So this isn’t going to be a very long post, and I know it’s a day late, but it’s Easter, so I’m calling in a Holiday.

Now, if you’ve ever read the book as a child, you may be into this film. It’s kind of fun, seeing all the memorable monsters coming to life, and since they used suits instead of CG, it makes it that much better.

That being said, it’s really the best part of the movie. The main character Max, was hard to get attached to. The kid has a good life, his mother loves him, and gives him a good home, he has toys, a dog, everything a kid that age could every want or need. But his sister’s friend wrecks his igloo, and his Mom has company and can’t play with him, so he flips out and runs away from home. He’s a brat.And the monsters are the same, none of them are characters you can connect with, and the one that is the most relatable gets ignored for the majority of the movie.

Now, this isn’t to say that it’s not a decent movie. There are definitely people who would appreciate it a lot more than I did. I wont recommend this movie, but only because I wasn’t very impressed. But if your child at heart is still bugging you, it’s not absolutely horrid.

Either way, later.

First off, never, Ever, drink three Dr Peppers, a large coffee, and then buy a large drink at the theatre. You miss stuff.

Now, Tim Burtan’s Alice in Wonderland. Where to start. I didn’t go in expecting much, I thought this was an over hyped, 3-d movie, and was scared it would turn the way of Avatar, and be praised for more than it’s worth. Avatar is still playing by the way. How pleasantly surprised I was with this film!

The opening scenes were fantastic foreshadowing, and your first glimpse of Wonderland takes you back to when you were a kid, watching the Disney cartoon for the first time. Normally I hate it when Disney decides to make a sequel, especially when they make it live action, but this time they did it right. The 3-d, and whimsical scenery made wonderland appear more of a cartoon with a few live actors here and there.

Alice, having aged thirteen years since her last adventure in wonderland, had almost forgotten about it. Can you say Peter Pan in Hook? She’s off to a party where the Lord attempting to court her plans to ask for her hand. Keep your eye on the characters around her at this party. The lord’s mother takes her through a garden of white roses, which Alice suggests to paint red, when she spots the white rabbit. She excuses herself from the ceremony to follow him down the rabbit hole, landing in a very familiar checker floor room, with nothing but a small door, a key sitting on a table, and a bottle labelled “Drink me.”

As we follow Alice we find that a prophecy reports her return to wonderland, or Underland as the natives call it, to slay the Red Queen’s dragon, the Jabberwalkie. Alice, convinced this is all a dream, embarkes reluctantly on her adventure, teaming up with old characters such as, Tweedledum, Tweedledee, Dormouse, and of course the star role, The Mad Hatter, played by one Willy Wonka. I mean… Edward Scissorhands. Oops, Victor Van Dort. Ok, it’s Johnny Depp. Of course it’s Johnny Depp, who else would play Tim Burtan’s eccentric, colourful main character?

Anne Hathaway also makes an appearance as the White Queen. What a perfect fairy tale princess she is, flowing around the scenes with her head held high in beauty. Stephan Fry as the Chesire Cat, and Alan Rickman plays the caterpillar. Perfect! And Mia Wasikowska as Alice, looking very good in a suit of armour, pulled the movie together, and tied it off with a bow on top.

Like I said, I wasn’t expecting much going into the theatre, but I left very happy with the entire experience. I would see this movie again, and I hope it gets the same amount of glory that Avatar did. In short, if you’re flipflopping on seeing this movie, do it, it’s worth the ten bucks.

Either way, later.

My friend and I had been waiting since September of oh nine to see this movie, and it was well worth the wait. Legion is among the most intense apocalyptic movies I’ve seen in a long time. I have very little complaints.

The story follows a group of people at a gas station diner in the middle of nowhere desert. Among them are the father and son team that run the place, a one handed chef, a pregnant waitress, and some travellers seeking car repairs and directions the hell out of there.

It seems like a pretty normal situation until an old lady shows up, and tells the pregnant woman that her baby is going to burn. Shit turns crazy when the old lady takes a bite out of one of the travellers necks and climbs the walls in a straight-out-of-the-exorcist style scene.

When she’s finally taken care of with a comically stereotypical shot fired from the token black guys concealed weapon, a stranger shows up. Michael. Now, Michael is a complete bad ass angel who’s chosen to go against God’s word.

What I like most about Legion is the way it takes on the explanation of the situation. In other films when a character asks the main badass what’s going on, they take five or ten minutes and explain the whole ordeal. Michael does that, but he seems hurried the entire way through, which is the way it should be. Angels are coming to kill you, and you’re sitting around discussing it? Not on Michael’s watch.

However, little, to no explination has it’s downfalls as well. If you’re not familiar with Angelic lore at all, you’d have missed the point behind the Earth shaking sound that comes shortly before the appearance of Gabriel. In lore Gabriel is always pictured with a horn, I thought the horn blast was really well done. Very well done, you get the sense of impending doom when you hear it. But they skipped telling you what it was.

However, this is soon forgotten during the Angel fight.

I wont give away the ending, but I will say that it could have been a little less cheesy in my opinion, but it did the job. All in all a pretty entertaining end of the world scenario, I think it was worth the ten bucks just to see it on the big screen. I’m not sure if I would buy the DVD though, it feels more like a rental, or a download.

Either way, later.