Delay and upcoming reviews

If you've been following me you might have noticed my lack of post lately, I sadly have had a busy couple weeks and it's been causing me to not be able to write the reviews like I've wanted to. I have been watching the movies as they come out though so I just need the time to write all the reviews out. I did enjoy a lot of the films that have come out lately so honestly if you want to see a movie that is out, you probably are going to like them.

I've seen Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Hail, Cesar, Deadpool, The Witch, and Risen. I'm seeing Zoolander 2 tonight. I can't wait to see Eddie the Eagle next weekend, and Triple 9 has my interest. Gods of Egypt honestly is going to be a surprise to me if I actually end up enjoying it.

Kung Fu Panda 3

Director: Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh
Writers: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger
Stars: Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman

Synopsis:
Continuing from the past two entries, Po finds out that he belongs to a bigger family along with an overbearing threat coming after him and his friends.

Review:
The animation is beautiful and the jokes still seem fresh and inspiring after three movies, a feat that not many movies can claim themselves. The voice acting is never dull and the addition of Bryan Cranston helps quite a bit.

I really did enjoy this, even if I had yet to see the second one. I feel like that could have helped my enjoyment a bit more, because the beginning was a bit of a rush to me, but it did seem to slow itself down a bit after the first 20 minutes or so. I really started to enjoy this film when Po goes back with his father to their panda village and he meets with all the other pandas.

The plot is simple, but honestly that is a strong point with it, it allows for a lot of characters to come up and shine. Especially when they introduce a lot of people in this entry. I feel like after this movie there's a lot of promise for even more entries to be able to be made and evolve unlike a lot of series around.

Rating: 4 ½ stars


Recommendation: A fun adventure for the whole family, and one that you don't necessarily have to have complete knowledge over the previous entries to enjoy. Worth the full price of admission. 

Fifty Shades of Black

Director: Michael Tiddes
Writers: Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez
Stars: Marlon Wayans, Kali Hawk, Fred Willard

Synopsis:
A spoof film based on the phenomenon film Fifty Shades of Grey

Review:
Well, Marlon did it, or at least is starting to really slip into this comedy form, where you go away from the plot and do a scene that doesn't necessarily attribute to the plot more than just to throw in some pop culture references, which I honestly don't mind, but I don't prefer it. I used to enjoy the first couple Scary Movies and even the Haunted House films, which I felt to be in the minority on being a fan of, because they were just plain funny to me, they told jokes that at least felt like part of the plot, compared to the later scary movie films where they just would go off to a scene that didn't apply to the plot as much as just threw in some cheap laughs.

This film was funny at times and was really nailed the head on some scenes, but for every three or so scenes that were like that you had a scene that went away and put more pop culture references than probably necessary. Other than that though, this has the normal dick jokes and gags, the same type of humor that you've seen in these films before. This really didn't do much different than what other spoof movies have done, which could be a good thing or bad thing depending on your thoughts on the genre. I personally liked this more than Fifty Shades of Grey so that's a plus. I mainly think Marlon didn't want to do another Haunted House film again and decided to hit on the next big movie or genre there was and that happened to be Fifty Shades of Grey.

Rating: 3 Stars

Recommendation: If you enjoy the Spoof genre or enjoy Marlon Wayans, then you'll enjoy this enough. Even then though this could ultimately lead to some disappointment among those fans. I'd say rent it or, if you're really eager to see it, see it at a matinee showing.