Thor - Friday Night Flix

Hello everyone! Sorry for the lack of updates on the blog this week. My internet has been acting up recently, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. So thanks for sticking it out with me and checking back in today.

Today's blog is all about Thor. Chris, a few friends, and I went to go see the midnight release of Thor here in the United States. And let me just start out by saying that it was amazing and much more than both Chris and I were expecting. But before we get to Thor, here is a list of a few other movies that were released today.

Movies released May 6, 2011

Something Borrowed

Directed by: Luke Greenfield

Starring: Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin, and others.

Jumping the Broom

Directed by: Salim Akil

Starring: Angela Bassett, Paula Patton, and others.

The Beaver

Directed by: Jodie Foster

Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, and others.

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Thor Review

As I stated above, Thor was much more than what I was expecting. I went into the theater not knowing much about who or what Thor was. I know, I know, I'm going to get flamed for saying that but I'm just being honest. For me it took a while for the movie to get interesting. I recall my hod bopping up and down because I was beginning to fall asleep. I don't know if that was because it was past midnight and I was tired, or if the movie just took a while to develop. Regardless, once the movie began to pick up it always had you on the edge of your seat.

Thor had many elements of a movie that I enjoy. It had action, romance, and comedy. The action scenes in the movie were well filmed, and you never felt as if you were lost in all of the action.There was an obvious love interest between Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Jane Foster (Natalie Portman), and it played an important role throughout the entire movie. It was also surprising to find so much comedy in what seemed to be a hardcore action movie. 

There were two stories going on at once, and I felt that the panning in and out of the two different stories was done well. It seemed to be a theme throughout the entire movie, they really worked hard to not confuse the viewer and make it as easy as possible to follow along. The movie was not too short, nor too long, it was just right. Overall the plot was believable, the main elements of the story were there and explained well, the cast was great, and they did Thor justice.

If you have free time today, or during the weekend, then I really recommend that you go out and give Thor a watch. Trust me, you wont be disappointed. And as always with Marvel Studios movies, don't forget to stay after the credits to catch some sweet secret stuff. Hope you enjoyed this brief review, and once you watch the movie please leave your rating and comments down below. 

Rating: 4.5/5

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Fast Five - Friday Night Flix

Good afternoon ChrisCrossManiacs! I would like to start off by saying that I apologize for the lack of a blog post yesterday. As you may know yesterday’s segment was supposed to be a Throwback Thursday. Due to the lack of internet at my household I couldn’t upload it, but now that I have internet I’ll be sure to upload it tomorrow so stay tuned.

Enough about all that let’s get down to business. Today on Friday Night Flix I bring you on of the most anticipated movies of the year, Fast Five. Last night I attended the midnight premiere, and let me tell you…I was blown away.

Fast Five (PG-13)
Directed by: Justin Link
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Dwayne Johnson, and more.

Fast Five, as the title states, is the fifth movie in the Fast & Furious film series. I’ll start this review out by saying that Fast Five is by far the best movie in the series. The opening scene of the movie was incredible and it really set the tone for the rest of the movie. Most of Fast Five is shot in beautiful Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which has amazing scenery and architecture that we are not used to here in the United States. 

The fifth movie brings back classic characters from 2 Fast 2 Furious including Tyrese Gibson and Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, which was my favorite movie until after watching Fast Five. This time, instead of focusing more on street racing, the plot of the movie focuses on getting 100 million dollars from one the most feared persons in Rio, Hernan Reyes. There is a lot of fighting combat, gun dueling, and of course an epic car chase scene to end off the movie.

I won’t ruin the ending for you, but let’s just say that this is one of the best car chase scenes I’ve seen since Bullit. If I were to say any more about the movie I would probably ruin it for you. I can’t wait to go see this movie again later tonight or sometime during the weekend. If you love action, guns, blood, and cars then this movie is for you. I highly recommend it! If you go out to watch it, then please leave a comment down below and let us know what you thought of it.

For the other movies that came out on April 29^th please read down below in the Honorable Mentions section.

Honorable Mentions

Prom (PG)
Directed by: Joe Nussbaum
Starring: Aimee Teegarden, Nicholas Braun, Dean Norris, and more.

Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil (PG)
Directed by: Mike Disa
Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Patrick Warburton, Glenn Close, Andy Dick, and more.

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (PG-13)
Directed by: Kevin Munroe
Starring: Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington, Anita Briem, and more.

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Friday Night Flix - Earth Day

Hello everyone! First and foremost I would like to apoligize for the late update. My internet has been down the whole day, and just now do I have the time to type something up. I don't have the resources that I had at my home computer so this segment is going to be cut short. Right now we are currently being hit by a severe thundersturm, probably a lot of Raichus, and I hope that I don't lose connection while typing this blog.

I didn't want to dissapoint the fans by not posting anything up today, so I thought that I would just list the major movies that were released today at theaters. I have yet to see any of these movies, but if I do see them I'll let you know what I thought on the movies tomorrow. So without further ado, here are the movies released on April 22, 2011.

Afircan Cats

Directed by: Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey

Narrated by: Samuel L. Jackson

Madea's Big Happy Family

Directed by: Tyler Perry

Starring: Loretta Devine, Bow Wow, Tyler Perry, Rodney Perry, and others

Water for Elephants

Directed by: Francis Lawrence

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Hal Holbrook, and others

Once again I apoligize that this segement couldn't be more detailed, but I promise that'll I'll make it up somehow next week. Go out and grab some popcorn to watch this weeks' Friday Night Flix!

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