Project Almanac Review

Preface

Project Almanac is one of those January movies that I wanted to see, but didn’t really get a chance to because I was catching up on all the Oscar movies.
But also, all I knew was that a trailer for this thing played before Anchorman 2 and it was getting PUSHED. BACK.
Which probably wasn’t a good sign…
Luckily this thing wasn’t a complete disaster though.
(It still wasn’t great.)

Premise

So Project Almanac is a found-footage sci-fi movie about this group of high school seniors who discover that their group leader’s dad was a scientist developing a time machine.
And the movie is very split in almost every area, which I’ll explain specifically in each section.

Batman v. Superman Comic-Con Trailer Review

Preface

Okay, so last year when the 30 second teaser for this movie dropped at Comic-Con, I was like “yeah that looks pretty cool. Can’t wait to see more.”
Then earlier this year when the first teaser dropped, I was like “ehh, it looks really flashy and kinda sloppily thrown together… The next one had better impress be awesome.”
And folks, I can successfully tell you that this trailer not only met, not only surpassed, but obliterated my expectations.
I can now say I am 100% on board for Batman v. Superman.
THIS TRAILER WAS SO COOL!

Preface

So the other day I was looking through the list of movies I had seen thus far in 2015 and despite all the bad buzz a lot of movies had gotten, I realized that I haven’t seen many AWFUL movies.
I’ve seen four movies so far that I would qualify as my Top 4 of the Year, as of now, and I’ve seen MANY mediocre, average, and meh movies.
A LOT of those.
But now there are two movies (including this one) that I can successfully say are pretty terrible…
Not as bad as I thought though!

Preface

Premise

Okay, so if you guys haven’t heard: it broke late yesterday that Ben Affleck will not only star as Batman in the DC Cinematic Universe, but he will also direct and co-write the first Batman standalone movie.
And I don’t 100% LOVE this news, but I’m a fan of it, I’m optimistic!

Preface

Alright it just broke that Ben Affleck is directing and co-writing the next standalone Batman movie. It’s pretty late at night, I have to wake up early tomorrow so I can only talk about one thing…
Yeah Minions is more fresh in my head.
And funny enough, I never saw Despicable Me 2…
The first Despicable Me I thought was okay, I suppose… Nothing super special.
And though this Minions movie wasn’t perfect by any means, I had a pretty good time with it!

Premise

Okay, so Minions is the story of those little yellow potato things from the Despicable Me movies, only this time they’re the headliners.
This thing takes place in 1968 and it’s the Minions running around in the ‘60s, pulling shenanigans and such.
And yeah, it’s very enjoyable.
Here is the bottom line up front before I go into the specifics: kids and fans of the Despicable Me movies will LOVE this movie. If you loved the Despicable Me movies, you’ll love this movie too. I wasn’t a Despicable Me fanboy going in, and even then there’s still a lot of fun to be had with this movie, even if it gets fairly stupid at times.