Avengers Poster at SDCC

The Avengers poster was released just in time for SDCC11

The Avengers comes to theaters May 4th, 2012 and stars Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Cheadle, Clark Gregg, Tom Hiddleston. The film is directed by Joss Whedon.

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Due Date Review

So, I loved this movie.

I know it has a lot of hype and high expectations with comparisons to The Hangover, but let me tell you, I liked The Hangover more.

The Hangover was funnier and as long as you walk in, not expecting it to out do The Hangover, then you will be fine.

Some bad reviews have come out - and that lowered my expectations right before going to see it - which was a good thing becuase the movie ended up being way better than I thought!

There are so many funny moments, not just the ones from the trailers.

If you are not a fan of Zach Galifianakis, then you probably will NOT think this movie is funny. I am a huge fan and his comedic delivery in this movie is as awesome as The Hangover. His character has the same "special ed kid" mentatlity that leaves you laughing hysterically.

Through a series of unlikely circumstances the two are forced to do a cross-country road trip to L.A. and form a love-hate-hilarious relationship mixed with ridiculous advenutres and scenarios.

The movie features interesting cameos, laugh-out-loud-one-liners, and shockingly great chemistry between sexy Robert Downey Jr and hilarious Zack Galifianakis.

Personally, I loved it, but if you are easily offended (though this movie s far less offensive than Hangover, which I also loved!) or are not a fan of Galifianakis, then you will likely want to skip this flick.

Did you see it? Thoughts?

Iron Man 2 - My Review

I saw this Friday (opening night) with a group of friends in IMAX. It was a great night, Eclipse posters up, Eclipse IMAX Trailer on the big screen, then Iron Man 2 - which I did a review for here.

I Loved Robert Downey Jr !! He reprised his role as Tony Stark and had the perfect charisma, attitude, sexiness. Something about his as Tony Stark is friggin' hot!

I am not a huge fan of Gwyneth Paltrow, though she used to be awesome in recent years she hasn't impressed me much. In the first Iron Man I really enjoyed the banter between her character, Pepper Potts and RDJ's Tony Stark and this movie it was even better. She had more of a role in this movie and I didn't hate her.

Scarlett Johansson was looking hot. She was a bit random and I was confused on if she was really an important role or not but she was pretty to look at. She had a few great lines but mostly just filled the "hot girl" quota for the flick (Because let's face it, that will never be Gwenyth Paltrow's job)

Mickey Rourke was absolutely AMAZING as Ivan Vanko in this movie. I was thoroughly impressed, he exuded the perfect amount of evil, malice and confidence to completely creep me out in a good way. He was haunting and it was fantastic!

Sam Rockwell as Mr. Justin Hammer was an annoying, but entertaining character. I think he is supposed to be annoying, so mission accomplished. The same goes for Garry Shandling as Senator Stern - though there is a great court scene thwt I enjoyed and laughed fairly hard at, that was entirely Robret Downey Jr.

Samuel L Jackson is always kick-ass and I enjoyed him as Nick Fury, though the story didn't feel developed enough and since I don't follow comic books I was wanting a bit more explanation on him and Natalie Rushman / Natasha Romanoff.

Seeing Don Cheadle instead of Terrence Howard was an adjustment, I tend to get attached to actors as characters in series and HATE casting changes, but I adapted quickly. Loved seeing "War Machine" especially when Iron Man & him have a lover's spat.

Even as a non-comic book geek/follower I could see the potential of upcoming movies (Avengers - 2012) it was exciting. I advise those who haven't seen it to wait until after the credits, like with the first movie, for a brief but telling clip.

So to summarize:

Good - RDJ, overall Casting, chemistry of characters, action sequences, dialouge

Bad - too many subplots that non-comic book fans may not fully appreciate, random time wasters that could be better used, flow (middle was a bit slow at times)

Overall - GO SEE IT IN IMAX

Iron Man 2 trailer

My husband & I are both looking forward to THIS movie....