Wednesday, December 11, 2013

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug (no spoilers)



Last night I watched "The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug" and it was really good. The movie was exiting all the way throughout the 161 min run time. It was way better than "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", though I did enjoy the first one aswell. This movie is really action-packed and keeps you at the edge of your seat. The 3D looks great in this movie and there are a lot of great images. Though the "Lord of The Rings" trilogy is way better, so don't go into the cinema with too high expectations.

There are many cool characters. All the dwarfs are back aswell, and THERE'S NO SINGING!! :) I wasn't that fond of the dwarfs in the first movie, but now they're starting to grow on me. Now I'm finding myself really caring about each and every one of them. The movie also introduced a new character to the Tolkien-universe. This character isn't written by Tolkien, but by the movie writers. The characters name is Tauriel, and she's a Wood Elf (Legolas is also a Wood Elf). She's played by the actress Evangeline Lilly, which is most known for playing Kate in the hit series "Lost" (2004-2010). I thought Tauriel was a great/awesome character. She's one of my favorite charcters in the movie, so Peter Jackson made a great decision when he added her. She kicks ass all they way throughout the movie, and she has about the same fighting style as Legolas. It was really cool seeing another "Lord of the Rings" character, and I was glad to see Legolas again. Gandalf is cool as allways, and is my favorite Middle Eart character. Gandalf has great the greatest quotes and is a very likeable character. Martin Freman plays Bilbo perfectly yet again. He's the funniest character in the movie and you've got to love him. We also get introduced to Smaug (the dragon which lives in Erebor) played by Benedict Cumberbatch. His voice and performance really makes Smaug the greatest movie dragon since Falkor the luckdragon.

I really liked this movie and I recommend it to Tolkien fans and fellow fantasy lovers. It isn't perfect, but it's a great effort. The soundtrack is pretty good but quite forgettable compared to the other movies. Every moviegoer should give this "The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug" a try, and I give it 8,8/10

I just saw the movie again (07.01.2015) It did not hold up. And I didn't want to rewrite the review. So after watching the movie again I think the rating should rather be 7/10

Friday, December 6, 2013

Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom of Menace

The prequel of the greatest movie trilogy ever made. One of the greatest disappointments in movie-history. Directed by the greediest man in our galaxy, George Lucas. The man that totally dropped all the cool actors, great story telling and awesome action, but added long boring political discusions. A movie that makes the greatest movie villan ever, look like a pissie little, annoying prick. An assamble of shitty actors with some exception. This is "Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace.

The main actors and actresses in the movie are: Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ray Park and Jake Lloyd. Liam Neeson plays the most boring jedi in the universe, Qui-Gon Jinn. He does not bring a lot to the role and is quite forgetful. Ewan McGregor is ok, but he is also a very forgetful character. The only thing that makes us pay attention to his character is because he's Obi-Wan Kenobi. Natalie Portman plays Padmé. I feel like Lucas though that he had written a strong and interesting character when he created Padmé, which he did not. He made another annoying and whiny character, which I don't give a shit about. I usually like Natalie Portman, she was awesome in "V for Vendetta" and "Black Swan" of course. She totally deserved an oscar for "Black Swan". Ray Park played Darth Maul. I felt that Darth Maul was a cool and interesting character which I would liked to have learned more about. I would have rather enjoyed if they had given him the same type of role as Darth Vader had in the original trilogy. Instead of getting killed off which really pissed me off. Jake Lloyd is one of the reasons that this movie didn't work. HE F*CKING TAKES DOWN A HUGE SPACE SHIP ON HIS OWN, and that's just dumb. I know that the force is supposed to be strong with him, but cheesus christ.... 

You get to see most of your favorite characters like Kermit the Frog-








And all your favorite rasist steriotypes like greedy jew(Omg! How did he get away with this!!)










He also gave us the most beloved character in the history of cinema, Jar Jar Binks.















This movie gave the moviegoers nothing, but disapointment. The movie had bad acting, a bad script and boring/annoying characters. Though the movie had one awesome lightsaber battle.











I give it 5/10, it's almost so bad that it's good