Brave (2012)

Rated: PG - Runtime: 100 min
tesg's Rating: Three stars (out of four)

It's true what everybody says about this not feeling like a Pixar movie.  And I thought it started a little slow, but as it headed towards the finish line, improved quite a bit.

The short before the feature was, however, totally Pixar.  And totally wonderful.

The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Rated: PG13 - Runtime: 136 min

tesg's Rating: Two and one half stars (out of four)

First off, this thing is full of plot holes.  They make a point of pointing out how secure Oscorp is in the beginning, yet they have a high school intern with full access to everything including the secret codes to evacuate the facility.  Not to mention Parker appears to be able to parade in and out at will after sneaking in the first time.

That's just the start, though.  It IS overall worth seeing and I suspect teens will be far more into this than I was, but the villain isn't all that interesting and a lot of regular Spider-Man characters are outright missing.

Not as good as the first two Spider-Man movies.  Better than the third.  Then again, three quarters of all movies ever made in the history of the world are better than Spider-Man 3.

Apparently, this was rebooted just so Sony could keep its rights to the franchise locked out of Disney's hands.

Mission accomplished, I guess.

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Rated: PG13 - Runtime: 94 min
tesg's Rating: Three stars (out of four)

Ticket Seller: "Enjoy the show!"

Me: "You too."

NO idea why I said that.  It's not like HE'S going to the show.

Wes Anderson has a flair for imagery and dialogue, but this one is almost more cartoonish than "Fantastic Mr Fox".  There's loads of interesting characters, as you might expect with a name cast this expansive, but none of them are explored much save for the two kids.

And yet it was still pretty freaking great.