The Evil Dead Trailer Reaction

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So the trailer for The Evil Dead came out.This is a remake of the 1981 horror classic.The original and it's two sequels star Bruce Campbell and are all directed by Sam Raimi.The original involved 5 college students going to a cabin in the woods,and an audio tape releases the Deadites.The second film,Evil Dead II,takes place the next day with Ash(Bruce Campbell remaining the only survivor,and the third,Army of Darkness,involves Ash going back into mideval times to fight the Deadites.I love all three movies,they are all great.But unfortunately,seeing as how remakes are the trend in hollywood nowadays,not even Evil Dead was safe from being remade.

The remake is sort of following the same formula as the original....but there's one problem....

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THERE IS NO BRUCE CAMPBELL!!!!!!!!!

Bruce Campbell's character Ash Williams was so iconic,but now he's not going to be in it,which is very disappointing to me.Although he is producing it,so that's gotta count for something.But still,it's not going to be the same without him.

The trailer that came out was a Red Band Trailer,so it's alot more violent that usual trailers.That also seems like what they are concerned about,making it bloodier.That's not always a good thing.Some things in the trailer did look creepy,like that zombie looking girl cutting her tongue and side of face with a knife.They showed a glimpse of a girl being tied up by a alive tree(which,if you've seen the original,you'll remember that controversial scene and what happens next.

That's the problem with remakes,they just want to make things more bloody and gory.But,I consider remakes good if they can do something different from the original and actually surprise me.I don't want a beat for beat movie,because than I can just go and watch the old one instead.

I am looking forward to it,because I do love the original,but I'm scared about how it's going to turn out because I want this to be good.If it's not,I'll always have the original to go back to.But I would like to see a scary movie that's actually scary.There's not alot anymore.This movie comes out April 13,2013.We'll see what happens.

The Expendables 2 Review

In 2010, a action movie came out about 30 years too late called The Expendables.The reason i saw that is because while it does star a bunch of up and coming action stars like Jason Stathem,Terry Crews,Jet Li and fighter Randy Coutour,but it also starred many of thye 80's action movie stars like Sylvester Stallone,Dolph Lundgren and Bruce Willis.Many of these actors are in their late 50's and 60's but still manage to make a dumb,but fun action movie,and now we have the sequel,The Expendables 2.

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The story follows Barney Ross(Stallone) and his team Lee Christmas(Stathem),Gunner Jensen(Lundgren), Hale Caesar(Crews) and Toll Road(Coutour) and newcomer to the team Billy the Kid,played by Liam Hemsworth,are forced into doing a mission for secretive CIA agent Mr.Church(Willis) to make up for failing the not doing the previous job in the first movie the way he asked.Church also sends with them another CIA agent named Maggie Chan played by Yu Nan.

While sent to a crashed airplane to find that important piece of data for Church,a terrorist called Jean Vilain(last name pun on the word "villian" obviously) played by Jean-Claude Van Damme steals it from them and kills a team member,for the sake of spoilers,i won't say which.Vilian is also in possession of 5 tons of pure plutonium that can cause alot of trouble depending on who its used on or sold to,and he is forcing villagers to work in the mines.He also has his own little army behind him.So The Expendables decide they have to take revenge.Also appearing in the movie at points is Chuck Norris who mplays Booker,an old friend of the expendables,and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Trench,who is a arch rival of Barney Ross,but occasionally ally.

I don't think this is neccesarily a good movie.It has alot of problems.I thought some of the CGI explosions and blood looked really fake.I didn't mind this,but sometimes it was a little corny with one liners,like with Arnold saying "i'm back" referencing his role in the Terminator films.

The best part of the movie obviously is seeing all these different action stars from over the years together in one movie and all interacting with each other.I thought the action was pretty fun too,epsecailly the last 20-30 minutes.
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I'm glad they gave Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis more screen time and actually some action scenes,because in the first movie they have one scene,which is basically 2 minutes,then they don't show up again.I wish Chuck Norris got more time too,because he's awesome,no questions asked.There's even a joke in the movie about him being bitten by a snake,and after five long painful and unbearable days...the snake died.I thought that was funny referencing all the Chuck Norris Facts.

Overall this is better than the first,but still not great.It's a great idea,but i feel like someone could do this better.But if you just want a 80's action movie,if you still like those,with all the 80's action stars in it,then this is a movie for you.I can't wait to see what action stars will be added in the third installment.i think Nicholas Cage is gonna be in it,which is awesome.I wouldn't mind seeing a movie of all the female action stars in a action movie.

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Special Game Review:Resident Evil 6

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Okay,i know i usually do movie reviews but this is a special case.Resident Evil is my all time favorite video game series and the latest entry was released on October 2nd.I got it this past Friday and typically i was going to spend my whole long weekend playing it,which is exactly what i did.Overall in the main series of games,which is mostly the numbered titles,the reception to them has been generally positive or critically acclaimed.But this one,reviews are all over the place,the highest ive seen is a nine out of ten while the lowest ive seen is a two out of ten,which i think is pretty harsh.So,what did i think of it....i thought it was awesome.

The biggest criticism people seem to have is that it's not the same Resident Evil anymore.In 1996 when the first game came out,it redefined survival horror games.Since then,this franchise has had twenty three games, five live action movies,two CGI movies,novels,comics,merchandise and action figures.Some of these games are regarded as the scariest ever.Resident Evil 4 was very different,removing the iconic zombies and replacing them with infected people,along with many monsters.Resident Evil 5 was very similar to RE4,and the series has continued in a action/horror mix with Resident Evil 6.I do miss the large horror aspect that the games use to have,but i don't mind,because i care about the story,speaking of which....

The Story

This game has four different camnpaigns.You can play them in any order(except thye fourth) and each has 5 chapters,each chapter could take over an hour.Each campaign has two characters.The first campaign involves fan favorite character Leon S. Kennedy and newcomer Helana Harper.The campaign involves them trying to escape the city of Tall Oaks,which has been taken over by a virus and is turning people into zombies.The developers wanted to bring some horror back,so this campaign is primarily at night and is meant to bring back the scary feelings of walking around zombie infested mansions or atreets from the previous games.

The Second campaign involves another fan favorite character Chris Redfield parterned up with a new character Piers Nivens,along with a few BSAA soldiers.This campaign takes place in China fighting a terrorist group called J'avo who have all infected themselves with the virus and can all mutate.This segment is primarily action,alot of explosions and gun battles,it feels like a Michael Bay movie.

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The third campaign involves Agent Sherry Birkin(who has only previously appeared in Resident Evil 2 and was only a little girl) and newcomer Jake Muller,who is the son of Albert Wesker(primary villian of series,killed by Chris Redfield in Resident Evil 5).Since Wesker had so many viruses in him and super strength,etc,Jake has antibodies in his blood that can combat the C-Virus,which has been infecting the world.This segment is mainly about action and also running away from a big monster called Ustanak.

After you beat those campaigns,a fourth involving the character of Ada Wong is unlocked,which shows what she was doing throughout the game,and she appears as more of a villian in this game.

The story is interesting and had me excited to get to the end of it.Since i have known these characters for so long after playing so many of these games i actually got nervous at points when i thought they were gonna die.My only complaint is that in certian points of the game,two characters will meet up with other two,and that will be one of the chapters.But then when you play that chapter in another campaign,your basically doing the same level over again just from a different point of view,and maybe you'll have to do something different,but it annoyed me a little,especially if it was very hard the first time.

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 VISUALS/CONTROLS/CONTENT

This game doesn't look as pretty as Resident Evil 5.I noticed how some details in the levels looked uneven,like it took a few seconds for the actual graphics to settle in,so it was just blurry for a second.But when it was even,it looked pretty awesome.The controls are different too this time around.For the first time you are allowed to run and shoot in the game at the same time.The camera can be a little clunky at times too moving the camera.Also,it is easier to not have to look after your AI partner.But you can have a friend control the other person too if your playing multiplayer.Speaking of multiplayer,The Mercenaries Mode from Resident Evil 4 and 5 returns,which is fun and even more fun playing with a friend.The controls may take a little while to get use to.I died pleanty of times before getting them down,but once you do,it will be easier.

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There are also emblems hidden througout the game,shooting them unlock bonus content like articles about the game or characters or you could unlock character figures or dogtags.For a cinematic experiance,there are also about four hours of cutscenes that you can watch.

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OVERALL

Resident Evil 6 strives to be the biggest game in the series,and scope wise,it is,but that doesn't mean i think it's the best game.There is pleanty to like here,but there are things that bring it down a little,but not much.The original release date was November 20th before it was changed to October 2d.Maybe they could have used that time to fix those minor problems.This is one of my favorite games of the year,and im sure being a Resident Evil nerd contributes to that,but i think its definately a exciting experiance and i can't wait to see what is in store for the future of this franchise.

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The Avengers vs The Dark Knight Rises

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The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises were without a doubt the most anticipated superhero movies ever and they are now the highest two grossing movies of 2012.Seeing as how these are the two biggest superhero movies ever,most people have been dabating which is the better movie.There are hardcore fans of both,i know i am one.So i am going to compare them.I have chosen four main things to compare them on and i will decide which is the better movie for each catagory.These are the four catagories:Story,Action, Femme Fatale and Villian.

STORY

The difficult thing for The Avengers is that every character has had their own movie that has led up to this.So there is alot to add in for the story department to give every single character enough time on screen,but the story is sort of a typical one involving an alien invasion.Christopher Nolan on the other hand knows how to make Batman movies,and he proved it.I found a emotional attatchment to the characters in the movie,i was sad when characters died,and sad knowing that this is the end of a amazing trilogy,so for this,im gonna give the victory to The Dark Knight Rises.I do like The Avengers story too,but it didn't succeed as well as Batman's did.

Action

Like i said before,The Dark Knight Rises has a effect on more of a emotional level,there isn't that much action up until the last forty minutes.But i don't mind because i see it as more of a drama,not a stereotypical superhero movie.I see this as a superhero movie for people who hate superheros,because it can draw all kinds of audiences in.Much like Batman,the last forty minutes of the Avengers is all action too,involving superpowers,aliens and basically alot of stuff blowing up in a city.It was very awesome,and exciting,so i think the Avengers did better in this catagory

Femme Fatale

For the ladies in the movie,it is Scarlette Johannson as the Black Widow from The Avengers vs Anne Hathaway's portrayel of Selina Kyle(Her costume identy in the comics is Catwoman,but she is never reffered to as that in the movie) in The Dark Knight Rises.I think both actresses did a very good job in they're portrayels,but for the winner,i'm going withy Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle(and im not just saying that because she's my celebrity crush).Her character was more enigmatic and interesting i thought.I got excited whenever her character came back on and i was so curious to see what role she would have in the story.If they ever make a catwoman spin off,Hathaway should play her again because i think she was perfect for the character.

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Villian

For the final catagory,its Tom Hiddleston as Loki from The Avenegers vs Tom Hardy as Bane for The Dark Knight Rises.I think they both did great.Hiddleston looked like he was having fun playing the character of Loki and his portrayel made him the most interesting character when he was on the screen.Bane on the other hand,i found very intimidating.He is very tall,and very big,and the mask can scare anyone.Loki uses super powers and an alien army to his advantage,but he does get beat up alot.When i saw the Dark Knight Rises in IMAX,everytime Bane threw a punch,i felt like i was getting hit by him.His massive size and scary look made him seem like a more intimidating villian to me,and thats why i think he was a better villian.Hiddlestton probably had a easier time being Loki,because Tom Hardy's character had his face covered.Also his voice had to be tweaked in the audio because people complained they couldn't understand what he was saying.

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OVERALL

Overall i think Batman was the superior movie.In all of these catagories,i liked the story,action,girl and villian for all of them,but this is just if i had to pick one specifically.Both of these movies have made over a billion dollars and i love them both,i think they are the greatest superhero movies ever.I think The Dark Knight Rises is best,but the Avengers is a close second.

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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.