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A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack
set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed
for crimes she did not commit.
A State Department employee newly posted to the American embassy in
London is charged with stopping terrorists from getting into the U.S.
That puts her right in the line of fire and she is targeted for death
and framed for crimes. Discredited, she is forced to go on the run while
she tries to clear her name and stop a large-scale terrorist attack set
for New Year's Eve in Times Square.
I
was a little leery after reading so many negative reviews but decided
to give it a chance. I am so very glad I did. All the actors, many I am
sure you've loved in other works, were excellent in this action
thriller. I have always been a fan of Pierce Brosnan, and he has
delivered once again. Milla Jovovich is as talented as ever, and the
list of great stars is huge! Please, don't listen to all the haters who
have bashed this film. I think that many of the negative reviewers must
not have watched the same piece of art that I did. If you are an action
thriller fan you will not be disappointed. Watch it. Judge for yourself.
I promise you will at least like if not love this movie.
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When Tony Stark and Bruce Banner try to jump-start a dormant
peacekeeping program called Ultron, things go horribly wrong and it's up
to Earth's Mightiest Heroes to stop the villainous Ultron from enacting
his terrible plans.
Director: Joss Whedon
Writers: Joss Whedon,
Stan Lee (based on the Marvel comics by)
Stars:Robert Downey Jr.,
Chris Evans,
Mark Ruffalo
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program,
things go awry and Earth's Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain
America, Thor, the Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to
the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As
the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to the Avengers to stop him from
enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected
action pave the way for a global adventure.
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I'll
say this: If you don't mind more of the same you'll probably love this
movie. If you wanted something different, some change to the Marvel
formula, you'll be disappointed. Age of Ultron is pretty much the same
movie as the first one. Especially the ending which feels like it
follows the first movie beat by beat.
There are good, fun moments
spread all through the movie, don't get me wrong I liked plenty of
stuff in it. The romance between Hulk and Black Widow was interesting,
this universe has been weirdly sexless so it was nice to see some
tension between the characters. But good moments don't make a good
movie. What annoyed me in Age of Ultron was how it just glossed over so
many things. The story is extremely thin, even for a superhero movie.
Tony
Stark retired in Iron Man 3 and now he's suddenly back? They don't even
try to explain his return. Tony Stark also creates Ultron, the main bad
guy of the movie who goes to cause some major mayhem. The movie just
glosses over the fact that everything is Stark's fault. Aside Hawkeye
there isn't any character development. These movies always just seem to
be about "setting something up" for the future movies and I think I
finally figured it. The only thing they're setting up is more characters
running around, bigger CGI punching bigger CGI and bigger thing falling
from the sky. In the middle of all this it's just so hard to care about
anything. All those previous movies build to this?
Age of Ultron
seems to just be in a hurry and jump over the story and get to the CGI
punching CGI and oh boy there's plenty of that. The Avengers fight an
army of generic, faceless and harmless CGI robots for 2 hours, roll
credits. I just didn't care. There's no stakes in the action. When the
characters are just joking around I'm not worried if they'll make it
till the next movie.
Marvel should have gotten serious in Age of
Ultron. You can be serious without being all "dark and gritty" too. Joss
Whedon said he was influenced by Empire Strikes Back and Godfather Part
2. Joss Whedon promised we'd see some superhero blood. Joss Whedon
failed.
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A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic
nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an
ancient and destructive industry.
Directors: Andy Wachowski (as The Wachowskis)
,
Lana Wachowski (as The Wachowskis)
Writers: Andy Wachowski (as The Wachowskis)
,
Lana Wachowski (as The Wachowskis)
Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she
was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars
but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people's houses
and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine Wise, a genetically
engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does
Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all
along - her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an
extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.
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Jupiter
Ascending, quite literally, is one of the most beautiful movies I have
ever seen. The visual effects and CGI were top notch; nothing looked
unfinished. Everything from explosions and action scenes, to space ships
and settings, this movie had all the "eye candy" one could want. The
fighting sequences were executed perfectly; each one thrilling in its
own way. Each singular planet or world was so stunning and precisely
crafted, that one could almost feel themselves in it. The Wachowskis
have made a truly gorgeous universe in their latest movie.
Michael
Giacchino's music fits each scene very nicely whether it is a fast
paced chase scene, or a quiet and thoughtful scene. It has a mysterious
and almost hollow beauty to it, which fits this movie perfectly.
Alas,
not everything in this movie is as good as the visuals. Channing Tatum
and Mila Kunis give surprisingly good performances for the most part but
some of their acting is just off. The other principal actors give good
performances as well but all the acting could have been taken a notch
higher.
Story and Plot is where this movie is weakest though. It
has so much ambition and intricacy that it is to much to fit in a two
hour long movie. Even though two hours is a good length, the plot just
wants to keep on going and therefor the loose ends are never quite tied
up. The plot is never really explained to its entirety and while one can
figure out the general idea, it is hard to go deep into it. It has huge
potential but rather than using it, it discards it. I give it credit
for being fairly original though, and not a sequel, reboot, or based of a
graphic novel or book. Originality is a great thing and the Wachowskis
do it best.
Overall Jupiter Ascending lacked plot depth and
great acting abilities, but it won it all back with groundbreaking
visuals. Even though many more big movies are coming out in 2015, this
one would be one of the best for all we know. It may not be everyone's
piece of cake, but it sure is a fun sci-fi adventure that shouldn't be
forgotten.
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Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of
combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a
rising darkness.
Director: Peter Jackson
Writers: Fran Walsh (screenplay),
Philippa Boyens (screenplay)
Stars: Ian McKellen,
Martin Freeman,
Richard Armitage
After the Dragon leaves the Lonely Mountain, the people of Lake-town see
a threat coming. Orcs, dwarves, elves and people prepare for war. Bilbo
sees Thorin going mad and tries to help. Meanwhile, Gandalf is rescued
from the Necromancer's prison and his rescuers realize who the
Necromancer is.
User Reviews
This
"movie" is definitely worthy of being thrown into the fire! My in-laws
gave us the tickets (to be fair - we would have been so stupid and payed
for it ourselves... so... there you go: We FINANCED further
abominations like this!) Whatever happened to good, decent filmmaking?
This was a terrible, over-the-top, soulless WAR MOVIE!!! It feels as
numb and un-emotional as a general anesthetic. There were
main-characters dying? Oh, true... well, who cares? Remember anyone the
death scene of Sean Bean in THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (yes, he always
dies - but he died really well in that one) Oh, or who the F cares about
some CGI-Mega-Orc fighting a dwarf on ice Flash Gordon Style? And also:
Did he touch the ground of that frozen lake before he jumped back to
ruin some more or less decent CGI-Death-Scene? - or did he do the
Legolas "I don't care about gravity" thing? Questions above questions -
yet now answers! I'd like to ask Peter Jackson what the hell happened!
Was he forced with a gun to his head to make this? Or did he just direct
it from a smart-phone, while sitting on his couch at home and counting
his money? Yes, I'm aware that the TRUE EVIL, the true Morgoths are the
Studios and the endlessly greedy film industry! If young people like
Playstation graphics and action, shaky-cam and *beep* 3D - let them have
it! Who cares about nice cinematography when the highest grossing movie
are made in absurd-looking 3D and with completely over-the-top
everything! In the last 14 years since the FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING came
out, I was telling my nerdy friends (and everybody else) how amazing the
Lord of the Rings movies are, how muche love and effort went into them.
I
was amazed about the fact, that Peter Jackson said NO to too much CGI,
that he used real sets, models, amazingly detailed costumes and
beautiful cinematography.
ALL of that went down the drain with
this one... this boring, crappy looking CGI-disaster, this Mexican
Standoff in Middle Earth.
What was the "story" again? Some greedy
dwarf does not want to come out of his cave - and suddenly all kinds of
armies show up... to fight each other in a ridiculous way...
The
last 10 minutes then felt like some different move... somehow like the
original Trilogy... BECAUSE THERE WERE REAL LANDSCAPES.
It felt
like something really beautuful standing next to something really ugly.
But this short moment of "how to make a nice, decent, GOOD movie" did
not save and also not redeem this perversion of cinematic history! This
could as well be titled: WORLD OF WARCRAFT - THE MOVIE.
Other
titles: Legolas, Dwarfes, CGI-ORCS and other stupid stuff in: TO HELL
WITH GRAVITY! Watching THE FELLOSHIP OF THE RING makes you believe in
the good things in this world: Friendsip, beauty, decency, good
filmmaking... everything that is right and just and good. Everything a
guy like Aragorn would put into an epic speech before a battle that
mattered.
The battlescenes of the CGI-Creatures did not matter.
And having too many trolls with too many artificial limbs - or an Orcs
with a Klingon Bathleth-Prosthesis (and I usually like STAR TREK
references... maybe just not in a Middle Earth Movie) I am not just
disappinted. I am shocked by this mess. How can the SAME director that
made the BEST TRILOGY EVER do this? Well, the same question has been
asked countless times about George Lucas.
Good Job, Peter - you
killed filmmaking. I am also not sure if you are honest about promoting
this disgusting gimmick called 3D or you just have to do it because the
industry wants you to do so! Damn it - this is the time of bad movies
gone too far, the age of darkness... J.R.R. Tolkien could write some
words of truth about this - but he's dead (lucky him... so he does not
have to bear what they did to his beautiful vision!) This is the age of
darkness indeed. The age of greed! I tend to believe that it is not
completely Peter Jackson's fault - it is the perverted, greedy
film-industry. They do not think in art or beauty or decency - they
think and care only about profit! They exploit everything.
The
sad part is the people defending all that because the wrongly connect it
to something that is good and beautiful. But the connection is wrong!
Just because it has partly the same actors, the same director and is
supposed to play in the same universe as the good trilogy does not make
it the same.
George Lucas tried (and failed) in doing the same.
Overkilling something with CGI and bad writing is not filmmaking - it's a
shame! Personally, I do the same here that I do with this terrible STAR
WARS PREQUEL TRILOGY: I never watch it again. I imagine the events of
Bilbo's adventure with the dwarfes from the visual and artistic
perspective of Ian Holm in THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS - there could
still be something great being made - but please by another director.
Somebody
young and hungry and talented. Some person like the Peter Jackson of
the 1990s. Somebody who LOVES the source-material and has a vision of it
- but not a financial one! What also works - and it's totally for free:
Imagination. Having a good actor talking about something rather than
showing it invokes a million times more beautiful images than cramming
it down your throat with a CGI funnel! Anyway - whatever. This needed to
be said! And somebody like RED LETTER MEDIA should really make a review
similar to the STAR WARS PREQUEL reviews! May the Force be with you -
Gandalf.
