Thursday, February 13, 2014

The Lego Movie (Spoilers!)



Whenever you entertain, you have to keep showing new things. It's why movies have climaxes. If a film ended the same way it started, it would be boring. Or art. Depends on the movie. The same can be said of writing. To entertain the reader however, you are recommended to use synonyms. New words keep repetitive writing from getting monotonous.

So while you read this review about "The Lego Movie", know there are only so many words that mean "movie" that I can use without going crazy or sounding pretentious. Let me prepare a buffer for you. Movie movie movie movie movie movie movie movie movie movie movie movie movie. Ready now? I'm not. Now movie doesn't even look like a word. Moe Vee? Maybe I'll get over it.

What some are calling the hour and a half length commercial, The Lego Film is the newest movie from the directing duo of Phil Lord and Chris Miler starring half the cast from The Dark Knight trilogy and every Lego set imaginable. The last movie that the directors worked on was the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs movies, which were filled with a self parodying style of humor that I absolutely adored. From just one viewing of the trailer, I knew that they had the same style of humor going into this, so I saw this movie on the very first day (after it opened, to avoid the rush). Despite my prediction that this movie would be a great distraction with good humor, this movie...

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Man of Steel


As good as the Marvel universe movies are, I have always been a DC fan. I admit, it's been mostly their animated universe plus Teen Titans until a friend of mine forced me to sit down and watch The Dark Knight. After that, I made a promise to the heavens that I would see every DC movie in on the big screen, even if the trailer didn't really entice me. When the boy scout in blue flew into theaters, I shelled out the extra money and went to a fancy 'they serve you food while you watch' cinema.

The final assessment?