Despicable Me 2/Tropic Thunder Review DOUBLE FEATURE

Alo Party Peoples. This week was going to be a review of Tropic Thunder, but a friend had tickets to a press screening of Despicable Me 2. So I will split this post into two parts. One to review an all audiences family movie that hasn't come out yet and another for an R rated Jack Black and Ben Stiller comedy from 2008.

Lets get started.



First off Despicable Me 2. It's enjoyable. It's not as good as the first one. The 3D doesn't make a significant difference so don't spend the extra money. The minions are as hilarious as ever. Underdeveloped villain. If you have kids you will probably end up seeing this anyway, so know it's not bad.

On the Meter, a rating of Good/10 out of 14.

As for Tropic Thunder. I liked it. I love Jack Black. He's great in this. Love the premise, which is that a bunch of superstar actors try to make a war movie, but end up stranded in the middle of Southeast Asia in the territory of a drug cartel, leads to a great 106 minutes. It's funny as hell. Rating of Pretty Good/11 out of 14.










Hats off to all. And see you next week.

     Greg.B

Late Night Reflections On Vigilantism In Popular Culture

Superheroes are big right now. Love them or hate them they are very profitable. They have been so pretty consistently since Batman in 1989 with a dip after Batman and Robin in 1997 and a resurgence after X-Men in 2000. With recent successes like Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel, they will most likely be big for the foreseeable future.

 And I love it. I enjoy superheroes the way that conservatives love Fox News. As in a lot. I haven't had the chance to get into the comics, but I do wish to get around to it. I love them with a preference to Marvel recently but DC in the past. But I still have favorites. As I type this at 12:33 in the morning I thought it would be fun to tally up the films from the two rivals and see which one dominates the sub-genre. 

Lets lay some rules

1. No Television Shows.
2. Has To Have Gotten A Theatrical Release in the United States.
3. After 1978 Superman, because it started this.

Alright. Lets get started.


On the side of DC we have gotten some good stuff: Superman, The Dark Knight, V for Vendetta, Watchmen... Superman II...
That's all the DC movies I can think of that have been genuinely great. A lot shorter than I thought it would be. Unfortunatley when I think of DC movies, I think of real disappointments. Catwoman, Supergirl, Green Lantern, Superman IV: The Quest For Peace, Batman and Robin... and so on and so forth.



And on the side of Marvel we have.... Captain America: The First Avenger, Spider-Man 2, X2 X-Men United, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, X-Men First Class, Thor, and Men in Black, which was originally a comic published by Malibu which was bought out by Marvel for their digital coloring system.  Not that Marvel hasn't gotten some absolute Bargain Bin material: Howard the Duck, DareDevil, The Amazing Spider-Man (yeah, I said it), Elektra, and Ghost Rider.


So yeah, Marvel wins. If I had counted cartoons DC might have won. But I didn't.


Hats off to all. See you next week

    Greg.B

AN INTRODUCTION

My name is Greg.B

This blog will be dedicated to recounting my effort to collect and protect as many films as possible for the sake of preservation. As I have been collecting prior to starting this blog I will post a list of the films I already have acquired and rate them in the following way.

Bargain Bin,Pitiful,Poor,Bad,Meh,Average,Okay,Decent,Pretty Decent,Good,Pretty Good,Great,Brilliant,Perfect.

But first a quick introduction. I operate out of the United States. My favorite TV shows are Doctor Who and       Heroes. My political views are anti Republican. My favorite book is Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove.

Lets get started.


-Marvels The Avengers: Great

-Blades of Glory: Good

-The Breakfast Club: Pretty Good

-The Corpse Bride: Pretty Decent

-Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme (2005): Good

-Dodgeball (2004): Good

-Goldfinger: Great

-The Hangover: Pretty Decent

-Harry Potter and The Sorcerers Stone: Good

-Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets: Good

-Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban : Decent

-Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire: Poor

-Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoinex: Pretty Good

-Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Pretty Good

-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One: Pretty Good

-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two: Good

-The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Great

-I Am Legend (2007): Great.5

-Leatherheads: Good

-Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring: Brilliant

-Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Brilliant

-Lord of the Rings: Return of The King: Brilliant

-Nacho Libre: Great

-Night at The Museum: Pretty Good

-Oceans Eleven (2001): Great

-Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Mans Chest: Great

-Prehistoric Park: Good

-J.K.Rowling and The Birth of Harry Potter: Bargain Bin

-Spider-Man: Great

-Tower Heist: Decent

-Tron Legacy: Good

-Tropic Thunder: I've heard its good, I havent gotten around to watching it.

-X2 X-Men United: Great

-You Only Live Twice:Great



Posts will occur weekly.


Hats off to all. and see you next week.


    Greg.B