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Originally Posted by J_P_A

as a word of warning, my wife did fall asleep during the last 15 minutes of the movie.

Originally Posted by J_P_A

Captain America 4/5

I'm currently a little tired of super hero movies (I know, temporary suspension of my man card), but I really enjoyed this movie anyway. It was a little cheesy at times, but I think that's part of why I enjoyed it. However, as a word of warning, my wife did fall asleep during the last 15 minutes of the movie, so YMMV.

There it is - Pacifica - a gleaming metropolis on the ocean floor. But the fabulous, futuristic city is seven hours away from doom as a giant asteroid hurtles toward a direct hit. Good thing an all-star cast of steel-nerved stalwarts - including Stuart Whitman, Robert Wagner, Richard Basehart, Joseph Cotton and boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson - is on hand. From Irwin Allen, the beloved disaster movie impresario behind The Poseidon Adventure, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Towering Inferno, comes the over-the-top underwater adventure

He's Dexter Riley (Kurt Russell), just a regular-guy college student at Medfield College--until one fateful night he is accidentally transformed into a human computer. His newfound genius makes him an overnight sensation when he gets all the answers right on a college quiz show. This instant celebrity status also brings an instant massive ego, which threatens his friendships as well as his safety. Caught up between battling college deans (Joe Flynn and Alan Hewitt) and a dangerous mobster (Cesar Romero), Dexter soon learns friends are more valuable than money. This movie, released in 1969, is a true romp with silly situations and madcap misadventures. The size of the computer itself is now good for a sight gag. It's likable but goofy, with no real weight. A fun, innocent diversion that the whole family can look and laugh at, each for different reasons

Some college students manage to persuade the town's big businessman, A. J. Arno, to donate a computer to their college. When the problem- student, Dexter Riley, tries to fix the computer, he gets an electric shock and his brain turns to a computer; now he remembers everything he reads. Unfortunately, he also remembers information which was in the computer's memory, like the illegal business Arno is involved in.

Originally Posted by dfergie

Watched Cowboys & Aliens (Theatrical) late last night, 4.7 out of 5, very enjoyable BD presentation with Excellent PQ & AQ and LFE ... liked the story and had two of my favorite types of movies: Westerns & Scifi combined. Going to watch the extended edition soon as I thought I was pressed for time ending the movie about 12:30 am then ended up watching most of the extras.
Fun movie.

Originally Posted by J_P_A

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - 3/5

I really wanted to love this movie as I've been looking forward to watching it for quite a while! I really enjoyed the first two movies. I didn't feel this movie was as good as either of those, but (as has been said before in the thread) was better than the third installment in the series. The first of this movie just seemed to be a rehash of the what's been done in the others (think of all the sword fighting scenes). I was actually a bit bored early on, but it did improve.

So, fun movie after the opening bit, but not as good as the first movie by any stretch.

Originally Posted by tony123


Change Up was funny but filthy. My wife left the room again. Comedy has really stuck to the theme and success of The Hangover. Unfortunately.

The action, ... Cataleya seems to be both omniscient and omnipresent, capable of arming or disarming any device, adept at crawling through or climbing over any obstacle in her path without ever smudging her sexy eyeliner. In fact, there's only one scene where she seems to be in any real danger: a visceral, bruising sequence of hand-to-hand combat featuring towels and toothbrushes reminiscent of the third "Bourne" movie.

From writer/producer Luc Besson (The Fifth Element, Leon The Professional, The Transporter series, Taken, District B-13, La Femme Nikita ) comes Colombiana. Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. Turning herself into a professional killer, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents' deaths.

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"Colombiana" certainly didn't impress critics. Entertainment Weekly's Keith Staskiewicz reported, "It turns into the same silly stuff we've seen before, a dish of revenge served not so much cold as reheated." Diva Velez of The Diva Review wrote, "Wrapped in B-movie trappings from its cliched script and implausible scenarios to less than thrilling action, the best thing 'Colombiana' has going for it is the lovely Ms. Saldana, who deserves much better than this." New York Post's Kyle Smith said, "Luc Besson keeps ralphing up scripts about beautiful lady killers, but that doesn't mean you have to keep seeing them."

A few reviewers out there cheered on "Colombiana." New York Daily News' Elizabeth Weitzman stated, "Zoe Saldana makes being an action hero look so easy in 'Colombiana,' you have to wonder why more actresses don't try it." Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter related, "There are guilty pleasures to be had in this frenzied B starring Zoe Saldana, who gives an acrobatic performance that makes the overcooked material watchable." Glenn Kenny of MSN Movies said, "All killers should look this good doing their dirty work. It'd be a better world."

Moviegoers enjoyed "Colombiana" for the most part. Shad M. said, "What a good way to end the 2011 Summer Movie Season with an action/thriller film... The story, script, characters, and everything the film have to offer really shows how a mediocre film like this one can really stand out from the others. Zoe Saldana... played her character Cataleya at a top level. Overall, the film is something moviegoers will probably like. It's a pretty kick awesome girl action movie!" Thomas V. commented, "Good script, and well acted. Lots of action kept your attention." Melanie S. stated, "It was a blast...literally! It did everything a movie in that genre is supposed to do. Jolie may want to watch her back."

A few members of the movie audience felt Colombiana's mission of revenge was a failure. Liam G. complained, "Zoe Saldana is a convincing action movie heroine, but Oliver Megaton's revenge thriller is filled with horribly filmed and edited action scenes for the most part, unnecessary sub-plots and nothing to make us interested in the story or characters." Zainab O. stated, "SO cliched, predictable [and] cheesy. Very disappointing, the script and direction just sucked." Beau R. expressed, "Columbiana should never have been made. It's just a mundane Jolie movie without Jolie. The story sucks, the setting sucks, the performers suck. Unnecessary waste of time and money."

The original Planet of the Apes films were NEVER about apes. They were about humanity; man's good going hand in hand with his evil(with apes as stand-ins for our society). Not understanding that is missing the point entirely, like this simplistic, clichéd, very predictable film did.

the old Planet of the Apes movies. They were original and a little philosophical, the movies made you think about what really makes a person a person. These originals gave me a look at cultures very different from my own. The apes were people yet not people.