Wednesday, December 31, 2014

2014...good riddance!

2014 kicked my ass.
Some good things happened...but they had a bitter aftertaste:
After a season and a half, we finally learn Skye's secret past...only to have it gone for eight-plus weeks.
Then the whole HYDRA thing...
...oh for F**K'S SAKE!!!
Flash was cool, along with the team-up episodes...
...with a show that kills it's main character!!!
Then there's the show that's getting better...but it's future is up in the air.
Gotham's been consistently good, but ended the year with a whimper.
 GotG was extremely good...but has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OTHER MOVIES!
LIKE AT ALL!!!
(sigh)
Then Colbert left...
...and this happened - 
which made the whole world a little sadder.
I know, I know...
I just want to end this "down-ending" of a year with quiet anticipation of things to come...










Don't think I haven't forgotten...
but, again, "down endings..."

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Movie First Impressions - Odd Thomas


Once in a while, I come across a movie that affects me deeply. It could be character, plot, dialogue, setting, or simply timing. This film is not one I would have intentionally chosen to watch on Netflix, but Mrs. Adorkification saw it and suggested it to me...and became one of those films.
Spoilers after the jump.
You've been warned...I mean it.

Monday, December 29, 2014

Monday Movie Roundup...12/29/2014

First of all...
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY STAN LEE!
He's 92? Damn!
Onto the Roundup...
The Hobbit: BotFA made another $41.4 million over the weekend in the U.S., making the total $573.6 million worldwide. Another Damn! Even more surprising is that it's still $295.7 million away from the #5 Tolkien-related film (Fellowship). Triple Damn!
 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb made $20.6 million in the States, and is at $103.1 million worldwide. And yes, that is the bottom of the Night franchise. Battle of the Smithsonian made $413.1 million total, so Secret has a ways to go.
I believe it will make it.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 brought in another $10 million here, making just shy of $669.7 million worldwide. And...wait for it...is still at the bottom, needing another $2 million for second place.
 As for the Marvel franchise...
Marvel's The Avengers is still #1 ($1.5 billion) , while The Incredible Hulk is last ($263.4 million).
Any guesses?
Have a good week all!

Saturday, December 27, 2014

WTF? Saturday 12/27/2014...Phase Three Part Seven...Part One

I'd like to say I intentionally skipped Part One and went right into Captain Marvel (which I know comes after), but I'd be lying. It was a goof. My bad.
Onto the movie...
I get that certain projects are too big to cram into one film.
Thus the need for a "part two". 
But couldn't the second film just be a sequel? A separate film that continues the story after the first one?
It's worked before...
But while this one story is being broken into two parts, I want to focus on Part One for now.
Looking at "the map", we see that Part One falls after Black Panther. This makes me wonder if T'Challa would even appear in this film. Marvel Studios has played both sides of that fence - Tony appeared at the end of Incredible Hulk, but Thor didn't appear at the end of Captain America: The First Avenger (which, by the way, would have easily explained how he got to Earth from Asgard...but screw that).
(ahem)
As I may have mentioned before, I envision Part One being all about Thanos collecting the stones from everywhere and putting them together...
...in the Gauntlet he steals from Asgard.
The more I think about it, will we even see these guys in Part One? Or will it be all Guardians of the Galaxy and Celestials and Elders of the Universe?
I can TOTALLY see that happening. And that's not a bad thing.
And since Captain Marvel comes next, we'll most likely see Carol Danvers at some point.
She'll get zapped in some way, or more likely be on a mission for the Air Force when something happens and she winds up in the Guardians' part of the galaxy. 
Wouldn't it be cool if this ended up being Danvers' origin story? She gets her powers, and learns about them in her solo film...
...and returns to Earth for "the big one"?
But chances are she'll bring Black Bolt and the others with her, since this happens before Part Two.
Is it wrong to be so impatient? I mean I'd still pay full ticket price to see all of these films, but I wanna know now dammit!
 Don't look at me like that. You know you want to too.