Friday, January 27, 2012

Underworld Awakenings - Does anyone have a book on Lycanthropy?


I'm gonna make this a short review for the simple reason that to me it's not worth seeing in the theaters. This review is on Underworld Awakenings, starring Kate Beckinsale, Kate Beckinsale, and Kate Beckinsale. There are other characters but the main selling point of this movie is that Kate Beckinsale returned to reprise her role. Now don't get me wrong I like Underworld. I really like Kate Beckinsale. But this movie was all action. ALL action, no real story line or plot that I cared about. Which makes me sad. This is m
ore of what vampires and werewolves should be. I have seen other reviews and they give it a seven out of ten, eight out of ten. Well my standards are a little higher, so forgive me. This movie seemed like it was made just to make a buck off the franchise. And if you are doing that then show a little boob or something. Blowing the brains out of Lycans isn't enough for me, if you just want my money and don't actually want to give me a good story. For me there was no real upside to this movie. I even eventually laughed out loud during. The animation is poor,
but I have seen worse. The movie starts off with Beckinsale and her kind being hunted by humans. She gets frozen and the movie starts their, with an objective that is quite elusive. What really pisses me off is that they talk like all this time goes by, like a hundred years. Only twelve years went by ASSHOLES! "There was the first Great Purge, then the Second Purge, then The Cleansing!" SHUT UP! This movie just pissed me off. Forgive the outbursts. I give Underworld Awakenings a 1 out of 4. You know they are going to make more.

The Grey - One mustn't give up until the very end


Hello hello, you haven't heard from me in a while but I don't need to make any apologies. I've been busy. So this review is on The Grey starring Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, and Frank Grillo. This movie was directed by Joe Carnahan, who also worked on Smokin' Aces, and the A-Team. Let me start this review by saying that I did go into this movie expecting. What, I'm not to sure, but I was expecting something. Was it delivered? Mostly yes, I did enjoy this movie, it lived up to about ninety five percent of my expectations. The greatest thing this movie has going for it is the tension. You can feel it when the movie starts, then it just gets thicker and thicker. A knife won't cut the tension, you need a damn chainsaw. The tension weighs down on you, you feel like you are there, you feel like you might be next. The making of this movie says that they actually filmed this in negative ten degree weather. There were no pussies on this excursion. I felt cold just watching it. The movie starts with Liam being at the ass end of the world
working as a hunter. He and some men get on an airplane and disaster strikes. If you have seen the trailer then I'm not telling you anything new. Now here comes that five percent I did not like. The secondary characters...I don't want to ruin anything. But when they were no longer needed in the film it was abundantly clear, and they were just written off. I felt robbed of any actual meaning or purpose for them. To me it was just bad writing. But at the same time this movie seems like it could be a true story, and all of that could have happened. Though I doubt it is. And the ending...it's always the ending. It wasn't bad by any means, but I still feel I need some kind of closure. You can stay after the credits and there is a five second clip to add to the ending. It may or may not help you. It didn't help me with any closure, but I'm lucky to be blessed with an imagination and can make up my own ending. It kind of felt like an Inception ending. Oh well. I give The Grey a 3 out of 4.