what was the last movie you went to see at the movies ??


I went to see that iron man last it was really cool i give it out of 5

and last week i went to see Nim's Island that was good aswell i give it out of 5 aswell

if you have not been in a long time what ones would you like to go and see ?



Review: Iron Man



Turning Marvel Comics’ Iron Man into a
$200m movie never seemed like a good idea. The mechanical man has always been
the poor cousin of Spidey and Supes, while eyebrows were raised halfway up
foreheads when it was announced Robert Downey Jr was the actor to jump into that
hulking great suit.
Which all goes to prove how wrong we
sometimes get it, because Iron Man isn’t just the first blockbuster of 2008, but
looks likely to be the one they’ll all have to beat. Great special effects, a
brilliantly droll sense of humour and a terrific turn from Downey Jr make this a
movie to savour.

The actor best known for spending the
late 90s in a drug-induced haze plays unscrupulous playboy arms dealer Tony
Stark who, while demonstrating his latest missile system, is captured by bandits
in deepest Afghanistan after a roadside bombing.

Imprisoned in a cave, he’s ordered by
his captives to make a replica of his latest hi-tech weapon, assisted by a
fellow prisoner. At the same time, his new pal implants a device in his chest to
prevent the shrapnel he received in the bomb blast from reaching his heart.

But Stark isn’t interested in making a
missile and instead builds a super-powered metal outfit that allows him not only
to fly but to dispatch his former kidnappers with missiles and powerful
flamethrowers.

After escaping from the Afghan desert,
he heads back to the US to fine-tune his creation and make up for all the lives
he’s destroyed through his business.

After that Middle East action, the pace
doesn’t slacken when we’re back in the States with some of the best scenes
showing Stark experimenting with his incredible suit – a process that sees him
flung unceremoniously around the basement of his Malibu mansion and soaring into
the night sky as he learns the fine art of superhero flight.

Downey Jr turns out to be the perfect
choice for the part, bringing with him a raddled cynicism that makes him the
polar opposite of the superheroes we’ve recently become used to. Forget pretty
boys in spandex suits full

of self-doubt, this guy’s an impulsive
headcase a world away from the Tobey

Maguires and Brandon

Rouths of this world.

There’s also a talented supporting cast,
with Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow) as Stark’s military buddy and Jeff
Bridges (The Big Lebowski) as his arch nemesis. Heck, even Gywneth Paltrow is
respectable as his PA.

If there are faults, they’re the same
ones that can be levelled at most movies that have been

designed to kick-start a franchise,
namely a touch too much talking, especially in the second half. They may be
setting up the story for

parts two and three, but you

will find yourself wishing Stark would
quit his jawing and get

down to business.

None of this, mind you, is enough to
dent Iron Man’s armour. Rumoured to be the first part of a trilogy, already I
can’t wait for the arrival of part two.

The reel lowdown: Another week, another
lousy horror, this one a micro-budget calamity about a woman terrorised by a
psychotic parking attendant.

And, once again, it’s time to trot out
the same criticisms that can be levelled at 90 per cent of fright films these
days – namely it’s boring, not scary and relies on cheap jolts instead of
bothering with atmosphere or tension. Set over the course of one night – and
looking like it was made in about the same time – Rachel Nichols plays
workaholic Angela who’s leaving the office for the Christmas break when she
discovers her car won’t start.

Finding everyone’s left for the
holidays, the poor girl is stuck

in the firm’s underground garage with
only the creepy Thomas (Wes Bentley) and his Rottweiler for company. And it
turns out her companion has some serious anger management issues.

Plotwise, that’s your lot with the movie
consisting of Angela running around, screaming, hiding from Thomas, being found
by Thomas and then screaming some more.

Your yawns are likely to be just as
loud.






Review: Nim's Island








In the unlikely event you’re not taking
the kids to see Iron Man this weekend, you could do worse than treat them to
Nim’s Island, a passable fantasy flick starring Little Miss Sunshine herself,
Abigail Breslin.

Aimed squarely at the under-10 brigade,
the pint-sized actress plays a young girl called Nim who lives on a secret
tropical island with her scientist pop, Jack (Gerard Butler) – think the Swiss
Single-Parent Family Robinson.

When dad disappears during a sailing
trip to look for rare algae, Nim starts emailing her hero, dashing adventurer
Alex Rover, for help. What she doesn’t realise is the character is merely the
creation of neurotic author Alexandra Rover (Jodie Foster) who finds herself
compelled to help the stranded tyke.

Hmm. It’s still an odd premise on which
to hang a film, with things not helped by a desultory plot. More seriously, the
film lacks any sense of peril while the scenes revolving around Rover add
nothing to proceedings.


Still, this is a movie filled with adorable animals and it’s a sure-fire way to
keep youngsters happy. Adults, on the other hand, are advised to seek their
entertainment elsewhere.

i went to see what happens in vagas
&
i went to see speed racer..
here is what they have to say about them.



Review: What Happens In Vegas


As we learned from The Break-Up and
Intolerable Cruelty, watching a couple rowing rarely makes for a good night out
at the movies.

And so it follows with What Happens In
Vegas, a deeply familiar and deeply unfunny battle-of-the-sexes rom-com in which
Cameron Diaz marries Ashton Kutcher during a drunken night out in Sin City.

The result is a bit like enduring your
very own bad marriage, replete with 100 minutes of rows, flying crockery and a
general but all-encompassing feeling of bottomless misery.

Diaz plays Joy who, after being dumped
by her boyfriend, heads to Vegas with a pal to drown her sorrows. Also in town
is Jack (Kutcher), a carpenter who’s just been fired by his dad, and who comes
laden with commitment issues.

After finding themselves double-booked
at their hotel, the pair head out for a night on the tiles where, after one
tequila too many, they wake up to discover they’ve tied the knot.

Things then get really complicated when
Jack wins $3m on the slots with Joy’s quarter. And a quickie divorce is out of
the question when a judge orders they must spend six months working on their
marriage or forfeit the cash.


Cue the rows, mostly revolving around
the toilet seat being left up, before Jack realises his new wife may not be
quite so awful after all. Which is more than can be said for this.


Video review: Speed Racer



After the blow-outs known as both Matrix
sequels, the Wachowski brothers hurtle back into cinemas with Speed Racer, a
flick so visually arresting you may find yourself thinking someone’s laced your
popcorn with LSD.

Even our main picture on the right
doesn’t come close to showing just how astonishing this dazzling, candy-coloured
confection looks on the big screen.

So a huge five out of five for the
visuals. Unfortunately, everything else isn’t quite so high-octane.

Based on the cult 1960s Japanese
cartoon, Emile Hirsch (last seen in Into The Wild) is a petrol-headed youngster
called Speed Racer who, since childhood, has been a natural behind the
wheel.

Power-sliding around the world’s
racetracks in his roaring Mach 5 supercar, his only true competition is the
legacy of his dead brother, another driver whose shadow still looms large.


While Speed Racer has remained loyal to
the family business, run by his mum and dad (played by Susan Sarandon and John
Goodman), temptation arises when he’s made a lucrative offer by the boss of
Royalton Industries.

And when the young champ refuses to sign
up – and learns the firm is fixing races for profit – he finds himself on a
collision course with his bought rivals on the asphalt.

And these aren’t your common-or-garden
races but lethal, 400mph battles against vehicles fitted with spears, shanks and
saws, conducted on swirling circuits complete with loop the loops, hairpin bends
and heart-stopping drops on either side.

Meanwhile, watching Speed battle for
victory from the bleachers is his girl, Trixie (Christina Ricci).

So, just how did they get the film
looking this good? Apparently the effects boys photographed all the background
scenes, stuck the pictures together and then painted those incredibly bright
colours over them.

Like I said, the result is something
else.

But it’s not just the visual flourishes
that make Speed Racer so unusual – those Wachowskis have retained the kitsch
flavour of the cartoon series with its Jetson-style set designs and campy
dialogue.

A pity, then, that the film misfires so
badly in almost every other area.

The storyline is so ordinary it could
have been squeezed into the five-minute running time of one of the original
toons. The fact a plot this thin has been stretched out to more than two hours
is just inexcusable.

It’s all very two-star stuff, but Speed
Racer gets an extra point due to its good looks.

You may forget the plot the minute you
leave the cinema, but the visuals will be giving you flashbacks for months.