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60% of Iron Man 2.

I plan on watching Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods on the night of this post.

Pete's Dragon (2016). Received it as a Christmas present, didn't get to watching it until last night. One of the better Disney remakes. Makes me want to seek out the original. Whoever has an obsession with dragons will have to see this film.

Watched Mean Girls for the first time the other day. Man, now I know what all the hype is about for this movie, it was great and really funny.

Jurassic World.
Not as fun as the first time like with the old ones but still rewatchable.

Thor: The Dark World.
I'm watching the entire cinematic universe in timeline chronology. Even the TV series.

^ Yes. KND is a good show!

Moana - Beautifully animated, wonderful voice acting and OH DEAR GOD THE SONGS ARE SUBLIIIIIME!

But, **** me is it cliche. Like, I get this is the safe Disney movie formula that you gotta follow, but idk, can you at least try to mix it up? Even Frozen mixed it up a bit when it came to plot! The overuse of typical kid's movie cliches kinda annoyed me. Also, not every movie has to be a comedy. Stop trying to randomly insert jokes for no reason that don't work.

Pretty average, but I feel like it could've been way less average... 7/10

Dolphin Tale.

I might actually review this one but it was mostly passable and forgettable.

The Lego Movie

MMMMMMMMM! 'S GOOD!!!

I remember watching this in theaters and loving it, now I watched it at home and loved it even more. For every joke that is clearly aimed at kids, there's about 5-6 more that appeals to the older demographics. It is such a funny movie. Also, the way they mimic stop motion through CG is simply sublime! It is one of the best, if not THE BEST, kid's movie of all time. Let's hope that Lego Batman Movie pulls out all the stops as well

Triangle (2005),sci-fi about the mythic Bermuda Triangle.

Phantom of the Paradise
this movie looks amazing on blu ray

Kubo and the Two Strings. Absolutely fantastic and beautiful to watch. (even if I saw the plot twist coming )

Angry Birds

It started off alright but the humor fell off a cliff when the pigs showed up and it never fully recovered. One or two decent jokes (mostly from yellow bird) but Red constantly trying to make quips after every event got annoying especially with how it was never funny. And when the pigs came around the film rested heavily on fat and butt jokes which really felt disappointing (though not surprising).

It's not awful or nearly as bad as some people like to say it is. And it won't offend or be harmful in the same way Food Fight or Norm of the North would be. But at the same time there's many better animated films that came out last year alone. I don't really see any justifiable reason to pick this one over any others outside of being a big fan of the games.

I'm not really sure how to score this. On the one hand it's mostly just a mediocre animated romp that would be worthy of a 5. But at the same time I get the feeling I'll dislike this a lot more if I watch it again.

I'll say 4.5. It's both the best and worst video game movie I've ever seen.*

princess and the frog.

goddamn love that film


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Angry Birds

It started off alright but the humor fell off a cliff when the pigs showed up and it never fully recovered. One or two decent jokes (mostly from yellow bird) but Red constantly trying to make quips after every event got annoying especially with how it was never funny. And when the pigs came around the film rested heavily on fat and butt jokes which really felt disappointing (though not surprising).

It's not awful or nearly as bad as some people like to say it is. And it won't offend or be harmful in the same way Food Fight or Norm of the North would be. But at the same time there's many better animated films that came out last year alone. I don't really see any justifiable reason to pick this one over any others outside of being a big fan of the games.

I'm not really sure how to score this. On the one hand it's mostly just a mediocre animated romp that would be worthy of a 5. But at the same time I get the feeling I'll dislike this a lot more if I watch it again.

I'll say 4.5. It's both the best and worst video game movie I've ever seen.*

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*This is the only one I've seen.

doesnt wreck it ralph kinda count though? even if its not based off of a real video game..

If we're talking movies about or influenced by video games, then Wreck it Ralph and Tron would count. But if we're talking about video game adaptations, as in films that are based strictly on a single game/franchise, then Wreck it Ralph isn't on that list, and doesn't count.

The highest rated video game adaptation, as per Rotten Tomatoes, is still Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (with Angry Birds an extremely close runner up).
EDIT: If you use Metacritic, the highest rated is Mortal Kombat.

Sad that the best rated video game adaptations are considered mostly half-baked films.

I think things are different on TV series, but not by much.

Trainspotting and Trainspotting 2.

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If we're talking movies about or influenced by video games, then Wreck it Ralph and Tron would count. But if we're talking about video game adaptations, as in films that are based strictly on a single game/franchise, then Wreck it Ralph isn't on that list, and doesn't count.

The highest rated video game adaptation, as per Rotten Tomatoes, is still Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (with Angry Birds an extremely close runner up).
EDIT: If you use Metacritic, the highest rated is Mortal Kombat.

Wasn't it Prince of Persia: Sands of Time at some point? Though its changes might as well make it an influcence of the series and not an adaptation.

Oh man almost forgot I watched Ant Man.

Pretty funny and entertaining, but the villain is even more terrible and impossibly competent than usual, and it's really formulaic so I don't recommend watching straight after... Any other Marvel movie, really. Give yourself some time to forget the obvious jokes.

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Wasn't it Prince of Persia: Sands of Time at some point? Though its changes might as well make it an influcence of the series and not an adaptation.

It's the 2nd highest rated on Metacritic, and 3rd highest on RT.

It's up there, though in both cases the top film that beats it came out before it.

Watched Look Who's Back the other night.

The Lego Batman Movie

It's not as good as The Lego Movie, but that movie was perfection, so it's too be expected. That being said, Will Arnett KILLS IT as Batman in this film. I was constantly laughing at something in this movie. It was incredibly well made!

Moana

Oh finally I saw it. Pretty good. Aside from the obvious fact that the visuals are amazing, the story was satisfying to go trough, the characters were charming and interesting (I got quite surprised on the very start). While I'm not a fan of musicals, I enjoyed the songs, mainly the comedic ones, and their smaller number made then even better. The instrumental soundtrack was pleasing, and the lore was interesting. Sadly, the movie is not that strong on comedy, but the jokes didn't bothered me, and some of then added to the charm of the characters, so it's okay.

Overall, I really liked it.

It made me remember of Disney Infinity. The Play Set based on this movie seemed promissing.

Lego Batman

Makes a very strong case for being on the same level if not even better than The Lego Movie, which itself is among the greatest animated films I've ever seen. 9.25/10

Split

The trailer and beginning of this movie made me go in with very low expectations, but once it got going, BOY WAS I ENTERTAINED! This movie does something very interesting in that it really humanizes the villain. I think that's incredibly smart and it's honestly the best parts of the movie. I thought I'd hate it more than I did, so I'm glad it blew my expectations out of the water.

8/10

Hidden Figures.

Get Out

*furious applause* This movie was awesome! I loved it so much. Everything is done so well!

The Great Wall.

Last movie I watched was LEGO Batman and... well... I wasn't a fan. I believe it was the fact that they tried to mix LEGO Batman, who acted more like Ironman, and Batman, which, to me, just didn't work at all.

Kubo and the two strings,underrated gem and absolutly amazing.

Deadpool

just went on a pirates of the caribbean streak with my friends.
we're all pretty hyped for the new one

Moana (finally)

Surrogates (2009)

What's that? Good sci-fi cop movie? I thought you meant World's Greatest Plot Hole Cluster****.

Seriously, this movie defines Idiot Plot. Literally hinges on everyone being stupid, impratical, unrealistic or all three. Which is a shame, because up until the moment the ghetto appears the plot is decent.

Kong: Skull Island

THE KING IS BACK BABY

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Surrogates (2009)

What's that? Good sci-fi cop movie? I thought you meant World's Greatest Plot Hole Cluster****.

Seriously, this movie defines Idiot Plot. Literally hinges on everyone being stupid, impratical, unrealistic or all three. Which is a shame, because up until the moment the ghetto appears the plot is decent.

I remember liking the concept of that movie when it came out, so much so that I was, in hindsight, way too forgiving of its many faults. And then I forgot it existed until I saw this post. Lot of wasted potential in this movie.

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Kong: Skull Island

Holy crap, did this film deliver. I can't wait for the next MonsterVerse movie now!

Straight Outta Compton

I love this film so much. Honestly, it's probably one of my favorite movies of all time! It's an amazing biopic about a very great rap group.

Captain America: Civil War.

Kong: Skull Island

My new favorite movie

Finding Nemo

Shallow Grave.

I think this was Ewan McGregor's first major film role. And it was interesting to see Christopher Eccleston in it as well.

Watched the Incredibles again, still my favourite movie of all time. Some positives:

-Syndrome is actually intimidating for a Disney villain. He killed multiple super heroes as EXPERIMENTS
-Edna
-Background music
-Meme potential

The Emperor's New Groove. Possibly my favorite disney movie. A lot sillier than most of the others, lots of sarcasm and lampshading. Also half the main cast have been in spyro games. (Kuzco=New Beginning Sparx, Kronk=Cap'n Flynn)

I saw the new live action Beauty & The Beast with a good friend I knew since primary school. She absolutely loves the original and love this new one too. I love it for Gaston and Luke Evans does a great job. Excited for the eventual blu-ray release so we can have some more Gaston YTP videos.

Pete's Dragon.

It was alright I suppose.

Watchmen

Holy ****! That was intense and dark and weird... I kinda liked it! It's not perfect, but it's a good jumping off point into this universe and story. I'm definitely picking up the graphic novel soon because I enjoyed the movie so much.

It's always a fine line with these types of gritty superhero flicks between smart and hilariously pretentious. I think Watchmen is somewhere in between, but I still like it a lot.

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Watchmen

Holy ****! That was intense and dark and weird... I kinda liked it! It's not perfect, but it's a good jumping off point into this universe and story. I'm definitely picking up the graphic novel soon because I enjoyed the movie so much.

It's always a fine line with these types of gritty superhero flicks between smart and hilariously pretentious. I think Watchmen is somewhere in between, but I still like it a lot.

*****

I've seen a handful of movies over the past few months so i'll just post my thoughts on all of them:

The Lego Batman Movie- Great. I haven't laughed this much at a film in quite a while. Probably as good as The Lego Movie. 8/10

Logan- Phenomenal. One of the best superhero movies I've ever seen. I can't really think of anything that I found wrong with this movie without nitpicking. 10/10

The Shack- Alright. There are issues with the writing and it does get cliche at times, but it's well acted. Definitely much better than most religious movies out nowadays. 6/10

Kong: Skull Island- Awesome. It has story and pacing issues but it's just so much fun. It's quite over the top and it never takes itself too seriously. 8/10

Beauty and the Beast 2017- Amazing. Honestly think I like it a bit more than the original film. 8/10

Power Rangers- Decent. It's a basic superhero movie, but it's well acted and charismatic. Also one of the best and most intense movie theater experiences I've ever had. People were flipping out in the theater during the last act. 7/10

Wolf Children.

I have never seen a film that looks that good before. The art style was simply amazing.
Ranma 1/2, Hellsing OVA and Akira do not have the same feel that this film does. (Duh! they different things!) you may say, but I don't mean it like that. The characters are more human in that than I have seen in most things, despite y'know, three of the characters being different.

Wow, I wrote this like I needed to get it out of my system or something.