Hello
again everyone! So I realized the other
day looking over my blog and thinking of ways to make it better and post more
frequently when I realized that I haven’t done a movie review in a while. I couldn’t believe it. The last movie I reviewed was The Host, which is not the last movie I
saw by any means. So this weekend I have
seen Fast & the Furious 6 and Star Trek: Into Darkness and I wanted to
share that with everyone.
With
Fast & the Furious 6, some are
thinking, ‘when is enough, enough’, others, ‘keep them coming’. Me, I range somewhere in the middle. I’m all about watching the movies and their
sequels as long as they are good. If you
go downhill and are only making a sequel for the sake of making a sequel don’t
do it. I’m also not a huge fan of any
sequels that only keep the name but none of the cast, basically a remake with a
few plot changes and new characters (Bring it On’s, Step Up’s, Cinderella
Story’s, etc I like them but really they are not what I would pay to see each
time). The Fast & the Furious movies have all been with the same cast, if
you don’t count #3 Tokyo Drift as it is so out of order with the other
movies. Anyways they all focus on the 1st
original movie and all that followed.
I
really liked this movie; it might even be my favorite one thus far. All of my favorite characters were in it,
Brian, Dom, Letty, Mia, Roman, Tej, Hann, Gisele, and even our latest member,
Hobbs. Plus there was a story to
follow. At first I was concerned, Letty
alive. How are they going to make this
happen and be believable? Well they
found a way.
It
had all the best things of the others, friendly banter and jokes, fast cars,
racing, crashing, things going boom, and oh yeah crazy vehicle stunts. I can’t really say much about it. If you liked the others then clearly you must
go see this one. If you are concerned it
won’t be any good, my recommendation is to take a chance and go. It was a good time and I can’t wait to see it
again.
Rated: 5 Tanks
Switching
gears to another action sequel, only this one is more Sci-Fi, Star Trek Into Darkness. I was never a Star Trek fan, I only ended up watching the first one because at my
old job where me and my co-worker were kept in a small room for 12 hr shifts ,
she decided she was going to put it on in there and well I didn’t have any
other options so thought ‘oh well’. To
my surprise I did like it. Not enough to
want to watch the old series but enough to be excited for the 2nd
movie.
So
that being said I have no idea if the movie was true to the show. I had it pointed out to me by a true fan of
the show that the first one apparently blew away the space time continuum by
blowing up a planet. So to that I cannot
help with. As for the movie, it followed
up nicely to the first one and I liked how they kept the same characters. Sure I didn’t get little inside jabs that my
Trekie counterparts did but hey I still liked the movie. The story was easy to follow and I was
invested in the outcome because I did like the characters. I did also like Khan, played by Benedict
Cumberbatch. I knew he’d looked familiar
from the trailer but I couldn’t place him until the movie started. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks, he is
Sherlock on the BBC show Sherlock. He has that same attitude that he is
clearly smarter than everyone and no just because he’s cocky but well because
it’s kinda true. He has a way of pulling
it off that I just adore and it transferred over to this as well. Is he good or evil. The story line was also intriguing that it
was filled with moral decisions and what is really right or wrong type of
things and that has always interested me.
Plus you have chases, action, and drama.
All and all it was a good ride.
Rating: 4
Starships
So
there you have it! New movie reviews! Yeah and coming soon I have just finished my
ARC of The Pirate’s Wish by Cassandra
Rose Clarke and will be reviewing that soon (Friday or Saturday I hope) so stay
tuned. As always comments always
welcome, tell me what you think! What
would you like to see more of on here?
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