Weapons Review

 

Weapons Review

So I saw Weapons yesterday, and here's my review...I loved it. This was a great horror film. It's not as scary as people say, but it is an intense movie. There are moments in the film that made me jump and scenes that disturbed me. Now the film is about this classroom of missing kids and the whole town trying to find them, and they think the teacher, Justine, played by Julie Garner, is a suspect, but she also wants to know what happened to those kids because she is their teacher. 

It's funny seeing Thanos and Silver Surfer teaming up. 

You also have a single father named Archer who wants to find his son, who is one of the missing kids. He learns where the kids might be and joins Justine to find those missing kids. The cast did a great job, and heads-up: the death scenes are pretty brutal in this film. Also, there were some funny moments, especially with the cop character Paul and the homeless guy James. 

Now, in the film, we meet Aunt Gladys, who is creepy —like someone you wouldn't want in your house —and the actress who played her did a great job. I would say Gladys is the wicked witch of this era because she is frightening and creepy as hell. She will give you nightmares because she was one creepy witch. If you ever see someone like her coming to your door. Lock the door and don't let her in. 

Overall, I really enjoyed this film and highly recommend it.

I give it an 8 out of 10.

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Dark Universe Reboot Idea and Fan Cast

 

Dark Universe Reboot Idea.

Now we all know the Universal's own attempt at a Dark Universe failed miserably. However, it could happen again if it's done right. Like, here's how I would have done it, like the film is these monsters are put together to form a team led by Van Helsing's descendant, Val Helsing, and Victor Frankenstein's descendant, Dr. Victoria Frankenstein. They are formed by the government, called the Monsters. It's suicide Squad meets inGlorious Bastards mixed with horror.  

The film is set during WW2, still giving it that old classic monster era vibe. 

The team consists of Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and bride, the Wolf-Man, Gill-Man, The Mummy, and the Invisible Woman. This is a group of monsters who many people would call monsters because they have done horrible things and killed innocent people, but they aren't truly evil. They are actually more sympathetic, like The Wolf Man, who hates his curse and wants to be free from it, The Creature seeks to be accepted and have a family, and the Invisible Woman is a bit of a psychopath, though, but she's like Dexter in a way. 

I know Creature Commandos comics had the same storyline set in World War II, except this one is with the Universal Monsters, who basically join forces to save something important, gain respect, or save loved ones. 

Besides, the real monsters in the film are the nazis and Mr. Hyde. 

As well, Dracula says, "We maybe monsters but we are not as bad as those fucking nazis." 

The main villain of the first phase, Mr. Hyde, joins with the nazis and creates more Mr. Hydes like him. 

Now, how this is set up, I wouldn't do a setup like first you got to watch the Dracula film, then Frankenstein, the Mummy, and so forth. 

Instead, I would introduce a Dark Universe where the characters are already on a team, and then I would create spin-offs of each character's own journey, as well as sequels to Monsters of Justice. Like if I were to do sequels, the second film is set in the 60s and aliens invade the planet, and the third film is set in the 90s and it's the apocalypse. 

Also, this film is a hard-rated R film. It's a horror, action, adventure, comedy film. 

There is a lot of blood and gore too!

Now here is my fan cast for a Dark Universe reboot film and I call the film The monsters.

Dylan O'Brien as Val Helsing

Val Helsing is the great-great-grandson of Van Helsing and continues his grandfather's legacy. However, with the nazis rising to power, he decides to form a team of monsters that will help defeat them, and Mr. Hyde, who has joined them and is creating new Mr. Hydes. He is joined by Victoria Frankenstien, who is the legitimate daughter of Victor Frankenstien. Val leads the team and keeps an eye on them to ensure they stay focused. He also has a long-standing feud with Dracula, as his great-great-grandfather fought him many times in the past.

Hailee Stenifeld as Dr. Victoria Frankenstein  

She is a descendant of Victor Frankenstein and has become a scientist, just like him. She knows about the Creature, and she meets with him to save the world, as well as creating his Bride. She also talks to the monsters and asks them about their past lives, helping her better understand them. She also assists them during missions by inventing equipment that can aid them. She's also a love interest of Val. 

Jack O'Connell as Dracula 

Dracula is the first to join, and although he has bad blood with the Helsing family, he joins after the nazis took his castle. Dracula does have a sense of honor, and he remarried a human woman until she died, and Dracula promised her to be a better person. They have a son who is captured by the nazis. So Dracula joins to save his son from the nazis as they want to make him a weapon of war. I was inspired by Castlevania's take on the character.

Richard Madden as The Creature

Now the Creature is getting a new film this year, and I'm excited to watch it. This take on the Creature is that he's been living in exile and on his own and has helped people lost in the woods. He misses Victor because he was his creator, and he later meets his daughter Victoria and agrees to join the team, but he requests that his Bride be finished and promises he won't have children with her. The Creature sees this as a chance to finally be accepted for what he is, and he wants a family.

Jacob Anderson as Wolf-Man 

Now this Wolf-Man is cursed by a wolf bite, and he turns into the Wolf-Man, but he loses control and comes close to killing his wife and children. Val recruits him to the team, but Victoria also creates a silver necklace that will give him complete control of his werewolf side. Thus, he has more control of it, but also wants to be free from the curse, as he misses his family more than anything. His name is Larry Talbot. 

Zazie Beetz as The Bride 

The Bride is created by Victoria from new body parts, and the Bride is not like the one from Creature Commandos. She's scared of herself and wonders why she is alive again, as she doesn't believe in violence. The Creature and her bond get to know what it is like to be different. She joins the Monsters, but at first, she doesn't want to harm anyone because she doesn't like violence, until she sees the horror of what the nazis are doing. So she joins, kills the real monsters, but also, like the Creature, she wants to live in peace and have a family.

Dafne Keen as The Invisible Woman

Now the Invisible Woman is not like the Invisible Woman we know from Fantastic 4. This character is invisible because of a laboratory experiment gone wrong, and her whole body is invisible; she can't reappear. She uses her ability to steal as well as kill certain people; she's like a female version of Dexter. She has to wear bandages and glasses so people think she's a burned victim, but she's not. The Invisible Woman joins the Monsters because there is profit involved, and she can't pass up the offer to get money and kill fascists. Her name is Jackie Gryff. 

Riz Ahmed as The Mummy 

The Mummy, unlike the one we got with that Tom Cruise one, this Mummy was a pharaoh who was betrayed, but in truth, he's actually a sympathetic character. When he is alive again, he wants revenge for himself and his loved ones. However, when he learns the people who ruined his life are dead, but learns one of the nazis is a descendant of the man who betrayed him, he joins the Monsters to kill him and take back the treasure that they had stolen from his tomb. His name before he became the mummy was Imhotep.

Diego Luna as Gill-Man

The Gill-Man has always been a monster from the Amazon who has lived for thousands of years. This Gil-Man can talk and join the monsters in exchange; he can have his lagoon back and have no one go into it. However, the Gill-Man actually does want someone in his life as he does seek companionship, which he forms with the other monsters and with a human woman. He also doesn't enjoy killing people; he only kills them to protect his home and lagoon. also Gill-man needs water ever 24 hours as it gives him life so he is even a breathing device that give hims water so he can still hydrated longer on land. 

Michael C Hall as Dr. Jekyall/Mr. Hyde 

Now, Mr. Hyde is the main villain of the film as he has joined the Nazis and wants to conquer the world, but also create a new world with more Mr. Hydes like him. Mr. Hyde is a very hateful villain and has no sympathy for anyone as long as he gets what he wants. we more mr. Hydes just like him in the movie and they are terrifying.  

Andy Serkis as Igor 

Igor was Victor Frankstien's assistant until the experiment went wrong. He was severely burned by the lightning, but someone gave him an extended life. He then joins Mr. Hyde and the nazi party to create more monsters and take over the world. In this version, Igor has always been a monster, and he convinced Victor to make the Creature; he is actually a monster himself who can change his appearance. He also goes the name Major Hans Maximilian.  

Emma Watson as Mina 

Mina is Dracula's wife in this version. She remained human and died from natural causes. When she died, she and Dracula had a son named Vlad and told Dracula to be a good man and be there for their son. Dracula has visions of her and how much he misses her and how she taught humans.

Maisie Williams as Julie 

Julie is a scitenist who works with Victoria, and her original character is named after Julie Adams from the original Creature from the Black Lagoon. Now, as I wrote, the Gill-Man doesn't want anyone going into the lagoon ever again, but like I mentioned, he secretly does want companionship. He falls in love with Julie, and Del Toro already did this with The Shape of Water, and that is one of the best films he's ever made. I would still include the idea, and Julie starts to fall in love with him despite being a monster, and after learning of Dracula's romance with a human, she decides to live with him in the Black Lagoon. 

Simon pegg as Genreal Martin Stoker 

General Martin Stoker is an original character and is a general during WW2, and helps fund the team. He even gives Val orders on where to attack enemy camps and rescue prison camps. 

Jaz sinclair as Millza Talbot 

Millza is Larry's wife in this version and she's also the mother of their three children. Millza loves her husband and wants him back but knows he is the wolf man. He promised her that he will break this curse but wants to protect her and their family from him. 

So that's how I would reboot the Dark Universe, and who knows, maybe one Universal will say, let's try it again, but we will have a more creative team involved. Let's face it, everyone wants their own shared universe, and sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Doesn't mean you can't try again and get it right a second time. 

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The Shining Review Celebrating 45 years of this film.

 

The Shining Review

Celebrating 45 years of this film.

So, for Halloween, here is a review of The Shining, one of Stanley Kubrick's best films, which was hated by Stephen King, who wrote the novel, because it went a different way. Now, the Shining film is well-made and really scary. The fact that this family goes to the Overlook Hotel, which has a history of many murders and was built on native land, a place I don't think anyone wants to stay or be the caretakers for, is particularly unsettling. The film focuses on Jack Torrance, a family man with a son, Danny, and a wife named Wendy. He takes up to the hotel in the mountains of Colorado, and one of Stephen King's biggest complaints about Jack in this film is betrayed as a mean father, while in the books. Jack is a very loving and caring father, and you feel bad for him and what he does as the hotel drives him crazy, and he wants to murder his family. 

In the film, as the head chef Dick Halloran tells Danny, who knows he has the shining, not to enter room 237. Months pass, and some strange, unattractive things happen, like Danny having a seizure and seeing ghosts in the hallway. Jack begins to go insane because he gets writer's block, and it's all work and no play. The film gets more intense, and the mystery of this hotel is scary because of all the past murders, and don't even get me started on the gross naked lady in the bathroom of 237. 

This film had many great quotes, such as "Here's Johnny!" and the maze scene at the end, which is intense. You don't want Danny to die, and when he escapes, he, along with his mom, does so by taking Dick's truck. Jack, of course, freezes to death, and we see that picture of that party, and Jack is there. 

To those wondering what this meant. It meant Jack's soul is now trapped in the hotel and can never leave. The group of people are all previous caretakers who ended up murdering their families and dying in the end.

It is sad what happened to her after this film; the poor woman had it the worst, making this film.  

The cast of the film all did a good job, including Jack Nicholson and Shelley Duvall, who was emotionally affected by the movie due to the abusive behavior on set. The rest of the cast and the way the movie was shot were great. They eventually made a sequel with Ewan McGregor called Dr. Sleep, which I heard was good and a good follow-up to the first film. I know Stephen King hated the film, I get it, but I still liked it. I give it an 8 out of 10. 

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War of The Worlds

 

So I saw War of the Worlds and here's a quick review...This is one of the worst films I've seen, and I was bored with it. As well, the special effects were bad, and this whole film was just bad. I give it an F, and I do love the cast, but the movie was boring. Seriously, you're better off rewatching the Tom Cruise film or the book Warof the Worlds. 

Perfect Blue Review

 

My Review of Perfect Blue

So I saw Perfect Blue, and this is one of the most messed-up films I've seen, but also it's good and fascinating. The film is about a J-pop star named Mima who is changing up her career to be an actress, but she learns of a website named after her, and she learns she has a stalker. The film dives into mental health, but it also dives into obsession because it has a twist that no one saw coming. Also, this film is hard to watch, like when Mima's acting career goes like, at first it seems like she's doing a cop show, but there is some messed-up stuff that she does, and it would traumatize anyone for the scenes that she does. There is even one scene where an actor apologizes to her for the scene they are about to do, and he doesn't even like this scene. However, some murders happen to certain people, and there is a creepy stalker too, who, honestly, is someone you think it is, but in a twist, the real stalker is someone you least expect. 

This film has excellent animation, and the voice cast is fantastic. It's one of the best thrillers I've seen in a while, and it's worth checking out, but it is disturbing to watch, though. 

I can see why this film is a cult classic and is considered to be one of the best anime films ever made. This film has been compared to Black Swan, to which Darren Aronofsky acknowledged this, but says he wasn't inspired by the movie to make Black Swan; his other film, Requiem for a Dream, features a remake of Perfect Blue's bath scene. 

Even the director of Perfect Blue said he loved Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream and has even met him. 

I give this film an 8 out of 10, and I recommend it, but heads up, it's a messed-up thriller film. 

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Casper Review to Celebrate 30 Years of this Film.

Casper Review 

To celebrate 30 Years of this film.

To celebrate 30 years of this classic ghost film from my childhood, here is my review of Casper. Casper the Friendly Ghost is a ghost who's not scary and doesn't want to scare anyone, unlike his uncles, the Ghostly Trio, who are the best part of the film. These ghosts are so funny, even though they are jerks to Casper, they are still amusing.

The film is about Casper wanting to have a friend in his life until a greedy woman named Carrigan discovers a rare treasure in the haunted manor. However, Casper's uncles scare her, and her lawyer, Dibs, played by Eric Idle. One night, Casper learns of a ghost therapist named Dr. Harvey, played by Bill Pullman, who has a daughter named Kat, played by Christina Ricci. I met her once, and she's so lovely, and I told her I watch Casper every October, and she loved that. So Casper gets Carrigan's attention with this Dr. Harvey, and she hires him to help get rid of the ghosts.  

As I mentioned earlier, the Ghostly Trio are the best characters in the film. 

They are so funny and they are likable despite being dicks to Casper. 

They were voiced by Joe Nipote as Stretch, the late Joe Alaskey as Stinky, and Brad Garrett as Fatso.

However, we see that the Ghostly Trio does care about Casper and helps Dr. Harvey reunite with his late wife, whom he wants to see again. At first, it looks like they won't do it, but at the end of the film, Havery's wife tells him that they did keep their word and brought her back to see Dr. Harvey again.

My favourite scenes are with Harvey and the Ghostly Trio because that's a funny scene, especially the bar scene. Which does end badly, of course.

However, we see that the Ghostly Trio does care about Casper and helps Dr. Harvey reunite with his late wife, whom he wants to see again. At first, it looks like they won't do it, but at the end of the film, Havery's wife tells him that they did keep their word and brought her back to see Dr. Harvey again.

The film featured impressive special effects for its time, and the ghosts appeared particularly well. The cast of the movie all did a great job, and the film had some heartfelt moments. However, this film did have a lot of swearing for a kids' film. Which felt forceful at times. 

The film also delves into Casper's origin and how he died young, but became a ghost so his dad wouldn't be alone. However, his dad found a way to bring people back from the dead. The ending of the film is that Carrigan turns into a ghost. She has no unfinished business, Kat's dad is a ghost, and they bring him back to life, which they wanted to do for Casper, until Kat's mom returns as a ghost and gives Casper ten minutes of being alive. Casper and Kat dance and kiss, and he turns back into a ghost, scaring everyone at Kat's school. 

The film ends with the characters partying to the theme song of Casper. Overall, Casper was a great film from my childhood, and I still enjoy it. I give a 7 out of 10. 

It's a good film and a cult classic to watch every Halloween. I do hope they will reboot Casper, but I'm not sure if it will happen. DreamWorks had plans to do a reboot with Universal, but it never came to be. However, I've heard Peacock is planning a Casper TV series that will have the Riverdale/Sabrina treatment. I'm not sure how people will feel about that. 

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