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Shingeki no kyojin (2015)
As a fan of the anime, this dropped my jaw, loved it!
I am a fan of the anime, watched in Japanese with English subtitles.
At the time of writing, only 14 reviews with 13 being ridiculously negative. Be honest with yourself, is this movie rateable below 5 on any level? Just because they had to condense it and rework it to make it into a movie does not mean it deserves a low score. I have not read the manga, but did enjoy the anime.
They NAILED the Titans, that is worth 5 points right there. The vacuous smiling faces and the constant curious and happy expressions as they found a new human to chomp on...wow, my jaw dropped so many times during this movie. Don't get me started on the "baby".
They NAILED the "Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear", that is worth another 3 points. They captured so well the speed and agility of a trained attacker against giant foes.
They NAILED Erin's loss and return, the fights and the regeneration, amazing. Another 2 points.
I happily will rewatch this again soon. The sounds, the lighting, the giant grinning faces with limbs hanging from their teeth...well done!
They also really captured the sheer horror and terror of confronting Titans. Many people simply lost their minds and forgot their training. I found it very believable instead of the usual everyone is calm, never reacts and easily become perfect killing machines.
IF you enjoyed the anime, and I recommend you watch the anime first to flesh out (see what I did there?) the back story so you can appreciate Titan's brought to life.
Final happy thought, part 2 will be out in about a month!!!
300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Forget the haters, if you enjoyed 300, you will enjoy this movie.
Like many people, I heard all the negative reviews and I put off watching this movie until tonight, 7/26/2015. And I was sucked in to the awesomeness of this sequel, and have no idea why people hated on it.
Questionable front page review gave this a 1/10 review. 1/10? This is one of the worst movies ever? Not by a long shot. Was it over the top? YES. Was it violent? YES. Was it entertaining? ABSOLUTELY.
I think that for some odd reason, some movies become popular to put down (1 out of 10?), however, I watched an entertaining, similar to 300 movie, which makes sense as it was a sequel.
I would dare say, the naval battles, the origin of Xerxes, and the crazy final battle make this exactly equal (or a bit better) than the first. The sea battles are amazing, it must be CGI (because how could they have that many people rowing war boats) but it looked amazing.
In conclusion, if you enjoyed 300, then this sequel holds up! Will watch again.
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
Unwatchable - Lazy - Insulting - Garbage
It is rare when I cannot finish a movie, it is even more rare when I post a review. Must have Paycheck Day in Hollywood when they assembled this cast. All of you responsible for, and acting in this film, SHAME ON YOU.
A prop bomber plane magically shoots down two fighter jets, shoots every sniper, shoots every police officer...BAH I ran out of energy. This "movie", and I use the term loosely, should be burned from the archives.
I rolled my eyes about 20 times by the 40 minute mark, then I gave up and stopped watching and posted this review. You are truly part of "Idiocracy" if you can watch this movie.