Rated: PG-13 - Runtime: 143 min
tesg's Rating: Four stars (out of four)
This obviously won't be a four-star movie for everyone, but I was suckered in from the word go. It's got the love story, it's got the humor, it's got the predictable plot twist (which, despite the fact I guessed was coming, still practically made me shout out "YES! YES! HOLY SHIT YES!" when it came), it's got the cheesy internal battle for control of an ancient fantasy world, it's got the fight scenes, and it's got the epic battle, and they're all some of the best in the superhero genre. The fight scenes are shot single camera video game-style with the visuals circling and hovering above the action in a way that can't possibly be real. And the battle scenes aren't blurry incomprehensible messes. They ACTUALLY MAKE SENSE as you watch them. It's like the biggest budget Roger Corman movie ever.
Friday, December 21, 2018
Sunday, December 16, 2018
The Mule (2018)
Rated: R - Runtime: 116 min
tesg's Rating: Three stars (out of four)
This is apparently based on a true story of a 90 year-old drug mule who got away with some significant runs based on the fact that nobody would suspect him. It plays at a slow, low-key pace that kind of aligns with the primary character. I've seen some reviews complaining about that, particularly in regards to the parts Lawrence Fishburne and Bradley Cooper play as DEA agents, but as someone who spent 20 years working closely with DEA and other agencies, I can attest this is pretty much how they operate.
tesg's Rating: Three stars (out of four)
This is apparently based on a true story of a 90 year-old drug mule who got away with some significant runs based on the fact that nobody would suspect him. It plays at a slow, low-key pace that kind of aligns with the primary character. I've seen some reviews complaining about that, particularly in regards to the parts Lawrence Fishburne and Bradley Cooper play as DEA agents, but as someone who spent 20 years working closely with DEA and other agencies, I can attest this is pretty much how they operate.
Friday, December 14, 2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Rated: PG- Runtime: 117 min
tesg's Rating: Two and one half stars (out of four)
Peter Parker has been Spider-Man for around ten years now. He's the only Spider-Man. That is, until Miles gets bitten by a radioactive spider and Kingpin builds a supercollider that...inadvertently?...brings in a bunch of other Spider-people (and one Spider-pig) from parallel universes. Basically, they stole the idea of the Multiverse from the CW Arrowverse and not only made a movie, they released it the same freaking week the Arrowverse had its annual crossover shows revolving around a plot that relied heavily on the Multiverse.
The animation sometimes has a very computer look to it, sometimes a very comic book look to it. It's too long and not as fun as it should have been...in fact, I'd go as far as to say it's darker than any of the live-action Spider-Man films...but I wouldn't call it a bad movie either. I suspect comic book fans will be way more into this than movie fans.
tesg's Rating: Two and one half stars (out of four)
Peter Parker has been Spider-Man for around ten years now. He's the only Spider-Man. That is, until Miles gets bitten by a radioactive spider and Kingpin builds a supercollider that...inadvertently?...brings in a bunch of other Spider-people (and one Spider-pig) from parallel universes. Basically, they stole the idea of the Multiverse from the CW Arrowverse and not only made a movie, they released it the same freaking week the Arrowverse had its annual crossover shows revolving around a plot that relied heavily on the Multiverse.
The animation sometimes has a very computer look to it, sometimes a very comic book look to it. It's too long and not as fun as it should have been...in fact, I'd go as far as to say it's darker than any of the live-action Spider-Man films...but I wouldn't call it a bad movie either. I suspect comic book fans will be way more into this than movie fans.