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Explosions and eye candy make ‘Battleship’ fun, but it’s still stupid

Oh boy. I know everyone wants to compare Peter Berg to Michael Bay right about now. I’m sure a lot of people saw the trailer for “Battleship” and were tricked into going, thinking it was really “Transformers 4″….but it’s not. Don’t get me wrong. The movie is still big and dumb and loud and packed with actors who can’t act. Except Liam Neeson. He is still a bad mofo. Unfortunately he look soooo bored in the few scenes he is in. Maybe that’s because he is mostly left out of the last half hour of the movie, which is the only redeeming section of this based on a board game flick. Continue reading Explosions and eye candy make ‘Battleship’ fun, but it’s still stupid

‘Marvel’s The Avengers’ might be the best comic book movie of all time

I know there is a huge debate about whether or not “The Avengers” has unseated “The Dark Knight” as the greatest super hero movie of all time but I do feel it is the best ‘comic book movie’ that has ever hit theatres. Trust me, there is a difference in there somewhere. Director Joss Whedon did what no one thought he could do and that is take a collection of heroes who have all had their own big screen adventures and put them into one big bad movie. He not only pull it off, but he has set the bar for future comic book and super hero movies to come. Continue reading ‘Marvel’s The Avengers’ might be the best comic book movie of all time