Top 50 Films Of All Time: 25-21

So, It's been over a week so let's begin with the top 25 movies!

25.Transformers Revenge Of The Fallen

Release Year:2009

Worldwide Box Office:$836,276,689

The sequel to Michael Bay's Transformers enters just inside the top 25.

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound, but lost out to 'The Hurt Locker'. The film won 5 Scream Awards, and won a MTV award for Best WTF Moment- where actress Isabel Lucas turned into a Decepticon.

With the 3rd, and likely final, installment of the Trilogy bein released last week, it is expected for that film to be even more succesful than Revenge Of The Fallen.

24.Star Wars:Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith

Release Year:2005

Worldwide Box Office:$848,462,555

The final film in the Star Wars series to be made, Episode 3 ranks in at an impressive 24.

Although the film was deemed to be the best in the series, this film finished with the fewest awards and nominations. It was the first Star Wars film to not be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

The film won single a Saturn Award, Empire Award and Teen Choice Award.

23.The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

Release Year:2001

Worldwide Box Office:$860,700,000

The first film in the Lord Of The Rings series enters at rank 23.

The film was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, winning a total of 4. Also winning 5 BAFTA's and a nomination for Best Fight at the MTV Movie Award's.

22.Finding Nemo

Release Year:2003

Worldwide Box Office:$865,000,000

Disney's hit Finding Nemo finishes very high in the rankings, until last year with the release of Toy Story 3 it was Disney's highest grossing film.

The film won both the Academy Award and the Saturn Award for Best Animated Feature. Also finishing with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Musical Or Comedy.

The film led to many Aquarium owners releasing their fish into the Ocean, but it not being their natural habitat sparking fury with enviromental agencies.

21.Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets

Release Year:2002

Worldwide Box Office:$866,300,000

With it's final film premiereing at the time of writing, the second film finishes just outside the top 20.

The film as nominated for 7 Saturn awards, including Best Director and Best Younger Actor. The film also received nominations or 4 BAFTA's and a Grammy Award for the film's score.

Check back soon when we enter the top 20!

Thor 2 Gets Release Date

A sequel was definately on the cards given the recent success of Marvel's Thor. The next film in the franchise has been set a release ate of July 26 2013, which gives 2 years to work on the project.

The news is that Chris Hemsworth will continue playing his role into the next film, which doesn't throw up many surprises. However, for one reason or another Kenneth Branagh will not continue to be director on the sequel. Which leaves a lot of agents trying to get their client into the vacant chair.
No details of storyline have been set yet, with co-writer Don Payne throwing a few ideas around.

Thor's storyline continues in the up and coming Avengers movie, where Chris Hemsworth will star alongside Robert Downey Jnr. (Ironman), Chris Evans (Captain America) and Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow).
As well as Samuel L. Jackson, who continues his Iron Man 2 role as Nick Fury.
The Avengers is set for a UK release date of May 4th 2012.

Thor fans, your in luck.

New Captain America Poster

So, earlier today a new Captain America poster was unveiled. This is the frst poster that shows him amongst his allies, unlike previous ones that pictured him all alone, with just his shield for company.
We also get a sneak peek at the bad guy, Red Skull.
With the newest trailer being unveiled last week-Click Here if you missed it, the film looks on track. Pretty epic looking too.

If you have recently escaped from living in a whole and have no idea what is going on, Captain America: The First Avenger is the story of a weedy young man in world war 2 that is overlooked by the officers because, well to be honest, he's useless.
The he undergos a precedure and becomes Captain America, and goes off to shit all over the Nazi's.
Simple really.

For the new poster Click Here

Transformers:Dark Of The Moon

People that know me will confirm I have a Transformers addiction, so I was really hoping that this movie was not a flop like so many extended series' of films have been before. I was not let down.
It seems to be with Transformers that the films get better each time. This is weird as usually films get worse down the line before epicly failing. Not this time.

The main talking point I've seen is the absense of Megan Fox, now I know this is hard to deal with but the new girl in the film, Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley, is pretty much the perfect replacement.
Megan Fox got too big for her boots, made some Nazi remarks and that's the reason Spielberg and Bay axed her character.
I liked the fact that in this film they did make a few referrances to her to make it more natural. There is many a director that would have just cut the character completely and pretended it was never there.

I'm not a fan of 3D movies the majority of the time due to one simple fact. It's hardly ever used.
However for Transformers I went to see both the 2D version and the 3D version. I had read reports that the 3D in Transformers was the best since Avatar. For those of you who have not seen Avatar, it was the best 3D movie ever.
I'd like the confirm that fact. The 3D was awesome. They used it well, played on it's advantages.
Saying that it doesn't mean the 2D version was any less epic, either one is brilliant so it's just dependant on your preferances.
I will add that my girlfriend, who hates 3D with a passion, said that it was really good.

The film was extremely long, 2 hours and 37 minutes. There was at no point a time where I got bored, or hoped it was ending soon. In fact time flew by. It was only at the end that I noticed how much time had elapsed.

The graphics, design, destruction, new autobots, new decepticons, new bad guys, ending. It was all epic.

I would not be surprised if this is the last Transformers in the series, but if there is anyone that can keep it going Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg are definately the two candidates that stand out.

A great film for Transformers fans, Sci Fi fans and general movie fans.

My Rating:4 And A Half Stars

Top 50 Films Of All Time: 29-26

29.Star Wars:Episode IV: A New Hope

Release Year:1977

Worldwide Box Office:$797,900,000

By far the oldest movie in the top 50, Star Wars Episode IV enters just inside the the top 30.

The first star wars to be released, but 4th in the chronological series of Star Wars, won 6 Academy Awards and was nominated for 6 BAFTA's. The film also won an Oscar for Best Original Score.

28.Spider-Man

Release Year:2002

Worldwide Box Office:$806,700,000

Spider-Man is the first film in the top 50 to make over $800 Million.

The first film in the Spider-Man trilogy was the first film to reach over $100 Million, it won several Teen Choice and Saturn Awards, and was also nominated for 2 Academy Awards.

The Spider-Man films are now rumoured to be being remade, so that The Avengers film will be a huge success.

27.Independance Day

Release Year:1996

Worldwide Box Office:$811,200,000

The Sci-fi hit starring Will Smith enters at number 27.

The film was at one point the second highest grossing film of all time. It won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

After the September 11 attacks talk of a sequel was discussed, this all died down until recently, on July 24th 2011, where it was stated by the director that he had an idea for a sequel and hoped Will Smith would return to continue his role.

26.Inception

Release Year:2010

Worldwide Box Office:$817,068,851

The biggest film hit of last year enters just outside the top 25.

The film won 4 Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects. The film also had a further 4 nominations.

It was also nominated for 9 BAFTA's, winning a total of 3 for Best Production Design, Best Special Visual Effects and Best Sound.

Inception was also nominated for 4 Golden Globe's.

Look out for the next installment where we venture into the top 25!

Top Selling 50 Films Of All Time: 34-30

34.Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

Release Year:2008

Worldwide Box Office:$783,011,114

Indiana Jones enters at rank 34.

The fourth film in the Indiana Jones series was released 19 years after the third one. The film won a single major award, a Saturn Award for the Best Costume. Other nominations include a BAFTA Film Award and a Grammy nomination for the soundtrack to the film.

33.The Lion King

Release Year: 1994

Worldwide Box Office:$783,400,000

The Disney classic enters in at a respectable 33rd.

The Lion King was previously the most grossing animated film until the release of Finding Nemo in 2003.

The film won 2 Academy Awards, 2 Golden Globes and was nominated for 2 BAFTA's.

32.Spider-Man 2

Release Year:2004

Worldwide Box Office:$783,577,893

The second film in the Spider-Man series swings it at number 32.

The film won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects as well as 5 Saturn awards,on top of countless other awards and nominations.

31.Shrek The Third

Release Year:2007

Worldwide Box Office:$791,106,665

The third installment in Dreamwork's hit Shrek series enters at rank 31.

The film pairing former Monty Python actors John Cleese and Eric Idle, won the People's Choice Award for Favourite Family Film as well as a BAFTA nomination and a Kid's Choice Award.

30.Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

Release Year:2004

Worldwide Box Office:$795,458,727

The 3rd Film in the Harry Potter series enters just inside the top 30.

The film, based on the book by J.K.Rowling, won 2 Academy Awards for Original Music Score and  Visual Effects and finished 471st in Empire Magazines top 500 films of all time.

Look Out For The Next Section Of The Countdown!

New Apollo 18 Trailer

Apollo 18, the film supposed to show the 'real' story on a secret NASA mission that went horribly wrong, released a new trailer earlier today.

The feature suggests America really did send another group of atsronauts to a moon landing after the events of Apollo 17.

The trailer builds up the thrill and tension, with a glimpse of the no named cast. The cast is not named as they are supposed to be 'real' astronauts. It then shows how it all goes pear shaped as they encounter something terrible, which has not been revealed.

My bet is something Alien. It's hardly surroundedby mystery is it?

Top Selling 50 Films Of All Time: 39-35

39.The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe

Release Year:2005

Worldwide Box Office: $738,809,845

The film based on the classic novel by C.S.Lewis enters at rank 39.

The film won many accolades, the most prestigious being an Academy Award and a BAFTA for make up.

Georgie Henley, who played the role of Lucy, won several awards for her performance.

38.Shrek Forever After

Release Year:2010

Worldwide Box Office:$750,271,987

The fourth and final installment in the Shrek series enters at rank 38.

Dreamwork's final adaptation of fairy tale films only won a single award, a Teen Choice award for Favourite Voice From An Animated Movie for Eddie Murphy's role as donkey.

37.E.T The Extra-Terrestrial

Release Year:1982

Worldwide Box Office:$756,700,000

E.T is the oldest film in the list so far, crashing in at number 37.

Steven Spielberg's hit was nominated for nine Academy Award's of which the film won four. Other awards received includea BAFTA and a Grammy for John Williams, who conducted the music for the film.

36.The Da Vinci Code

Release Year:2006

Worldwide Box Office:$758,236,138

The hit starring Tom Hanks enters at number 36.

The film based on the book by Dan Brown, was harshly criticised and protested against by the catholic church due to the themes it showed. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Original Score for it's soundtrack.

The film was sequeled by Angels & Demons, with other Dan Brown films expected to be adapted into movies in he future.

35.2012

Release Year:2009

Worldwide Box Office:$766,812,167

Roland Emmerich's portrayal of Mayan predictions of the end of the world enters at 35.

The film was reportedly banned in North Korea, due to the year 2012 being the 100th anniversary of their country.

Nominated for a handful of awards, none of them being major honours, the film only won a Satellite Award for Best Sound.

The Countdown Continues Soon!

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New Captain America Trailer Arrives

Marvel's latest movie outing released a new trailer yesterday.
Chris Evan's stars as Captain America who starts of as a weakling and then transforms into a warrior in true Marvel comic book fashion.

The film is scheduled for a July 29th release and it all looks good so far, providing a postivie buzz amongst movie fans, with myself included.

The 2 and a half minute trailer begins by showing him before his transformation, a feeble young man who is achieving nothing. It also suggests a slight aura of comedy in the film, for example when he jumps onto the 'grenade'.
Then it shows his transformation, the beginning of a new dawn in the generation of 'super soldiers'.
But why am I telling you, take a look for yourself.

Fast And Furious 6 Confirmed

The Sixth installment in the Fast and Furious series has been confirmed by star Vin Diesel.
The actor confirmed what many were hoping for on his facepage, leaving this message for fans:

"For all of you that supported Fast Five in a way no one could have predicted, seeing it multiple times to record breaking box office... To you, who stayed through the credits, and from the moment you left the theater wanted to know, when six was coming out... I have a date... Memorial Day 2013!!! You, officially, are the first to know." 

To those in the UK, that's the US memorial day, which is May 27th.
Vin is happy with the release date, stating that it gives them more time to work on the feature than the time they had for Fast Five

Top Selling 50 Films Of All Time: 44-40

44.Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Release Year: 2010

Worldwide Box Office:$694,523,113

The third installment in the Twilight series ranks at number 44. Based on the 2007 book by Stephanie Meyer, the film won the National Movie Award's 'Most Anticipated Movie Of The Summer' as well as 4 Teen choice awards. The final book in the series has been split into 2 parts, much like Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows and is scheduled for release dates of November 2011 & 2012 respectively.

43.Transformers

Release Year: 2007

Worldwide Box Office:$700,759,914

The film based on the Transformers toyline comes in at 43. Directed by Michael Bay and starring Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, was voted 'Best Movie You Havn't Seen Yet' at the 2007 MTV movie awards.

It was nominated for 3 Academy Awards but lost out to Bourne Ultimatum and The Golden Compass.

The second film was also a massive hit, with the third film being released this week, which is also expected to smash the Worldwide Box Office.

42.Twilight Saga: New Moon

Release Year: 2009

Worldwide Box Office:$709,823,132

New Moon ranks just above the saga's later film Eclipse.

The sequel to the original Twilight film had mixed reviews, nominated for many 'Raspberry Awards' such as worst sequel and Worst Actor. However, the film also was credited with positive accolades, such as Kirsten Stewart winning the Rising Star award.

41.Up

Release Year:2009

Worldwie Box Office:$727,079,556

Up ranks in at 41st, the second Disney and Pixar film inside the top 50.

The hit 3D film won 2 Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score. The film also won 2 Golden Globes.

40.The Matrix Reloaded

Release Year: 2003

Worldwide Box Office:$735,600,000

The second installment in the matrix series comes in rank 40.

Released six months before the final installment in the series, The Matrix Revolutions, the film was nominated for many awards but failed to achieve on this front, finishing with only a few minor accolades.

The Countdown continues tomorrow, stay tuned!

Top 50 Selling Films Of All Time: 50-45

50. The Incredibles

Release Year: 2004

Worldwide Box Office: $624,037,578

Disney's film about superheros forced into a normal life, before having to save the world is the first entry to the top 50. The film won the academy award for best animated feature. It was also Pixar's first film to win multiple oscars. There has been rumours of a sequel, but with Cars 2 and Monster's University, the sequel to Monster's Inc, being the main focus of the company at the present time, we will all have to wait and see.

49. Kung Fu Panda

Release Year: 2008

Worldwide Box Office: $633,395,021

The next entry is Dreamwork's animated hit Kung Fu Panda, which has recently had a sequel released.

The film, starring Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and Jackie Chan, was nominated for many accolades but only won a handful, the biggest being the Annie award for best animated feature. Kung Fu Panda 2 will be expected to be as big as a hit as the original.

48. Star Wars: Episode 2: Attack Of The Clones

Release Year: 2002

Worldwide Box Office: $648,200,000

The penultimate film in the Star Wars series is number 48 in the list.

The title did not win any major awards but received many nominations and was a hit amongst the worldwide audience, although it received mixed reviews.

47.Pirates Of The Carribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

Release Year: 2003

Worldwide Box Office: $653,200,000

The hit disney film is the next entry into this list, the film resulted in 3 later sequels with the latest 'On Stranger Tides' a recent cinema hit.

The film resulted in many nominations of Best Actor for star Johnny Depp and he picked up a handful of them. However, the film itself did not win any major awards apart from a BAFTA for make up and hair.

46. The Sixth Sense

Release Year: 1999

Worldwide Box Office:$661,500,000

The last 90's thriller starring Bruce Willis enters at 46.

Telling of a boy who can talk to the dead, the film picked up nominations for 6 Academy Awards, however it was uncessful and finished up empty handed. The film did pick up 3 People's Choice Awards including best actor for Bruce Willis.

45.Forrest Gump

Release Year: 1994

Worldwide Box Office: $679,400,000

Tom Hanks stars as Forrest, an very unintelligent man who accidentally appears in many historic events.

Based on the 1986 novel by Winston Groom, won 6 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Performance By An Actor In A Leading Role. It is the most succesful film in the list so far.

The Countdown will continue with 44-40 later today.

Top 50 Selling Films Of All Time: Coming Soon

Starting tomorrow, the countdown of top selling films of all time will begin. The posts will be as follows:
50-45
45-40
40-35
35-30
30-25
25-20
20-15
15-11
Then, each top ten film will get it's own posting.
The breakdown of films will cosist of worldwide gross, release date and any awards the film may have one.


So, what do YOU think!? Many film's have been released, there is alot of surprises in the top 50, will you be correct in your guesses?

All Stats are correct up until the current period.
Listing is courtesy of the International Movie Database

Green Lantern

Yet another superhero film at the cinema at the moment, and it's nowhere near the last.
Ryan Reynolds stars as the green lantern, well stars as a green lantern. A pilot that screws up a hell of a lot is awarded the chance to be a hero. In proper movie fashion he accepts, eventually, and fits the mask perfectly.

So what makes this film different to all the other comic adaptations? Well, Ryan Reynolds for a start. I'm not sure why, but I find him pretty funny. He fits the role perfectly, great casting choice.
This film had humour, action, romance, suspense. Everything to be honest. You can pretty much guarentee a sequel aswell, no surprises there.
Predictive? Well yes, but when you have the comic's to go by it's difficult to alter it too much, as there is the die hard's to appeal too.

Not the best film I've seen, but nowhere near the worse. It was good, and I recommend you watch.
Plus, it's not like the other superhero films where no one knows who he is.
The majority, although it's fairly obvious who it is, ignore the fact that ou can see the majority of the actors face and keep the secret.
This doesn't, and it's quite funny the way it happens.

My Rating: 3 And A Half Stars

X-Men: First Class

The fifth installment in the X-Men series is a prequel, just like X-Men Origins: Wolverine was.
The focus in this film is Magneto and Professor X, but also tell the back story behind Mystiq and others.
The first frame of the film is exactly the same as the first frame to the original X-Men, with young Magneto seperated from his parents and a Nazi camp, realising his gift as the moves and bends the gates.
It's from there that his story continues, slowly linking in with the story of Professor X.
The film explains everything you want. How do they know each other? Why is Professor X in a wheelchair? The story of the school being set up, it's all here. Everything you could want.
Obviously original Marvel comic readers would have known this already, but the film crafts it all in together perfectly.
It all plans out exactly as you want in your head. The film didn't miss anything for me, hit the nail on the head.
If you didn't like any of the X-men films, then the chances are you won't like this, but that's expected.
I honestly can't pick out any criticism at all, 100% perfect.

My Rating- 5 Stars

Kung Fu Panda 2

The sequel to the animated hit from a few years back was recently released, I went on saturday to watch it.
My expectations weren't really that high, the first one was ok but I prefer Disney to dreamworks. However, this didn't alter my judgement of the movie.
I found the film to be reasonably good, It wasn't as good as the first but I'm sure by now you know my feelings that sequels 99% of the time are not as good as the original.
In places I got bored, the story was pretty predictable but to be fair that is an unfair outlook to have over a kid's film. I wasn't blown away at all. My brother, who I was with, aged 6 enjoyed it but like me was bored at times.
That was only a minority of the film though, the rest of it was full of humour and action like it should have been.
The storyline was complicated for young kids to understand, and seeming the younger generation is their audience I think it was a bad card to put on the table.
The whole evil peacock exterminating pandas thing wasn't really cleared up in the movie, for us it was obvious but it never said it, which is what the kids need. I found myself explaning the situation to my brother during and afterwards, which is really the film makers job.

Reading back over this I have made a rather negative point, but the film deserves credit as it did live up the original and didn't vary too much, which is what all sequels should do. The main 'spine' of the story so to speak should always be similiar. Sometimes change is not good.

An enjoyable watch but not as good as it should have been.

My Rating- 3 Stars

Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Hopefully this is the last film in the POTC series.
In my mind they should never have done this film, taking out Orlando Bloom and Kira Knightly was taking out half the movie. Yes Captain Jack was the main focus of the films, but I just don't think it worked without the rest of the cast.
This is yet another story of taking a series too far. At World's End was pushing it, this installment didn't just push it over the edge. It kicked it over, shouting 'THIS IS SPARTAN' in the process.
I might be getting a bit of track here...
The storyline wasn't great, it wasn't poor but it didn't quite catch focus as the last films did.
The characters weren't up to scratch in filling the gaps left by those they had replaced. It's the short of thing that doesn't work without the original characters. A bit like Two And A Half Men, it's just not gonna be the same without Charlie Sheen.
If this wasn't a POTC film, I'd be a hell of alot more brutal in this, but as I liked the previously films I don't wanna hit the nail on the head completely.
My advice is, if you really liked the original films, give this one a miss. You may like it, and hey that's your opinion, but it does mean that you have a awful taste in films. Sorry to inform you.

Disapointing is an understatement. I just hope Disney call it a day and make a new series, as they have the capability to do it.

My Rating- 2 Stars

Hangover 2

I expected this film to be alot lke the first one, and in a way it was. The storyline was almost identical, which is why it's been slated in the papers.
Who goes to see a comedy for the storyline anyway, the film should be judged on it's laughs, and there was a hell of alot of them.
It's not as funny as the first one, but it was never going to be. It's always hard to match the first in the series, especilly if it's a film like this. This was still funny as hell though, not like little chuckles but full on LOL.
Like the first, there was suttle little jokes thrown in too. I probably missed alot of them, like the first you have to watch it a few times to notice some of them.
Alan is still as funny, if not funnier.  He makes these films without that character the film would be shit, he just brings it all together.
Like I said, the stroyline is pretty much exactly the same, it follows the same route as the first movie. Starting with the phone call at he end, the whole check your pockets for clues, then working it all out in the end and feeling like an idiot coz it's so obvious.
However, this hiding place so to speak, wasn't so obvious. Well to me anyway. In the first film as soon s I saw the mattress on the roof it was like, he's up there... Then when they worked out he was it was all a bit like well obviously.
Some people may have worked this out, I didn't, and I'm very good at picking apart movies and seein what's gonna happen.

Overall an enjoyable film and a recommended watch

My Rating- 4 Stars

Fast Five

The final film in the Fast & Furious series looked promising, with the whole gang coming back together from the past 3 films.
The gang rejoin in Rio, Brazil for one final job. The film looked promising straight from the off, and it carried on being brilliant throughout the entire movie.
The film continued along the same lines as the trilogy did, which fast paced high octane action, with fast cars and brutal fighting. Vin Diesel v The Rock is one reason on its own to watch this film.

There isn't as much street racing in this film, but that's not a bad thing. I would've been disappointed if it was just about street racing, or working alongside the police to wipe their record once again.
This is different, there is no wiped record, the FBI is on their trail the whole film, as well as the gang in Rio.

Alot of surprises were thrown in throughout the course of the film, some you could see coming, the others you just sat there open mouthed.
When you do see this film, stay rght until the end of the credits for a big surprise. Trust me, it's huge.


Overall, if you liked the previous fast and furious films you'll enjoy this one, but there's nothing to draw you in that's new if you weren't a fan to begin with.

My Rating- 4 Stars

Insidious

I expected good things from this movie, and they were all met. Granted I don't watch many scary movies, but this was best scary movie I've ever seen, and the scariest.
Even though I knew bits were coming because of they trailer, they still made me jump. The whole thing was completely messed up. It was also surprisingly funny at some points, not sure if it is intentional but whe you see some demon thing dancing you can't help but laugh, or when a big fat man with a massive beard comes to inspect, couldn't help but wonder when did Ghostbusters let themselves go?

I thought the film was just about one mental demon guy, who looked alot like darth maul, but I was wrong. This film had a squadron of fucked up people, and by fa the scariest was the ones that smile. No one wants to see a dead thing smile, its not right.

My one criticism was that it was maybe a bit to predictable, just a tad. You knew what was gonna happen later on the film, piecing it together as it went along, but it didn't ruin the movie at all.

This film was scary, but mainly jumpy, a hell of a lot jumpy. If you don't like shit jumping out at you, stay at home and watch Antiques Roadshow, as no one wants you soiling yourself in the cinema.

As I said, even if you knew what was coming, it would still make you jump. I'd probably jump at the same bits again if I go watch it again.
For the whole movie I was sat there like 'WHAAAAT THEEEE FUUUCK', it's messed up, just when you think you'd dealt with in the BAM IN YO' FACE, it threw a hell of alot more at you.

A definite see, I dont care what films you like this is a must see, so buy some pampers and go see.

My rating- 5 Stars

Rio

Yes Rio is aimed at kids, yes I am a big kid at heart, but this film was actually awesome. All I could think about after was going and buying a pet Macaw or Toucan (I even looked at prices).
I didn't expect it to be this good, or the way it was if I'm honest. The way they randomly burst into song surprised me, but it worked.
I loved the way they added in suttle adult jokes throughout the movie too, bit awkward thought when my brother asked me why I laughed.
Jesse Eisenberg did well with the voice of Blue, but I found that he sounded like every other character he has ever played. He is an actor I don't rate that much, as all his parts are similiar and he doesn't seem adapt them at all. Don't see what I mean, well Zombieland, Social Network and now Rio has all seen him play a nerdy, quiet character.
That's honestly the only criticism I have though, which isn't even aimd at the movie itself.

I must confess I didn't watch the 3D version, mostly because it's more expensive and pointless in the majority of cases. This film however may have work though, as there was alot coming at the screen.

Overall, I suggest you go see this film. Maybe not on your own, that'd be a bit weird. Just you sat in a cinema full of kids, police might have something to say about that. So find a younger sibling, cousin, group of friends whatever, just don't miss out on this film.

My rating- 4 Stars

Scream 4

I knew the latest installment of the Scream series wasn't meant to be scary, but I expected to jump a little bit.
I jumped once, and it was because of a van, and to me that pretty much sums up the whole movie.
I found the whole thing to predictable, I was sat there saying to my friends when someone opened a door 'stab' and I was correct every time. You just knew what was coming throughout the movie, it was all too predictable, no element of surprise or suspense.
Apart from the ending, when the murderer is revealed. That was something I didnt expect, but it still doesnt make the film worthwhile at all.
Basically, you find yourself laughing for all the wrong reasons, it's the childhood saying of 'We're laughing at you not with you'. You'd laugh at how stupid the whole thing was, but it did have some moments that genuinely did make me crack up for the right reasons. Like towards the end when someone runs face first into a picture frame and then throws themselves through a glass table.
I'm guessing that was meant to be funny, because if that was serious too they need a slap.

The whole experience was a disapointment for me, I came out thinking of how many blades of grass I could have counted in the time frame that I was in the cinema for.
It was that negative outlook that meant I didnt blog soon after, it's been over a week since I went to see the film, and I couldnt be bothered to blog on it because all I wanted to write was EPIC FAIL.
But there you go, a disapointing movie and if you want my advice, dont go. And if you do don't come running to me crying because you wasted your money.

My Rating- 1 Star

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This is a movie I wasn't really too fussed on seeing, it looked ok but I probably wouldn't have gone had it not been for my unlimited card, but I'm so glad I went.

The story is about a machine that allows you to go back and re-live the last 8 minutes of someones memory, used in the film to work out who bombed a train and prevent any future attacks.
The story is gripping, it starts straight away, there's no boring bits throughout the whole movie. I found myself sat there trying to work out who the bomber was from the first scene, the film makes you feel really involved.

It's not so straight forward though, this film does require a far bit of attention to comprehend what is happening on screen. If you lose concentration, you miss key parts, and then struggle to understand what is happening and the script throws up many surprises along the way.

For no part of the movie was I bored, or not paying attention. Like I said this film is gripping, and the best movie I've seen in a long time.
The actors all contribute to the atmosphere of the film well, even the passengers on the train who only speak once pay a important role to the storyline and progression of the movie.

While watching you start to make a list in your mind of who could be the bomber, and then you start crossing them out one by one, until you get down to your final guess. I have to confess, I didn't get it right, but in no way did it change my enjoyment of the movie, in fact I think it probably improved it.

I did however, guess the ending, but it was no way predictable. I only worked it out as this film is exactly what I love, and exactly the sort of thing that I enjoy. Everyone else in the cinema was saying how they didn't see that coming.

Afterwards, all I would do was discuss the plot of the movie, or 'what if' a machine like that really did exist, 'what if' this, 'what if' that. This movie stayed on my mind for all the right reasons, and the fact that I'm writing this blog a few days after I saw it, with the whole plot still etched to my brain says alot, as I usually forget everything.

Overall, a extremely good movie. Possibly the best I've seen since Inception, so go see it.

My Rating- 5 stars

Limitless

Limitless shows a underachieving writer, who's life is in turmoil, experiment by taking a pill that enables him to use 100% of his brain capacity, making him a millionaire fast and turn his life around, but it's not all fun and games.

The film starts of by showing a short clip of later on in the film, where Eddie is standing on the edge of a skyscraper, ready to jump. It then flashbacks to the 'beginning', and goes on from there.
It does take a while to get going, and takes some concentration to understand exactly what is happening and pull all the piece together.
However, once it's underway, Limitless grabs your attention, and leaves you wondering what is going to happen next. It's hardly a high octane, edge of your seat roller coaster encounter, but it is an enjoyable watch.

While watching I found myself playing a bit of a guessing game, trying to work out what twists this movie had up it's sleeve next. Everyone of my guesses was wrong, this film throws up more surprises in every scene.

I went to see this movie with high expectations, as the trailer looked really promising. I'm glad to say this film did not only meet these expectations, but also beat them.

Bradley Cooper plays the role of Eddie Mora brilliantly, after only being drafted in for the role after Shia LeBeouf broke his arm. The star of hit comedy 'The Hangover' shows with this performance that he is certainly showing that he is a great actor.

I'd recommend seeing this if you enjoy 'The Social Network' and 'The Butterfly Effect', but no matter what your taste in movies, Limitless is not to be missed.

My Rating- 4 Stars