Category Archives: Adventure
Guardians of the Galaxy
Watched: Thursday, August 21, 2014 Rating: 3.5 stars What I liked best: It was funny in a goofy way. What I liked least: The baddies were more ridiculous than scary. Favourite character: Groot Random thoughts: Silly and entertaining brain candy.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Watched: Tuesday, May 6, 2014 Rating: 2.5 stars Favourite character: Spiderman’s girlfriend Random thoughts: I really like Andrew Garfield in this. Emma Stone too. Actually, I love her character – she’s smart, she’s not a pushover for her boyfriend, she’s not a victim (except when she’s actually a victim, because hey, she’s a superhero girlfriend), …
The Lego Movie
Watched: Feb 15, 2014 Rating: 4.5 What I liked best: It was clever What I liked least: Maybe too clever for its target audience Favourite character: Batman Favourite scene: All the Batman bits, although the kitten thing was pretty hilarious too Random thoughts: One of the first movies in 2014 that I whole-heartedly enjoyed. I …
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Watched: Wednesday, Jan 1, 2014 Rating: 4 stars What I liked best: Style – this was a visually beautiful movie What I liked least: Content – a little weak. Favourite character: Walter’s mom Random thoughts: This movie had compelling characters and beautiful cinematography, but I felt it lacked something in the plot. It felt quite …
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Watched: Friday, Dec 13, 2013 Rating: 3 stars What I liked best: Visually impressive. What I liked least: Too damn long. Favourite character: Legolas kind of kicked ass in this one. Favourite scene: There’s some quality archery stuff that goes on in the people village that was pretty fun to watch. I also like the …
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Watched: Monday, Nov 25, 2013 Rating: 5 stars What I liked best: Strong story. Strong acting. What I liked least: No. Favourite character: Caesar Flickerman, although I’ll admit I’m always a sucker for Stanley Tucci. Favourite scene: The scene in District 11 near the beginning wasn’t happy or anything, but it was so powerful! It …
The Lone Ranger
Watched: Friday, July 5 Rating: 3 stars What I liked best: The train scene at the end. What I liked least: The rest Random thoughts: I’m only giving this three stars for the excellent train scene at the end. Otherwise, my gripes include all of the following: it felt at once patronizing and racist toward …
Star Trek Into Darkness
Watched: Friday, May 17, 2013 Rating: 4 stars What I liked least: The pretty blonde girl, whose entire role seemed pointless and dumb and maybe just an excuse to show a pretty blonde girl in bra and panties. Favourite character: Spock. He has the funniest lines and is also the clear moral centre of the …
The Croods
Watched: Saturday, March 23, 2013 Rating: 5 stars What I liked best: It made me laugh. Favourite character: Gran Random thoughts: Magnificent animation, funny characters, interesting story. Good time had by all, especially the kids in the theatre, who were cracking up. The story of a family of prehistoric parkour champions who are forced by …
Oz the Great and Powerful (2-D)
Watched: Sunday, March 17, 2013 Rating: 2 stars What I liked best: The super-saturated colours were attractive. What I liked least: The good witch was so saccharine, I wanted to take down her kingdom myself. Favourite character: The China Girl was kind of funny. Random thoughts: This might be an ok movie to take your …
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