Breaking Dawn Part 2

After 5 years the Twilight movie installment draws to a close with Breaking Dawn Part 2.

Well, it has been a while since I read the book and I'm not really sure how it ended but how it was depicted in the movie had me at the edge of my seat!  

There were internet chatter about a different ending so as the fight scene between the Volturi and the Cullens got underway and saw some of the main characters get decapitated it got to the point where I was in a state of shock!  I hate it when main characters die!  I won't ruin your viewing pleasure but I must say that Breaking Dawn Part 2 is definitely a MAJOR MUST WATCH!

Movie Review: Lockout

Nice cinematography.  Incredible special effects.  

Guy Pearce fit the role of the gung-ho CIA agent Marion "Snow" Stone to a T.  I do believe Guy patterned his acting in the mold of John McClane of the Die Hard series.  Even the way he smokes and carries the cigarette was typical John McClane.  Come to think of it, even the plot is Die Hard-ISH.  So much for originality.  But then we all loved John McClane, right?  However, this movie did not have a credible villain.  Hydell, played by Joseph Gilgun, had his moments of pure evil but he shares the goon part with Vincent Regan who plays Hydell's older brother Alex.  There was also a lack of high intensity confrontation between Snow, Alex, and Hydell with Alex dying in the hands of Hydell and Hydell meets his demise when the space prison explodes in a ball of flame.

Oh to hell with the guys in this movie!  The primary reason for  me to watch this movie was Maggie Grace.  Gorgeous gal she is.  Unfortunately, they made her ugly in this movie by cutting her hair short and dyeing it black (for half of the movie).  Sorry guys, no skin exposure for this lady in this movie.  Heck, the hero did not even get a kiss!

Watch if you haven't watch Die Hard yet or you loved it so much and you'd like to have another serving even if it's a copycat.

Movie Review: Battleship

I'm always a sucker for humans vs aliens movie!  Ever since I saw the trailer for Battleship early this year, I already have it on my movie date cross-hairs since.

Alex Hopper is a slacker, who, after falling head over heels with the daughter of an admiral's daughter found himself serving in the U.S. Navy.  Unfortunately, his arrogance and headstrong personality always got him into trouble and is in the verge of being booted out of the navy, that is until bad ass aliens decides to pay Earth a visit.  He is then put in the position of thwarting the alien invasion with a band of brave navy officers.

Taylor Kitsch stars as Lt. Alex Hopper, Alexander Skarsgard is Alex's older brother Stone, Liam Neeson as Admiral Shane, Rihanna (making her motion-picture debut) as Petty Officer Second Class Cora Raikes, and playing Alex's love interest is Brooklyn Decker as Sam Shane.  

Of course, in the battle between humans vs. aliens the ending is quite obvious.  There has been a lot of this plot in the past to second guess it's inevitable ending.  Still, it was a suspenseful in terms of trying to figure out who among the protagonists would survive.  (I definitely wanted Brooklyn Decker to survive.)  The battle sequences  had great effects.  The alien weaponry were deadly!  No laser beams this time but multiple bomb launchers and an intelligent wheel that seemed to go forever.  Fortunately for the humans the aliens had a poor choice in weapons use because that devastating wheel could have ended the human resistance in an instant. (Obviously, the writer wanted a longer movie.)  

Oh, did I already mention that Brooklyn Decker was part of the movie?  Well, she's really drop dead gorgeous!  If this movie needed a saving grace, I'd say she's the one!