Predators

her view

Ugh. What an utter waste of time. Time I will never get back. It was nap worthy, that's all I can say.

Adrian Brody as an action star just doesn't work for me; the plot was boring and ill-developed with little to engage the interest of the viewer. I felt no caring whatsoever for the welfare of the characters, and was willing to people gaze in the theater as opposed to actually watching the movie.

Let me just say: I actually enjoyed the Alien movies & the previous Predator movies-I haven't seen the first one, but the second one, Aliens vs Predator and AVP: Requiem were enjoyable and well worth my time. This is not a biased opinion simply because I'm a girl!

Not worth anymore effort dissecting it's faults-guys, this is a guy movie, don't drag your girl out to see it. Girls, go see Twilight: Eclipse instead.

1 out of 5 icicles

---C

His View

The new Predators movie takes us back to the Jungle! You may think it's a remake of the original Predator with Arnold Schwarzenegger but it has a few twists that a any true Predator fan will like.

Predators is a guy movie just like the original! Much more of a guy movie than the recent AVP movies and the Alien movies.

The fans will like the new facts we learn about the Predators...NO not going to say!

Main point of the movie...

Take a mixed group of the worlds deadliest killers, assassins, and bad asses. Mix in a crazy Laurence Fishburne and you get one great guy movie!

Great news is the new elements introduced about the Predators sets us up for many more Predators movies.

Adrian Brody is an interesting choice for the lead in this movie but I thought he did a great job and used a deep voice the whole time that works.

I always enjoy movies with that guy with the woman tattoo on his chest, Danny Trejo. We see him doing a drug lord type character from “Triple X”.

This is a guy movie-don't force your wife or girlfriend to go with you...go with the guys!

5 out of 5!

--I

Inception

her view

Imagine your life was a dream. Imagine you didn't know you were dreaming. Imagine you couldn't find your way out or help yourself come back, or didn't realize you were trapped. What would you do? How would your mind react? This is the premise of Inception. What a complete mind fuck.

I loved it. It was brilliant and worth every penny to go and see. It was worth sitting in agony because I had too much soda drink and needed desperately to relieve myself for at least half of the movie. Leonardo DiCaprio was brilliant-but the more I see of him the more I forget his former life as a child star.

I couldn't even begin to describe the plot to you for fear of ruining something for you. Go see it. It was awesome. And I wasn't the only one to think so: the entire theatre had a reaction at the end of it. Go see it for yourself. Forget your life for a bit, and enter the world of dreams vs reality.

5 out of 5 icicles

---C

His View

Ok, I hate Leonardo DeCaprio!

I feel is best role to date has been Arnie Grape in What's Eating Gilbert Grape but in the last year I have seen two DeCaprio movies that were very good. Shutter Island was a very good movie, DeCaprio had a great performance. The other good DeCaprio movie I have seen this year is Inception.

Inception is an amazing movie!

Inception is a guy movie with guy movie action!

Inception is a mind f*ck and you will love it!

Do not bring your simple-minded friends to this movie because they will distract you with questions. This movie is hard to understand even for intelligent people. Someone that didn't like this movie just didn't understand it even if they think they're smart.

Ellen Page gives us a great performance in Inception though it's not the type of movie we expect from her.

Also, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is another great young actor that gives a great performance. Moving into more of an action role suits him. I hope to see more of this guy!

This movie is about group shared dreaming...so expect the crazy to happen. The main plot is a team of people that must implant a thought into a persons mind by having a group shared dream and then enter a dream within a dream and then another dream within a dream and so on. Then it just begins to get more and more confusing.

The end of this great movie WILL piss you off!

I give Inception only

5 out of 5 icicles.

---I

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

her view

First, I am not a huge, die-hard fan of Nick Cage. Nevertheless, there are very few movies that he's in I will not see. A bit contradictory, I know, but he picks good movies and is usually in them with good actors. This movie was the same. A great plot, barely reminiscent of the Disney vignette of The Sorcerer's Apprentice featuring Mickey Mouse from Fantasia, it was engaging and fun to watch. Jay Baruchel is my new favourite actor-he's funny and intelligent and easy to watch. He's a great foil for Nicholas Cage, and provided some much needed heart & comedy to this movie. I think that without him, this movie wouldn't be as magically.

Jay plays Dave, a 20-year old physics student trying to overcome a life changing event that occurred when he was 10. In his travels, he happens across the girl of his 10-year old dreams in a first year physics class he's teaching. Can we say this first encounter was awkward!? His next meeting is with Nicholas Cage's character, Balthazar, after he's pulled himself out of an urn that's dropped 20 stories and goes looking for Dave. Unfortunately, Balthazar isn't the only one released, nor is he the only one looking for Dave. He also isn't the first to find Dave. oops.

I found myself lost in this movie. I rooted for Dave, I cheered on Balthazar and booed Horvath (the bad guy). I cared about the characters, and appreciated the jokes in the movie. I recommend the movie for light hearted fun and a good story. The acting wasn't always fantastic, but it was good enough that I didn't feel cheated. It distinguished itself from the cartoon, and yet included a scene or two that reminded of the genius of the first.

4 out of 5 icicles

---C

His View

The Sorcerer's Apprentice features Nicolas Cage as a secondary character. Nicolas Cage is a Sorcerer looking for an apprentice that is destined to become the next Merlin. Cage is all the reason I would need to love this movie but Cage's career, I feel, is slowing down.

The movie is centered around up and coming comedic actor Jay Baruchel's character the Apprentice. Jay Baruchel's career has been heating up in the last ten years with leading man roles in How to Train Your Dragon (voice), and the Trotsky. Baruchel, I feel, is the star to see in this film so if you like any of his past work you will love The Sorcerer's Apprentice.

No, this is not a traditional guy movie but it is a funny movie that you should grudgingly go to with your girlfriend or wife. I enjoyed it but feel it may be a better renter on the small screen despite the great CGI and big movie feel we have come to expect from Director Jon Turteltaub, Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, and Disney.

For the hard core magic fans you may feel a little silly watching this movie because it's not a Dungeons and Dragons type magic world but King Arthur meets modern day convenience type magic. Modern day people or non-magic users can't see most of the magic so conveniently normal people can't see much of the craziness that is being cast.

Warning!!! there is a love story to this movie and frankly I felt it got in the way! Especially since the love interest in the movie can't act to save her life. Her blond hair for this movie looks very silly...you know silly like seeing Jessica Alba with blond hair.

Sorry to say I give The Sorcerer's Apprentice only

3 out of 5 icicles.

---I