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Sonic Unleashed (2008)
Sonic is back!!! blazing brightly until the sun goes down, then Beware of the Warehog!!!
Sonic Unleashed oh how I gasped with joy then held my breath and gasped with anticipation my mouth salivating at the prospect of a sonic that is truly good again, But as ever it was followed with a bitter after taste it promised so much yet delivered not so little but not enough.
Don't get me wrong the day stages are stunningly soaked with fantastic bright colors beautiful buildings and animations, visually the environments are bright and glorious the level design integrate and giving a true sense of a fresh but retro real looking familiar place echoing the flavor of its 2D counterparts, but most importantly Sonic is fast the feel of speed and acceleration is immense and tantalising and mouth watering and truly eye popping feast for the sensors, thus making me feel like I was 13 again on my Megadrive sitting down face and nose pressed against the screen as sonic span and looped-de-looped and whooshed across my television.
The sense of shock is there the sense of almost no control and skill needed to make it successfully though or just blind luck is there just like the 2D versions of sonic held beautifully, this time I feel I'm almost piloting a jet plane or a being carried with the intense speed of a runaway train, you really want to replay the levels to do it quicker and more perfect than the last to get more rings! Kill more enemies! And wave goodbye to the level in the form of a Category ten hurricane of speed, and that's what sonic was all about! Is all about! It's that simple.
The levels echo the feel of the old Sonic we all know and love CHECK! It has that sense of speed CHECK! The sense of no control and power CHECK! And of course old faces like Tails and Robotnik who had a name change for a while Eggman, OK then we have a hit on our hands folks 10/10 SEGA Congratulations and celebrations you did it guys, but wait a minute don't pop that cork yet! Because when the sun sets its party time but for sonic its time to turn into something entirely different a WAREHOG!!!
Confused? So was I expecting Sega finally to ditch all these stupid new characters and gimmicks they hoped would help reinvent the franchise Cough Shadow, and finally having sonic run free without having to halt for a little chat with friendly folks. It dose seem most of these problems have been addressed except sonic being a more social chap these days, you would think for someone who in such a rush getting to A to B that a chatting with some random folks would be out of the question? Afraid not! But this is a mere niggle compared to when the sun sets
No I said don't pop the cork yet SEGA!!!!
Yes the WareHog Bad move, if I wanted to play Sonic as a slow lumbering chap I buy him a Macdonalds everyday, slow fighting and simple thick headed game play that any simpleton could play on any third rate platformer, enemies pose no real threat and lets just say Were is the Speed? That's what Sonic is about were has he gone were! Were! He's under all that fluff screaming to get out. It's such a sad thing to see because during the day it is such a pleasure, but with this schizophrenic Jeckle and Hyde syndrome sonic is two games not one, one part a fantastic fast paced sonic romp more pleasurable than a large bowl of ice cream! the second part like your old Aunt Elger's horrible yearly Barbecue Burnt on the outside frozen on the inside. Making you feel slow and ill and clutching your stomach in agony.
SEGA hear this Please!!!
Big Levels contrasts each Act looking more different than the previous more fantastic different and glorious.
Wacky level names Simple Story: Robotnik steals the Emeralds (how can that be messed up how) Friends not to many and no look-alikes. Fantastic soundtrack Sense of SPEED (Unleashed performed well in this) No RPG of any kind A boss after every third stage Inventive robotic opponents Tricky yet fulfilling stages that require skill and timing. (Unleashed has elements of this)
Overall best sonic so far captures the spark from its origins and proves sonic is not dead he just awakening from a coma, the game suffers from indecision not fully understanding what it wants to be slow or fast, keep it fast simple lets have Sonic Unleashed 2 bigger and better and when the sun goes down lets keep the WAREHOG out of it thanks you.
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007)
This should have been titled "Mr. Bean Ultimate Disaster Movie" because a Disaster it was! (Contains Spoilers)
The first Mr. Bean movie I found was funny great plot and Mr. Bean being brilliantly funny, and the brilliant and great sketch with the priceless painting literally as Mr. Bean sketches a face on it after burning the real face off with paint stripper, great characters a family that bean stays with in America brilliant and hilarious misshapes going on non stop.
But Mr. Beans Holiday is another matter ignoring the 1997 movie I think it was a mistake to come up with Mr. Bean winning a raffle flying to France and stopping a father getting his son to the Cannes film festival by accident then having to help the boy find his father. The first time you see Mr. Bean's interaction with the kid you hope to dear god that it is a short term sketch because the boy is both annoying and boring, the boy at one point copy's Mr. bean actions that part oh I hated it, why the Mr. bean we know and love wouldn't go out his way to help a kid all the way though a movie the funny thing about Mr. Bean was his child like selfishness.
Some how the French boy and bean don't seem to work together apart from one or two scenes most of the time he seems to stop bean being what he is best at being bean, there are a number of good scenes I say five or six one were bean stumbles on a movie set with people dressed as extras in ww2 advert some how advertising yogurt or moose, but the best scenes the previous scene included are the scenes were bean is on his own doing what he dose best invading people space and causing havoc unknowingly.
There one simple way to make this movie a sure fire hit get rid of the stupid annoying child because bean is the child we love and he doesn't share the screen for no one, so for our lovable man child that bean is, this isn't your best but its worth a look if you're a fan you will be disappointed, just do what I did try to ignore the French kid and enjoy bean.
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
I love Japanese movies I love "Manga" I love fantasy stories I love "karate kid" and I love "The Last Samuria" but I don't love this.
Think Mortal combat with unimaginative characters.
Heck I love fighting movies Japanese and Chinese culture samurais and comedies but I loath this piece of unimaginative rubbish damn I think a sixteen year old could write better than this I've had better dreams than this movie.
I've just finished watching "Big Trouble in Little China" it was predictable as any rubbish movie, it was boring it was full of rather dull jokes and basically stupid dull crap fight scenes.
And I think there was far more posing than fighting from the main bad guys who would pose for an hour wave there arms around as electricity moves all round there bodies and then when the good guys are making there escape they would chase them, or then having a jumping sword fight for an hour.
And the worst part is that the Main Villain of the movie has such a rubbish demise a knife in the head yawn.
Overall I wouldn't waste my life even thinking about this movie again avoid at all costs even fans of the "Mortal kombat" movies stay clear.
Hook (1991)
Hook is back Good Form, Good form
Superb, imaginative exciting action adventure showing pan as a grown up taking a different path to the book but life is about seeing things at different angles and I believe this dose that well.
This is Every parent's duty to show your child this film if not then it is a spoiled opportunity because this will open your Childs imagination I am 18 myself and I have fond memories of watching this movie it helped shape who I am today.
Dustin Hoffman was a superb Hook chilling nasty yet humorous and likable Bad guy while when peter pan played by Robin Williams was also excellent. Rufio was an excellent replacement to peter but the best moment when peter succeeds him is a arm tingling moment.
Or the moment when hook kills Rufio ouch nasty right in the stomach
So if u watch this yourselves with your children on a dark winters night You will feel the magic of peter pan.
Just don't forget to close the window once you send them to bed wouldn't want any visitors at the window. ^_^
Hook IS BACK