TL;DR Movie Reviews October-December 2013

1. Ender's Game - Where other movies end after humans beat an alien invasion, this book adaptation explores what the world did to prepare for future attacks. Harrison Ford says "GET OFF MY PLANET!!!"
2. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa - An actual movie with a plot. Involves people as extras, unaware that they are filmed. Less crude than Borat. Heartfelt movie.
3. Thor: The Dark World - The banter between Thor, Loki, Natalie Portman and one of Two Broke Girls actress were much more interesting than the villain: some platinum blond space-pirate alien elf race. Another tease of Marvel's "Phase 3" in movies.
4. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - Didn't read the book, so I'm glad when readers told me that it's as close as a perfect adaptation of the book. More drama and plot development. Still hungry.
5. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Don't care if Benedict Cumberbatch voiced Smaug. The script for this sequel is probably longer than the entire The Hobbit novel.
6. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Daydreamer wakes up and goes on an adventure. One of the reasons why I don't read critic reviews is because I would have skipped this wonderful, uplifting movie. I recommend.

Not sure if I'll be watching any other movies before the end of the year. Until next time.

I'm done.

TL;DR Movie Reviews for Winter, Spring, Summer, Some of Fall 2013

1. Hansel & Gretel - A good start for a potentially-new franchise when you cross a Grimms' fairy tale with Steampunk and dark comedy.
2. Warm Bodies - Definitely a better love story than Twilight.
3. Identity Theft - Jason Bateman in another supporting role with NOT Will Smith (ahem *Hancock*) as the lead role.
4. A Good Day to Die Hard (Die Hard 5) - It's like the "Ernie Goes To" series, except it's Bruce Willis as John McClane and he goes to Russia. Instead of hilarity ensuing, it's killing and blowing stuff up.
5. Oz: The Great and Powerful - A prequel to the Wizard of Oz with James Franco and a talking monkey.
6. The Croods - The Flinstones 3D.
7. Oblivion - Tom Cruise Promoting Scientology Part 4? 5?
8. Iron Man 3 - Marvel milk's franchise... news at 11.
9. The Great Gatsby - Leonardo DiCaprio continues being the most underrated actor ever.
10. Star Trek: Into Darkness - Benedict Cumberbatch, Klingons, Time-travelling old Spock and more lens flares.
11. Fast & Furious 6 - It's no longer about living life a quarter mile at a time. Heck, they got a tank.
12. The Hangover III - It stopped being a comedy and turned into a real kidnapping/hostage movie.
13. Now You See Me - It's like The Avengers, except with magicians... and Morgan Freeman.
14. The Internship - A great movie about Google back in 2005. A tamer version of Wedding Crashers... also in 2005.
15. Man of Steel - If Superman was done the right way with Dragonball Z fighting and the Chris Nolan/David Snyder moral-dilemma treatment.
16. This Is the End - Actually a very funny well-written comedy movie.
17. World War Z - jump-starting the shuffling/dragging vs running zombies once again.
18. Despicable Me 2 - More cuteness overload with the Minions.
19. Pacific Rim - A giant mech/robot/monster movie done well. Looks like a new franchise is born.
20. The Conjuring - You will shit your pants and have the hair on your arms standing up.
21. The Wolverine - If Wolverine was given the Christopher Nolan down-to-earth treatment and lost his powers. That's how boring this movie was. The only saving grace is the teaser for next year's X-Men movie, uniting the cast of First Class and who would come back from The Last Stand.
22. Elysium - from the director that brought you District 9. Stars MAAAAATT DAAAAAMON!!! And Jodie Foster.
23. Jobs - Ashton Kutcher has portrayed Steve Jobs pretty well. Could have used slightly better writing, though.
24. Instructions not INCLUDED - Tear jerker of a comedy drama.
25. Insidious 2 - Bigger budget and scarier than the first.
26. Gravity - Who would have thought that two people floating in space would be so intense and thought provoking?

I'm done.