Reviews

Se7en is unlike any other movie I have seen before. This movie made me realize the genius of David Fincher. Each scene developed brings a different mindset to the audience because of the surreal art direction that gets into the psyche of the viewer. Each moment on screen gives you a feeling of what it is really like to be in the mind of someone who is insane. Andrew Kevin Walker writes a story that is daring, complex, and brilliant.

The movie starts off with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman inspecting the first murder and the different personalities each detective has in the way they work. Brad Pitt's rebellious attitude and Morgan Freeman's old school antics is a great team of bold and brass. As each murder occurs, we can see the different reaction it has on the detectives and the way their stature is shaken by these events. Each different gruesome murder found increases the shock factor for the audience. To think that one man can do such manipulative and sadistic acts leaves the viewer stunned and wanting more. David Fincher couldn't have created a more suspenseful and elaborate plot to keep the audience on edge.

While Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman play their role to a T, the real star of the movie is yes SPOILER: John Doe himself as played by Kevin Spacey. The shear brilliance of this character is amazing and makes you uneasy with how intellectual and cunning he really is. The famous scene in which he gives himself up to the cops leaves you saying WHAT?! WHY?! and asking many other questions. While this is his first appearance on screen in the film, the presence of his character only gets better as the movie progresses.

The second most famous scene to me has to the be the long monologue the two detectives and John have in the car ride on the way to the murder scene. This to me is one of the most memorable pieces of dialog in any movie i can remember. The genius of this scene is shown mostly in the ways Kevin Spacey answers the questions the detectives throw at him. Example when he questions Detective Mills about the fact that the people he murdered were innocent, actually leaves yourself questioning, Is John Doe really the evil one, or is society the devil itself? This was just a prelude to the most amazing ending to any movie I can remember.

After the long car drive to the scene where John Doe is supposedly showing the detectives where the last two victims of his grand scheme are held, the unexpected hits you like a speeding bullet. In my opinion, I believe that the majority of the people who watched this movie think the last two victims were Mills and Somerset themselves and John Doe was just luring them to the be the final victims of his masterpiece. But David Fincher and company leave you with your jaw dropped and eyes wide open. As the scene progresses, a van is seen coming towards their direction. A man comes out saying he is supposed to deliver a box to a Detective Mills at this time. At this point I'm thinking what in the world could be in that box? Is it a bomb? But as Detective Somerset goes to investigate the box and John Doe says that he admires Detective Mills life, it all slowly starts to piece together.

Once Doe mentions he admires him and his wife Tracy, everything starts to make sense. Once you find out Mills wife Tracy's head is in the box you are left speechless with eyes glued to the screen and cannot look away. John Doe's famous line, "It seems that Envy is my sin" is one of the biggest twists in movie history. And finally telling Detective Mills, "Become vengeance, Become wrath" is still one of the spookiest lines spoken on film to date. When Doe is shot and everything is over, you honestly have no idea how you feel. Its an assortment of feelings like amazement, sorrow, shock and disbelief. A great film is a film that you can watch over and over again and not get bored. This was one of those movies for me.This is by far my favorite movie off all time and if you watch this classic, maybe it will become a personal favorite of yours as well.

We loved the Fast and the Furious franchise for three cars, hot girls, and the duo of Paul Walker and Vin Diesel. I was so happy that they brought back another Fast and the Furious movie with the original characters because the Tokyo Drift film prior to this couldn't have been more irrelevant to the franchise.

The movie starts off by starting the film with what the series is best known for, hot cars and Vin Diesel stunt-driving in a hot car along with Michelle Rodriguez who I have always loved. The adrenaline rush you get just from the opening scene makes you smile ans say YES the Fast and the Furious is back. After the fuel truck is done flipping and exploding, a second scene takes place of a detective tracking down a vigilante on a wild foot chase. You know who this is, Brian O'Conner. Just from the first two scenes of exploding fuel trucks and a guy driving another guy through a two story window leaves you saying wow, well it did for me anyway.

After all the action has cleared, the main story of the film starts to take place in which Dom leaves to escape from getting caught by the cops once again. Months after his departure, he gets a phone call from his sister Mia saying Letty was murdered. Now the emotional tone of the film sets when one of the loving characters from the franchise is gone. The entire film focuses on Dom getting revenge against the gang that murdered Letty as does it also focus on Paul Walker's character tracking down the same group of people. Fast and the Furious 4, if thats what you wanna call it, sticks to what it was known for and thats what fans of the movie want to see. There are great heart pumping scenes of fast car chases that never lets up. The ending with Dom going to jail, and then having Brian and Mia trying to get him out couldn't have been a more perfect ending. For those who are wanting what they gave you in the first Fast and the Furious movie, this one is just that.

I thought Martyrs had a great concept but I guess the timing of me watching this disturbing film made me not like it as much as I should have. I was expecting a normal horror film with gory scenes but did not expect what I witnessed. First of all I took a random movie off the shelf of the horror section and said, "Oh this looks creepy lets watch it." I didn't even know the film was in French so you already know my little knowledge of this movie.

During each scene of child abuse and vicious bloodbaths, I had mixed feelings of shock and uneasiness. The intensity of this film is off the radar and there are many instances that catch you off guard. For example one scene in particular I recall is when they cut to a scene where they show a normal family having a conversation at the kitchen table and all of a sudden the doorbell rings. As the father goes to open the door, unexpectedly a young teenage girl with a shotgun blows him to bits. This was just one of many scenes that left me with my mouth hanging open and left my skin crawling.

Martyrs is a VERY disturbing film psychologically because the premise of the films subject about people being tortured in order to achieve a "Martyr" type level, leaves the viewer dismayed. I myself can say I haven't seen a movie in a long time that deals with violence and torture in the sense that Martyrs did. I thought this was a unique film with an eerie concept but the shock level of the film was too high for my liking. If have no problem with extreme violence and torture and looking for a movie based on something you haven't seen before, check this one out. Certainly not for the faint of heart

Everyone rates movies differently but I rate a movie on how much I enjoyed the film and with that being said, Zombieland gets a 10/10 for me. This zombie action comedy flick sparkles with its hilarious twist on the idea of a zombie plague and hilarious cast.

The idea of spoofing the classic zombie outrage was first introduced to us by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg in the hilarious Shaun of the Dead. The creators of this movie who were inspired by that classic deliver a movie that is as witty and hilarious as Shaun could be. The thing that amazed me most by Zombieland was the fact that it kept me interested and laughing out of my seat from beginning to end. Starting with the very first scene of the movie where Columbus is explaining his rules, pulls you in from there and you never look back. But the real star of the movie is of course Woodie Harrelson. Imagine his character from Natural Born Killers turn up the funny but instead for a knack of killing humans, its zombies. He pulls his role off flawlessly as the Zombie killing machine, Tallahassee, with a twinky fetish.

Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin are great in their roles as well. Their characters show the love two siblings have for one another when everyone else in the world has vanished. The mixture of tough and bad ass action scenes, along with funny and sympathetic ones is greatly spread throughout this film. And lets not forget the great cameo by Bill Murray. This was just an extra bit the makers of this movie threw in their to make a great film even more exceptional.

Zombieland is a great zombie action comedy that will remain as a favorite for a while. Go and see this and hopefully you will enjoy it as much I did.

I believe the only reason this film was being released was to build up hype for the new Street Fighter IV video game...which gives me little hope that the new Tekken film will be anything close to good. This movie was one of those movies that you watch for about 10 minutes and you're thinking, are they serious??? The acting is horrible, plot is stupid and when you look at the cast before you even see the movie you already know its going to be a bad movie. To name a few, Kristen Kreuk as Chun Li: OK she wasn't that bad in the movie but as a fan of the game, when I think Chun Li I definitely don't think Lana from Smallville. Taboo as Vega: OK I don't know what the hell they were thinking when they mad this casting role because this itself screams box office flop. Chris Klein as Charlie Nash: definitely without a doubt the worst actor in the entire movie. Every time he tried to turn his tough guy attitude on it was way more awkward than intimidating. Robin Shou as Gen: Robin Shou obviously can't say no to any action movie he is offered. Mortal Kombat was enough Robin, stop ruining other classic fighting games turned into movies. And finally Neal McDonough as M. Bison: let me repeat that Neal McDonough as M. Bison???? WHAT?!?!? Neal is nowhere near anything close to resembling Bison's look or attitude.

Did not criticize Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog because I am a fan of his, but the character in my opinion was pointless in this movie. And the only reason I gave this movie a 2 and not a 1 out of 10 is because of Moon Bloodgood. She is such a stunning and beautiful actress and without her appearance on screen, I would have had no recollection of this movie whatsoever after I watched it. She is such an underrated actress and needs to be put out there in way better roles than this piece of crap.

There were many instances in this film that had me go what the hell was that? (For example the spinning bird kick was one of the most awkward things in the movie) and all the acting was beyond laughable. And to put the icing on the cake, the ending where Gen goes, "There's a fighter in Japan. Ryu......something" was the biggest shame this movie could possibly put on a classic video game series. Don't waste your time watching the movie, instead play the video game and you'll get way more joy out of that.

Movie title is very appropriate because you have some of the funniest people in Hollywood today such as Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Leslie Mann, and many hilarious celebrity cameos. HOWEVER, compared to other Judd Apatow classics, this movie pales in comparison. And the hype surrounding this movie made it seem better than it actually was.

Judd Apatow is becoming that director that audiences seem can do no wrong and every movie composed by him will be a hilarious epic after the other. Those were the cases in the 40-year old virgin and Knocked Up but Funny People has its flaws. From the first opening minutes of the movie you can definitely see the tone of this movie is much much different than Apatow's previous films. That might have been the biggest problem this movie had with me because it seemed Judd tried to create a different mood to sway a different target audience instead of keeping to his roots that made his previous movies so enjoyable. Allow me to explain this synopsis.

The movie is about an aging comedian George Simmons who is diagnosed with a disease that is life-threatening. The plot itself makes you think differently of Apatow because the sadness and depression this movie brings at moments is definitely different than any of his other films. Seth Rogen comes in as a small time stand up comedian hired to write jokes for Simmons and in my opinion any movie Seth Rogen is in will definitely give it a plus for me. He is IMHO the funniest guy in Hollywood as of right now.

The jokes in Funny People were very creative and had me laughing hard at moments so lets not think too negatively of this film. The funniest part of this movie to me were the many and i mean MANY hilarious celebrity cameos(Eminem being my favorite) but I mean you had star names like Sarah Silverman, Ray Ramano and even James Taylor having hilarious moments. Leslie Mann, being in every Judd Apatow movie, proves yet again she can be one of the funniest women in Hollywood and this movie brought out a side of Eric Bana no one thought was possible. Smaller roles like Jonah Hill and Jason Schartzman play their role very well and add a great deal of humor to this film.

While i enjoyed this movie more than I didn't it did have many flaws that I could point out but biggest one to me was the length in it being 2 and a half hours long. This flaw was probably the biggest reason this movie was not successful at the box office because audiences aren't going to see a 2 and a half movie a second time. While not being the best Judd Apatow film to date, you have to still give credit to him for still compiling a great cast and still delivering many memorable jokes. A movie you have to see at least once.

I will start off by admitting I thought this movie was going to suck big time just judging it from the trailer but once again i love getting proved wrong from being so naive. We all know and love the star of this movie Gerard Butler from the intense action flick 300 and while his role in this movie is nowhere near the area of his King Leonidas role, he still delivers a very entertaining hit in this film.

This movie is not for everyone and I am not gonna argue with people who hated it because it is very easy to hate a movie like this. Gamer is directed by Neveldine & Taylor (co-directors of the Crank franchise) and this film does not shed too far from the roots of Crank. I believe the first two scenes of this movie set the tone quickly as the action sequences kick in and blood and gore spill across a battlefield like a violent video game is taking place......oh wait it is a video game. I thought the plot and premise of this movie was intriguing and interesting throughout about humans controlling other "Slayers" and wanting to escape. The action sequences were well shot in my opinion and the plot kept you very interested. There are many scenes of bloody violence, panty shots, occasional boobage, and a few disturbing sights of a disgusting obese perverted man in a wheelchair. I recall in about the first 20 minutes of the movie about 5 ppl walked out obviously from the profound violence and suggestive content.

You may think I am bashing this movie but not the case, I enjoyed this film very much but I am just giving people a heads up on what to expect. If you are not a fan of gory violence, or some sights of scantily clad women then this movie is certainly not for you. But if you are looking for a movie with cool action sequences and awkwardly funny moments (even though some of the scenes aren't meant to be funny) then you should check this out. Think of this as a Tarantino type film if you were to cut an hour off an skip all the dialogue. Oh yeah and Terry Crews plays a small role in this film but i never get tired of seeing Terry Crews on film. 7/10

I cannot remember another science fiction movie in a long time that made me leave the theater wanting more. District 9 takes the cliché concept of aliens on earth to something completely new that we have never seen before. The movie starts off kind of slow to let the audience take in the story of the aliens landing on earth, but after the story is explained, an epic adventure about the race of both humans and PRAWNS begins.

In most movies about aliens, the plot consists of evil aliens landing on earth and then having a wild cat and mouse chase of aliens versus humans...NOT the case in this movie. For the first time Neil Blomkamp and Peter Jackson twist it around and make you feel what it is like to be on the alien side of the story and the emotions and struggles they have trying to cope with the human race on our planet. Almost every scene in which a human is abusing one of the PRAWNS, your heart sinks slightly and you cant help but feel sorry for them. The makers of this movie leave you with emotions of anticipation, depression and anxiety through each scene as it develops.

Sharlto Copley, (unknown to me before this movie) plays his role perfectly as a once enemy to the alien race to a half turned ally towards them. His struggles through his transformation and escape is equally heart-felt as is the back-story to the prawns. The special effects and scenery were as good as any other science fiction movie i've seen in quite some time.

If you are looking for a different and innovative movie about aliens and something you haven't seen before, i suggest you check this movie out right away. It is one of the best reviewed movies this year by far and i can see why. Do not miss your chance to see this classic