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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Captain America? Severely Disappointing.
I really like Captain America as a Marvel character. He is very interesting to me. He is intelligent, charismatic, and opinionated. What he is not, is a singing and dancing monkey. I rented this movie a few days ago because I saw Hugo Weaving was in it so I decided I would give it a go. But all the movie turned out to be was a set up, explaining how the f*** he ended up in the modern world with the rest of the Avengers. If it wasn't the overly modernized technology and the villain who was a poor rip-off of the G.I.Joe: Rise of Cobra movie villain (who wasn't particularly intelligent EITHER), I would have to say the downfall of the movie was the musical number. Beyond that fact, it is STILL stuck in my head ("The star spangled man with a plan"). That and (*and this is the spoiler*) he falls and love with this woman, Peggy, and then lands a plane in the arctic and is cryogenically frozen, apparently. He's discovered by us, modern Americans, and then he breaks out, ends up in the middle of Times Square, freaking out, and Nick Fury appears out of nowhere as if traffic didn't exist and tells him he's in the future, to which his response was "...I had a date." And that's the last line of the movie. I assumed that at the very least, he would find 90-year-old Peggy in a nursing home and dance with her. But no, we're left hanging about poor old Peggy and he just chills in the middle of Times Square looking sad and confused. Conclusion: If you never liked Captain America and you just want to watch and obvious set-up for The Avengers movie coming out, then go see this. Otherwise, don't bother.
Immortals (2011)
Just Don't.
I hadn't seen any previews going into this movie. I was just out with friends and went along with what they wanted to see because, hey, I like pretty much all movies (emphasis on "pretty much" in this case). This movie could have been really good. It really could have been. But the plot had major holes and attempted to do too much without the development to support it. Everything just flitted between one thing and the next. One second the Virgin Oracle was determined to keep her virginity and her gift (foresight). The next minute (and for no apparent reason) she decides she wants to give it up for the chance to be "normal" and has sex with the main character. This was completely and entirely just for a meaningless sex scene. They hardly interact for the rest of the movie. Beyond that, there's a 20th century style dam which they are using as a wall. Okay sure, but why is it in the middle of a desert with a mountain next to it that looks like it has always just been a mountain? Plot hole. And okay, so Titans vs. Greek Gods, it isn't original but it has the potential to be good. But why do the titans look like they were covered in gray paint and made to wear silly helmets? And why do they keep flying out of the floor in an endless stream? I really could keep going. Like, why were they determined to find the bow when the King couldn't find it. So by finding it they were leaving it open to be stolen (which it was... immediately). Just don't go to it. Rent Alexander or Agora or a mindless action movie by someone like Steve Austin. Just... Avoid.