toy story 3.

I can't begin to tell you about all the different stages of emotion I went through while watching this movie. All I can tell you is "wow". The trailer definitely didn't mention the movie was going to be THAT epic. I just assumed it was just another Toy Story movie. Not that saying they're mundane or anything, but they weren't as adventuresome as the 3rd one.

It was very well done, and I never found myself getting bored at all. Not like you can expect a Pixar movie to bore you. I found it a little sad that not ALL the characters where there. The important ones were, but you still can't help but miss Bo Peep, RC, Lenny, and all the others. Also, the fact that Andy was going away to college made the movie very emotional and you're always wondering where the toys are going to end up in the end.

***SPOILERS***

One thing I can't help but bring up. I think it's a little retarded how all the toys assume one thing, and when Woody tries to tell them their wrong they get mad at him and tell him he doesn't know what he's talking about, and at the end they're like, "WOW! Woody was right!" You'd think after all the times they've done that they'd finally realize that maybe Woody DOES know what he's talking about. I just found that a little annoying.

Oh and Lotso Bear...as much as I want him in real life, he's a jerk and very predictable if I may add. Oh and the big baby...creepy! It definitely had a horror flick feel to it at some parts when he was around, it was pretty cool. The other new toys weren't as great in my opinion. Except for bookworm. He was pretty cute, but also in only 2-3 scenes.

The movie overall was amazing. It was a great wrap up to the Toy Story series, very emotional because I wish they could keep going on, but I know it's for the best that they ended it. Andy saying goodbye to all his toys including Woody made it very hard too. It's just toys, and just a movie, but it's like when your favourite TV show wraps up, it's heartbreaking because it feels like you grew with them and went on adventures and now it's all over.

I feel that if he'd had put his toys in the attic like he was going to it would have made a possible Toy Story 4, could have been interesting and an adventure on it's own. Giving his toys away to the little girl, you can't really go on after that. I for one wouldn't be as excited for a next one in the new room with new toys and kid, just not the same.

Anyways, I highly recommend this movie. It's an emotional roller coaster and you're going to love it story, visuals, animation, and all.......and if you're one of those people who aren't a big fan of animated features, I truly feel really sorry for you and you have no idea what you're missing out on. I also blame your parents for not letting you have an imagination while you were growing up and I also blame you for sucking. For everyone else, this movie is the end of an era and you're going to enjoy it.

robin hood.

A lot of people I've spoken to thought this movie was awful. I personally didn't mind it that much. I love the classic Robin Hood story and not to mention the Disney movie...SO AWESOME. I knew this movie wasn't going to be a live action version of the Disney animated movie, but I knew I'd like it reguardless. Maybe not TOO much, but for what it was. I won't be throwing out any HUGE spoilers in this review, so I think it's safe to read on.

I'm a Russell Crowe fan. Obviously not the kind of fan that's going to see EVERY movie he's in, but every movie I've seen him in, I found to be enjoyable. There's just one, little thing that bugs me. He always plays heroes. You rarely see him play "the bad guy". I think he would make an interesting villain, rather than "the hero that everybody loves and he's just the most awesome person in the universe". Anyways, I didn't find anything about him in this movie that bugged me, he played his roll very well. He made an awesome Robin Hood.

The story was nice. It was more of a prequel to the original Robin Hood stories that most of us know and grew up with. It was basically how Robin Hood came to be, outlaw and all. Throughout the movie you can pick out little things that you might remember from the Disney movie. I know I'm doing some comparisons to the Disney version, but to me it's kind of the prequel to that...except it's live action. But anyways. I noticed a lot of the characters and their personalities were the same as the ones in the stories. I think it's awesome considering live action movies change a lot of the stories and characters to make it their own.

There were some boring parts, I'll admit that. This was the only movie, I found that I was falling asleep in. It seemed as if it was longer than it should have been. Had more than one ending in my opinion. Also, I didn't find the fight scenes fulfilling. But I've been noticing this in a lot of other recent movies. It's as if the writers and directors are getting bored of fight scenes. It's a shame really. I think the fight scene in this movie was a main event, but the way they made it...I just felt cheated. France came in and they were supposed to have this epic battle, but it only lasted a few minutes because France forfeited. France thought there wasn't a point in fighting a country (England) who was at war with itself. So they just took off on their little ships decked out in fleurs-de-lis. Guhhh! Just fight anyways!

All in all, I'd rate this movie a 6/10. Good characters, good story, good shots, but I still found that this movie was lacking AWESOME and the fact that they cheated us with their "epic" fight scene made it worse. Also, maybe if this movie was 30 mins shorter, would help...maybe a tad bit more. So if you want to go watch an epic film. This definitely wont be it.

iron man 2.

I'm going to just start this out by saying...I was a bit disappointed with this movie. I guess I shouldn't have expected something epic from a sequel. I just assumed since the 1st one was awesome, then the 2nd one would be as well. The story was pretty good, I wasn't TOTALLY bored. I just found myself really anxious throughout the film. The fight scenes seemed half-assed in my opinion. The one fight that's supposed to be the MAJOR epic fight out of all fights of the movie, lasted about a min (or so it seemed). It was over so quick and made it seem so easy, it was as if anyone off the street could do it. It was lame. I was not amused.

The characters were awesome as usual. I was a big fan of Mickey Rourke's character in this movie. He played Ivan Vanko so well and I really don't think anyone else could have given the same effect as he did. Iron Man on the other hand, obviously in this movie he was at the end of his rope, and noticed his life kinda falling apart. Either way he was a bitch about it. It's like the people who completely give up on life and decide to get drunk and act like a complete idiot. Normally when you see super heros, they have this professional persona and don't openly flaunt the fact that they're super heros and act like they're hot shit about it. Tony Stark...not so much. I know the character is supposed to be a little full of himself, but I think the Tony Stark in the 1st movie was way cooler than the one in the 2nd. It just wasn't as enjoyable.

So basically I found myself getting really excited on a lot of parts, but the delivery sucked. Oh and the Ivan Vanko thing. They didn't really fully touch on the reason why he was totally pissed at Tony. They just briefly mentioned their dad's doing something and somehow it's Tony's fault. Whatever it was lame. It seemed as though they just needed a villain and a quick story just so it wasn't too random that he was there.

Jon Favreau, you failed, and I suggest you take your time on Iron Man 3, and make it super epic, or else the world will hate you, and I will write another review telling you how shitty you are at your job. Don't let me down.

Overall, it's an okay movie. Should you see it in theaters...sure? I'm a little torn. I love seeing movies in theaters, but after seeing this, part of me wished I waited until it was released, but the the other part of me just wants to see everything in theaters 1st, just because going to the movies is awesome.

a nightmare on elm street.

Before I begin, I would just like to express my love for horror movies. I don't know what it is that attracts me to them, yet, at the same time I have so much to criticize. Either way I have to watch them no matter what, knowing that their is a big chance it's not going to be amazing. I mean really, can anyone recall an amazing epic horror movie? Mmmmno. It just doesn't happen with those types of movies. It's either good, okay, or bad.

**SPOILERS? MAYBE*

Personally, I didn't mind the movie the way it was. I think compared to the original 'Nightmare on Elm Street' movies, it was a lot better. Although, I found that Samuel Bayer had to rely mostly on those sudden moments where something just pops up in your face and scares the bejesus out of you and everyone SHOULD know that those moments rely on the loud, sudden sound effects to actually scare someone. If you don't know, try watching a scary movie on mute. It's not as effective. I think those were the only moments that actually scared me. The other moments it was more of me trying to figure out what was going to happen next. Obviously, having watched the originals, I KNOW what's going to happen eventually. I just found that the inside story with Freddy was rather interesting. I think I would have enjoyed the movie a lot more if it was JUST about him. Kind of like "X-Men Origins.." movie.

The rest with the teenagers was just bland. The characters didn't really touch you in a way to make them memorable...if that makes sense. There was just no way of connecting with them. I don't believe they even had any character development either. I was basically hooked on Freddy. I thought he was the most interesting character. And the fact that is was played by Jackie Earle Haley made everything a million times better. Although! I don't think this Freddy was as effective as the Freddy from the original movies. The other one was waaayy more scary and I think it's because I didn't know who that actor was, so I couldn't put a...real face with him, so to speak. The NEW Freddy just kept reminding me of Rorschach and all of his awesomeness. So that didn't help trying to scare the shit out of me, but I still would prefer the new Freddy over the old Freddy.

One thing I'm really glad this movie decided to leave out was all the scenes with the horny teenagers having sex then getting slaughtered. For some reason all the old school horror flicks thought everyone should be having sex and dying. I personally don't understand that, but like I said, I'm glad they took it out. It isn't necessary and I think it helped the movie a lot more.

I know I usually spend a good part of my reviews bitching about the characters and all their retardedness, but the only thing this movie gave me to complain about was the fact that they were all just lame. They weren't strong actors at all. It makes me angry that I can't make fun of either of them, because I love doing that. Sorry to let you guys down. But for those who have SEEN the movie. Did anyone notice in the super market scene. Where the kid went to get more refills for his pills. The girl ends up coming in the store. Mid way she has a "micro nap". Which is another excuse for the director to throw in something "scary" to happen. Anyways, she goes into this micro nap, where basically you call asleep completely involuntary and you don't know you're doing it. So she goes into her nap, and gets cut by good ol Freddy. So there she was bleeding in the store. Nobody thought that was weird? No store clerks found it was odd that some teenage girl was on the ground in panic and bleeding excessively? So what does her future boyfriend do? He takes something off the shelf to help the wound? How convenient. They just so happen to be in that particular isle. And somehow the kid knows his way around really well because he just had to turn around real quick and snag something off the shelf and then it cuts to them in the car. So that entire time in there? Nobody felt the need to approach the two kids freaking out and bleeding...and stealing things off the shelf? I'm assuming they stole because If they'd have gone to the checking stand, there had to have been some questions by the clerks. If not then they must live in a zombie town.

Another thing. I'm glad they killed off the blonde girl at the beginning. She was wayyyy too dramatic and annoying. I also thought it was awesome how they killed her off like they did in the original...minus all the sex. She just had to go. Oh and her boyfriend. I thought he was gay at 1st. Either way, I'm glad they killed him off too. What a world. You know come to think about it, everyone should have just gotten killed. I think it would have left the audience in a more of a "wtf" state of mind because all the characters just got killed...like everyone in the movie. I think that would have left more of an impact on the audience...okay just kidding, but it would still be awesome.

I found myself thinking about part 2 of this movie because we all know it's not over. There was like what 7 or 8 Freddy movies? Not including Freddy vs. Jason. We wont get into that mess. So I'm sitting there in the theater watching this movie, wondering how they were going to end it when they leave us going "OMG THERE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A PART 2!" Either way I'm watching it. I don't care what any of you say. I love these movies and I love bitching about them too.

So, I would just like to say that if you're not the horror movie kinda person, or feel that this movie in particular isn't your cup of tea. I wouldn't see it in theaters. If you really WANT to go see in in theaters, don't expect something great. Only thing I can say about this movie is it IS what it IS. If you still think you're too good for this movie then I'm confident to say maybe "High School Musical" would suit you best. I'm sure that's out on vhs in some third world country. I don't think they'll mind giving it to you. :)

océans.

Yes, this is Disney's version of Planet Earth. I liked it. I just thought it was too rushed. It didn't spend enough time on the different creatures. I believe it had a shot of an octopus and then all of a sudden Pierce Brosnan's voice says, "and this is the (so and so) octopus. That's it. It even showed Narwhals! For 2 seconds.

It definitely wasn't a Planet Earth, but it was still pretty cool to see all the different creatures under the sea and their daily activities. It even showed how us distrusting humans, polluted the ocean. We should be ashamed of ourselves. It was very disturbing.

Pierce Brosnan's voice was so relaxing, I felt as if I was laying in bed watching channel 2. I love channel 2.

I personally enjoy these documentaries. It's also cool that Disney releases a different one every Earth Day. I can't wait for the next one. You guys should definitely give it a chance. It's really interesting, lots of cool creatures. SEA TURTLES, and Pierce Brosnan's voice.

kick ass.

A lot of people had high hopes for this movie. I didn't. Those people ended up not enjoying the movie so much. I did. It reminded me a lot of Mystery Men, which was awesome. I don't care what any of you say. Mystery Men was the shit. So anyways, I thought this movie was cool. It was pretty fast paced, so I didn't find myself getting bored at all.

**SPOILERS**

There was one part in the movie that stood out to me the most. When Dave gets stabbed and ran over by a car. That was awesome, but I took that as one of those scenes where you think the character is just thinking of the "what if's". I was wrong. It actually happened, and I was shocked. It was such a sad unfortunate moment for the guy, but funny at the same time because it was quick and in your face.

The characters were alright. Dave was a bit of a douche, but I'm just going to assume that's what his character was supposed to be like. His friends were awesome, so chill and no clue what the hell is going on around them. Reminded me of... me on Mondays. HA! Bad joke.

Okay, so apparently I don't pay attention to trailers or anyone who tries to talk to me about movies, because I had no idea that Nicolas Cage was going to be in this movie. That was a surprise. More so because I love making fun of him, so this movie gave me more of an excuse to laugh at him even more. What happened you ask? Well let me tell you. He was set on fire is what happened! It was great. Very intense, because there was a whole fight taking place around him while he was strapped to a chair screaming his head off. Then! At the end, his daughter goes to him and says her goodbyes, and he's just there burnt to a crisp. So awesome.

AND MCLOVIN IS IN IT. He's awesome. Sorry it's not Christopher to me, it's McLovin and yes, he's awesome, so you can just shut your face and go watch Deep Blue Sea. He was awesome. His "super hero" character was pretty cool too. Ive realized his head looks like a peanut. I couldn't stop seeing peanut head when he was wearing his mask. It just made it more obvious how peanut like his head was. Though the end of the movie with him...sitting in his dad's office chair...as if he's going to get revenge for his father's death. Just lame.

Oh and don't get me started about the stupid teenagers in this movie. The new relationship somehow turned from being a new relationship, to a married couple. Obviously the pretty girl somehow finds the sensitive geek attractive and they end up dating. Oh and what do you know, her friend suddenly finds his friend attractive. The movie ends with the couples making out, camera pulls out, fade to black, the end.

So all in all, it's not that bad of a movie. Only advice I give you is don't go into this assuming it's going to be amazing, or you'll be disappointed. Should you just catch it on DVD? Maybe. Not like this movie is a must see in theaters. There were lame parts, but I wont judge it as a cliché movie, because it was meant to be a cliché movie. That's probably why a lot of people thought it was so dumb. Anyways, if you have free time, and want to watch a movie, go check it out. It's funny. People like to laugh, unless you're not human, then in that case I'd say you pretty much lost your right to watch movies.

how to train your dragon.

After a long bout of procrastination, I finally saw Dreamworks' "How to Train Your Dragon". I was not sure what to expect of this film. 3D animations are so hit or miss, so I didn't want to get my hopes up, and I wasn't too excited. Since it's release, many people have praised and even created fan art of "How to Train Your Dragon", so I figured it was time to see what it was that had people so excited.

From the beginning to the end, I enjoyed every moment of this film, and was never bored or disappointed. It's nice to see 3D isn't just about using random camera angles to poke things into the eyes of the audience anymore, and is more a tool used to bring the audience into the worlds that are created.

I loved the characters, from the vikings to the dragons. The film as a whole was very visually appealing, with a lot of great designs. The story was pretty simple, but really cute; I admit a couple times I choked back some tears. The only thing I disliked was the main character, Hiccup's voice, it didn't seem to fit, and I found it annoying (unless that was intentional...?).

"How to Train Your Dragon" had a lot of laughs, a lot of heart, and a lot of fun. I highly recommend it, and guarantee you will wish you owned a dragon, or at least some toys from the movie.