Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an epic action-adventure set in the mystical lands of Persia and based on the video game of the same name. A rogue prince (Jake Gyllenhaal) reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess (Gemma Arterton) and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time—a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

This movie is borderline entertaining as long as you have bottom of the barrel expecations. Hyping it to be on par with Pirates Of The Carribean is absurd. As long as you expect something more like Mummy 4 you should be somewhat satisfied. Its completely formula and cliche in every way. The action is decent. The scenery is decent. You don't really get hooked by any of the characters and that makes it seem longer than it is.

I wouldn't really recommend anyone seeing this. There are much better things out there to see considering that this is just above the level of watchable to be completely honest.

MacGruber

In the 10 years since his fiancée was killed, special op MacGruber has sworn off a life of fighting crime with his bare hands. But when he learns that his country needs him to find a nuclear warhead that's been stolen by his sworn enemy, Dieter Von Cunth (Val Kilmer), MacGruber figures he's the only one tough enough for the job.Assembling an elite team of experts--Lt. Dixon Piper (Ryan Phillippe) and Vicki St. Elmo (Kristen Wiig)--MacGruber will navigate an army of assassins to hunt down Cunth and bring him to justice. His methods may be unorthodox. His crime scenes may get messy. But if you want the world saved right, you call in MacGruber.

Oh my God! This was horrendous. I couldn't even make it 20 minutes in to the movie. I haven't watched SNL in years so I don't know if having seen MacGruber skits would have made this any better but I have not the slightest clue how that would be possible in any world.

I wouldn't recommend anyone watching this . . . . . ever. Even after only 19 minutes - I can guarantee that this will be on the worst movies of the year list.

Sex And The City 2

The fun, the friendship, the fashion: Sex and the City 2 brings it all back and more as Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) take another bite out of The Big Apple--and beyond--carrying on with their busy lives and loves in a sequel that truly sparkles.

Never watched the show or first movie.

Won't ever watch the show or the first movie.

You are on your own with this one.

Just Wright

Just Wright revolves around a sports trainer (Latifah) who finds herself falling in love with a professional basketball player (Common) while rehabilitating him from a career threatening injury. Things are further complicated because her closest friend (Patton) is also pursuing him.

This movie should have been called Just There because . . . . . its just there. There is nothing memorable or remotely interesting about anything in the movie. You know every single step of the movie playing out just from watching the commercial. The chemistry is simply not there and the characters have no hook whatsoever. NBA players as actors? Really? Is that what we've been missing in movies?

I wouldn't recommend anyone bothering to check this out. It really is a massive waste of time and it is "just there".

Shrek Forever After

Shrek is feeling over-domesticated in the fourth installment. He has lost his roar. It used to send villagers running away in terror. Now they run to him and ask him to sign their pitchforks and torches. To regain his ogre mojo, he strikes a deal with Rumpelstiltskin. The pact goes awry and Shrek must confront what life would be like in Far Far Away if he had never existed. That translates into Donkey being forced into cart-pulling duty, fat and lazy Puss in Boots trading his sword for a pink bow and the underhanded Rumpelstiltskin ruling the kingdom.

The original Shrek is one of my favorite movies ever. I loved the second one. The third one . . . . . not so much. I found it insulting, it seemed like the writers really mailed it in and that it could have easily been a direct-to-DVD movie. Therefore, I had seriously low expectations for Shrek Forever After. The trailers for it really didn't do much to help raise them whatsoever. I'm not sure if it was because of my super low expectations or just because they tried harder, but I enjoyed this movie a lot more than I expected to. The random pop culture stuff was back and better than in the third one. I'm still laughing about the Pied Piper playing a Beastie Boys song and the three little pigs being forced to breakdance to it. I also really liked Rumpelstiltsken as the bad guy. He was the best one in the series besides Lord Farquaad in the first one.

I would definitely recommend people checking this movie out. Its another entertaining movie to come out this summer. None of them have been what I would call awesome, but none of them have really been bad either. They've all been simply entertaining and this one is no different.

Robin Hood

Robin Hood chronicles the life of an expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his service in King Richard's army against the French. Upon Richard's death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption of a sheriff and taxation, where he falls for the spirited widow Lady Marion (Cate Blanchett), a woman skeptical of the identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to earn the hand of Maid Marion and salvage the village, Robin assembles a gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for life. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to correct injustices under the sheriff. With their country weakened from decades of war, embattled from the ineffective rule of the new king and vulnerable to insurgencies from within and threats from afar, Robin and his men heed a call to ever greater adventure. This unlikeliest of heroes and his allies set off to protect their country from slipping into bloody civil war and return glory to England once more.

I really liked this movie. I liked the action. I liked the story. I loved the characters - especially those that would go on to be his "band of merry men". All of that being said - I feel like the movie could have been better. It felt long. I mean the movie was 2 and 1/2 hours so it is long but it "felt" long. Also, it was as if they were going out of their way to tone it down for a PG-13 rating which makes such little sense to me with a movie of this nature. So as great as the battles were - there was no blood. They pulled back on most of the violence that would obviously be there in major battle scenes like in this movie. The part that people have to remember is that this isn't the typical telling of Robin Hood. This is the story of everything that happened prior to drive him towards the Robin Hood that we know of through the stories.

I would still recommend people checking this out even with all my waa-waa there. Its still entertaining even if it isn't on the same level as Gladiator or Braveheart.

Letters To Juliet

When a young American (Amanda Seyfried) travels to the city of Verona, home of the star-crossed lover Juliet Capulet of Romeo and Juliet fame, she joins a group of volunteers who respond to letters to Juliet seeking advice about love. After answering one letter dated 1951, she inspires its author (Vanessa Redgrave) to travel to Italy in search of her long-lost love and sets off a chain of events that will bring a love into both their lives unlike anything they ever imagined.

This movie is completely formula and fluffy in every way. There isn't a single part of it that you don't see coming. However, I ended up enjoying it a lot. Its one of the better "chick" flicks to come along in a long time. Yes, the fiance is beyond annoying and you can't wait for him to get off the screen. And the prospective boyfriend is not too much less annoying. However, the voyage of trying to help the elderly woman was enjoyable. The best part of this "chick" flick is that NOBODY dies. I'm sorry if that ruins the movie for you, but I was so relieved that it didn't follow the newly enforced Nicolas Sparks template and kill anyone off. Its about damn time!

I would recommend people checking this out. Its a great date movie and is much less painful than the recent rash of "chick" flicks that have flooded the zone.

Babies

This film simultaneously follows four babies around the world – from birth to first steps. The children are, respectively, in order of on-screen introduction: Ponijao, who lives with her family near Opuwo, Namibia; Bayarjargal, who resides with his family in Mongolia, near Bayanchandmani; Mari, who lives with her family in Tokyo, Japan; and Hattie, who resides with her family in the United States, in San Francisco.

I watched 15 minutes of this. The babies cried. The babies hit each other. The babies put things in their mouths. There was barely any dialogue whatsoever. Unless these are your kids, why in the blue hell would anyone watch this for 90 minutes!?!

I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone. Ever. Unless you enjoy crying babies for 90 minutes. Seriously.

Iron Man 2

In Iron Man 2, the world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is the armored Super Hero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armor because he fears the information will slip into the wrong hands. With Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and James "Rhodey" Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, Tony forges new alliances and confronts powerful new forces.

This is a tough one to review. At the risk of sounding like an idiot, I liked the movie AND I didn't like the movie. Seeing this as an individual movie . . . . . it was very entertaining. Robert Downey Jr was outright hilarious. All the other characters pulled their weight as well. The story was good and kept the movie paced nice enough that I didn't find myself getting bored. The action scenes that were in the movie were awesome. Seeing this movie as the sequel to Iron Man that is should have been . . . . it could have been SOOOOO much better. Although the action scenes were great, there were literally 3 of them. With the way the movie started off, it was as if you didn't even have to see Iron Man 2. I also felt that this movie was just used as a set up for future Marvel releases related to S.H.I.E.L.D., Captain America, Thor, and The Avengers. It was a whole lot of talking.

Still, I would definitely recommend people checking this movie out. Not that my recommendation matters - people are going to see this regardless. Regardless of how much better the movie could have been, I was thoroughly entertained throughout. Just try to keep your expectations in check and you should come away with the same feeling that I did.

Furry Vengeance

Furry Vengeance is a live action family comedy in which an ambitious young real estate developer, Dan Sanders, faces off with a band of angry animals when his new housing subdivision pushes too far into a pristine part of the wilderness. Led by an incredibly clever raccoon, the animals stymie the development and teach our hero about the environmental consequences of man's encroachment on nature.

Wow! Let me just say that I went in to this movie with the absolute bottom of the barrel expectations. It managed to actually be even worse. I only made it 45 minutes in to the movie (15 of which I was sleeping), but this is just plain brutal. I actually found myself furious at how many millions of dollars were put in to making this absolutely horrid piece of cow dung. What the f#ck!!!???!!!

I wouldn't recommend anyone watching this. Ever! Just stay clear, people!

A Nightmare On Elm Street

Nancy, Kris, Quentin, Jesse and Dean all live on Elm Street. At night, they're all having the same dream--of the same man, wearing a tattered red and green striped sweater, a beaten fedora half-concealing a disfigured face and a gardener's glove with knives for fingers. And they're all hearing the same frightening voice... One by one, he terrorizes them within the curved walls of their dreams, where the rules are his, and the only way out is to wake up. But when one of their number dies a violent death, they soon realize that what happens in their dreams happens for real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake. Turning to each other, the four surviving friends try to uncover how they became part of this dark fairytale, hunted by this dark man. Functioning on little to no sleep, they struggle to understand why them, why now, and what their parents aren't telling them. Buried in their past is a debt that has just come due, and to save themselves, they will have to plunge themselves into the mind of the most twisted nightmare of all... Freddy Krueger.


Lame. So very lame. Bored at watching people get terrorized lame. How do you pull that off? I guess I should have started by saying that of all the 80s/90s horror movie franchises, Nightmare On Elm Street was my least favorite. Loved Michael Myers, could tolerate Jason Voorhees, Leatherface was scary as hell and never got his fair due, but I was never that into Freddy Krueger. About the only good part of the Nightmare On Elm Street franchise was Freddy's witty banter and sarcasm. You knew that he would kill the kids off one by one and you basically just wondered in what absurd way would the next one die and how funny would Freddy be while doing it. In this one, there was nothing different about any of the deaths whatsoever. More upsetting though is that Freddy didn't even start with the witty ranting until the end of the movie. By the time they got to there, I was ready to leave due to the complete lack of interest in the movie whatsoever.


I do not remotely recommend people wasting their time with this movie. Of all the recent remakes, this is by far and away the lamest one.