Frozen
So I finally got around to watching it, and I gotta say I really enjoyed it. The animation and music were beautiful and the story was surprisingly unpredictable. At one point I thought to myself, "Ugh. I know EXACTLY how this is ending." And then it was nothing like I had expected. So right there was great to see. The main "twist" honestly I didn't feel was deserved. There was really nothing that you could look back and be like "OH how did I miss that?" And my only other real complaint is that I feel like Kristov's character could have been fleshed out a bit more. But other than that, I really had fun with it, and you should watch it if you haven't already.
4.25/5
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
So I was really excited to see this, and I heard a lot of positive feedback about it, and I went in pretty optimistic.
It was all lies.
I was honestly let down. Mainly because there are a lot of unnecessary and pointless characters and scenes. For example, the guy in the title, the Winter Soldier. Literally they could have ripped him out and the story would have not changed very much. In fact, it would have actually been better, because for a majority of this, I kept thinking, "...I kinda want to see some more Winter Soldier stuff." And also, the Falcon. I understand why he would relate to the Cap but once he was established, he did NOTHING to help the plot whatsoever. He too could have been taken out and the story wouldn't have changed very much. Oh, and the humor. UGH THE HUMOR. It was either a hit or miss. There were some actually funny moments in there...but there were a lot that just fell completely flat. My final complaint is the lazy script-writing. There were multiple situations where it was as if the writers thought "Um...we need to get this character out of this dangerous situation...let's just make up a random device that they have to get them out of it!" And then they do. Now, if they had already established that device beforehand, then it might pass, but they just popped out of thin air.
Now, all that isn't to say I hated it. Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansen, and pretty much everyone was great. The action scenes were wonderfully done, and there plenty of intense moments. And I liked that they had the guts to basically shake up the entire Marvel universe. This movie isn't horrible by any means, I just was really disappointed by it.
2.8/5
Last edited by Chris W. (April 18, 2014 (07:19pm))