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Justice League vs the Fatal Five - Movie Review

DC Animated Movies Historically, DC animated movies have been some of the best story telling for their heroes. These movies are direct to disc and digital release. Most of this I attribute to Bruce Timm as producer and amazing voice talents like Kevin Conroy who has done the voice of Batman for decades. I will typically recommend these DC animated movies as a must see or own. Movie Review If you watch the trailer, none of this should be a spoiler for you. This movie is a cross over with our current time's Justice League and 31st century Legion of Super-Heroes. I very much enjoyed hearing voices of Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman from the Justice League animated TV series. This was one of the most positive aspects of this movie.  Jessica Cruz is the new Green Lantern who has an interesting back story. I prefer Hal Jordan as the Green Lantern but it would not make sense with this story. The movie had all the pieces that I should enjoy for a Justice League movie but I fou...

Aladdin (2019) - Movie Review

Live Action Disney first remade their classic animation movies into live action with 101 Dalmatians in 1996. It was not until Maleficent 2014 that it became an annual event. Maleficent was a different take on the classic animated movie and did well with the change. It was not until Beauty and the Beast in 2017 that the live action movie stayed very close to the original animated movie. Disney appears to be keeping close to this new formula and has several more live action movies in the works. Movie Review Aladdin does stay as true to the original animated movie as possible. Many criticize Will Smith on taking up the iconic Robin Williams genie role but they have obviously not seen the movie. I give Will Smith credit for trying to take on the role in the first place. No one could replace Robin Williams so Will does not even try. He keeps true to the heart of the character while making this live action version his own. Music is keep to these animated movies and three classic songs ...

How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World - Movie Review

Summary How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World is the third and final movie of this trilogy that also include several TV episodes that can be found on Netflix. In the first movie, we find Hiccup trying to become a dragon slayer using his mind instead of his lack of brawn. In his attempt to impress his father the chieftain, he injures a rare Night Fury dragon who he later befriends and names Toothless. The two become friends and teach everyone Vikings and dragons can work together rather than be friends. In the second movie, we find our heroes trying to protect their dragons and other dragons from a villain who is trying to capture all the dragons and make them into an army. Hiccup also is trying to learn what it means to be a leader. His father is killed during the final battle and he is forced to become a leader. Movie Review This movie is a satisfying conclusion to the series. It has ranges of emotion throughout the film. Most of the characters have evolved during their jou...

Avengers: Endgame - Review

Movie Review - Spoiler Free I will try to keep this a spoiler free review. First, I would like to applaud Disney/Marvel for making a movie over the 2 hour limit that most movies have kept themselves to lately. The movie would have felt rushed if it was only 2 hours. The movie starts out appropriately timed to the events of Avengers: Infinity War. The movie kept you emotional invested throughout the entire movie. There was some predictability with the story but for the most part, I was able to enjoy the ride without knowing what would happen next. This to me made the movie extremely enjoyable. We get see how the characters deal with the aftermath of the Infinity War and what their options are moving forward. Each character was given their opportunity on screen during the movie. This is obviously easier to do since there are fewer characters after the events of Infinity War. I felt that many characters had an appropriate conclusion to their stories. The movie did leave me with a couple ...