Bourne Legacy & Total Recall

I think it should be mentioned that this movie is coming out in about a month, and I'm really excited about it. Jeremy Renner is one of my favourite actors and I'm really excited to see him in the next Bourne installment. And Edward Norton.

The trailers are making this movie look pretty amazing. It's been pushed back a week, so now it comes out August 10th, but that's good news for me because that means....

I can dedicate the entire weekend of the 3rd to being stoked about this movie:

Total Recall is one of those movies that I really hope I'm not getting myself too excited for, only to be disappointed. I love science-fiction thrillers. I'm really excited about this movie. Also I just really love Colin Farrell and I'm not sure I could deal with him and Jeremy Renner all in one weekend. Looking forward to both of these!

The Amazing Spider-Man #ASM #AmazingSpiderMan

The Amazing Spider-Man (July3rd, 2012)

Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Rhys Ifans, Dennis Leary

I'll be the first to admit: when I heard that they were making another Spider-Man movie, I wasn't entirely convinced. It's only been five years since the last one came out (even though we don't talk about that one, and for good reason), so I had plenty of reason to be completely skeptical. 

And then Andrew Garfield was cast as Peter Parker. 

He was phenomenal in The Social Network and initially I thought he was a bit old for ASM. 

But then I actually saw the movie. 

Let me just say that for being in his late twenties, he can pull off a seventeen-year-old high school student very well. He plays the shy brainiac very well—that awkward part of high school where everyone's a little awkward was portrayed pretty well in the film. It's not awkward for the audience, though—sometimes I almost felt bad for laughing at Peter Parker's very obvious discomfort and awkwardness around Gwen, but his curiosity was something that got the audience interested in his life. As Spider-Man, there are some very touching, moments in the film (like the car off the bridge scene), lighthearted times as he is looking for a costume and testing out his own webbing, and then there are some other portions that are dark and intense as he's trying to conceal his identity from Captain Stacy. The movie is funny, intense, touching, and quickly draws its audience in with Peter's quick wit and awkward tendencies.  

Obviously the movie has its problems, but overall, it was very enjoyable and very funny. There's a point where you can see who Spider-Man really is that comes about halfway through the film that just makes the movie absolutely wonderful. The CGI was okay--I think some things could have been done a little better but overall it was enjoyable. Emma Stone was cute and enjoyable and I'm not sure if I want her character, Gwen Stacy, to be killed off like she was in the comics, but I suppose we'll find that out in the future. 

OH. There's a couple of great scenes between Peter and Flash that just kills me every time. Ironic tension that's supposed to be there is kind of there. It's pretty great. 

Anyway. Go see it. It's good in 3D. 

Watch_Dogs

Watch_Dogs is probably the game that I'm most looking forward to that was presented at E3 this year. The gameplay and the idea, everything about this game just screams innovation and ingenuity. With a crafty intro trailer, the whole concept behind it is just brilliant. The idea that someone would have the ability to hack the planet, to find out those intimate details about someone from the palm of their hand is, while obviously terrifying, completely enthralling. Here's the intro trailer:

Seriously though. This game looks awesome. I'm really surprised it didn't get GOTS.

E3

So, E3 is this week and boy, do we have a lot of stuff to talk about.

Unfortunately, we're not going to talk about them in depth until tomorrow.

But I will say this: the Nintendo conference was very underwhelming. I was expecting so much more from the hype that they tried to raise up for the Wii U and man, I got almost nothing out of that. Miiverse? A place where you can leave notes for each other in games? Ridiculous. I disapprove heartily.

Ubisoft really stole the show. Watch Dogs looks freaking fantastic—will definitely go into more depth about that tomorrow. I don't think that any of the other guys really took the show with their conferences. Ubisoft did a great job, minus the fact that Tobuscus was there and it was just awkward whenever he was onscreen.

Until tomorrow!

Avengers 2/3

Things I've noticed seeing the movie a couple of times:

1. Thor does not wear his helmet in this film. It drives me a little bit insane.
2. Between when Nick Fury is talking to Thor about 'what do you expect me to do' and when he appears in the science!bro room, he apparently has brushed his hair.
3. Where is Loki in the time between the [SPOILER] shawarma and the trip back to Asgard? Obviously he's just sitting in a car somewhere, pissed that the Avengers are having a cute little lunch date and he's just chilling in a car. Without shawarma. 
4. Here's how the conversation between Tony and Pepper is going to go in Iron Man 3:
   Pepper: Hey, remember when you got all on my case about the sweaty workmen in the elevator?
   Tony: Hey, remember when I was flying into space on a one way trip and you didn't answer the phone?
5. That's actually all. 

Prometheus

It's been a long time since we've had a good alien/sci-fi movie come out. I really don't remember the last good one that I saw in theaters—granted, my brain is still pretty fried from being so hyped up on Avengers, but I really couldn't tell you the last sci-fi movie that I really enjoyed that's come out in the past few years. I'm all about sci-fi, especially if it's well done.

Now, Prometheus. It really does look like it's going to scare the crap out of me. I can't even put my finger on why. Like I said, I love a good science-fiction movie. Aliens and technology and futuristic stuff that we don't have here (...yet...), what could be better than that? Computers that you control with your fingers on invisible screens displayed by lights in midair and all kinds of HUDs and holograms and stuff, so awesome. But every time I see a trailer for Prometheus (mostly just during the Avengers) I tell myself that I'm not going to be able to see it in theaters. Because it looks scary, dude. But then when I see a trailer later on, I'm all "OH YEAH THAT MOVIE LOOKS GREAT". So, I'm guessing I'm just going to have to see it to get over my fear/excitement of seeing it. Because really, if I could, I would totally make a cool futuristic science-fiction movie where they get trapped in some strange alien world but get to drive a cool spaceship and they get cool gadgets and all that jazz.

When the Hunger Games came out, that was considered a 'sci-fi' movie (I would have never called it that but whatever), but having seen that movie and seen that it's a damn disappointment, I'm really looking forward to Prometheus. They have this cool viral marketing thing that they're doing where they post videos—a TED talk, an advert for David, David the Android introduction video, and 'Quiet Eye'—and let me just say, I love viral marketing. I think viral marketing, when it's well done, is an excellent way to get people interested in a movie. Making 'fake websites' for the companies in movies (Harvey Dent's campaign website for Dark Knight...actually, the entire marketing campaign for Dark Knight was ridiculously intricate. And awesome.) is a great way to get people to explore and learn about the movie's characters, background, etc. It's especially helpful for films like Prometheus, whose plot has been under wraps for so long. Viral marketing is good for a movie that you don't want to reveal the plot for.

Anyway, so, Prometheus. I haven't done a lot of digging about the movie but I have watched all the videos above and I've seen the trailers, obviously. I just don't want to dig too much because the problem with the trailers is that they give so much away already. I feel like I know what's going to happen in the movie already and that's really disappointing to me, but who knows? Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised. Or, you know, completely scared. Either way, I know I'm going to enjoy it.

Another Avengers Rant (1/3)

Having seen Avengers several times in theatres already (I can't stop!) I just felt like posting a few of my favourites from the film/Avengers 'series' of films.


Favourite movie: Thor. I love Thor so much because it's the funniest, to me, and it has the best characters. Yeah, Iron Man and Iron Man 2 are pretty hilarious but Thor just gets me. Also, because my favourite character is in this movie, and he also plays a pretty huge part in Avengers, it makes sense that I was thrilled when he was finally introduced in Thor. Which brings us to...







Favourite character: Loki. From the comics to the screen, Loki is my favourite character ever. Always has been and always will be, and I love the fact that he's the main villain in Avengers because, let's face it, Tom Hiddleston makes a perfect Loki. And like I said in my previous Avengers related post, you can really see that turning point in Thor. When he is 'forced' to take over the throne, you can see that change, a bit of hesitation. He was born to rule. Anyway, Hiddleston's Loki. He's dark, he's dangerous, and, frankly, he plays batshit!Loki perfectly. But not in the 'bag full of cats' kind of way that I think Banner means—Loki's insane. Drunk with power. Blinded by the prospect of controlling an entire world, without regard for who is in it. So blind that he doesn't see the inevitable truth—just as Natasha Romanoff questioned what Loki would do with Clint Barton once his goal was reached (which is one of my favourite parts of the movie because you rean really see how dark and insane Loki is, right there at that part), Loki doesn't seem to understand—what would happen to him once his goal was reached? Would the Chitauri really let him go, or let him rule, or is he really just the means to an end? In Avengers, there's a part where he says to Tony, 'Are you going to try to appeal to the humanity inside me?' or something to that effect, and we all know that it won't work (hence Tony's 'no, I'm going to threaten you'), because the only person that could able to do that is Thor. Thor, truthfully, is the only person that we can see that Loki is terrified of. In the SHIELD quinjet, Captain America says, "What's the matter, scared of a little lightning?" to which Loki replies, "I'm not overly fond of what follows." Then Thor tries to appeal to him, telling him to give up this 'poisonous dream', which, really, is what it is. It happens twice in the movie—later, on Stark Tower, you can see the hesitation. I could seriously rant and rave about Hiddleston's performance as Loki because he brought my favourite character to live and made him real. He made the insanity that is Loki real, the 'disgraced' son of Odin, the adopted brother of Thor, in the movie you can tell that Loki has taken all this into account and it has made him who he is in the film. He's dark. He's wounded. He's so angry (I was about to write 'pissed off, but I don't think that that really covers it. I mean, I'm pissed off when I don't have chocolate, so I don't think it's that way), but he believes so firmly in his cause that he'll use any means possible to achieve it. Loki really believes that he would rule the world, the humans. He is psychotic. And I love it. I love the translation from page to screen. Makes me so happy. Also: this picture:

Favourite Avenger: Iron Man. Tony Stark is such a sassy little asshole, I love it. He's neurotic and brilliant, not necessarily a good combination, but regardless, it's great. Robert Downey Jr. is the only person that can play Tony Stark in my world, and he pulls it off flawlessly. Also, this scene:

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Biggest surprise: That I was pleased with Ruffalo's Hulk.


Favourite SHIELD Agent: This is practically a no-brainer because everyone loves Coulson. Yeah, Nick Fury is a badass ("... but given that it's a stupid ass decision...."), but Coulson is so deadpan funny that it kills. We see a little bit of fanboy!Coulson with Captain America which is so, so funny, but when he comes at Loki with the ... destroyer gun, his whole "You like this? Even I don't know what it does." just kills me every time. I love Coulson. He's pretty much one of the best characters in the entire series. And I love that Tony Stark, despite his whole "his first name is Agent", really did consider Coulson a good guy and a close friend--I think that was something that needed to be touched on in the films, and there it was. AND LOOK HE GOT HIS OWN POSTER (:







Anyway, that's all I got for now. I think this'll be part 1/3.