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Metal Tornado (2011)
What is wrong
with you people? You decide to watch a movie called Metal Tornado and expect a great masterpiece? On the SyFy Channel? This move delivers exactly what it is supposed to deliver. Entertainment. Granted, there are better movies of this same type out there, with a little more excitement, but this one isn't all that bad. That would be the only fault I could find is that it drags in some spots. I did not expect to watch a movie that had a great grasp of physics when I saw the title.
I got just what I expected from a SyFy channel movie. I recommend it if you are having a 'bad movie night' and keep in mind where the film comes from.
Man of Steel (2013)
Well not what I hoped for
I am watching the film now and bored enough to write a review during the middle of the film. I had such high hopes after so many good super hero films that have come out recently. The Iron Man films and The Avengers are great fun. Tony Stark/Iron Man has officially replaced Superman as my favorite hero of all time when comparing RDJ vs HC portrayals. I guess I am just to old and too stuck on Mr. Revee's 1978 Superman to enjoy this version.
So far I just do not care about the characters. Even though I know the back story of Superman through comics, movies, animated shows, etc. I never had a problem seeing it again and again. Until now. I am just not that taken with Clark - there is just something missing. With this movie I have no interest in the relationship between Superman and Lois and her appearance did nothing to give me the understanding of Lois like the 1978 version did. The only character I really liked was Papa Kent.
Overall the visual aspects of the film are great. But this doesn't overcome the fact that the acting is flat, the music is flat, and the story is flat. I think I see what the film makers intended to do, but they just were not able to pull it off. I understand that Superman is having issues identifying with his adopted world/people and that is what they were trying to convey. The emphasis is on the word trying. Maybe it is just a matter of trying to hard to be like The Dark Knight in tone. I dunno but it doesn't work.
I would say that I liked Brandon Roth's Superman better than this. I certainly loved the 1978 Superman. This one not so much. Hopefully they will do better with the next movie. If you want to see a fun filled comic book hero I recommend Iron Man (1,2 & 3) or The Avengers. They might be a little cheesy at times but that is what makes them a lot of fun. This had no cheese at all.
Airline Disaster (2010)
You Big Beautiful Whale!
What more can you say about a movie that has such a line as this in it? I have never seen a more beautiful whale in my life. I do believe the captain could have pulled up the plane into the stratosphere if he had shook the controls more. I wonder if I can get an armband that says FBI on it? Would anyone take me seriously? It is great to know that a Ford Econoline Van can take out a gun ship any day. They must be outlawed! I think ever airliner should be able to float. Heck, if they were that light fuel costs would not be so high as the plane could just float along with the wind. Why doesn't the secret service lady do anything other than listen to the bad guys do their thing in the cargo area? Why did the guy who blew up the gunship stuff like his money and cell phone not even get chard in the explosion? Why why why???
Super Cyclone (2012)
Best Asylum Film Yet!
If you have come to expect Asylum films to be anything other then they are, you will be disappointed. You HAVE to know that the producers, actors, crew, and even the caterer (if they could afford one) knew exactly what they were producing. There is no possible way the could have thought there were making and Oscar worthy film. At least that is what I hope! It is so unbelievably bad it is worth a watch. We have a tradition of bad movie night and we usually cannot make it through a whole movie without turning it off. This one we just couldn't. It held us to our seats the whole time. Great family fun to point out all the oh so obvious errors, cheesy special affects and making sure to keep track on how many times they say Super Cyclone or the varying time frame the storm is gonna hit somewhere (doesnt mater where). I wish all super storms were so sunny and with such nice weather. I love running through rain and never getting wet, or flaming hail and never getting hit (yes! FLAMING hail!). It is my ultimate dream to be in a helicopter, a boat, and a car that all get swept up into a vortex and nothing happens but being placed down gently.
Again, you have to believe that all those involved knew exactly what they were doing. Then you can look at what this film is....and I still don't know myself.
Air Collision (2012)
What?
Pretty much everyone said what needed to be said about this film. Either you will enjoy it because it is bad, or you will hate it because it is bad. But...not one of the reviews said anything about one of the technical aspects of film making - editing. Who was the idiot who did this pos? 17 different edits for a 3 second scene. It actually made me queasy to watch this movie. I knew I wasn't going to see an Academy Award piece of film. My expectations where right where they should have been with the script, acting, cgi, etc...The editor should be fired...well too late for that. Certainly should never work in this town again!