Ted

Ted is a movie about a man who wish for his teddy to come to life and had it happen! They grow up together and now at the age of 35 is in the midst of having to choice between his best friend and a future with his girlfriend of 4 years. It's a movie by the creator of Family Guy and pretty much follows a lot of what makes that show so successful.

The story is pretty straight forward to many rom-com type movies only this is more for the male audience for obvious reasons. The charm of this movie is in the stupid one liners and jokes. Flash Gordan even makes an appearance!

The filming is pretty standard and they integrated Ted very nicely into the scenes. As great and funny as this movie is it's hard to say too much with out giving the movie away. It's all jokes, no one wants to ruin a good joke. Take a look into this movie. I have a feeling this is a movie that'll end up playing many nights back to back on some network station.

Entertainment - 8/10
Visuals - 7/10
Story - 6/10

Savages

Savages is a movie by Oliver Stone. Its a very nicely shot movie. The story was pretty interesting as well. There are a number of actors in the movie that are easily identifiable. Del Toro, Hiyak, Trivolta, and a new favorite of mine from John Carter, Taylor Kitsch.

The story follows two Cali guys and their mutual girlfriend in the business of pot growing and distribution. Their stock was so good that it drew attention of others in the business and sets the two main characters off on their journey. It's a story driven movie so don't expect a bunch of explosions. It has it's moments of heavy action just don't go into this expecting it. The story and acting holds it's own well enough that it doesn't need all that.

I enjoyed the movie and the story as a whole. It was a fun watch and if I were to see it on I'd definitely stay tuned in to watch it again. The wild west type stand off at the end of the movie was a great caper!

Entertainment - 7/10
Visuals - 6/10
Story - 6/10

Star Trek Into Darkness

To me it was no secret that Star trek into darkness was bringing back one of the biggest evil names of the Original movie series. From the tone of the voice alone I had it nailed. Into Darkness was a perfect sequel to one of the best movies I have ever seen, I'm not Trekkie by any means. I watched The Next Generation growing up and even most of the other shows but never more then a passer by. J.J. Abrams is a freaking genius in my opinion. My love affair for this man started with LOST. Practically any thing he touches turns to gold. To bad he wont be doing the new Star Wars movies.

The story of Into Darkness continues on the original timeline only with it/s new screwed universe thanks to the new rebooted Star Trek universe. This time it finds the Enterprise out in deep space pitted against a familiar foe and each other. The story was stellar as per Abrams norms. His now classic lens flairs have made a triumphant return and camera style holds firm to the original reboot.

It looks amazing. Crisp, clean, lens flairy! I enjoyed the looks of the movie just as much as the story. They did an excellent job with bringing the cities up a thousand years while making it look life like. The enterprise looked just as good under water as it did in the original movie series.

I enjoyed this movie 110%! It's absolutely a movie every one should watch at least once if not multiple times. It's filled with old catch phrases that will bring up memories of days ol' and even shows us an original character, Leonard Nimoy one more time! What's not to love about that? Oh and Tribbles! Every one loves a Tribble!

Entertainment - 9/10
Visuals - 10/10
Story - 8/10

Last House on the Left

I wasn't aware of this movie at all until the other day watch Breaking Bad. Aaron Paul is in it so I guess they were looking at doing some cross promotion for the movie. It came out in 2009 after all. Its a movie about a group of criminals that just broke their leader out from a police ride to a local prison. The families daughter ends up getting caught up with them which eventually leads them to a lake house her family was staying at for the summer. The acting leaves a lot to be desired. There are some glimpses of good acting though. They say bad writing means bad acting to maybe the writing was a bit poor as well.

It's one of those movies that wasn't all that terrible but its still pretty bad. Aaron Pauls death scene is one to watch! Its the prettiest bloody death you'll ever see in a movie. Visually it wasn't shot all that badly. again the movie kept my attention unlike a great many other movies. I found my self routing for the family and even the girls. By the end of the movie the tables flipped and it showed the family taking back what was theirs. after all you can't have a movie with out a happy ending now can you? All in all it was a fun watch but nothing to go crazy over to see.

Entertainment - 6/10
Visuals - 5/10
Story - 5/10

Dredd

OK so I was asked my thoughts on this movie, Dredd. The first one was done way back in the day using Sylvester Stallone. This new one was done using an actor I really enjoy in Karl Urban. I first became aware of Urban during his role in The Chronicles of Riddick. As I remember it, the older version of Dredd wasn't something people rushed out to see. It was in the Stallone heyday so that helped it but I enjoyed it. I have not seen it since I was a younger man but I remember I liked watching whenever it was on TV. This newer version looked nice, the story was decent but I had no feelings for any of the characters whatsoever. If you didn't get told that was Karl Urban as Dredd you'd have never known.

The story takes place pretty much entirely inside a highrise building of the future which pretty much has nothing but thugs and lowlifes running it. Dredd entered the building do to a homicide and eventually uncovers drugs that slow your reality down. A part of this was when they would inject some one then push them off a balcony. The entire event would feel like it took for ever and you would feel every bit of pain when you hit the floor.

The look of the movie wasn't terrible. It didn't make me run out and tell my friends, guess what I saw last night, it didn't turn me off either. It was very bland and just....blah. It was there, again it didn't wow me at all.

This isn't a movie people need to run out to see. It will eventually show up on TV for free and you can check it out that way. I can't think of a movie I'd ever tell people not to see since everyone has different tastes but this isn't worth a purchase. If you were a fan of the comics or the old movie it's cool to take a look at, which is why I did. If you are looking for a movie to keep you entertained for the entire length, this isn't the movie for you. The movie was, what is was, and that was just a basic movie, that could have done so much more if the script or story was done differently. If it helped you feel for the characters. That's what I look for in a movie. Make me care about the people in it. The one character I felt a bit for was the women cop Olivia. She had a back story of growing up in one of these places and getting it out to "make good". Other then that, not much there for me.

Entertainment - 5/10
Visuals - 5/10
Story - 5/10