2010

Starring: Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki, Charles S. Dutton, Jon Tenney, Kevin Durand, Willa Holland, Kate Walsh, and Dennis Quaid

Written by: Peter Schink and Scott Stewart

Directed by: Scott Stewart

I remember seeing the preview for this and being very excited. It was right up my alley. I love spirituality and gods and angels, et. al. I love apocalypse tales. So right away I knew I was the target audience. Now before I go further, with a wife and three kids as well as a irregular job schedule I don’t get to go to movies nearly as much as I’d like. In fact, I watch most films at home on DVD nowadays. I thought though that I might make an exception in this case.

2010

Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles, Michael Keaton, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, John Morris, Jodi Benson, Emily Hahn, Laurie Metcalf, and Blake Clark

Written by: Michael Arndt

Directed by: Lee Unkrich

I have to preface with this by saying that I am a huge Pixar fan. I honestly can say that I don’t think they have ever made a bad movie. Ever. Yes I know that some out there might have some negative things to say about A Bug’s Life or Cars, but not me. I think they have been the most consistent production company of all time. By now most people are probably waiting for the BUT this movie sucked! Or something along those lines.

1987

Starring: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Mitchell Ryan and Tom Atkins

Written by: Shane Black

Directed by: Richard Donner

I decided recently to introduce my wife to one of the if not the greatest buddy cop series of all time, Lethal Weapon. It had been quite awhile since I had seen them recently when I recently bought the whole series on 2 discs for $15. I couldn’t pass that up. So over the course of the next week or so (hopefully before my vacation – but you know crazy schedules), I’ll get through the saga.

2007

Starring: Jim Sturgiss, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luter McCoy, and T.V. Carpio

Written by: Julie Taymor, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais

Directed by: Julie Taymor

It’s hard for me to judge this film. There are so many precursors to go by and so many different audience tastes that factor in. Me? This film is right up my alley but I can completely understand why some wouldn’t want to touch it with a ten feet pole. Let me get some of the qualifiers out of the way as best I can and then I will try to tackle the film.

A more apt title I can’t fathom. The series had been building to a climactic final battle between the gods of Olympus and their heroes vs Kronos and the titans and their armies. The WHOLE book is that final battle.

By being absolutely boring.

“Weapons Factoy” is a great example of why Clone Wars is much more than a kiddie cartoon show. In fact it is at times more in depth and better at character development than the films are. It takes the relationships they have and analyze and compare and put them through the ringer to show us how they develop.