Movie Watching Part 1

For the first few months of the year, I didn't really get to watch a lot of movies. Once I managed to catch Captain America: The Winter Soldier and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, both of which sort of kicked off the summer blockbuster season, I somehow found a way to make time to see a handful of films in the last couple of months. I did miss out on a few movies, specifically X-Men: Days of Future Past and 22 Jump Street. Nevertheless, here's a quick run-through of some of the movies I did get to see.

*** Spoiler alert ***
While I don't delve too deeply in the details of each plot, I do share a few spoilers so if you don't want to know anything about these films, stop reading now.

How to Train your dragon 2

photo courtesy of imdb

I was, and still am, a huge fan of the first film so I made it a point to see this one. The animation is amazing although the story of part 2 was not as solid as the first. However, the brilliant climax, which had me cheering wildly on the inside as I watched it, is worth the price of admission. :)

Godzilla

photo courtesy of www.godzilla-movies.com

I heard a lot of not-so-positive reviews but I decided to still see it and make up my own mind. I can see why other folks wouldn't be all that entertained, but I actually enjoyed it. Maybe because I had low expectations and was just after good monster fight sequences and great effects. :) I wasn't too happy about Godzilla's look though; he seemed a bit too fat or bulky, like he was on steroids. I also was a bit let down by how quickly he dispatched of one of the M.U.T.O's. I will say thought that the main theme is pretty kick-ass. I left the movie with that theme running in my head and every so often I would go listen to it on youtube. Check it out in this link.

Maleficent

photo courtesy of imdb

Before seeing the film, I already got a bit of a spoiler that it would show Maleficent's backstory. Similar to the musical "Wicked", this movie would show that she wasn't as evil as she was depicted in the 1959 Disney film "Sleeping Beauty". I wasn't so pleased with that idea because Maleficent is quite possibly my all-time favorite Disney villain and I wanted her to have always chosen to be evil. I think I somehow started to think of this movie like it was an alternate reality and so I started to enjoy it a lot more. The fact that Angelina Jolie put in such a superb performance made Maleficent even more compelling to watch.

A few more movies to come in my next post.