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Assassin's Creed III (2012)
I was looking forward to this, but was disappointed.
First off, I love the assassin's creed title. I everything and I loved the story... Until now. I have no grudge against Connor or the era of the American revolution, in fact I was looking forward to it cause it's one of my most favored time in history. The game does a great job of sharing the story of the Native Americans but falls short of staying on track with the quarrel between the assassin's and templars. But then again, the assassin order at this time wasn't exactly at its prime.
Anyways, going back to Connor. Unfortunately I couldn't take Connor seriously as an "Assassin." Compared to Altair and Ezio, who had a battle hardened image and were just plain tough, Connor just seemed whiny and immature. Also didn't help how everyone patronized him. I did find the father son jokes hilarious though out of it. But like I said, Connor just didn't seem fit to be an assassin nor did his character really seem to have left a legacy in the assassin order compared to Altair and Ezio. No one really feared him or took him seriously and I felt like that set the mood as far as his projected image.
As far as game play, I enjoyed the ship to ship battles. They were fantastic. One thing that ticked me off a lot were the controls. Seemed like a lot of times during the free running, the character had a mind of his own. Either he jump in a completely wrong direction or just didn't do it at all. I also found my self repeatedly pounding one of the buttons to get Connor to shoot or attack. Some of the attacks are really cool, but are often rare since the enemy must be in the right place at the right time to see one of the cooler attacks. Overall, I did enjoy the game play, but it just seemed to be lacking my interest.
A few things I would love to have seen. One I loved how in Brotherhood, you recruited assassin's and sent them off to do some missions and take over territory. In the story, I would have love to see more ties to Ezio or Altair. Like in the past, Ezio came to wear Altair's armor. I would have liked to see Ezio's diary or letters to Claudia end up in New york and help Connor some how. Another thing I would have like to see is Connor be a Lil more of a significant figure asides from bring the order back up in North America and hiding the Key. He just seemed to insignificant in the Assassin's Creed universe.
Overall, I was most disappointed with the ending since I felt that it didn't match the quality of the previous assassin's creed. It had a mass effect 3 tough to it, but without the choices. "Oh, in the end Desmond dies." Gasp, didn't see that coming, wow jeez how long did it take the makers to come up with that one...? It was very ironic how Desmond being an Assassin chose the route of the templars. That left me feeling (a word that IMDb won't let me post). Since Desmond fought tooth and nail for the order of the assassin's and in the end did what a templar would have done. really dude...? I felt that this was a very passive aggressive cliff hanger that was poor. I mean I played the game for over 20 hours and by the end I was just ready to see the ending and then I'm left confused. It's cool they tried to add an extra twist at the end with manerva and juno, but it was done poorly and it seemed like a last minute add on as far as quality.
Green Lantern (2011)
This is why I don't listen to critics anymore.
Lots of people will say that the movie was a let down and wasn't good at all. This movie was epically awesome! Yes, they could have done more as far as the rings power, but it was a good movie none the less. I wish they had more of Blake Lively in there. Maybe her in a two piece would have been nice.
It was flashy and entertaining to watch, but most of all I liked its presentation of the message it tried to deliver. Which is basically even though you don't see it, you can go as far as you allow yourself to go.
Also, be sure to stay after the credits. They show something afterwards.
MacGruber (2010)
More than I expected.
I have to admit, I wasn't to enthusiastic about this movie when I went to see it. I thought it was gonna be a fail. But I was wrong. I haven't seen a pointless comedy in so long that was actually funny. I would highly recommend this to anyone, but if you're one that has a stick up your rear, then I wouldn't recommend it. This wouldn't be for anyone that has a sour attitude that can't laugh at random things or their own jokes. But if you are the type that's kinda immature and can laugh at random things, it's for you! Also, there are more funny things than what the preview shows. Take your bros out to watch this cuz more than likely it's nothing for the ladies, unless they have a dude sense of humor!