T-Fizzle Reviews

42 (2013)

Fantastic

[13 April 2013]

I did not expect a movie like this to be so good!

The acting was brilliant. Chad Boseman as Jackie Robinson did fantastic job playing his character. You can feel the turmoil building up inside him every time some racist moron starts to provoke him. Most of the time, I felt so much sympathy for him.

Harrison Ford should be nominated for an Academy Award. From beginning to end, he was spot on. He's one of the only people in the movie who actually treats Jackie like a human being from the beginning.

The other actors were good too.

With almost every sports movie, you can pretty much tell were the story was going. I will admit it was kind of predictable, but it was still enjoyable nonetheless.

The racism. Oh god. I understand that the film was set in the 40s and that's how it was back then, but the racism in this film angered me to no end. I could not stand some of these characters, especially one that stood out as the biggest piece of garbage in this entire film. I can't blame the filmmakers for that; in fact, if they did sugarcoat the language, I don't think the film would have been as strong. I guess the only good thing that comes out of it is how it helps build Jackie's character. You could feel the rage building up inside him.

I guess the only problem I have is how there was not as much baseball as there should have been in a movie about a baseball player. The gaming scenes were a lot of fun to watch but I felt that they were a bit too short.

Overall, the acting was great, the characters were great, and the story was great. If you're a sports fan, 42 is film worth checking out.

Evil Dead (2013)

A decent horror movie

[7/10 · 8 April 2013]

If you enjoy horror movies, this is a good flick to check out. If you like good movies, it's a bit of a bore but it's still a lot of fun to watch. This was the first horror film I've ever seen in theatres and I had fun watching it. It does what it's supposed to do. Is it scary? It has it's moments. Is it disgustingly-gory. Oh yeah.

For starters: The characters are your typical horror-movie based teenagers that go somewhere far away from society to have some fun...only to have that fun taken away by something evil. To the film's credit, the character development wasn't too bad. Two of the teenagers are siblings and they had this conflict about their mother. It was surprising to me because I'd didn't expect a film like this to have that kind of back story. I won't give away too much for those who haven't seen it yet, but there is this one guy who gets brutalized in the film and yet he still takes it like a champ.

As for the effects: Yeah. Believe what everyone says about the violence in this movie. This is some of the most brutal, disturbing imagery you will see in any movie. The effects were brilliant. I heard Sam Raimi tried to use as little CGI as possible, and it shows. Very few scenes feature CG effects. You will question as to whether or not some scenes contain CGI. If you have to ask yourself that, it's very likely it isn't CGI.

What I didn't like: This is just a nitpick. When the possessed characters talk with that Venom-like voice and they swear, it kinda ruins the horror atmosphere for me. I don't know why. I just don't find them that threatening anymore when they swear. Most of the time, I just laughed. If you have seen the red-band trailer, you'll remember the end where the girl in the cellar is taunting one the guys by singing. THAT is a lot scarier than hearing her shout out, "Come down so I can suck you cock, pretty boy!"

Overall, Evil Dead is every-bit as nasty as everyone says it is. The story was decent, the characters were enjoyably stupid, and the effects were top notch. I advise you watch this film with a large group of people.