Paul Blart: Mall Cop review

I was surprised to see that Roger Ebert liked this movie. He was pretty much the only one on Rotten Tomatoes! :)

Anyway, this movie is what you expect with humor. Don't watch expecting Jack Black or Will Ferrel funny, but more like "haha I just put on a hello kitty band-aid" kind of funny.

I wasn't expecting good action in this movie, but actually, it was pretty cool, with a plot twist in the middle. I didn't know there would be guns in a mall cop movie!

So, its what you expect from a kid-comedy, with added action. Definitely check out Paul Blart for a fun family movie that anyone can enjoy.

B

Games I'm brining to the reunion

Since MovieBuff asked, here they are:

Definitely inFamous
Little Big Planet (really fun game, search it on youtube)
Burnout Paradise
Lord of the Rings

Here are games coming out before the reunion that I might get/bring:

-I will definitely get: Ghostbusters: The Video Game (comes out 6/16)

-Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen game (might not get cuz the first game wasn't good, comes out 6/23)

-Harry Potter 6 (6/30) I didn't really like the other HP games but this has 2 player dueling, so that sounds cool


Games I will not bring:

Rock Band, cuz it's kinda hard to bring all the instruments
Marvel Alliance, cuz you've already seen it, and I might trade it in soon
Spider-Man Web of Shadows, cuz I traded it in cuz I beat the game (really short game)
Iron Man, cuz I might trade it in. If I don't trade it in, I might bring it, but I will probably trade it for Ghostbusters


Thats it! By the way, you are so lucky you guys got out on the 22nd. We get out on Wednesday. :(

Infamous PS3 Review

Okay, I know I gave Spider-Man Web of Shadows a 10.1/10. That was way more than it deserved. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game, but after playing inFamous, it is really incomparable. I now officially lower the Spider-Man WOS review to 9.3/10. Still an amazing game!

Let me start off by saying my #1 favorite video game has changed...to this. This takes elements from Spider-Man 2 and GTA (which I have never played cuz its rated M, but I know the basic idea of it) and combines it with one of the coolest super heroes ever. Seriously, Cole (dude on the over) is really cool/

In this game, you really feel powerful. You have to make choices, like save the city or destroy it. You can be evil, and you get red lightning attacks, or heroic and get blue lightning attacks. If your good, citizens will help you, but if your evil, they throw rocks at you.

The city (Empire City) looks amazing. You can climb practically anything, from building to street lights to, well anything you can think of! The villains are really creepy, and the whole game has a cool eerie feeling to it.

The creators of this PS3-exclusive, "Sucker Punch Studios", are the same small company that made one of my favorite PS2 classics, the Sly Cooper series. You can tell they took a lot of ideas from Sly, and it brings back memories from like 4 years ago. By the way, I hope they make Sly 4, that would be amazing! Sorry, off topic.

This game takes everything you know about video games and changes it. It is truly a great achievement, and I hope I see more of inFamous in the near future.

100/100 A+

Lord of the Rings Conquest (PS3 Game review)

I was going to see Pixar's Up this weekend, but I didn't get a chance. I got the highly anticipated game "inFamous", so I'll write that review next. I got Lord of the Rings about a month ago. Here's the review:

Have you ever played star wars battlefront 1 or 2? If you have, you will instantly learn how to play this game easily. And you'll now how sweet this game is!

The game is made up of 2 story missions (one for evil, one for bad) that have about 10 levels each. Levels are about 15-20 minutes each, so it is a pretty decent amount of time. But the real fun is playing multiplayer.

There are two types of multiplayer, split-screen and online. While I usually play split-screen with my brother, online play is definitely the most fun, especially when you start beating everyone.

There are a small variety of characters: Mage, Scout, Warrior and Archer. Mages seem to be the most powerful, but there is fun to be had with all four. Also, occasionally you will be able to be a hero, like Gandalf, or a monster, like an ent or dragon.

This is really fun. I highly recommend it!

90/100 A-

Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa Review

I HATED MADAGASCAR 1!!!!!!!

Okay, thats dramatic, but it was the first movie I left to go refill my ICEE. I had no interest in the jokes, plot, or animation. Madagascar 2 does redeem the series, but it is nothing that I will hopefully watch again.

This film does have it's bright points. For example the penguins are pretty funny. But overall, this is pretty cheap. I was expecting more from a Dreamworks film.

The animation is mediocre compared to PIXAR (can't wait to see "Up"), and the visuals are extremely impressive. There are not bad, but nothing to be remembered by.

Ben Stiller is usually pretty good, but you can tell he would rather do something else. The other voice acting isn't good either.

I really liked the music in this film (that one song that keeps playing, "The Traveling Song"). Movies always seem better with good music.

Okay, I probably dislike this movie because I hated the first, but really this is a mediocre unambitious sequel. I don't recommend this movie, or the tv series either. I am disappointed in Dreamworks right now. Hopefully Pixar's "Up" will crush this into the ground.

C+

Valkyrie Review

I always like "smart" movies. Movies where you come out saying wow, that was cool AND I feel like I was just in social studies. Weird combination (I don't like Social Studies at all), but it seems to work. Valkyrie is one of those movies.

Let me get the bad stuff out of the way. First, it is really weird how Cruise is the only one without a German accent. It doesn't make a big difference, but it is kinda annoying. The movie is also at times a little hard to follow, but isn't too bad (well, my brother kept asking if Hitler was the bad guy, and then fell asleep).

Now the good:

I learned a lot about that time period, as well as Hitler and General Stoffenberg (Cruise). It kept my interest way more than any teacher could. Of course, there were cool explosions, near escapes and intense moments. I was sitting at the edge of my seat (Well, bean bag chair) the entire time! This movie is really suspenseful.

Overall I'm glad I saw this movie. It had important stuff (explosions, shooting, violence) and kinda important stuff (history about Hitler)**. Highly entertaining!

B+

**You can see my priorities!

Post 160!!!

This is the 160th post!

I'll write reviews for Madagascar 2 and Valkyrie later today (hopefully, maybe tomorrow).