Sunday, 30 October 2016
Friday, 28 October 2016
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
#39 - Clockstoppers
Last time I
did review of the crime against imagination known as the Games Maker. Looks
like it’s a theme because here’s another one.
Clockstopers
was released in 2002. For the record, let’s take a look at some other movies
made in this period
So some good movies...
And some bad movies too,
certainly a mixed year for movies
OK, I’ll
stop the Spider-man bashing, yeesh
And it’s
time to say hello to our old friends, Nickelodeon, the life support Network
that can’t let cr*p like (recent – they were both good in their hayday)
SpongeBob or Fairly Odd Parents die but cuts the budget of Korra forcing the
production studio to cut corners with their animation. Thanks for that. This
movie was brought out by Paramount and Nickelodeon movies, remind me, what I
was it I reviewed from them before?
Ah. I see.
Excuse me one moment
Where were
we? Oh yes, Clockstoppers. Produced on a $20m budget, it made about $38m back, not really good enough and it holds a pathetic 28% on rotten tomatoes with a
30% audience approval rating. But let’s get this over with and dive in
Sunday, 23 October 2016
Mini Review - Cowboys & Aliens
We have an
interesting pairing here. James Bond meets Han Solo. This is Cowboys &
Aliens
With the
star power or Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig you’d figure this movie would be a
success, but nope, made on a $160m budget, this movie bad a mere $173m, which
by the time you address theatre cuts and promotional expenditure makes this
movie ‘one of 2011’s most expensive flops’
But not all
movies that are financial failures are necessarily bad movies, but this one
seems to have committed a worse crime, being OK, a rating of 43% on rotten
tomatoes with an equivalent audience score and average ratings of 5.5/10 and
3.1/5 respectively.
The movie
was directed by Jon Favreau, who had just come off of Iron Man 2, intriguingly
another movie that has the same audience approval rating as critic approval
rating on rotten tomatoes. Robert Downey Jr was originally intended to play the
lead but dropped out owing to the filming of Sherlock 2. Probably for the best
What do I
think of the movie, well let’s take a look?
Friday, 21 October 2016
Guilty Pleasures #30 - Ratchet and Clank
Video Game adaptations are a
cursed breed, aren’t they? If they’re not critical failures they’re commercial
failures, and that’s why it’s heart-breaking as a fan to see that Ratchet and
Clank was a critical and commercial flop. Produced on a $20m budget, it made
back only $13m, it would’ve needed to have made nearer $50m to be classified a
success. The critics lambasted it and holds a staggering 16% on Rotten
Tomatoes.
So are the critics right?
Why did this movie fail? I have a few theories but there’s start by looking at
the plot.
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
Saturday, 15 October 2016
Legends of Tomorrow Season 2 Episode 1 review - Out of Time
Legends of
Tomorrow is back!
Season 1 was
a mixed bag in my opinion; it was more fun than its sister series(es) but
leaned on the same element of stupid both of the other shows were suffering
from. Cap that off with a villain who wasn’t compelling and the season fell
short of my expectations. Having said that, it was good enough to be put on a
trial run for the second season.
I’ll be
definitely reviewing this up until the mid-season break (including the 4-part
crossover coming) Should it excel, I’ll continue it for the rest of the series.
If it doesn’t, I’ll see what I can do with Riverdale instead.
So, with that
all out of the way, let’s take a look at season 2’s premiere, Out of Time
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 Episodes 2-3 review - Meet The New Boss/Uprising
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.LD. Ghost Rider continues with a week's break between episodes, here are my thoughts on episodes 2-3.
Sunday, 9 October 2016
Editorial - my thoughts of various things
I decided to make an editorial on various topics I'm unlikely to cover in full or at least not any time soon. I will brief and relatively spoiler free for this so let's dive in
Thursday, 6 October 2016
#38 - The Games Maker
What do you think of when you hear a title like that? I think of creativeness above all else. Too bad this movie really doesn’t do it for me. The Gamesmaker was released in 2014 and has 40% rotten tomatoes rating with a 47% with audiences.
We have
another Signature one here, man do they keep cropping up. Such gems as Debug,
Norm of the North, Kung Fu Rabbit, Barely Lethal, Robot Overlords, Time Runners
(coming next year), and a fair few others owe their existence to signature. I
don’t know whether to send them flowers or a hand-grenade, although I’m veering
toward the hand-grenade.
But their
last movie with a child protagonist, Robot Overlords was my favourite of the
ones I’ve watched. (I’ve seen enough of Norm of the North to know it’s my least
favourite – might’ve made my top 10 if it were last year) so without further
ado, let’s give them a shot.
Monday, 3 October 2016
Sunday, 2 October 2016
4 issue Test #30 - Captain America: Steve Rogers
It was only
a matter of time before we got to this one, although it took nearly 2 weeks for the final issue to arrive. This comic eared significant controversy over things I’ll discuss in
depth. Nick Spencer does not strike me as an idiot, but it would be idiotic to
assume this twist could escape controversy. For many outside of comics, Steve
Rogers is Captain America so him coming back and reclaiming the mantle was
inevitable and it happened during the Assault on Pleasant Hill crossover. A lot
of the crossover did help set up this title, but I’ll give details as they
happen. Let’s take a look and see if this infamous book offers something to
soothe the burn.