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Showing posts with label DC Comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DC Comics. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Saturday, March 15, 2014
The Ultimate Superhero List 4: "Constantine"
Hell wants him. Heaven won't take him.
Earth needs him. The script hates him.
Friday, March 14, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Friday, January 10, 2014
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
The Ultimate Lists of Ultimate Destinies
Yes, it's a new year, which means a new look for Cinema Won! And new stuffs going on! This year I wanted to do something similar to the theme months I've done in the past. So, obviously, the best answer was to never do a theme month again. Yeah. Now, I will still do Halloween and Christmas months and something special around the site's anniversary. But, for now, I plan on doing something a bit different.
I have made three lists, each with a long number of films/TV shows that I plan to review. But here's the catch. The lists are kinda like a fallback. If I don't have a movie to get from Netflix or I want a movie to watch on Instant, I watch a movie on one of these lists. So there is really no pressure for me to review everything quickly, which has been a problem in the past and would get worse with the sheer number of films on these lists. If I reviewed one film a day, it would take me a little over a full year to do it. So yeah, gonna take my time with these,
So here are the lists. First up, The Ultimate Superhero List. Yes, with this list I have chosen a little over 120 superhero themed movies to watch and hopefully review. Some are based on DC Comics, some Marvel, Dark Horse and some are original to the movie they're in. And it's not all theatrical either. I have the DC Animated films, the Marvel ones, some direct-to-DVD films. Even that one weird KISS movie. I've got it all. Next is The Ultimate Childhood List. This list features over 150 DVD collections, film versions, special episodes and the like for all the shows I watched when I was a kid, mainly from Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Disney Channel. That also includes every Disney Channel Original Movie I can get my hands on. And speaking of Disney, the third and biggest list The Ultimate Disney List. That list features over 180 of Disney's theatrical films from the beginning of Disney. All the sequels, prequels and other-quels included, animated or live-action and even some direct-to-DVD. Even their nature movies. It'll be crazy! And with that, look for those lists to kick off later this week. I've got a long way to go, and everybody's coming with me. Whether they want to or not.
I have made three lists, each with a long number of films/TV shows that I plan to review. But here's the catch. The lists are kinda like a fallback. If I don't have a movie to get from Netflix or I want a movie to watch on Instant, I watch a movie on one of these lists. So there is really no pressure for me to review everything quickly, which has been a problem in the past and would get worse with the sheer number of films on these lists. If I reviewed one film a day, it would take me a little over a full year to do it. So yeah, gonna take my time with these,
So here are the lists. First up, The Ultimate Superhero List. Yes, with this list I have chosen a little over 120 superhero themed movies to watch and hopefully review. Some are based on DC Comics, some Marvel, Dark Horse and some are original to the movie they're in. And it's not all theatrical either. I have the DC Animated films, the Marvel ones, some direct-to-DVD films. Even that one weird KISS movie. I've got it all. Next is The Ultimate Childhood List. This list features over 150 DVD collections, film versions, special episodes and the like for all the shows I watched when I was a kid, mainly from Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Disney Channel. That also includes every Disney Channel Original Movie I can get my hands on. And speaking of Disney, the third and biggest list The Ultimate Disney List. That list features over 180 of Disney's theatrical films from the beginning of Disney. All the sequels, prequels and other-quels included, animated or live-action and even some direct-to-DVD. Even their nature movies. It'll be crazy! And with that, look for those lists to kick off later this week. I've got a long way to go, and everybody's coming with me. Whether they want to or not.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
The Undefined Gamer: DC and Movies Don't Mix
Batman, Superman AND Wonder Woman!
That sounds needlessly complicated!
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
If D.C. and Warner Bros. Made Marvel Movies
With the recent release of the still very comic-booky feeling Marvel Studios film Thor: The Dark World and the new for Warner Bros. Batman/Superman still sounding not very promising, I was wonder what would happen if Warner Bros. was in charge of making the Marvel movies and series we know and love today. Most likely, it's dark, gritty and completely missing the point of the character.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Gamer V. Cinema: Justice League in Trouble
Question: Should Warner Bros. include proven actors in Justice League?
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Monday, October 17, 2011
In Dullest Day, In Dumbest Night: "Green Lantern" Review
SPOILER WARNING. THAT IS ALL.
A while back while talking about X-Men: First Class, I said that movie franchises can be a tricky thing to do. Sometimes, if they go on too long, they can become stale and boring. Sometimes, thanks to poor box office numbers, good franchises don't get a chance to start. Then there are the franchises that don't get a chance to make it past the first movie because they suck from right out of the gate.
Green Lantern showcases what happens if no one making the movie really bothers to try. Sure, the actors are working with what their given, but what their given isn't much more than a copy of several better superhero movies like Spider-Man and Batman and then being told to do something like that.
Ryan Reynolds start as Hal Jordan AKA the newest member of the intergalactic piece keeping organization called The Green Lantern Corp. Given a ring that allows him to create anything he thinks up in his mind, Hal becomes a superhero. Naturally. Blake Lively stars as his love interest, Peter Saarsgard is the villain and Mark Strong play a fellow Green Lantern member.
What kills Green Lantern almost right out of the starting gate is the lazy screenplay. The writers clearly don't have a single creative bone their FOUR bodies. (Yes, four people wrote this crap) The film starts with a big loud voice pretty much reading the text off of a text scroll that isn't really there. From that point on the movie sets it's tone of laziness and boredom. The film can even get it's own characters right. Lively's Carol Ferris at first seems to hate Hal's everything, but soon she has a heel-face turn and is 100% in love with him. Several character disappear after get thrown into windows (she had to have survived) and other just appear out of no where.
The film's story doesn't fare much better. Hal leaves to go train with other Lanterns and when he comes back to Earth... nothing really happens. Seriously. He saves a party. Talks with Carol. Stops a bad guy. Talks with Carol. Fights the same bad guy again. Talks with Carol. Fights a different bad guy. Talks with Carol. The end. See a pattern? The film focuses way to much on the bland character development and doesn't bother to tells us about the superhero story it has.
Plus, the special effects are some of the worst in a long time. In fact, Hal's mask might just better the worst special effect of the decade. The time the movie can really shine is when Hal uses the unlimited ring of power and yet it still sucks. All Hal (and the writers) can think to do are make Hot Wheels tracks and big fists. I mean, the big bad guy everyone says is the worst possible thing in the universe is defeated... after Hal punches him with a really big fist. How's that for creativity?
Green Lantern may not be the worst film of this year (Transformers 3 can keep the crown). But it's certantly the laziest. The story is underdeveloped, the characters are bland, the action isn't creative and the special effects just suck. The only thing in the movie thats passible is the acting. Overall, Green Lantern sucks.
GREEN LANTERN GETS A 2 OUT OF 6.
See you later.
PS. I know it was in the comics, but Sinestro's yellow ring scene during the credits makes no sense what so ever.
A while back while talking about X-Men: First Class, I said that movie franchises can be a tricky thing to do. Sometimes, if they go on too long, they can become stale and boring. Sometimes, thanks to poor box office numbers, good franchises don't get a chance to start. Then there are the franchises that don't get a chance to make it past the first movie because they suck from right out of the gate.
Green Lantern showcases what happens if no one making the movie really bothers to try. Sure, the actors are working with what their given, but what their given isn't much more than a copy of several better superhero movies like Spider-Man and Batman and then being told to do something like that.
Ryan Reynolds start as Hal Jordan AKA the newest member of the intergalactic piece keeping organization called The Green Lantern Corp. Given a ring that allows him to create anything he thinks up in his mind, Hal becomes a superhero. Naturally. Blake Lively stars as his love interest, Peter Saarsgard is the villain and Mark Strong play a fellow Green Lantern member.
What kills Green Lantern almost right out of the starting gate is the lazy screenplay. The writers clearly don't have a single creative bone their FOUR bodies. (Yes, four people wrote this crap) The film starts with a big loud voice pretty much reading the text off of a text scroll that isn't really there. From that point on the movie sets it's tone of laziness and boredom. The film can even get it's own characters right. Lively's Carol Ferris at first seems to hate Hal's everything, but soon she has a heel-face turn and is 100% in love with him. Several character disappear after get thrown into windows (she had to have survived) and other just appear out of no where.
The film's story doesn't fare much better. Hal leaves to go train with other Lanterns and when he comes back to Earth... nothing really happens. Seriously. He saves a party. Talks with Carol. Stops a bad guy. Talks with Carol. Fights the same bad guy again. Talks with Carol. Fights a different bad guy. Talks with Carol. The end. See a pattern? The film focuses way to much on the bland character development and doesn't bother to tells us about the superhero story it has.
Plus, the special effects are some of the worst in a long time. In fact, Hal's mask might just better the worst special effect of the decade. The time the movie can really shine is when Hal uses the unlimited ring of power and yet it still sucks. All Hal (and the writers) can think to do are make Hot Wheels tracks and big fists. I mean, the big bad guy everyone says is the worst possible thing in the universe is defeated... after Hal punches him with a really big fist. How's that for creativity?
Green Lantern may not be the worst film of this year (Transformers 3 can keep the crown). But it's certantly the laziest. The story is underdeveloped, the characters are bland, the action isn't creative and the special effects just suck. The only thing in the movie thats passible is the acting. Overall, Green Lantern sucks.
GREEN LANTERN GETS A 2 OUT OF 6.
See you later.
PS. I know it was in the comics, but Sinestro's yellow ring scene during the credits makes no sense what so ever.
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