MOVIE REVIEW - Need for Speed

Last week, I was lucky enough to score a free screening to the upcoming Need for Speed movie.  Getting to see it a month before it came out was awesome in and of itself, but the nice thing about this advanced screening was that you were actually allowed to take your phone in with you, unlike many of the other ones I've attended.  All the other studios need to take note, because Dreamworks and the #NFSmovie crew know how to effectively do a screening.  If you want your advanced audiences to tweet about the movie, let them take their phones into the theater!  Just enforce the no cell phone policy during the actual movie.  When studios like Sony make you check your phone in at the door, they completely alienate a marketing avenue. 

MOVIE REVIEW - Disney's Frozen

Disney's Fozen was the first Film I saw in the theater in 2014, and I was absolutely surprised by how good it was.

I never know what to expect when going into a Disney movie.  They had a string of movies in the 90's where they could do absolutely no wrong... The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King... but then it all started going downhill with movies like Pocahontas and Hercules... although I did enjoy those, just not as much as the other three.  Then came the Pixar era, but honestly, I like songs in my Disney movies so I judge the Pixar movies on a completely different scale.

OmegaManwicH's "Are You Not Entertained?!" Movie Grading Scale

Greetings Starfighter!

     I figured since I'm about to post my first movie review that I'd post the 10 point grading scale that I'm going to use to rate them, explain what each one means, and then give an example or two of each rating.  Remember, this still goes along with my "Are You Not Entertained?!" way of looking at movies.

Anyway, to the scale!

2013 Year in Review Part II: The Worst and the Best **MINOR SPOILERS**

The following are my picks for worst and best of 2013.  I hope you enjoy it.

**MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD**

THE BIGGEST DISSAPPOINTMENT OF 2013 -

Iron Man 3:  I really wanted this movie to knock it out of the park.  Shane Black, one of my favorite Hollywood writers, wrote and directed this movie.  He wrote The Long Kiss Goodnight, my second favorite Christmas movie of all time.  Some of his trademark smart-assiness and wit was present in the dealings of Tony with the kid, but there was too much Tony, not enough Iron Man or War Machine, and the climactic final battle was a big letdown.  Even the post-credits scene was lacking, going for a joke instead of something significant to the next movies.  Not good for the first Marvel movie after The Avengers.  The bright side is that, yes, I can re-watch this movie and do get some entertainment value from it, especially as the initial shock of the first viewing fades away.

2013 Year in Review Part I: Mini-Reviews

I can't believe you made this movie, either, guys.

I saw 74 of the movies that came out in 2013.  About a fourth of them were great.  Some were decent, some were good but forgettable, several were disappointing and some were downright bad.  Below are my quick assessments of them complete with mini-review.   If you would like see my personal picks for the worst movie, the biggest disappointment and the Top 10 of 2013, that is the subject of part two.

Those of you that may have read this when I originally posted it on Facebook will notice that two more movies have been added to the lists:  Frozen and Man of Tai Chi.

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!? The way I look at and review movies.

Maximus Decimus Meridius

Hello there!  Welcome to my new blog, BAMFofSteel.blogspot.com, a new Movie Review and Awesome Stuff site created by me, OmegaManwich.  From time to time I will have guest reviews on the site as well, but for now... it's all me, baby!

Why do I have the audacity to think that people should read my opinions on movies?  Well, I watch a lot of movies... A LOT of movies.  I'm what you would call a Film (and TV) Junkie… a Movie-Geek… a Cinephiliac… anyway, movies are the biggest hobby that I have.  I see a lot of movies in the theater in a year, (74 of the ones that came out in 2013, alone,) and I go to a lot of free screenings, but I don't judge a movie I see the same way that a normal critic looks at it.  It all comes down to what makes a great movie.

So yeah, now you're asking, "OmegaManwicH, what makes a movie great?"