Doing overtime at home to pay for our cat Loki's vet bills has meant I've worked my way through a lot of movies recently, which in turn means plenty of reviews to write up! This little set mainly contains movies that Jenna's already seen and reviewed, so it seemed silly to dedicate a whole post to each! You know I drafted a post for Mission Impossible but never wrote it or posted it?! You didn't?! I thought you did, ha!
I have very little interest in the Fantastic Four series, it’s just never had much appeal to me. However, I won’t miss a chance to see a superhero movie and despite the appalling reviews, I gave Fantastic Four (2015) a go. Boy, it really was terrible. The introduction was alright, although the characters were boring, and the ending was okay, especially in terms of special effects. The main problem was everything else, cheesy dialogue, awful acting and just a boring plot that didn’t flow well at all. I guess Green Lantern isn’t the worst superhero movie anymore, huzzah! I’ll take that as a win. Damn it!!
When the trailers came out for The Maze Runner (2014), I wasn’t bothered in the slightest. I hadn’t read the books, and I was still in awe of The Hunger Games so I wrote this off completely. Curiosity got the better of me though and I ended up enjoying this much more than I thought I would. The tension and now knowing where the plot was going kept me hooked and I was pleasantly surprised. Dylan O’Brien impressed me in Teen Wolf and he makes a great lead in this. I’m quite looking forward to watching The Scorch Trials now!
Although I was very late to the party, I really enjoyed 2011’s Ghost Protocol and when the trailers came out for Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) I couldn’t wait. It sounds silly but it’s probably one of my favourite trailers, I think it was the music that did it for me. Anyway, I thoroughly enjoyed the latest mission. Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner and Simon Pegg have such a great on-screen chemistry, I’d happily watch them together in anything! I got a little lost in the game of ‘Is Isla a good guy, bad guy, double agent, double double agent’ malarky but that’s normal for me, ha.
I still can't believe the Fantastic Four bombed AGAIN.
ReplyDeleteMy husband has a major hard on for the Maze Runner movies, I never came them a chance. I probably should.
It's cursed, isn't it!!?
DeleteThis must be a guy thing you know. I mean, I really enjoyed Maze Runner, but my fiance was raving about it. He turned into full on blogger mode, I nearly let him write the review for me, ha!
- Allie
I was pleasantly surprised by The Maze Runner. Need to see the others, still. Great reviews.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I'm not alone then :)
DeleteI think I watched it too late to catch the second installment at the cinema, but I'll be looking forward to the DVD release.
- Allie
I was willing to give Fantastic Four a chance, but then it bombed, so that's out of the window. The Maze Runner is a good flick, I was expecting a bit of 'Hunger Games' vibe from it, but it was different. I haven't seen the sequel though, though I've heard it doesn't live up to its predecessor.
ReplyDeleteI very nearly saw it at the cinema but those reviews really put me off. Gotta give anything a chance though, right?
DeleteI did hear the same about The Maze Runner, I'm just hoping it's not true :(
- Allie