Conan the Barbarian

Went to check out Conan on Sunday. This movie is two hours and nine minutes long and after about one hour and fifty minutes the fire alarm goes off at gateway and they turn off the movie.  They rushed us all outside and lined us up and gave us a free movie pass. Now what I saw of this new Conan was good and a total action fix. I cannot give a full accounting until I get to see the end, and I am never going to sit thru that much of a movie again for the last 20 minutes.  The movie was entertaining and I think Jason  Momoa was a good stand in for Arnold.  Don't get me wrong Arnold is still the barbarian king.  The effects were obviously quite good but that has become the norm in big hollywood movies. The action and fight scenes were good especially the early one with the warrior challene involving young Conan.  This movie I think will lose alot to dvd so this is a big screen must see if you like the sword and socery movies.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Bridesmaids

Okay movie number three was Rise of the Planet of the Apes.  This was a really solid movie, the human acting was good but like you would expect the apes really stole the show.  The effects in this movie are very good.  This is a must see in the theater.  The sights and sounds on the big screen will be much better.  The fight scene on the bridge is awesome.  This is a great reboot to a classic scifi series. I enjoyed this movie alot and with the story development it is not required that you know about the past movies.

The last movie I saw was Bridesmaids.  This movie was funny but they were trying really hard to be a female Hangover.  The movie has very crude humor and I think the Jackass guys would be proud of some of the gags in this movie.  There are a few laughs in this movie but by the end it falls into a predictable pattern.  I caught it in the 1.50 theater so it seemed like a good value to me.  This is one that you can wait for the dvd.  If you like your humor crude its worth a look.

Quadruple Feature

Sorry it took so long for a new post but I was on vacation.  Luckily when I got back I was able to see 4 movies and now I can give my opinion about them.

The first one I saw was Cowboys and Aliens.  This was a great western that someone decided to put a good scifi into.  This is the kind of movie that wants you to just have a rip roarin good time watching it.  Found it a little strange that these so called cowboys would be so accepting of the thought of space flight but hey it was fun.  So if you are willing to suspend reality for a couple of hours you can have some fun watching this good ole fashion popcorn movie.

The second movie was the latest Pirates of the Carribean flick.  Let's just say you can only ride the same ride so many times.  Unless you are a hardcore fan or have amazingly not seen the other movies in this series wait for the dvd.  Best thing about the movie was the sets and makeup, they were quite good. Depp is really annoying not adding anything new to the Capt.

That's it for tonight do the others tomorrow.