Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)


[just for fans of the series]

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)
IMDB- 6.0
Rottentomatoes- 51%
RJG Rating- 35

Greg gets extremely bored in the summer with only his video games to his rescue.

Starring- Zachary Gordon,Steve Zahn,Devon Bostick
Director- David Bowers

The third part of the Wimpy Kid movie series is based on the novels The Last Straw and Dog Days by Jeff Kinney.

The entire cast from the second movie are back for this part as well.Zachary ,who plays the main lead ,gives an ok performance.Steve Zahn as the father has a more bigger role this time.The supporting cast do a good job as well.Devon Bostick as Greg's older brother Roddick ,gives a good performance once again.

The story for Dog Days ,is somewhat familiar to the second part ,Roddick Rules.Theres no new concept or anything.Just the same humiliating and awkward jokes.

Direction of Dog Days is average.Its tone is the same as the previous two and doesnt try to improve itself.Its pacing is quite even and is an enjoyable watch.
Overall,if you liked the previous 2 installments ,Dog Days will be of your liking.

Acting- 3/5
Story- 2.5/5
Direction- 3/5
Comedy- 3/5

The Watch (2012)


[a good concept wasted on poor jokes]

The Watch (2012)
IMDB- 5.7
Rottentomatoes- 17%
RJG Rating- 35

A shop owner creates a 'Neighbourhood Watch' team ,after one of his employees is brutally murdered.

Starring- Ben Stiller,Jonah Hill,Vince Vaughn,Richard Ayoadae
Director- Akiva Schaffer

The Watch has a solid cast ,but all are wasted.Ben Stiller,Jonah Hill and Richard A give a good performance ,but Vince Vaughn is average.They cant be fully blamed for the movies failure ,since they dont have much to work on.

The story for Watch has a good concept but its weighed down by the amount of vulgar and lame jokes.Very few actually hit the mark .The story is dark and could have been a complete horror movie but lining it with gags and jokes makes even the horror parts dull.The characters are poorly made and void of any development.

Direction is generally poor.The pacing is uneven and tends to lag towards the end.

Overall ,Watch is a one time watch for the fans of Ben Stiller ,Jonah Hill ,otherwise its a miss.

Acting - 2.5/5
Story- 1.5/5
Direction- 1.5/5
Comedy- 1/5
Thriller- 2/5

17 New Pics from the Hobbit !

Sad news for Sherlock fans


The premiere of Sherlock Season 3 has been postponed to early 2014.This can be directly related to the fact that both the lead characters have been doing some big budget and anticipated movies.
Martin Freeman ,who plays Dr.Watson ,is playing the lead role in The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014).
Benedict Cumberbatch ,who plays Sherlock Holmes ,is playing the villian in 2 big
movies.Hes playing the villain in Star Trek 2 and will later on join his Sherlock co-star, Martin in the Hobbit Trilogy ,playing the motion-capture dragon ,Smaug in The Hobbit Trilogy.

Shooting for the Season 3 (which is said to be the final season) was expected to start in Jan 2013 ,but this has been pushed back due to the stars busy schedules.This can be due to the development of The Hobbit trilogy.Hobbit was previously supposed to be a 2part movie ,but Peter Jackson later on wished to expand the middle portion a bit more ,and thus came ,The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) .Jackson will be doing more shooting in Jan 2013 ,and would need both Freeman & Benedict for shooting.

BIG Rumor from Justice League.



One of the biggest rumors floating around today was about who acts as Batman in the 2015 movie -Justice League.And i repeat,this is entirely according to rumors .And the actor being considered is.... Joseph Gordon Lewitt.More specifically ,he will continue his role from that of The Dark Knight Rises .

Spoilers ahead
As those of you may know,the final scene in TDKR shows Joseph's character ,John Robin Blake ,finding Bruce's batcave and gears up to become the next Batman.And with Man of Steel rebooting the Superman franchise in 2013 ,it seems possible that Warner Bros. might connect Nolan's John Blake to the 2015 Justice League.
One of the biggest advantage to this is that they wouldnt need to reboot the Batman series as previously planned.The audience are familiar with John Blake.On top of that ,it will be a new origin for a Batman.So instead of parents death forcing him to become Batman ,the new Batman's origin is simple and more fresh ,that is ,the first Batman handing down the legacy to Blake.
Zack Snyder ,director of Man Of Steel ,previously claimed that his Superman wont be a part of the 2015 Justice League.But now hes hinting that Justice League will have to consider his take on Superman.

As most rumors go ,this might be blasted tomorrow morning.But otherwise its a pretty neat way of linking Nolan's TDK trilogy to Justice League.
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