Montag's Movie Reviews

Your note has been created. Prince of Persia The Sands of Time: A movie review Share Today at 3:37am | Edit Note | Delete Ok, so going in I had pretty high hopes for this movie for 2 reasons: the Prince of Persia game series was friggin' awesome and pirates of the Caribbean was a fun movie to watch. But I was worried like so many people who have seen beloved video games turned into crap movies: what if they screw this up and completely ruin the memory of something that was totally awesome for me? We've seen it so many times: street fighter (arguably the worst video game movie ever), Mortal Kombat, Super Mario Bros, Wing Commander, Double Dragon, the list goes on and on. The appetite of Hollywood for cashing in on name recognition at the cost of artistic integrity can never be fully satisfied it seems. However, all members of the gaming community can breath just a little bit easier this time (at least in my opinion). The movie is good, not great or spe...

Word on the street has is that Iron Man 2 is a boring film. That's depends on what you're looking for in a film. If you're looking for a lot of great lines, big swooping scenes, some physicality and a lot of "Mommy, wow!" moments, Iron Man 2 delivers...if you're a fan of clever dialog. The lines were dense and duplicit constantly popping off like a fully automatic weapon. Sitting in the theater I was instantly reminded of His Girl Friday specifically and 30's films generically. Despite the Jazz Singer being release in '27, it took some time to perfect and implement dialog recording devices that would actually work with film. When the technology was finally there, writers went hogwild with the ability to put their words in character's mouths to the point that a lot of early talkies had more dialog than they needed just to use this new development. Iron Man 2 carries on this tradition; it is not a film for the lazy ear. Much like the first film,...

Iron Man 2: A movie review Share Today at 10:17am | Edit Note | Delete Ok, so I was really excited when I first saw the trailer for this movie. Then I saw the second trailer and I was like HOLY CRAP IT'S WAR MACHINE!! And yes he does feature prominently in this movie. Right from the beginning this movie is good, the pacing is excellent, there are no lulls waiting for something interesting to happen. There's good character development, engaging relationships between the characters, a well written (if not especially deep story, but that's ok this isn't supposed to be Tolstoy), solid action, interesting villains and lots of good explosions =D. Now there is the running undercurrent of hints about the upcoming avengers movie (totally awesome), which adds an element of mystery to the movie where you'll find yourself constantly looking for tidbits or blurbs about the upcoming and totally awesome movie we're all waiting for with bated breath. I...