Movie Review: "The Hurricane Heist" 03/09/18

This is a movie review for "The Hurricane Heist", released March 09, 2018. We watched this on Netflix.




Trailer

Cast

Toby Kebbell                          Will
Maggie Grace                         Casey
Ryan Kwanten                       Breeze
Ralph Ineson                          Perkins



Plot

A "storm of the century" hurricane named Tammy is about to hit Alabama hard. A convoy of governmental semi trucks drives to a governmental facility that shreds old dollar bills (thousands to millions at a time). "The shredder has been down since last week" so the amount of money sitting at the facility is much higher than it should be. But the shredder being down isn't a mistake - a group decided to use the massive hurricane barrelling down on the state to take out the power of the building, lower the defenses there and cover their tracks as they escape with $600 million dollars.

Can the agent assigned to protect the money save it from being stolen? Or it is it stolen, can she stop them from getting away with it?





Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.




2.5/5 - *SPOILERS*

"Ocean's Eleven" meets "Twister" in a half-assed movie. The heist is brought to view from the non-plotters. Suddenly it is "wow, what the eff is going on?". No indication of the heist happening but why the hell would you allow fake computer assistant people into your government facility? Didn't you know anyone could be a hacker if they wanted to?

And the coincidence that the main male lead was even in town for this because he wanted to check up on his brother, whom happens to be the generator mechanic for the facility (so he is hijacked and brought to fix the generator). I'm not kidding - the main male lead could have walked/driven out and it wouldn't have changed much of the dialogue/plot. Sure, Will and Casey seemed to get along great but the "relationship" between them is a mere "I'm in it to save my brother from the bad guys / I'm in it to protect the money" and so they banded together. Did they have much connection aside that? Didn't seem like it. And the ending didn't tell us where that relationship sat so....


Most of the actors were not southern USA and my Mr caught on to that pretty quickly - "that isn't a real southern accent. That's faked."
On the subject of being southern, I found it hard to accept Breeze having so many guns in storage (aside the fact that he should have drowned himself to death from drinking) ONLY because he said "I'm from Alabama". Please, we don't need dummies on movies to justify owning multiple guns.


There were many weather related anomalies in the movie (like the eye of the storm being many many miles across and not moving forward, the clouds of the hurricane eye wall having a "The Mummy" skull face twice during the movie [once in the beginning and once right near the end]) that made this movie inaccurate. Okay, so let's do a "Twister" thing by making the mall into a vacuum, sucking the bad guys out up into the storm and pulling the good guys out (held back from being lost in the storm by climbing equipment?). Umm, not cool, movie.



In all, the movie does keep attention but cheats the viewer out of real "movie body". So they manage to destroy two of the semi trucks that had 1/3rd each of the $600 million and highjack the third, killing the bad guys along the way somehow, but what will they do? No clue. Not even a typed conclusion. Just a "let's stop the bad guys" drive and once that is done, the movie is so bland that it needs a LOT to be worth anything. Give us anything - the agent kissing the main male lead, the brother saying he is moving away, the agent despairing over the lost 2/3rds of the loot that was going to be shredded anyways, or whatever. No conclusive ending aside "well, we saved the one truck and the bad guys are dead". Lame to the max for the ending.



Well, that's my review. Thanks for reading! More reviews are always to come, so keep an eye out for them.

~ Gracie Mae DeLunac



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Movie Review: "Dream House" 09/30/11

This is a movie review for "Dream House", released September 30, 2011.





Trailer

Cast

Daniel Craig                       Will Atenton
Naomi Watts                      Ann Patterson
Rachel Weisz                     Libby
Elias Koteas                  Boyce
Marton Csokas                  Jack Patterson
Taylor Geare                     Trish
Claire Geare                      Dee Dee




Plot

Will Atenton and his family (wife and two daughters) just got their dream house. However, this house comes with more issues than they expected. Is someone stalking them, looking in the window and whatnot? And then they hear that there were murderers in the house! Why did the neighbors, the realtor, and the police not warn them? How can they survive? Can they stand up for their own house and the way of their life?








Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.



4.5/5 - *SPOILERS*

This is one of the best movies I have seen all year! It seems like a stalker/home-invasion movie but turns out to be a mystery and very psychological. Yeah, so Will's family was murdered in that house beforehand and he just returned home (imagining his family there). After finding out about his family's death, he tries to solve out who did do the murders and why.

I had a hard time guessing the plot except the weird ex of the neighbor made me suspect him. He acted like a jerk from the get-go and was suspicious. Of course, he also had a temper so his deal in the plotline was suspected. Surprise, he hired someone to kill the neighbor 5 years ago (to get full custody of their daughter) and that hired assassin fucked up, went to the wrong house and killed Will's family.

He also had karma for him hiring an assassin to kill his ex. He burned to death in the basement because he wanted his way and caused his neighbors' deaths, though he (for the second time) tried to get his ex to be killed. Oh, and don't turn against your hired help or they might turn against you, which causes your death. Smooth, man. What an idiot but it is nice to see that he got what he deserved.


This is a great movie. Highly suggested but DO NOT bring your children to watch this. There is one scene in particular that would terrify children - Dee Dee and Trish acting out their death (can't breathe, getting cold, etc). But as a psychological mystery about a home-invasion/murder, this is AMAZING. I would definitely watch this again.


That's my review. Thanks for reading! More reviews always are to come.

~ Gracie Mae DeLunac


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Movie Review: "Maximum Overdrive" 07/25/86

This is a movie review for "Maximum Overdrive", released July 25, 1986. This is a Stephen King tale, directed by the tale maker himself.





Trailer

Cast

Emilio Estevez               Bill Robinson
Pat Hingle                       Hendershot
Laura Harrington         Brett
Yeardley Smith              Connie
John Short                      Curt
Ellen McElduff              Wanda June
J.C. Quinn                       Duncan
Christopher Murney    Camp Loman
Holter Graham              Deke




Plot

On June 19, 1987 at 9:47 am Eastern Standard Time, planet Earth passes through the tail of a rogue comet, Rhea-M, for just over a week.

Electronics start going rogue against humans due to this meteor's influence. Lawnmowers attack humans, Walkmans electrocute the people who are listening to it via the headset, wtc.

A group of folks start gathering at a gas station/restaurant named Dixie Boy (the owner, staff, and a few truckers). Soon a newlywed couple named Curt and Connie, a Bible-thumper with a hitchhiker, and one of the staff's son join them. How can they survive the madness of the murderous machines, including all of those semis that are on site asking for diesel to stay "alive"? Will humans get on top again or will this be the end of humankind?

Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


3.5/5 -

Thumbs down for AC/DC only music. Seriously, give us some variety. Throw in some Eagles or something. Listening to overplayed songs from AC/DC really made me dislike the movie.

The "we found love" connection for Bill was terrible and over dramatized. "Oh, you're such a hero. Let's have sex." And then "I really care about you more than a one-time fling." WTF.

The newlywed woman was too high-pitched and annoying. Tone it down, girl. Sure, you're scared but that high of a pitch is disgusting.

The baseball kid's connection to the mechanic was not brought up until after the fact his dad was dead and he had struggled all the way to the gas station [not random circumstance]. I thought he was just some random kid but twist he's related to someone! Smooth....

Okay, so the electronics of the world is attacking and the station's waitress loses her head at the machines as she screams "we made you", though these machines are controlling their environment. If these semi trucks are trying to squish you when you are outside, give them respect! Semi trucks are HUGE compared to a helpless human. Don't get mad at the machines and provoke them.


Okay, this next one really bugged me: there was a HUGE coincidence that they left the gas station RIGHT before the machines destroyed it. I mean, the semi trucks wanted fuel, yes, but why did they wait until right after the humans left to destroy the gas station? They should have just destroyed it right after they drained the diesel tanks dry. There was no reason to let the humans rest a bit after the hot day fueling a massive caravan of semi trucks. Do you realize how many gallons a semi truck holds? About 100-400 gallons per truck times like 50 trucks in the line-up. And it takes a while to fuel when you don't have a fast-fuel nozzle system. As a bus driver, I can say that it takes near 20 minutes to fuel a bus (in a twice a week fuel setting) full and that is maybe 100 gallons. So 20 minutes times 50 trucks in the heat. Yeah, and the semi trucks give the humans a break afterwards before they destroy the building? Seems unreasonable, but these are animated machines so do they have reason?


Anyways, decent plot but no character development aside the "we found love" couple. The best bit is King's cameo at the beginning: "come over here, sugarbuns. This machine just called me an asshole".

So in summary, the idea of the plot was interesting (as is typical of Stephen King stories) but there was little character development, terrible music, a few of the character flaws shown were beyond annoying even when dealing with a machine-taking-over apocalypse, and some logic was thrown out the window. Oh, and the ending? *SPOILERS* The survivors of Dixie Boy survived the apocalypse and are still surviving. Not joking, there was a typed clip at the end saying just that.



That's my review. Thanks for reading. Watch if you wish but realize that you have been warned, from one Stephen King fan to you: it isn't the best King tale rendition out there (in my honest opinion). Go to Stephen King's "The Shining" mini-series for that.


More movie reviews to come eventually, as always.

~ Gracie Mae DeLunac





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Movie Review: "Geostorm" 10/20/17

This is a movie review for "Geostorm", released October 20, 2017.



Trailer

Cast

Gerard Butler                         Jake Lawson
Jim Sturgess                           Max Lawson
Abbie Cornish                       Sarah Wilson
Alexandra Maria Lara        Ute Fassbinder
Daniel Wu                             Cheng Long
Eugenio Derbez                   Al Hernandez
Amr Waked                          Ray Dussette
Adepero Oduye                   Eni Adisa
Andy Garcia                        President Andrew Palma
Ed Harris                             Leonard Dekkom




Plot

To help prevent major natural disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, typhoons, volcanic eruptions, etc., the world came up with a program called Dutch Boy. It is named after the story of the Dutch boy that diverted a dam flooding the town by plugging it up by putting his thumb/finger into a hole that had developed.
This program has a space station to be the main control center for all of these hundreds of satellites set up around the world (in the atmosphere), which each is supposed to monitor and adjust the weather/atmosphere as needed to prevent said disasters.

Anyways, the main person in charge (Jake Lawson, played by Gerard Butler) is kicked off of the program due to differences in view between himself and the United States government. His brother, Max Lawson, takes over as main man in charge but is under the government's thumb/control.

Years pass and suddenly there is a malfunction with the Dutch Boy. How can we fix it? Get Jake and send him up to the space station that is the main hub for controlling so to figure out what happened to the Dutch Boy. And things continue to happen which makes us wonder, can the world survive? Is this a mere coincidence? Can they stop the chain of events before it goes to critical (a geostorm that would never be able to be stopped and would destroy the world)?





Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.



3/5 - *SPOILERS*
First, Gerard Butler is awesome as always but this isn't his best role. But dealing with the movie, the plot seems okay but also very simple. They make up with the special effects and a few twists (of which some are predictable). Like "could it be sabotage? But who could be behind it?". Umm, political influence was definitely my first guess. I didn't guess the Secretary of State who wanted power… My first thought was that it would be the President but Secretary of State trying for all of the power, to the point of trying to kill off all of the line of power ahead of him (if the President dies, then it goes to the Vice President, then....). Oh and let's just kill off civilians so we can keep the power of the Dutch Boy in America. Call it greed! That is the main plot of the movie: someone using technology (that happens to play "God" with weather) to get power.

So, Jake had to get a message to his brother Max via a monitored line (from the space station down to Washington D.C.): sabotage and high government involvement. He uses a code and my response was "Nice code, by the way. Sad that your dad never took you fishing but good to know that your brother remembered the code AND the phone number!"

Oh, and very coincidental that the brother is dating a Secret Service gal who so happened to have the level of clearance to figure out the plot of the Secretary of State planning to murder everyone above him for power using Dutch Boy. Seriously, where is the realism supposed to be in this movie?!

Jake surviving the explosion of the space station (with the main engineer staying behind and showing up PERFECTLY at the moment she is needed) was ridiculous. Sure, you need to keep your promise to your daughter that you'd come back but you supposedly have been terrible at keeping promises before this so... Let's just inexplicably and unrealistically save the day and do a Hail Mary to be saved, to be saved miraculously by the crew that had left the soon-to-explode station earlier. This really dropped the rating down. They should have let him go down with the station like Armaggedon's Harry Stamper did to miraculously save the world at last minute, in my opinion.

And the fishing at the end? Unnecessary, but decent try for "getting along better".

Good special effects with the destruction and freezing and melting and whatnot: big kudos for those!

In my personal opinion, this movie should have been closer to 1.5/5 because it was terrible (plotline, character development, etc.) but was redeemed by the decent special effects to make it a 3/5. Without the special effects showing the weather catastrophes, it definitely would have been given a lower rating.


Anyways, that's my review. Highly recommended for the special effects but very highly not recommended if you want good character development and decent plotline.

Thanks for reading! More reviews to come, as always, so keep a look out for them.


~ Gracie Mae DeLunac



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CinemaSins' "Everything Wrong with Geostorm"

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Movie Review: "Food Evolution" 06/23/17

This is a movie review for "Food Evolution", released June 23, 2017. I watched this via Hulu.



Trailer

Plot

GMOs: good or bad. This movie tries to be as "unbiased" as possible debating on whether GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) are good or bad, starting with teaching what they are and how they might be able to help but also showing some opposition to them.





Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.



2.5/5 - Unbiased my rear. Like they couldn't be more biased towards GMOs are good. True, some GMOs are good but not ALL of them. Even if saving bananas from banana wilt in Africa and saving the rainbow papaya are good news for GMOs, why say that all (generalizing is a BAD thing) are good?


Have you seen what Monsanto is having to deal with lately with their Round-Up ready seeds causing illnesses? Not all GMOs are good and not all are bad but this movie is very biased though it does give some info on GMOs.


This video below is not about Round-Up Ready GMO seeds but those seeds have Round-Up genetically engineered into the seeds.

Does this give you concern, considering how many Monsanto seeds are out in the farming industry? Or will you willingly just take GMOs as they are? Like I said, not all of the GMOs are this bad but who knows. Maybe they are but that's hard to determine as of this moment to figure it out. On the other hand, how can you be certain that going "organic" is good, especially with the prices they put the produce and whatnot at for organic food?


Please research if you are interested but remember that this video, though a bit informative, is biased towards ALL GMOs are good.



That's my review. More to come eventually. Thanks for reading!

~ Gracie Mae DeLunac



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Movie Review: "Scream" 12/20/96

This is a movie review for "Scream", released December 20, 1996. I have this (as well as Scream 2) on VHS because someone suggested to watch it.



Trailer

Cast

Drew Barrymore           Casey Becker
Roger Jackson                 Phone Voice
Neve Campbell               Sidney Prescott
Skeet Ulrich                    Billy Loomis
Courteney Cox               Gale Weathers
Rose McGowan              Tatum Riley
David Arquette              Deputy Dewey




Plot

A killer shows up in town and kills two teenagers (Casey and her boyfriend). Of course, a murderer on the loose is big news in the small town. Sidney Prescott, still reeling from her mother being murdered last year, is traumatized by the idea of a loose murderer. To top that off, she gets a call from the killer (like Casey got before the murderer killed her).  How can Sidney and her friends survive this killer?





Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


2.5/5 - For being a "classic" that so many say to watch, I find this movie to rot. Acting was lame, plotline was lacking, and the "action" was just not enough to keep me truly entertained. So what if Drew Barrymore had a memorable part in this movie but the rest of the movie was so blah.

As I said, poor acting even by Drew Barrymore. Sure, 90s movies have different standards of "this is the best of the time" but even so, the acting was bad. Even some 70s movies have better acting than this one! I don't see what is so amazing about this movie... I personally do not want to watch this again. [Oh, and I had to watch it twice to get a better basis for this review, so there's that. Even the second time was lame.]


Well, that's my review. Not worthwhile in my opinion. Of course, if you like bad acting and poor plotline development, go for it at your own expense.


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~ Gracie Mae DeLunac


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Movie Review: "Bruce Almighty" 05/23/03

This is a movie review for "Bruce Almighty", released May 23, 2003. I watched this on Netflix. I have previously watched this years ago but decided to do a review for it.



Trailer

Cast
Jim Carrey                      Bruce Nolan
Morgan Freeman          God
Jennifer Aniston            Grace Connelly
Steve Carell                     Evan Baxter




Plot

Bruce Nolan is a news reporter trying to get the local news anchor position for the station, keep a decent relationship with his live-in girlfriend, and keep sane. He tries all that he humanly can but still feels like life (and God) has taken a crap on him, especially when his coworker Evan gets the anchor position.

His life changes when God challenges him to "do better" at being God. But, as Peter Parker's uncle said, with great power comes great responsibility. Can Bruce handle playing as God? Will it make his career better? Can he get the anchor position? Will it improve the relationship with his girlfriend Grace? Or will all the power drive him over a different edge?




Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.




3/5 - *SPOILERS*

First off, why name the girlfriend Grace of all names? It could have been Rachel or Sarah or Isabelle or Lisa or whatever but "Grace" is like trying to talk about 'grace of God' or whatnot. I don't like that but whatever.

Secondly, it was kinda funny trying to see Bruce being God though just in one small area of the world. At first, it is all about him: improve his girlfriend's boob size, get laid with amazing sex, see some woman's panties when her dress is lifted with an unexpected gust of wind (Marilyn Monroe style), a new car and tons of news stories. After starting to hear whispers (prayers), he does try to help people by granting wishes but that causes chaos.

Thirdly, the moral of the story is brought to light when he realizes that God gives all humans the freedom of will - God (and God-like Bruce) cannot make someone love him. All of the devotion to God must be chosen from the human's side. And God isn't trying to make Bruce's life terrible but sometimes it just happens. With the freedom of will, things happen that may cause pain or hardship for the human but the human had freedom of will to choose to be a good person, to love and to have faith.



I personally downgraded the rating for this movie because, for the genre of comedy, it wasn't very funny. The answering prayers scene was interesting but the rest of the movie was kinda bland. I was put off the most about the subtle hint of 'God's grace' through the naming of Grace [I know, my pen name is Gracie but I meant it to be a mocking of the fact my family calls me grace-less/clumsy, not a faith-based name like some may think].

Oh, here's another funny scene with Evan as an anchor, thanks to Bruce playing around with him and trying to make Evan lose his job. See below.

The end of the movie was good and Bruce learned his lesson about his place in life, humbled you might say. Evan kept his position as anchor and all was well. Oh, and Grace and Bruce became engaged.

Bonus points for Morgan Freeman being God. Best choice ever, in my opinion. I bet some white Anglosaxon protestants might have issues with that because "God/Jesus is white", which is never said in the Bible [though Jesus was a Jew, not an Anglosaxon white person], but whatever. If I remember the first viewing years ago with my family, my folks were not opposed to Morgan Freeman being God though he is an African American man and my folks are religious protestants.



Anyways, that's my review. More reviews to come eventually. Thanks for reading!


~ Gracie Mae DeLunac


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Movie Review: "Thor: The Dark World" 11/08/13

This is a movie review for "Thor: The Dark World", released November 8, 2013.



Trailer

Cast

Chris Hemsworth                   Thor
Natalie Portman                     Jane Foster
Tom Hiddleston                      Loki
Anthony Hopkins                   Odin
Christopher Eccleston           Malekith




Plot

About two years after meeting Thor (the Asgardian "god" of lightning), scientist Jane Foster has been searching for a way to get back in touch with him. She finds herself in a portal of sorts where items thrown into it may or may not return. Supposedly, there is an alignment of the nine realms where these portals pop up between the realms.

Jane accidentally teleports to a different realm where the Aether (a power to convert matter into dark matter) had been locked away by the Asgardians a long time ago, when the Asgardians fought against the Dark Elves [supposedly all killed]. Surprise surprise, when the Aether binds with Jane, the surviving Dark Elves emerge to search for the Aether. Since Thor brought Jane back to Asgard (only to find the Aether killing her), the Dark Elves come to Asgard to take Jane. Their intent is to gain control of the Aether, wait until the nine realms align, and cause darkness to fall over all of the realms.

Can Thor save Jane from the Aether? Can he trust his brother Loki enough to get help from him? Can Thor protect all of the realms?






Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.




4/5 - I was glad to see Thor back with Jane and the plot (though why the hell do they risk Jane's life to make her more central to the plot?) was decent. It was good to see Chris Hemsworth back in action as Thor as well as Tom Hiddleston as Loki.

I mostly downgrade the rating because of the way they portray Jane (poor victim) and the sappy romance between the two of them. I mean, it was good to see the two back together but at the same time it was slightly nauseating. Oh, and *spoilers* it sucks that both Odin and Frigga were killed.


Not a bad movie and somewhat recommended. Seems like Loki was a fair bonus for this movie, honestly, and had the most "improvement" as a character. I personally would watch it again but it isn't in my top 10 for movies to rewatch.


That's my review. Thanks for reading! More movie reviews to come eventually.

~ Gracie Mae DeLunac




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Movie Review: "Haunter" 10/18/13 CANADA

This is a movie review for "Haunter", which I watched through Netflix. This was released in Canada first on October 18, 2013.



Trailer

Cast
Abigail Breslin                          Lisa
Peter Outerbridge                    Bruce
Michelle Nolden                       Carol
Stephen McHattie                    Pale Man
Peter DaCunna                         Robbie
Eleanor Zichy                           Olivia
David Hewlett                          Olivia's Father
David Knoll                               Edgar




Plot
Day after day, Lisa's life repeats. It is always the day before her birthday, they have the same thing to eat for breakfast, lunch and supper, and nothing changes. Well, it wouldn't change but she starts wondering about why it is the same day. She finds hints about something that really changes her life. She's dead and someone from amongst the living has contacted her, a girl named Oliva. Turns out there is a serial killer in the house, having killed dozens of girls before Lisa, and he is coming after Olivia and her family. Can Lisa help protect Olivia as she is trying to get her own family to realize that they are all dead? Can they stop the killer?





Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


4.5/5 - This is a wonderful "after life"/ouija movie. Instead of using the board to contact the dead, Lisa (the dead one) uses one to contact the living. The idea of personal items connecting the living to the dead was interesting.

I just find the plotline of this movie to be so original and interesting that I definitely suggest this movie to fans of supernatural, ghost, and crime movies.


That's my review. Highly suggested.



Thanks for reading! More reviews to come eventually (including "Thor: Dark World" and "Hurricane Heist") so keep an eye out for them.

~ Gracie Mae DeLunac


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Movie Review: "The Birds" 03/29/1963

This is a movie review for Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds", released March 29, 1963.





Trailer

Cast

Rod Taylor                   Mitch Brenner
Jessica Tandy               Lydia Brenner
Suzanne Pleshette      Annie Haywood
Tippi Hedren               Melanie Daniels





Plot

^ Alfred Hitchcock's intro to this film



When the young woman Melanie (from San Francisco) meets a charming man named Mitch that teases her, she tries to pull a joke on him by getting a pair of lovebirds for his sister's birthday. When she goes to drop them off, she finds out from a neighbor of his that he is from a small coastal town called Bodega Bay and went home for the weekend, she decides to deliver them herself. Melanie starts liking the area and finding herself sticking around to spend more time with Mitch. While she is there in Bodega Bay, Mrs. Brenner's chickens start acting strange and then the birds (crows etc.) start attacking the townsfolk, including a seagull attacking Melanie while she is on a skiff.

Why are the birds attacking? Can the people survive?




Rating Criteria

0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.



3/5 - *SPOILERS*

I heard so much about this movie being a classic to watch and, aside "Psycho", this was my top to-see movies from Alfred Hitchcock. Though in color, this movie was not what I expected. The plotline was bland though the "why are the birds attacking" plot was interesting. So a gal wanted to show one up to a guy she just met but her real intent is to flirt with him? Lame.

I thought it was interesting that one "bird expert" didn't want to believe her (being attacked personally and with the kids leaving the school) until the birds attacked the town, somehow causing an explosion at the gas station. I also found the death of the Brenner's neighbor via birds breaking in to his bedroom to be weird and awesome.

Also, to have one woman blaming Melanie for the weird bird behavior/attacks because it started after she arrived was very much like a "witch hunter" attitude. I'm glad Mitch stood up for her on that point.

The reason for the attacks and the massing of so many different species of birds was never figured out. Those that weren't attacked denied it happening until they were also attacked. The radio in the movie also said that other places were being attacked so maybe it was a wider epidemic than just Bodega Bay, but still no explanation was given for it aside "birds are just tired of humans" or something like that. Of course the movie was more about the characters trying to survive but I wanted to know why this happened.


It is a decent movie but not appropriate for younger children. The dead farmer's bird ravaged body in bed was graphic and Melanie gets brutally attacked in the Brenner's farmhouse when she found a room upstairs that had a hole in the roof. I don't blame her for going a bit berserk at the end when she sees all of the land and landscape covered in birds because the attack was traumatizing.

Watch at your own peril. You may or may not like it. I'm glad I watched it because it had been on my to-watch list for a while and I can now say "yes, I saw it" but that I didn't necessarily love it.


That's all for now! Thanks for reading. Feel free to contact me if you wish.

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Movie Review: "Sherlock Holmes" 12/25/09

This is a movie review for "Sherlock Holmes", released December 25, 2009.



Trailer

Cast

Robert Downey Jr.          Sherlock Holmes
Jude Law                          Doctor John Watson
Rachel McAdams            Irene Adler
Mark Strong                    Lord Henry Blackwood
Eddie Marsan                  Lieutenant Lestrade



Plot
Crime in London and the brilliant Sherlock Holmes is called to the case. He stops a ritual murder and catches a criminal. This criminal, Lord Blackworth, is sentenced to death but insists on talking to Holmes before the hanging. Things get weird after the hanging (rising from the dead, a dead redheaded dwarf, chemistry, dark magic, etc). Can Holmes solve the case before the country falls?



Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


3/5 - Where to start? It took me two times to be able to fully watch and critique this movie. I'm not joking. Mr. Downey Jr is wonderful in this movie but it was over my head. The stuff is all explained at the end, like a typical Sherlock Holmes tale does, but I had a hard time keeping up the first round.

The first time I watched this, I was very disappointed in the movie. Irene, Watson's fiance and the chambermaid that finds Holmes locked up make women look terrible. Like, to the point of either women are weak and stupid, victims of the criminals or just flavor added to the storyline. I understand that the Holmes stories didn't focus on women because this was before the women's rights movement but... That was the main reason I had issues with the movie. Irene was so much of a distraction that I couldn't focus on the plotline! Okay, I get it that she was there to distract Holmes, which didn't work (spoilers but it is Holmes!), but it did distract me.

I couldn't understand the plotline through the first round but the end told how the plot worked, so the second time made more sense. The second time through, the women were merely additions to the story but still Irene was there to distract. The other women (Watson's fiance and the chambermaid) were low priority but at least Watson's fiance tried to keep Holmes on the case.

Plotline after the second viewing made sense and yet it takes a lot to catch it. Dark magic? Not so much. More of using chemistry to cause an illusion of magic, which is caught by Holmes of course.


This movie is complex to the point of I'm just going to shrug and tell you that if you like mystery and whodunnit and inspector movies, try it but don't be surprised if you can't understand it the first try. If you can, I congratulate you! Otherwise, this might not be the best movie for you. Not suggested for children, but with supervision might be okay for children? Violence, magic, death/murder, etc is all over this movie so it is up to your discretion.


Oh, music soundtrack of this movie is WONDERFUL! I highly recommend listening to at least the music of this movie.


YouTube Sherlock Holmes 2009 Soundtrack List




Thanks for reading my review! More reviews to come eventually, including Thor: Dark World (2013), Dream House (2011), and Geostorm (2017).

~ Gracie DeLunac


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Movie Review: "Hair" 05/09/79

This is a movie review for "Hair", released May 9, 1979.


Trailer

Cast
John Savage                Claude Hooper Bukowski
Treat Williams           George Berger
Beverly D'Angelo        Sheila Franklin
Annie Golden              Jeannie Ryan
Dorsey Wright            LaFayette aka Hud
Don Dacus                   Woof




Plot

Claude Bukowski has been drafted for the war and he wants to visit the sights of New York before he has to go overseas. He meets a group of hippies that changes his life and also meets a girl (of higher class) that he falls for. What is this country boy going to do with this alternative style of living and is he going to go perform his duty to the military?





Rating Criteria

0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.



2.5/5 - This is a weird movie, even for one put out in the 1970s. Of course, it probably wasn't meant to be very straightforward but it was really weird. Not much to say about it, honestly.

This is a musical, adapted from the Broadway show. I have never seen the show but found the music strange/interesting/wtf and the video weird/wtf. Here's a few clips that I found interesting.

*SPOILERS* Not for children, by the way.

"Sodomy" - Claude just saw Sheila for the first time and she acted like a high-society snob so the group decides to go horseback riding to tease them a bit.

"I Got Life" - Claude and the gang decide to crash a party at Sheila's because Claude has a crush on her.

"Hair" - After getting booked for crashing the party at Sheila's, Berger convinces Claude to loan him the money to get himself out because he knows connections that would be able to give him money to post bail for all of them. Woof goes crazy about them cutting his hair, which starts another song.

"Hare Krishna" - Claude just took LSD and is dreaming about knocking up Sheila and marrying her so he could get out of the draft. Definitely the most WTF part of the movie.

"Black Boys/White Boys" - Another WTF part. Claude goes to do his enlistment after the group embarrasses Sheila (she went swimming in her undies, with Claude, and they stole her clothes and purse). It was his last night before reporting for duty so he went to report. This is what happens... And both women and men (the military recruitment board) are singing about their preferences towards black boys then white boys. Like I said, hard to take this movie at face value.

"Let The Sunshine In" - After receiving a letter from Claude, Berger gets a crazy idea to go from New York to Nevada so he can see his friends one last time. But Claude can't just not be there so Berger decides to do a crazy thing for his friend (showing his character development) by cutting his hair, hijacking an officer, getting into the camp in the officer's uniform and car, swapping uniforms with Claude and standing in as his replacement. As Claude rushes back to return to his rightful spot, the call comes in for their unit to move out and Berger (Claude's replacement) is swept along with the unit before the swap to right the swap can be done. We see from later that he, along with SO many others, died in the Vietnam war [somehow labeled in HIS name not Claude's]. This is what war does... Grab your tissues and feel the gut wrench.

Anyways, if you don't like musicals, this movie isn't for you. You probably got that with all of the clips in this review, huh? I, however, found it to be interesting and strange overall. I wouldn't be opposed to suggesting this movie but I know that I have no intent or interest in watching this again. I think it did a better job at showing the emotional tear at those that were drafted and the heartbreak that the nation felt after war, especially after the Vietnam war.


Thanks for reading my review. More reviews are always on the way, just not quick enough when I have no internet nor time and when I keep watching more movies (lol). A few reviews in the future, for tease: Sherlock Holmes (2009), Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963), Thor: Dark World (2013), Geostorm (2017) and many others. At this moment, my list had 10 reviews to write up [yay], so keep an eye out!

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Movie Review: "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip" 12/18/15

This is a movie review for "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip", released December 18, 2015.



Trailer

Cast
Jason Lee                         ... Dave
Justin Long                         ... Alvin (voice)
Matthew Gray Gubler         ... Simon (voice)
Jesse McCartney                 ... Theodore (voice)
Amy Poehler                         ... Eleanor (voice)
Anna Faris                         ... Jeanette (voice)
Christina Applegate         ... Brittany (voice)
Kimberly Williams-Paisley         ....           Samantha
Josh Green                         ...        Miles
Tony Hale                          ...     Agent Suggs



Plot

Dave has a new girlfriend (who has a teenage son), a new job and seemingly a new life. Alvin, Simon, and Theodore start wondering, when Dave says he's headed out to Miami and the trio finds an engagement ring in his room, is Dave going to get engaged and dump them? The only way to stop them is to team up with the terrible Miles (Dave's girlfriend's teenage son) to go on a road trip and try to stop the engagement. But can they make it? Is this the right thing to do?




Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.





3/5 - *SPOILERS* This movie was better than the one previous ("Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked") but it still had flaws for a kids movie.

The opening scene is a surprise party for Dave but they didn't invite Dave. I mean, if you are going to the effort to make this huge party for someone close to you, don't you want to be sure that they can and do attend?

While on the road, there is a bar scene which is a combination of Matrix, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, and Karate Kid. Like seriously, wtf in a kids movie. In a bar!

Bonus for relationship development between the Chipmunks and Miles. This development is the best for the four-plex movie series, honestly. At first, he was a complete jackass (pardon the language, but you saw the trailer, right?) and in the end, he was willing to be friends with the chipmunks. The development was the best part of this movie, which did justice to the "road trip" theme.


Okay, so the chipmunks got in trouble on a plane by releasing the pets from their carriers in the luggage area. And it caused a scene (can you even get from luggage below the plane into the main cabin?!). I understand the air marshall was mad at that whole situation but wtf for air Marshall Suggs chasing them from Austin to New Orleans to Miami. Just because he wanted them to pay for their mischief on the plane does not mean he should have pursued then that much. Oh, but listening to the chipmunk's Christmas song and having chipmunk paraphanelia around made his then girlfriend break up with them and therefore made him resent the chipmunks? But why the chase through the whole movie and then no resolution about his side-story?! Lame!


Thumbs down for drinking alcohol in New Orleans in a family movie. Sure, New Orleans is known for drinking during Mardi Gras but in a kids movie? Bad call.


Thumbs up for Miss Bee's rental car guy saying "Families come in all shapes and sizes." THANK YOU for something worth while!!! This is a good message to promote!


Seizure warning for "You are My Home" song. It is a great song (made me tear up) but the way they did the lighting was terrible. Oh, and though very pop, it was a decent end to the movie (but not the very last part). Here, for your viewing:

Thumbs up for Dave legally adopting the Chipmunks. Logistically, this is weird but it makes me feel gooey inside to show that Dave really wants them to permanently know they are a stable family.




Over all, a good movie. Few flaws (like drinking, being in a bar, going against the parents' wishes, etc) but a good movie. I think this was near the best of the four movies. I was almost surprised that Ian didn't pop his head in again, but thank goodness he didn't.

Anyways, that's my review! More reviews to come in the future (eventually). Thanks for reading!


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Movie Review: "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" 12/16/11

This is a movie review for "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked", released December 16, 2011.



Trailer

Cast
David Cross  ... Ian
Jason Lee                         ... Dave
Justin Long                         ... Alvin (voice)
Matthew Gray Gubler         ... Simon (voice)
Jesse McCartney                 ... Theodore (voice)
Amy Poehler                         ... Eleanor (voice)
Anna Faris                         ... Jeanette (voice)
Christina Applegate         ... Brittany (voice)




Plot
Dave decides to take the six chipmunks on a cruise to spend some time together as a family. Of course, Alvin finds a way to constantly get in trouble. One of these ways ends up sweeping the six of them (on a kite) off the ship and stranding them. They find an island but can they survive the island? And will Dave come looking for them?

Oh, and guess who else is on the ship? Ian. Yeah, reusing the same enemy. Will he be any better this time, the third movie of the series?







Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.



2.5/5 -
Chipmunks meets Castaway/Swiss Family Robinson, honestly. The plot line very lacking and mostly predictable. Music was very pop and annoying, worse than the last two movies.

There was NO character development except Simon's Simone side and wtf was that?! Simon gets bonked on the head and adopts a carefree French-style accent. Shows Jeanette that he likes her and comes to her rescue quickly, just to end up trying to sweep her away (bedazzle her).

WTF was Ian on that ship for and what was the odds of him being on the same cruise. Seriously, the ODDS of the two being on the same ship (and Ian NOT getting reprimanded for his rudeness towards Dave, whom is a guest) is very low. And we have to accept it because it is how far Ian has fallen since he was so unfairly mean to the Chipmunks and Chipettes in movies 1 and 2? Come on....



Wtf was the dance off between some preppy girls and the Chipettes? Eleanor didn't "step" on the woman's foot; she bumped into her. And why were the women so b*tchy? I mean, they are chipmunks! Maybe the women didn't like small animals unless they were made into fur coats. And though both sides of the dance off were dirty (one woman picking Brittany up and using her as a hacky-sack, the other two chipmunks tripping the main woman, etc), it seemed that the Chipettes won. How? I don't know. It didn't make sense to me. Here's the scene, so you can make your own opinion:

Overall, as a stand alone movie, this sucked. As a continuation of the chipmunk movies, it did very little to live up to its predecessors. I almost didn't watch the fourth movie because this one left such a bad taste in my mouth. There were just too many small things that put me off (the girl on the island talking to some sports balls like "Castaway" as her companions, Simone being a stuck-up carefree character, the island gal having a "Tomb Raider" motive of why she is on the island and using a chipmunk to retrieve the gold from a nook though the island's volcano is about to go boom, Ian in general, etc.). Personally, I regret watching this movie but it wasn't a complete loss, I guess. I don't recommend it, unless you have a small kid that insists on watching it.


That's my two cents for this movie. Thanks for reading!

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Movie Review: "Ghostbusters" 07/15/16

This is a movie review for "Ghostbusters" (aka "Ghostbusters: Answer the Call"), released July 15, 2016.


Trailer

Cast
Melissa McCarthy - Abby Yates
Kristen Wiig - Erin Gilbert
Kate McKinnon - Jillian Holtzmann
Leslie Jones - Patty Tolan
Chris Hemsworth - Kevin



Plot
Four ladies (and their male receptionist) in New York become a group to fight against ghosts - "ghost busters".





Rating Criteria:

0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around – characters, music, theme, storyline, etc.


3.5/5 - I was both pleased and disappointed by this version of Ghostbusters. The trailer said "30 years ago" there were some ghost busters and that there are now new ghost busters. HOWEVER, the new movie is NOT a continuation of the older movie.

Mind you, the group of four ladies is well balanced. You have very intelligent women, with a inventor in the group, trying to protect all of the city of New York from ghosts (that can be malignant). Of course, the mayor and all of the political powers that be in the town don't approve of the group, telling the media that the ladies are rogues and whatnot.

There are things I HATE about this movie, aside the fact that this is not a continuation of the older movie. *SPOILERS*

1. Patty having a race/gender issue when Abby didn't.

2. The stupidity of Kevin....

3. Logic of Erin getting all the way across the city and making it just in the nick of time.


4. Seriously, Stay Puft had to also have an appearance?! I am not surprised that the other cast members of the older movie had appearances but....

5. Crotch shot.... Really, WTF. Family movie? Seriously...

So.... Yeah, I don't like these five things and that's the reason for the knocked down rating. I would not suggest this movie for children without supervision. As a PG-13 movie, I also would not recommend it in general. It was nice to see the ladies in action and it had a decent amount of comedy but the gender issues this movie showed was messed up.

If you want to watch this movie because of the legacy the 1984 movie set, pass this by. I don't know if it was true to the comic, but this is not what you might think it is. The trailer does not do justice to the movie (for a non-continuation of the 1984 movie). It is a complete redo of the Ghostbusters, but with intelligent women and a stupid male receptionist.

Decent movie with its flaws. Don't spend too much money on this movie or (if you wanted a continuation of the 1984 movie) don't spend money at all on this movie. Your choice.


The end fight scene was fair, mostly. Definitely interesting for weaponry, though not for logic based on the Ghostbusters universe.

And, looking at the above clip as I write the review makes me want to downgrade the rating..... Actually just changed it from 4/5 to 3.5/5.


That's my thoughts on this movie. Thanks for reading! More movie reviews to come eventually.
~ Gracie Mae DeLunac

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"Everything Wrong with Ghostbusters" by CinemaSins:

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Movie Review: "The Mummy" 06/07/17

This is a movie review for "The Mummy" released June 07, 2017. As I am a fan of the Mummy movies from the 1990s, I said that I would watch this. Spoilers but I did not enjoy this movie as much as the older ones with Brendan Fraser. Anyways, into the review!



Trailer

Cast
Tom Cruise              ... Nick Morton
Russell Crowe              ... Henry Jekyll
Annabelle Wallis          ... Jenny Halsey
Sofia Boutella              ... Ahmanet
Jake Johnson              ... Sgt. Vail







Plot
Two treasure hunters (Nick Morton and Sergeant Vail) use the wars in the middle east to go find treasures, without permission from the military. In one of their searches [acting completely kamikaze and dumb], they stumble upon an archeology site that has Egyptian symbols. Wait, so some Egyptians brought someone away from Egypt to bury them? That can't be good... Which it isn't because, lo and behold, they raise the mummy from the dead {go figure, for a Mummy movie}. Oh, but this time it is a hot chick with a penchant for Morton so she can become god-like by consecrating a relationship with someone, that she couldn't do back in Egyptian days because of the Magi. Will all the characters survive? Can they put the Mummy to bed?





Rating Criteria:
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around – characters, music, theme, storyline, etc.


1.5/5 - I was VERY disappointed in this movie. First off, why the hell would you chose AGING Tom Cruise as the main character? He gives off an ego that makes you not care for him and his whiny attitude was so much like "War of the Worlds" that I almost stopped watching the movie. [This is coming from someone that LOVES WotW, too! But that "I don't know what I'm doing but I'm confident about it" attitude really unnerved me.]

Second -
The explanation of the mummy's background was OVERDONE. First off, in the first few minutes of the movie, the character Henry Jekyll in England is talking about Princess Ahmanet and her background (BEFORE finding the tomb!!) and then we find the tomb and have to see the background story again. Seriously. >.> And yet does NOT explain her powers!

Third -
There is very poor character development and relationship explanation, especially between Morton and Halsey. So supposedly Morton and Halsey had sex and a backstory but never really explain it but for some reason *SPOILERS* Morton feels enough for her to die [become part god of death] to save her?

Fourth -
If a sword is going to be used to kill you, does it matter who stabs you? If you stab yourself, isn't the function of the sword still completing its task? Why not DESTROY it?! Oh wait, must save Halsey so maybe if I stab myself with the sword, I'll become part god of death and save her.

Fifth -
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in a Mummy movie?! WHAT THE FRICKING HELL!! Just because you're dealing with monsters, in specific the mummy returned to life with supernatural powers, doesn't mean that you need to bring in Jekyll and Hyde. At this point, I just went "Well, this is really getting knocked down because they are not explaining how he became Jekyll and Hyde. Not even using the character to help the storyline like "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen", saying that someone in the Egyptian line cursed him to become Hyde.".

Sixth -
The main plot was "the mummy wants to consecrate a relationship with me so I am immune to death right now because I'm her chosen, even though I crashed in a plane without a parachute and crashed through a truck's windshield and still didn't get hurt". Um, writers of this movie? LEARN TO WRITE PLOTS!

Seventh -
There was a swimming scene that was far too extended but somehow (maybe due to the "I'm the chosen one" thought) Morton managed through without needing to get air as he was fighting these Crusader knight zombies / mummy-fodder.

Eighth -
Zombies. Seriously. >.>


Seriously.... If you value your sanity, don't watch this! Plot is terrible, relationships are poorly explained/developed, etcetera etcetera etcetera. If you want to watch a Mummy movie, watch the 1999 version with Brendan Fraser: "The Mummy".






"Everything Wrong with the Mummy in 15 Minutes or Less" by CinemaSins
*SPOILERS*

Thanks for reading my review! Next movie review is "Ghostbusters" from 2016.

~ Gracie




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