Antman Movie Review

Ya, so this movie is pretty much Marvel's take on the heist genre

So, I just got back from seeing Antman and I was suprised and a little underwhelmed at the same time.

I think what this movie was trying to do, was that it was trying to be as successful as Iron Man, but it just wasn't. 

Antman stars Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/ Antman, Michael Douglas as Dr. Hank Pym/ Old Antman, Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne, and Corey Stoll as Darren Cross/ Yellowjacket.

So, for context, Scott Lang is a thief that steals valuables and gets arrested a lot, so Hank Pym decides to recruit Lang to wear the Antman costume to steal another suit called the "Yellowjacket" from Darren Cross.  

The biggest thing wrong with this movie is that Antman focuses on the big heist of the movie, and Scott Lang becoming Antman for a majority of the movie, which got a tad boring and because they did that, they didn't develop the character of Darren Cross, like at all. Ok, maybe a flashback, but that's about it.

And of course, this being an Antman movie, the studios had to connect this movie with the Avenger's and for the most part they did, the references to the Avenger's titles at times felt shoved down the audiences throat, which is never good.

The studios do a good job with setting up Antman for Civil War and the rest of the MCU, ya that last credit end scene. By the way, there's two post credit scene's at the end of this movie.

Now, I know it sounds like I hated this movie, but I'm just pointing out the negatives first.

I thought the acting was spot on with everybody, especially Michael Douglas.

The humor is classic Marvel humor, at times I was laughing pretty hard

Overall, I thought the movie was enjoyable, but it does have some problems, so I would still recommend Antman a viewing with 3D.

So, here is a review of Antman by one of my favorite YouTuber's Chris Stuckmann:
Antman Movie Review by Chris Stuckmann 

Also a review by Jeremy Jahns:
Antman Movie Review by JeremyJahns 

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Trailer Reaction

So since I have reacted to the teaser trailer for the upcoming DC movie Suicide Squad now it's time for my reaction to the new trailer fresh from Comic Con 2015 for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.

So just for some context, I actually really liked the movie Man of Steel which if you don't know who that is, where oh where have you been the past like 70 some odd years? ITS SUPERMAN 

Now ever since I was a young boy, growing up with the Christopher Reeve Superman saga from the 70's, I always thought that Superman was an indestructible alien that could kick a lot of ass, which he can, but I also always thought that he was too powerful and that he couldn't be beat... 

*ACCORDING TO THE MOVIES, NOT THE COMICS*

... plus I always thought that most hero's in the DC universe had absolutely NO character development, due to the generic and boring style of comic book writing (up until Stan Lee saved the whole genre and created Spiderman). Well, then I saw Man of Steel and I actually really liked the character of Kal-El (Superman), I thought that he was a well fleshed out character and that's the one thing I want DC to copy from Marvel.

I want DC to take character's that people either remember from their childhood when they read them in the comics, or the newer generation doesn't know anything about them and make separate movies to make everybody care about the hero's before they have to unite as a team and take on a huge baddie that requires everybody to defeat. What I am seeing is that character's are getting their movies after the Justice League movies are done with, mainly looking at Green Lantern and Cyborg 

And for me that's pretty much every character in the entire DC universe except for Batman and Superman.

SO anyway, back to the trailer, I really like the vibe that this gives. It turns out that in the Snyderverse (a reference to Zack Snyder because he's basically creating this universe with DC) the Gotham City and Metropolis are neighboring cities, where Gotham is the slums, the not so nice part of town and Metropolis is the rich country. 

The trailer shows a building being burned to the ground with the fight between Superman and Zod in Man of Steel and Bruce Wayne is on the ground, he runs into the developing cloud dust and then the camera shows him hugging a little girl (his daughter? I hope so cause then Batman got really creepy really quick) and looking up at the destruction

And with the near destruction of the entire Metropolis area, Superman is to blame for all the destruction and is put on trial

There are a couple things that I find a little unsettling. The fact that Wonder Woman is in the trailer and  Aquaman, The Flash, and Cyborg are supposedly in the film, I just don't want this movie to suffer a Spiderman 3 with too many character's all clustered together, I do hope that Snyder can pull it off. 

My biggest gripe about this trailer is Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor. Remember when the casting rumor's were first hitting the internet, there was a lot of rumor's that Bryan Cranston (who was on Breaking Bad) was casted as Lex Luthor, I WISH THAT WERE TRUE! I'M SORRY MR. EISENBERG, BUT YOU AREN'T ACTING LIKE A BAD BALD VERSION OF BRUCE WAYNE BRYAN CRANSTON WOULD'VE MADE A BETTER LEX

ok wow sorry, I tend to get really enthusiastic about a subject. um wow

Anyway, they could and should recast Eisenberg as Lex because even Kevin Spacey did better in the awful Superman Returns movie.

The trailer even shows Superman and Batman fighting, well it's actually Batman dodging a heat blast by Supes, but anyway.

From what I can see in this movie, I'm excited for it. Not as excited for it as I am for Suicide Squad, but I want to see how DC builds it's own universe to compete with the insanely successful MCU. 

So, here's a link to the trailer: 

Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice Teaser Trailer               

Also, if it seems like I wrote this at two o'clock in the morning and is sloppily written, I'm sorry, but I wanted to get this out of the way so I can review Antman tomorrow.

Have a good day/night guys :)  

Suicide Squad Trailer Reaction

Can I just say I love Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn right out of the gate?

Okay so the only trailer for the upcoming DC movie in the DC-verse Suicide Squad  was at Comic Con and like every trailer at Comic Con, it's bootlegged by some pretty cool people and uploaded to the internet. The cool thing about this, is that the trailer was released in HD and now it's even better!

I actually like the way DC is doing their universe, which is very dark and realistic, but not like Christopher Nolan realistic. I think comic book movie fans have gotten used to the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe, so it's nice to see something like this.

My favorite scene is at the final scene with Joker and who I'm thinking is Dr. Harleen Quinzel AKA Harley Quinn AKA Margot Robbie. The Joker is one of my favorite characters of all time and I'm excited to see Jared Leto's take on the Joker

By the way, everybody's complaining about how weird the Joker looks and they don't like all the tattoo's, I personally think they compliment the character, so I'm pumped for this movie.

The only thing I have wrong with this trailer is that they really don't show the villain (please correct me if I'm wrong)

So I will be doing my reaction to Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice soon and also according to Ryan Reynolds, there will be an official released Deadpool trailer in three weeks, so I will do that as soon as I see it

Have a good day guys  

Here's the trailer link in case you want to watch it :)
Suicide Squad Teaser Trailer

Pulp Fiction Movie Review

FINALLY I'm getting to this review!

So Pulp Fiction is one of those movies that appeals to everybody wither it's the dialogue or the story. The weird thing about this movie is that its movies chapters are all split up in a Tarantino story type of way, so after you watch the movie for the first time, you can spend the next like day piecing the whole thing together, which is half the fun of this movie

Also, again like any other Tarantino movie, the opening scene (in my opinion there's two) is always the hook into reeling you into the movie, so I consider Pulp Fiction to have two opening scene's because the first legit scene is happening after the second opening scene, which is the real start of the whole movie.

So, my favorite opening scene is when Jules Winnfield (played by Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (played by John Travolta) are on their way to preform a hit on a business partner of Marsellus Wallace. The dialogue is written so wonderfully, it reminds me of two coworkers going to work and having a conversation that ANY coworker would have.

There's a whole chapter that revolves around Vincent and Marsellus' wife Mia (played by Uma Thurman) everybody does excellent and without spoilers, this chapter is probably the most intense

The next chapter in Pulp Fiction deals with Butch (played by Bruce Willis) and his girlfriend Fabienne (played by Maria de Mederiros). Butch is a boxer who is told by Marsellus to lose the fight, he doesn't and the rest of the chapter is Marsellus trying to get Butch. Also, this chapter has probably the most disturbing scene in the whole movie (you'll know when Zed says "bring out the gimp").

The last chapter is back with Jules and Vincent as they encounter divine intervention, and Marvin.

So if you haven't seen Pulp Fiction well go see it, it's on Netflix, so go watch it!!

Also, I'm going to see Marvel's Antman on opening night, so I'll try to get the review up on Saturday.

Dark Before Dawn by Breaking Benjamin Album Review

After I saw the Facebook post that Breaking Benjamin was a) back and b) releasing a new album in June, I freaked out! I immediately dropped what I was doing and started listening to classic BB songs such as Diary of Jane, and I Will Not Bow and now the album Dark Before Dawn is a little over a week old and after obsessing over each song, even Dark and Dawn which are 1:50-2:00 in length, I can proudly say that this is the return of a band that will keep on delivering amazing music well into the next twenty years and further on.

Even the title of the CD tells us that Benjamin Burnley, the front man and man responsible for Breaking Benjamin in the first place, has gone through some Dark times, but has emerged and the Dawn is something beautiful, such as this record.

The track listing is as follows:

*all lyrics by Benjamin Burnley

1.Dark: written and composted by guitarist Jasen Rauch
2.Failure: the first single released on March 23, 2015
3.Angels Fall: the second single released on April 14, 2015
4.Breaking the Silence: probably my favorite song on the album, very addictive to listen to
5.Hollow
6.Close to Heaven
7.Bury Me Alive
8.Never Again: Lyrics also by Keith Wallen and Jasen Rauch
9.The Great Divide
10.Ashes of Eden: My absolute favorite song on this album! Ben does and excellent job with his vocals on this piece and the whole band is terrific!
11.Defeated: Lyrics also by Jason Rauch
12.Dawn: Like Dark, this is also written/composed by guitarist Jason Rauch

Now I must recognize two things, one a person and the other an achievement. That person is none other that bassist and screamer, Aaron Bruch! The man is amazing from what videos I have seen on YouTube (link below) and you are an amazing contribution to Breaking Benjamin. The achievement is to both recognize the band itself and the awesome fan base of which I am happy to be a part of, it was announced yesterday, by the article below, that Dark Before Dawn is NUMBER ONE on the Billboard top 200, so thank you Benjamin Burnley and the rest of Breaking Benjamin for making amazing music that the fans adore so much! When I get to see you guys live it will be an awesome show! Also, if you haven't gotten this album, what are you waiting for? Go to you local retailer and pick this up, lets keep Dark Before Dawn on the top 200!!


YouTube videos of some live shows
Breaking Benjamin Failure Official Music Video

The Diary of Jane Live 2014

Link to Billboard.com
Breaking Benjamin Earns Its First No. 1 Album on the Billboard 200 Chart