KICK-ASS 2 Review

Hey guys, Movie Maniac here, and I'm bringing to you guys my first ever movie review, so to speak. What better movie to be my first review than Kick-Ass 2!! So I'm going to give you guys my rating system on how I rate movies:

1. If a movie is bad it gets an: "ASS" rating, meaning don't check it out because it's just horrible.
2. If a movie is ok, it gets an: "EHH" rating, meaning it was ok, but don't rush to see it
3. If a movie is fair, it gets a: "Redbox It/Netflix it" rating, meaning it was good but it's worth waiting to rent from Redbox, or watch on Netflix when it goes on there.
4. If a movie is good, it gets a: "Worth the ticket price" rating, meaning it is good enough where it's not great, but you will have fun with it and enjoy it more in theaters.
5. Finally, if a movie is great, it gets a: "Awesomeness" rating, meaning the movie is great, fulfilled what it wanted to do superbly, and I recommend watching it over again because it's just that good.

So let's recap before I get into the review. A movie is rated from 1 being lowest and 5 being the highest rate it can receive:

1. ASS-Bad
2. EHH-Ok
3. Redbox It/Netflix It-Fair
4. Worth the Ticket Price-Good
5. Awesomeness-Great

Now since that is established, it is time to get into my review of Kick-Ass 2! Now with Kick-Ass 2, I was looking forward to it simply because I loved the first Kick-Ass. Out of all the movies, that came out in 2010, Kick-Ass was in my top 5 favorite movies of 2010, along with Percy Jackson: the Lightning thief, Iron Man 2, The Karate Kid and Scott Pilgrim vs The World, which is saying a lot since I saw almost all the movies that came out in 2010. So yes, I was anticipating Kick-Ass 2, and I am happy to say that I loved Kick-Ass 2; however, I did have some problems with it, but more positives than negatives.

Positives:

One positive of Kick-Ass 2 was to me the acting. It wasn't the best acting in the world but, it wasn't bad either. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chloe Grace Moretz just embodies their characters so good. It was just like riding a bike for them when it comes to their respective characters. Let me point out, I am a big fan of both these actors, I loved Chloe since seeing her play in The Amityville Horror and loved watching her grow as an actress and with Aaron, he sold me when I saw him in Savages, like I loved him in Kick-Ass, but when he was in Savages, he played his character so well that I didn't even recognize that was him with Taylor Kitsch and Blake Lively. I was glad they both just hop right back on the saddle when it came time to do the sequel. Now who blew me away the most was Jim Carey as Colonel Stars and Stripes. Jim Carey is such a great actor and yes he messed my head up when he said he didn't want to support Kick-Ass 2 because this film was one of his best roles that we seen from him in a while. Let's not get into Mr. Popper's Penguins, talking about boring. So I was disappointed by that but I can't deny the fact he was great in the movie.

Another specific positive I wanted to point out about the movie is that it was more than just a gory, comedic, violent, film, it actually had some emotion and depth into it. Especially in the climax of the film, when Dave/Kick-Ass' dad gets arrested and then killed,  talking about tear-jerking. Or when Mindy/Hit Girl. got left in the woods by those evil high school girls, and she was walking home crying and alone. Or when Colonel Stars and Stripes got killed by Mother Russia. Man this movie had more emotion than I expected and I like that.

Negatives:

One negative that I had of Kick-Ass 2 was that it tried so hard to duplicate the same feeling the first film gave us. Granted a sequel film should want to duplicate the magic that made the first one so popular, but they tried too hard and it didn't work.

Second negative was that they didn't explore more of the minor characters more, characters such as the aforementioned Mother Russia, who I thought kicked all sorts of ass. Also the movie was called Kick-Ass 2 but I felt it was more of a Hit-Girl film than a Kick-Ass film. I was more intrigued by Hit-Girl adjusting to high school life than Dave becoming more of a hero. Which is bad because even if the movie has lots of good characters you should always want to promote the titular character more and Kick-Ass 2 didn't do that.

One minor flaw I want to point out is that I found most of the movie funny, but damn, quit with the bad jokes. Like some of the jokes were just awful and just didn't work in certain scenes.

Overall, I'm giving Kick-Ass 2 a 4 rating, meaning it's worth the ticket price in theaters, you would enjoy it more in theaters, it was fun, entertaining, emotional in a sense, it makes me want a Kick-Ass 3, and I highly recommend seeing it in theaters because right now it is losing to Disney's Planes...slice my head off now Hit-Girl.

But let me know if you saw Kick-Ass 2. let me know if you liked it or didn't like it. Let me know if you are looking forward to a third installment, if it this one is successful. Let me know anything you want about Kick-Ass 2. 

Until Next Time, I'm the Movie Maniac and I'm Frantic about Films :D

WHO IS THE NEW BATMAN?!!!

Hey guys, Movie Maniac here, and have I got a story for you guys. Breaking news on the casting of the new Batman in the Batman and Superman movie coming in 2015. Confirmed by Variety magazine and Warner Bros. Studios, the new Batman is BEN AFFLECK!!! Immediately, many movie fans showed their opinions on my Facebook page and Twitter page.Me personally, I think it's a great choice, and I believe this because of four reasons:

1: He's 41, which was the age demographic Warner Bros. were looking for when choosing the next Caped Crusader.

2: I believe he has the right charm, charisma, and looks that can coincide with Henry Cavill.

3: If you look up a picture of him in The Town where he was working out in the scene, Ben Affleck is cut. The dude has the build to fight against Cavill's Superman and make it look believable.

and 4: Let's be honest, with everything that was wrong with the Daredevil movie he was in, he wasn't the biggest problem, so I believe since he isn't the actor he was in the late 90s/early 2000s, he can pull off this role and become a good Batman.

With roles such as the ones in the aforementioned The Town and his Oscar-winning movie Argo, I believe Ben Affleck is a great actor, and this is the kind of role that will prove my support in him being the new Batman.

But let me know what you guys think. Is it a good choice, a bad choice, do you really care? Anything you want in regards to this story in particular.

Until Next Time, I'm the Movie Maniac and I'm Frantic about Films :D

Us As a Movie Blogging Community

Hey guys,  Movie Maniac here, since I created my movie blog, Film Frantic, I haven't posted because I wanted my first post to be something memorable. Now I figured out that I want to address the problem that is plaguing the movie blogging community, and the problem is that we believe too much that we hear and slowly stopped taking rumors with a grain of salt. Examples of this is the latest two rumors of Christian Bale getting offered $50 million dollars to return as Batman and Hugh Jackman getting offered $100 million dollars to continuously play Wolverine for four more films. As a movie blogging community, hell as movie fans, we should one always find the source to movie rumors. ALWAYS LOOK FOR THE SOURCE. The thing that makes me the most angry is that other movie sites run these rumors as facts and literally their professional integrity slowly deteriorates.

Now let's break down these rumors starting with the Christian Bale situation. Now if you look into where this rumor came from, it was from an unnamed "source." Whenever you hear unnamed "source," you should immediately either take the rumor with a grain of salt or research into it. Do no just automatically believe it, it makes us as fans seem gullible. Then what you should think after reading a rumor such as this one is bring facts into it to help you determine if it's true. Think about it, if Warner Bros did offer Christian Bale $50 million, why would Christian Bale accept it, did he not say he was done playing a superhero? Of course some of you would say "$50 million dollars would change his mind"; however, it wouldn't because any other movie studio can offer him the same amount to be in their movie, so why would Christian Bale come back to play a character he said he's done playing for that price when he can do a different character for the same amount? So let me restate what's been stated so many times before, Christian Bale is done playing Batman, Christopher Nolan's Batman character will not appear in the next Man of Steel film or in any other film involving Batman, and whose to say they aren't talking to Christian Bale about it, I can't deny if they are talking under the radar, but as far as I know Warner Bros. has not come out and stated that they have offered Bale $50 million to play Batman again.

Time to break down the Hugh Jackman being offered $100 million dollars to play Wolverine for four more films. So many websites ran with this and promoted as fact. I don't know how many times do I have to say do not trust unnamed "sources," especially ones who gave this "scoop" to the National Enquirer, and take rumors with a grain of salt. Take into consideration, Hugh Jackman is a top notch actor, there's no disputing he's worth the money, but, why would Fox offer the amount of money that it takes to create a full movie to one actor. It just doesn't seem right. Plus if I'm not mistaken, I believe Fox plans on rebooting the Xmen franchise anyway after Xmen: Days of Future Past. So why would they offer Hugh Jackman to continue to play Wolverine if they are rebooting the franchise? Usually when a studio reboots a franchise, they usually get new actors to play the characters of that franchise. Now maybe they are talking to Hugh Jackman to continuously play Wolverine under the radar, but as far as I know, the studio did not come out and confirm nor state that they have offer Hugh Jackman $100 million to play Wolverine in four more films.

So to conclude this post, I want to say that us as a movie blog community needs to really start showing more professional integrity with the stuff we post. Trying to get that big scoop doesn't have to mean give up your integrity. Once we realize this, our community will gain more respect, or at least gain the respect that we lost back.

Until Next Time, I'm the Movie Maniac, and I'm Frantic about Films :D