Welcome to my 2 cents on the recent movies that i've been to the theatre to see. I'll review any of the latest, greatest, and not so greatest movies where i've actually found the ambition to get off my lazy ass and shell out the overpriced ticket prices, enjoy the show!
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Well what a movie to start this section off with, none other than freddy vs jason. Two of Hollywood's greatest and also scariest movie villains of all time come together to bring you an excellent, yet way overdue production of these two combined franchises. I remember hearing about this one being made when i was in grade 6 but it was just rumours then. For a jist of the story line let me tell you a little without ruining it all. Ahem, well to start off Freddy recruits Jason by going into his nightmares and pretending to be Jason's mother. How can a killing machine still
be afraid of his mother? I miss the logic behind that one. But none the less Freddy's devious plan works a little too well and Jason does what he knows oh so well that it ticks off Freddy. Freddy decides that he doesn't need Jason anymore cause he's stealing all the victims and Freddy isn't able to get strong enough to be able to fully invade teenagers dreams. It's then followed by some bloody and action packed fight scenes where neither gains the upper hand. This one borrows alot of the old techniques from the previous films such as Jason's mother for example. For the Jason fans, it has all the Jason movie requirements, sex, nudity, booze, drugs, and stupid people, and for those who favour Freddy he's still his one line wise-cracking self. The only bad thing is that Kane Hodder is not the one who plays Jason, maybe they axed him (no pun intended) because Jason X had to be one of the worst Jason installments. Overall i give this one an 8 out of 10.
Next on the list is the swash buckling adventure brought to us from the people who have brought us many other pieces of crap that somehow gain instant classic status as soon as they're realeased. That's right Disney's "Pirates of the Carribbean". I'm not even going to bother going over this one cause i want everyone to waste their money on this one just like i did. Even though the movie was crap Depp did an alright job, a little less eye liner would have been nice though. Seems as though he borrowed a little from "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" not too
much, just a little, especially during the rum scene. RUM SCENE?!?! Yes exactly what i was thinking, this is a frickin' Disney film and they've involved liquor and possible drunken pirate sex "oh ride my peg leg" oops i think i let that slip. Last little note, when is Orlando Bloom going to come out of the past and try acting in something that doesn't involve swords, boats, or horses? Well as you can see i wasn't very impressed with this movie, pile of crap mostly. I give this one 4 out of 10 bones and thats being generous.
This movie sort of brings a whole new meaning to the term "Jesus Christ Superstar" and thats just for all the hype that came with this movie. For the most part i think alot of people went from making fun of christians to wanting to pay a hefty amount (some of us more than once, or even payed to fall asleep in the theatre, right candace?) probably only because most went to go see someone get brutalized. This movie was actually done quite well especially considering what the movie was based on. The death of Jesus would be a tough one to film.
I've heard alot of people say that "nobody could survive what Jesus did in that movie". Well maybe they're right, but he's not just "nobody" he's the son of God, ofcourse he could survive it. That's what made it a miracle and one of the reason's why millions still believe in him today. I must say if u haven't seen this movie you should, its well made, and some say it could change your life, i dunno about the changing your life part though. Oh the only thing is if you can't read, this movie is NOT, and i strongly mean NOT for you because the whole thing is in Aramaic so good luck understanding it but there are subtitles. Now most of the time i hate them but this time they didn't even take away just like with "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon". Now the only thing "The Passion of the Christ" needed were the flying ninjas. Overall i give this one an 8 out of 10 lashings.