...say, "What about Galvatron?" (Transformers 2 review)

Don't believe the negative hype.

I love me some IMAX. The last movie that I went to watch in IMAX was The Dark Knight...which, if you didn't get a chance to do that, I feel sorry for you. My next opportunity, Transformers 2. Luckily the just put an IMAX next to my parents house. Why not Cville?

So 6.7 on IMDB. Not so hot right? But to put this in perspective...The Rock, possibly one of the best action flicks ever (thats right, I said it) is a 7.2. Armageddon=6.0. Now, I am talking about action-only flicks, so please don't say that the Bourne movies are better, or Empire Strikes Back. Obviously, those are "better" movies because of story, acting, editing, etc. But Transformers 2 is non-stop from start to finish...its like eating ice cream in a cake cone.

The good: Can I say that I love some Shia Labeouf? Not so much as Megan Fox...but that dude is funny. I swear, I think I laughed out loud more times in this movie than in The Hangover...well, close at least. The comedy left off where the first one started and had some good laughs the whole time.

Action, action, action. There were like 30 robots in this movie--including the Constructacons and Soundwave. The fight scenes were awesome, and there were lots of them, which was a problem in the first one (not enough fights). They pulled a lot of the slow motion parts where it shows the robots getting busted up--there are some brutal scenes.

And did I mention Megan Fox?

The bad: Although there are lots of robots, there is nearly no characterization--which I don't care too much about. But if you didn't see the first one, you will not understand a lot of it. There are just robots and characters popping out of no where with no explanations. So we can go ahead and say there are plot holes and bad story telling, but that was a given.

Also, there are a few action sequences that just dont look too good. It almost seems like they ran out of money for some of the CGI scenes, and they had to get cheaper programmers to do it.

But, whatever! I loved this movie. So to all of you nay-sayers...

Rating: 8 out of 10

...say no to drugs. (The Hangover review)

Bachelor party in Vegas. Every man's dream.

I don't really have any related story to tell, so I will go straight into it.

The good: This movie is ridiculous! Very similarly to my beloved How I Met Your Mother, this movie tells the story by showing crazy outcomes, and then flashes back to see how they happened. I will say that it has a fair amount of bad jokes, but the level of good jokes definitely outweighs that. All of the cast were funny...and I generally HATE Zack Galifinakis. The story comes together pretty well as crazy as it is. I don't wanna give away too much, but there is quite a lot of shock value to this movie as well. Oh, and a Heather Graham flash??

The bad: No real complaints. I will say to those that are easily duped--don't believe the hype. Just so you won't be let down. I was reading some reviews that said this was the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I say nay to that. Oh, and maybe a little too much "man" shown.

Go watch it.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10

...stop making fun of Trekkies. (Star Trek review)

Never seen an episode. Never seen a movie.

Of course I can rattle of the names of characters and things from the Star Trek franchise: Captain Kirk, Spock, Klingons, USS Enterprise, Kahn, "Beam me up, Scotty", Scotty, Checkov, Uharu, Vulcans, Romulans...Wookies? Star Trek is ridiculously intertwined with our culture that every person knows most of these terms.

And with the new trend of "beginnings," such as Batman and James Bond, it only makes sense to see how Star Trek came to be. It got my attention.

The good: This movie is great from start to finish. The mix of action, comedy, and story line is everything that I look for in a movie. And what made it fun for me was seeing all of the characters that I have only heard about, and where they come from. Thanks god they gave Captain Kirk a new persona. Imagine, a, young, William, Shatner, who, speaks, with, breaks, between, every, word. It, just, wouldnt, fly, with, today's, audience. And with two of my favorites, John Cho and Simon Pegg, I was smiling the whole way (although they have small parts).

The thing with Sci-Fi is that they can get away with ridiculous plots. Time travel. Exploding/Imploding planets. These are conventions that you expect when you go into it.

The bad: I would've liked to see more of the bad guy...Nero? Zero? I forget. But when you have a bad guy that is as sinister as this, you'd like to see him whip a little more butt.

Halleluiah for the most entertaining movie of 2009!

Rating: 9 out of 10

...a short and sweet review. (The Love Guru review)

Don't watch it!

Rating: 3.5 out of 10