HISHE

So this week I have decided to review HISHE.  For those of you who are not familiar with this, it is an acronym that stands for How It Should Have Ended.  It is a website that makes comical cartoons that point out certaint things in movies that should have changed the entire plot.  The website is funded by Starz media, but originally started out on its own.  I personally like this site due to the many random facts it points out about movie plot lines which many people often miss.  Recently, HISHE has been redoing endings for videogame plots as well, which I believe is not as funny, but still retains some good humor.

Captain America

So this week, I red boxed Captain America, and was impressed.  Not only was the acting great, but the plot was interesting enough to get my attention, but simple enough to not over-complicate things.  The real thing that surprised me was that this movie was a set up movie.  This means that the movie was really just made to pathe the way for another movie, in this case, the Avengers.  Most set up movies are generally not the greatest, like the second pirates of the caribean.  The movie set up for an extrordinary third movie, but was simply not outstanding in many ways.  Captain America had a solid story line that was fetched far enough to be captivating, but reasonable enough to be believeable.  All in all, Captain America would deffinitely be a movie I would buy. 

Winnie the Pooh

So yesterday me and my friend Alex decided to redbox the new Winnie the Pooh movie, and I decided I might as well blog about it.  To be honest, I was impressed at how much it reflected the original cartoon.  The only questionable thing about it was the character of Rabbit, whos voice was a bit off and behavior was way off. I also felt the movie was short, but at the same time the amount of plot given in the movie was good for what it was.  All in all, I would say that the little jokes and the classic feel of the movie would deffinitly make it a keeper. 

X-MEN first class

Allright, so this week I decided to go out and redbox the movie X-Men first class, and I was surprised when I saw it.  The movie took my understanding of the past X-men movies deeper, and I was blown away by its many aspects, such as its phenominal acting and stunning visual affects.  The most impressive thing I believe about the movie was how the plotline tied in with both fictional and real-world events, also adding to the validity of the movie.  All in all, I would suggest buying this.

Immortals

So, this week I have decided to write on an upcoming movie called immortals.  My first thoughts on it were that it looked like a crazy mix of 300 and Clash of the Titans, and that it mostlikely wouldn't be that good, yet despite that, I have a crazy impulse to go see it.  This may have to due with the fact that it is a stereotypical action movie that gets everyone's attention, but I believe it is because it looked like a new idea, which got me thinking, new ideas may be extremely common.  If all ideas are presented in the same way, then it would be really easy for people to miss a great idea.  This led me to the fact that hidden somewhere in our reppettitive modern culture are great ideas.  So just a quick wrap-up, Immortals doesn't look amazing, I still want to see it, and my viewpoint on new ideas still hasn't changed. 

Disney: Out of ideas, there's still media hype.

So this title may not be obvious at first, but it definitely fits the post this week.  Disney has recently released into theaters and on bluray the Lion King 3D, and there has been a lot of hype about it, from both the media and people.  Now, I believe that the fact that Disney is re-releasing a very old movie means they aren't striving anymore for new ideas, they are simply sticking with what's comfortable with them.  The only problem with this is that people are looking for something new and exciting.  Disney gets around this using media hype.  The Lion King 3D had commercials on about every five minuets (obvious exageration) and social networking sites were all talking about this movie, untill after it was shown in theaters.  Despite the reusing of ideas, media hype is used to boost something simple into something better. 

Terra Nova

Alright, so due to the recent claims that I am unoriginal I decided to mix things up alittle and review a show that is new to FOX.  (If you couldn't tell, the show was Terra Nova)  The essential idea of it was people traveling into the past to escape their present and our future.  I was impressed by the character development and creativity of the show's plot.  So far, I am keeping up with the show, which actually means alot to me.  It is clear that this show has captured my attention, but to say I am a true fan, I would need the show to continue, but as of right now, Terra Nova has a good start.