My Review of Lord of The Rings and Hobbit films.

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My Review of The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit

Trilogies.

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The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are two of my favorite trilogies in film. I've loved Lord of the rings since I was a kid. I got into it from my cousin. We've seen all the movies together, and I'm excited about the tv series from Amazon. Now I did a Middle Earth Marathon last week, and now I'm going to review one of my favorite franchises that have not yet been ruined by an awful remake, lol. 

I'm going to review the films in the least to best movies. 

The Hobbit The Battle of the Five Armies.

Now Battle of the Five Armies is a good film, and I would say the extended edition makes the movie a lot better, but there are some problems with this film. Like the action, special effects, and the acting is good, but there are problems and things in the movie I don't think needed to be there. Like the ending to the film, I felt they could have done more, maybe shown Bilbo adopting Frodo in the end because I didn't like how it just shows him looking at the ring. Also, this one is kind of silly, but I always wonder why didn't Thorin give Bilbo the mithril vest after the battle of the five armies. We don't see Bilbo get stabbed or impaled once by an orc. At least in Fellowship, Frodo gets penetrated a troll and lives thanks to the mithril vest, but that never happens to Bilbo. However, the film does have great action. To be honest, Peter Jackson didn't want to make the Hobbit films into a trilogy; he just wanted it to the two-partner cinema, but the studio insisted that he makes it into a trilogy. The film should be a two-parter, but all the same, Battle of the Five Armies is a good film, and the acting is excellent. I love the line Thorin says in the end, "If more people valued home, above gold, this world would be a merrier place." Also, this film does a good job setting up Lord of the Rings, and I like the whole Kili and Tauriel romance and how it ends tragically, but their love was real. Also, this is one of the last films Christopher Lee did because he sadly passed the year after the film's release.

Overall I give this film a B- like they could have done so much more, but overall it's a good movie to watch, and it does do a good job setting up Lord of the Rings.

The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey  

Now an Unexpected Journey I enjoy this film a lot, like the opening is excellent, and meeting the 13 dwarves is one of the funniest moments in the movie. I think this movie did a great job with the casting Martin Freeman is fantastic as Bilbo, and I got to be honest; he is a better protagonist than Frodo. For example, he saves everyone, does most of the work, and fights more than Frodo does, and I feel like he's a better protagonist than Frodo. Also, Richard Armitage is excellent as Thorin. He did such a good job playing a role in f; in fact, the actors who played the 13 dwarves were amazing. Some of the film's best moments were with Gandalf, and no one can replace Ian McKellen like he owns that role. Andy Serkis is back as Gollum, and I remember when I saw this film theatres, and I remember everyone was cheering when Gollum appears on screen, the same with them bringing back Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, and the late Christopher Lee. Also, Radegastt the Browe was a funny character. It's too bad he wasn't in the Lord of the rings film after but hey, what are you going to do. The first Hobbit film is perfect and is full of great activity. The Goblin-town sequence is really epic and fun to watch. It's one of my favorite scenes of the dwarves fighting goblins. I also really do love the Riddles in the Dark scene with Bilbo and Gollum. It's good, plus it's funny too. The film also does a good job setting up Sauron's return because this film is setting up Lord of the Rings. 

I give The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey a B+. If you ever want to introduce Tolkien's work, I suggest watching in chronicle logical order starting with The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey first.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Now to me, Desolation of Smaug is the best Hobbit film because I just feel like this film has the most suspense, and Smaug is one of the best characters in the movie. Another great thing about this film is that Legolas wasn't in the Hobbit book, but adding him in the film actually does work. Also, Evangeline Lilly plays an original character Tauriel who actually fits well in the story. She was an excellent original character, better than what we get nowadays. I also liked Luke Evans as Bard. He was one of the most remarkable characters in the film, and King Thranduil was a really cool character, a bit of an ass, and a very stern king. Like he's a tool, but he's not like Denethor. He's got a good heart and deeply loves his son. The action scenes in the film were excellent, like the barrel ride scene, but I would complain that this film should have ended with Smaug getting killed by Bard because that's how I thought this was going to end. Overall, to me, The Desolation of Smaug is the best hobbit film.

I give this film an A, and to me, what makes it my favorite? I just love the design for Smaug because I love dragons.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

This year marks the 20th anniversary of this fantastic film, the film that started it all, the film that was a game-changer in cinema. The Fellowship of the Ring does this film still hold up. Hell yeah. This film was fantastic, and one of my favorite moments in the movie was seeing the Shire in all its beauty. New Zealand was the perfect place to make a film like Lord of the Rings. I also loved the cast of this film. Everyone was just perfect as their characters. I mean, I can't see anyone else playing these roles. These actors all nail it. Peter Jackson did a fantastic job making this film that so many people said was impossible at the time to make, and he proved them wrong. To me, Fellowship of the Ring is one of the best films in the Middle Earth film series, and it's part of my childhood, and I still can't believe it's 20 years old now. 

I give Fellowship 9 out of 10 and a solid A. It's a great film, and it's the one that started it all. Also, I'm still scared to watch that jump scare scene when Bilbo goes to Gollum for a brief moment. I mean, who doesn't scare off that scene. 

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Two Towers is another great Lord of the Rings film that makes the Two Towers so great. This film has one of the most epic battles, significant visual effects, and of course, who didn't love Gollum? I mean, the special effects that made Gollum were spot on and a game-changer as well for future films. Hell, James Cameron credited Gollum for it made him start work on Avatar. As well, I really each character's own story. We can focus on many characters in this film, but Jackson does a great job of giving each character their own arc and pacing. Like we have Frodo, Sam, and Gollum's story, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, and Gandalf's story, and Merry and Pippin's story arc. We also see Rohan's story arc along with Arwen's story arc. The film does a great job with pacing. In fact, all of the movies do. I also loved the scene when Gandalf comes back as Gandalf the White, especially at the end of the battle of helms deep; that charge scene was epic. You know Ian McKellen prefers being Gandalf the Grey over Gandalf the White. I also cried when Theoden mourns the loss of his son, and that line "No parent should have to bury their child." really hits hard because there are people out there who outlived their children. But I love how Gandalf says, "He was strong in life. His spirit will find its way to the halls of your fathers." 

This film is truly unique, and I just love this film. 

I give this film a solid A+ because it is so epic, and I have a great time watching it. 

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The most excellent Middle Earth film is Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King. This film is also the winner of 11 Oscars and is the first Fantasy film to win the best picture. I love this film because the battles in this film are epic and intense; the characters are at the end of their stories and wonder if Frodo will destroy the ring. It's all so epic and just like this film is perfect, not to mention the cinematography is fantastic, especially when the beacons are lite scene. This film has fantastic and emotional scenes too. I love when Aragorn gets the Sword of Elendil, and I love his speech during the battle at the Black Gate, and who didn't love that line "For Frodo." This movie, to me, is the best one because it brought tears to my eyes for how amazing of a film this is. The ending of this movie is beautiful but bittersweet, and this is the longest Middle Earth film but worth the watch. Such a great film. 

I give Return of the King 10 out of 10 and A++++. To me, this is the best Middle Earth film, hands down. 

So that's my review of the Middle Earth films, and man, does I love them.

Let me know what you think. Leave a comment and tell me what you think.

20 years ago, we got the most fantastic fantasy franchise.

Next year we're going back to Middle Earth for Amazon's Lord of the Rings TV series.

That focuses on the events of the Second Age and the First Age. 

Hopefully, it's good because it might suck. 

Beauty and the Beast Review

Beauty and the Beast

Review

So this year marks the 30th anniversary of Beauty and the Beast. One of Disney's best films and the first animated film to be nominated for best picture at the Oscars. This film is part of my childhood and I watched it a lot when I was a kid and we all know the songs Be Our Guest, Gaston, and Tale as Old as Time.   
The voice cast all do an amazing job and I've met Belle and the Beast at Fan Expo. Robby and Paige are very nice people. 

This scene from the film is now a meme.

This movie's animation is fantastic and the designs are amazing too. The characters in the film are amazing like Gaston is the villain of the film who likes he would be the hero but no. Belle and the Beast are great characters and the romance between the two is really good. As well who doesn't love Lumiere, Cogsworth, Ms. Potts, and Chip are all such great characters in the film. 

Nowadays most people wished he stayed a Beast.

It's a real thing look it up a majority of fans feel that way.

The story itself is really good too as the film teaches people about inner beauty that's more important than what's on the outside. We all know the story the Beast has to find someone who loves him and he has to earn her love in return before the last rose peddles falls or he will remain a beast forever and his subjects would remain as objects. 

We have of course Belle is a big book who loves to read and she's not looking for a prince. She wants adventure like we all do and of course, Gaston wants to be with her but she's not interested in him but we all know how that turns out. Belle is to be my favorite Disney Princess out of all of them.

Lumiere and Cogsworth were a great duo they were like the odd couple.

Jerry Orbach and David Ogden Stiers were amazing actors and it's sad they are no longer with us.

Rip Jerry and David aka Lumiere and Cogsworth.

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The film is such a timeless classic and it's a great film to watch. I know some people nowadays have said this film has Stockholm syndrome elements because Belle falls in love with her kidnapper.  Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara addressed that once at Fan Expo. I don't think there was any, to be honest, but if you disagree that's fine.  

Also the film's villain Gaston is a great villain he is one of my favorite Disney villains and his song gets stuck in your head. Gaston looks like he would be the hero of the film but he's not which is very clever of this film. 

As well the musical numbers like I mentioned before are great my favorite is Be Our Guest it's a fun song to listen to. That musical number to me was one of the best scenes in the film. 

The climax between The Beast and Gaston that fight was really good. The suspense in the fight was really good and the moment when Gaston shouts "It's over Beast! Belle is mine!" Beast goes full rage mode and he's about to kill him but he stops because he can't bring himself to do it despite what Gaston's done. It shows really good development for the Beast.      

So that's my review of Beauty and the Beast does it still hold up yes, despite some little problems but hey it's better than that live-action crap we got. 

This film is still classic from childhood we all grew up with it and it will be shown to future generations. 

I give this film an 8 out of 10.

How I think Marvel should have made Black Widow Spoilers.

So as some of you know, I did how I think Marvel should have made Shang Chi. I'm doing one for Black Widow because there are so many things they could have done better in this movie. This is a character who deserved better after Endgame. I mean, if you see the What If episodes, they give Black Widow her due and it's well deserved, but there's still so much they could have done with a Black Widow solo film. 

I think they should make it a spy action John Wick style film. Like Shang Chi, Black Widow would not get sidelined in her own movie. This is about her. That is one of the problems of this film as well. There is so much more they could have done. 
 

9. The film should have looked at epic spy films and action films like Salt, 007, Atomic Blonde, and John Wick. 

Like Black Widow is not a superhero, she is a spy, and I think this film should have been a straight-up Spy Action film with elements of John Wick. It could have been a darker film; we could have seen Black Widow just go badass in gun shooting and kicking ass like John Wick does. It could have been the John Wick of Marvel films, but it wasn't.

8. Black Widow would not kill all those prisoners.

This bothers me, Black Widow frees Red Guardian, but she kills hundreds of people in that prison. Sure, those prisoners were bad guys, but maybe some of them were getting reformed and got along with Red Guardian. Back to the point, Black Widow would not kill all those people in the film; she's not like that. I would have her just break-in. She takes out the guards with stealth, but she would have to fight some guards. Maybe she fights Ursa Majo,r whose the top bodyguard. 

She frees Ivan, but she doesn't blow up a mountain that causes an avalanche killing all the prisoners. It really bothers me that she does that because she never would do that. Black Widow has killed people, but she would never do anything like that unless she was willing to accept the consequences.

7. The film could have introduced the Winter Guard.

Like we could have seen the Winter Guard in this film like, even for a cameo, because it would have been exciting. We learn that Black Widow as part of the team in Russia, but she left. We could have them join with Black Widow to free the other Widows from the Red Room. It could have helped build more of the MCU. Sure, we had Red Guardian and Yelena's Black Widow, but they should introduce more heroes from Europe in the future. Also, in the end, you could have Red Guardian join the Winter Guard as its leader. I wouldn't have made Red Guardian dumb like he was in the film. I would have made him funny, but he is a natural-born leader like Cap. 

The Winter Guard rooster could have been 

Red Guardian 

Vanguard 

Darkstar 

Ursa Major 

Crimson Dynamite 

6. It didn't make sense that Black Widow forgave her adoptive mother, Melina, for what she did to her sister er put them in the Red Room. 

Now in the film, we learn that Black Widow's adoptive mother, Melina was the one who sent Nat and Yelena to the Red Room as she worked with them. She was the reason Nat became a widow, and she's easily forgiven for what she did. She learned that the only mother she had basically is responsible for her ending up in the Red Room, so why is she easily forgiven for this. What they could have done was make her a villain, and maybe she created the powerful widow code-named Red Widow. I would have Nat not kill her, but instead, she injures her in a fight and leaves her to die when the base is falling to the ground. I mean, I just feel like this character got off too easy, and I think it would have made more sense she gets back for what she did to her and sister er. 

5. Yelena's character was good, and I liked her, but I feel like she pushed Nat to the side. 

Now I like this character. She was hilarious entertaining to watch, and it looks like Marvel has plans for this character in the future. Seeing how she will be in Hawkeye and possibly an Avengers 5. I think one issue with this character is that she pushes Nat to the side and makes her more of the main character than Black Widow herself. I felt this film was trying to force her to be like the new Black Widow in Phase 4, which is okay, but this film should focus on Natasha because she's been with the fans longest. The film should have her as a solid supporting character, not a co-lead. I notice tread giving every marvel character a co-lead like Shang Chi and Loki instead of just supporting cast because it doesn't work all the time. Like Falcon and Winter Soldier, Wanda Visionise exception because those two shows were about two characters, and it worked.

As well I found this scene to be funny but cringe too because its poking fun at how 

Black Widow always posed like this, and to some at Marvel, it was degrading somehow. We've seen Spiderman, Captain America, and Black Panther pose like that, too, after doing the superhero pose or landing. 

It felt like a forced joke.

4. Instead of gender-swapping, Taskmaster, you should have done something else. 

Now they pulled a twist where we learn that Taskmaster is actually Dreykov's daughter, who we thought Black Widow killed, but no, she lived and became Taskmaster. This part of the film made many Taskmaster fans angry because Taskmaster is a guy named Anthony Masters. I did not like this twist either with the character; it didn't work. 

I mean, why couldn't you've had Antony Masters because he's a big fan favorite now iit'spossible Marvel might fix this but maybe not. I would have still included Taskmaster, but he would be a mystery in the film. They could have revealed he was hired by Drekov to take down Black Widow, and he is played OT Fabbenle. It turns out in the movie her SHIELD friend was actually Taskmaster. That would have worked better or saved Taskmaster for another film or show. 

Instead of Taskmaster, you could have Red Widow as the villain.

Red Widow is a full-on evil version of Black Widow, and she's one of the most deadly assassins out there. What they could have done was have this character instead of Taskmaster. They still could have had Olga Kurylenko play this character. It would have been more interesting for Black Widow to fight this all-powerful widow trained in the Red Room and was given maybe the super-soldier serum becoming the ultimate assassin. In the film, we see Black Widow struggle to fight this Red Widow because she's so powerful. This would have been a much better idea for a villain in the film. At the end of the film, Black Widow defeats her, but she doesn't kill her because she feels sad for her because of what she's been through. She wants to help her, but she doesn't accept it. So instead, she escapes, and you could briit ng back in a future film or show. 

3. Black Widow would have broken every bone in her body when she fell from the ground during that scene. 

Now, remember the scene where Black Widows falls down that alleyway, and she doesn't break a single bone in her body. That doesn't make sense because Black Widow, like Hawkeyeise, only human, would have broken every bone in her body. Now I know she's had training in the Red Room, but she would still break every bone in her body. I mean, what I would have made sense for that scene is when she's falling grabs a device in her pocket it was made by Tony Stark and goodbye gift to Nat because she was going rogue. She actives it creating a barrier around herself so she's protected and doesn't get hurt further on impact. It would make more sense.  

2. The film wasn't about Black Widow. It was more about her family and Marvel setting up Yelena to take over as the new Black Widow. 

Another issue with this film is that Black Widow got sidelined in her own movie. She's not the star of her own film. This film was more building up Yelena taking over as the new Black Widow. It just felt wrong. I had so many problems with them doing this to the character like this character who was long overdue to get her own film but instead, they push her to the side just for world-building. 

1. This film should have happened around phase two or phase three 

Now, this is one thing I've mentioned countless times. This movie would have worked much better if you released it in Phase 2 or 3. Black Widow again deserved to be the first female lead in a solo MCU film. The character has been with fans for years, and it just felt studio did Scarlet and the character she plays dirty. If anything, we should have gotten a solo Black Widow film back in the 2010s. There's so much more they could have done with this character, but she never got her due until the What Ifs that showed Black Widow at her best, and she got a more happy ending. 

So that's how I think Marvel should have made Black Widow because they could do so much better with the character and the story. I felt Scarlet deserved her own solo film long before phase 4. This is just how I think about this film and how it was made. If you like this film, that's fine. I just feel like they could have done better. Let me know what you think.

Dune Movie Review

 

Dune Movie Review

So I saw Dune last night and heres my review of it....It was really good and epic. Like I never read the book written by Frank Herbert nor have I seen the old movie or the show. However, I really did enjoy this film a lot like the visuals were amazing, the cinematography was amazing, the music was great, the actors all did a great job, and the story was very interesting and well detailed. Although I will admit I got confused a little by the opening but I later understood the story more. 

The cast all did an amazing job like Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Issac, Jason Momoa, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard, and Zendaya. Everyone was perfecting casting for these characters. The cast was great. 

This film is really good and I know a lot of book readers are going to love it because its a really good adaption of a iconic book. 

Now some people are debating whether Dune is the Lord of the Rings of this era. I would yes but the SCI FI version of it. I know Denis Villeneuve the director who did an amazing job making this film already has a trilogy planned so yes it is. But Denis couldn't shoot all three films back to back because you know studio issues. Hopefully they will green light the next film because I really want to see what happens next. 

Because this film is the first part of this trilogy and hopefully Denis will start filming soon because theres so much that needs to be told. 

I give Dune a 8 out of 10.

Go see it you have a good time but heads up its long but its really good.

I got to tell ya this film is one of the best films made this year. 

It's my top favourite this year. 

I mean like Lord of the Rings its long but its really good.

My Exiles Team Marvel

 

The Exiles is a team of members from different universes.

Exiles often have characters from different universes and sometimes from the central universe. 

It's a crazy team of heroes from different universes 

It's basically Guardians of the Multiverse if you've seen the What If series.

So here is my Exiles team.

Commander A

Commander America is a Captain America from the alternate timeline in the distant future, and he carries two shields instead of one. 

Iron Man Noir 

This Iron Man is from the 1930s, basically the Noir universe. Tony Stark from Noir is an adventurist who builds an Iron suit to fight against Nazis. 

Storm Goddess of Thunder 

This Storm is a Storm with a hammer, and she's from a universe where the X Men remain of Asgard. 

Ultimate Scarlet Witch 

This Scarlet Witch is from the Ultimate Universe. Alive again, seeing how the Ultimate Universe is back.  

Spiderman 2099 

We all know Spiderman 2099. He's the Spiderman of the year 2099. He's been a past member of this team before. 

Darkdevil 

Darkdevil is from MC2; he is the son of Ben Riley, taking up the mantle of Daredevil with a supernatural twist. 

The team, as usual, travels to different realities to fight against threats to the multiverse. 

So that's my Exiles team of characters from different universes I would put together. It's just a simple team of multiverse heroes because after watching What If, I got the idea to make my own Multiverse team. 

Shaun of the Dead Review

 

My Review of Shaun of the Dead.

Shaun of the Dead is my favourite Horror Comedy and my favourite Edger Wright film. I didn't see Shaun of the Dead till I was teenager but I really love this film. It's such a funny film to watch and its entertaining to watch. I mean who doesn't love Simon Pegg and Nick Frost those two just work together perfectly.

You know I can relate to Shaun because I feel like my life is like his in fact we can all relate to Shaun. The film is very clever with its camera work like when Shaun plans out his plan to rescue his mom, Liz, and get them all to safety at the Winchester. 

If you ever your in apocalypse just gather your friends and family

 head to the Winchester. Have a gold pint and wait for all of this to blow over.

Classic Line. 

Not to mention the camera work in this film is really good and the scenes were Shaun plans out his rescue is one of my favourite scenes in the film. The plan scene is brilliant and that's how I plan out an idea or how I plan out my day. 

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The cast all do an amazing job like Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy, Penelope Wilton, and Peter Serafinowicz. As well this film has some secret cameos like Martin Freeman. 

This movie is so much fun to watch like its so funny and clever its one of the best horror comedies out there like I watch every October. This film is a horror comedy classic it is to me one of Edger Wright's best films so please give it watch you will have a fun time. 

I give this film a 9 out of 10 give it watch!!!!