Mike and Dave Review

“Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates” is one of the best surprises this year. The trailer left me wanting no more, while the film had me wanting to see it one more time.

The movie revolves around the titular characters Mike and Dave, played by Adam DeVine and Zac Efron respectively; need dates to keep them in check at their sister’s wedding, since hell on earth unleashes whenever they are left to their own devices.

 

They find dates in Alice (Anna Kendrick) and Tatiana (Aubrey Plaza); however, little do they know that they’re just as chaotic, which leads to one insane weekend for everyone involved.

This is the type of comedy where you have to apologize to the person next to you because of how madly your body will flail around from laughter. Everyone will leave the theatre looking like they were just in a UFC match.

It’s hard to recall some scenes because of how many times I closed my watering eyes while dying in my seat.

Story is loosely here to set up gags that take center stage, rapid-fire jokes that hit their target more than Steph Curry at the 3-point line.

A great aspect this film gets right that many don’t is how everyone feels like a real character, no matter how dysfunctional parts of his or her personality may be.

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Mike and Dave could of easily been the man-children, seen in a million other films. Instead, they are just 20-somethings that can have silly sides to them like anyone, while having trying to have some shades of maturity when needed.

Something that can be irritating is when emotional scenes are derailed jokes, although funny, kept a barrier between the characters and myself whenever I started to connect.

Maybe being a bit too self aware a times are where the problems arise, as characters or situations get wrapped up too neatly in a couple lines of dialogue, looking at the audience as to say, “you know why you came you’re here,” like end of some Netflix date.

Efron has proved he has the chops for comedy, delivering great lines or reactions for DeVine to bounce off of.

Efron doesn’t really have a personality in the movie, one moment he’s the straight guy, then the next he’s his frat boy character from “Neighbors”. It was hard to decipher whom he was beyond, Zac Efron playing Zac Efron.

While this is not necessarily a bad thing, it sticks out when compared to others like Kendrick, who became the very likeable and neurotic Alice.

On the other side of the spectrum, there’s Plaza playing a wildly different character type from any other she done before, stealing almost every scene she’s in. Taitana is loud, brash and hysterically demented at times.

A scene in the film involving her and Mike talking about jealousy, where Tatiana reveals after cutting off the ponytail of a girl who was looking at her ex, she wore it around for a month as a warning to other women.

We all want someone to look at us like Anna Kendrick looks at that drink

This movies relies on its cast, the chemistry between everyone is what carries scenes. Even the supporting cast is firing on all cylinders, making scenes like the spa, worth the price of admission alone.

Comedies are easy to watch, but even harder to rewatch when you know the big surprise jokes coming. That just leaves a joke with not much to stand on after the surprise is gone.

“The Hangover” still holds up because of the journey and characters that populate its runtime.

Although some story is here, it’s more of a stage for its characters to stand on. The real show comes in the interactions between characters and their environment.

they have a distinct style don’t they?

Raunchy R-rated flicks have come been a dime a dozen the past decade, more common than hipster sighting in Wynwood or a sunrise outside my door.

Nothing is really shocking anymore, so it’s a great pleasure to see one rely on actual jokes over shock value again.

Is the movie reinventing the wheel for comedies? No, but it does most things so well, such as dialogue or likeable characters, making this a must-see summer movie.

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Made Movies: Tomorrowland Review

The fantastical world of “Tomorrowland” has arrived and it evokes the ideas of yesteryear to make an enjoyable ride from start to finish.

The film centers on a bright young girl named Casey Newton (Britt Robertson), who receives a pin that shows her glimpses into another world that leads her to Frank Walker (George Clooney), an aged former boy-genius inventor and they embark on a journey to the long hidden world of “Tomorrowland”.

Director Brad Bird made a cautionary science fiction tale with a lengthy runtime that flies by. It’s near impossible for audience not to be amazed by the sights and sounds as creativity comes to life on the big screen, forgetting that another hour just passed by.

The highlight of the film is any scene with Raffey Cassidy, who plays Athena and is acting circles around her fellow co-stars. This 12 year old is holding her own in scenes with a veteran actor like Clooney, while bring charm and heart to the experience.

The first quarter of “Tomorrowland” is a mixed bag until the whole crew unites for the adventure, then it picks up and never stops. Jokes for example are rarely something that everyone ever laughed at, it’s either one person or the other chuckling, furthering the notion that some parts are disjointed by a split audience.

The film is a bit all over the place in terms of coherence, with a few points feeling likes it’s geared towards children, while most of it feeling like it’s a sci-fi action film aimed for teens and adults, supported by the ending that will undoubtedly go over the heads of young viewers.

The lowest point of the film is after the opening sequence when it’s focusing on Casey, she just doesn’t have that much going on with her. Casey was just not as interesting as other characters, such as Frank and Athena, who had a way more compelling backstory and dialogue.

The music was a little grating at certain points, in case some forgot they were watching a Disney movie, the horns would come blaring in to remind them. These are few and far between and by the end, you either accept the campiness or don’t.

The “dead mom” cliché is also reminds that it’s a Disney movie. There must have been a law made years ago making it illegal to have a mother figure in these stories, as Casey’s mom leaves the film as if to say to viewers ”you know how this goes”.

The world they build was so fascinating and it’s a shame they didn’t explore it more. Athena alludes to other people that also received the pin, basically teasing other stories taking place before/during the movie’s start. There was more lore than there was actual story, which is still a good thing.

“Tomorrowland” is filled with many great fight scenes that feature a lot of creative weapons and gadgets. The best uses of these gadgets are shown when Frank’s house was under attack, making for a thrilling scene as he and Casey try to escape.

Inspired by a time when imagination was at the forefront, Frank tells Casey and basically audience members that want to nitpick into the science something to the effect of “can’t you just be amazed and move on?”

The set and costume design is excellent, really nailing the futuristic 50’s look and a city that looks like it was designed by a bunch of dreamers.

An aspect of where everything doesn’t stand as tall is the special effects. At times they look exceptional when used in smaller instances, while in other moments they look like something off of Youtube in 2008.

Hugh Laurie’s Nix character is the antagonist of the film and really embodies that word, because he’s not really a villain, but rather somebody in the way of the trio completing the journey. His reasoning for wanting to stop them is so reasonable, I found myself kind of rooting for him to win.

“Tomorrowland” is a great complex concept, that’s acceptable when it drops the ball at points only because of how good it is when it does deliver. It features everything, a British “villain”, compelling twists and the brilliant Raffey Cassidy; I just had to give her another shout out and find a way to end this review abru-

Suicide Squad Full Cast Picture Revealed

Ladies & gentlemen, here’s your first look at the Suicide Squad. The upcoming Warner Bros. movie stars Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie,Viola Davis and a whole lot of other people I ran out of commas for.

These are the characters appearing from left to right, Slip Knot, Captain Boomerang, Enchantress, Katana, Rick Flagg, Harley Quinn, Deadshot, Killer Croc, and El Diablo.

Ben Affleck, who plays Batman has been reported to be on set shooting scenes for the movie recently. How much brooding & loitering on gargoyles is unknown at this point.

If I didn’t know this was the real cast, i would’ve guessed a bunch of fans took a picture in their cosplay. Then I see Will Smith and go, “oh no this is real.”

This is just the first of just many details to be released in the coming months. “Suicide Squad”,centers around a team of villans forced into deadly missions by the government for their freedom is scheduled to hit cinemas August 5,2016.

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Made Movies: Avengers: Age of Ultron Review

There’s many ways to spend two hours, doing charity work, fighting a cougar, or accepting that “ I’m home alone” text. Only two of those will make you scream like a schoolgirl in the way “Avengers: Age of Ultron” did.

“Age of Ultron” has the team facing a new robotic villain created by Tony Stark(Robert Downey Jr) that sets to destroy The Avengers and the world. The team will have to face internal struggles on top of possibly the biggest threat they’ve faced to date.

Character interactions stood out as the strong point as watching these characters banter is the heart and soul of this movie. The engaging dialogue makes it hard to notice any long period of no action not on screen because the audience is hanging on to every word.

Writer/Director, Joss Whedon, continues to show this movie is not built off of huge action pieces, but also a script. The running jokes were strong throughout, making for bigger laughs each time showing that.

This movie plays with more complicated themes, which excel the more straightforward original in the aspect with concepts like, good and evil, playing God, are Thor’s abs real, the important stuff.

The two most expendable Avengers got the most character development this time around, with Black Widow(Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye(Jeremy Renner) got to showcase why they deserve to be in this film.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s Quicksilver didn’t live up to the bar set by Evan Peters standout performance last year in X-Men. His acting, was perfectly fine, it was more like Quicksilver was just there and didn’t do much.

Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch was the best new character and the one to look out for going forward. Her powers and vengeful personality add a new dynamic that brings life to her scenes.

The opening scene started out strong with perhaps the best set piece in the film showing the Avengers do what they do best, cause mass amounts of damage no insurance will cover.

The action was very well choreographed and directed, but there weren’t really as many stand out moments like in the last film, the triple threat in the forest or Hulk smashing Loki.

The movie doesn’t recapture that magic the first did with seeing all these larger than life characters together on screen for the first time ever. It takes a few steps forward and you know the rest of this sentence.

Parts such as the South Korea sequence were forgettable and would have been best left on the cutting room floor. Thor has a subplot that doesn’t really go anywhere; luckily things go so quick these are minor gripes.

It’s easy to see that the cast are so used to these characters after playing them so long. Little ad-libs like Tony Stark doing a little bit of dancing and humming as he invades an enemy fortress are loved and welcomed.

Ultron(James Spader) is a cunning villain, who was also sympathetic because he believed everything did was actually good, instead of the cliché “I’m evil”, while twirling his robotic mustache(rostache?). Yet, never feeling unbeatable, it was more like a question of when the team would defeat him rather than if they would.

Setting up the seeds for Civil War in this film gave great glimpses of what’s to come in next year’s movie when the heroes battle each other. There are many tense sense involving Cap and Tony that give audiences of mouth covering moments.

The 3-D felt like it was an afterthought and the only reason someone wouldn’t forget it was because ever so often the movie would throw a pebble or shoe, except in 3-D! This is disappointing considering how the previous Marvel movie “Guardians of the Galaxy”, made such good use of it.

The film is great and stands solid by itself, but when comparing it to the previous Avenger’s film or even the more recent Marvel film’s like Guardians or Winter Solider, it doesn’t stand as tall. “Age of Ultron” is a great summer flick with depth and some content that fumbles in parts.

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First Offical Image of Jared Leto’s Joker

This isnt your mom & dads Joker, or older brother’s or… wait,what exactly are we looking at here?

Giving hints throughout the weeks that this Joker would be influenced by Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns.”Suicide Squad” director, David Ayer has tweeted out the first image of Leto in full Joker form after months of teasing.

For those who don’t know, the film is based on the comic series of the same name about a group of villains who are forced to go on the most dangerous missions from the government in exchange for pardons.

Leto’s Joker looks to be completely different from any other incarnation on the big screen. Twisted, tatted up and the kind of look that would make someone cross to the other side walk.

Can’t wait for all the cosplay that’s going to give kids nightmares or the inevitable”Ledger was better” battles in the comments.

Set to be released next year after Batman V Superman, “Suicide Squad” is first of many DC movies to come after the clash of the two comic titans.

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