Alright guys, I’m back! Starting a new job today that will allow me to focus more on my writing career because it’s in a book store. I have some sweet hours which will not be all hectic like my last job so expect me to be posting every morning except maybe Saturday morning because I’ll be at work by 10. But Saturday evenings you will still get a post. And you guys already know that I don’t normally post on Sunday. But who knows, every now and then I’ll surprise you. But I’m back, and this is all about to get the month of May status if you know what I mean! So keep spreading the word! And I have some big news that I will be debuting later this week so stay tuned for that as well! Anyway, let’s get to this!
So between the 21st and the 22nd of June I watched three movies I hadn't seen yet: Easy A, Coraline, and Puss in Boots. Here's my assessment on all three:
Easy A: wasn't as great as everyone made it out to be. I laughed out loud maybe five times that whole movie. Emma Stone’s character Olive brought all of that crap on herself by just, for one example, having a stupid friend and then liking the attention. Alyson Michalka has had better acting parts, and Amanda Bynes has too, but I'm glad everyone said she did a good job so she came out of retirement and now can hopefully do some real acting again. The movie was campy with a bad message and good message at the same time, rumors suck and so does high school and trying to do everything to "blend in" generally ends up in disaster. Plus, as a Christian it upset me to see that group of so called "Christians" in that movie; they might have as well just called those completely ignorant and wrong losers the Westboro Baptist Church because all of them were idiots just like them. Not like it matters what grade I give this movie but it gets a C-. Good but not as good as everyone made it out to be; much like Rise of the Fallen.
Coraline: I can go into a lot of detail about this movie but before that I'll sum it up into one sentence and you can continue to read or move on to what I think about Puss. Coraline: It was like Eragon; the book was a thousand times better and the movie was a complete let down! Now while it was in Tim Burton's hands and the cinematography gave me the chills more than the book itself did—seriously Burton, what's wrong with you—it didn't really follow the book. Her parents were made out a lot worse than they were, I can't even remember if the boy was a part of the novel but he seemed pointless until the Other version risked his life for her. And yeah, I waited three years to see this movie and it was a letdown. I need to go read the book again to get the bad taste out of my imagination. But luckily, like I said Burton gave me the chills so that bumps this grade from a D- to a D+. Maybe next time Tim, haven’t seen Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter yet but everyone else isn’t like that movie either; i.e., my procrastination.
Puss In Boots: Dreamworks is the new Disney, but with a lot more adult humor. So far in their animation department they have spat out soon to be classic after classic except for, from what I've heard, Shrek the Third. But Puss in Boots put Dreamworks on the map for me once again and I loved it! Antonio Banderas just has a sexy voice period and combine that with the cat who has a Zorro like personality it's great. But the storyline as always with the Shrek line of movies was unexpected. They twisted classical fairy tales everyone knows about and either adores, hates, or has no opinion of them, and made the silly characters we heard in nursery rhymes or the stories during that time they called story time but the dumb kids in the back fell asleep on, and made them humorous, darker, manipulative and more heroic than before. I don't want to give it away because you could be like I was and still haven't seen the movie—I still haven't seen Shrek the 3rd or the fourth one and my sister is lacking on How to Train Your Dragon—but let’s say the story line kept me on my feet. Plus, unlike Easy A I laughed a hellavua lot more and I literally watched the movies back to back starting with Easy A first and continuing down the order my short reviews have come in. It’s a fantastic family movie...for people with ten year old kids. Seriously, the movie starts off with Puss leaving a one night stand and he talks constantly about how great a lover of women he is. Not for the kiddies, hint why it's PG, and honestly I don't know how Easy A got at PG-13, it probably should have leaned on an R given all the language and the storyline. But Puss gets two thumbs up, an approving nod, and an A+. Come on Dreamworks bring on Rise of the Guardians—which I'll be reading so don't screw them up!—and Captain Underpants—which I'll be re-reading! So don't screw up my childhood!
But even with all that bashing on Easy A, I will say I love Emma Stone. She is becoming an actress who can fit any role and still stay her! Didn’t like the movie, but her acting was on point; and kudos for being an awesome Gwen Stacy as well. I’ve loved Stacey since I found out she existed, and Emma just made me love her even more. And contrary to your popular belief, I knew about Stacy at least a couple of years before they did the reboot thanks to the TV show The Spectacular Spider-Man. After I was like, “Who is she?” Wikipedia filled in the blanks. Yea Wikipedia! But now you know what I’ve watched recently, and give it a while, I’m letting AMS get some time before I review it because of the fact I haven’t seen it in 3D yet…yeah, I know, you’ll hear more about that later. Anyways, until next time, According to Michael III, don’t just believe what people say, including me; go see stuff for yourself and make your own opinion.
—Michael III
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