Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Review- Captain America

Captain America: The First Avenger is  part of the Marvel Entertainment's puzzle piece that started with Iron Man. Several movies has followed to connect the dots while being their own movie, most recently Thor a few months back. Captain America does a great job of being a good standalone movie with connection to others films. Most of the movie takes place during World War II. The story focuses on Steve Rogers(Chris Evans), a skinny man who gets pushed around a lot. His goal is to get into the military and fight for his country. Even though his medical conditions keeps getting him rejected, his will and heart keeps moving him forward to his dream. He is selected to be a part of the government project to make a person a Super Soldier. The serum was taken before by Johann Schmitt(Hugo Weaving), a Nazi officer whose power hungry obsession bubbled over after he took it. The movie does a great job on characterization. You feel for Rogers and the journey that he goes through, more than some films.There is a huge Captain America(U.S.A.) versus Schmitt/Red Skull(Nazi Germany) comparison throughout the movie. The director is Joe Johnston, which has a good grasp of the past in his movies(The Rocketeer, Hidalgo, The Wolfman,). If you like superhero movies or movies that was made during that era, you will love this movie. If you don't fall into that category, there are plenty things in there for you to like. PLEASE, remember to stay after the credits(it's awesome!).

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Review- Horrible Bosses

Horrible Bosses is a movie about three friends and the bosses they despise. Nick (Jason Bateman) has worked overtime hours to get a promotion just to have his boss David Harken(Kevin Spacey,who is at his slimest here) give it to himself. Dale (Charlie Day,from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) has his boss Julie Harris(Jennifer Aniston) blackmails him and sexually harasses him at work for sex. Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) has a cokehead jerk named Bobby Pellitt (Colin Farrell, almost unrecognizable) who doesn't care about anyone. All three are stuck at their jobs for one reason or another. They decide the best way to find happiness in the workplace is to kill their bosses.Then, add Jamie Foxx to the mix as an ex-con with an usual name that the friends hire. The movie was funny and has some memorable moments to it. The cast of actors/actress playing the friends and villains have so much fun with their roles.  The movie did have to fight through the "showing too much/the best parts on the preview" syndrome. Overall, it was a good movie and I would definitely watch it again. Watch through the credits for extra stuff.