‘Action’ Archives
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
As a fan of the Justice League animated series, I was very happy to learn about this DVD movie. Even though the animation is slightly different, and the voices are different, this still has a similar feeling to that series. The story is a typical alternate universe story that we can find in many DC stories. Our Justice League is pit against the [...]
Avatar
After almost 3 years, I went back to watching a movie in a movie theater, and what better movie than Avatar? It's definitely worth it, since we won't have 3D TVs for a while, at least at an affordable price. I pretty much knew what I was getting before I watched it. It's a cool looking movie with great effects, but a lame or unoriginal story. I [...]
Taken
This is a fast paced action/thriller starring Liam Neeson, who is retired CIA agent Bryan Mills, whose daughter is kidnapped during a trip in Europe. At the beginning we meet the characters in a very awkward way, exposition is painful and feels forced. They ram the fact that his ex-wife hates him, but she and her daughter also think that he's [...]
Pandorum
After watching the sci-fi movie Moon, here's another sci-fi movie. This time it's the thriller/action/horror kind of sci-fi. Here's why you should watch it. It has good action scenes. It's very mysterious and tense throughout the story, so you will not be bored at all. The mystery is solved half-way through, and it's a very satisfying one. At [...]
Serenity (re-watch)
And finally we get to one of my favorite movies of the last few years. I've reviewed this already, but after re-watching it I want to delve deeper into details. Also since it's been a few years already, I can spoil the story. Since this movie has to appeal to people who've never watched the show before, the prologue explains the history of [...]
UP
I came into UP with high expectations, not only due to previous Pixar movies, but also reading the praise from all critics. This time, my expectations were just a bit too high. This is a great movie, I especially loved the first 20 minutes. Everybody's talked about the montage, chronicling the couple's whole life together. And it was a great [...]
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
I've been pretty happy with the straight to DVD DC Animation movies so far, some I liked more than others, but the quality in general was good. Unfortunately I was very disappointed by this latest release. The worst part is that the animation looked cheap. The style was a bad mish mash of the original comic story's artist Ed McGuiness and a [...]
Duplicity
This is a nice spy-thriller/romance movie, light but at the same time clever. The two leads are very charismatic ones, so I think they did a good job in casting this movie. The spy plot is very interesting and has many twists and turns. First we think that Ray (Clive Owen) and Claire (Julia Roberts) meet by chance a few years after their first [...]
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
I'm was a big fan of the X-Men comics, so I was happy that their movie version was so successful. That said I wasn't too excited about this spin off, since it didn't have any of the creators I enjoyed in previous movies, except for Hugh Jackman. There are a lot of elements in this movie taken from the comics, but I felt that the overall plot [...]
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
I recently bought my first HDTV, so I was eager to try it out. And what better way than to re-visit some of my best DVD/movies of the past few years? Not just one movie, but the whole trilogy (plus special features). It also came at the perfect time, because my wife just finished reading The Hobbit (for her class this fall) and she actually [...]
G.I. Joe: Resolution
I'm not a big G.I. Joe fan, but I was interested in this for 2 reasons: 1) this was first available online as short webisodes 2) Warren Ellis wrote this Ellis brings his tech talk to this story, with plenty of explanations as to how Cobra's plan works, and how Joe is going to beat him. Luckily this is a standalone story that doesn't require [...]
Bonnie & Clyde
I watched this with my wife, and we found it very enjoyable. It definitely has a very particular tone to it that I don't think I've seen before. It's half comedy, half tragedy, half just plain crazy (I know there are 3 halves, that's how crazy it is). There is a clear commentary about the power of the media, something we've seen in later [...]
Wonder Woman DVD
DC continues to churn out animated DVD movies adapting some of the most famous comics stories. This time it's simply the origins of Wonder Woman. It's the classic tale of the Amazon princess going to man's world. In this case to defeat Ares. Steve Trevor is part of the story, and he gives plenty of comedic lines. This is a very nice [...]
Howl’s Moving Castle
I finally managed to watch Miyazaki's latest movie available on DVD and it's just as good as I expected. I love all his movies, but I thought Spirited Away was a bit too childish for me. Luckily this movie is a little more edgy. A world of Wizards and Witches is nothing new, but it still felt refreshing to watch this movie. There are the [...]
Quantum of Solace
After the good surprise that Casino Royale was, this sequel disappoints a little. I still like Craig as Bond, and M is always good. But the movie just didn't have any particular personality. I felt it was just a sequence of action scene after action scene. They were all well made, but none of them were spectacular or memorable. The bad guy [...]
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
Hellboy is an acclaimed comic and a successful independent property. I've read most of the Hellboy stories and I like them, but I am not crazy about them. It's just not exactly my cup of tea. However I liked it enough that I was excited when the first movie was released. The first movie was pretty much like the comic, I liked it but I didn't love [...]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Raiders of the Lost Ark was one of my favorite nostalgic movies. I watched that movie many many times during my childhood, rewinding my tapes to watch certain scenes again and again. I watched it again in recent years and I still love it. Like everybody else I was really looking forward to this new movie, though I had my doubts about its [...]
Kung Fu Panda
This was a pleasant surprise for me. It looked like any other kiddy movie to me, movies that I usually don't enjoy watching. And it was definitely for kids, but it was fun for an adult as well. The story was a simple one, but the interactions between the different characters really made it fun to watch. Especially when you contrast the [...]
The Incredible Hulk
This is the last superhero movie of the summer, and it was probably the weakest. This movie starts with a montage of the Hulk's origins, then we go to Brazil where Bruce Banner is hiding. The first part of the movie is about Banner overseas running and hiding. This was obviously inspired by the TV show and I liked that. The first scene with [...]
Mind Game
This is a very different but interesting anime movie, I am very glad I watched this. There are many different animation styles used in this movie, from sketchy to realistic to cartoony and much else. They give this story a surrealistic feel. It took me a while to get used to it, but once I got into the rhythm I was fine with it. I do prefer [...]