Iron Man 2

This was one of those movies that you wait for any you know will be a decent movie. The first Iron Man was a pretty dang good movie for the type of movie that it is. Well, Iron Man 2 takes that great stigma and feeling behind the movie and makes it part of this one as well. It takes the same type of action and packs it right on top of the where the original left off.

Iron Man 2 is in all reality just your average action packed sequel to a great movie. What I really like is that Jon Favreau really kept what was great in the movie. Not to mention that Robert Downey Jr. did an amazing job as he always does. The story flowed really well along with the characters that made it move, even Mickey Rourke who I thought would just slow it down and for good measure dumb it down.

There were a couple of things about the film that kind of sucked but they are not major things. For instance not casting Terrance Howard. This is not a huge screw up but having the original cast in a huge feature film is kind of a big deal. Not discrediting Don Cheadle, he was really good in the movie and should have been in the first one. The other thing that bugged me was the ending fight with Mickey Rourke and Robert Downey Jr., it was kind of lame and could have been done a LOT better. You will see what I mean when you watch the movie.

A movie directed by Jon Favreau which features Robert Downey Jr. you would expect some really witty and funny come backs ect. Well, it kind of falls short on those compared to movies like Couples Retreat and the first Iron Man. What it lacks for in comedy it makes up for in great acting and sweet action. If you have not guessed by now I LOVE action movies and will pretty much cream my pants when I see titles like “Iron Man” and “Transformers”.

I would really recommend seeing this one in the theaters, even though I hate telling people that. You will get your money out of this one like you did the first one, you know you did. So go make your own judgments about this film and come back here and let me know I am a sucker and dumb ass for action movies.

Kick-Ass 2010

I am pretty sure that someone had shown me the trailer for this movie a LONG time ago but I had brushed it off. Watching another trailer about a month before this movie came out, I started to get excited. This was one of the few movies that I really wanted to watch and anticipated so far this year. It just looked funny and that is what exactly what I had not seen in a while.

Kick-Ass kind of drags a bit at the beginning of the movie and really starts to nag on your patience for something interesting to happen. Although the movie has a slightly slow start once the action happens it starts to move pretty fast. Knowing that the movie was built around a super hero persona I knew that they would start to move things similar to a comic book. Well that is pretty much exactly what they did, whether it be the action or the story it was all tied to those roots.

The action in Kick-Ass was pretty good for an action comedy. One of the things that stood out to me about the action was the difference between the main character, Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), and the other 2 “super heroes”, Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz) and Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage). While Dave Lizewski was basically some nerd that had nothing better to do than be a nerd he was really just that some kid trying to Kick some Ass. While he tried, he just ends up getting his ass kicked. Then you have Hit Girl and Big Daddy which are really just normal people but in the movie they seem to have skills that only a comic book hero would have. The one thing that about the general feel of the movie and how the action plays out, it reminded me of Pineapple Express.

The comedy in the movie was pretty funny. Though not exactly the funniest in the world it did make you laugh. It falls to the side when the action parts of the movie pick up or when an important part in the story is trying to poke it’s head through. I would not say it was one of the funniest movies I have ever seen but it was totally worth the watch for the comedy and action.

If you know me, you know that I really do not like Nicolas Cage. The guy has not turned a good movie out since Con Air or Faceoff. He plays in shit movies and his acting reflects this. With saying that, I have to say that with out him being a main character in the movie he did a decent job in this movie. He still sucked though, but that is my opinion.

As always go see Kick-Ass yourself. Make sure you do not go in to this movie expecting to be slapping your knees the whole time or gripping the seat because of the action. Overall you will be pleased.

Ninja Assassin 2009

Do you like modern Kung Fu movies? I am sure everyone at one point in their life has liked at least 1 or 2 Kung Fu movies. Ninja Assassin takes the whole Kung Fu mentality to a different level in the sense that it is really out there. When you watch the fight scenes they are almost as if they wanted to rip the mentality off of Kill Bill. TONS of blood just as if Quentin Tarantino had directed this film. Do not get me wrong the fight scenes are pretty bad ass.

As for the rest of the movie, lets just say it was complete shit. The story revolves around this orphaned boy that was turned in to a bad ass ninja by this freakin’ crazy ninja that basically runs a death camp. They try to push a love story that is weak as hell considering that the love interest is only part of the story for a total of 5 mins. Long story short he ends up hating this death camp and turns his back on them.

Through out the movie the story flip flops between present day and the past time while he was growing up in the death camp. Which in return makes the main story weak and not there at points in the movie. It is almost as if they wanted to tell a story about a bad ass ninja but could not do it without showing you how he got bad ass. So you end up with a movie more about the past instead of what is happening currently in the movie.

As far as I no there are no recognizable actors or actresses except one guy that was in Tokyo Drift. Other than that I am pretty sure they are all Korean actors. Someone on twitter had pointed this fact out by asking me if I was a Korean girl. Which made me think that these guys might be big over there in their Starcraft films and such.

Overall the action was pretty bad ass but the movie itself lacked quite a bit. No serious story that wanted to progress without seeing some type of flashback and the love portion lacked depth. Just go see it for yourself and I am sure if you are a Korean girl you might like it a bit more than I did.