The next movie to be reviewed will be "Focus" movie. I will be listing some good and bad things about the movie while kind of giving it a summary of what happens. There is a lot of ****SPOILERS **** in this review so if you haven't seen the movie yet I wouldn't read this further until after watching it.
The movie starts off with Will Smith's character "Nicky" pretending to be conned by Margot Robbie's character "Jess". Nicky knows the con that Jess is playing all along but still chooses to continue with it just to play along. In the opening sequence Jess along with a friend of hers attempt to rob Nicky but he already knows the con. I will be frank here I did not like the initial setup, and I thought maybe the director could have started the movie off with a better start. What I would have done would have been maybe to add an action sequence at the beginning something that would entice the audience to stay hooked from the beginning.
After that Nicky along with other colleagues who are con artists as well test Jess in order to determine if she is skilled enough to join them. They do many small thefts here and there by stealing peoples watches, phones, purses all the while distracting them. Ultimately Jess ends up joining the crew and they end up with a lot of money. They end up with about $1 million dollars and the movie is set up with Nicky gambling on players in the field with Jess to entice a rich man next to them to join in on the party. Nicky intentionally loses just so he can double up the money in the end. The whole part of that scene though was that Jess was unaware that it was a con and she was left out of the loop. Eventually Nicky ends up doubling the original $1 million dollars but then ends up giving Jess some thousands of dollars and then leaving her. I thought this was an okay part in the movie by showing another big con but at the same time it didn't make sense in the story line. I mean from the beginning both were in love and then next thing you know Nicky is abandoning Jess? I think the writing here and some other parts of the movie could have been better.
The movie then ends up with Nicky meeting up with "Gariga"some years later to pull off a heist against "Mcewen" played by Robert Taylor. There are a few things in the movie that we don't know about. The first one is that Jess from the beginning of the movie pretends to be Gariga's lover/girlfriend. Secondly Nicky's father who he mentions throughout the movie pretends to be a bodyguard. NIcky's father "Owens" played by Gerald McRaney. I thought that these were good twists to the movie and it made it more interesting and keep the audience entertained. For anyone that watches a lot of other tv shows that have a lot of twists and turns that are unexpected then you know what I'm talking about. The directors have done an excellent job with the twists in the movie that nobody sees coming.
Nicky ends up selling Rodrigo's real plans to MCewen and to 8+ other buyers to rack up a lot of money. Rodrigo catches onto this plans and ends up locking both Nicky and Jess together in an undisclosed location. Also there secretly unknown to Jess is Nicky's Father. Nicky knows that his father is there though so he is not worried. But Nicky asks his father to really shoot him to make it believable to Rodrigo. This was a good part in the movie and I thought it was done well but throughout the movie I would have liked to see some more action scenes maybe which could have made the movie that much better.
In the end Will smith ends up getting out from there with his father Owen and his love interest Jess. Although the father has always been a con man so he ends up taking all of the millions of dollars leaving Nicky and Jess with nothing.In addition both are walking to the hospital slowly that they find but Jess did end up stealing that one watch she was after from Rodrigo. I thought the ending was okay, but not the ending I would have done. I mean they could have made the ending slightly a little more appealing. For instance I would have made a more happy ending with Nicky, Jess, and Owens all sipping martinis at a bar or something a little more enticing to the audience.
Overall the movie was slightly good at the beginning but really good in one part of the middle portion. In addition some parts before the end were okay too. The only gripe I had was that in the middle of the movie I was having a hard time to want to watch. But the good news is that it picked up later so it wasn't too bad. For those of you who have seen the movie what did you think about it? Did the directors go the right direction with the ending of the movie? Did the story line appeal to you? or could they have done a better job with the movie? Let me know in the comments below.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Movie Review Of "Jupiter Ascending"
The next movie to be reviewed will be "Jupiter Ascending" movie. I will be listing some good and bad things about the movie while kind of giving it a summary of what happens. There is a lot of ****SPOILERS **** in this review so if you haven't seen the movie yet I wouldn't read this further until after watching it.
The movie starts off with a mother and father who have bad luck because a mob comes in and kills the father. At this time the mother is pregnant with a daughter who will one day be known as Jupiter Jones. Mila Kunis' character known as Jupiter Jones who was predicted to be someone special in the future will ultimately end up being an important person in the movie. In the meantime Mila lived with her mother and a family who would take care of them on the notion that they would go around cleaning houses and especially toilets for money. We would say that the set up in the movie was a good one and it catches the audience from the start.
In the next part of the movie one of the main villains known as Balem Abrasax was played by Eddie Redmayne who was the sole owner of the planet Earth. At first glance this sounds kind of odd and as the movie progresses you tend to understand what is going on. Balem is a villain who finds out that Jupiter Jones is the rightful owner of the planet earth so he dispatches his goons to go and eliminate her from ever claiming her rightful possession of Earth itself. Balem though is surrounded by two siblings: One brother and one sister. The one brother is known as Titus played by Douglas booth and a sister known as Kalique played by Tuppence Middleton. All three siblings were born from a Mother who was a Queen in a higher royal family that would "harvest" people from planets to stay alive for thousands of years. At this point of the movie it starts to get weird and I don't think the actor is at fault for that but it's quite possible. Balem seems too overplay his part as a villain and in some parts of the movie it makes you wonder why they made these scenes so over the top. I normally don't have a problem with Villains but Eddie Redmayne seemed to have taken his part overboard. Again that could be the Director's fault or the actors fault but in either case the Villain character should have acted differently.
At the beginning of the movie though Jupiter Jones is in trouble and "Caine" played by Channing Tatum comes to her rescue. The beginning part of this rescue starts off with a lot of aerial combat with ships and lasers so that kept me entertained throughout the movie. To be honest maybe some more combat in the 2 hour long movie would have done the movie more justice than a lot of the dialogue. So in short here the movie has a lot of action sequences to keep you entertained but some parts of the movie lacked proper dialogue.
Anyways Caine ends up rescuing Jupiter Jones and meeting up with an old friend named "Stinger" played by Sean Bean who has been hiding out in Earth after he was stripped of his wings as a commander of Caine's group. Stinger took the blame for what Caine did a long time ago by attacking a person randomly and it cost him his position. I would say that this part of the relation setup between Caine and Stinger was good and is part of the reason why the movie was enjoyable. These actors seemed to have a good type of synergy between themselves as ex-hunter fighters and it pretty much made the movie bearable. They meet up and then they are tasked with Jupiter going to the galaxy zone where all higher royals go to claim their estates -- in the case of these royals their planets like earth for example. Jupiter goes there and claims Earth by going through a DMV like center. I will say that this was an odd part of the movie but if you have seen other Wachowski brothers' movies like "The Matrix" then it is not all that out of this world unbelievable.
The movie then entails two different plots one where Titus attempts to persuade Jupiter Jones to marry him so that he may finish off his mother's work. Ultimately it is a lie and Titus' main plan was to murder Jupiter after the marriage arrangement. As other parts of the movie Channing Tatum's character Caine comes to Jupiters' rescue. The other part of the movie entails Balem Abrasax rescuing Jupiter's Mother and family and forcing her to sign the planet Earth over to him. In the end like before Caine comes to rescue Jupiter in the end and the movie ends with some action sequences. I will say that I kind of liked the plot but thought that it could have been slightly better. By that I mean maybe the Wachowski brothers could have had all the siblings on the same side achieving the same goal to all be rightful owners of Earth. By splitting up the movie that way it kind of ruined it for me but nonetheless what they did too with the action in between was pretty good.
In conclusion Jupiter Ascending was a pretty good movie. If you are into a lot of action and fighting then it lives up to that but don't expect the best movie dialogue and character development you will ever see. Go into the movie thinking this is a space movie with a lot of action in it. The dialogue being changed around slightly with a different plot may have made the movie a better success. I will say though if you are those type of sci-fi fans that love space movies then this won't be all that bad. Just please don't go in the movie expecting "Star Wars" or "The Matrix" and you will be just fine. A few changes in the acting like from the villain Balem Abraxas played by Eddie Redmayne would have done huge justice to improve the movie. Other than those faults listed above it was a decent movie to see. What would you have changed about the movie? Was it a pretty good movie to sit down and watch through?
The movie starts off with a mother and father who have bad luck because a mob comes in and kills the father. At this time the mother is pregnant with a daughter who will one day be known as Jupiter Jones. Mila Kunis' character known as Jupiter Jones who was predicted to be someone special in the future will ultimately end up being an important person in the movie. In the meantime Mila lived with her mother and a family who would take care of them on the notion that they would go around cleaning houses and especially toilets for money. We would say that the set up in the movie was a good one and it catches the audience from the start.
In the next part of the movie one of the main villains known as Balem Abrasax was played by Eddie Redmayne who was the sole owner of the planet Earth. At first glance this sounds kind of odd and as the movie progresses you tend to understand what is going on. Balem is a villain who finds out that Jupiter Jones is the rightful owner of the planet earth so he dispatches his goons to go and eliminate her from ever claiming her rightful possession of Earth itself. Balem though is surrounded by two siblings: One brother and one sister. The one brother is known as Titus played by Douglas booth and a sister known as Kalique played by Tuppence Middleton. All three siblings were born from a Mother who was a Queen in a higher royal family that would "harvest" people from planets to stay alive for thousands of years. At this point of the movie it starts to get weird and I don't think the actor is at fault for that but it's quite possible. Balem seems too overplay his part as a villain and in some parts of the movie it makes you wonder why they made these scenes so over the top. I normally don't have a problem with Villains but Eddie Redmayne seemed to have taken his part overboard. Again that could be the Director's fault or the actors fault but in either case the Villain character should have acted differently.
At the beginning of the movie though Jupiter Jones is in trouble and "Caine" played by Channing Tatum comes to her rescue. The beginning part of this rescue starts off with a lot of aerial combat with ships and lasers so that kept me entertained throughout the movie. To be honest maybe some more combat in the 2 hour long movie would have done the movie more justice than a lot of the dialogue. So in short here the movie has a lot of action sequences to keep you entertained but some parts of the movie lacked proper dialogue.
Anyways Caine ends up rescuing Jupiter Jones and meeting up with an old friend named "Stinger" played by Sean Bean who has been hiding out in Earth after he was stripped of his wings as a commander of Caine's group. Stinger took the blame for what Caine did a long time ago by attacking a person randomly and it cost him his position. I would say that this part of the relation setup between Caine and Stinger was good and is part of the reason why the movie was enjoyable. These actors seemed to have a good type of synergy between themselves as ex-hunter fighters and it pretty much made the movie bearable. They meet up and then they are tasked with Jupiter going to the galaxy zone where all higher royals go to claim their estates -- in the case of these royals their planets like earth for example. Jupiter goes there and claims Earth by going through a DMV like center. I will say that this was an odd part of the movie but if you have seen other Wachowski brothers' movies like "The Matrix" then it is not all that out of this world unbelievable.
The movie then entails two different plots one where Titus attempts to persuade Jupiter Jones to marry him so that he may finish off his mother's work. Ultimately it is a lie and Titus' main plan was to murder Jupiter after the marriage arrangement. As other parts of the movie Channing Tatum's character Caine comes to Jupiters' rescue. The other part of the movie entails Balem Abrasax rescuing Jupiter's Mother and family and forcing her to sign the planet Earth over to him. In the end like before Caine comes to rescue Jupiter in the end and the movie ends with some action sequences. I will say that I kind of liked the plot but thought that it could have been slightly better. By that I mean maybe the Wachowski brothers could have had all the siblings on the same side achieving the same goal to all be rightful owners of Earth. By splitting up the movie that way it kind of ruined it for me but nonetheless what they did too with the action in between was pretty good.
In conclusion Jupiter Ascending was a pretty good movie. If you are into a lot of action and fighting then it lives up to that but don't expect the best movie dialogue and character development you will ever see. Go into the movie thinking this is a space movie with a lot of action in it. The dialogue being changed around slightly with a different plot may have made the movie a better success. I will say though if you are those type of sci-fi fans that love space movies then this won't be all that bad. Just please don't go in the movie expecting "Star Wars" or "The Matrix" and you will be just fine. A few changes in the acting like from the villain Balem Abraxas played by Eddie Redmayne would have done huge justice to improve the movie. Other than those faults listed above it was a decent movie to see. What would you have changed about the movie? Was it a pretty good movie to sit down and watch through?
Friday, February 13, 2015
Movie Review Of "Kingsman: The Secret Service"
The next movie to be reviewed will be "Kingsman: The Secret Service" movie. I will be listing some good and bad things about the movie while kind of giving it a summary of what happens. There is a lot of ****SPOILERS **** in this review so if you haven't seen the movie yet I wouldn't read this further until after watching it.
The Kingsman movie starts off with Colin Firth's Character Harry Hart who is on a mission with a recruit of his but fails to check the prisoner for a pin to a bomb. The recruit jumps on the enemy bad guy and then saves everyone else in the room including his mentor Colin Firth. This was a good starting point to the movie because it set the stage up for the rest of the movie I wouldn't have done anything different for the opening part of the movie I thought it was done well by getting the audience wanting more answers.
In the next part of the movie Harry Hart visits the dead recruits' son eggsy -- played by Taron Egerton -- and wife. Harry bestows upon the kid a necklace of the kingsman. Eggsy is kind of a street kid in trouble later when hes grown up because his mom had to settle for a lowlife scum after his father died in service and always argues with him. Eggsy gets in trouble after stealing a car from one of his Mothers boyfriends henchmen and ends up going to jail. This is where he reads the back of the necklace and calls up Kingsman to come help him out of the tough jam. Personally I think the movie could have done away with this part because I don't think it brought much to the story to bring Eggsy's family into it. This is because we don't get to see them throughout the movie so in my opinion the director could have just had eggsy steal a random person's car and it would have served the same purpose.
The movie brings Eggsy to be recruited by Harry who allows the mastermind of computer operations to train him along with other recruits. The recruits learn to fight, shoot and do other crazy tasks just to be able to get into the kingsman organization. They must do some pretty wild stuff like having to skydive off a plane, run for miles, learn to shoot.The training also entailed tests that gave the recruits the decision of spilling their guts about the organization or sacrificing their lives to keep the organization a secret. I thought that the training part of the movie was nice it helped to set up how Eggsy and other recruits learned how to fight and be excellent marksmen against their opponents. I wouldn't have changed anything about the training part of the movie.
The main villain of the movie was Samuel Jackson's character known as "Valentine" is set to take over the world by convincing political leaders that a majority of the population must be eradicated in order to keep the human population of earth going. Valentine sets up a factor that builds many random chips that can lock in to peoples brain's and force them to fight each other and rampage against each other. Valentine though is a different kind of villain in that he is quirky and funny at times and other times he gets down to business. He has a bodyguard though is a female bodyguard that has hooks as feet and can slice people with them. There were a couple of funny parts of the movie where Valentine has Harry Hart over for dinner and has a tray of McDonalds ready to be served. I thought that the movie did a good job adding some comedic elements into a seriously violent based movie so that's a good thing that was accomplished. Some weird remarks could have been avoided though in the movie like at the end when Eggsy promises to save the princess in the prison cell who was abducted by Valentine. This is because the girl agrees to be sexed after Eggsy goes and saves the world. Things like that are for a mature audience thus the movie was Rated "R" but some elements just don't need to be added in the movie.
At the end of the movie its Eggsy along with only one of the other recruits -- female recruit Eggsy met at training -- to take down Valentine's operation. Eggsy also still has his esteemed computer Wizard from the Kingsman who helps hack the network slightly so they can stop the master plan from continuing. Anyways at the end of the movie Eggsy does a lot of fighting and ends up fighting Valentine's main bodyguard woman who is ultimately defeated by being poisoned by a slice of Eggsy's shoes with blades attached to them. Eggsy finished off the movie by killing Valentine by throwing a spike right through him and then saving the world. They also at the end added a piece of what happened at the beginning of the movie where Harry Hart took out the henchman of Eggsy's Mothers boyfriend. I thought that the fight scenes in the movie were done quite well and I wouldn't honestly have changed any of that part of the movie. I liked how they set up the fight scenes but the story of the movie could have been slightly better.
All in all the movie was enjoyable and I thought it was a good movie. Everyone has their own opinions on the movie but I thought it was one of those "see once" type movies. You see it once and you are satisfied you don't need to watch it again. I think that the movie was done well and as such I think it deserves an 8 out of 10 rating. It has a lot of action -- fighting -- and there are some other parts of the movie that keeps you tuned in. Towards the end though having the villain be more comical and less serious kind of takes away from the movie in my opinion. What did you think of the movie? Could there have been instances of the movie you would have liked to fix to make the movie better? Was the story line a good story line or was it a boring movie? Let me know in the Commends below!
The Kingsman movie starts off with Colin Firth's Character Harry Hart who is on a mission with a recruit of his but fails to check the prisoner for a pin to a bomb. The recruit jumps on the enemy bad guy and then saves everyone else in the room including his mentor Colin Firth. This was a good starting point to the movie because it set the stage up for the rest of the movie I wouldn't have done anything different for the opening part of the movie I thought it was done well by getting the audience wanting more answers.
In the next part of the movie Harry Hart visits the dead recruits' son eggsy -- played by Taron Egerton -- and wife. Harry bestows upon the kid a necklace of the kingsman. Eggsy is kind of a street kid in trouble later when hes grown up because his mom had to settle for a lowlife scum after his father died in service and always argues with him. Eggsy gets in trouble after stealing a car from one of his Mothers boyfriends henchmen and ends up going to jail. This is where he reads the back of the necklace and calls up Kingsman to come help him out of the tough jam. Personally I think the movie could have done away with this part because I don't think it brought much to the story to bring Eggsy's family into it. This is because we don't get to see them throughout the movie so in my opinion the director could have just had eggsy steal a random person's car and it would have served the same purpose.
The movie brings Eggsy to be recruited by Harry who allows the mastermind of computer operations to train him along with other recruits. The recruits learn to fight, shoot and do other crazy tasks just to be able to get into the kingsman organization. They must do some pretty wild stuff like having to skydive off a plane, run for miles, learn to shoot.The training also entailed tests that gave the recruits the decision of spilling their guts about the organization or sacrificing their lives to keep the organization a secret. I thought that the training part of the movie was nice it helped to set up how Eggsy and other recruits learned how to fight and be excellent marksmen against their opponents. I wouldn't have changed anything about the training part of the movie.
The main villain of the movie was Samuel Jackson's character known as "Valentine" is set to take over the world by convincing political leaders that a majority of the population must be eradicated in order to keep the human population of earth going. Valentine sets up a factor that builds many random chips that can lock in to peoples brain's and force them to fight each other and rampage against each other. Valentine though is a different kind of villain in that he is quirky and funny at times and other times he gets down to business. He has a bodyguard though is a female bodyguard that has hooks as feet and can slice people with them. There were a couple of funny parts of the movie where Valentine has Harry Hart over for dinner and has a tray of McDonalds ready to be served. I thought that the movie did a good job adding some comedic elements into a seriously violent based movie so that's a good thing that was accomplished. Some weird remarks could have been avoided though in the movie like at the end when Eggsy promises to save the princess in the prison cell who was abducted by Valentine. This is because the girl agrees to be sexed after Eggsy goes and saves the world. Things like that are for a mature audience thus the movie was Rated "R" but some elements just don't need to be added in the movie.
At the end of the movie its Eggsy along with only one of the other recruits -- female recruit Eggsy met at training -- to take down Valentine's operation. Eggsy also still has his esteemed computer Wizard from the Kingsman who helps hack the network slightly so they can stop the master plan from continuing. Anyways at the end of the movie Eggsy does a lot of fighting and ends up fighting Valentine's main bodyguard woman who is ultimately defeated by being poisoned by a slice of Eggsy's shoes with blades attached to them. Eggsy finished off the movie by killing Valentine by throwing a spike right through him and then saving the world. They also at the end added a piece of what happened at the beginning of the movie where Harry Hart took out the henchman of Eggsy's Mothers boyfriend. I thought that the fight scenes in the movie were done quite well and I wouldn't honestly have changed any of that part of the movie. I liked how they set up the fight scenes but the story of the movie could have been slightly better.
All in all the movie was enjoyable and I thought it was a good movie. Everyone has their own opinions on the movie but I thought it was one of those "see once" type movies. You see it once and you are satisfied you don't need to watch it again. I think that the movie was done well and as such I think it deserves an 8 out of 10 rating. It has a lot of action -- fighting -- and there are some other parts of the movie that keeps you tuned in. Towards the end though having the villain be more comical and less serious kind of takes away from the movie in my opinion. What did you think of the movie? Could there have been instances of the movie you would have liked to fix to make the movie better? Was the story line a good story line or was it a boring movie? Let me know in the Commends below!
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Movie Review Of "Seventh Son"
My first movie to be reviewed will be "Seventh Son" movie. I will be listing some good and bad things about the movie while kind of giving it a summary of what happens. There is a lot of ****SPOILERS **** in this review so if you haven't seen the movie yet I wouldn't read this further until after watching it.
Seventh Son Movie starts off with Jeff Bridges Character "Master Gregory" who had imprisoned a very powerful Queen witch "Mother Malkin" played by Julianne Moore. This sets up the beginning where Mastery Gregory has trapped the queen Witch in a dungeon to be locked away for eternity. We don't know at the beginning of the movie but Mastery Gregory used to be in love with Mother Malkin until she betrayed him by killing a wife of his. This first parts sets up the story well so there isn't anything negative to write about the beginning here.
I have seen a lot of reviews that have stated how terrible Jeff Bridges was playing "Master Gregory". On the contrary I thought that throughout the movie Jeff Bridges was fantastic in setting up humor throughout the movie keeping some laughs in the movie but at the same time being serious when it came down to it. For those that have seen it you know what I'm talking about those bits and pieces where jokes come in and are pretty much the funny points of the movie.
Master Gregory starts off the movie with Kit Harrington "Mr. Bradley" who is an apprentice of his that he had been training for years. Since at the beginning of the movie Mother Malkin had escaped it was up to Master Gregory and Mr. Bradley to capture the beast and lock her away again. They pretty much had her in a net but when she was thrown into the cage she used her tail to pull in Mr. Bradley as well and then ended up killing him. I will take a stance here and say that this is a bad point in the movie. I rather liked Mr. Bradley and maybe he could have stayed throughout the movie instead of dying off. Could have the movie been better had Mr. Bradley stayed alive? Quite possibly but I thought the movie was still good nonetheless.
Next in the movie Master Gregory sets off to find the Seventh son that will need to be trained as a spook -- this is what the movie coins Master Gregory as a ghost/witch hunter. Mastery Gregory finds the Seventh Son Tom Ward played by Ben Barnes. Throughout the movie Master Gregory teaches Tom Ward about how to be a spook and what is needed to live as one. The only problem I have here is that I wish the training part of the movie was longer but that isn't the Director or the Movies' fault because there is only so much you can put into a one hour and forty minute movie. Quite possibly they could have extended production to allow the movie to be a little longer but that's my beef with that part.
Like most movies there is always a love story in it. In this movie Tom Ward meets Alice, played by Alicia Vikander, who is a witch that falls in love with Tom. Throughout the movie they are each on opposite sides. Of course what they don't tell you at the beginning of the movie is that Master Gregory used to be in love with the evil witch queen Mother Malkin. But Master Gregory tells Tom Ward to stay away from Alice because the same cycle might be repeated. I saw a lot of reviews that stated how the story and plot was weak. I guess if you are comparing it to an A list movie but like I have stated many times not all movies can be blockbuster movies. But the story that is in place works well and it is enough to satisfy the audience.
Throughout the movie there are some action pieces which is good along the way. It keeps the movie entertaining while it progresses with the story. I guess they could have added a little more fighting and a little more action but the parts of action they do add in there are done well. For instance the scene where Master Gregory and Tom Ward are fighting a big bear. That was a pretty intense scene and maybe if they added more scenes like that one they could have increased the action of the movie.
The movie ends well like all Hollywood movies there are multiple fight scenes between each character and the movie does have a good ending in that Master Gregory is able to retire and Tom Ward takes his place. Although Master Gregory hinted at Tom to stay away from Alice, he also said to live his life the way he would want to live it. Overall the movie seemed to move along quite nicely as I felt that the time went fast while watching the movie. I did not stare at my watch or say to myself "when is this movie going to end"? If you like fantasy type films then this is a good movie to enjoy. It may not be as powerful and well written as the "Lord of the Rings" movie series. But what the Seventh Son movie ends up being is a nice film that keeps you entertained throughout the entire time. From bits of action in between talk scenes and some decent comedic factors I think the movie is done pretty well. For those who have seen it let me know below with a few comments. How was the movie in terms of fun factor? Did you enjoy sitting down to watch the movie? Could there have been things the Director could have done to improve the movie?
Seventh Son Movie starts off with Jeff Bridges Character "Master Gregory" who had imprisoned a very powerful Queen witch "Mother Malkin" played by Julianne Moore. This sets up the beginning where Mastery Gregory has trapped the queen Witch in a dungeon to be locked away for eternity. We don't know at the beginning of the movie but Mastery Gregory used to be in love with Mother Malkin until she betrayed him by killing a wife of his. This first parts sets up the story well so there isn't anything negative to write about the beginning here.
I have seen a lot of reviews that have stated how terrible Jeff Bridges was playing "Master Gregory". On the contrary I thought that throughout the movie Jeff Bridges was fantastic in setting up humor throughout the movie keeping some laughs in the movie but at the same time being serious when it came down to it. For those that have seen it you know what I'm talking about those bits and pieces where jokes come in and are pretty much the funny points of the movie.
Master Gregory starts off the movie with Kit Harrington "Mr. Bradley" who is an apprentice of his that he had been training for years. Since at the beginning of the movie Mother Malkin had escaped it was up to Master Gregory and Mr. Bradley to capture the beast and lock her away again. They pretty much had her in a net but when she was thrown into the cage she used her tail to pull in Mr. Bradley as well and then ended up killing him. I will take a stance here and say that this is a bad point in the movie. I rather liked Mr. Bradley and maybe he could have stayed throughout the movie instead of dying off. Could have the movie been better had Mr. Bradley stayed alive? Quite possibly but I thought the movie was still good nonetheless.
Next in the movie Master Gregory sets off to find the Seventh son that will need to be trained as a spook -- this is what the movie coins Master Gregory as a ghost/witch hunter. Mastery Gregory finds the Seventh Son Tom Ward played by Ben Barnes. Throughout the movie Master Gregory teaches Tom Ward about how to be a spook and what is needed to live as one. The only problem I have here is that I wish the training part of the movie was longer but that isn't the Director or the Movies' fault because there is only so much you can put into a one hour and forty minute movie. Quite possibly they could have extended production to allow the movie to be a little longer but that's my beef with that part.
Like most movies there is always a love story in it. In this movie Tom Ward meets Alice, played by Alicia Vikander, who is a witch that falls in love with Tom. Throughout the movie they are each on opposite sides. Of course what they don't tell you at the beginning of the movie is that Master Gregory used to be in love with the evil witch queen Mother Malkin. But Master Gregory tells Tom Ward to stay away from Alice because the same cycle might be repeated. I saw a lot of reviews that stated how the story and plot was weak. I guess if you are comparing it to an A list movie but like I have stated many times not all movies can be blockbuster movies. But the story that is in place works well and it is enough to satisfy the audience.
Throughout the movie there are some action pieces which is good along the way. It keeps the movie entertaining while it progresses with the story. I guess they could have added a little more fighting and a little more action but the parts of action they do add in there are done well. For instance the scene where Master Gregory and Tom Ward are fighting a big bear. That was a pretty intense scene and maybe if they added more scenes like that one they could have increased the action of the movie.
The movie ends well like all Hollywood movies there are multiple fight scenes between each character and the movie does have a good ending in that Master Gregory is able to retire and Tom Ward takes his place. Although Master Gregory hinted at Tom to stay away from Alice, he also said to live his life the way he would want to live it. Overall the movie seemed to move along quite nicely as I felt that the time went fast while watching the movie. I did not stare at my watch or say to myself "when is this movie going to end"? If you like fantasy type films then this is a good movie to enjoy. It may not be as powerful and well written as the "Lord of the Rings" movie series. But what the Seventh Son movie ends up being is a nice film that keeps you entertained throughout the entire time. From bits of action in between talk scenes and some decent comedic factors I think the movie is done pretty well. For those who have seen it let me know below with a few comments. How was the movie in terms of fun factor? Did you enjoy sitting down to watch the movie? Could there have been things the Director could have done to improve the movie?
Why Movie Critic Next Website Is The Next Generation In Movie Reviews
We all have been in a situation where we see previews of a movie and then say to ourselves " oh cool movie I think I wanna go see that one it looks really good". But suddenly we think to ourselves well I don't want to go waste money on a terrible movie so I will be smart and check out the reviews of the movie. So we go and glance at the reviews of the movie and we see terrible reviews, mediocre reviews and sometimes very good reviews (although its is very rare).
We then start to experience a phenomenon where the reviewers start to tell us how terrible the movie was and why we shouldn't go see it. They list a lot of problems with the movie but don't go into detail why they think the movie was good or bad. I'm sure many of you feel the same way I probably do upset that movie reviews online are all terrible but when we actually go and see the movie we are like well this movie was actually pretty good.
We can't rely on movie critics to be honest with us because of a couple of reasons. One reason being that they get paid to write reviews and sometimes those reviews are biased. What I mean by that is that it doesn't matter whether they liked the movie or not they get paid to write a review on the movie the way their boss wants it done. In this case we never actually get to see a real honest review from a person who has seen the movie. Instead we only see a review of a person who was paid to write a review a certain way. The second problem with a lot of movie reviewers is that they have too high of expectations. What do I mean by that? They don't go and enjoy the movie for what it is instead their expectations are way high. What I mean by this is that they think every movie that comes out will be a blockbuster hit and grade it based off of that.
The truth is we live in the real world and not every movie ever made is going to be an A+ movie. It is better to grade movies on whether they are entertaining to a point or not. Not to rate every movie based off other blockbuster movies. There are movies out there that may not have the best story line or the best writing but they are unique and good in their own way.
This is not a website dedicated to trashing movie reviews. There are some good honest reviewers out there and to those I admire their work. But unfortunately those good movie reviewers are rare but they are still out there. What I am implying is that we shouldn't look down upon other peoples' opinions on a movie. If the movie has bad elements to it I would like to hear it, but the point is be honest with your readers tell them if they should at least check the movie out for themselves. Too many times they will tell you to not waste money on the movie, but then you go see it anyways and then you say to yourself "This movie was actually amazing".
I will be posting reviews of movies that I have gone to see. In addition I will be listing bits and pieces from the movie as well talking about how the story/movie progresses. I realize right away not many will agree with my opinions but I will state whether something in the movie is good or bad and why I believe it is. One thing I will not do is tell people whether they should go see it or not. I think that people that go to see these movies should decide on their own. I"m practically reviewing it from my point of view but I will be upfront and honest and then let the reader decide if the movie is worth viewing. I am bringing the critique of movies back to the days where movie critics were honest with reviews. As a warning a lot of what I talk about on this site will be spoilers so if you haven't seen the movies in question I would hold up reading this website until you go see the movie first.
P.S. ANY REVIEW POSTED ON THIS SITE CONTAINS SPOILERS TO A MOVIE
We then start to experience a phenomenon where the reviewers start to tell us how terrible the movie was and why we shouldn't go see it. They list a lot of problems with the movie but don't go into detail why they think the movie was good or bad. I'm sure many of you feel the same way I probably do upset that movie reviews online are all terrible but when we actually go and see the movie we are like well this movie was actually pretty good.
We can't rely on movie critics to be honest with us because of a couple of reasons. One reason being that they get paid to write reviews and sometimes those reviews are biased. What I mean by that is that it doesn't matter whether they liked the movie or not they get paid to write a review on the movie the way their boss wants it done. In this case we never actually get to see a real honest review from a person who has seen the movie. Instead we only see a review of a person who was paid to write a review a certain way. The second problem with a lot of movie reviewers is that they have too high of expectations. What do I mean by that? They don't go and enjoy the movie for what it is instead their expectations are way high. What I mean by this is that they think every movie that comes out will be a blockbuster hit and grade it based off of that.
The truth is we live in the real world and not every movie ever made is going to be an A+ movie. It is better to grade movies on whether they are entertaining to a point or not. Not to rate every movie based off other blockbuster movies. There are movies out there that may not have the best story line or the best writing but they are unique and good in their own way.
This is not a website dedicated to trashing movie reviews. There are some good honest reviewers out there and to those I admire their work. But unfortunately those good movie reviewers are rare but they are still out there. What I am implying is that we shouldn't look down upon other peoples' opinions on a movie. If the movie has bad elements to it I would like to hear it, but the point is be honest with your readers tell them if they should at least check the movie out for themselves. Too many times they will tell you to not waste money on the movie, but then you go see it anyways and then you say to yourself "This movie was actually amazing".
I will be posting reviews of movies that I have gone to see. In addition I will be listing bits and pieces from the movie as well talking about how the story/movie progresses. I realize right away not many will agree with my opinions but I will state whether something in the movie is good or bad and why I believe it is. One thing I will not do is tell people whether they should go see it or not. I think that people that go to see these movies should decide on their own. I"m practically reviewing it from my point of view but I will be upfront and honest and then let the reader decide if the movie is worth viewing. I am bringing the critique of movies back to the days where movie critics were honest with reviews. As a warning a lot of what I talk about on this site will be spoilers so if you haven't seen the movies in question I would hold up reading this website until you go see the movie first.
P.S. ANY REVIEW POSTED ON THIS SITE CONTAINS SPOILERS TO A MOVIE
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