bcbrown39 Reviews

So Cold the River (2022)

Good work but not a patch on the book..

[6/10 · 30 March 2022]

A little disappointed I'm afraid... "After watching "So Cold the river"...maybe I'm one of the few people who read the book before seeing the movie.. Acting ,filming and direction was superb but the book was barely touched upon and changed far too much.... I can see why people who didnt read the novel were confused!!!.

Loved the setting (of course because I work there and am TRULY impressed every time I see it) and it was beatifully filmed but this story should have been much more!!

Yes.. I will probably still buy it but sad it wasn't Michael Koryta's original book!!

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)

Wasted my money here!!!

[2/10 · 5 July 2012]

Now don't get me wrong...The original Ghost Rider movie was camp,tongue in cheek and sometimes downright daft...But the big difference to that and this 2nd attempt...Was the first one WORKED..

The first movie made no attempt to hide the fact that it was a "cheesy" Marvel comic movie.But it was great comic book stuff!! .This movie has nothing that holds a patch to the 1st one..The story is awful.(Same plot as countless others before it!),the acting atrocious and whoever directed poor Nick Cage to his latest rendition of the Rider should be shot (or at least fired!!). There is none of the charm of the first and seems to be made just for an attempt at trying out new effects..Sadly my wife just bought the DVD...But I am seriously thinking about returning it for a refund..This movie is THAT bad!!

Puss in Boots (2011)

Kitties are great but a very pointless tale

[30 October 2011]

All the years that we have seen the Shrek movies both myself and my wife have LOVED Puss...By far the best character in the series.Especially with his repertoire with Donkey.. Puss needed his own movie......

Sad to say..This movie fell way short of our expectations..The best I can say about it is that it was cute with a few laughs now and again. Puss didn't have near the spark that he had in the Shreck movies and although including Ms Kitty Softpaws was an awesome idea (instead of having an Equine sidekick!)..there was no real great moments between the two leading toons..Some innuendo,some smiles..Not near as much as there could have been.

One question for me was why the makers included the worthless Humpty Dumpty in this film,who whined and squealed through the role of the "Forever Brother".I could have seen a lot better movie here if the whole fairy-tale theme was carried through with the other main four characters..(The two Kitties and two baddies.) If ever there was a more pointless inclusion...This is it Dreamworks.

Now a lot of people will say that "Aww..c'mon..its a kids movie..give it a break"..Actually,No there is way too much a lot of kids will miss.This is a family movie but with quite a lot of the humor targeted at the adults in the audience and I think there will be a lot of adults (and some kids for that matter)looking for a little more from a story in a theater!!

Quite disappointing movie really...My best recommendation for Puss fans is save your money and skip the movie theater..Wait till this comes out on DVD and is about the $5 to $7 mark..Then it will be worth while for a movie night at home..