I’m a fan of Heroes again. I acknowledge that the show will never benefit from incredible writing, but the latest string of episodes have been entertaining and, for the most part, original.
When we left off last week, Matt Parkman had tricked a bunch of cops into thinking that he had a gun. The cops opened fire on Parkman, filling him with bullets and causing him to drop to the ground a dead, bloody mess. As a result of Matt’s death, Sylar, who had been inhabiting Matt’s mind and manipulating him, faded from existence, presumably dead as well. We all knew that of course Sylar - or at least his consciousness/identity - couldn’t really be dead, thanks in large part to a spoiler-ific preview of this week’s episode, “Brother’s Keeper.” Keep reading for the full review. As always, there will be spoilers.
If you didn’t know any better, you might think that Kick Ass is a lame superhero parody in the vein of the horrific Superhero Movie. I mean, even with the semi-full-length trailer, I could see how you might get that idea.
But no, it’s based on a real live comic, and is supposed to be quite badass indeed. A gang of superpowerless people get tired of real life superheroes not existing, and they take it upon themselves to fill the void. There’s the titular Kick Ass, who fights with hard sticks, there’s the villain, the Red Mist, played by McLovin, and there’s prepubescent assassin Hit Girl, who looks to execute some of the sickest moves in the film.
Now that this thing has finally found a distributor, I don’t have to sit around wondering IF I get to see it. The only question now is WHEN. And the answer to that, is April.
Look, I’ve watched this at least three times at this point, but for whatever reason, I just can’t get into the mindset that this movie is going to be good. Yes, it looks exactly like a $200M version of the video game, and there are some pretty damn cool effects in there, but I just am not buying Jake G. as the Prince, and despite how much it wants to be, I don’t see this being the next Pirates of the Caribbean simply because it’s PG-13 and a lot of money was spent making it.
It’s hard to explain what exactly is missing from this for me to make it a good idea, but there definitely is something not there. I will most definitely be seeing this regardless, because I have to, but I just don’t know if this has what it takes to be the world’s second ever successful game-movie franchise (after Resident Evil). Granted it will have a much better chance as despite all the swordplay, it will definitely be PG-13, but I can’t help but wish this was God of War that Bruckheimer adopted rather than the very similar Prince, but I don’t even want to talk about that film right now, as the though of Brett Ratner pissing all over it is almost too much to handle.
But I don’t know, it does look rather fun, and there aren’t a hell of a lot of decent family friendly-ish action flicks these days. It’s already better than Transformers.
I think it’s the part in this new three and a half minute long trailer where they start flashing all of Cameron’s previous movies onscreen that I realized that the man simply does not make bad movies, and even if this is about crippled space marines and blue anorexic aliens, we’re just going to have to trust him because he hasn’t let us down before.
Also, I think a three inch YouTube screen, or even a 16 inch computer monitor just aren’t giving these trailers justice. Once it’s in IMAX 3D, I think it’s going to blow everyone away, and we’ll all be wondering just what the hell we were all worrying about.
After watching moves like Sin City and 300, I often wondered, “Why aren’t more movie filmed this way?” Well Irish director Gary Shore felt the same way, which is why he’s making Cup of Tears, an absurd sci-fi samurai film that echoes both those films, with a little Star Wars thrown in for good measure. What the hell am I talking about? You have to watch the trailer to really understand. And even then you probably won’t.
I have no idea what the hell is going on in this movie, but I know it’s probably awesome, and this thing really needs to find a distributor pronto so this can get out of Ireland (yes, the production of this movie has nothing at all to do with Asia) and leap across the ocean over here. Make it happens studios, the blogosphere commands you!
Dear lord, only Final Fantasy could have a seven minute long trailer and get away with it. The androgyny count of these clips is at least double the series’ average, as of the three people who look like hot chicks, two of them are ACTUALLY hot chicks, where one is a dude. And the one guy I thought actually sort of looked like a dude to begin with (due to his chin scruff) I only think passed for one because he’s wearing a hat and I can’t see the full extent of his long blonde locks.
Also, it creeps me out just how hot THIS chick is:
We are truly moving into a terrifying new level of CGI. Pretty soon it won’t even be creepy that I’m attracted to this girl, because everyone will be convinced she’s a real actress hired to act in the game’s cutscenes. Progress!
It’s kind of sad that this two and a half minute clip is already better than almost every zombie movie I’ve ever seen, but I am excited that I get to play this soon. I know the graphics won’t be this good since it’s just a cinematic promotional trailer, but a boy can dream can’t he?
One of my biggest gripes about the first game was that it looked like it was for the original Playstation, but after a few years, hopefully valve has learned how to cram in a bunch of zombies onscreen AND maintain some level of graphic respectability.
But yeah, as for this trailer? The cast look hilarious and likable (except for the obligatory douchebag businessman of course), and I really think they should turn this series into a GOOD movie. I mean Dawn of the Dead and Zombieland are almost there. But we need some witches and tanks to spice things up, don’t you think?
It’s nice to see Mel Gibson back in action onscreen after boarding the crazy train for the better part of last decade. He returns in a film that’s best described as “Taken, but the daughter dies” and Mel goes on a rampage, killing everyone involved, but uncovering a greater conspiracy surrounding his daughter’s death at the same time.
I’m not crazy about the accent, but it’s nice to see Mel getting back to his Lethal Weapon roots, albeit with less craziness and charm. I guess hes saving all that craziness and charm for that movie where he runs around with a beaver puppet on his hand.
Just don’t drink and drive and shout racial slurs and your career will be back on track buddy!
