Sequel:''Dumb and Dumber To''

Back on December 16,1994,a film called Dumb and Dumber was released.It was directed by the Farrely Brothers and starred Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey as Harry Dunne and Lloyd Christmas,and as the title suggests,they're pretty dumb.I grew up watching it many times over and it is one of my favorites.It was pretty successful financially too.I never watched the animated tv series because i just wasn't aware of it.

When i was still fairly young in 2003,a prequel came out called "Dumb and Dumberer:When Harry Met Lloyd".Being only eight years old,i thought it was amusing,but I saw it recently and......yeah,it's not really good,and compared to the first it's completely awful.Jeff Daniels and Jim Carrey wern't even in it!Someone else can't play their characters!The Farrely Brothers didn't direct either.But now news has been surfacing of a actual sequel now.

 

It was announced on April 1,2011 that both Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels have signed on to the sequel and that the Farrely Brothers will return to direct it.Much of the holdup has been on Jim Carrey though who began to question if he should do this.Other than Ace Venture 2,Carrey has chosen not to appear in the sequels of movies he has been it.He didn't appear in Son of the Mask,Dumb and Dumberer or Evan Almighty.Those were definately bullets Carrey managed to dodge.On June 19,2012 he backed out of this movie because he felt the studios were not being enthusiastic about the project,but after some discussions between the two actors it seems that the project is back on....unless Carrey leaves again.

I'm very nervous about this movie.The first one was so good and i don't want this to fail.The only thing that gives me hope is that Carrey and Daniels are reprising their roles.Regarding the Farrely Brothers....they have made good movies like There's Something about Mary,Kingpin,Me Myself and Irene and Shallow Hal,but in the recent years,i haven't liked their movies like The Heartbreak Kid,Fever Pitch or Stuck on You.Their Three Stooges movie was only okay i thought.But this is familiar territory for them,so hopefully they can work some magic and make this better,if not just as good as the original.The film will probably be released in 2014.Fingers crossed for this to be good.

Battle Royale review

This is a movie i saw a month or two ago but i think its worth talking about,especially since the Hunger Games is so popular.

I feel bad for this movie because most people don't even know it exists.This film is based on the 1999 novel of the same name and also a manga.It revolves around 40 students forced to kill each other.The government created the Battle Royale survival program.As a group of kids were last on a bus,they wake up to find themselves in a old classroom surrounded by the military.Their teacher comes in and explains to them that they are on a island.All the students have collers on that will explode in 3 days,unless there is a winner.Every student is givin a bag with supplies and one random weapon,so one could get a gun while another gets a paper fan.So the students are sent out on the island to compete,some hesitant to kill their friends,others know what they will have to do to survive.Two of the students are also transfers,one of them has survived this before,he is a tough guy character who spends a good amount of the movie with the main two characters and the other transfer student never talks,but is a emotionless psychopath.

I feel that the Hunger Games movie and the book to a extent ripped this off.I know people who love the Hunger Games movie and when i mention this,they just claim it to be a cheap rip off.This movie kept my attention way more than that did.I also did get attached to the characters while watching it,i wanted some of them to live.The final 10 minutes had me on the edge of my seat hoping for the main characters to live,which is more than i can say for the Hunger Games movie.It's also more violent and bloody,which does have more of a impact,i don't hold that against the Hunger Games though because i know they had to go for a PG-13 rating.

I really hope this movie gets more attention,its streaming free on Netflix so i hope people notice it and i hope thats in the news more often because of the Hunger Games.Even while writing this,it makes me want to go back and watch it,and even read the book.So i highly reccomend this movie if you liked the Hunger Games or just want to see a really good movie.Hoperfully no HG fans try to kill me after this too.

Upcoming sequel:Kick-Ass 2

Some people ask "how come no one's ever tried to be a super hero?"The words of the character Dave Lizewski from the 2010 film and the comic of the same name.The film followed a teenage boy deciding to be a superhero.Along the way he gets notoriety from YouTube while saving someone from gangsters.This gives him attention from the Mob,but also the other superheroes like Hit-Girl,Big Daddy and Red Mist.

Spoiler for first film ahead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At the end of the first,Red Mist turns out to be a traitor and the whole time he was helping his father who is the head of the mobThe father-daughter team of Hit-Girl and Big Daddy were secretly killing the Mafia members,but the Mob thought it was Kick Ass,so the mob went after him by letting the Don's son make friends with Kick Ass under the identity of Red Mist.Red Mist captured Big Daddy and Kick Ass with the help of goons and shot Hit Girl dead(or so he thought).The Mob killed Big Daddy right before Hit Girl arrived to save them.Feeling bad for her,Kick Ass agreed to help her get back at the mob.Kick Ass killed the don and all the mafia members,and escaped with Hit Girl and how they are both trying to lead a normal life....Red Mist is still alive and plans on taking revenge.


So thats where the second comic begins,Red Mist is now a villian and he is recruiting other homemade villians.Aaron Johnson will return as Kick Ass,Chloe Grace Moretz will return as Hit Girl,and Christopher Mintz-Plassen will return as as Red Mist.Nicholas Cage is said to reprise his role also as Big Daddy,but most likely to be in flashback because his character is now dead.Jim Carrey will join the cast as Colonel Stars,one of the new heroes.I have read both of these comics and I have enjoyed both very much.

The first movie was also done well.My only problems are that it's a different director,and new studio.Matthew Vaughn(X-Men:First Class) directed the first film but now it's Jeff Wadlow  (Cry Wolf),and Vaughn is definitely the superior choice.Also Vaughn's own independent company MARV released it,but now it's Universal Studios and sometimes studios push around director's and tell them what they want to see unless your a big director.Someone like Christopher Nolan(Dark Knight Trilogy) who's made the studio money,they will basically give him anything he asks for and won't question anything.Wadlow is small time though,and the comic is pretty graphic,but John Romita Jr,one of the writers of the comic,says that all the controversial stuff from the book will be in the film also.

I'm looking forword to it obviously,i'm really hoping it doesn't dissapoint because i love the first movie so much,i even have the posters of the four main characters.Yeah i'm a nerd.But anyways,it is also said that the comic writers are writing a book thats enitrely about Hit-Girl and takes place inbetween the first and second book.A comic all about her sounds like pure awesomeness.Fingers crossed for this movie to be awesome.

These are some upcoming sequels that will be released in the next year:

Man of Steel:

Man of Steel is the upcoming film in the Superman franchise.British actor Henry Caville(Immortals)is playing the title role of Clark Kent,aka Superman.Other cast members include Russell Crowe(Gladiator,American Gangster) as Jor El,Superman's father from Krypton,Kevin Costner(Waterworld) as Johnathan Kent,Superman's adoptive father,Amy Adams(The Fighter) will play Superman's love interest Lois Lane,Michael Shannon(World Trade Center) will play the iconic villain General Zod,who was played by Terrace Stamp in Superman 2.This film will be directed by Zack Snyder(Sucker Punch,Dawn of the Dead),who in my opinion is a good actor,and Christopher Nolan(The Dark Knight Trilogy)is producing,so that gives me faith in this movie being good.

Skyfall:

Skyfall is the 23 film in the James Bond franchise that stars Daniel Craig(The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo)as Ian Fleming's James Bond.Now I know when teenagers think of James Bond they think of him as some silly spy from old movies and his overused quotes "Martini,shaken not stirred",but these Bond films starring Craig are actually pretty good.His first time playing Bond was in 2006 in the film Casino Royale,which I thought was a great movie.The sequel,Quantum of Solace came out in 2008,it was good,but I was kind of let down that it wasn't as good as Casino Royale.I am still impressed with how well those other two films were made,so I am excited to see Skyfall when it's released in November.

 

Gangster Squad:

Ruben Fleischer is directing a film about a police squad led by Josh Brolin to eliminate gangsters that are destroying Los Angeles.On the gangster's side,infamous gangster Mickey Cohen played by Sean Penn is corrupting LA with crime,drugs and murder.Other stars include Robert Patrick and Ryan Gosling as other police officers,and Emma Stone as Cohen's girl who is possibly falling for Gosling's character.This movie was pushed back to 2013 because of a scene in the film where gangsters are hiding behind a movie theatre screen and begin shooting civilians through it as seen in the upper left photo.Because of the tragedy at The Dark Knight Rises screening in Colorado,the film is going through reshooting and the trailer was pulled from screenings.Fleischer also directed the comedies Zombieland and 30 Minutes or less,which were both very funny,so he has a good record so far.I'm curious to see how he does in a serious drama.