Top 5 Favorite Movies (2012 List)

Here's my top 5 favorite movies list. I change my mind constantly, so next year I'll probably do a new list.

5. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

It's got a great story, great characters, great action sequences, the soundtrack is great, it's all around just GREAT.

4. Gojira (1954)

I've already talked about this film. See my review here.

3. Batman (1989)

This is what Batman should be. He's dark yet heroic, Joker is totally crazy, the Batmobile design is great, and the actors are just phenomenal! It's got atmosphere, and probably the best superhero movie soundtrack ever. It's a really great film.

2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

What sets this film apart from other slasher movies like Friday the 13th, is that it's pretty original, and it actually has likable characters. It also has atmosphere, a nice soundtrack, Freddy Krueger is one of my favorite monsters ever, and it has great actors too, like Robert Englund and Heather Langenkamp, plus this was also Johnny Depps first movie.

1. Mothra VS Godzilla (1964)

It has everything a Godzilla movie needs: Destruction, a good fight, a bit of goofiness, nice characters, the whole shebang. I guess King Kong VS Godzilla also has those qualities, but I consider this my first Godzilla movie, so it has some sentimental value too.

The Avengers (2012) Review

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  Alright, the Avengers. First I'm going to talk about the flaws, this movie suffers from 2 very major flaws: Bad pacing, and too much focus on Iron Man. Let me go into more detail.
  The pacing is just way too fast. There's this one scene where Iron Man and Loki are talking, seems nice slow after all that chaos earlier in the movie, and then suddenly Loki's army comes, and then everyone starts fighting. And this all happens with in like 5 minutes! I'm like SLOW DOWN ALREADY!
  And then there's just way too much focus on Iron Man. He already got 2 movies, Captain America should be the star of this. But NOPE. Iron Man, Iron Man, Iron Man. I mean, Cap isn't even my favorite, but he should still be the main hero because he was the leader in the comics. It just makes sense.
  Now by this time you probably think I'm going to give this movie a negative review right? Well actually no. This movie did something that I don't think any other movie series has done, making several different movies and having them lead up to this. It will probably influence many other films in the future. Oh, and That character Coulson, I didn't like him very much, but after watching the Avengers I changed my mind about him, and was actually kinda pissed when he died. But it's got some pretty amusing moments too.
  One thing that's great about this is Hulk. This is the way Hulk should be. The other movies just couldn't get him right for some reason. Ang Lee tried to hard to be "artistic" or whatever, and it ended up being boring. The 2008 film didn't have as much artistic crap, but still kinda dull. Avengers did him right, and I'm glad.
  So the pacing is horrible, and Iron Man is really starting to get on my nerves, but I give it a thumbs up anyway for doing something new, being funny, making Coulson more likable, and finally doing Hulk right.

My rating: 7/10

Batman VS Superman

  Alright, so I've been seeing people saying things like, "Batman is the best superhero because he's just a regular human, and he has limits." And then there are also people who say "Superman is stupid because he's too powerful!" And I don't get it.
  If anyone is too powerful, it's Batman. He's supposed to be just a normal human, but he beats people with amazing super powers like Poison Ivy or Clayface, HE DEFEATS EVERYONE. Clearly his limits aren't as great as people say.
  Superman actually seems to have greater limits because of his weakness to kryptonite. It seems like kryptonite is a fairly easy thing to get a hold of, cause Lex Luthor to has like tons of it.
  Now I may not know what I'm talking about, cause I'm not exactly up to date with these characters, I've barely read any of the comics, but I have seen the Superman films, the Batman films, Batman the animated series, and Justice League Unlimited, plus I've read a lot about them on the internet, and it seems Batman is just too powerful, and Superman is really just fine.
  Please comment and share your opinions on this.

Batman Returns (1992) Review

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  The film starts out around 30 years ago, where the Penguin is born. He's really ugly and his parents are afraid of him, so they drop him in a river, and he floats into the sewer.
  It then goes to the present where a bunch of maniacs are attacking the city, so commissioner Gordan turns on the bat signal, and Bruce Wayne sees it and turns into Batman. You would think Batman would have a more exciting return than just looking at the bat signal, but I guess it's alright.
  So Batman saves the day, and we meet Max Shreck, a businessman, and his assistant Selina Kyle. Selina learns about Shreck's evil plans to make a power plant that will actually suck the energy out of Gotham. She knows too much so he throws her out the window, but a bunch of cats go around her and nibble on her fingers. Somehow this gives her 9 lives, at least I think, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
  So she goes home a becomes Catwoman, and The Penguin reveals himself to the world, by pretending to save a baby. He says he never knew his mother and father and lived in a sewer all his life, so everyone starts feeling sorry for him and let's him figure out who he really is. He finds out that he's Oswald Cobblepot, and after that he tries to become mayor with the help Max Shreck. Shreck is helping him because he needs his power plant built and if Penguin wins the election he can make that possible.
  Penguin starts framing Batman, making the people of Gotham believe he kidnapped and woman, and even pushed her off a building. Batman doesn't really do anything to regain their trust, they just start trusting him again anyway. It's weird.
  So Batman gets a CD of The Penguin talking about his evil plans and plays it over and over, and that makes everyone in Gotham go against Cobblepot, so he flees back to the sewer, and to get his revenge he decided to kidnap all the first born sons of Gotham and kill them, but Batman saves them all.
  So instead he sends out a bunch of Penguins with bombs to kill everyone, but Batman stops that too. And in the final battle Max Shreck dies, The Penguin dies, and Catwoman disappears with only 1 live left.
  Many people didn't like this movie because it was "too dark". That wasn't really an issue with me, I just thought it was kind of boring. The plot was okay, kinda complicated, but it was still okay. One thing that annoyed me was how Batman would kill, he did that in the first too. Didn't Burton even care to keep it like the comic books?
  It's not really a bad film, it just lacked the atmosphere of the first and didn't have as interesting villains. It did however have a great soundtrack like the first film. If you're a big Batman fan I say watch it, if not you can pass it. But make sure you check out the first Tim Burton Batman, it's really good and one of my favorite movies ever.

My Rating: 6/10

My Top 10 Best Superheroes Ever List

10. IRON MAN

9. ANT-MAN

8. SUPERMAN

7. GREEN LANTERN

6. THOR

5. DOCTOR STRANGE

4. FLASH

3. BATMAN

2. HULK

1. SPIDER-MAN