Been a while but still going strong

So it's been about three months since I last posted. It's been very crazy around here as my wife is going to give birth in the next couple of days so needless to say I haven't been able to flee to the movie theater to catch anything new in some time, but thanks to Red Box, I've got a little bit of new stuff to slip under my belt.

Fat Kid Rules the World:

Now at first examination of this film, it looks like some cheap, thrown together flick, about a fat kid who really needs a friend; but when you throw Matthew Lillard into the mix and you have a heartfelt introduction into what true passion and friendship is. Fat Kid is a large and depressed young man with no friends and little social skills. Seeing his endless abyss of razzing and hazing by his peers, he attempts suicide by walking into a bus. Enter Marcus, a down and out junkie with a talent for guitar and a knack for saving folks. He manages to save Fat Kid, aka Troy, and drags him (kicking and screaming) into the world of being a punk rock drummer. Now Troys father, all time dad of the century, is a hard nosed military man who is not too keen on the direction of his son's new friendship, but sees passion stirring in his son's heart and provides him with a drum kit to kick ass. Though the plot may be considered generic, lovers of punk rock music and the underdog will get up and cheer when Fat Kid sits behind the kit and gets ready to rock!

Sinister:
So, I watched the Possession and it was a complete waste of time. The plot was predictable, the staging was lame, the CGI effects were alright, but a horrible point to build a movie around. Now Sinister, starring Ethan Hawke, is not Possession. The film centers around a true crime writer who moves his family into the house where an entire family was hung. When the writer finds a box of mysterious movies in the attic, his entire world is turned upside down. Sinister's plot is well paced, the effects are not CGI heavy and are very well done as spirits dance back and forth, in and out of both the character's world as well as the audience's. Sinister is not the horror hit of the year, but it is a hell of a lot better than most of the crap that is out there now.

Hit and Run:
Hit and run is about a former bank robber who has to take his girlfriend to a job interview in LA and must avoid is old partners (who he ratted out) the US Marshal service, and his girl's crazed ex boyfriend. Now this plot is not original, not well done, slightly humors, but mostly kind of offending to anyone who likes action films. The heroes are nut checked when he uses the world "fag" and is critizised for his hero name (Charlie Bronson) and then is forced to be more "sensitive" to others needs. While the villains are also neutered to be dog loving, tree hugging, psychopaths that beat a man half to death for feeding his dog the wrong kind of food. Yeah, it sucks that much. The best part of the film has to be the cars. Hands down the most bad ass Lincoln that I have ever seen, suicide doors and all. Also, the dune buggy in the end is pretty boss as well. All in all it's paced with well choreographed action sequences and filled with lame, politically correct characters that are apparently signs of our times. Sad, cool, and in the end kind of LAME.

The Hobbit:

All I can say, Peter Jackson, halve a billion dollars, New Zealand, and short people, enough said lol. The Hobbit was a visually stunning, heart pounding, and jaw dropping. Though some may complain that there elements that were not from the book or that some of the characters were not traditional from the book. Come on, it's Peter Jackson with half a billion dollars in New Zealand with short people, how can it fail?

Seven Psychopaths:

Now if you were looking to a traditional hard hitting action film, this is your movie. Starring acting legends like Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, and Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths is everything you ever could want or need in a film. The movie centers around Collin Ferrell's character, a screen writer who is struggling to find his muse to write his masterpiece, and his friend Sam Rockwell's character who kidnaps dogs to collect the rewards when returning them. The film takes a different pace when the dog of a craze mobster disappears and the shenanigans begin. Seven Psychopaths has everything you could need, comedy, tragedy, action, and sadness; and it's delivered by a perfect fit cast that just can't miss. If you haven't rented it yet, GO RENT IT NOW!!!