Now that we have a director for Star Wars, people have been wondering who will be cast for the upcoming movie. I will be giving my top 10 actors I would like to see in Star Wars. I will only be naming actors. I will post my picks for top 10 actresses at some point in the near future. Also, I will only be naming actors who have not been in Star Wars. Although I would like to see Mark Hamill, and Harrison Ford back they will not be on this list.
Number 10: Nathan Fillion, Fillion has been in Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, Castle, Firefly and Serenity. He's done Sci-Fi before and I think he'd be a good pick to play a bounty hunter because he's played something similar to that in Firefly and Serenity. Number 9: Idris Elba, he's been in Thor, and Prometheus he's a very good actor I'd love to see him as a new jedi. Number 8: Tom Hardy, he's been in The Dark Knight Rises, Warrior, and Inception. He could be a good guy or a villian. He's one of my favorate actors right now and He'd be a great fit for Star Wars. Number 7: David Boreanaz, He's known for his role in the FOX crime drama Bones. He'd be a great pick to be a jedi or I could also see him as a bounty hunter. Number 6: Sean Bean. Sean Bean has been in Lord of the Rings and most recently Game of Thrones. He'd be a great pick to play a jedi.
Those were my 10-6 picks, now I'll move on to my 5-1 picks. Number 5: Cillian Murphy. Murphy was in all 3 Dark Knight movies and Inception. I think he'd be a great Sith Jedi. He did a great job playing a twisted character in the Dark Knight trilogy. He'd be great in Star Wars. My number 4 pick is another one of my favorate actors today. Number 4: Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He's been Looper, The Dark Knight Rises, 50/50, and Inception. I doubt he'll be in it, but he'd be a great pick for a jedi, or a bounty hunter. Number 3: Another Lord of the Rings actor Viggo Mortenson. Mortenson would be a great pick for a jedi master. I loved him in Lord of the Rings He would be fantastic in Star Wars. Number 2 and Number 1 I flip-flop in my head a lot. But these 2 would both be amazing in these movies. Number 2: Benedict Cumberbatch. He's going to be the villian in Star Trek 2, he was Sherlock Holmes in the BBC Sherlock series, and he's going to be the voice of Smaug in The Hobbit 2. I imagine Cumberbatch leading a Sith resurrection and I start geeking out. But he would also make a great good guy to. I would prefer it if he would be a Sith. With him being in Star Trek 2 he's worked with J.J Abrams before, so I think it's very possible he'd be in this movie. Number 1: Micheal Fassbinder, he's mainly known for playing Erik Lencherr a.k.a Magneto in X-Men First Class. He was fantastic in that. He'd be a great pick to be a smuggler or something like that. If the original trilogy were made today he would be my pick to play Han Solo.
So that's my top 10 picks to be in the upcoming Star Wars movies. As I said above I will have a top 10 actresses post coming soon. I will also post any other news regarding the movie as they happen.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Thursday, January 24, 2013
J.J Abrams to direct Star Wars episode VII
This is why I hate night classes I go out for a few hours I'm nowhere near a news source and I miss news like this. It has been announced that J.J Abrams will direct the new Star Wars movie. If you ask me, the fans have won. Disney bought LucasFilm last fall and it was announced then that a new Star Wars movie was coming out in 2015. My regular readers may remember my post about that. When the news first hit that new Star Wars movies were coming out, J.J Abrams' name was thrown around as a possible director. However he originally said he had no plans to direct the trilogy. Today he announced he would direct it.
J.J Abrams rebooted Star Trek in 2009 and before he did, Star Trek was dead. Abrams made it relevant again. As a life long Star Wars fanboy I know Star Wars isn't anywhere near where it used to be. The prequals took Star Wars off its petistol and matters were made worse every time the original trilogy was released in a new format. Because of all the tweaks George Lucas made to the original trilogy over the years, The overall quality of the film took a hit in my opinion. But now with J.J Abrams at the helm, I believe Star Wars has a legitimate shot at redemption. The only person who may have been a better choice for Star Wars in my opinion is Joss Whedon. He would be a perfect choice but The Avengers 2 is also slated to be released in 2015. However J.J Abrams was one of my top choices. I was a little let down when I heard he had no plans to direct it. But now I'm even more psyched for this movie than I was before.
I give George Lucas a lot of hate for the prequals, and for all the tweaks to the original trilogy. But him selling Star Wars to Disney was a great move on his part for 2 reasons. Number one the 4 billion dollar paycheck, and secondly he gave the fans what they want. I want to see what J.J Abrams can do with Star Wars. I can't wait to see what he'll bring to the table. 2015 can't get here fast enough.
J.J Abrams rebooted Star Trek in 2009 and before he did, Star Trek was dead. Abrams made it relevant again. As a life long Star Wars fanboy I know Star Wars isn't anywhere near where it used to be. The prequals took Star Wars off its petistol and matters were made worse every time the original trilogy was released in a new format. Because of all the tweaks George Lucas made to the original trilogy over the years, The overall quality of the film took a hit in my opinion. But now with J.J Abrams at the helm, I believe Star Wars has a legitimate shot at redemption. The only person who may have been a better choice for Star Wars in my opinion is Joss Whedon. He would be a perfect choice but The Avengers 2 is also slated to be released in 2015. However J.J Abrams was one of my top choices. I was a little let down when I heard he had no plans to direct it. But now I'm even more psyched for this movie than I was before.
I give George Lucas a lot of hate for the prequals, and for all the tweaks to the original trilogy. But him selling Star Wars to Disney was a great move on his part for 2 reasons. Number one the 4 billion dollar paycheck, and secondly he gave the fans what they want. I want to see what J.J Abrams can do with Star Wars. I can't wait to see what he'll bring to the table. 2015 can't get here fast enough.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Looper Review
I never went to see Looper in theatres, but I've heard many good things about it. So last week I went ahead and picked up the movie on blu-ray. After watching it I felt the need to write about it.
Looper takes place in the year 2044. Time travel hasn't been invented yet, but it will be in the future. It will be immediatley outlawed and is only used by big criminal syndicates. Whenever the mob wants to get rid of someone they send them back in time where a looper is waiting to kill them and dispose of their bodies. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a looper and things are going well for him until the day when the mob decides to "close the loop" they send back his future self played by Bruce Willis. The first time I saw a trailer for this movie I thought that was all there was to it, but its not there are layers to this movie.
One of the big strengths to this movie is there's great dialogue. There's intense dialogue, there's small talk, etc. One thing I love about Joss Whedon scripts and Quentin Tarantino scripts is that aside with big action scenes in their movies there's also alot of great dialogue. This movie was written and directed by Rian Johnson and I would say he's one director to look out for in the coming years.
One thing I will say is that there's a kid in this movie. A kid in a sci-fi/action movie almost never works out. However this character makes sense. It made sense to me that he was in this movie. Most kids in sci-fi/action movies just end up annoying me but not in this case.
I remember I really wanted to see this movie in theatres. Mainly because Bruce Willis is one of my favorate actors, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an up and coming star. This movie pleasently suprised me. I really enjoyed this movie. I'll give this movie 4.7 out of 5 stars. It was definatley one of the best movies of 2012.
Looper takes place in the year 2044. Time travel hasn't been invented yet, but it will be in the future. It will be immediatley outlawed and is only used by big criminal syndicates. Whenever the mob wants to get rid of someone they send them back in time where a looper is waiting to kill them and dispose of their bodies. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a looper and things are going well for him until the day when the mob decides to "close the loop" they send back his future self played by Bruce Willis. The first time I saw a trailer for this movie I thought that was all there was to it, but its not there are layers to this movie.
One of the big strengths to this movie is there's great dialogue. There's intense dialogue, there's small talk, etc. One thing I love about Joss Whedon scripts and Quentin Tarantino scripts is that aside with big action scenes in their movies there's also alot of great dialogue. This movie was written and directed by Rian Johnson and I would say he's one director to look out for in the coming years.
One thing I will say is that there's a kid in this movie. A kid in a sci-fi/action movie almost never works out. However this character makes sense. It made sense to me that he was in this movie. Most kids in sci-fi/action movies just end up annoying me but not in this case.
I remember I really wanted to see this movie in theatres. Mainly because Bruce Willis is one of my favorate actors, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an up and coming star. This movie pleasently suprised me. I really enjoyed this movie. I'll give this movie 4.7 out of 5 stars. It was definatley one of the best movies of 2012.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Django Unchained Review
I have your curiosity, I hope to gain your attention. So I'll just get right into this review. Django Unchained. Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo Dicaprio, and Samuel L. Jackson. Is this one of Tarantino's best films, or is it forgettable?
When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I was instantly curious. Whenever a new Tarantino releases a new movie, I really want to see it. Say what you will about his movies, about how violent they are, and all the racial slurs. I like Tarantino films because he's great with storytelling, and because only he can put racial slurs in a movie and nobody will get offended. There's always great dialougue in Tarantino films. So Django Unchained is about a slave who gets set free and gets hired by Dr. King Shultz as a bounty hunter. In return Dr. Shultz will help Django track down his wife who is still enslaved.
The Acting in this movie was fantastic Jamie Foxx as Django he was very good, but the Best performance in my opinion was Christoph Waltz. He was so funny in this movie. Leonardo Dicaprio played the main bad guy he was fantastic as well. I really bought into his character I was thinking to myself "Wow he is such a bad guy." That usually means he did a good job.
The first half of this movie I was laughing so hard it was so funny, and the second half of the movie it got more serious. My only problem with this movie is it dragged on for the last half hour or so. One scene is about to end and you think that its over, but then another scene starts.
Overall, I really enjoyed this movie I can't wait to watch it again. My favorate Tarantino film is Pulp Fiction, but this one is probably second. I give this movie 4.5 out of 5 stars.
When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I was instantly curious. Whenever a new Tarantino releases a new movie, I really want to see it. Say what you will about his movies, about how violent they are, and all the racial slurs. I like Tarantino films because he's great with storytelling, and because only he can put racial slurs in a movie and nobody will get offended. There's always great dialougue in Tarantino films. So Django Unchained is about a slave who gets set free and gets hired by Dr. King Shultz as a bounty hunter. In return Dr. Shultz will help Django track down his wife who is still enslaved.
The Acting in this movie was fantastic Jamie Foxx as Django he was very good, but the Best performance in my opinion was Christoph Waltz. He was so funny in this movie. Leonardo Dicaprio played the main bad guy he was fantastic as well. I really bought into his character I was thinking to myself "Wow he is such a bad guy." That usually means he did a good job.
The first half of this movie I was laughing so hard it was so funny, and the second half of the movie it got more serious. My only problem with this movie is it dragged on for the last half hour or so. One scene is about to end and you think that its over, but then another scene starts.
Overall, I really enjoyed this movie I can't wait to watch it again. My favorate Tarantino film is Pulp Fiction, but this one is probably second. I give this movie 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Star Trek Into Darkness 9 minute prolougue review
This was the other main benefit for going to see The Hobbit in Imax 3D, not only was the 3D really cool, also there was an Imax 3D exclusive that we got to see the first 9 minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness.
For those of you who don't know me very well, I'm not a huge Star Trek fan. I do enjoy the movie that came out in 2009 directed by J.J Abrams. which this is obviously the sequel to that. So this starts out in London and there's a girl who apparantly is very ill. Her father steps outside and he's staring out into the city and a voice comes from behind him that says "I can save her." the voice belongs to Benedict Cumberbatch. I don't know too much about him. I know he was Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series called Sherlock, and he's going to be the voice of Smaug in the next Hobbit movie. The next shots you get are Kirk and Bones are on a diffrent planet and there being chased by its inhabitants. They get back to the enterprise and apparantly there's a volcano that's going to destroy the planet. Spock is in the volcano with a device that's going to render the volcano harmless. They're trying to beam him out but they can't get a good read on him. And he says "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Some Star Trek fans will get that refrence, Although I know that refrence from The Big Bang Theory. Then Kirk asks someone "What would he do if he was here and I was down there?" and someone responds, "He'd probably let you die." this was a very intense scene. This movie is due out in May of 2013 I can't wait to see it I think it's going to be a very action packed movie which is always a good thing.
For those of you who don't know me very well, I'm not a huge Star Trek fan. I do enjoy the movie that came out in 2009 directed by J.J Abrams. which this is obviously the sequel to that. So this starts out in London and there's a girl who apparantly is very ill. Her father steps outside and he's staring out into the city and a voice comes from behind him that says "I can save her." the voice belongs to Benedict Cumberbatch. I don't know too much about him. I know he was Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series called Sherlock, and he's going to be the voice of Smaug in the next Hobbit movie. The next shots you get are Kirk and Bones are on a diffrent planet and there being chased by its inhabitants. They get back to the enterprise and apparantly there's a volcano that's going to destroy the planet. Spock is in the volcano with a device that's going to render the volcano harmless. They're trying to beam him out but they can't get a good read on him. And he says "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." Some Star Trek fans will get that refrence, Although I know that refrence from The Big Bang Theory. Then Kirk asks someone "What would he do if he was here and I was down there?" and someone responds, "He'd probably let you die." this was a very intense scene. This movie is due out in May of 2013 I can't wait to see it I think it's going to be a very action packed movie which is always a good thing.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Review
Before The Black Gate, before Pelannor Fields, Before Helms Deep there was the tale of Bilbo Baggins' adventures with a band of dwarves and Gandalf.
The Hobbit was directed by Peter Jackson who's the perfect choice for this movie because he directed the Lord of the Rings trilogy so he clearly has a great vision for Middle Earth. So The Hobbit starts out with an old Bilbo Baggins and he's writing something for Frodo he's going to tell him a more in depth story about his adventures. Then you meet a younger Bilbo. Bilbo was played by Martin Freeman and he was fantastic in this movie. There was not one line he gave that I thought was forced. Ian McKellen returns as Gandalf the Gray. He was Gandalf the White in the last two movies but this takes place before the Fellowship of the Ring so he's Gandalf the Gray. Ian McKellen hasn't lost it he still kills it as Gandalf. So the plot to this movie is that this band of dwarves had this kingdom and treasure and then a dragon called Smaug stole it and Bilbo is helping the dwarves reclaim it.
The one gripe a lot of people have about this movie is that the pacing is a little slow. Watching the movie I will agree that it takes awhile for the plot to move along. 40 minutes into the movie it's still in The Shire. but once the movie gets going it's awesome.
The main things I loved about the movie is you see a struggle with Bilbo. Thorin Oakenshield who's dwarves leader he tells Bilbo you have no place among us. You really see both Bilbo and Thorin deal with that and it's interesting to see that relationship develop. The other thing I loved about the movie is the soundtrack. I will have the Song of the Lonely Mountain stuck in my head for weeks.
Overall this was a very enjoyable film. It was not a perfect movie. But the acting was good, there was some very good fight scenes, and the riddle scene with Bilbo and Gollum I could be entertained by that for 2 hours maybe more. I will give this movie 4.5 out of 5 stars. I can't wait for the Desolation of Smaug to come out. I believe it's due out next December. Also I should mention that I saw this movie in 3D Imax and I was pleasantly suprised by it. There were some images that really popped out which was very cool. So I would recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it to see it in 3D Imax you won't be disappointed.
The Hobbit was directed by Peter Jackson who's the perfect choice for this movie because he directed the Lord of the Rings trilogy so he clearly has a great vision for Middle Earth. So The Hobbit starts out with an old Bilbo Baggins and he's writing something for Frodo he's going to tell him a more in depth story about his adventures. Then you meet a younger Bilbo. Bilbo was played by Martin Freeman and he was fantastic in this movie. There was not one line he gave that I thought was forced. Ian McKellen returns as Gandalf the Gray. He was Gandalf the White in the last two movies but this takes place before the Fellowship of the Ring so he's Gandalf the Gray. Ian McKellen hasn't lost it he still kills it as Gandalf. So the plot to this movie is that this band of dwarves had this kingdom and treasure and then a dragon called Smaug stole it and Bilbo is helping the dwarves reclaim it.
The one gripe a lot of people have about this movie is that the pacing is a little slow. Watching the movie I will agree that it takes awhile for the plot to move along. 40 minutes into the movie it's still in The Shire. but once the movie gets going it's awesome.
The main things I loved about the movie is you see a struggle with Bilbo. Thorin Oakenshield who's dwarves leader he tells Bilbo you have no place among us. You really see both Bilbo and Thorin deal with that and it's interesting to see that relationship develop. The other thing I loved about the movie is the soundtrack. I will have the Song of the Lonely Mountain stuck in my head for weeks.
Overall this was a very enjoyable film. It was not a perfect movie. But the acting was good, there was some very good fight scenes, and the riddle scene with Bilbo and Gollum I could be entertained by that for 2 hours maybe more. I will give this movie 4.5 out of 5 stars. I can't wait for the Desolation of Smaug to come out. I believe it's due out next December. Also I should mention that I saw this movie in 3D Imax and I was pleasantly suprised by it. There were some images that really popped out which was very cool. So I would recommend to anyone who hasn't seen it to see it in 3D Imax you won't be disappointed.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Lord of the Rings Return of the King Review
Dear Readers, if you are tired of me using the word epic in these Lord of the Rings reviews, I have two things to say. First of all, stop reading here because it will be used a lot more, second of all what other word is there to use? I can't think of another word to describe it. I will now plow right into this review of the epic conclusion to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Once again this review contains spoilers so if you havn't seen Return of the King, go watch it and then read this review. The movie starts out with a great back story on Smeagol (a.k.a Gollum) he's fishing with his friend Deagol and Deagol finds the Ring. Smeagol wants it and he kills Deagol and takes it. Then you really see Smeagol deterriorate he becomes Gollum that scene is so dark and disturbing. It sets the tone for the film so well. Then you see Aragorn, Gimli, Gandalf, and Legolas celebrating their victory at Helms Deep. Due to the curiosity of Pippin, they find out about Sauron's plan to attack Minas Trith, which is basically the capitol of the free people of Middle Earth. In Minas Trith you meet Danonther who's the steward of the throne of Gondor. He was Boromir's father and he's still dealing with his death. Gandalf is telling him about Sauron's plan to attack and he dosn't listen. He just sends Faromir out to attack Osigilliath. Basically he's sending his other son to his death. I couldn't stand Danonther he was such a terrible father and i hated it when he said "I've heard of this Aragorn son of Arathorn I will never bow to this ranger from the North." You can tell he just wants to be king. He wants the reign of Gondor.
Meanwhile back in Rohan, King Theodin and Aragorn are rounding up men to come to Gondor's aid. Only they don't have enough men. Aragorn goes into the mountains to summon this ghost army who broke an oath to Iseldor and they now live in the mountains until they've fufulled they're oath. This all leads up to the battle of Pelanor Fields which is probably my favorate battle scene in a movie. That battle was so epic.
Throughout the movie you see Gollum trying to get Frodo killed so he can take the Ring for himself. The evil in him has won over he just wants the Ring. Sam and Gollum are like the angel and demon on his shoulders. Sam sees it the entire time. I hated the scene when Gollum manipulates Frodo so much he sends Sam away. That scene was also very dark. But Sam comes back to save the day. He takes on a big disgusting spider and wins, he kills some oarks who took Frodo, and they make it to Mordor. Now Aragorn and the others have a decision to make. They decide to ride out to the Black Gate and draw Sauron's eye out. Because 10,000 oarks stand between Frodo and Mount Doom. They're out fighting and Frodo and Sam make it to Mount Doom. The Ring takes Frodo just as it did Iseldor thousands of years earlier. I honestly didn't expect that. But Gollum shows up and they fight for it. They both go over the edge, but Frodo holds on and Gollum falls into the lava with the Ring. The Ring finally gets destroyed and all evil just crumbles.
The ending is very long. It takes awhile for the movie to wrap up. Aragorn takes the throne of Gondor, and the hobbits return to the Shire. Frodo is struggling to return to normal life, and finally you see Bilbo get afforded the right of the elves to leave Middle Earth. Basically Bilbo is going to elf heaven. Then you see Frodo going with them which was so sad. Everytime I watch this always get the urge to cry. It was so sad but it was a necessary end.
This is an epic conclusion to an epic trilogy. There's alot of action, a lot of heart felt drama, a lot of great diologue. Lord of the Rings definatley are three of my favorate movies of all time it may even be number one. Of course Return of the King gets 5 stars. There's so much more I want to say but this review is long enough. My next review will be a reivew of the hobbit.
Once again this review contains spoilers so if you havn't seen Return of the King, go watch it and then read this review. The movie starts out with a great back story on Smeagol (a.k.a Gollum) he's fishing with his friend Deagol and Deagol finds the Ring. Smeagol wants it and he kills Deagol and takes it. Then you really see Smeagol deterriorate he becomes Gollum that scene is so dark and disturbing. It sets the tone for the film so well. Then you see Aragorn, Gimli, Gandalf, and Legolas celebrating their victory at Helms Deep. Due to the curiosity of Pippin, they find out about Sauron's plan to attack Minas Trith, which is basically the capitol of the free people of Middle Earth. In Minas Trith you meet Danonther who's the steward of the throne of Gondor. He was Boromir's father and he's still dealing with his death. Gandalf is telling him about Sauron's plan to attack and he dosn't listen. He just sends Faromir out to attack Osigilliath. Basically he's sending his other son to his death. I couldn't stand Danonther he was such a terrible father and i hated it when he said "I've heard of this Aragorn son of Arathorn I will never bow to this ranger from the North." You can tell he just wants to be king. He wants the reign of Gondor.
Meanwhile back in Rohan, King Theodin and Aragorn are rounding up men to come to Gondor's aid. Only they don't have enough men. Aragorn goes into the mountains to summon this ghost army who broke an oath to Iseldor and they now live in the mountains until they've fufulled they're oath. This all leads up to the battle of Pelanor Fields which is probably my favorate battle scene in a movie. That battle was so epic.
Throughout the movie you see Gollum trying to get Frodo killed so he can take the Ring for himself. The evil in him has won over he just wants the Ring. Sam and Gollum are like the angel and demon on his shoulders. Sam sees it the entire time. I hated the scene when Gollum manipulates Frodo so much he sends Sam away. That scene was also very dark. But Sam comes back to save the day. He takes on a big disgusting spider and wins, he kills some oarks who took Frodo, and they make it to Mordor. Now Aragorn and the others have a decision to make. They decide to ride out to the Black Gate and draw Sauron's eye out. Because 10,000 oarks stand between Frodo and Mount Doom. They're out fighting and Frodo and Sam make it to Mount Doom. The Ring takes Frodo just as it did Iseldor thousands of years earlier. I honestly didn't expect that. But Gollum shows up and they fight for it. They both go over the edge, but Frodo holds on and Gollum falls into the lava with the Ring. The Ring finally gets destroyed and all evil just crumbles.
The ending is very long. It takes awhile for the movie to wrap up. Aragorn takes the throne of Gondor, and the hobbits return to the Shire. Frodo is struggling to return to normal life, and finally you see Bilbo get afforded the right of the elves to leave Middle Earth. Basically Bilbo is going to elf heaven. Then you see Frodo going with them which was so sad. Everytime I watch this always get the urge to cry. It was so sad but it was a necessary end.
This is an epic conclusion to an epic trilogy. There's alot of action, a lot of heart felt drama, a lot of great diologue. Lord of the Rings definatley are three of my favorate movies of all time it may even be number one. Of course Return of the King gets 5 stars. There's so much more I want to say but this review is long enough. My next review will be a reivew of the hobbit.
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