The Dark Knight trilogy even though the first one's name doesn't have the word Dark Knight in it.

Hey all! Thank you all again for helping my blog reach 399 pageviews! So close to the 400 milestone! Now I've just finished watching the The Dark Knight Rises for the third time in IMAX so I can review the entire trilogy right now.For all those who are sick of my superhero fanblogs,don't worry my next post is probably not going to be about superheroes anymore.It's just that I'm a huge fan of Batman so I can't pass this up.No colour coding words for Batman because he's simply too awesome(and he's always wearing black). BATMAN BEGINS: Alright so after the train-crap wreck that was the Batman and Robin(I reviewed it already,check it out!) Christopher Nolan gave the Batman franchise CPR.He made the Batman awesome again. I loved how they showed his parents died and how he trained before becoming Batman(a good chunk of about 40 minutes before he puts on the cape and cowl).It even is believable on how and why Bruce became Batman.How : He's a billionaire. If I had that much money,of course I would buy a Batsuit and car.Why : He's an angry rich kid and if he doesn't have an outlet for his anger,he might go insane. This movie is great,and its helped that they never did the origin story before(the previous films had glimpses,and not a full blown story arc.)The main villain is Ra's al Ghul,NOT Scarecrow.Which is my only complaint,the Scarecrow isn't used much.And when he finally gets on his horse and goes around terrorizing people,Rachel blasts him with a tazer and that's the end of him.THE DARK KNIGHT: This movie is heralded as the Jesus of superhero movies,the genre changer,the movie of the gods.Like the mainstream audience,I do enjoy this film.Its great,Joker's great,and I don't think I have to say much since the whole world already praises it enough. I do have to say,like the Scarecrow,Harvey Two-Face isn't used much.He becomes evil,does stuff and leaves.I like his character,how he changed from the White Knight to child-killer.Joker was great too,making Batman seem kinda useless,not being able to save Rachel or Harvey, and,to an extent,himself since the whole of Gotham thinks he's evil,but I understand,to quote Joker,that Batman and Joker's relationship is like :When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. Before I delve into the third and final movie,I do have to warn you that its a spoiler review,so fair warning. THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: It's set 8 years and Batman's been branded the killer of Harvey. Only Gordon,Alfred and Lucius knows the truth.It's also a good movie,a good end to a legendary trilogy on the Dark Knight. The villain is Bane at first and I wished they kept it that way.Though I enjoyed the twist,it kinda makes Bane just a mercenary taking orders.The twist however further reinforces Ra's al Ghul in Batman lore.Batman also isn't used much,though I don't really care since its a Bruce Wayne story( I do have to admit I got chills when I saw Batman in the Dark Knight Rises for the first time when everyone in the movie kept hyping on how he was gone for 8 years). The brawl between Batman and Bane is awesome! Especially since under Christopher Nolan's realistic vision,there are not many brawls.I do have to say that Scarecrow is,again,underused.His cameo was weak and if he wasn't in it,nothing would change at all.But I suppose there's nothing more for his character and its cool to just have him there,bringing all the previous characters from the trilogy to the final film feels like its bringing it full circle.Robin and Catwoman was cool though. I can't and won't compare this to the other two,especially the Dark Knight since everyone else is doing it for me.I will say this though,they have distinct differences in pacing and all. The Dark Knight's every scene is breath taking and the pacing is insanely fast,where you can hardly come up for a breath of fresh air.In the Dark Knight Rises,you get the feeling that every scene is leading up to a climax.Everything is building to the end. OK guys so that's my review on the trilogy,what do you guys think of the trilogy as a whole? Comment on that and tell me where I can improve below or on my Facebook,Twitter or Google+.

Tap-dancing spiderman....no wonder it got rebooted

Thank you all for your very generous 371 pageviews!! If you really like it,please spread the word,and if you have something to spread,I'll try my best to help you too! Now usually I update my blog like at the end of the week,but since its the holidays and I have much more free time,I decide to try to update it every two days,so look out for it! Now for the subject at hand: Spiderman. Yes,the man in the spider suit,the guy we can look up to,the hero of all the geeks and nerds out there,the one we grew up with very fond memories of...has been rebooted.I'll admit I kinda enjoyed the Raimi trilogy(even the third one) but it is cheesy and not really meant to be taken seriously. Its more of a fun popcorn flick than anything else. Now the reboot,The Amazing Spiderman,has taken much praise and much flak.Most people say its hit or miss.I personally enjoy the darker tone they're going with it.People complained that not everything has to be like The Dark Knight,and I agree,but Spiderman already has been in the cheesy route and now I'm glad he's in the more serious tones.Which one's my favourite? I myself have a hard time choosing. Maybe you guys can help me choose. Spiderman: This film came out in 2002. It's great fun but cheesy. The CGI can be spotted a mile away.Tobey does a great job as the quiet loser/nerd,but doesn't really sell the cocky,joke sprouting Spiderman(Seriously,there's one line in the movie where he says "Its you who's out,Gobey.Out of your mind")I also didn't feel any connection to Uncle Ben and his death,he's just the generic shining father figure.I'd say its a fun time but not the stuff of legends.Spiderman 2: In my opinion,this movie is much better than its predecessor. It shows Peter dealing with his double life,his trouble to keep up with his studies,earning money for his aunt and his strained relationship with his best friend. I like seeing him lose his powers then at the end of the day he realises his true destiny is to be Spiderman(that train scene was the best).The flaws are the villains. Note my use of villain as a plural. Its the claws of Doctor Octopus that are evil,not the man himself. Seriously? They did that whole double personalities thing with the Green Goblin already,why do it again? CGI isn't much improved either and Mary Jane is still kinda annoying(though not as much as in the next one). Spiderman 3: This is the one which everyone criticizes. Its the worst of the worst they say. I don't really hate it as much. Its not as good as the other,but I can still bear and sometimes enjoy it.The flaws are very apparent,so I'll try to state the pro's: The CGI's much improved,that battle with the Venom was enjoyable,Spiderman looked real cool in the black suit and err..that's it.Before I go into the reboot,I have one main problem with the trilogy as a whole: It did not feel ANYTHING like a trilogy.Yes it show Peter growing up,but there's no overarching storyline,nothing that feeds one movie into the other at all. The Amazing Spiderman: This movie is said to be darker and etc. I don't really feel it being super real or mature, what I do feel is taking the old Spiderman and taking the cheesiness out of it. Its serious but not realistic(of course,how could you make a man with Spider power realistic?) This movie is better than the first and third movie definitely. Second movie,I don't think I can decide yet. They did a really good job of Spiderman,he's funny,witty and sarcastic. Andrew Garfield,in my opinion,is better and a much more likeable Peter Parker than Tobey Maguire ever was. Don't misinterpret me,Tobey wasn't bad,its just Andrew was better.The drawback is again the villain. Though its never said,its implied that he has dual personalities which Spiderman movies always have fetishes for. Flash and Peter's friendship at the end is just WAY too forced and not believable at all. OK guys so that's the end of my review,what do you guys think of the Spiderman movies as a whole and which Peter Parker/Spiderman do you prefer? Comment on that and tell me where I can improve on my Facebook,Twitter or Google+.

5 movies making up a cinematic universe,BoyReviewer reviews these slightly old treasures

Once again to start off,I must thank you for reading my blog and giving it 358 pageviews! It may sound repetitive and generic bla bla bla but I really appreciate it! Now on the the subject at hand: Yesterday(Friday in Malaysia)The Avengers sequel gets an official release date,which is May 1st 2015. Yes three WHOLE years before a sequel to one of the most successful movie comes out. So what is there to do to kill time? One way I know: This review. I'm going back to as far as 2008 to review the movies leading up to the first Avengers movie.And since there are enough of them,I'm using the Harry Potter approach: short by shorts,starting with Iron Man. IRON MAN: This movie is loads of fun, which I think has much to do with Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark. I don't care what anyone says,RDJ IS Tony Stark as far as I'm concerned.The gripe I have though is that the villian isn't given much screen time.THE INCREDIBLE HULK: It's my least favourite movie that leads up to the Avengers,but that doesn't mean it isn't fun.Edward Norton is great as Bruce Banner,and yes it may sound like a cop out,but I feel he and Mark Ruffalo both did excellent jobs as Bruce Banner.Though in my view you can't compare them: Edward plays the classic Bruce,paranoid,scared and always running away. Mark plays the Bruce who is at peace with the other guy,so he is considerably more calmer.IRON MAN 2: This is better its predecessor in my humble opinion.RDJ is always great,but the villain is given ALOT more screen time and that's a plus already(yes I know Iron Man 1 had to do the origin story,but look at Spiderman and Batman,their villains weren't reduced to having just 10 minutes of screen time). THOR: I was really surprised at how relatable they made the Norse Gods were. I just thought: OK action flick with gods,let's see lots of explosions.But it was a much better flick than I expected it to be.And it has Loki. Gotta love that dude.CAPTAIN AMERICA:This movie has to be the most nerve-racking for the producers.If this failed,everything fails,which is magnified with the movie's title: Captain America,The First Avenger.Luckily it was nice and I liked it,though Captain America's powers aren't really explained,and the love interest feels kinda bleh.My favourite of these five movies are Iron Man 2(come on how can you not like RDJ?) My least favourite is The Incredible Hulk,though I do respect how hard it is to make a Hulk movie. People have been debating on the Avengers vs The Dark Knight trilogy and here's my thoughts on them: I prefer the Dark Knight trilogy. Before any of you click away,please hear me out. The Avengers didn't feel like they were connected.If you don't watch the end-credits scene,each of those movies feel like a standalone.They don't feel like they are telling a continuing storyline or share the same universe(unless your a comic book geek and can spot the cameos)while The Dark Knight trilogy has a beginning,middle and end. Alright guys once again thank you if you managed to read until the end,please tell me where I can improve on my Facebook,Twitter or Google+.

Did they do justice to my favourite vampire books:Darren Shan the Vampire Saga? A BIG NO

Thank you all for your much appreciated 333 pageviews! Now I've noticed that all my reviews till now have been more or less appraising. So now,I want to rip the hell out of something I dearly hate,so fair warning,this is going to be a long rant on a movie I wholeheartedly dislike: The Vampire's Assistant.The Vampire's Assistant is a book to movie adaptation from a series of vampire books: Darren Shan:The Vampire Saga. First off,I'd like to say I'm a HUGE fan of the books, my cousin introduced the books and I enjoyed it,so when the movie was produced,I was naturally curious.It sucks,ALOT. Let's touch upon the acting: Chris Massoglia who plays Darren is horrible.His voice sounds like he has a cold the whole time and he doesn't really sell any of his lines.The actor made me hate the character. Mr Crepsley,Mr Tiny and Mr Tall all look stupid and don't look AT ALL like their book counterparts.Even their manners and personalities are screwed. Especially Mr Crepsley,in the books, he's supposed to be quiet,mysterious but in this movie,he makes unfunny jokes and has a sarcastic manner. He is even shown to have an interest in Madame Truska,which never happened.WHY? When making a book to movie adaptation,please stick close to the source material! Mr Tiny is shown to have sided with the vampaneze and even talks to Steve directly.To top it off,he is shown to be best friends with Murlaugh.When in the books,it is shown he portrays the image of a man who doesn't side anyone and is shown to be working in the shadows..STICK TO THE SOURCE MATERIAL!  Evra,who is Darren's best friend in the book,is annoying in the movie. He spends all his screen time playing the drums,which,in the books,NEVER happened.The movie also feels the need to torture us some more by screwing the simplest of things. One of which is the Little People.The Little People are human-sized and DON'T TALK AT ALL(except for one).Yet in the movie they are tiny little troll midgets who grunt and scream all the time!They even mess up the GENDER of a member of the Cirque Du Freak. In the books,Cormac Limbs is a guy who can regrow limbs,NOT a WOMAN!!! It may seem like nitpicking,but its not. Its a movie to book adaptation and they can't even get the gender right.Darren's love interest is a performing freak at the Cirque Du Freak named Rebbeca who is a half human/monkey hybrid.She's ok...except she doesn't freaking exist! Yes the movie doesn't just screw up the characters in the books,they needlessly add a few. GOD DAMN THIS MOVIE SUCKS! As a huge fan of the books,this movie sucks even more.I have only watched it once so I'm sure there are ALOT more things this movie screws up that I haven't noticed. But I did take a step back and wondered what it would be like for a person who doesn't read the books: All I can say is, it still(for want of a better word)SUCKS MAJOR BALLS!Seriously I could not see what one would like except for an alternative to the Twilight movies,which is not saying much.Funnily enough,the character that annoyed me the least was Steve,Darren's former best friend turned vampaneze who was portrayed by Josh Hutcherson.His acting was not THAT bad and his character felt sympathetic,which I guess is not that far off from the books since he did start out as a sympathetic character what with his screwed up life. In the end I would not recommend this movie to anyone especially true fans of the books. Thank you all if you managed to sit thorough me ranting till this far,hopefully you all will tell me where I can improve by sending me a message on my Facebook, Tweet me @ my Twitter or Google+ me.

The Team....really? That's the best name they got for a team?

To start off,I'd like to again thank you ALL for your much appreciated 265 pageviews! Now,I have gotten some complaints that my blogs are getting way too long to keep you guys interested,so in this review I will try to make this as SHORT as possible. I noticed that this is my 10th blog post and I have not reviewed a single TV show.So,now,I am going to review the newest team of superheroes to grace Cartoon Network: Young Justice.Young Justice is a show which centers around the lives of Aqualad(leader,Aquaman's sidekick),KidFlash(Flash's sidekick),Robin(Batman's sidekick),Superboy(Superman's clone),M'gaan(Martian Manhunter's niece) and Artemis(Green Arrow's niece).They are called The Team.This is the time when the Justice League are celebrities,which makes it hard for them to do covert missions.So Batman made The Team to take over underground missions.This show is great for numerous reasons.One: They focus on the main characters and avoid what the JLA cartoon show did in the second season which had WAY too many sub-characters to care about. Second: The animation here is more or less superior to Teen Titans.Why? Well it was hard to take Teen Titans serious moments seriously because the animation was kinda childish.Here,they avoid that.Third: Some Justice League members cameo regularly on the show,the most prominent are Captain Marvel,Black Canary,Red Tornado and the Batman(need I say more?) Though the biggest pro this show's got is the ongoing plot. They almost never stray from the main plot,and even when they do,its to strengthen the sub-plots.OK guys this is my analysis of Young Justice:Season one and I have tried to make it as short as possible.I have not watched and I don't think I will watch Young Justice:Invasion(second season)because I don't like the time-skip.I will give it a try though.Now I just realized that most of you may not have watched Young Justice since its relatively new and I don't think its showing in Malaysia yet. So,if you guys know what's a torrent,I have found this great torrent consisting of all the episodes of Young Justice here.Thanks you all if you manage to read this far,I hope you can give me feedback on whether you rather this version of a review(where I say the strong points and not the storyline) or the other one where I say the storyline then give a short review.Also please tell me whether you like my old or newer design better on my Facebook,Twitter or Google Plus.