Monday, August 31, 2009

Ghostbusters II (1989)


This was a good movie. Not as good as GBI but still pretty good.
If you liked 'The Blob,' you'll like this.

Plot: The ghost busters end up going out of business. They find this new ghost which is blob type stuff that can grow when humans yell at it and make it mad. (It is attracted to human speech.)

It ends up being this ghost of this famous guy who had drowned hundreds of years ago. They try to convince the mayor but he doesn't believe them and they wind up in jail. The mayor realizes he needs them after all as ghosts over take the city.

How do they do it? Music and one big lady.

When the mayor shouts "Somebody get me the Ghostbusters!" -- you can guess what happens next -- who you gonna call?

Rating: 5 out of 10 okay

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Men in Black II (2002)

This is a great movie. Not as good as MIB I but very funny.

As always, another threat comes to earth and the MIBs have to stop it. I like that they brought back
some of the first movie's cast - Agent Jay (will Smith) and Kay (Tommie Lee Jones) along with
Zed (Rip Torn) and Jeebs (Tony Shalhoup).

Plot: As usual an earth destroying threat must be stopped. 30 years ago, Serlenna came to get the
Light of Zortha but believed it left planet earth. She returns when she discovered it was still on
the planet. It is up to Agents Jay and Kay to keep the light away from Serleena.

There are many funny scenes and it is a great movie to watch with your family. There are a lot of good
twists. If you liked the first movie you'll like this one, too.
Rating: 8 out of 10 - Could See

Coming Soon: Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters (1984)

This was a great movie. I'll bet that you will enjoy it. It has a lot of action that keeps you watching.

At the beginning of the movie, there are three Ghostbusters (Peter, Ray, and Egon) who are kind of going out of business, they haven't caught any ghosts in a long time. They end up losing their place and end up going to an old firehouse and then about a week or two later they get a call. That call is a about some grumpy, old, green ghost (as you can see in the picture ------>) who lives in a hotel. After they catch it, they end up getting wicked popular. But that's not the main ghost.

The main ghost is called Zuul and it turned out that the door to Earth is in an apartment building. As they stop that, this jerk from the EPA decides to shut it down the ghost container (everyone working for him disagrees, but he makes them shut it down). After that, all the ghosts come out and Zuul ends up being all of the ghosts combined. The Ghostbusters have to use all of their technology to destroy Zuul. Then Ray ends up making one little move that almost kills them. I'm not going to spoil too much of the movie, but it's weird.

It's a great movie and should be considered one of the top 50 movies of all time. It will probably be the best movie from 1984 that you will ever see.

My rating: 9 out of 10

Coming soon: Men in Black 2




Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Dracula (1931)

Do you want to watch this classic? You heard it was wicked popular? A big hit? Well, if it is, then I must have picked up the wrong version of Dracula.

This movie is just terrible. It's boring, short, and nothing of what you'd expect from a Dracula movie happens. They ruined the ending...it was bad, even for 1931.

Plot...there's not much to tell.

I don't know what the director was thinking and I don't know what the people who saw this in 1931 must have thought! If you asked some who were people in 1931, they might say that this was a great movie but, no, it is not.

It has good acting, but I really don't think that you're going to like this movie at all.

My rating: 4/10


Sunday, August 23, 2009

Men in Black (1997)

This was a really great movie. A lot of comedy and action and adventure. If you love aliens and other alien movies then you'll love this. It has a great story and acting.
Plot: There is a secret government group that hunts down aliens. Agent K 's (Tommy Lee Jones) partner decides to retire. His memory is erased and K needs to get a new partner. They interview 'the best of the best of the best' and one is chosen to become Agent J (Will Smith). They spend the rest of the movie tracking down a giant killer bug.
I think that you will really enjoy this movie. You should watch it the next chance you get. In my opinion, it is the best alien movie you'll ever see. (Until MIB II...) But let's not go there, yet.

My Rating: 10 out of 10 - Must see

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Frankenstein (1931)


This classic was a great movie...for 1931! It was bit too short and the acting was terrible...and I mean terrible!

In one scene a guy a knocks on a door and about half a second later, he started complaining that they weren't home. Really? Doesn't he know that you're supposed to wait? That's not real acting, but the acting was good for 1931.

Back then they couldn't make that long of a film, so they skipped all the way to the grave robbing (I kinda wish they skipped even more so they could have put more Frankenstein).

It wasn't what you would expect for a classic, but I got to see some of the most famous scenes of movie history. They don't show as much as much of Frankenstein as they do in the book.

Another scene that I didn't like was when he threw a little girl in the water and she drowns. The water was really shallow, so that wasn't realistic.

The ending is not exactly what you would think it would be, but one of the greatest movie scenes of all time.

Not a good movie, kind of dull but I'll bet it would be 50 times better if they remade it today. You still may want to see it because it's a classic, but it's not very good.

My rating: 3/10*

(If you're wondering what 3/10 means, please check out my new rating system on the top).



Friday, August 21, 2009

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

It all started one day. I was walking and I saw something falling from the sky. I couldn't make out what it was, but it looked like it was coming from 20 million miles from Earth. It hit me on the head. It ended up being a DVD. I decided to watch it to see what things are like, 20 million miles from Earth.

I'll be you're wondering...are things there good or bad? Do they have good movies? What are things like there?

I will explain it now: This movie was a little short. I think they should have put a couple scenes in. The first half was awful, the second half was pretty good.

Its plot was this man was sailing out at sea and he sees this gigantic spaceship comes from the sky and lands in the ocean. There is only one survivor that the people who saw the ship saved. It turns out the that US sent a spaceship to Venus (20 million miles from Earth). When they went there they found some fish-like monsters and they brought back this Jell0-like thing like a loaf of French bread (it looks like it was made of green Jello). A boy finds it near the beach and he takes to a friend of his, who is a scientists. Later, something starts coming out of it that is 5 inches tall, it is the monster. The thing starts to grow overnight because of the O2 in air on Earth makes it grow somehow. It soon because the size of a sky scraper, killing many people. The government tries attacking it.

That's mainly the plot, but it just happens too quickly that it's not that good. If they added about 4 or 5 more scenes, it would be good. If they made it an 1 hour and 42 minutes instead of 1 hour and 22 minutes it would be better. I think they should remake it.

Not the best monster movie, but if you're interested in giant fish-like types of monsters or things like that, than you'll probably like this.


My rating: 3/10






Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Aliens in the Attic (2009)


This was a great movie. The beginning of it is like the beginning of Men in Black and it is very funny. There is a lot of action, adventure and I bet you'll enjoy this movie. If you're someone who likes the original monster movies (like The Blob or something like that), it's not one of those.

The plot of it is this family goes on vacation with their cousins in this house every summer for fishing. While they are there, aliens fall from space, come to Earth to destroy it, and start out in their attic. It turns out that they have these mind-control things and if they shoot people in the neck, they will be under the control of the aliens. It only works with grownups, so the kids have to attack the aliens to make sure that they won't take over the world.

Who wins, the aliens or the people? You'll have to watch it to find out. I'm only writing a blog and I'm not going to tell you the end!

If you want a family comedy movie, you should go to see this. This movie had a lot of great details and surprises and, even though gave it a low rating, I don't think it's that bad...I just think it's bad for a monster movie.

My rating: 3/10

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Plan 9 From Outer Space (1958)

Like Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, one of the worst movies of all time, I've made my decision of which one is worse -- I will tell you at the end. For one thing, this movie's special effects were weren't so special.

I laughed at how bad they were. The flying saucer was actually a little toy flying saucer hanging from a string. The zombies were obviously people who were looking all creepy, but they were obviously fake. Everything about this movie is terrible. It's just bad. You couldn't write anything more. It's like....oh, my gosh! It seemed like a comedy movie because of how bad it was.

I recommend that you never see this movie in your life. If anyone in your family or one of your friends hasn't seen it and they want to, say NO. It's the worst movie ever. You will end up laughing about it is.

So do you want to know which is worse?

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman --- OR --- Plan 9 From Outer Space

The one that is worse is......
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman.

Attack of the 50 Foot Woman had no fighting...except for some at the end. Plan 9 From Outer Space had some fighting throughout.

My rating: 1/10




Monday, August 3, 2009

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)


Little Shop of Horrors (LSH) is probably the best musical I've ever seen. Not a lot of action but there is a lot that happens in it.
It is about a plant that came from outer space. A man named Seymour buys it but doesn't know how to take care of it. He soon finds out it needs BLOOD. Human blood.
Soon it moves from sipping blood to eating people. Like 'The Blob" (see my review of the Blob on this site), the plant grows larger after every meal.
This movie has two different endings. I think you'll enjoy this movie. If you enjoyed 'The Blob' then you'll enjoy this movie.

My Rating: 8 out of 10

Coming soon: Plan 9 from Outer Space


The Blob (1958)


I really liked this movie. It is a great movie to watch when you are in for a scare.

A shooting star opens the movie. Two people see it and try to find it. Someone else finds it first but is attacked. Soon more people are attacked as the Blob grows. This movie deserves to be more popular than it was. It stars a young Steve McQueen.

You will enjoy this movie. Watch it at night and I bet you'll be scared.

I don't want to spoil the movie for you, but I'm a little concerned about global warming.


Rating: 9 out of 10