X-Men: First Class

Here I bring you (Chronologically) the first X-Men movie.

In the start it opens in 1944 and we meet Erik who is only around 14, his mother is taken from him and we find that he has powers, ( which is almost the same opening as in the first X-men movie) and then a scientist, Sebastian Shaw who takes him and helps him make his power stronger, meanwhile, we see Charles Xavier who is around 9 who meets Mystique and the two become friends. Cut to around 20 years later, Charles meets up with an FBI agent to find these "special people" and then he meets Erik for the first time, and the two hook up to track other mutants. They have a small group of kids who have awesome abilities such as, Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy who is Beast, Sean Cassidy who is, Banshee, Alex Summers is Havok. Then we see an epic end battle where some long awaited questions are answered.

First thing's first. This prequel, was simply. Amazing. Had a fantastic storyline that finally answered some questions most people have had from the beginning.


Also had some pretty impressive CGI, epically with Havok and Beast. Acting couldn't of been better, I loved who portrayed Erik and Charles, but younger. They looked very similar to the older ones, and just did a good job at it. During the film, we also got to see almost a softer side of Erik, since before he met Charles, he was on the hunt for revenge, can't say why though, to much of a spoiler.

Seeing Erik use his power for good was nice for a change, also Charles helped him develop his power even stronger to point where he can lift a Submarine. Which was pretty epic looking on the big screen.

The only downfall I saw with this film was, that Emma Frost was in it, which was great, but she was like 30 kinda old. Since in X-Men Origins we saw Emma when she was like 16 and it took place after this film, so that didn't really make much sense, kept thinking perhaps is the mother, but it's not.

I was just very impressed with this movie, I've loved the series since I saw the first one, and this did not fail at all, if you love the X-Men, just what are you waiting for? See it!

I give, X-men: First Class. _9/10_

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Spider-Man

Peter Parker was just your average high school geek, but when at a field trip to a laboratory that studies spiders, Peter ends up getting bitten by a special spider, who then wakes up the next day with extraordinary powers, but the same night a hero is born, there must also rise a villain, Green Goblin, Spider-Man goes around saving people and stopping muggers, eventually the two cross paths and battle it out to the death.

Spider-Man is by far my favorite superhero movie of all time. The acting is pretty good, the storyline is just great with extremely good CGI, and best of all, Green Goblin is in it, who is pretty creepy and insane. I've been a fan of Spider-Man since I was around 5 or 6, so my whole life.

Compared to the comic books and TV series, this does succeed in everything that makes Spider-Man awesome, from Peter getting bite, to the love story between Peter and Mary, and the conflict with Peter being Spider-Man. 

Just is a shame that we won't see Toby Maguire return as Spider-Man he really played the part perfect. Instead they've begun a reboot that comes out summer 2012, kind of bullshit if you ask me.  But, if you refuse to see the remake, good for you!, enjoy the real spider-man movies! 

I give, Spider-Man- 9/10

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Scarface

Set in the mid 80's when Castro dumps of thousands of illegals in Miami, we meet, Tony, who is sent to a almost prison like camp. After doing a job he gets set free with his friend, he then soon meets up with, Frank, who helps him become more rich and powerful. After doing alot of dirty work and selling, he kills Frank to take his money and everything. He then rises to extreme power and a ton of money, after failing to do a hit job, his once friend, decides to goto war with, Tony. Then it ends with an epic battle.

Wow, I have got to say, this is by far my favorite movie....ever! Nothing about this movie sucks in the least bit. The acting is just incredible, the actors that are in the film do a fantastic job. The score in the film sets the mood, more of a dark tone and suspenseful music.

Most of the music is, 80's music which is fine, cause I love it. I love that they shot on location to make it feel more real. This is what happens when you let greed and drugs get to your head, this movie. The story line is just fantastic, it will draw you in and keep you hooked, despite the near 3 hours it is. The time goes fast where it doesnt even feel that long. 

Movie was so good, that decades later they made a video game based on the end of the movie, serving almost as a sequel, givin that the end doesn't happen the way it does. Funny thing is, that there was going to be a sequel, called I think, Son of Scarface, they had actors/directer/everything, it was ready to film, then without warning it gets shut down. The company failed to get it passed on, so was canceled due to plagiarism.

If your a fan of, Al Pacino like I am, you will really love this movie. It's just about time this movie gets put on Blu Ray at some point this year it's coming out!

I give Scarface, 10/10

Yes, this serves as my first ever, 10 out of 10. 

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The Hangover Part II

The Wolfpack is back together again, but this time, they travel to Bangkok.

This time around, Stu is getting married, the women is from Thailand so, they decide to have the wedding in there, but after a night of just having "one beer", they end up in Bangkok, with no memory of what all happened, they find a monkey, run into an old flame, and loose a friend again, and a whole lot of crazy stuff happens when trying to get back home. Few of the crazy things that happen are riots/tattoos/monkey/speed boat on land?.

This movie was just great, the humor in this movie was actually a little darker and much more crazy than the first one, but then, there trying to top the first one, and well, they did....by 100. The best thing is, the cast is back again, just made the movie that much better, and that they went to a whole other country! bigger movie means more crazy stuff happening. 

This movie will just leave you going, wow...this movies crazy. The only thing I'm wondering is, if they will make a part 3, the first didn't leave you with any type of cliffhanger and this one didn't either, but doesn't mean there won't be a third one. Fingers crossed. 

I Give Hangover 2, 8/10

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Firefox 4 vs Chrome vs IE8 part 4

Alright, I've been switching between both, Firefox and Chrome, and well, I've had it with Chrome, lack of features, no ad-ons, nothing really special about it, it's a fail from google. I love it when, the flash just stops working, and freezes the one tab, but nothing else, and, when you type a website before it's done loading, it just won't work.

Firefox just knows how to do it, and keeps getting better with every update, so, fuck you Google Chrome.

Hannibal Rising

Finally, we can start at the beginning. 

Hannibal is around 8 or 9 years old, when planes and tanks start destroying everything. Hannibal's parents take him and his sister to a safe house, not soon after, a tank filled with thieves come and kill the mother, while a flying over head plane starts shooting and kills the father. They soon kill the younger sister due to starvation. Cut to around 9 years later, where Hannibal escapes the orphanage (once his home) and seeks out his Aunt. He then tracks down the people who ate his sister. 

Despite the bad reviews, this movie was actually pretty good. We get to see all the events that changed him into the monster that he is. Also get to see his first kill, everything. Story line wise, it's pretty good and strong, this movie did keep me very much interested. 

Acting was not so bad, I really liked the person they chose to play, young Hannibal Lecter. 

The actor does play a pretty convincing younger Hannibal, which was pretty good. Seeing him slowly change into a monster was done nicely. The score of the film wasn't that bad, but when I said that a kind of dorky song played during a not so dorky scene. Oh well. 

This does conclude the series, which is actually (chronological) the first one. Also, my last review of May. Reviews will return June 1st.

I give Hannibal Rising, 7/10

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I won't be including list of cast members anymore, just makes it go faster. 

Red Dragon

Red Dragon, a prequel to Silence of the Lambs.

Will Graham is retired FBI agent after finding out who thinks, could be the cannibal. After getting attacked by Hannibal he the retires and moves on. Years later the FBI contacts him when a new killer appears called, The Tooth Fairy, he decides to help them, and when doing so, he goes to Hannibal to seek advice on who The Tooth Fairy is.

Set 10 years before the events of Silence of the Lambs, when Hannibal is still working for the FBI. This movie made for one pretty epic prequel.

As like before, Hannibal is still in his cell, offering the FBI his help, in exchange for what ever. Red Dragon has a pretty good list of cast members, another reason I wanted to watch it.

Edward Norton ( Will Graham )
Ralph Fiennes (  Francis Dolarhyde )
Anthony Hopkins ( Hannibal Lecter ) 
Harvey Keitel ( Jack Crawford )


We got to see a very good performance from Ralph Fiennes as well from Edward Norton. Story line was very strong and just amazing. Made me glued till the credits. Didn't actually think it was going to be this good, and was blown away.  Music like before was pretty good to, though one scene was kind of over kill, but, was just one scene. 


Since this is a prequel, we didn't see Agent Starling, which is fine, but the movie ended with Hannibal asking who the women's agent name is, which was a dead give away to the first one. 


There is another movie called, Manhunter, which is based on the novel Red Dragon, which came out before Silence of the Lambs, another reason why I thought this was a remake, but it's not. Since I reviewed this one, there is no need for a review on Manhunter, since it will be the same story, just older and different actors. I may watch it though, to compare. 


I give, Red Dragon. 9/10


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Hannibal

Dr. Lecter is loose? Roaming around Italy? It will get ugly soon. 

10 years after the events from when he escapes, we find Dr. Lecter ( Hannibal ) loose in Italy where he is trying to be owner or manager of a huge Library or Church. Clarice Starling is now on the head of the FBI force, and has been on a leave due to a shoot out that turned ugly. An FBI agent in Italy learns of Lecters whereabout's and see's the pretty nice reward for his capture. Chief Inspector Renaldo Pazzi (Italy agent) goes to pursue Hannibal. While back in the US, Mason Verger is also on the hunt for Hannibal as a revenge scheme, to see Hannibal tortured and killed. Now Agent Starling is on the hunt for Hannibal to. Time is running out to see who will get him first.

This sequel was almost a disappointment. We did get to see Hannibal doing his very nasty Cannibal side. Kind of sick, but now we get to see more of what he is.  Unfortunately Jodi Foster does not return to play her old role, which was a let down. Instead we have,  Julianne Moore as Starling. She is a good actress, don't get me wrong, but to me, she wasn't the right fit for the role of, Starling. 

Sequel comes with more gruesome scenes?  Yes it does, alot more. We see really big hogs tear apart a few people in the end, with Hannibal cutting off an agents top of skull and picking out some of the brain and feeding it to the victim, who is still alive! Pretty twisted and sick. The sickest being the very end scene, but, that's to much of a spoiler. 

This is worthy of being a good sequel, but it did lack in more than one place. Oh well. You may still very much like it if your a fan of Hannibal Cannibal Lecter. 

I give Hannibal, 7/10

Silence of the Lambs

F.B.I agent, Clarice Starling starts to investigate Buffalo Bill, a murderer who skins his victims, The FBI decides to have her talk to known cannibal, Hannibal Lector, for advise about finding out who Buffalo Bill is, and where to find him. We slowly get to see how evil Lector is, and how disturbing Bill is. 

First off, this movie was quite disturbing, not so much as scary, but disturbing. We got to see just how sick and twisted Buffalo Bill is, and a sneak at how twisted Lector is to. The story is quite strong, with good actors and gruesome scenes, made this a very dark and twisted movie.

Silence of the lambs had some pretty good actors playing there part perfectly. They include, 

Jodie Foster (Jodie Foster)
Anthony Hopkins ( Dr. Hannibal Lecter)
Scott Glenn (Jack Crawford)
Ted Levine (Jame "Buffalo Bill" Gumb)
Anthony Heald (Frederick Chilton)

Hopkins plays his character so good, that it made me actually think, he was sick and twisted, but just a role he plays, some went for Levine's character, just extremely sick and twisted.

Took me awhile, but I finally sat down and watched it. I meant to watch this movie awhile ago, but just never did.

This week is a 4 part review (like last week) This is review 1 of 4. Number 2 being added Tuesday

I give Silence of the Lambs, 8/10

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Time for yet another Pirates film, and well, Here's my review.

Jack Sparrow is impersonating a judge, who has Gibbs who they think is Sparrow. Jack convinces the jury that he should get a life sentence rather than death, and they both escape only for them to get fooled. Gibbs is by himself, and Jack is now being ordered around by King George to find this, Fountain of Youth, for Barbossa who know works for King George. Jack then ends up getting drugged and put onto Blackbeard's ship as a prisoner. Blackbeard wan'ts Jacks help in finding the Fountain of Youth. They encounter Zombies and Mermaids along the way. All working so perfect together. 

I was pretty impressed at how perfect this movie was, I really didn't think the fourth one would be good, since over the years, the more sequels there are the weaker they get, BUT, with this one, seems to be the best pirates movie to date!

Only a few people from the past movies reprise there roles, which is no problem, but it would have been nice to see more than just a few, the main cast consist's of, 

Penélope Cruz as Angelica

Ian McShane as Blackbeard

Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa

Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs

I also love how with each movie, the mythology grows and shows alot more of odd things. which is just awesome!

With many other's make it a pretty good cast, despite having almost none of the original actors in it, oh well. Like with the others the music was done pretty good. The effects were just awesome, epically with the way they did the mermaids. Also Blackbeard's ship was just huge, and so epic looking. 

They really did a good job and making this a very good and worth sequel to continue the story.

I give, On Stranger Tides, 8/10

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