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Surprisingly good (not great) and very, very pretty. … [...] Super 8: One part Goonies, one part ET, one part Close Encounters of the Third Kind, one part Cloverfield, and one part Aliens… and a hell of a ride to boot, with big screen heartily recommended. … [...] X-Men: First Class [...] Thor [...] Atlas Shrugged, Part 1: Some parts of it dragged longer than I might have done (specifically the anniversary party scene and sex scene), and some things were a bit understressed in my opinion (specifically how irrationally depraved the looters were, and how they exhibited that behavior), but speaking as someone … [...] Sucker Punch [...] I Am Number Four [...] Battle: Los Angeles [...] The Mechanic [...] The Big Lebowski [...] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World [...] Knight and Day [...] The Last Airbender [...] Tron Legacy [...] Skyline [...] Survival of the Dead [...] Stargate Universe [...] Piranah 3D: Exactly as advertised – one part gratuitous bloodshed, one part gratuitous nudity, one part gratuitous 3D-ness, and one part gratuitously idiotic characters… liberally blended with appropriate cameo appearances from Richard Dreyfuss and Christopher Lloyd. … [...] |
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– Outstandingly chosen actors who gave performances I was not expecting, convincing story development (though how a certain character got his particular powers is left to the viewer’s imagination), seamless special effects, entertaining inter-character banter and relationships, and a compelling (or at least convincing) bad guy… I …
: Better than 
(which, granted, is not saying much), but not as good as it could have been – hopefully the apparent sequel will step things up a bit. …
: Take the concept that Norse mythology Asgardians are superhuman aliens from across the galaxy, multiply it by some of the best computer graphics I have seen in a while, and throw in some semi-decent one-liners, and the end result is that you should definitely see this at some …
: I have absolutely no problems admitting to a healthy mancrush on Vin Diesel, but combined with a return to the basics that made the 
: Two parts 
, two parts 
, one part 
, five parts face-melting awesomeness, and a sprinkle of gratuitous gunporn… blend on 11.…
: Take 
, move it to the American heartland, drop a high school on the set, mix in about twice as much teenage angst, add some bad guys who actually got some relatively amusing one-liners, and you will pretty much be in the ballpark. …
: If you remember the 
– I will not deny that I have a not-insignificant man-crush on 
, but pairing him against 
– What the hell was that, aside from one of the worst ways to waste an hour-and-a-half of my life? …
: I would imagine that it takes a certain kind of person to appreciate a movie like this, but if you enjoyed 
, be very afraid for it, because I think it just 
: 
was better… a lot better. …
– If this were a just and fair world, that would have been M. Night Shyamalan’s last movie, thanks to actors, writers, producers, and production houses wanting to distance themselves as much as possible from a source of such mind-numbingly atrocious dreck in the future… so …
– stunningly beautiful, visually compelling, and something of a natural outgrowth of the original, but 
: To quote one of my fellow 
: I like money as much as the next person, but it really is time to stop flogging the frak out of that undead horse, George. …
: Take the worst aspects of 
and 
(which is not hard in the latter’s case), liberally douse with the inferior elements of 
(which is definitely not hard), generously sprinkle with horrific acting and substandard plots, and blend thorughly with copious quantities of suck and …
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