We've watched a few movies lately that I believe are worthy of comment:
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Either they needed more material to fill in what happens between the Hobbit and the Fellowship of the Ring, or they needed to keep this at two movies. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this latest journey into Middle Earth, I just can't recommend it as highly as any of the other five movies that have taken us there. Alfred (the town politician) especially needed much less screen time than was given to him. Also, Legolas has now been able to entirely defy gravity. While I spent the extra money on the tickets, watching this movie in 3D was actually a detractor.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I thought that I would hate it, but I didn't. The action was often too hard to follow and the story was nearly the same as what we have seen before, but at least one scene caused me to laugh out loud. The boys liked it, which is what was truly important.
Guardians of the Galaxy
I really wasn't certain that I was going to like this one, but it not only became my favorite Marvel movie thus far, it has catapulted into one of my favorite movies ever. Now, I know that this is high praise for a movie with a talking raccoon, but there are so many moments in this movie that I look forward to seeing every time I watch it. And that's another thing: the movie came out on DVD last week and I have watched it three times. I haven't done that for a movie in quite some time.
This is also the movie that convinced me that I might like 3D. Seeing it in 2D seems less than when we happened to see it in 3D at the theater (it was the only showing for when we were available to watch it with Alex, which also makes the movie better).
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
Either they needed more material to fill in what happens between the Hobbit and the Fellowship of the Ring, or they needed to keep this at two movies. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed this latest journey into Middle Earth, I just can't recommend it as highly as any of the other five movies that have taken us there. Alfred (the town politician) especially needed much less screen time than was given to him. Also, Legolas has now been able to entirely defy gravity. While I spent the extra money on the tickets, watching this movie in 3D was actually a detractor.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I thought that I would hate it, but I didn't. The action was often too hard to follow and the story was nearly the same as what we have seen before, but at least one scene caused me to laugh out loud. The boys liked it, which is what was truly important.
Guardians of the Galaxy
I really wasn't certain that I was going to like this one, but it not only became my favorite Marvel movie thus far, it has catapulted into one of my favorite movies ever. Now, I know that this is high praise for a movie with a talking raccoon, but there are so many moments in this movie that I look forward to seeing every time I watch it. And that's another thing: the movie came out on DVD last week and I have watched it three times. I haven't done that for a movie in quite some time.
This is also the movie that convinced me that I might like 3D. Seeing it in 2D seems less than when we happened to see it in 3D at the theater (it was the only showing for when we were available to watch it with Alex, which also makes the movie better).
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