2013 3rd quarter Movie review

In my last review, I did mention a ton of movies I had watched but didn’t have the time to review and you can bet by now I’ve watched a whole lot more. So for this piece, I’ll be tackling two categories of movie reviews; the movies worthy of in-depth review and those not worthy of any more than a couple of lines. I’ll start with the latter.

Category 1

1. Justice League (Flashpoint Paradox) – Not a cartoon for children or teenagers at all. The level of violence is off the chain plus it was the story of a parallel universe. Quite enjoyable.

2. Evil Dead – A nice remake according to critics but for me, it was just boring. The horror was gross. Also try watching the end without sound, just whack; pitiful really.

3. Looper – As confusing as its title but amazing just a love story with a less than memorable ending.

4. Iron Man 3 – Awesome!!! Nice twist at the end, tight plot, great stunts, fantastic performance by the cast and it’s truly a cinema worthy movie.

5. Elysium – Yawn. A colossal waste of time. Interesting story, slow paced and too much action that left me dosing off in different parts of the movie till it ended.

6. R.I.P.D. – A poor remake of the idea behind Men In Black even though the producers would say the two films have nothing in common. In the words of my brother (nick name Emandes), the film went “from a tight anticipated movie to a dumb sad boring whack spoof-like movie.”

7. Incredible Burt Wonderstone – It started out as a dull movie when compared to other films on magic like Now You See Me or the Illusionist. But in the end, it had a nice moral ring to it as it showed the pitfalls of letting success get to your head. I won't recommend you go out of your way to watch it though. It's the kind of movie you watch when you are bored.

8. Red 1&2 – I don’t know what the critics at Rotten Tomatoes were talking about when RED 2 came out but I enjoyed it just as much as the RED 1. Compared to part 1, part 2’s storyline might not have been as exciting but the stunts and extra characters made up for it. I loved it all the same.

9. Pacific Rim – Interesting. It’s like merging Real Steel with Aliens Vs predators. I couldn’t take my eyes off Idris Elba, for the first time I was really impressed with his character. Slightly clichéd dialogue. It had its ‘Hollywood’ moments that reminded me of Deep Blue Sea yet I failed to connect emotionally with this movie. I wonder why.

10. Pain and Gain – A funny movie except that it was a true life event and that kinda took the fun out of the movie for me. Loved the choice of actors that played the lead characters and the director’s reason for shooting this movie. In the end, it was simply to show the repercussions of taking motivational teachings too far.

I’m so eager to give you category two with in-depth reviews but on the advice of my little sister, I’ll leave it at category 1 for now and maybe next month, I’ll share category two with you.

As the last Muslim break for the year comes around, do make an effort to relax and spend time with your loved ones.