John Lithgow's performance is heartbreaking but amazing.



The character development of Caesar is slow but powerful. Another ape that has quite a bit of development is Maurice. Maurice is definetely set up to be Caesar's best friend and this absolutely is shown in this film. The action takes place mainly in the final 20 minutes. It is incredible. Caesar leading the apes on the bridge as they try to stealth attack the police, James Franco looking for Caesar. Seriously it is so incredible.

I'm going to give Rise of the Planet of the Apes

A+

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes | Movie Review

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is the sequel to the reboot Rise of the Planet of the Apes. This film takes place 8 years after the first film. There are very few humans left, the reason is explored but I won't give it away. A group of humans run into the apes, who are evolving and living in their own civilisation. This movie does not play out how expected and takes some turns in terms of characters and story.

This film is flat out a masterpiece. The first 20 minutes plays out very reminiscent to the first 20-25 minutes of 2001: A Space Odyssey. It shows how the apes are living and how they interact and it is so brilliant. The acting from the humans (Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman) is so fantastic but doesn't hold a candle compared to the motion capture performances of the apes (Andy Serkis, Toby Kebbell) they really make this film more awesome than it could ever be. The confrontation Caesar has with his son and allies (even his enemies) is just mind blowing.

I can say that I don't think this film is for everyone. People who don't like to read subtitles, may not like the fact that for the most part, the apes converse with sign language for the entirety of the film despite Caesar's english vocabulary increasing. Most of the apes use sign language with subtitles showing what the characters are saying to each other. Also, children under the age of 12 or 13 may or may not like it. They may love it, the special effects might engross them enough or they will just be confused as this is a bit of a thinker and I have compared this to Inception.

And yes, both films in this series have made me cry. I thought I was going to be fine (seeing how I didn't actually lose it at a particular scene) however the ending really got me. The apes really carry more emotion than the humans do. Also the villain in this film (who I will not spoil) is a character that I hated so much. Which I never consider it a flaw if I hate a villain in this way. There are two types of great villains. A character who is so good you can't help but love them (The Joker, Darth Vader etc) and then there are the villains that are so great you just hate them so much because they have done their job and in this film the performance is so good and the character is so unlikeable that it just makes the character so great in the most hated way possible.

I'm going to give Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

A

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Everyone GO SEE APES ON HORSES!!! NOW!!!

Apes on Horses credit goes to Schmoes Know

The Other Woman | Movie Review

The Other Woman stars Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton and the biggest piece of shit I have seen all year. The stupid plot in this stupid movie is that Cameron Diaz is dating Jamie Lannistar and she finds out that he is married to Leslie Mann. Stupid stuff happens and they come across Kate Upton. They work together to I don't know get revenge on him or some stupid shit.

Cameron Diaz performance is so unrealistic. She goes from being a bitch to a compassionate person to yet again being a huge bitch but it's okay because it is only for five minutes. Leslie Mann plays the most over the top, stupid, man reliant person. She keeps defending her husband and then hates him and then they are kissing out of no where. Kate Upton is also in the second half on the film and she is there to get men in the seats which is really, really, really dumb.

The plot of the film changes so many times that it just gets to a point where it doesn't make any sense any more. It is just girls running around while the director thinks that he is empowering women.

I'm going to give The Other Woman

F

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22 Jump Street | Movie Review

22 Jump Street stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum and is the sequel to 21 Jump Street. This film has Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum going to college to take down yet another drug empire and they have relationship problems and the plot follows exactly like the first one.

This film beats you over the head about how much this film is like it's predecessor. It actually copies several plot lines even line for line in some cases. There are so many similarities and it makes it so funny because they are so referential to even the original TV show with Johnny Depp.

I really liked this film. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum have terrific on screen chemistry and work better together than just by themselves although that may just be the characters the actors are playing. Ice Cube is so much better in this film than the last film, mainly because of his increased amount of screen time compared to 21 Jump Street. There are also some great cameos that were funny and noticeable.



This film also has the greatest end credits scene ever and not everyone will get it (especially the more mainstream audience) although most people will get it and hopefully appreciate it for the gem of comedy it is. One flaw I have is that the film is too long. Not at the end but more at the middle of the film, it may only have need 5-10 minutes less but regardless of how much I felt it went over, the point is that it went over.

I'm going to give 22 Jump Street

A-

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Bad Words | Movie Review

Bad Words is a 2014 comedy directed by and starring Jason Bateman. This film also co-stars Kathryn Hahn, Allison Janney and Rohan Chand. The plot follows a 40 year old man who enters a spelling bee for a reason that I will not spoil.

This film has been received mixed with many accusations of the film being racist, sexist, taking way too far and all in all: offensive. I don't really get offended by movies so I didn't really think this would be an issue for me and sure enough, it wasn't. I was not offended and I found this film incredibly funny and a really enjoyable film.

The acting is very good, especially Jason Bateman who had to play an incredibly unlikeable character who plays such a d-bag, which at first I thought was a flaw but after 10 minutes, I got in to his character, not that I liked him but I respect that he was unlikeable. Kathryn Hahn and Allison Janney's characters get so screwed over in this movie by Jason Bateman for completely different reasons however I really like both of their performances.



This film is pretty funny and this is mainly because the timing of the delivery by Jason Bateman and also this film was edited to a hilarious degree that added so much more to this film. It is incredibly raunchy and filthy but I really liked it for the reasons I listed above.

I'm going to give Bad Words

B+

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How to Train Your Dragon 2 | Movie Review

How to Train Your Dragon 2 is the Dreamworks Animation sequel to the first film with Jay Baruchel as the voice of Hiccup, the lead character. In this film, Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave in which pirate-esk people are hiding and capturing dragons for an army.

I adore the first film on so many levels. It had great animation, hilarious moments and just so much heart. This film, blows everything in the first film, right out of the water and then some.

The characters are just so amazing in every single way. The relationship between Hiccup and Toothless will go down in not only animation's history but this will go down in film history as quite possibly the greatest relationship between a human and an animal. The relationship between Hiccup and Astrid is so damn great. I wish this was explored more but I mean, it's not a flaw, they are making a third film so by the end of the series I'm sure they will have a more fleshed out relationship but it is still developing so I am not worried just yet.



The animation is seemingly flawless. The reason I say seemingly is because so much is happening on the screen that I missed some things that happened which does add a lot of re watchability. The dragons look amazing. Every dragon has a unique design and a unique personality, distinguishing each dragon making the chemistry between each dragon so much better.

This film may be a bit frightening for young children. There are a couple of dark scenes that may frighten young children. I have a lot of reasons to believe that this film is the Empire Strikes Back of the How to Train Your Dragon series. I hope that this is a trilogy because each film steps it up and I don't want them to drag this series out like they did with Shrek. I trust the director because he is staying on for the third film.

Look, I know that these films are based off books but I have absolutely zero interest to read them because I am so invested in these movies. And yes I will touch on how adorable and funny Toothless is, he is probably the cutest animation character I have ever seen which is saying a lot seeing as how many animated films I have seen.

This film is easily in my top 5 animations of all time

I'm going to give How to Train Your Dragon 2

A+

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