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THE KILLING ROOM (2009) Directed by Jonathan Liebesman #film #movie #thriller #director #jonathanliebesman #screenplay #guskrieger #annpeacock #actor #actress #chloesevigny #nickcannon #timothyhutton #cleaduvall #sheawhigham #peterstormare #soundtrack #briantyler #producer (à Pau, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqm4kjLn6a5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=uu7cg4f40544

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Finally framed #Paramount #NinjaTurtlesMovie '14 #TheatricalPoster signed by Director & producers #JonathanLiebesman,#BradFuller & #AndrewForm ..by #Tokka & Spyka. (at Golden Apple Comics)

[theenthusiasticcinephile]

Wrath of the Titans

1 hour 39 minutes

Rated PG-13 (Intense Sequences of Fantasy Violence and Action)

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman

Starring Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Edgar Ramirez, Toby Kebbell, Danny Huston, Ralph Fiennes, and Liam Neeson

2 out of 4 stars

Wrath of the Titans just isn't needed right now. Clash of the Titans made quite a lot of money two years ago but is it that memorable? The Greek mythology, action scenes, and Kraken were all pretty cool but everything else? Not so much. I did give it 3 out of 4 stars and went along with the messiness of the whole thing but I pretty much gave it a good review because Gemma Arterton, who plays Io, IS VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY SEXY. Well, since Hollywood loves making as much money as possible with sequels, remakes, and reboots, now there's WRATH of the Titans. Are the special effects as cool as they were in the first movie? Of course. But is this movie unforgettable? No. Absolutely not.

For starters there's the 3D. Clash of the Titans, which came out right after the 3D craze of Avatar, got ripped apart by critics because it was filmed in 2D and then converted in a matter of a month. THAT'S HORRIBLE. I never saw the movie when it came out but I've had my share of converted 3D movies like Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger and let me tell you, IT'S A RIPOFF. When I saw that Wrath of the Titans was in 3D I thought "Great! They must have filmed it in 3D because they've learned their lesson of how awful Clash of the Titans was converted." Well sadly I was wrong, because the movie was converted into 3D like its predecessor. I get it. They KNEW from the start that they were gonna convert it so they filmed scenes that will look three-dimensional with regular cameras. It's a wise choice but it's stupid because conversion doesn't improve 3D at all! It just doesn't! Why don't directors understand this!? The conversion in Wrath of the Titans makes the 3D look dim, lousy, dark, and, um, not 3D at all. There were about 2 3D shots in the entire 99 minutes of the movie where I went "Oh. That's actually kinda cool!"

Sam Worthington still hasn't stunned me in a performance. I hate to say that he's not much of an actor but so far he's made that pretty clear. The dialogue's kinda clunky in the movie but that didn't bother me that much because come on, it's already a ridiculous film. Many critics are calling the plot incomprehensible but I disagree. There are a few unanswered plot points (like why does so-and-so suddenly go against Hades even though he was on his side from the start?) but it's pretty understandable overall. The problem is that the story is just kinda been-there-done-that. The Titans are landing on Earth and are gonna cause mayhem. Perseus must stop them. He needs a certain weapon to defeat this giant fire monster (seriously how come in all these Greek mythological action movies the hero needs a certain weapon to defeat the villain? It's so old!). There's also hardly any depth to any of the characters. I can usually get away with weak characterization in action movies but here I can't ignore it. Each of the monsters simply appears and then gets killed. That's it. They're just all angry and vicious. Nothing else.

The movie has more humor than its predecessor and there's a nicer dynamic between Zeus (Liam Neeson) and Hades (Ralph Fiennes) which I liked. And like I said before, the action and special effects are fun to watch. Unfortunately the bad 3D, weak characters, and boring storyline make the movie pretty unnecessary.

[theenthusiasticcinephile]

Battle: Los Angeles

1 hour 56 minutes

Rated PG-13 (Sustained and Intense Sequences of War Violence and Destruction, and for Language)

Directed by Jonathan Liebesman

Starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo, and Michael Pena

1 out of 4 stars

Battle: Los Angeles might have worked better as a video game but as a movie it sucks. There is positively nothing original here. The teaser trailer for the film is fantastic. You know you're gonna expect a hostile-aliens-take-over-the-world movie but there's something about it that makes it look different and darker and weirder. Unfortunately I think it was the creepy song in the background that tricked me. There's nothing new here. What was Hollywood thinking when they made this?

They could have done more with this because the title, Battle: Los Angeles, is an homage to a real-life incident that occurred in LA two months after December 7th, 1941. In the middle of the night on a February night the whole city saw a weird object in the sky that hovered over the place and wouldn't leave. So then the military gets involved. They shoot and shoot and an air raid ensues but the object still doesn't move. It doesn't even get damaged. This wasn't considered to be an alien spaceship but just the Japanese. So did the Japanese really have a spaceship that was immune to damage and artillery fire? I doubt it. The object eventually left the sky after a few hours.

Now a hell of a lot of people don't know about this true event and I think it's a great choice to make a movie about it. Sadly there isn't even a reference to the Battle of Los Angeles in the movie (there is in a TV spot for the movie though, oddly). All Battle: Los Angeles cares about is loudness and explosions. The director, Jonathan Liebesman, once said that he wanted to make an honest movie about what would happen if aliens took over the earth and how the military would react do it. To make it all the better he added that he wanted to make a movie like Black Hawk Down that's filmed with that documentary handheld camera style.

Just because you're making an "honest" movie about the military doesn't mean it's different and more original because you've added aliens to it! Enough with the explosions. Where's the character development? There shouldn't even be a cast list for this movie. Sure Aaron Eckhart's in it and is trying his best and the always tough Michelle Rodriguez is in it as well but they don't even talk in the movie. All they do is yell and yell and yell. And scream. And yell cliched phrases like "You're gonna be okay!"

In addition to cliches there's also that corny unnecessary moment where a soldier is about to kill himself to kill some aliens and save the people and he says to the main guy "Tell my wife and kids that I love them blah blah blah." There's also that annoying moment where there's no fighting and the protagonist gives a big speech about how this is our planet and we deserve to fight for it.

Honestly I didn't even find these aliens cool to look at. They're quite dull. They don't even have faces and the shaky camerawork doesn't give us a chance to fully look at them. Even the whole look of the movie is ugly and unapproachable. Overall this alien war movie is just really stupid.

And to make everything better the movie is nearly 2 hours long!

[adj-filmreviews-blog]

'Battle: Los Angeles' REVIEW

Certificate 12A Director Jonathan Liebesman Starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan Running Time 116 mins

SYNOPSIS: A Marine Staff Sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) who has just had his retirement approved goes back into the line of duty in order to assist a Lieutenant and his platoon as they fight to reclaim the city of Los Angeles from alien invaders. The world's most populated cities are subjected to a set of coordinated surprise attacks.

MY THOUGHTS: This big budget film deals with yet another alien invasion. 'Skyline' was horrifically bad, the last movie to attempt the genre. Battle:LA shows glimpses of character depth and at times real emotion from it's characters. The set pieces are impressive but it is little more than a popcorn movie that is well directed and as you can imagine full of cliches. Furthermore, Ne-Yo is in it. He is not an actor, he is a musician. Aaron Eckhart does nothing to tarnish his reputation.

NEXT FILM: Aaron Eckhart will next be seen in 'The Rum Diary' with Jonny Depp and Amber Heard.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Check out Eckhart in 'Thank You for Smoking' and his role in 'The Dark Knight'

"I'd rather be in Afghanistan"

RATING: 3 out of 5.

TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dI94ZO2SbM