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

Battleship (2012)

[poor start ,great finish]

Battleship (2012)
IMDB- 6.0
Rottentomatoes- 34
RJG Rating- 55

Hopper ,a reckless navy officer ,is put to the test when he and a couple other destroyer ships are forced to face an alien invasion.

Starring- Taylor Kitsch,Tadanobu Asano,Alexander Skarsgård
Director- Peter Berg

Battleship is a movie surprisingly adapted from the board game of the same name.How thats even possible is certainly a wonder ,but the movie doesnt do much justice to the game.

Taylor K as the main hero does an okay job.He along with the rest of the cast were over the top.Rihanna was completely useless,Alexander was a saving grace ,Brooklyn was just eye candy,Liam does his usual in his cameo.

Battleships story is nothing special.Even though its said to be adapted from the board game ,its silly to even connect this movie to the game.On a stand alone basis ,the movie was the typical alien invasion story that is served every summer from Hollywood.The movie has plenty of plot holes and the first half needlessly stretched.The part where the board game's setup is done is interesting but it feels like a forced attempt.

The direction is generally poor and heavily inspired by the likes of Micheal Bay.Other than the finale ,the rest of the movie was too long ,silly ,and full of needless CGI.The action scenes could have been better but they were completely exploited with closeup shots and too many explosions.There were plenty of corny scenes & dialogues that dragged the movie pace.The aliens weren't too thought up of either.The only highlight of the movie was the last part (where the real Battleship comes to play) which turned out to be pretty exciting compared to the rest of the movie.

Overall Battleship is just another mindless popcorn movie.A timepass movie for action lovers and those who love ships.

Acting- 2/5
Story- 1.5/5
Direction- 2/5
Action- 3.5/5
Visual Effects- 3/5

James Cameron lists his next 3 movies

Visionary director James Cameron (Terminator, Aliens, Titanic, Avatar) has said he wishes to make 3 more Avatar sequels and then stop.

James Cameron has always been an ocean fanatic and has been to many under water expeditions (recently he went to the Mariana Trench,thus being the first person over 50 to visit). Cameron says he wants to stop making movies after Avatar 2,3 and possibly Avatar 4. He furthers explains his reasoning saying that he would express everything he ever wants to tell through these 3 movies.And anything more would be through documentaries. Also he added he would stop producing any other movies.