Emma Stone - Gwen Stacy Andrew Garfield - Peter Parker/Spider-man Martin Sheen - Ben Parker Sally Field - May Parker Rhys Ifans - Dr. Connors/The Lizard Philip Seymour Hoffman - Venom(rumored) Irrfan Khan - Nels Van Adder/Proto-Goblin Denis Leary - Cpt. George Stacy Julianne Nicholson - Mary Parker Campbell Scott - Richard Parker
I'm sooo happy. As a die-hard fan and researcher on the subject, I really think it's going to be good. And although I've never heard of Proto-Goblin, and since the goblin isn't a Osbourne, I'm wondering if it's like the Hobgoblin. The hobgoblin was the third goblin, but his identity was Ned Leeds. So... we'll see. I'm just happy their putting in the Lizard. To have Dr. Connors in two movies and not turn into the Lizard was a huge tease...
Some photos too:
*Update*
Turns out I'm just an ignorant fan who doesn't know as much as he thought he did. The Proto-Goblin is a guy who was involved in the green goblin project and used the product for his own means.
Also, in my research I found that Emma Stone is actually a blonde. Just thought that was cool.
Also, some villain pics so you know what do expect: (Left to Right)Proto-Goblin, Venom, and The Lizard.
I'm loving this. Second movie this year that is retelling a very old tale into a modern twist and it's awesome. We've become very familiar with it, it's been taught to us in school and we know how it all goes. This movie is filled with humor and adults will love it as much as kids.
Story:
Two neighbors, two yards, and one giant feud. Mr. Capulet and Mrs. Montague have never been the most friendly of neighbors. Strange enough considering their hobbies of gardening and love of gnomes. Little do the home owners know, that when their backs are turned, and their eyes are elsewhere, their little friends the gnomes take the rivalry to a more extraordinary level.
No one knows how this gnomish feud started, because no one can remember. Whenever the Blues avenged for something, the Reds would be quick to follow with retaliation. When Tybalt(Jason Statham), of the red gnomes cheats in a lawnmower race between him and Gnomeo(James McAvoy) of the Blues, Gnomeo follows suit with a retaliation of his own. A midnight stealth operation to deface their lawnmower. Meanwhile, Juliet(Emily Blunt), daughter to Lord Redbrick(Michael Caine) sees a beautiful orchid that would put the blues garden to shame. Despite the over-protectiveness of her father, she dresses as a ninja to take the orchid as a prize, to prove to her father that she isn't "delicate".
After Gnomeo's attempt of retaliation, he is awestruck by a mysterious gnome sneaking about. He follows close behind her and when the two come upon the orchid, it's love at first sight. After a friendly game of keep away with the orchid, both their identities become revealed. But when Tybalt accidentally finds Juliet, she protects Gnomeo from being discovered, and must go away.
When they meet again, they realize the problems that arise. But with these two gnomes, love keeps them from being apart. But love can't save them from the problems that are to come.
Review:
This was a good one, and I liked it better than Shakespeare's version. There, I said it. Sue me. With all the versions of the story so far, this one is the favorite. It's the first kid's movie I've seen in awhile. Typically for adults the kids movie's are a pain, but I found this one enjoyable, and I think other adults would too. Modern kid's movies have those subtle jokes that adults would get, and the ones in this one didn't really get more than a shy smile out of me. The parts where it was funny to anyone though, did get me to laugh a little bit louder. The aim of the movie isn't primarily a comedy though, the aim is a sweet love story that's a bit happier than the original play. With that, I think they delivered well.
Cast:
With having Elton John as the executive producer, you get lots of pull. I mean, Jason Statham is in this movie. You know, the guy who typically drives cars off buildings and kills LOTS of people. They got him to be a gnome who wears a flower apron. I'm amazed. That's not all though. Patrick Stewart is in too, does the voice of a Shakespeare statue. Michael Caine, Hulk Hogan, Dolly Parton, Maggie Smith(Also known as Mrs. McGonagall), Julie Walters(Mrs. Weasley), and even Ozzy Osbourne.
But the headlining talent here is James McAvoy, and Emily Blunt. Neither I'm very familiar with, but they did most of the hard work and played great characters.
In closing, go see it. It's cool, kids will love it.
This one was really intense. You know with Anthony Hopkins you're going to get your money's worth. Exorcism themed movies have been more prevalent lately. Personally I can remember at least one every two years, for the past six years. Anyway, I would put this on your 'To see:' list.
Story:
Michael Kovak(Colin O'Donoghue) is the son of a mortician, and desperately wants to get out of it. His only choices are to continue with the life of meeting plenty of dead people, or to join the seminary to become a priest. Not excited with his current life, he goes on to be a priest.
Four years later, he's completed his class and is ordained a priest. That night, he composes a long email to his superior Father Matthew(Toby Jones). He explains of how he lacks the faith, and that he is resigning. Some time later, he is being chased down by the Father Matthew. In his haste to catch up with Michael, the father trips, causing a bicyclist to be knocked into traffic, and be hit strongly by a passing car. With Father Matthew injured from his fall, and being the only other priest in the area, his first act as a priest is to give this woman her last rites.
After some time had passed, Father Matthew sits down with Michael. He tells Michael that he has refrained from sending the resignation letter. He explains that leaving now would be very costly. He wants him to stay, because he believes that he has potential. He tells Michael that in the past year, the Vatican has received over 500,000 reports of possessions. That the church wants an exorcist in every parish. He wants Michael to go and take the training. He accepts.
Later on, Michael must learn to overcome his lack of faith, and learn that just because you don't believe in the Devil, doesn't mean he isn't there.
Review:
Any story that has a battle of good versus evil involving Christian religions always has my interest. The exorcism movies are perfect examples. One thing that I like about it is that I think anyone could handle this movie. It's not grotesque to level where you want to puke, or anything like that.
What was freaky was I had no idea what to expect. When you get the right lightning on Anthony Hopkin's face, he can be a really, really creepy dude. Personally I wouldn't like to be in a chair when he's standing and yelling scripture at you. And I'll admit, there was a scene in a park where it made me yell "What the hell!?" really loud in the theater.
With movies like these though, they have that one recognizable phrase, "Inspired by true events". In translation, "greatly exaggerated to try to scare you." I believe that the whole movie was accurate, save a few of the happenings in the scenes of the exorcisms. Hollywood has to do that though, otherwise the movie would be boring. My point is, when you see that magic phrase, don't believe everything you see in the movie.
Cast:
Hands down Anthony Hopkins held this movie together. First time I've seen him play a good and and a bad guy in one movie. I understand his strength in characters is his villains, but my favorite roles from him have been the good guys(ex. Hearts in Atlantis).
Colin O'Donoghue's character I found kind of an idiot, but if Colin isn't an idiot then he's a really good actor.
You also know the woman at the end of 'I Am Legend'? Alice Braga? She's in this too. She plays a journalist who is taking the same course on exorcism as Michael. I haven't seen much of her before, but she's cool.
I highly recommend this one. It's messed up, not too gory, and you get too see a new priest make a lot of smartypants remarks.
This one, I felt I had to prepare a little. I rented the previous two movies before I saw this one and was very glad I did. It refers to the previous movies A LOT. So you'll want to do that before you see this one. Since this one is third in it's series, I'm going to skip the story phase of my review.
Review:
I liked it for the most part. It wasn't as original as the first, and there was significant lack of sex jokes compared to the second one. Which is a plus for me, because it's just too damn awkward after awhile. It lived up to it's title in comedy. I started laughing pretty loud at some parts, and that was probably due to having the previous ones so fresh in my mind. So overall I enjoyed it, but the original is the best.
Cast:
Ben Stiller is becoming a new favorite actor of mine. He is just so good at sarcasm, and he knows how to make those awkward situations funny, rather than making you feel embarrassed for him. I really only saw these movies because Robert DeNiro made me laugh so hard on Saturday Night Live.
