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Trailer Park Boys: Live at the North Pole (2014)
Great Mix of Live Shows and Xmas Special Vibes
Trailer Park Boys: Live at the North Pole. A great mash up of the boys Live Shows with a side story attached much like their trip to effin Dublin. 10 years after the Christmas Special (2004) they get to use their mockumentary style to make the whole trip make sense.
Classically Ricky goes to Jail because Julian is only thinking about money. But after Kev sends Bubbles a letter to go to Minneapolis the boys arrive with Ricky under the impression Minneapolis is at the North Pole thanks to Bubbles wanting to keep the Christmas Spirit. The sharper new Netflix TPB looks slick and plays homage to both the series and Christmas Special. A heart warming effort by the rejuvenated boys from Sunnyvale. The one thing you notice is Mike Smiths voice sort if break Bubbles character once in awhile. With a Trailer Park Boys version of A Christmas Carol Bubbles nails it as the Ghosts of Christmas. Longer than the standard TPB special it is a spectacular every seconds. Everyone deserves a couple drinks at Christmas. Plus cameos by Smokey and The Green Bastard.
Arthur Christmas (2011)
MODERN Family Friendly Fun
***potential spoilers***
A surprisingly pleasant new twist on the legend of Santa Claus give the kids and parents ( or freaks like me) a more modern but believable background to the Claus family and their giving ways which have been carried on for generations. Like the new world we live to Santa to has advanced over the years and its now "Operation Santa" when Christmas times roles around. And with Santa on the brink of retirement and his tech savvy son Steve Claus (played by Hugh Laurie) ready to take his place we see the family struggles of Claus and their egos. With a handful of stars in this flick the names that caught my eye were Laurie and James McAvoy but Grand-Santa played by Octopus Face Bill Nighy at times steals the show as he and Arthur try and save Christmas for one little girl in London England. Both feeling they have something to prove the clumsy Arthur and the Grouchy but loving Grand-Santa help bring the spirit of Christmas back to the rest of Claus Family in a cool modern take on saving Christmas. And all in less than 2 hours.
Ps. This film also stars Joan Cusack so watch out. AAAARRRRRRHHHH
The Trailer Park Boys Christmas Special (2004)
Remember, it's Christmas, 1997
The TPB Christmas Special what else can I say but ho ho holy $h!t is this funny. The prefect way to get into The TPB or the Xmas spirit. This bit of an origin story for The Boys clears up any questions you may have about the boys prior to the series debut April 22, 2001. Two days after 420. Go figure aha. Anywho. In this special you get the answers to; How Randy & Lahey came to be, a bit about Lucy & Julians relationship,Rickys stupidity and of course the story behind Laheys "couple of drinks around Christmas time. And it couldn't be more heart warming with Bubbles starting off the Special with with kitty NAR NAR.
The rest of Special consists of the Boys typical antics stealing presents from cars with candy cane crowbars. We see Jamie instead of J- Roc working as a smarter Corey and Trevor with Tyrone BEFORE they smoked dope and got into the rap game, Randal the Male Prostitute Elf.
There could be plenty more spoilers I could say but anyone who's a fan of the Boys knows how "thats just how she goes". Nothings gonna surprise you the 10th time round but its still elfin hilarious every time, Murrrrayy Christmas ho-ho-holy $h!t
T.O.P.S
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
MUCH better than Howard the Duck
ACTION. HUMOR. CHEMISTRY. THAT. IS. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY.
The most advertised Marvel movie in years the fear of a Howard the Duck repeat these lesser known characters are easily adored thanks to the actors playing them and their chemistry. First time Leading man Chris Pratt gets ripped as Star-Lord and has you laughing the whole way. Weather its his witty dialog or goofy dancing Pratt leads his cast and team in an EXTREMELY ENTERTAINING MOVIE.
Geek dream girl ZOE SALDANA is the sexy green GAMORA BRADLEY COOPERS a crazy Coon WWE Star Dave Bautista is DRAX THE DESTROYER and VIN DIESEL goes back to his IRON GIANT roots as GROOT
And together they ARE the Guardians of the Galaxy. By far a refresher from the regurgitated heroes we've been seeing since the 1940s (no disrespect)but this refresher gives you so much action and humor the audiences made me miss dialog from laughter.
Overall GOTG is one of my new favourite superhero flicks to date. Marvel did everything right to make this movie a success and it wins in so many ways.
@TOPSimp
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
The "First Michael Bay Transformers Effect"
Before I start my TMNT review it'd like to give the reasoning behind the title.
Back in 2007 I was amazed by Michael Bays Transformers with how visually pleasing it was watching the autobots and decepticons transform for the first time on the big screen, that and the fact that Shia LaBeouf was still alive. But a-lass 10 minutes into Revenge of the Fallen, I was already done with the franchise all together.
Fast forward to 2014 and I fear I will say the same as Transformers.
So after missing out on a SOLD OUT 730 3-D show, I went at 10 pm to a still filled theater 4 days after the movie premiered.
The movie opens with really cool 3D visuals depicting the original turtles look from the comics as their comic book origin is revealed through a very visually pleasing intro.
The film also did a good job at poking fun at it's self making numerous references to more serious superheroes such as Batman and Superman
The turtles them selves look very good thanks to CGI and are a big improvement from the muppets fight scenes in the original.
Michelangelo consistently made audiences laugh with his child-like innocence Donatello was nerdy Raph was angry And LEO WAS JOHNNY KNOXVILLE, which is more than enough awesome for me! And together the turtles hangout in their own smelly batcave in the sewers. Splinter was a badass until Shredder destroyed him
And on that note, Shredder was a lot more intimidating but seemed too much like a body guard than a leader
Now when it comes to human performances, Megan Fox does her best Shia LaBeouf impression but often comes off sounding dumb but they do poke fun at Fox and her career while exploiting her good looks for brief moments in the film. All while Will Arnett and Michelangelo try to nail her. Go figure.
Overall the movie gave some laughs and provided some cool visuals to bring the turtles to life, but the story line was too much of a "coincidence" in the film, and fox just cant lead a movie with talking.
I just pray the 2nd one focuses on the turtles and the story and not Fox and her body. As much as we love it
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
The Dark Knight rises, full of surprises and lies
I am a die hard Batman fan ever since I was young. Iv'e been with Batman throughout all the good and bad times (joel Schumakers Batman's of course). I watch Adams Wests Batman on retro daily. I am, a fan. But, I'm not an ignorant fan. Me and my girlfriend went to the showing of TDKR at noon today. R.I.P to the Colorado victims. We waited for an hour in line and got stellar seats. The beginning of the movie is set up pretty cool showing Gordon celebrating "Dent Day".It then goes to the Bane plane scene. The voice at first was a little, odd? but I know thats not Nolans fault as it had been complained about and altered. He sounded a little high pitched, but it was still extremely intimidating and cool. The fall of Bruce Wayne is lengthy and the rise is pretty sudden and for some reason when Batrman reappears it's not that surprising, despite the 8 year absence. And of course Bales Bat voice is a little over done. The characters almost seem to smart figuring out things that in the first 2 were extremely classified. BUT the chemistry batman has with the characters he surrounds himself with are all very different but special and real. How he got back to Gotham i do not know. As the story unravels Bane is not who Batman thought he was, neither is Mirian Tate for that matter. Although Bane is said to NOT be just a mindless henchmen like he was previously portrayed, he is NOT the mastermind, but that isn't to say he had no brain. The capture of the bomb and the loss of Bane seemed fairly easy as he gets shot by cat women and then disappears. Wasen't a very convincing death. But I would say the back story of this tale and the character connections is what really makes this a great film. And be ready for a contradicting surprise with JGL's character "John Blake". Hope you enjoy!!!!
p.s keep in mind, Nolan said he wouldn't make anymore BATMAN movies ;)