Monsters VS Aliens REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for the animated feature film "Monsters VS Aliens" which was released in 2009. This film is about a woman who on her wedding day is struck by a meteor and is turned into a giant human being with amazing strength. The U.S. government steps in and makes her part of a secret team of monsters. They are then needed to solve a certain alien problem that could threaten the world.

Well for this review lets start out with the positives. Well I thought that this movie was genuinely funny, I mean yeah sure there were some spots that could be shove down your throat, but it was good stupid funny though. I loved how Hugh Laurie voiced an AWESOME monster in this film, I thought his voice fitted it perfectly. I loved the president character in this film (voiced by Stephen Colbert). Rainn Wilson in this movie to was just perfect. Seth Rogan as B.O.B was great also, loved his laugh and his voice just fit the character along with Will Arnett as "The Missing Link." Whoever chose the cast to voice these characters, "Props to you!" The story line of this film was decent. Seemed not to be sure where it was going but all-in-all it was decent. The animation was good too. Lets just say if your a parent and wondering if your kid will enjoy this movie along with you? Well pick up this movie at the rental place of your choice.

Negatives to this film? Yes there are of course, in no way is this movie perfect. As mentioned above it could be a little over the top in funny in some spots. The movie tries (in spots) to hard to be 3D. Then there is Reese Witherspoon who I don't like for a voice as her character. Kind of bothered me, but then the real bother of this film which is supposed to be a kids film, well where is the message for kids? There was a message for adults (kind of) but no message for a kid to understand? I believe that every movie should have a point to it.

So all-in-all a kid film that you and the kids will enjoy. No need to go buy it though really, just pick it up at the rental place (like I said above). You should gets some laughs out of you, I did with some spots. For its rating, I am going to have to give it a 3 out of 5. So need a movie to rent, this one is worth checking out.

Well thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed this review of "Monsters VS Aliens." I said yesterday that I would have a new type of post up for you, I didn't get around to it. I do want to say that I am working on it, and I just want to make sure it is perfect so make sure you stay tuned for that. I do have a message for you though, but not until tomorrow night will I tell you. Thanks again for reading and giving me your support here. I hope you continue to enjoy my reviews. Stay tuned for more . . .

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The Amazing Spider-Man REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for the reboot film of a series loved by many, "The Amazing Spider-Man," which stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. We all know the classic tale of Spider-Man right? A high school student named, Peter Parker, (Andrew's Character) gets bit by a biological spider and develops spiderlike powers that he uses to fight crime. That is really the basic Spider-Man story. So shall we review this new retelling of a classic tale?

Lets start with the positives of this film because there were many! The first thing I want to say is that this Spider-Man story is way better told that Sam Raimi's story told back in 2002 with, "Spider-Man."  The story line of this film just follows a more believable story of events, and like a lot of people have said, "It stays truer to the story of Spider-Man." Moving on to acting from this film. Let me just say that Andrew Garfield was meant to play Spider-Man. He just pulls off that cocky tone Spider-Man has, but when Andrew needs to be serious for his role he can pull that off greatly also. Andrew and Emma have amazing chemistry together. It was literally so believable. Its like I think they should be dating in the real world but I remembered this is just there acting for this movie. The guy who played Dr. Curt Connors, who is actually played by, Rhys Ifans, does an incredible job. He was meant to play him as well. Then there is Emma Stone as her character Gwen Stacy. She does it really well. It seems like Emma always does an incredible job in her movies. I cannot think of one movie where she is bad at her role? Now Gwen Stacy's dad, Captian Stacy is played by, Denis Leary, and let me just say he can played a cop. Now I remember sitting in the theater thinking that the score of this movie is just incredible, and when I am done here I have to look that up. I didn't have to wait though, because we were watching the credits because in Marvel movie's there is always that extra clip right? Well I saw that one of my favorite composers did this movie and I want to say props to James Horner for putting together an excellent score. I most definitely will have to buy that sometime. The rest of this film like the directing was all great. 

With almost every movie though there has to be some negatives to it. I have a short list of negatives for this film though. Starting with the fact that I felt like this movie revealed Spider-Man's true identity to to many people. That kind of bothered me. Then there was the fact that this movie could be a little slow at some points where I was like, "Come on, get to the point here." Then probably the last negative I have is that I feel like there was no build up to Peter becoming Spider-Man. It was just like "Blurp, I am Spiderman." So yeah that bothered me. 

All-in-all though this movie is defiantly better than the original Spider-Man films created to you by Sam Raimi years ago. It is 100% a must-see film. So if you haven't seen it in theaters yet, you are missing out. Make sure you check it out before it is gone. If so make sure you buy it on Blu-Ray when that comes out. For a rating it will receive a 4 out of 5. 

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to review the film called, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" which stars Matthew Brodrick as you obviously saw above. Well the basic plot of this film is that Ferris (Matthew's character) skips school for the day, and in which the movie follows his adventure for the day. Now I know this film is a classic, and loads of people love this movie more than others. Here is what I have to day about this film though . . .

To start off this review lets talk about the positives I have to say about this film. Hmmm . . . well I really loved the lesson of this movie, what the movie was trying to say to us. It is a good life lesson that I want to live by for the rest of my life, and it is a lesson everyone in the world should live by. That message is that we should learn to enjoy the world as it is, and take in simple joys that come of it. Like I like to say grab life as it comes at you because you never know how much time you have. Another thing I liked was the performance by Alan Ruck. I feel like he did an amazing job in the film, the whole way through too, which I love by the way. One last thing I have to say for positives now, which was that it made me laugh a couple times

Really though that was it for positives for this film. Negatives we shall get to now. Well it was completely and utterly ridiculous. I realize that this movie is made to make us laugh, but I hate that kind of humor where they are shoving it down your throats. Humor should be natural really in my opinion. Okay until you see the next set of capital letters it will be a SPOILER ALERT: In the end, there is no way in hell that any kind in any world would get away with all the stuff he just got away with. So it lost points for that. END OF SPOILER ALERT! I hate when Matthew was talking to the camera. I hate when movies do that. It requires no acting at all in my opinion. Just looking at camera and reading off lines (which were probably behind the camera). Which leads me to Matthew's performance which was good and bad throughout the film. He would do good and then bad, which angers me. Then Ferris's sister character was just annoying throughout the film, no good at all. I do want to say again though all of it, the whole plot was just absolutely ridiculous. Like I said above, I liked the message but I want to say that it was just poorly conceived in this film. Especially all the sympathy and concern over Ferris (if you have seen the movie you will get what I am saying there). It was just dumb and UGH.

So all-in-all you don't need to ever seen this movie. If people say you are missing out because you haven't seen it, well simply they are lying to you. If you need a last-minute rent though, well then I guess you could pick it. You might enjoy it, but I sure as heck didn't. For it's rating I am going to have to give it a 1.5/5. I just really didn't enjoy it at all. Yes I know its a classic film, but nope not a classic in my eyes.

Well first thing I want to say here in my conclusion is sorry. I have been busy with work, friends, and family to make time for a review. Today and tomorrow though I will be creating more reviews and some other things I want to bring to the blog here for fun. I hope your going to enjoy them. Now thanks for reading, I hope you continue to enjoy my posts as I continue to enjoy writing them. I hope you have been spreading the word about the blog, and the way it looks you have. I want to say thanks to everyone who has viewed the blog here because I never thought I would have over 800 page-views in a little over a month. Makes me extremely happy to see that. Now though make sure you stay tuned for more coming soon . . .

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Charlie St. Cloud REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for the feature film "Charlie St. Cloud" which stars Zac Efron. In this film Charlie (Zac's Character) has to learn to let go of his brother, to movie on in life, who died in a car accident with Charlie at the wheel.

For this review lets start with the positives shall we? Well I think that Zac Efron did a pretty good job with his crying/sad scenes, when he cried it seemed (to me) totally believable. I thought Amanda Crew as Charlie's love interest in this film did a good job, along with some other actors within the film that weren't all important. They just seemed to do a good job though I thought. Now I liked the premise of this film quite a bit. I like what it is trying to tell, so its message to us the watcher really. I do have more to say about that later in the review though. This movie did happen to touch my heart in some ways, so I give them some props for that. Oh I would also like to say that I did like the chemistry between Zac and Amanda. They seemed to have beautiful chemistry. I do want to include that I liked Zac and Charlie Tahan (played the character of Charlie St. Cloud's brother Sam) chemistry as well. They really did seem like two brothers, which was good.

Now there were quite a few things that I have to say against this film though. Like I had said above, I did like the premise of this film, but I didn't like the entire way it was all brought out. I guess I felt like this movie was extremely slow in some spots, and that some things (scenes I guess) weren't really necessary. Like there is this one scene near the end that I guess they could have cut out, because it never really helped tell the story at all. Just a pointless scene. I didn't really like the acting from Charlie Tahan. I feel like they could have had some other kid that could have done better (except chemistry with Zac). I do not like a movie that has a quick love story in it. Like when they meet and get to know each other for the first time in there lives, and then they are 100% fully in love. I mean yeah there is such thing as love at first sight, but nope not like this. So that kind of bothered me as well. I do also want to point out that this movie can be a bit confusing in parts, and can just be plain weird with some of Zac and Charlie's scenes. I mean yeah this movie is centered on letting go of someone you loved, but I think this movie stretches that just a little bit too far for my taste I guess.

So all-in-all what is this movie going to get for a rating? Well if you are spending sometime with a girl/boyfriend, this movie might be a good watch (for the girls to enjoy guys). On the scale it is only going to be able to get a 2.5 out of 5. So a good date-night movie, but not really a movie anyone needs to see. You will live without seeing it, your not missing anything I promise. If you have seen it though comment below and let me know what you thought of this film?

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Trailer Talk: "The Words"

I would like to introduce a new section of blogs that I will be doing here on the blog. So far I do movie reviews and movie information, but now I am going to introduce "Trailer Talk." This is going to be for me to pick out a trailer (every once in a while) for us to talk about. It will be though a trailer for an upcoming film. I did something like this for the "Taken 2" trailer, but this might be a little different. So shall we do this?

Well the trailer today I would like to talk about is the trailer for the feature film released by CBS Films, and it stars Bradley Cooper. It is called, "The Words." This motion picture is about a writer who must realize the price for stealing another mans work. I currently have the trailer on my "Trailers for Upcoming Films" page, or you can view it below:

Now lets talk about is now that you have seen the actual trailer. I want to say that this film really connects to me in a way because I am an aspiring writer to be. I will NEVER copy someone else's work though. I have millions of ideas that I need to write anyway. What I think about this film though is that it looks like it could be a very good film. It has a beautiful cast in it. Jeremy Irons, I LOVE his voice as always. I like the idea behind this film too. We will have to see though won't we? What do you think? Will you see it? What do you think of the trailer?

"The Words" will hit theaters on September 7th, 2012.

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Due Date REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for the feature film starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis, "Due Date." This film follow Peter (Robert's character) who is trying to get home before his wife has their first child, but along the way Ethan (Zach's character) "accidentally" sabotages ways to get there. They are in a hurry to get home before she has the baby.

For this review lets start with the positives of this movie shall we? Well I really do like Robert Downey Jr. in this movie. He always seems to play his parts in the movie very well, he just seems to become his character very well. I would though have to say that the rest of the acting in this movie was eh (get to it later). The plot of this film was very good. I did really like it, it seemed to flow very well. It kept me interested I guess I could say (exceptions below). Um . . . there were a couple parts I guess where it was a little funny but not all of it was really. This movie did do a very good job at getting to your heart though, and Robert has helped with that quite a bit actually. Oh, Zach could also touch your heart too. So yes it had somewhat of a good message to it, and I do like how it ended the film. It seemed like it was a realistic ending (somewhat).

Now this movie is nowhere near perfect (like "The Dark Knight Rises"), so it does in fact have quite a few negatives to it. To start them off I am going to have to say I am getting sick of Zach Galifianakis's performance's as a dumb-ass. They are starting to get annoying, can he even pull of a serious role as a main character. Sure thats what he does best at, but it has to come to a point where it just becomes annoying. Well, he hit that with this movie. The other performances in this film were so short that it really never matter. Even though they didn't even see, like they were acting. Just seemed like they were asked to read this line for the film. Moving on to the plot, well there were some gaps in it at point, but I can't give anything away so I can say where, but when watching the film you will see some huge gaps. Um, I didn't like who all of a sudden something between the Peter and Ethan changed. Seemed a little unrealistic. It was like one second this, then blink and it was changed already. Oh and how funny was this movie? Well I laughed maybe (and I mean maybe once) otherwise I might have smiled at one part. Other than that it was again another shove down your throat funny movie.

So all-in-all a somewhat heartfelt movie, that tries to be funny, but has one good actor in it! Um not really a movie you should ever buy, um I guess if you couldn't find anything better and want something new to watch (and its a last minute thing) you could rent this. That will be my rating there, on the scale I will give it a 2.5/5 rating. Now leave a comment below if you have seen this movie (or after seeing it) telling me what you thought about this film.

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BREAKING NEWS: Mass shooting at midnight screening

Last night at around 12:30 during a showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" some man opened fire upon a crowd within a theater in Aurora, Colorado. According to IMDb, 12 people have been killed, and 38 others are injured from minor to critical wounds. Ten people had died at the theater, the others died within the hospital.

According to victims at the scene they said that the gunman was wearing a gas mask, threw a tear gas bomb, and then opened fire upon the crowd. Warner Brothers Inc. released a statement expressing there concern for the victims and victims family: "Warner Bros. is deeply saddened to learn about this shocking incident. We extended our sincere sympathies to the families and loved ones of the victims at this tragic time."

I would like to say that I am extremely in shock right now with what has happened, and if I could I would love to express my deepest sympathies to the families of the victims, along with the victims themselves. Finding this out really saddens me and terrifies me. Can you imagine going to a movie you have been waiting for years and then having someone shoot at you during it? Why would this man do this? What drives you to do something like this?

Well, rest in peace victims of this mass shooting. I am sure you will all be missed. It is terrible what has happened to you, and I hope to never hear of anything in the future. Rest in peace . . .

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The Dark Knight Rises REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff' is happy to present a review for the film that we all have been waiting for four years, "The Dark Knight Rises." I have just gotten back from the midnight showing in my home town. Now "The Dark Knight Rises" is about how Batman has been out of the game for eight years, and then a new threat, Bane, shows up and threatens the city of Gotham. Batman is ultimately questioned wether he should return or not and can he?

Well lets just say he does it in a way that is JAW-DROPPING!!!!! Holy freaking shit (excuse my language). If you want a movie to just lose your mind to? Well then look no further. In "The Dark Knight Rises," Christopher Nolan reveals his greatest master piece EVER! This movie will keep you on the edge of your seat from literally the very beginning, all the way until the end credits. We defiantly see a great ending to a wonderful trilogy. Sure there are parts that will piss you off entirely, but in the end you feel like that is the right way of things. A beautifully directed movie Christopher Nolan, props to you. Now the plot of this film took you in places you never thought it would, which was brilliant and what I absolutely love in a GREAT movie. It also keeps some twists in there (about like I said earlier) that keeps you on the edge of your seat, cheering for the good guys, crying, and yelling at what has happened. It is just a beautiful plot and very well written. The acting in this movie was just absolutely spectacular! Christian Bale defiantly outperformed his Batman/Bruce Wayne in this film. Morgan Freeman and Micheal Caine are still absolutely brilliant. Tom Hardy as Bane. Hmmmm how to describe that? Well basically he was MADE to play the character Bane. Oh my god his performance was just incredible. Like they say in that sneak peak, he does things with his eyes that are just amazing. As I have said with Heath Ledger as the Joker in my "The Dark Knight" review, no one could play him better at all. So well done Tom Hardy. Now Joseph Gordon Levitt as John Blake, was just brilliant. Again he did a really good job with his character. It's like Christopher Nolan brings the best out of everyone. Marion Cotillard did a great job as  Miranda Tate in this movie as well. The acting in this film was just beautiful, not one person did I hate. Which includes Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle or know as Catwoman. I didn't think I was going to like it at all, but surprisingly I loved it 100%. She just kicked butt. Now how about the score for this film? Well again it was taken over by Hans Zimmer, and let me just say, "GREAT JOB!" I have already bought it, and plan to listen to it as soon as possible. The look and this film was just great, there literally wasn't any major things at all to complain about this movie. This film ended "The Dark Knight Triology" perfectly. You couldn't be any happier with the end of this franchise. It does it loyally and there could be no other way. A plus too is that every single one of these films are freaking amazing. You could say that "Batman Begins" is your favorite and no one would care. Personally thought I am going to have to say that "The Dark Knight Rises" is my favorite. Comment below on what your favorite is (after seeing "The Dark Knight Rises" of course).

Now unfortunately I have one really minor thing to say, which is that sometime you really can't understand Bane's voice. Only thing though.

So now what is this film going to get? Well 100% MUST-SEE FILM! You know what? Just go see the film right now. What are your still doing here reading this? Go see it. Already seen it? Go again its so worth it. So yeah though, its getting a 5/5 rating even though I had that tiny thing. Go see this film right now, you are going to enjoy every aspect of it. It is a film that you will enjoy because it is a near perfect movie (I believe nothing is perfect, only near-perfect).

My all-in-all though, is that it is a great film! Literally raking up there with my favorite films (list actually of those coming soonish). You will enjoy this movie if you like twists in a movie, and a movie that will take you in a direction you never expected. You will be lost for about three hours in a world not of yours. Go enjoy the film, there is really nothing to hate about it. Enjoy!

Heading to the theater? Good! Well thanks for reading. I am not going to add much here now because I  know your busy getting ready to see this movie, but just want to say please spread the word about the blog here. It really helps me out, and now make sure you stay tuned for more soon . . .

Stop sitting on your phone, tablet, or computer and get to the theater now, and enjoy "The Dark Knight Rises ;)

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Pixar going to far?

Have you been waiting for a continuation of Marlin, Dory, and Nemo's story told to us back in 2003? Well its for sure that you will get that chance! Pixar has confirmed that "Finding Nemo 2" is officially in the works and has an expected release date of 2016. They are ready officially announced also that the director of the original "Finding Nemo," Andrew Stanton, will return his throne as director of the sequel.

This is not the only sequel that Pixar has officially released it's being in the works. They have also officially announced that the "Toy Story" franchise will be getting a fourth installment. Apparently a sequel is already in the works. No information on expected release date.

Are you excited to see a second "Finding Nemo" story come to the big screen? How about another "Toy Story" film? I mean yeah sure they all have been great, but is Pixar going to far with all these sequels? I mean "Cars 2," all the "Toy Story" films, and now "Monster's Inc." with its prequel due out next summer "Monster's University." I feel like they might be screwing with something they have that is already good. I am afraid of "Monster's University." Pixar's "Monster's Inc." was my favorite Pixar, and now I feel like they might ruin it with the prequel.

What do you think though? Let me know in the comments section below, oh and stay tuned . . .

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The Dark Knight REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to preset a review for Christopher Nolan's second installment in the Batman Trilogy, "The Dark Knight." In this film, Batman meets a villain he doesn't fully understand, the Joker.

Well lets get the minor negatives out of the way shall we because most likely you guessed that I freaking love this movie. So major thing I want to mention is that most of the action in this film does seem a bit to choreographed again, worse than "Batman Begins." It just kind of bothers me a bit. Now a minor thing is that there is this one scene on a rooftop that the dialogue seems a bit to unnatural. It just they are on one topic then jut to the next and then jut again to another. Bothers me a little. Now one more thing really was that the girl that had to replace Katie Holmes I do not like as much. I know they had no chance, but I really did not like Maggie Gyllenhaal in this film. She just did not perform as well as everyone else was in this film. So there were probably the only negatives, yes even an EPICLY GREAT movie like "The Dark Knight" has to have some negatives I am afraid.

Now for the many positives though because like I said, this film is freaking INCREDIBLE! Going to say this right now, this is defiantly a movie that is on your must-see film list (if you are one of the few who have not seen it). I am going to start off with Heath Ledger's performance in this film. Three words, "OH MY GOD!" He does an incredible job as the joker, seriously him as the joker has to be the best acting I have ever seen within a film. He 1000% deserved the Oscar he got in 2009. I would like to say it was a performance of a generation. I still think to this day that he has done the greatest job in a film. Now for the other acting parts. Well its basically the same people from "Batman Begins" and they do a great job just like before, if not better. The only added main person was Aron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face, and I thought he did a suburb job as well. Christopher Nolan must bring out the best acting in actors/actresses. He literally did an amazing job with this film. Camera angles, writing the film (except that one part above), and just making a film we all enjoy. The plot of the whole movie just made sense it connected logically and perfectly. Oh and I LOVE how he started this film. A very intense beginning for a film people were anxiously waiting for after the first installment. Again I want to say that Hans Zimmer did an incredible job with the score for "The Dark Knight" as he did with "Batman Begins." So a huge thanks to everyone involved in this film for creating a movie that I thoroughly will enjoy over and over again. It still keeps me on the end of my seat every time I watch it.

Well as I said above this film is 100% a must-see film that you have to 100% buy on Blu-Ray (if you own one). A huge popcorn flick one night, and make sure you watch this before you see "The Dark Knight Rises" this coming weekend! Now for the rating that it deserves. Well I can only give it a 4/5, but being a GREAT film it is a good rating for it. I still say WATCH IT NOW! So make sure you check it out.

Now remember (for Batman fans waiting for my "The Dark Knight Rises" review) I will be going at midnight to see it, and when I get home that night I will review it for you to read and see how EPIC it really is. I do want to say thanks for reading, please spread the word about "The Motion Picture Buff" blog. It really does help me, and it will keep me doing more reviews for all of you to read. Make sure you see what movies I might review next HERE. Now make sure you stay tuned for more motion picture things . . .

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In memory of Heath Ledger, thank you for an amazing performance . . . rest in peace. 

Batman Begins REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins" which brought Batman back to the big screen. This film is a reboot of the classic tale of Bruce Wayne who is a vigilante known as Batman. "Batman Begins" explains who Bruce Wayne is and why he becomes the famous hero. Christian Bale, Micheal Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Morgan Freeman, and Gary Oldman are some of the actor/actresses in this film. Enough information about this film though, lets get to the review of this film.

Well almost every film in the world has some negatives (even a badass movie like "Batman Begins"), so lets go over the few negatives of this film. Well I want to point out that I really never like the kid who played eight year old Bruce Wayne. Yes I realize he is a child, but still there is a lot of great child actor and I really never liked him. Nothing major though. Now this is a little more major, I do not like how some of the fighting scenes seemed kind of choreographed. I know they are, but this movie seems to have choreograph that I actually notice it. Another thing that kind of bothered me was that some scenes could be a bit confusing. Like (SPOILER ALERT) the gas that affects the people, well when the train with the microwave emitter went over the bridge and out of the narrows was that water vapor that went into the air contagious? It should be right, but people didn't seem to get infected by it.  Oh and one other thing there was this once scene that had really bad special effect. Just this one scene, rest of movie was great so why not this one scene? Just thought I would mention that.

Now though for the good things and INCREDIBLE things about this film. Well WOW. Chrisopher Nolan has been on my radar ever since I have seen this film. I love how he took this movie, he made it damn near perfect. I just absolutely love this film. Christian Bale does an OUTSTANDING performance as Bruce Wayne, and continues to pull it off for Batman. I hear that a lot of people hate his Batman voice, but really I love it a lot. It is just one of those voices that you got to love, which leads me to the rest of this cast within this film. Morgan Freeman was just amazing, and everyone (and I mean everyone) has got to love his voice. Liam Neeson does a great job as the villain in this film. Got to love him always. Along with Micheal Caine and Gary Oldman, they definitely steal the show as well. Then you have Katie Holmes as Batman's love interest, and I think she pulls it off nicely. The music in this film is great, good job Hans Zimmer, I most defiantly am going to have to get this score (haven't bought it yet for some odd reason). The plot of this film works great as a reboot. It flows just perfectly and it all seems to connect. To include the dialogue in this film was great too, it didn't seem to unnatural even with some scenes that could have that. It keeps you on the edge of your seat, literally wondering what will happen next. The action in this movie keeps you pumped and interested. It is just a great movie, and a great rebirth to a superhero franchise.

Well as you can guess that this movie is a 100% MUST SEE MOVIE. So make sure you buy it (on Blu-Ray) and watch it at home before you decide to go see "The Dark Knight Rises" this weekend. The rating I will have to give it is going to a 3.5/5. Yes now I know a lot of people think that is kind of low, but there were things that bothered me a tad bit, but otherwise INCREDIBLE. So make sure you go check it out.

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NEWS FLASH: Famous Producer Richard D. Zanuck Dies at 77

I am sad to report that famous producer, Richard D. Zanuck, has passed away at the age of 77. He helped create critically acclaimed movies like, "Big Fish" and "Jaws." The cause of his death is reported to be a heart attack.

He helped now famous director, Steven Spielberg, come to the fame he has today. I would like to say thanks to Mr. Richard D. Zanuck for helping bring great movies to the big screen for us to enjoy. Richard D. Zanuck has produced many films which include: "Big Fish, Yes Man, Road to Perdition, Jaws, Dark Shadows (2012), Driving Miss Daisy, and many more films.

I just want to say rest in peace Richard D. Zanuck. Again thank you for your wondrous contribution the the motion picture world. I will be looking forward to watching some of your films soon.

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When Harry met Sally REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for a film that was written by the late Nora Ephron, "When Harry met Sally." This film is about how when Harry and Sally first met they hated each other, but over the years they continue to meet until one day they become great friends and possibly more?

To start off this review lets talk about the few negatives that this film had because there wasn't many things that had bothered me. Well the beginning really was a bit confusing because you really didn't know why they were driving to New York, until later on in the movie. The other thing that bothered me was that it was predictable, but of course it was I mean I know I shouldn't go into a movie like this and say it won't be at all. The problem was that I knew exactly what was going to happened when it was leading up to it. So just a tad bit over predicable than usually expected which kind of bothers me from time to time. Oh and Billy Crystal did a good job, but at the beginning his voice seemed to annoy me, but later on it didn't which was weird but I thought I would comment on it.

Now the positives. Ugh, well the whole movie except for the things above. I loved everything. Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal's performances were just outstanding. I though that they did an excellent job and that they had very great chemistry together as friends. Carrie Fisher's character and her boyfriend also did a great job and they also had very good chemistry. The cast was just great very well picked out in my mind. Oh and it was good to see Carrie Fisher in something other than Star Wars for once. The music in this film was good I thought. The screenplay/dialogue was brilliant, I can see why loads of women loved Nora Ephon. She made a really great loved story for people (mainly women to enjoy). It all just made sense to what had happened. This movie had me laughing also. I really cried from laughing at this one scene in a coffee shop with Meg and Billy. Oh it was just absolutely hilarious I thought. The ending was perfect, didn't end the way I thought it would but it was just great at what happened, and it seemed very heartfelt. I wasn't ever bored watching this film, and it touched my heart which I love in a movie.

So for the rating of this movie. Well for starters, it is 100% a date-night movie for you and your loved one to watch one night. You will both really love this movie. As for on the scale of 1-5? Well I am going to give it a 4/5. So make sure you go out and check this movie out one night with the one you love.

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2001: A Space Odyssey REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for the classic film, "2001: A Space Odyssey." This film is about a team set out to research more on a mysterious object found buried upon the lunar surface. Well shall we talk about this film?

Lets talk about the positives first today about this film. For starters I really could only find a few of them. I know this movie is very well critically acclaimed, but for god knows what reason I HATED THIS FILM!!! Ugh I realize almost everyone loves this film but not me. This is supposed to be about the positives though. So the only really think I liked was the message or the plot of the film: which was about trying to find out more about aliens within our universe. Only real thing I liked, besides music (but more on that below) otherwise . . .

This film was extremely boring. Ugh there were these scenes where it was just a ship moving within space. Nothing happened really at all. They were just long boring, and in my eyes completely pointless and just dragged the movie on forever! I do want to say though before I finish the review, I never watched the whole movie, WAY TO BORING! I read about what happens, and I still feel like the movie never would have picked up at all. Just seemed to last forever those long pointless scenes, especially the ones in space and with the apes. One thing I do want to say too is that the music for some scenes just seemed to be extremely overdramatic for the certain scene. Don't get me wrong, I loved the score but I feel like it didn't fit this movie at all. Ugh and just again so slow of movie, I felt like nothing ever happened the hour and half I watched. With the synopsis I read I still feel like I missed nothing. So this really is the first movie I really never finished, and I couldn't it was SO boring. If you have never seen it and don't believe me, try it yourself. Fair warning though you will be extremely bored with it by 10 minutes in.

Well now you are probably wondering what the rating of this movie will be right? Well I am giving it and UGH never watch and on the scale it will be getting a 1/5. Don't go rent, buy, or ever watch it is just extremely boring. Just get the soundtrack, a really good one it is.

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V for Vendetta REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to say one thing, "Remember remember, the fifth of November." Just kidding, I would like to present my review for the motion picture "V for Vendetta." The above quote (if you do not know) is from the film, and let me say that this film is absolutely amazing. This film is about a shadowy freedom fighter known as "V" uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. Upon rescuing a girl from the secret police, he also finds his best chance at having an ally. For this review though I am going to do things a little differently (maybe from now on) . . .

Now lets talk about the positives of this film first shall we? Well let me just say the script of this film was absolutely beautiful. Everything seemed to just fit right where it should have. The dialogue created by the screenwriters (Andy and Lana Wachowski) was just absolutely brilliant. The character V was just brilliant. He was just so badass. I am glad they told us his whole story. I do want to say now though now that I am on the topic of V, Hugo Weaving (guy who played V) was 100% MADE to be V. Natalie Portman also did a great job as Evey. She definitely outperformed herself! All the acting really in this film was just outstanding. It was a brilliant cast for this movie. Now, I do love when I movie throws the unexpected at you too, so there was part in the end that I really did like how it played out. The whole movie was played out perfectly as I kind of said earlier. The director of this film, James McTeigue, did a great job at delivering us a great film, so thank you. This movie will keep you on your toes from beginning to end, you honestly will not really want it to end. I absolutely loved this film.

Now I only had like one or two minor things to say against this movie. There were some scenes that were a bit confusing, like the beginning. I never really got that part? I do think I had something to do with it, but I never really got or understood the connection between the events? Really thought the only other thing I really had against this movie was that it should have explained more about what had happened to lead this world into the way it was. It did but coulda done better I thought maybe?

So instead of giving my rating away at the beginning, I am going to put it at the end so you can think about what I might rate this movie. I also will no longer be linking my ratings to the hit movie website IMDb. I am going with my own rating system now, instead of out of 10 I will be only going out of 5. Plus I am going to add 0.5 into my system as well. So what is "V for Vendetta"going to get? I am going to rate it of course as a must-see film, and its rating is a 4.5/5. Go look for this movie on Netflix, at your local Walmart, or wherever you get your movies. It is AMAZING!

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Don't mess with the Zohan REVIEW

Okay I can't even start this review with my usual start up. HOLY FU***** CRAP. Adam Sandler what the heck is wrong with you? Lets just say this I hated this movie, "You Don't Mess with the Zohan." As one of my favorite movie reviewers would say, "This film is Dogshit!" Ugh so yes this film is going to get the lowest rating I can possibly give it, 1/10. Lets talk about all the stupidity that this movie brought.

I first would like to say that I thought I would never be able to fine the worst possible film ever (sure I do have LOADS of other films to watch. As of right now though I have found my least favorite film of all time, and it would have to be HANDS DOWN this film. It just irritated me so much. There was not one thing, not one single little thing about this film that I liked. I think I remember smiling at one part, but I don't even remember what it was. Now I like stupid funny,  "Austin Powers" for example, but this crossed the stupid funny barrier. This film was just plain old dumb, and a huge waste of film in the motion picture industry. The acting, plot, and the fact of it being completely ridiculous in every single aspect of the movie just made this film terrible. Sure there was a message in this film, but nope this film was to ridiculous to even help it get a better rating.

I am going to suggest that you never even watch it, seriously you will 100% lose some brain cells after this. I know I said that in my "Jack and Jill" review, but this time I promise you! No way does this film get a recommendation from me in any aspect what-so-ever. So if you ever think of picking up this movie at a store, renting it, or clicking on it for Netflix (if it is on there), DO NOT DO IT!!!! You will regret that decision for the rest of your life. (Dramatic I know ;)

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The Illusionist REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for the motion picture starring Edward Norton, "The Illusionist." This film is about a low-class boy who learns the tricks of illusions and falls in love with a high-class girl. Fifteen years after they were taken away from each other Eisenhiem (the Illusionist) returns and him and the girl (now women) are still in love, forbidden love. "The Illusionist" was a film that I had not known much about, plus I thought it was a different film. What happened was not what I had expected but it amazed me, so it will be receiving an 8/10 rating. So lets talk about another Must-See Film shall we?

Lets start with the negatives today shall we? There were only a few things I really didn't like, but nothing really major, just little things in this film. To start off, the beginning was a little confusing at first. They used a scene that would show up later on in the film, and then it flashed back to childhood. Then it went to a moderner time. I dunno I guess it was just the plot was a little hard to follow at some points, but it all made sense in the end. The other little things that had bothered me was the explanation at the end of what had ALL happened was done enough to make you understand, but I feel like it could have been a little bit better.

Now though the rest of this movie was just incredible. I so enjoyed all of the acting within this film. Paul Giamatti did an INCREDIBLE job as the detective I thought. I love him as an actor, and he defiantly gave a performance of his life in this film. Edward Norton isn't really my favorite actor, but in this film he did an outstanding job I believe. The rest of the cast also did perfect, it was a very well put together cast. The look and feel of this tone was amazing. I felt like I was back in the day. Who is the director of this film (searching . . .) oh it was Neil Burger. I think he did a job job with this film. The love story within this film was well done. Edward and Jessica Biel's chemistry was just amazing. I do like the story this movie told, it kept me very well interested and kept me watching the whole time. The ending was completely unexpected and was very good. I love a movie where they surprise you with the ending, makes a good film.

So all-in-all this film is 100% a "Must-See Film." It would work great for a popcorn flick one night, when you want something different. So make sure you check out, "The Illusionist" sometime soon.

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Up in the Air REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for the motion picture starring George Clooney, "Up in the Air." This film follows the life of Ryan Bingham. Ryan's job is to fire people at random companies for bosses who don't have the guts to do it themselves. Ryan though isn't a very big people person. This film shows how he is starting to make a connection with people in his life. "Up in the Air" I am going to give this film a 7/10 rating. So shall we review this movie?

Well lets start with the positives of this film in this review today shall we? First of all I really did like this movie. I would so watch it again. George Clooney has the greatest voice. I have heard a lot of people don't really like his voice all that much, but not me I think he did a great job in this movie. Like he does in other films too. Vera Farmiga also had a very well performance along with the rest of the cast in this film. I really like the premise of this film, or basically what I mean is I like the meaning behind the movie. What they were trying to teach us in this film. The way the movie flowed was also very well done, as I say when I talk good about a movie, it seemed to connect logically. All the pieces of the puzzle were well put together in there right spots. The score of this film was also very enjoyable I thought. It didn't seem to intrude on the movie, unlike other films out there. The story of the film was okay, nothing terrible but I will be talking more about it in the next section of this review (so lost some points with it). I really did like the love story between George and Vera's characters. It was very well done, and they really did seem like they were in love, and it did not seem fake at all unlike other films. George and Vera seemed to have good chemistry.

Now for the negatives of this film that I have to tell you about. Now I know this should't be a big deal, but it annoyed me a bit. Anna Kendrick's crying after she told us her boyfriend broke up with her. Ugh it was no where near any good at all. It annoyed me and seemed WAY to forced, otherwise though I LOVED her in the film, just not that part. Now I said above I didn't like the story of the film that much right. Well what I didn't really like about it was the fact that it never really went anywhere really. I mean like it didn't seem like anything really changed. The end seemed to be like the beginning with Ryan. I mean you think he learned something on this journey we watch but does he really? It shows us good messages but in the end did the movie really accomplish anything? I dunno left me kinda mad so lost a some points for that.

All-in-all a very good movie with good life messages/lessons. Just not sure our character we watched learned them even though at one point we think he did. A good popcorn flick to watch one night if your in the mood for something inspirational.

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Perfect Sense REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for the motion picture starring Eva Green and Ewan McGregor, "Perfect Sense." This film is follows the life of a chef and a scientist falling in love as diseases spread around the world killing off each one of our five senses, starting with our sense of smell. "Perfect Sense" deserves the rating that I give it, which is a 8/10. So lets talk about the one thing that really bothered me about this movie, and all the great things this movie had sneaked into it.

To start off lets talk about the one thing that really had bothered me about this movie. It was enough to lose two points for it. Well it has to do with the beginning of the film, but it wasn't how the film exactly started right away. After that though it seemed to slow down a bit, and take forever to pick up. When it did pick up though, it was like all of a sudden everyone had the disease. It never really explained where the disease came from or what really started all of this. Oh actually one other little thing was that I didn't like the camera angle when it was on Ewan's bike at the beginning of the film. Gave me a bit of a headache watching that.

Otherwise the rest of the movie I absolutely loved. I loved how real the movie seemed to be. Like they used images and videos of real people from all over the world in some scenes, and they just used them perfectly within the film. Like at the beginning when Eva Green was voiceovering with talking about life. They showed videos of real life people doing the things she was saying. I dunno I just really liked that I guess. They used this technique also within the film, like after everyone lost there sense of smell. She said that your sense of smell is directly related to memories, and so they showed images of real people. Just a really cool part of the film I liked I guess. The acting in this film was great, especially the two leads. Ewan and Eva seemed really believable, and they had amazing chemistry in this film. The rest of the cast was well picked for this film too. I really enjoyed and believed everyone's performance. Ewen Bremner played Ewan's character's coworker, and I really enjoyed him in this film. The story line of the film (screenplay/plot) was well put together. Like I always say, it just worked from the beginning to the end of the film. TALKING ABOUT THE END OF THE FILM though!!! Oh my god, I loved it! It really was one of the greatest ending I have seen for a film like this. I really actually wasn't made at the way this ended, sure there could be more explaining about after that but it worked great. The camera angles and direction of this film were good. I really did enjoy this film.

All-in-all this film was VERY good. Need a movie to watch with someone special? Well this movie is a perfect date night movie. It well deserves it's 8/10 rating I gave it. So make sure you go check it out sometime.

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In Time REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for the motion picture, "In Time" starring Justin Timberlake. This film is about how time is currency, and the fact that once you turn 25 you stop aging and have one more year to get more time. If you want to buy a cup of coffee it will cost you minutes on your time you have to live. This follows the story of Will, played by Justin Timberlake. This film came out October 28, 2011. I am going to be giving this movie a 6/10 rating. Here is why . . .

To start of the negatives of this film I am going to have to say that I really didn't like the costume and make-up in this film really. I know it is supposed to be futuristic and different from our time, but for some reason it just all seemed to weird for me. I kept focusing on this question in my head, "What and why are they wearing this?" Another thing that bothered me was the acting in this film, some of it was good, but I really hated Amanda Seyfried's performance in this film. She annoyed me the whole way through the film. I dunno I just had a hard time believing in her character with her performance. Justin Timberlake and everyone else did an okay job, but I feel like this was a weak cast for a great idea for a film. Which leads me to the fact that this film had an amazing premise, but I feel like they wasted the idea, but more on that later because . . .

The positives of this film include that this film had a great story to it. It all seemed very interesting. This film had me wanting to see it from the trailer (even though I never saw it in theaters unfortunately). They played the idea good I thought, but it could have been better. I expected more I guess. This leads me to the fact that they seemed to explain the system of currency/life in this universe very well. I did like how they explained it and showed it in this film. The action in this film was very good though, kept me on edge in some scenes. The storyline went along really nicely all the parts of the movie seemed to connect logically. The movie kept me interested in what was going to happen. At some times it kept me on the edge of my seat cheering for them, and the ending didn't happen the way I thought it would so it wasn't predictable (which I really like in a film). I like a film that isn't original and won't do what every other film in history would've done, like the ending in the movie I reviewed earlier, "Buried." I may have hated it but I loved it because it wasn't what I expected (unpredictable). Which helps a movie be some what enjoyable.

So all-in-all, "In Time" was a good movie just wasn't as good as I expected it to be. An okay movie to watch for a popcorn night, you will enjoy it but nothing spectacular. So yeah it is a popcorn flick that gets the rating on my scale, a 6/10.

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Kung Fu Panda 2 REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for the second installment in the Kung Fu Panda series, "Kung Fu Panda 2." The main theme of this film is about Po trying to find out who he really is, where did he come from? I am going to give 'Kung Fu Panda 2" a 7/10 rating. It was really good and funny (I really enjoyed it), but there were a few things that had bothered me.

Lets talk about the positives first shall we, change it up a bit from my most recent  reviews. Well the first thing I want to say is props to Gary Oldman voicing the character of Shen. I just looked that up, and WOW I knew I loved whoever was voicing him, but that is freaking awesome that it was Gary Oldman. So good job to him. Oh and good job to the writers for creating an great villain. I really like the comedic timing in this movie along with it jokes it brought along with them. Very funny and very well done. That brings us to the plot of this film, which I liked. I have more to say though about it below. Continuing on though, I really liked the look of the animation in this film. Everything looked really cool and nice, if you know what I mean. Like some animated movies had terrible animation, but this one was very good. I really liked how the made Tigress softer in this film. It says that even the toughest people do have feelings. Saying this leads me to the message of the film, which kind of has multiple messages. I really liked them, they teach kids a lesson is what a good kids film should do.

Now though we get to the negatives of the film. I said above that I liked the plot, yes I liked it but in my opinion it didn't flow very well. I mean one second they are focused on this problem, something happens, no time to think about it, and BAM they are doing something else. It just seemed to move along very fast, like I said, "It didn't flow well." Thats my opinion though. That happened a couple times in the film so it kind of bothered me. Oh and then there is the end battle, what is it with movies lately with building up to the end battle between good and evil, and then having there battle between them be really short. So it lost a point there.

Otherwise, all-in-all a very good family film! It has a great message for little kids. If you want a good popcorn flick with your family that has a laugh, then this film is a must-see. It gets a high average rating of a 7/10.

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7/3/12 Box Office Report

Last night was the midnight premiere of the reboot film of the spiderman films "The Amazing Spiderman." So how did it do? Well "The Amazing Spiderman" received $7.5 million dollars from midnight showings last night. IMAX reported $1.2 million of that money or 16 percent. Sony reported also that its $7.5 million made from Spidey's reboot lat night, was identical to Spiderman 3's midnight showings in May of 2007. There are many contributing factors to both of these movies and why such a low gross at midnight.

The new spidey film just opened up right before the 4th of July holiday, so many people are shipping out for there vacations. For May of 2007 Spiderman, it was because kids were still in school. It is hard to tell where "The Amazing Spiderman" could go in its six day weekend. It might pass the $100 million mark, but it is really a tough one to tell on how much it will make. We will have to see.

What do you think though? Will the new "Amazing Spiderman" gross a lot of money on its first weekend?

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Buried REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" presents a review for the motion picture "Buried," a Rodrigo Cortés film. This film is about Paul Conroy (played by Ryan Reynolds), who is a truck driver in Iraq. He and other truck drivers were ambushed, and Paul was knocked out in the ambush. The next thing he knows is that he is stuck in a coffin, and so the movie ensues it's plot from there. I am going to give this film a marvelous rating of 8/10. There wasn't much I hated at all about this film, as you can see. Even the things that bothered me were very minor.

So to get rid of the negatives right away, I would like to say that Ryan Reynolds did his most amazing performance I have ever seen. At times though I thought he wasn't doing his best. He still made me believe though everything. I was lost in his character, but I just thought he lost some off his great acting he had in this film at some points within the film. Other than that um oh yeah the . . . well I will not say but . . . Where did it come from? (If you have seen this it should make sense what I just said). My sister saw this movie before me and ended up telling me, and it had made sense that it could have happened that way. I never saw it though, so yeah though just a little thing. (Sorry if a bit confusion but trying not to give anything away). There was also some camera shots I didn't like at some points, I thought they were in the complete wrong spot. Oh, one other thing I have to say though is that I didn't really like this one scene, it really had no relevance and it was weird.

Now the rest of this movie was just absolutely perfect. I love the beginning of the film. I could have thought of 10 other ways to start the film, but the way they did is most likely the absolute best. It keeps in tone with the rest of the movie really because, if they would have done it my ways it would have been the only other odd scene. The ending is another one of those hate and love endings I mentioned in my "Last Night" Review. I loved it more in this film because it just made it absolutely perfect, down to the very last second it was. As I said above, Ryan Reynolds acted his heart out in this film. It was just so freaking believable all the time. He really made me nervous while I was watching the film. I felt like I was in the box with him the whole time. That would probably have to do with some of the direction of the film and camera angles. Ryan though did an excellent job playing a part while being stuck in a coffin. It just shocked me how believable it was. I was totally immersed in the film the whole time. I was screaming for him, crying with him, and feeling all the emotions he felt while he was in the box. By the end you feel somewhat claustrophobic. The score of this film was pretty decent I thought. I also loved the dialogue in this film. Chris Sparling, the writer of "Buried," did an excellent job with that I will have to say. I would though like to say thanks to everyone who helped make this film. It truly was very incredible.

So all-in-all a marvelous film that I enjoyed very much. Just had a few minor things that had bothered me with it now that I think about it. It is a must-see movie though, so it would be good for a movie night one night (popcorn flick). If your ever in the mood for a thriller/mystery, well this would be a great one to watch.

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