Summer Movies

I just thought I'd write a little bit about 4 of the "summer blockbusters" I've seen this year.  Now, a little warning, I will try to not give anything away in the movies I'm writing about but I make no promises.  So venture on with caution.  First up is probably the one movie that I have the hardest time figuring out if I like it or not.  Live Free Die Hard.  One of the main reasons for this is the rating.  They definatly went for a lower rating than the R that the previous three went for.  There is virtually no swearing.  I think I heard shit once but other than that, your left with jackass and dickhead.  It shouldn't be a problem but it didn't really feel like it was John Mclean.  He doesn't even say his catchphrase in this movie which is another problem I had from it.  Also, the stupid Mac computer guy is in it and I find him really annoying.  I didn't care for him at all and spent the entire time hoping the terrorists kill him off.   Other than that though it is a pretty decent action flick.  Lots of things go boom, good fistfight scenes and lots of gun battles.  At the end of it though it felt more like a watered down Die Hard film.  It probably would of been a lot better as a stand alone film and not part of the Die Hard series. 

Next up is Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End.  I'm not going to spend too much time on this one other than to say it was just fucking terrible.  If Johnny Depp wasn't in it I wouldn't even bother, and even he can't save this piece of shit.  I don't know why sequels that are shot back to back end up being bad.  Look at the Matrix and Back to the Future.  Fucking terrible.  Although I will say that I think the Matrix sequels a better than a lot of people admit too.  Still not nearly as good as the first one though.  I will continue to enjoy Curse of the Black Pearl but I will never watch either sequel again. 

Next is Spider-man 3.  Now Spider-man 2 is probably one of, if not, the best superhero movie I have ever seen.  I absolutly loved it.  This one, not so much.   I'm not going to say it was Pirates bad but it was a let down considering how good the other two were.  I personally feel that they could of elimated the whole black costume storyline and focus on the Sandman and the movie would of been 10 times better.  Venom was absolutly pointless and did nothing to further the story along.  Seems like he was put in as a fan service and nothing more.  I mean, the movie is actually really good until Peter puts on the black costume.  Then the movie seems to just go down the shitter and can't seem to get out of it.  I had actually heard that the original idea was to put the Vulture in the movie instead of the black costume and I think it should of been done.  I know I'm harping on it but I couldn't believe that such a cool comic book storyline was complete and utter shit on screen.  I'll still probably get it on DVD though.  At least then I can bypass it.

Lastly, Transformers.  What can I say about this flick.  Terrible story, terrible acting, stupid lame ass jokes and I loved every fucking moment of it.  Who ever thought a movie that is so bad could be so good?  Then again, who needs good acting and a decent story when you have giant fucking robots kicking the shit out of each other?  Great movie.  I highly recommend it to anyone going to see it.  I've seen it twice and I'm probably going again.  This movie is just non stop action from when it starts to it's ending.  I couldn't believe the FX and how well they worked and how they didn't really feel like FX.  Every character felt real.  I can't wait for the sequel and I hope it doesn't end up like the other three sequels above. 

Well, that's it for now.  Next up, I'm taking my nieces to see Harry Potter.  I haven't read any of the books or seen the other four films so this should be interesting.