1. UP!
2. Star Trek
3. Terminator
4. X-Men
So I'll review them for you in that order, shall we begin? "UP!" is a fun well developed story with some amazing animation, the lighting especially is breathtaking. It's hard to review "UP!" without giving away too much of the plot, which is almost fully laid out before the audience within the first 15 minutes of the film, allowing the audience to actually discover what the characters discover. It's a film that I believe all ages would enjoy, although I must warn there are parts of this film that can be unbelievably sad. Really that's about all I can say without giving anything away, I can't vouch for how the movie looks in 3D as I didn't see it in 3D format, but even without it the film is still visually stunning. If you don't get out to see it I'd say it's a most definite buy on DVD.
Now on to Star Trek, I know that my view is slightly biased as a trekker (one who follows all the star trek series) but I'll try to remain impartial. Star Trek is not a typical Star Trek film, at it's core it is an action film with a plot. Several of the elements that are considered laughable in most of Star Trek such as the long winded debates about what to do in an action situation, the dramatic pauses of Shatner, time travel paradoxes, etc. Best parts of this film were the constant action with a purpose, it had enough of a plot to carry the action so that it didn't become dull and repetitive. Also the visual effects were wonderful and if you're familiar with the series, quite a few inside jokes make a comeback. The casting was flawless, I applaud the acting of Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto (also known as Sylar from "Heroes"), Simon Pegg, Karl Urban (who also played Eomer in LOTR), John Cho (Harold of "Harold and Kumar"), and Zoe Saldana. I do have one gripe about the film, it was too short. Several of the plot points could have been explored with a little more depth, but over all it is great film and I highly recommend it to all.
Terminator I was a little disappointed with, the story was decent, the action was good, and the acting was actually quite good. The problem is they didn't really mesh very well. Alone each portion was good, the Story lays itself out pretty well with a few continuity issues and several plot points that are abandoned about 15 minutes after they are revealed, often without any explanation. The action sequences were well choreographed, some nice explosions thrown in here and there, cool new machines which still resembled the machines we were introduced to in T1 and T2, but somehow just fail to fit in with the story line that's being built up. Basically the resistance is not led by John Connor, it's led by a group of crabby old men in a submarine who give orders without any regard as to the cost, because hell, they're practically invisible (apparently Skynet doesn't use sonar). Connor and his team discover a new terminator type is being constructed with human tissue and organs, of course, that's not what command wants, instead they want some random radio signal that can apparently shut down the machines as long as it's broadcast, of course no one knows where the tip came from, or why they got the the terminal without seeing any guards hmmm. And then of course a nuke gets dropped on the facility after Connor gets out and tries to radio the nearest base, whoops, looks like he's the only one with this knowledge now. Anyway, we do get to listen to the tapes we see being recorded in the first movie, we see John meet Kyle Reese for the first time, although even after the mentions of his brother Derek in the films and tv show, he's mysteriously missing, as in nonexistent. With the emotional level that Christian Bale is at throughout the entire film it's not hard to see why he snapped at the crew when something went wrong, honestly as an audience member I was slightly scared of the dude. All in all it's an ok film, but not a terminator film. It's decent enough to warrant and in theatre viewing, but I wouldn't buy it when it comes out on DVD unless you have a giant screen and at least 5.1 surround sound.
Now on to the final film which, sadly, I was sorely disappointed with. Hugh Jackman is wonderful as Wolverine, and it's great to see his backstory, but after he's pumped full of adamantium and escapes, well let's just say it kinda slides downhill., yes we see gambit, which is great, but really he's pretty annoying and a two-dimensional character. My biggest gripe though are the claws. In the first 3 X-Men movies those claws were kick ass, now they remind me of teh singing sword in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" if you don't know what I'm talking about, they look like a cartoon. The shine when there isn't enough light on them to warrant shining, the dimensions of them change as he moves, oh and my favorite bit they shimmer! And when I say shimmer i mean that they actually glow at times, they went from bad ass to light source. There are a few good scenes where we see the young mutants, and Professor Xavier makes an appearance sans wheelchair. I did enjoy Deadpool, who if you stay through the credits, may actually have his own movie, or spinoff, which i thoroughly approve of. Bottom line, skip it in theaters and rent it when it come out.
Well the summer is just beginning and there are several more movies out there to see, including the next Transformers movie, which I'm a little leery of, but the review will keep on coming as they do.
Note: I am not a professional critic, I am just an ordinary guy saying what I though of these films, everyone is entitled to there own opinions so please don't harp at me for speaking my mind. Thank you
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