Iron man 3 (2013)

The best part about this movie was the ending credits. Not only because it signified the end of the film, but also because it was the only artistic part. It had potential in the beginning and some of the situations were aggressively real, but Tony Stark took a ridiculous amount of damage and miraculously survived some highly unbelievable situations as well. One thing that made the original Iron Man and The Hulk great was the connection to reality they kept. Tony Stark should have died in various situations in this film, he survives overkill somehow. In the Thor movies, that was ok, because Thor is an Alien. Tony Stark however is human. This was really an unneeded portion in the Iron Man series. We don't need to know Tony Stark is having anxiety attacks.

4/10

VERDICT: DONT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH IT

Coonskin (1975)

Coonskin is metaphorically poetic and artistically beautiful. Ralph Bakshi combines live action with hand drawn animation to bring you this blaxploitation flick from 1975. He is the king of adult animation for various reasons. Love the realness of his characters mentalities and the stylistic approach to his stories. Coonskin delivers comedy, action, intelligence, and is seemingly modern of the time of its production.

7.3/10

VERDICT: WORTH A WATCH!

  

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Her (2013)

A unique and appropriate take on the intelligent capability of artificial intelligence. Proof that love is not limited by physical form. This Spike Jonze joint is rolled thick with humorous, beautiful, intelligent dialogue. This film is sure to tickle your eye sockets to the point of tears and then make you smile and chuckle to stabilize your emotions. Marvelous acting and the cinematography can be quite pretty at times. Story and plot are very original and unique to the era we are entering. Her is a truly rare kind of love story.

10/10

VERDICT: DEFINITELY WATCH THIS ONE!

The Avengers (2012)

It is awesome, the concept of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This will be one of the most epic story lines in film history; and I think the longest? While I would have liked to see Edward Norton reprise his role as Bruce Banner, Mark Ruffalo is impossible not to like. Loved the energy between Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. whom I will say has completely owned the role of Tony Stark. Great acting all across. It's nice to see how comfortable everybody is in their roles. A really likable team. The special effects also are at a believable stage now, it will be interesting to see how they improve in future films. If the team from Prometheus teamed up with The Avengers team, I'm sure something great would happen.

7.8/10

VERDICT: WATCH IT

Thor (2011)

The screenplay was far too cliche for my taste. Drab. Directing also presented nothing unique. I'd have liked if Zak Penn had penned the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. I'd have given this a 4, however the story it is involved with feels so great that it gets bumped up into a....

5.0/10 (based on the story, not necessarily the story structure of this film)

VERDICT: SKIP IT (UNLESS WATCHING THE ENTIRE MCU)

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)

There's a certain genre of ridiculous comedy that works if utilized in the right way, such as the Harold & Kumar films. This one falls into the same ridiculous comedy genre. While most of the story and characters are ridiculous, I literally LOL'd a lot throughout the film. The Scooby Doo scene is a prime example of the comedic gold that Kevin Smith is able to produce. Easily Kevin Smiths least intelligently written screenplay and feature film, but I do believe it was intentional. His mockery of Hollywood maybe? I'm just not a fan of ridiculous characters, which are in abundance here. And that is the first time I've used ridiculous that many times... ridiculous.

5.8/10

VERDICT: WORTH A WATCH IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

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This movie was far better than anticipated. A truly beautiful story portraying the powers of purity and love. Edward Norton was a great choice for this zen like rendition of Bruce Banner, whom I felt had a reminiscent soul of his character in Fight Club. For this movie it's a lot of little things that make it great. Like when Bruce swallows the data. And his description of what it's like to perceive the world through the Hulk. Good direction and I loved Zak Penn's screenplay. Some aspects felt improvised by Edward Norton and Tim Roth, but not in a bad way. There were very logical approaches to most everything. It felt like not giving much of a background to the characters seemed to work in favor and add to the power of the emotion between them. (However, I did watch the 42 minutes of deleted scenes which did contain a lot of good dialogue. I felt a large chunk of it should have been left in the film.) These latest marvel movies tend to mock their cliches with the lightest glaze of subtlety. Brilliance, really. And Lou Ferrigno's cameo was hilarious.

8.3/10

VERDICT: DEFINITELY WATCH IT!