Breaking Dawn Pt. 2

I saw today the final chapter, or I guess half-chapter in the Twilight Saga.
Now I will admit I have had a love hate relationship with the series... I read the first two books and got fed up in the third. Now I wish I would have read them all.
This movie was by far better than the first four movies. The epicness can not be compared for this series...
That being said I still hate sparkling vampires. I hate the idea of a mortal giving up their life to become a vampire...
But I actually have to hand it to Stephanie Meyer. As bizarre as the concept was foe Twilight and the nerd rage it brought about the vampires and werewolves.... she did it right.
Congrats to her and everyone involved.
May they never remake these movies... and may they pave the road for many writers to come.
10/10

Silent Hill: Revelations 5/5

I was afraid this movie was going to be bad. That's how I felt about the first one. I was angry they took away Harry Mason and replaced him because they thought a man can't be loving enough to go looking for daughter.

This movie though, they fixed all that went wrong with the first one.

Right off the bat  almost they explain what happened at the end of the first movie and how Sharon, now named Heather escaped Silent Hill and came back to the normal world.

They even added the P.I. detective from the game. They gave her the perfect outfit from the game. They had the iconic pink bunnies.

Most of all the acting was great and the scares had us on the edge of our seats.

And to the trained eye and fans of the game the set up for the next Silent Hill movie IS there. You just have to look.

I loved it. That's all I can really say... and I half-expect the walls to start peeling into a rusty, bloody and gore filled mess wit bodies strewn up by barbed wire.

5 out of 5!!!! If you didn't get the chance to see it in theaters then check it out when it comes out!

Resident Evil: Retribution 10/10

SO today I saw Resident Evil: Retribution...

The main reason I think people may not have looked favorably upon, was that they went into the first Resident Evil, not knowing what to expect. They expected horror... and sure they got some of it, but then it had a lot of action as well.

Apocalypse fans thought they were getting their game to movie adaptation. Well once again, they were wrong--partially. I mean we did see big old badass Nemesis... who wasn’t such a bad ass with the way he was killed.

Extinction, people had NO idea what to expect and well this delivered the blandest of all the RE movies. Deserts, destroyed world, etc.

Afterlife, people FINALLY got an idea of what to expect out of these movies, and it went well. The world eing destroyed was already a given, and Alice looking for the survivors in Arcade made sense. And then all the crazy things like the axe-men, the las plagas like zombies, etc.

Now, with the 5th movie, Resident Evil: Retribution... well again, we kinda knew Paul W.S. Anderson’s writing/directing style, so we had a general idea, although the trailers left us having no idea what the heck was going on.

Now having seen it, I understand the movie and what it tried to, and actually did. I wouldn’t have named it Retribution. That title should have been for part 6.

The movie started off in an awesome way, the music was catchy,, and of course we loved to see what happened just after the last movie finished. Some characters, as in these movies, were never mentioned again, and others, well we finally got the fan service of Barry Burton, Ada Wong, and Leos S. Kennedy. Which they played their parts beautifully.

I don’t see much wrong with this movie at all. Action, scenes that make you jump, fan service, and a lot of references and tie-ins to the old movies. Things were never quite too predictable, but then again I like to shut my mind off and go into movie viewer mode. I would advise seeing it in IMAX 3D. It may be pricey, but its pretty darn amazing.

Resident Evil Retribution 10/10!!!
Can’t wait for move #6. We also will be getting the game Resident Evil 6, the Deck Building Game expansion Mercenaries, and the CGI movie ‘Damnation’ soon.

This is the year of Evil... Resident Evil.

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter (book vs. movie) 10/8

Last night I went and saw Aberaham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. Now I know what you are thinking... the movie sounds ridiculous. Sure, I suppose it does. But if you have read the book, you will understand that this is no joke. The book is a well written story, 'based on' (in the story anyway) Abraham Lincoln's secret journals.

So what President hasn't had some kind of secret? They all have I am sure. And honestly I find it much more likely that Abe was a Vampire Hunter than there having been weapons of mass destruction when none were ever to be found at all. As for aliens and Area 51, Roswell, and all of that, that was a poor kept secret, haha.

So let me get down to business. The book gets a 10/10 from me, and the movie an 8/10. Why? Well the movie is loosely based on the book. And by that I mean in title and characters names only. They couldn't have been more different. And while the book was great, it would not have made a good movie. They Hollywood-ized it for the movie, adding much more action, effects, and cool impossible scenes for our good old Honest Abe to fight through.

Also the endings are 100% different. So sorry if that is a spoiler, but surely you would have guessed that. I wont say WHAT the endings were. But I enjoyed both just as much. I mean if you don't know the story of what happens top Abraham Lincoln by now from history books/class, etc... get out of this country you damn vampire! Haha.

So yes. I highly recommend you see the movie and read the book. Probably in that order. Otherwise you will judge the movie by the book and it is not the best thing to do with any book to move adaptation.

Enjoy a dose of the true history of the United States.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 -- 10/10 Stars

I recently saw the final installment of Harry Potter 7-2.
I was expecting the same crap the last couple movies (at least 5 and 6) had been. I honestly dont remember much of 7 as I have only seen it once. Same for 6 but I REMEMBER that one was a load of crap.

However I came out of the movie pleasantly surprised. And happy. And sad. And filled with emotion. I nearly wept at the end of the movie knowing it was over for good. The series I grew up on that has been there for the past decade or so... gone. I didn't feel that way about Star Wars because that originated in the 70s.

Harry Potter... although I had made fun of it, I truly respect JK Rowling and all the work she did to bring a wonderful idea to life, and I thank the directors who made Goblet of Fire and Death Hallows so amazing.
It's a weird feeling something so close to ones heart end, and I began to imagine how it will be when one day Dark Dayz is made into a movie. I picture myself sitting in a screening of it and crying from joy. I probably will.
One day it will be made into a movie... and an official published novel.


It is so incredibly difficult to try and get it published on my own. No wonder JK Rowling was so down in the dumps when she wrote HP.


Wish me the best of luck, and Hopefully Dawn Trilogy will be coming to a theater near you in the next few years. All it takes is the right person reading it and liking it for that to happen.
Come on Tim Burton... LOL that would be amazing if he directed it.

Green Lantern 7/10 stars

So it has been a while since I have posted a review. I should do reviews on more than just movies.
I just finished reading the Hobbit and it was pretty cool. And I'm reading the Hunger Games now which is also really awesome.

Anyway Green Lantern. When I first saw the trailer... it looked terrible. I went in expecting the worst. But what do you know? I came out liking it for the most part. I am not a huge comic buff although I am getting into them now. I have bought one green lantern graphic novel and I will buy more soon to learn even more about Green Lantern. Most of what I have bought have been Marvel's Fear itself comics.

Overall Green Lantern was a good movie. It did have things that were corny or VFX that weren't the most amazing, but the story wasn't half bad. It was weird seeing Sanestro... given the history of such, but I understand it was an origin movie so the sequel will be much better. And yes at least stay for the first part of the credits.
Well you should ALWAYS stay till the end of the credits out of respect.
The story was not amazing. The VFX were pretty cool most of the movie. But I love the idea of a Super Hero whose power comes from pure will (well yeah the ring and lantern...) but willpower and the overcoming of fear. I could totally see myself being a Green Lantern...

"In brightest day... in blackest night............."

Suckerpunch 10,000/10,000

It was amazing... I know I should have posted a bigger review.. but things have been crazy recently. Sorry.