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Bride of Chucky (1998)
Always a Bridesmaid...
If you're going to review this picture, you have to understand what it is - and it's not a horror film. It's a twisted romance about two deeply troubled individuals, who happen to be evil dolls. Which is the point - it's a meta-analysis of the slasher genre, deconstructing its parts and putting in its place a genuinely romantic ideological alternative to the otherwise basic and fundamentally limited slasher genre - self-aware romance and comedy. It totally works as a funny, genre-conscious (deliberately aping moments of Bride of Dracula, for instance) take on what the characters would be and feel like in this bizzaro-alternate universe. Most importantly, it's funny and you care about the characters. It isn't scary, but each kill is creative and original. Horror enthusiasts will embrace with open arms, but the average consumer will have trouble adjusting to what the film is actually attempting to do. 7/10 - funny, sporadically creative but ultimately dependant on knowledge of genre tropes to sustain itself.
Ben 10: Race Against Time (2007)
It was crap.
The film: It was crap. Not much else to say that other reviewers haven't... The effects were crap. The acting was crap. The story was crap. The lack of continuity was crap.
The TV Series: It was fun. Interesting villains, like Dr. Animo or Vilgax, were entertaining to watch (Animo's voice is awesome!). The aliens: Heatblast, Grey Matter, Wildmutt, Diamondhead, Cannonbolt, Fourarms, Upgrade, Ghostfreak, Way Big, Eye Guy, XLR8, Stinkfly, Ripjaws, Wildvine, Benwolf, Benmummy, Benviktor, Upchuck, & Ditto were all interesting, exciting and original, fun for the audience to watch. The animation was good, the stories were good. Okay, it could be a little bit 'kiddy' but, nonetheless, it was a fun show with fun characters, interesting ideas and a great execution make one heck of a good sci-fi animated kid's show.
In comparison: The TV series was fun, with original ideas and entertaining stories, but the film was unintelligible drivel, and just plain crap.
The Avengers (2012)
A thoroughly entertaining action-packed thrill ride with a good sense of humour and a superb cast.
This film was awesome. The plot is simplistic and easy for the audience to follow: There's a small box that can destroy the world. Loki gets the box and tools to do this. SHIELD set up a team to stop Loki. Awesome fight scene involving robot aliens. Roll credits.
The characters are fun, the story flows well, the action scenes were done brilliantly. The acting was top notch and the jokes weren't forced. Great! Not one major thing was done wrong. If you want complex story lines, impressive story arcs and the gritty and realistic, this is not for you. If you want that, watch the Nolan Batman films. If you want excitement, fun and alien armies taking over New York, this is the film for you.
Planet Hulk (2010)
A plot-hole filled, uninteresting story with good backgrounds and okay animation.
Firstly, I have to say: I don't like the Hulk. The character, to me, is an angsty scientist who goes mental. I like the whole Jekkyl/Hyde element, but, past that, he just seems dull. I am aware of the character, seeing the 2003 snoozer by the name of 'Hulk'. I also saw the enjoyable 'Incredible Hulk', that made the character do pretty much all the character does on Earth. So, out of the three films, 1/3 isn't a good track record (I'm not counting 'Avengers Assemble', since the character is not the main focus). The story starts well, on a spaceship where we learn that the Hulk is being sent to an uninhabited planet filled with vegetation. At the same time, an alien with green gravy granules prays for the 'Sakaarson'to come to the planet. Coincidently(?) the Hulk flips out, veering the ship off course, into a wormhole that leads him to the planet Sakaar. He is then forced into slavery by the Red Dude. He becomes a gladiator, fights off the Thing on a diet, only there are about 6 of em, along with a giant technology monster(?) (that is never expanded on)killing off gladiators the audience have no emotional attachment to. The Red Dude then starts fighting Hulk in a big ba-blinding golden robot suit. (I'll admit...that was kinda awesome, or, at least WOULD HAVE BEEN if the didn't have a fight scene with strange creatures every TEN MINUTES!)
Blah, blah, blah, plot, blah, blah, blah, back-story, blah, blah, blah, how can the Red Dude control the alien zombie-making creatures, and make them fall from the sky? Blah, blah, blah, about four story arcs, and none of them are interesting...
This film includes things, like aliens and robots, which are interesting. Unfortunately, these things are not expanded on. There are characters introduced to be personalities (even that's a stretch) and they could have become interesting the the audience if a couple of fight scenes were shorter. Actually, this film is 80 minutes, but feels like 2 hours because the main story elements are clichés, the fights scenes, while being visually impressive, are too long and too many. The characters are dull, the plot's dull and why did the Hulk not become Bruce? And why did the Hulk's blood make plants grow? And why did the Hulk automatically become the leader when the Red Dude died? Was there an election? Was there a monarchy? Does this make sense?
The backgrounds were very well done, along with the fight scene animation. The rest of the animation was just...okay. Not bad, but not particularly good either.
Plus, who was the horse guy with Thor? What was his story? Why do people like this film?