Kick-Ass Review

Kick-Ass

Top 5 Worst Movies I've Ever Seen

Every one has certain films they hate, and want to erase the memory of seeing it. These are my most hated films of all time:


1. North

The premise alone indicates that North is a contender for the worst movie ever made. Directed by the usually great Rob Reiner, (When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men) North is about a boy whose parents become paralyzed - and North (the protagonist) goes out and searches for his new parents, because he thinks his parents don't appreciate his talents. And it all goes downhill from there.

Roger Ebert, film critic of the Chicago Tribune once said in a movie review of North, "I hated this movie. Hated, hated, hated, hated, hated, this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering, stupid, vacant, audience-insulting moment of it. Hated the sensibility of the thought that anyone would like it. Hated the implied insult to the audience by it's belief that anyone would be entertained by it.

My thoughts exactly Mr. Ebert.

Fringe Review

Sure, call Fringe a rip-off of X-Files, Quantum Leap, and The Twilight Zone all you want - but Fringe is still one of the most consistently enjoyable, ambitious and first-rate shows currently shown on network television. Judging from the last three episodes over the past two months, Fringe will be around for a long time.

Fringe, now nearly at the end of their second season, follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston, Massachusetts under the supervision of Homeland Security, who deal with and investigate "The Pattern" a series of unexplained occurences that are happening all over the world.

The main reason why this show is so succesfful is very easy to see while watching the show - the powerhouse acting by John Noble as Peter Bishop, a mix of Einstein and Dr. Frankenstein, is incredible.

Is Hollywood running out of ideas?

Remakes. Sequels. Reboots. Re-imaginings.

These are the words that movie producers love to hear. Why? Because these movies are mostly easy to film and write, they already have a particularly large fan base, which is a positive sign that the film will earn a substantial amount of money, regardless of the quality of the film itself. In fact their are already 30 planned remakes and reboots that you probably don't even know about.

Kick-Ass

With the release of Kick-Ass this week, a comic book adaption of a series of books by Mark Millar,has been generating a great deal of hype among comic book aficionados, and also a great deal of controversy among parents and christian groups. Kick-Ass, appropriately named, tells the story of teenage Dave Lizewski, who sets out to become a real life superhero. He meets Big Daddy (a Batman clone) and his eleven year old daughter, Hit-Girl. In the film she says the word coc*. And the word cun*. And also shoots someones head off and cuts off there limbs. This was shown in a preview screening, and naturally the audience was polarized in their opinions about a foul mouthed, killing eleven year old. The young actress, Clhoe Moretz, stated in an interview, "If I ever uttered one word that I said in Kick-Ass, I would be grounded for years! I'm an average every day girl."

Scarface - as school play?

Elementary school renditions of R-Rated films aren't exactly a dime dozen, which is why this rendition of elementary school kids performing the 1983 crime epic Scarface is utterly priceless.

But of course the retelling of the Al Pacino flick for the kiddies substitutes popcorn for cocaine, and the "F" word is censored by the word fudge, which frankly would make me hungry. But while I was watching this I was laughing beyond belief, yet I was horrified at the same time. What kind of rightminded adult would let these kids perform Scarface? The kids brandish guns, talk about cocaine, and infidelity. Now THAT'S some family entertainment!

2010 NCAA Tournament: The Movie

No doubt about it, inprobable upsets, breathtaking comebacks and shocking buzzer beaters are what make great sports films. There have been a handful of those in the NCAA Tournament this year - and we haven't even reached the final four yet. Personally, (and because of this) I think this years NCAA Tournament would make a killer movie. Who would have thought that Kansas would end up losing in the second round - and to Northern Iowa nonetheless? Who would have even imagined that Syracuse, Ohio, and Kentucky would lose and not even reach the Final Four? Hardly anyone, which resulted in millions of broken brackets that were tossed in the trash in the very first week of the tournament.