I can finally do my superhero post! I've wanted to talk about this for a while but I hadn't got around to seeing 'The Amazing Spiderman'. I was finally able to see it so I now want to do a sort of superhero review post. The three superhero movies that came out this summer; The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, and The Amazing Spiderman, definitely made the summer worth waiting for if you are a bit of a geek like me.
Okay first, Marvel's 'The Avengers." I was counting down the days for this film to come out, it was my most anticipated film of the summer. On IMDB, the summary is as followed:
"Nick Fury is director of S.H.I.E.L.D, an international peace keeping agency. The agency is a who's who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team will need all their powers to save the world from disaster"
The first time I saw this it was amazing. The second, was even more amazing. In preparation for this I watched all the prequel movies: Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Captain America, and Thor, the only one I missed was The Hulk because Mark Ruffalo didn't play the Hulk and I knew the story line pretty well. Anyways, re-watching the movies before I saw The Avengers was a wonderful idea because I really got into the story lines and was able to see how they were all brought together. So, when the time for The Avengers came, it was a-a-amazing. They combined the story lines so well to make an incredibly impressive movie. It ran for 2 hours and 23 minutes, and it felt so short! It had a perfect combination of story lines, action, and comedy. If you haven't seen it yet GO. I saw it twice and I would watch it again in a heartbeat. Wait after the credits for this one!
PS: They have announced The Avengers 2! All actors have signed on for 6 movies which will be split between their own and The Avengers.
The second is the third in the trilogy, "The Dark Knight Rises." In my opinion, best one of the trilogy! The IMDB summary is as followed:
"In the final part of Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy, Batman must face a foe unlike any he has ever faced. In The Dark Knight, Batman saved Gotham, but could not save himself. Taking the blame for Harvey Dent's crimes, he was hunted by the Police, and thus had to leave the task of protecting Gotham in Gordon's hands. After what seemed like ages, Gordon finally brought peace to Gotham, and it was enough to convince the Dark Knight that Gotham was safe and that Bruce Wayne need never put on the Batsuit again. However, eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, a new foe emerges, and threatens to destroy Gotham. When this masked foe Bane proves too much for Gordon to handle, Batman must break his 8-year exile and return to defeat Bane from fulfilling his devious plan and claim his rightful place as the true Savior of Gotham."
8 years later in the series Batman remains awesome. Beyond awesome. The movie ran for 2 hours and 45 minutes but it flew by! I definitely didn't feel impatient or uneasy to the end. I loved every minute of it. They tied in loose ends so well and, in my opinion, made a perfect ending to the trilogy. This time, they added another superhero figure to compliment Batman, Cat Woman. I was unsure how I felt about Ann Hathaway playing Cat Woman at the beginning. In all her other work I've seen she isn't this aggressive. However, she did a great job in terms of the character she was given to play. I was impressed. The movie as a whole was packed with action never leaving you in a state of boredom. Go see this NOW.
Finally, "The Amazing Spiderman" which was the last of these I saw just at the beginning of this week. Here's the summary:
"Peter Parker (Garfield) is an outcast high schooler who was abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben (Sheen) and Aunt May (Field). Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy (Stone), and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance - leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors (Ifans), his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero"
I had heard mixed opinions about this remake. Some were saying it was really well done and others were saying it was awful. Personally, I didn't like the first Spiderman tirlogy mostly because Toby McGuire and Kristen Dunst really bothered me, I couldn't stand their characters nor their acting. But, I also wasn't sure if I wanted to see this remake because the trilogy was still done in recent years and the story line for that one was well done. So, when I finally saw this on Monday I found my self more impressed than I thought I would be. It was a pretty decent movie - for someone who doesn't follow the Spiderman story. I thought their take on things was good. My brother on the other hand hated it. He has read the comics and said everything about the movie was wrong. So if you do read the comics, you may not enjoy this but if you don't I think it is a decent pass time movie. Stay after the credits for this one too!
*All photos and summaries are from IMDB
