Montag's Movie Reviews

If someone gave you $300 million dollars and said " Make me an awesome movie about the Green Lantern ", you might think to yourself 'Ah, twice as much money as Thor and X-Men: First Class had - easy as pie!'. If you're director Martin Campbell and you've impressed everyone with movies like Edge of Darkness and Casino Royale, but secretly hate super hero movies and Hollywood producers with an insane cunning, and really want to make an expensive pile of fail, you'd have made " Green Lantern ". The short review - don't waste your money on this unless you *literally* have nothing better to do than watch paint dry. If you like comic books, or even just action movies, AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Where to begin... I heard bad things about the movie, but I thought 'How bad could it be?'. First things first. Ryan Reynolds. Generally known for playing slightly air-headed characters with a sense of humor and formulaic Hollywood looks. Star of fifty-two

Lets kick this off with saying that X-men first class is the best x-men movie I've seen so far. The first two movies were ok and the third one and wolverine origins were utter dross. I have a sneaking suspicion that Marvel had a little more to do with this production than the last 4 films, even though the movie was produced through 20th century fox. Anyhow, as for the movie itself, it's good. All the characters are interesting in some way and despite being mutants, they're very human in how they feel. The film is very much a social commentary on outcasts and social acceptance and the general close mindedness and fear that tends to dominate the average persons outlook when it comes to anything new or different. Aside from all that the film is simply very well done. I loved the casting, James Mcavoy was a great choice for Professor X, but even better than that was the choice for Magneto. Michael Fassbender has really managed to capture what I think is t