The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies

This film seems to have received a lot of negative reviews all over the forum and the internet so I think its time somebody gave it some praise. Now I haven't read the book so I can't really pass comment on whether Jackson ruined Tolkien's great piece of prose (Although I hope to read the books given there is so much left out or changed). But anyway, down to business.

First of all Tauriel. Now I get it, she wasn't originally a character conceived by Tolkien, but in a male dominated story, I think it was refreshing to have a woman other than Galadriel. Also, the last instalment was far darker than any of the other films as it explored the theme of greed, it was grittier and felt how a lord of the rings film should feel in my opinion.

The battle scenes were exciting as well, and the CGI was amazing, and I don't think the film necessarily lacked climax, it's just the previous film had already done a lot of that. The film linked cleverly to the Lord of the Rings trilogy and ended well

That's not to say I thought the film was perfect. I think the biggest problem is that making the Hobbit as three films was a mistake, it should only have ever been split into two parts. Also

But all in all I thought it was a fitting end to the series. I thought the credits and end song by Billy Boyd were also a tribute to Tolkien, Jackson and the world of Middle Earth that have entertained us for so long.

Saying that, As a big fan of the series I don't think there was anyway I could have come out of the cinema and not enjoyed it.

YOUTUBE TWITTER

The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies

I actually quite liked this film. Even though the film followed hardly any of the original story line, I found the film very enjoyable to watch. The music was very inspiring and accompanied the film perfectly, the CGI was impressive, and the stupid action sequences were quite amusing.

I know many people would disagree with me, but I'm giving it an 8/10.

The Descendants

Nothing to be said, this film was a masterpiece.

10/10

Iron Giant.

Loved it.  The new WB animation studios released three movies int he 1990s: Quest For Cmaelot, The King and I, and Iron Giant.  I saw all of them in the theatre.  The Iron GIant is the only one worth watching.  In fact, it is leaps and bounds on another level of storytelling.  If you haven't seen this yet, give it a check.  You're in for a treat!

... and all that that implies.

Bought it for $5 in the bargain bin at BestBuy. Best impulse buy ever.

Also, what's stopping you from getting it off of Amazon or eBay?

Kooky

Somehow my brother became cognizant of this film and we watched it and, wow, that was a real gem.  It was made in the Czech Republic and I had never seen a Czech film before.
Almost the entire film is done in a really weird style with tiny objects like dolls moving around I think with puppetry.  But it's executed so flawlessly that it looks like all of the things just got up and started moving around without any strange cgi look to it.  It's really cool that it takes place in a forest and you can see all the little details like the texture in the moss and little tiny beetles crawling over parts of the scene.
There are even a few scenes where they got animals like birds to interact with the characters, and it's really amazing.

I would recommend.

And here's a trailer if you want to know how it looks: http://youtu.be/MBQbkbnj780

The Wind Rises
Got this along with other anime from family for Christmas, and I am over the moon!
This film is just like Hayao Miyazaki's other anime; amazing!
This came out last year in limited release, which was a shame, as it wasn't in any cinema's in the part of the country I live in, to see this is just wonderful!
The Wind Rises tells the fictional biographical story of Jiro Horikoshi, the creator of the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter plane, used by the Japanese Empire during World War II. Of course, this film doesn't solely focus on him just designing that plane, but instead, how he views the design of aircraft in his fantasy dreamland, and how they differ when they are created in the real world.
It focuses also on his personal life, with his wife taking this role. Although what happens in the film is completely different from what actually happened in real life, I felt this created much more character development for Jiro and his wife, Naoko Satomi.
10/10
Worth a watch, and a fine final film for Hayao Miyazaki!
In my opinion, The Wind Rises should have won the academy award for best animated feature instead of Frozen!

Into The Woods

This movie was very enjoyable. Almost every musical number made me want to sing and dance along gayly. Also, the movie brings together numerous fairy tales with all the characters from the different stories working off each other and poking fun at their stories and flaws. There's also a lot of satire of fairy tales, for example, there is a song number in which two princes sing together about princesses they are pursuing whilst they rip off their shirts.  

The cast is magnificent, with bonus points for Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp, and the story is a lot of fun and delivers its moral quite well, though the third act drags on for a bit and there are a few plotholes and unresolved plot points.

Definitely worth watching it, if only for a fun live action disney musical that doesn't take itself too seriously.

7.5/10

The Hobbit: The Battle of blah blah blah
"Why does it hurt so much?"
"Because it was real"
PLS KILL ME
I could have walked out of the theater right then.  This movie is terrible.  The worst of this unfortunate trilogy.  Watching it was a chore.  I knew I had to go to all 3 of these movies, and now I'm glad they're over so I never have to think about them ever again.

The LEGO Movie
Finally got around to watching this last night, regretted waiting so long.  It was awesome.  Crazy.  I kept saying "what? why would they do that?!?!"  I loved it.  I'm very curious to know how they were able to use get/use permissions for so many iconic franchises (Batman, Superman, Star Wars, etc) in this one film.  Some kind of "advertising" loophole?  Whatever, I don't care that there was a sappy LEGO commercial under it all, it was awesome.

On New Year's Day, my family had a Redneck Movie Marathon.

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

A hilarious, bawdy, funner-than-a-barrel-of-monkeys thrill ride. Definitely some of Jackie Gleason's best work; he stole the show.

9/10

The Blind Side (2009)

This 2009 Best Picture nominee tells the touching true story about the former NFL offensive tackle, Michael Oher. I would recommend this to anyone who has yet to tire of these "sappy sports movies". Still though, I enjoyed this movie.

8.7/10