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So Yeah this week we finally went to see Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves now like Mario this isn't the first time we went to see a Dungeons & Dragons movie in the theater. We where actually there opening weekend to see the original Dungeons & Dragons in 2000 which at the time I thought was pretty good. Now I'm not a player of Dungeons & Dragons but I know and hang out with plenty of people who are and I have watched "guilds" play through quite a few campaigns and where it does seem fun and I do enjoy RPGs and the Fantasy elements and I'm always invited to play its just the table top stuff isn't really my thing I'm more of a Video Game Role Player and more interested in stuff like Final Fantasy/Dragon's Age/Mass Effect/ect. its noting against table top stuff Its just a preference I'm a Video Game girl lol

Now with this movie there was of course some collectable items which you can see here!

Now anyway as for the movie itself I thought it was excellent!! I'd have to say I did love it I enjoyed it alot. There was plenty of action and plenty of funny moments but also it did have a serious tone at times. it is true what the advertising says it's an "Epic Adventure" and I do feel that partly that is due to the writing I feel that the writers of this probably play the game and are familiar with how everything works being while watching this I had the feeling that this could actually be a campaign you could and would actually play.

Your basic story is pretty much this Edgin (Chris Pine) and his partner Holga (Michelle Rodriguez) have a band of thieves and they go out and do quests and adventures stealing treasures and what not. this came about do to a tragedy in Edgin's past which caused him to turn away form being a Hero and at this lowest point he met Holga who also suffered a from events in her past and the 2 became friends and started working together and created a group to go out and do jobs. During one of these one of the group members Forge (Hugh Grant) double crosses Edgin and Holga and they get sent to prison while Forge lives high on the treasure. Upon their Escape/release Edgin and Holga must get a team together to take down Forge and the powerful sorceress he is now working with and get everything back that they lost.

but like I said the movie is fun and exciting I did feel that it had alot of heart and at its core it is a story about family and going to pretty much the ends of the earth for them.

I did feel the acting was great and the characters are likeable and you do want them to succeed in their quest. Chris Pine and Justice Smith (who plays the somewhat bungling wizard Simon) bring alot of the humor to this movie. Also the pairing of Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez is really good too she plays this somewhat serious barbarian warrior who deep down has a soft heart. and there interactions are at times funny too and I wouldn't be surprised if she had a hard time keeping a straight face with him while filming. But also Sophia Lillis (Doric) who changes into animals through some really nice visuals and camera work and Hugh Grant (Forge) who is the double crosser and pretty much everyone else did an amazing job!!

but yes the movie is also a visual spectacle! The cinematography and locations were all amazing as well as the production design and the costumes. The visual effects were excellent including the Owlbear of course I'm all about that Owlbear! lol but yeah the creatures and animals, fights and stunts and everything was just top notch and really cool! Even the music just fit right into this and made the movie better

So with all that I would say the movie was excellent and a epic fun adventure! So give it a watch if you can being I would highly recommend it!

Also don't forget there is a funny lil mid credits scene for this also.

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kyukurator-blog · 7 years

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SQUARE ONE, WITH A TWIST

In the beginning, DC Comics were solid and square — squirmingly un-ironic and chiseled of jaw.

Over the years, superheroes became more and more angst-ridden; and then turned ironic.

Positive reviews of superhero movies are rare – and female superheroes, even rarer. But with a morally upstanding heroine who could be Christopher Reeves’ kissing cousin, DC seems poised to score on both counts.

WONDER WOMAN (2017)

Wonder Woman isn’t the first female character to front a superhero blockbuster. Three previous projects bombed: Catwoman (Hallie Berry, 2004), Elektra (Jennifer Garner, 2005) and Supergirl (Helen Slater, 1983).

But this time it looks like the stars are aligning – reviews are pretty much all raves (notable exception: our homeboys at The Guardian).

The Wonder Woman character is an Amazonian demigoddess, but her real-life origin story is nearly as mythic. The DC character was created in the late ‘40’s by psychologist William Moulton Marston who lived in a polyamorous relationship with two powerful women — his wife Elizabeth Holloway Marston and a former student Olive Byrne. Byrne, in turn, was the niece of birth control trail blazer Margaret Sanger. Plus, for what it’s worth, Marston also invented the lie detector. Check it out in Smithsonian. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/origin-story-wonder-woman-180952710/

Since the iconic ‘70’s Linda Carter series there have been several unsuccessful attempts to revive the warrior princess with the lasso of truth. The current incarnation (Israeli Gal Gadot) was reportedly the high point of last year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Too sad, too bad, we missed that one – if you saw it, please weigh in.

The blockbuster was directed by Patty Jenkins, who has been doing TV (and winning Emmies) since she wrote and directed her astonishing first feature – Monster (2003, Charlize Theron as serial killer Aileen Wournos).

Accompanied by Chris Pine, straight arrow Diana Prince intervenes in WWI – a conflagration with clear cut battle lines, trenches, and bad guys. Germans. Which pretty much guarantees that POTUS will be joining the crowds this weekend.

LOGAN (2017)

The culmination of a long descent into arty darkness, this is the remarkable final instalment in Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine series.

Writer/director James Mangold (Girl, Interrupted; 3:10 To Yuma) configures Jackman’s sendoff as dystopian superhero movie masquerading as character-driven western.

Logan is set ten years in the future along a walled-off Mexican border. Jackman plays an arthritic Wolverine who has gone underground as a limo driver (Logan is his non-mutant name). Society has less and less tolerance for mutants. Doctor X (Patrick Stewart) has dementia; and Logan cares for this father figure with a gruff tenderness. The family tableau is completed by a mutant wild child named Laura (young shooting star Dafne Keen) who is making her way across the border.

The villain, the righteous cause, and the special effects kick in, as they must – inevitable as they are necessary. But this is a fascinating and entertaining evolution of the standard superhero saga.

DEADPOOL (2016)

Deadpool is the highest-grossing R rated film of all time. We understand the rating for literal reasons – a nonstop stream of violence and foul language. But to us this exercise in superhero extremity seemed so cartoony that the relentless splatter and profanity read as just par for the course.

Likewise, we willingly overlooked the reliance on cliché that soured a lot of critics. When we do consume superhero movies (saw this one on a plane), we actually come to them for the reliable entertainment that well-executed clichés provide. What we want from a film like Deadpool is that the beats be hit (check), that there is a certain novelty in the way it hits them (check), and that the movie is meta enough to comfortably wink and nod at itself (check).

Deadpool is a beloved character in the Marvel pantheon, a joker who is hero and villain rolled into one, a hyperkinetic trickster with a self-justifying moral code who doesn’t stop long enough to take his angst too seriously.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, VOLUME 1 (2014)

Guardians is a playful hybrid of space opera and superhero. It takes place today, but in a grimy, pirate-ridden part of a far, far away galaxy. Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) is an earthy but wholesomely appealing sometime thief and gun for hire who would like to be known by the ridiculous sobriquet of Star Lord. Raised as an earthling, he has a metaphysical past and was stolen in youth after the death of his earth mother who bequeathed him a soundtrack of 80s music.

Through various misadventures he accumulates a motley but powerful band of misfits. The green assassin Gamora (Zoe Saldana), the bulbously muscled and righteous Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista), the virtually indestructible tree humanoid Groot (Vin Diesel), and the incredibly smart and larcenous mutant android raccoon Rocket (Bradley Cooper). This uneven group of goons for hire find themselves reluctantly positioned as saviors of the galaxy.

Surprisingly, the Guardians series was the brainchild of a young woman screenwriter. In 2009 NYU graduate Nicole Perlman was accepted into Marvel’s screenwriting program and offered a list of obscure Marvel franchises. Guardians was her unlikely choice. Years and drafts later, the project made it onto the production slate and director James Gunn (sci-fi/comedy/horror film Slither) was brought on in 2012.

The film is remarkably tight for an origin story, and was so much fun that the recently released Volume 2 felt like a flimsy but entertaining anthology of riffs on the colorful characters from the first one. But who are we to judge – box office on the sequel is outpacing the first and may cross a billion dollars.

THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)

Despite the dreaded sequel syndrome, there are a handful that are universally regarded as even better than their predecessor. One of them is the 2004 Sam Raimi/Tobey McGuire Spider-Man 2.

Dark Knight is Christopher Nolan’s singular follow-up to his complex, haunted reinvention of the franchise, Batman Begins. With a deeply disturbed and disturbing first-among-equals performance, Heath Ledger stole the ultimate Joker mantle from Jack Nicholson; Ledger’s pre-release death and posthumous Oscar win added a chilling real-life resonance to a film that would have been one of the definitive superhero films of all time anyway.

With Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Micheal Caine, Gary Oldham, Maggie Gyllenhal, et al.

SUPERMAN (1978)

When he won the part of Superman/Clark Kent, Christopher Reeve was a tall, skinny kid just out of Juilliard, with a lot of Shakespeare under his belt. His most notable role had been a Broadway run playing Katherine Hepburn’s grandson.

Richard Donner was an experienced TV director who had just broken away from the pack with a very successful Exorcist knock-off, The Omen.

Together, they launched the modern superhero movie. Donner cast Hollywood’s best (Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando) and wanted the movie to be relatively realistic, but with a constant undercurrent of humor. Reeves saw Superman/Clark as a dual role. The Man of Steel is a nice, modest Midwestern boy, and Clark is modeled on Cary Grant in Bringing Up Baby – but Cary Grant as he might be played by a Midwestern boy. It’s fascinating to watch Reeve turn the Clark character on and off.

There are lots of special effects, executed well, and with traditional cinematic craft – rear projection, travelling matte shots, blue screen, etc. In other words, analogue – faker and yet strangely more realistic than CGI.

Like Wonder Woman, this Superman is notably light on angst. Despite losing his parents and his entire planet, Superman has always been remarkably well adjusted. His biggest internal conflict is not being able to tell Lois (Margot Kidder) that the chump in glasses standing next to her is really the hunky guy she’s in love with.

SQUARE ONE, WITH A TWIST was originally published on FollowTheThread

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anerdsmovieblog · 7 years

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Most Anticipated Movies of 2017

Pretty late, but I still wanted to get this out. It's a top 15 this year, because there are too many good movies coming out this year. Plus some honorable mentions.

The Lego Batman Movie

Release Date: February 10

Okay, so The Lego Movie was fun, and I love Batman. Should be fun some fun with this movie.

Kong: Skull Island

Release Date: March 10

Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Goodman in a King Kong movie? Done. Being the first Kong movie since Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake means it has to stand out to people. Especially because this is supposed to be the second part of the Monsterverse from Legendary. The first being Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla.

Power Rangers

Release Date: March 24

This is all sorts of childhood memories. Nostalgia will bring in lots of 90s kids. The remaining of the concept is really interesting to me.

The Mummy

Release Date: June 9

Tom Cruise continues to be an action star. Now he’s taking on monsters. I love the first two Brendan Fraser movies, they are fun and creepy at the same time. This is set in modern day, and likely won’t have the funny side. But we’ll see.

Cars 3

Release Date: June 16

The Cars series is not really the most loved series from Pixar. But I still love Pixar, and I enjoy all of their movies. So I will be there opening weekend.

Paddington 2

Release Date: November 10

The first one was wonderful. Seriously, go watch it. Paddington is a classic and loved character, and his adventures are both fun and charming.

Murder on the Orient Express

Release Date: November 22

A remake of the classic. A good old mystery. And then the cast of Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Leslie Odom Jr., Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Josh Gad, Penelope Cruz, Michael Pena, and Willem Dafoe.

Jumanji

Release Date: December 22

So the original is one of my childhood movies. A remake would be something I would be very wary of. But this is sort of a sequel, so they won’t be retelling the same story. Which seems more acceptable.

15. Logan

Release Date: March 3

Directed by James Mangold

Produced by Simon Kinberg, Hutch Parker, and Lauren Schuler Donner

Starring Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine, Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier/Professor X, Boyd Holbrook as Donald Pierce, Richard E. Grant as Zander Rice, Stephen Merchant as Caliban, and Dafne Keen as Laura

Hugh Jackman will be making his ninth appearance as Wolverine. It’s been 17 years since his first. This alone is amazing. And he will be finished playing the character now too. I am a little unsure of the plot. I get that it’s the “Old Man Logan” storyline and that mutants are gone, and everything seems to be destroyed. It’s only that, didn’t that happen in Days of Future Past, and then was fixed? I’m curious how that will play out after quite the timeline reset. But having Hugh Jackman play the character a final time will be special for sure.

14. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Release Date: July 21

Directed by Luc Besson

Produced by Luc Besson and Virginie Silla

Starring Dane DeHaan as Valerian, Cara Delevingne as Laureline, Clive Owen as Arun Filitte, Kris Wu as Captain Neza, Ethan Hawke as Jolly, and John Goodman in an unannounced role

Sci fi is really back! And fans are spoiled getting more and more of these kinds of movies. This looks like a classic sci fi adventure, should a fun movie to check out.

13. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Release Date: May 26

Directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg

Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer

Starring Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa, Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs, Orlando Bloom as Will Turner, Brenton Thwaites as Henry, Javier Bardem as Captain Salazar, Stephen Graham as Scrum, Martin Klebba as Marty, Angus Barnett as Mullroy, and Giles New as Murtogg

These movies are fun, and it’s been a while since the last one. Geoffrey Rush is wonderful as Barbossa. Kevin McNally is a favorite as Mr. Gibbs. Will Turner is back! And we also have the return of Marty, Mullroy, and Murtogg. If you don’t know those characters, just look them up. You will probably smile to know they are in the series again.

12. Coco

Release Date: November 22

Directed by Lee Unkrich

Produced by Darla K. Anderson

Starring Anthony Gonzalez as Miguel, Gael Garcia Bernal as Hector, Benjamin Bratt as Ernesto de la Cruz, Renee Victor as Abuelita

It’s Pixar. It’s the director of Toy Story 3. It’s their first story about Mexican culture. It will be wonderful.

11. Cloverfield 3

Release Date: October 27

Directed by Julius Onah

Produced by JJ Abrams and Lindsey Weber

Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Bruhl, Elizabeth Debicki, John Ortiz, Zhang Ziyi, and Chris O’Dowd

It is so tough leaving this in number 11. But that’s the kind of year of movies we have. This movie currently is titled God Particle. However that could change. The title of the first movie wasn’t used in marketing, and the second film’s title was changed two months before it released. So let’s just call it what it is for now. After Bad Robot announced that they had secretly made a Cloverfield sequel and it would be out in two months, I was pumped, and it lived up to the hype. 10 Cloverfield Lane would have been enough, but then they said we would get more of the series. And that sounds great to me.

10. The Fate of the Furious

Release Date: April 14

Directed by F. Gary Gray

Produced by Neal H. Moritz and Vin Diesel

Starring Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz, Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pierce, Chris Bridges as Tej Parker, Jasom Statham as Deckard Shaw, Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves, Kurt Russell as Frank Petty, Nathalie Emmanuel as Ramsey, Tego Calderon as Tego Leo, Don Omar as Rico Santos, Helen Mirren in an unannounced role, Scott Eastwood in an unannounced role, and Charlize Theron as Cipher

I love these movies. Are they ridiculous? Sure. Is there no way a series about cars should have made it so long? No way at all. But these films are about family and loyalty, and that’s what brings us back. We want to see what these characters are doing now, and we connect with them. We cried at the end of Furious 7 after all. So whatever they have for us next, bring it on.

9. Dunkirk

Release Date: July 21

Directed by Christopher Nolan

Produced by Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan

Starring Cillian Murphy, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, James D’Arcy, Tom Hardy, and Harry Styles in unannounced roles

I love Chris Nolan movies. Though The Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar were not my favorites, they were still really good. And now, Nolan brings what looks like an incredible drama. His first war movie at that. With Nolan alum Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy, and Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance added to the cast, this might be one of his finest to date.

8. Thor: Ragnarok

Release Date: November 3

Directed by Taika Waititi

Produced by Kevin Feige

Starring Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Tom Hiddleston as Loki. Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Idris Elba as Heimdall, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster, Cate Blanchette as Hela, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Karl Urban as Skurge, Sam Neill in an unannounced role, Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange, and Jamie Alexander as Lady Sif

Thor and Hulk together. That is enough. But let’s throw in a returning cast of Hemsworth, Hiddleston, Alexander, Hopkins, and a bigger role for Idris Elba. Karl Urban makes anything better. Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill are reunited. Mark Ruffalo is wonderful as Bruce Banner. And Cate Blanchette. Wow.

7. Wonder Woman

Release Date: June 2

Directed by Patty Jenkins

Produced by Charles Roven, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Richard Suckle

Starring Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, Connie Nielsen as Hippolyta, Robin Wright as General Antiope, Lucy Davis as Etta Candy, Danny Huston in an unannounced role, and David Thewlis in an unannounced role

FINALLY. It should never have taken so long to make a live action Wonder Woman movie. But the warrior princess is finally getting her turn. The three most famous DC characters are her, and Batman and Superman. The other two have had so many movies. About time she can do the same. Gal Gadot proved the negative talk wrong with her performance in Batman v Superman, and the character felt like she should. She stars here with a supporting cast of Chris Pine, Robin Wright, and David Thewlis, for starters. The tone looks so good. They properly set the film in War World I, with a bit of the Captain America: The First Avenger feel.

6. Beauty and the Beast

Release Date: March 17

Directed by Bill Condon

Produced David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman

Starring Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as The Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Josh Gad as LeFou, Kevin Kline as Maurice, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, and Stanley Tucci as Cadenza

This might be the best cast in any movie ever. This movie looks incredible. One of the great Disney animated films is becoming a live action film, complete with its fantastic music and songs. Emma Watson looks like Belle, Josh Gad is the only choice for LeFou, and Luke Evans as Gaston might be the most excited I am for a villain since Kylo Ren. McGregor, McKellen, Thompson, and Tucci as the voices of the castle’s inhabitants adds more excitement. We will get to experience the tale as old as time in a new way, seeing what is like the classic film and what is unique to this one. I’ll be there in March singing along. Okay, maybe humming so I don't bother people around me.

5. Spider-Man: Homecoming

Release Date: July 7

Directed by Jon Watts

Produced by Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal

Starring Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Marisa Tomei as Aunt May Parker, Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes/Vulture, Zendaya Coleman as Michelle, Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds, Laura Harrier as Liz Allan, Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Tony Revolori as Flash Thompson, Bokeem Woodbine as Herman Schultz/Shocker, Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, and Donald Glover in an unannounced role

Spidey! It seems crazy that I have a Spider-Man film at this spot and not higher. But that’s the kind of movie slate we have here! Now I love Spider-Man 1 and 2 by Sam Raimi. Both are classics. And I enjoyed the Andrew Garfield movies, it’s a shame he didn’t get to finish out the trilogy. But to have your friendly neighborhood webslinger in the Marvel Cinematic Universe makes it all okay. Tom Holland was fantastic in his debut. Where the character fit into Civil War was perfect, and was just enough to show how talented Holland will be in the role. Now he has his own movie, which will feature two classic Spider-Man baddies that have never been in a live action movie. And Michael Keaton makes his return to comic book movies! Tony Stark is there of course, but he shouldn’t be in it too much, and honestly it wouldn’t be a surprise if his trailer scenes are all we see of him. But this looks to be a fun movie with some groundwork for future films. If you don’t want to know about the name of one character, stop reading here. But Peter’s friend in the movie is called Ned Leeds, who in the comics, becomes Hobgoblin. So perhaps we are trading Harry Osborn for Ned Leeds, and Peter will still have his friend who goes bad. It would be awesome either way! So let’s find out where this new story goes!

4. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2

Release Date: May 5

Directed by James Gunn

Produced by Kevin Feige

Starring Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Vin Diesel as Groot, Michael Rooker as Yondu, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, Kurt Russell as Ego, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Chris Sullivan as Taserface, and Glenn Close as Nova Prime

The misfit heroes are back. The first film was one that few fans were familiar going in. It looked awesome just the same. And then we saw and loved it. James Gunn is writing and directing once more. The action looks bigger. Somehow the humor is even better. The new planets look awesome. And we haven’t seen it all yet! So excited to see Rocket again, my favorite character in the first one. And Baby Groot. Nuff said.

3. War for the Planet of the Apes

Release Date: July 14

Directed by Matt Reeves

Produced by Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver

Starring Andy Serkis as Caesar, Steve Zahn as Bad Ape, Judy Greer as Cornelia, Karin Konoval as Maurice, Woody Harrelson as the Colonel, Gabriel Chavarria as Preacher, Amiah Miller as Nova, and Chad Rook as Boyle

When I first saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011, I was just interested in it. I had seen the Tim Burton remake from 2001, and it is my least favorite movie of his. But this movie blew me away. The way the apes rebelled, the way Caesar was explored, it was amazing. And also really cool. Just to be clear. Then came Dawn of the Planet of the Apes three years later. And that movie was one of those sequels that did everything right, and expanded upon everything. It was my favorite movie of 2014. Such an amazing film. One of the biggest reasons is that it focused on the Apes as characters, and didn’t let the human characters steal the show. I’m looking at you, Transformers. So the next film in the saga can only make me more excited. Director Matt Reeves is back from the second film, as is the wonderful motion capture actor Andy Serkis. He has many great live action performances, but he has done so much for the motion capture art and others that have done it. Apes on Horses Part 3. Let’s go.

2. Justice League

Release Date: November 17

Directed by Zack Snyder

Produced by Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder, Geoff Johns, and Jon Berg

Starring Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman, Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, Ezra Miller as Barry Allen/The Flash, Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Ray Fisher as Victor Stone/Cyborg, Amber Heard as Mera, Ciaran Hinds as Steppenwolf, Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, and J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Jim Gordon

The common reaction to the new DC movies is pretty negative. But I'm a lifelong DC fan, and I enjoy the new movies. Let me stress that the extended editions are the proper ones. The theatrical cuts cut out story and character development. But these characters feel like they do in the comics. There are characters who are in a movie for the first time. There is so much to build story wise. We are getting some amazing performances. Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Viola Davis, and Margot Robbie especially. This is exciting. And I will never forget where I was when a friend and I freaked out on a film set at the first picture of the Justice League as live action characters. At the trailer that was so good. I’ve wanted this movie since I was 12. And it will be less dark, it will explore why Batman briefly started killing criminals, and it will be the first film to have the Flash, Cyborg, and Aquaman as main characters. DC fans finally have their favorites on screen!

1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Release Date: December 15

Directed by Rian Johnson

Produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman

Starring Daisy Ridley as Rey, Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa, John Boyega as Finn, Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron, Lupita Nyong’o as Maz Kanata, Domnhall Gleeson as General Hux, Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma, Andy Serkis as Supreme Leader Snoke, Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca, Benicio del Toro in an unannounced role, and Laura Dern in an unannounced role

What else could it be? Star Wars is back, and fans are happy. The Force Awakens was everything it should have been. Such a special movie. And now there is more to tell in the galaxy far far away. What will Luke say to Rey? Will Finn be okay? Is Kylo Ren gonna be even stronger? Is Snoke someone we already know? And who are Rey’s mom and dad? Besides every question that has been asked, there is this. IT’S STAR WARS. Episode VII was a dream come true. Episode VIII will just keep it going.

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