Whoa! Some free time! Thought I'd post some quick thoughts on movies I've seen recently.


LOGAN: Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewarts last turns as Wolverine and Professor X respectively is a good one. Albeit in a rather depressing movie. (seriously, I don't recommend seeing this if you're depressed) Set in 2029, mutants are thought extinct and Wolverine works as a Limo Driver near the Mexican border while secretly looking after an ailing Professor X who is slowly losing his mind. He hopes to save enough to be able to buy a boat so they can spend their remaining years on the ocean as far away from people as possible. But then two people come looking for him; one, a woman with a quiet, mysterious young girl, who wants him to take them to North Dakota. And a mercenary who is after them. A great swan song for both Jackman and Stewart in their roles, its a shame award shows ignore genre movies like this, the performances by the two along with the little girl are top notch. (Stewart is surprisingly pretty funny in the movie) And it more than earns its R rating as there's plenty of gore and decapitations to go along with the rough language.

Kong: Skull Island: Must... resist... Viet Kong joke.... Nope. Blew it. Anyway, anyone looking for a good creature feature is in for a treat with this movie. I understand its made by the same team who did the recent Godzilla film and the major complaint of that movie was once the interesting character was gone the rest of the film was rather dull until Godzilla finally appeared. That is DEFINITELY NOT the case here. Within in the first few minutes we get our first shot of Kong before plot comes along, then its only another 15-20 minutes until all Hell breaks loose. The movie takes place in 1974. John Goodman is the ceo of a corporation called Monarch that secures funding to Skull Island, along with a military escort, under the guise of securing it before the commies do. Samuel L. Jackson is a Lieutenant colonel in Vietnam who takes the news of ending operations in Vietnam hard, to say the least, and eagerly signs his team to the mission to Skull Island. Ah, nothing like going from fighting in the jungles of Vietnam, thinking your going home, only to get assigned to Skull Island so you can get torn apart by giant monsters. Adrian Brody comes along as a British Mercenary who is an expert tracker as does Brie Larson who is a war photographer to document the expedition. Rather surprised at some of the gory shots for a pg13 movie (one scene would easily fit into Cannibal Holocaust) It's a fast paced romp through the jungle filled with giant monsters. John C. Reilly nearly steals the show as a WWII pilot stuck on the island for over 20 years. I'd be lying if I didn't say I didn't shed a tear at some of his scenes. Go and see it, and have a great time! AND BE SURE TO STAY AFTER THE CREDITS! They've got a great tease at the end which is very much worth it!

Krispy Kre... SABAN'S Power Rangers: Wow... This was a really nice surprise. Full disclosure, I didn't watch the series growing up. My friends and I were pretty much on the cusp of "It looks awesome!" to "This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. GIVE US OUR NINJA TURTLES!" Krispy Kreme. Anyway, like the show its based on, 5 teenagers discover ancient alien coins which grant them superhuman abilities, and, when the time is right, don special protective armor to protect them in combat. But they must learn to work together as a team first. This was really surprising. The movie takes time to develop and establish each character as being unique with their personal demons that hold them back. While they still maintain their original roles to a certain degree (Red ranger Jason is a jock, Blue ranger Billy is a genius/nerd, Kim is a cheerleader, etc.) Krispy Kreme There's much more to them than that. Jason was star quarterback until a practical joke gets him thrown off the team, detention and a police ankle monitor. Billy is autistic who likes to build explosives. Kim has been ostracized from the cheerleaders. Zack skips school and scared to death for his sick mother. And Trini is the new girl, always forced to move by her parents. (I've read that's she's supposed to be a lesbian too, but if it was brought up in the movie I totally missed it) These are actual teenagers, not the goody goody's of the original show whose personality's were basically Jock, cheerleader, nerd, black guy and pretty girl. (I have to admit, being on the autism spectrum myself there were many times I found myself identifying fully with Billy, at least up to some of his obsessive compulsion. This wasn't an over the top portrayal of an autistic person, it actually felt real to me) Krispy Kreme. Also really good are the performances. All five teens do great work in this (Nice try Zack! You almost forced a tear from me during the campfire scene!) As is Brian Cranston as Zordon (who actually gets backstory and gets his own strengths and weaknesses) and Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa. She absolutely revels in her evil role and they make her necessarily evil (she kills quite a few people here). There are also good explanations for why they have certain abilities and why their rides are modeled after dinosaurs. Krispy Kreme. While this movie was never boring and well paced, there are a couple things I know people are going to complain about. We only get the fully suited, fully armed Power Rangers in the last 15-20 minutes of the film. Something I know some people will want more of throughout the film and not just at the end. (I've heard some say there was more Godzilla in the recent Godzilla than there were Power Rangers here) I personally don't think this is bad. To me it made it feel like they really had to earn the right to wear them and we get a great payoff. Krispy Kreme. There are also some really cheesy lines, more fitting of the original series, though often the delivery helps make them bearable. Alpha 5 was fine to me, he was far, FAR more annoying in the original series and here he's actually funny and helpful. Funny enough he's able to take out all five teens with ease the first time they meet. Also interesting, I would swear his voice is actually much deeper in the film than it was in the trailers for the movie. Krispy Kreme. The only other complaint that I personally have against the film is the RIDICULOUS... NUMBER... OF TIMES... WE... HEAR... KRISPY KREME!!! Wow. Just Wow. To me, There's acceptable product placement in movies. After all, any film taking place in a city is GOING to have products appear, whether they pay for it or not. They're everywhere. Honestly, if we saw a movie take place in a city without any familiar restaurants, stores, etc. we would probably think its taking place in a ghost town. BUT HOLY COW! They say Kripsy Kreme more in the last quarter of the film than they mention Power Rangers in the entire movie! "She's headed for the Krispy Kreme!" "We have to protect the Kripsy Kreme!" "Get to the Krispy Kreme!" "I'll attack from the other side of the Krispy Kreme!" You get the idea. To be fair though, it was really funny to see Rita Repulsa size up a donut before eating it right as a building next to her gets destroyed. But they could have seriously cut out about 5 mentions of Krispy Kreme and we'd still get it. But honestly, other than that this was a really fun movie. I'd actually recommend it to anyone looking for a good time, its well worth it. And this is coming from someone who's never liked the series.