My personal Cars movie ranking: 3 > 1 > 2

A few things of note though: for the longest time Cars was by far my least favourite Pixar movie/franchise...until I had my (first) Cars obsessed son. Currently I have to endure one or two viewings of Cars 3 every weekend...and it's actually pretty good. Well the first 10 times anyways.
Cars 2 I found too Mater-centric and simply veered way too far off the 'spirit' of Cars as a whole. The beauty of it though is you can jump straight from Cars 1 to 3 and not miss a beat [a la jumping from Die Hard 1 -> Die Hard with a Vengeance]

 

 

Working in retail throughout the merchandising run of the Cars sequels put me off them and Planes. Then again the same can be said for just about any other Disney movie these days. Ya can't go far without being knee-deep in Merch for Disney's piggy-bank movie of the year

 

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (8/10) This is another classic for me growing up on VHS. This movie definitely shows a shift in Disney movies after Sleeping Beauty so I would probably say this is the start of a new era of Disney animated movies. I would say the animation is a lot less detailed then previous movies but the style still works and I think what they were trying to do with this is see how many puppies they could get in each frame and moving so it still pushed animation forward so I have to give it credit for that. In terms of the story I really like it because it is about dogs and these dogs trying to rescue their puppies from another over the top baddie who has a great design that just screams evil. So it is exciting seeing Pongo and Perdita going out and trying to save them and I love when they just chew the henchmen to shreds and our trying to escape them in the snow. The twilight bark is a fun moment because we see all of these dogs coming together for the greater good and I really like them and all the other animals coming together to help. I think the problem Cruella has is although she loses at the end it is not satisfying enough. Sure she crashes her car but there nothing else besides that. No jail time or anything so it is missing that.

 

Harry Potter: Order of The Phoenix

Fuck Umbridge for everything she did and fuck Cornelius for being the douchebag who let the Death Eaters grow untouched. This movie comes off as a terrifyingly appropriate reflection of today's times. It's my least favourite of the HP movies besides The Rise of Grindelwald, but still a decent movie to watch on a day-off school.

7/10

 

Seriously. It shocks me to my core how little is being done to stem the rise of imaginary warlocks in today's world. The clear parallels between the Harry Potter movies and the rise to power of international death cults whose goal is ethnic cleansing on a global scale in the real world should be impossible to ignore. How many more high school students are we going to allow to be murdered by a sitting government for mystical gain before we wake up?! We've already ignored the warnings of other children's light fantasy books made into movie series like Hunger Games and Twilight. Can we really afford to ignore Harry Potter as well? Thank goodness there are some people who clearly see these books not just as vague allegories in pop entertainment but as an actual road map to future events.

 

@akasuki welcome!

 

Well I have another Harry Potter movie. A Warner TV marathon  

Half Blood Prince, to be exact. I like this film more than the last one. They all deviate a lot from the book (I wish we got to see more of Tom Riddle!) but at least this film didn't make me want to punch a wall just for being so fucking depressing. 9/10

 

Honestly, they should have stretched Half Blood Prince into two movies and done Deathly Hollows as one.

 

Monters Inc. (9/10) What a classic Pixar movie. This has been another one I have not watched in years and I am happy I finally went back to it. There just so much creativity with Pixar and these early films really highlight that. It is a kids movie that adults are able to enjoy just as much but you knew that. There just so many cool designs and fun world building. Also seeing Sully protect Boo puts so much heart into the movie I forgot how creepy Randall was as the bad buy. There just so much creativity behind this movie. Towards the end of the movie them chasing in and out of the doors is such a really fun sequence.

 

Toy Story 4.
Still a solid 10/10.
Unpopular opinion: Woody did the right thing and the ending was perfect.

 

I am not someone who really hates the ending. I am pretty twisted on it and think it is good and bad for so many reasons. Although what keeps the movie being a 10/10 is how dumb down Buzz is.

 

Finding Nemo (10/10) We all know this one is a classic. Now this one although I have not watched super recently I have seen it enough and recent enough where it is fresh in my head. The characters are all great and memorable. That opening scene really is just a big dark gut punch that sets the stage and shows why Marlin is so over protective. Dory "just keep swimming" line and Bruce's "fish are friends not food" is basically iconic for someone born in the late 90s. The animation is still amazing and I can not believe this is from seventeen years ago. The story is really good and is always engaging with Marlin trying to save is son and traveling across the ocean to get there. Plus Nemo in the fish tank is more fun than I recall plus that kid coming tot get him is just horrifying but in the best way. You really wanna see Nemo get away before being tortured by this girl who does not know any better. I would say along Toy Story 1, 2, and 3 and both Incredibles would be the best Pixar movies.

 

The only thing I didn’t like was the villain. I thought her writing could have been better. It was still an awesome movie. But the Christmas special is my all time favorite.

 

BvS: 6/10 ben affleck , Jeremy irons and gal Gadot saved this movie and the action was top notch

Batman begins: 10/10 I change my mind about affleck being the best Batman Christian bale is the best Batman ( but still affleck is still great )

 

I have very mixed feelings about TS4. On one hand it wasn't a bad film, on the other I felt like Toy Story 3 didn't need a sequel.

 

Jaws - 10/10

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith - 9/10

I used to think ROTS was just okay but after watching Clone Wars for years and finally having watched season 7, Order 66 just hits so much harder.

 

Gorath - 8/10

 

Speckles the Tarbosaurus:
Not bad for an Asian movie. CGI is weaker than western animation companies, but I was really into the story to not take me out of it. Though one issue I had with it is the voice acting. Despite having Veronica Tailor and Christopher Daniel Barnes, 2 well known experienced voice actors, their performance was unusually dull the entire movie. Every line in moments that are supposed to be dramatic, they act in a "Dull Surprise" mode and it's really jarring to hear.

7/10

 

Mulan (9.5/10) First time watching this one and I know is is going to be a very unpopular opinion but I would say this and Hercules are my two favorite movies from their Disney renaissance era. I just had a great time watching this movie. I say even though I am a guy and can't really relate to the girl power aspect of the movie I still enjoy seeing a character to and accomplish tasks people would not think that they could. It is that underdog aspect that makes her stand out. Zero to Hero is a great training montage and I love seeing her being clever enough to find a way to climb up the poll. That goes with using the cannon to bring the snow down on the huns. She is clever and intelligent enough but still has flaws which is seen when she is trying to fit in with the guys. She is not perfect seeing her get embarrassed and show plenty of emotion during the movie. So yea her character really works for me. Li Shang another solid character and is beefcake (no homo, not that there is anything wrong with that) but in all seriousness I like how the character wants to prove himself to show he not just in this position because of his father. Although of course he has his jerk moment more than midway through the movie but it is needed and makes the ending that much better. Also if you pay attention all the music is before they see war for themselves so there is a really good shift in tone. Also the fight in the snow just looks grand and epic. Really the only flaw the movie has is the bad guy is not to memorable which is a shame but he is still creepy and solves the role.

Still need to watch Pocahontas and rewatch Tarzan for this era.

 

Sonic - 7.5/10

I never really grew up with Sonic. The only Sonic game I ever played was one of the kart racing games, a long time ago. I guess I was always more of a Mario guy. As someone with little connection to the source material, I found this pretty good. It has high entertainment value, for sure. Sonic himself was fun (he easily could have been very annoying, but he managed to stay just below that), and Jim Carey really played it up. A bit over-the-top, but his performance worked. All of his robots were a lot of fun to watch. I liked how they didn't try to make it an overly realistic take on Sonic. It always felt a bit self-aware. I think I would have preferred a movie set entirely in the Sonic world (with his game buddies and all), but if you're going to do Sonic in the real world, this was a fine attempt.

My main complaint is that this story is pretty overdone. An alien comes to Earth, makes friends with an average Joe, a (usually quirky) government bad guy comes after him, the human has to protect him, etc. I mean, it's a good premise, but we've seen this sort of thing a million times. ET, Iron Giant, Transformers '07, Bumblebee, Abominable, etc. As someone who loves Bumblebee, this sort of gives me a better understanding of people who find it mediocre. I definitely put that movie on a higher pedestal because it's part of a brand I love. And if I were a Sonic fan, I'm sure I'd love this just as much. At the end of the day I tend to judge movies based on execution. And I thought the execution here was very entertaining and fun. Much more so than the generic autopilot bore-fest that was Abominable. But I can't fully ignore the repetitiveness of the premise, especially when we've seen stuff like this recently (from Paramount, no less). And I do think Bumblebee did this story much better. I found the humor in that movie a lot funnier, and I enjoyed that setting and that cast of characters more (although a villain like Robotnik in a Transformers film would be pretty fun).

Overall it was a solid film that I'd give more than a mild recommendation for. Especially if you have a connection to the Sonic brand. But even if you don't, you might get something out of it. My mom really enjoyed this movie, and she had no idea who Sonic is. And she tends to not like action/adventure movies. So I think that says something about this movie.

 

Passengers 8/10
Happened to catch this on tv. A nicely done sci-fi movie starring Chris Pratt as a passenger on a colonizing ship on a 150-year journey to a new planet. His cryo-chamber malfunctions & he wakes up about a year into the journey. Stuck on his own, he’s gotta deal with isolation & keep himself from going crazy.
It’s a predictable movie, but it’s good. And hey, Lawrence Fishburne is in it too.