The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises will hit theaters July 20^th and a special screening was held a few days ago where 40 to 50 ‘critics’ and ‘fans’ as they are being billed got to see The Dark Knight Rises early. From that early Dark Knight screening two words seem to come up most, Oscar worthy and standing ovation. The Dark Knight Rises is an epic film a powerfull experience and easily the best film in the film franchise according to tweets, reviews and facebook comments that are exploding across the internet.
As I am writing this I am actually listening to Hans Zimmer’s A Storm is Coming from the soundtrack of The Dark Knight Rises and needless to say it has me wired to see the movie myself when it is released
It was no easy feat to go and track down all the early reviews for The Dark Knight Rises and also avoid spoilers. The last thing that you or I want to have happen is to have the film spoiled but I can assure you that it took a lot of work but I managed to collect quite a few reactions and not have the film spoiled at all. This means that you can rest assured I won’t spoil it for you.
Fans who saw the film in the early Dark Knight Rises Screening are tweeting reviews, posting comments on facebook and submitting anonymous feedback to blogs around the globe. In doing so they are  being very candid in their passion for the Dark Knight Rises and here are a few quick bullet points on the reactions I have read so far this morning;

• If you think you know where the Dark Knight Rises is going you will be shocked.
• The Dark Knight Rises is a very emotional experience for fans and could actually bring you to tears as it did for some at the screening.
• If you thought that the Joker brought down destruction on Gotham City wait till you see what BANE brings to the streets of Gotham. He literally tears the city to pieces. Where the Joker did things without reason and with no real purpose other than chaos Bane’s passion for destruction brings a freight train of pain
• The Dark Knight Rises focuses heavily on the fact that not only is Gotham city rotting from the inside out but so is Batman. Batman must RISE but so must Gotham in this the last installment of The Dark Knight Rises
• Christian Bale’s voice as Batman which annoyed some fan boys has improved.
• Anne Hathaway as Cat Woman is much closer to the comics then any past takes on the character.

The executive VP of Warner Brothers Jeff Goldstein also weighed in telling The Wrap;

“This is what a summer popcorn movie is all about. I don’t want to oversell it, but this has elements that are ground-breaking and are really a thrill ride.”

Frankly do you expect one of the honchos at Warner Brothers to say the film is crap? Of course not but it is a safe bet that Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises is going to be a smash hit with the fans and a complete monster at the Box Office.
If I were Spiderman I would be prepared to get smashed by the bat and the fan poster below pretty much says it all. IF you have seen The Dark Knight Rises already leave us a comment and tell us what you thought but please be considerate and DO NOT post Dark Knight Rises Spoile

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Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)

 

The first Urban Legend film ended with the death of the serial killer shrouded in mystery clearly pointing at a sequel. Urban Legends: Final Cut completely ignores that scenario (except until the very end) and comes up with a new one that is a rehash of the original film, but arguably executed slightly better.

In this film, Amy Mayfield (Jennifer Morrison) is a film student at Alpine University trying to come up with a thesis project. Given that her father is a famous director, there are heavy expectations placed on her. She finally decides on a project featuring a serial killer whose modus operandi is based on urban legends, myths where young college students are killed in hideous and gruesome ways.

Needless to say, this idea takes on a life of its own as people around Amy start dying. As in the Scream films, there are a lot of red herrings as to the identity of the real killer. In this film, the ending was one of the more surprising ones for me (though not completely a shock).

The suspense level in the film is fairly high (thanks in part of the surreal visual effects) and perhaps the cleverest aspect of the movie is that it dismisses the events in the first one as an urban legend (also the multiple choice involving guns at the end is amusing). The acting is passable. Urban Legends: Final Cut is a decent time killer and worth the matinee fare on the big screen. I don't recommend renting it though, unless you're a fan of the self-referential slash/gore horror genre.

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Pirates of the Caribbean 4 on Stranger Tides

 

Johnny Depp goodness. Is there really anyone out there who could make a sexier pirate that Johnny? Not bloody likely!

ON STRANGER TIDES is one of the best PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN movies to date. There were some doubts going into this as two key characters from the original trilogy are missing, Will and Elizabeth Turner. While Will and Elizabeth added a lot to the first three films their absence in the fourth is hardly worth mentioning. A new cast mixed with many old favorites makes for a great story.

On this adventure Jack faces off against Blackbeard, vicious mermaids, and an old girlfriend while searching for The Fountain of Youth. It’s good to see that Jack is keeping busy.

This movie is fun and exciting, loaded with action. There’s even a nice cliff-hanger to encourage the idea of a PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 5. It seems like this franchise can truly go on forever without getting stale. Jack is such a great character that movies about him can never be boring.

The only disappointing aspect of this movie is the very minimal amount of screen time allotted to Jack the Monkey. That monkey is darn cute and kind of serves as a mascot for these films. Besides it’s a simple fact that monkeys should always have maximum screen time.

ON STRANGER TIDES is a great addition to a great franchise. This movie is not to be missed.

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X-Men: First Class Online Free

X-Men: First Class Movie is a series of the 5th of the movie X-Men after the X-Men trilogy and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. X-Men: First Class is the prequel of the X-Men trilogy set in the 60s when Charles Xavier and Eric Lehnsherr / Magneto is still young.

Movie Details

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Cast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence, January Jones

Running Time: 131 Minutes

Like the four previous series, the film adaptation of the Marvel comic is also predicted to be as successful as the previous films. Film-film adaptation of the Marvel comic is much demand and has proved more successful even in the year 2011 alone 4 movie Marvel is ready to call it aired Thor (already aired last May and had topped the box office), X-Men: First Class (aired June 3 of this), Captain America: First Avenger (aired in July), and Spider-Man 4 (TBA).

X-Men: First Class Movie Synopsis :

X-Men: First Class Movie tells of the friendship of Charles Xavier (played by James McAvoy) and Eric Lehnserr (played by Michael Fassbender). Their friendship eventually dropped out due to disagreements. Charles then formed the group X-Men while Erick formed Brotherhood of mutants. In addition to Professor X and Magneto, another character known in previous X-Men series is Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy, aka Beast (played by Nicholas Hoult) and Mystique (played by Jennifer Lawrence). Antagonist character in this film are a group of Hellfire Club, chaired by Sebastian Shaw (played by Kevin Bacon) who has the power to absorb the kinetic energy weapon fire and then use it to increase strength and speed.

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