Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.

Poop.  Total poop.  Not even going to bother writing any more about this. 

Did you not read the last paragraph that was as lame as the movie synopsis one?  No - you shouldn't see it.  Why would you want to see poop?

Brave

Merida is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus (voice of Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (voice of Emma Thompson). Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin (voice of Kevin McKidd), surly Lord Macintosh (voice of Craig Ferguson) and cantankerous Lord Dingwall (voice of Robbie Coltrane). Merida's actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom, and when she turns to an eccentric old Wise Woman (voice of Julie Walters) for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery in order to undo a beastly curse before it's too late.

I'm conflicted about this movie.  Mostly because it's from Pixar.  Is the movie good?  Yeah.  I enjoyed it.  It was like a Disney princess movie with red hair and a Scottish accent.  The originality was hurt a little bit by how similar it was to Brother Bear from a couple of years ago.  But it was still enjoyable and the animation was fantastic.  However, this is Pixar.  They are the top rung on the ladder of animation.  Their movies are usually Best Picture worthy.  But this coming on the heels of last year's mailed in Cars 2, reeks of them selling out their originality for marketing/money making.  Sad. 

Again, I did enjoy the movie and I would recommend people checking it out, but it was below the expectations that I have grown to have for Pixar movies. 

That's My Boy

While still in his teens, Donny (Adam Sandler) fathered a son, Todd (Andy Samberg), and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down on the eve of his wedding when an uninvited Donny suddenly shows up. Trying desperately to reconnect with his son, Donny is now forced to deal with the repercussions of his bad parenting skills.

This was pretty much another one of Adam Sandler's clunkers.  There were some laughs sprinkled throughout but it was mostly garbage.  The worrisome thing is that he's falling away from the every other movie thing he had going.  He did Grown-Ups and Just Go With It which were two of my more favorite movies of his.  But this is and Jack & Jill is a horrible twosome to follow that up.  This is also a horrible start to Adam Sandberg's post SNL career.  I pray he goes on to better than this.

I wouldn't really recommend anyone bothering with this.  Even though there were some laughs, there were definitely nowhere near enough to carry the movie.

Rock Of Ages

Rock of Ages tells the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rock 'n' roll romance is told through the hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and more.

So the story was pretty much fluff.  I kind of knew that going in.  Regardless, I loved the music because this was the music I grew up to.  I loved the random hilarious laughs sprinkled throughout and Tom Cruise was again awesome in a supporting off the wall role.  I wish he would just stick to stuff like this.

I would absolutely recommend anyone who grew up with this music see this movie.  Its basically like watching people on screen do karaoke for two hours and to be honest - I was singing along with them the whole time.

Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted

Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple and of course, King Julien, Maurice and the Penguins are all along for the comedic adventure. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a traveling circus, which they reinvent Madagascar style.

I liked this movie much more than the second one.  The writers realized that this movie's laughs come much more from the cast of characters on The Penguins Of Madagascar cartoon than the four main characters on the poster above.  Sure, Marty and Alex have moments - but honestly does anyone care about the hippo or the giraffe?   It's about Skipper and the penguins and King Julien and his posse.  There is more than enough of them and King Julien's singing completely steals the show.  There are tons of laughs and the movie is short and paced well that you avoid the okay let's wrap this up feeling. 

I would definitely recommend people checking this out.  It's just as enjoyable for the adults as it is for the kids. 

Prometheus

Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The film takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life's ultimate mystery.

This movie started off incredibly sci-fi.  I was doing nothing but thinking how wrongly advertised it was because they made it out to be like Aliens when it was a lot more like Alien.  It took a good hour (the first half of the movie) to get to the alien interaction stuff.  I wasn't bored because I like sci-fi stuff like this but the mainstream movie goer absolutely would be.  Once the alien stuff started - the movie picked up in pace tremendously.  It was creepy as hell and made you jump numerous times.  They had took enough time building up the characters so that you care what is happening to them.  It still got a little bit too sci fi for the average movie goer towards the end but it was a huge turn around from the beginning. 

I would definitely recommend this movie simply because the visuals throughout the movie are amazing.  Just be warned that it is not as actiony as advertised and it's much more of thinking man's movie.  I enjoyed it very much but was a little confused towards the end.  If not for that - I would probably be raving about this movie.

Snow White and the Huntsman

In the action-adventure Snow White and the Huntsman, Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen (Charlize Theron) who is out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) who was dispatched to kill her.

This was a pretty bad ass version of Snow White.  Not cute and fluffy at all.  Honestly, it reminded me alot of the Robin Hood remake with Russel Crowe from a couple of years ago.  It was an entertaining movie with lots of battle type action but they kept the gore out of it to get their PG-13 rating.  Charlize Theron was very creepy as the Evil Queen.  The dwarves were cool once they got worked in.  Chris Hemsworth was basically Thor without the hammer.  And all of them combined together to make the movie watchable even though no acting ability whatsoever Bella . . . . um, I mean Kristen Stewart was playing the lead. 

I would somewhat recommend people checking this out.  It's not a must see, but it is an enjoyable and more adult version of the classic story for action fans.  This is NOT a kids Snow White.

Piranha 3DD

After the terror unleashed on Lake Victoria in Piranha 3D, the pre-historic school of blood thirsty piranhas are back. This time, no one is safe from the flesh eating fish as they sink their razor sharp teeth into the visitors of summer's best attraction, The Big Wet Water Park.

Do I even have to bother reviewing this?  It's crap.  Crap was expected.  Crap is what was given.  Correction, steaming crap is what was given because they even brought the chaos out of the water and gave me one of the most disgusting images that I will never be able to erase from my memory.

No - I would not recommend this to anyone.  Ever.  Save yourselves.  Plus - hopefully there will not be  Piranha 3DDD if nobody watches this one.