The Digital Movie Collector

Bad Timing During the current events, it was a bad time to decide to watch Carriers staring Chris Pine, Piper Perabo, and Emily VanCamp. The movie shows a worse case scenario for a global pandemic and how the human race would react. The movie came out in 2009 but shows some similarities to current events.  Review The story was a little close to current events. The movie was enjoyable and is more of a drama than a thriller. I highly recommend not watching this movie at this time but once current events are over, it is worth a watch. Feels like a reverse War of the Worlds where humans and not aliens are being made extinct by a highly contagious virus. You feel for the characters as they try to survive in a world that appears to be coming to an end. Rating I give this a solid SD movie. It is worth a rental and purchase if under $5. I ended up getting my HD copy from Vudu for a free offer.

Live vs Animated I so wish Warner Brothers and DC would reboot the entire DCU live action movies. They need to get the writers and producers from animated movies to do the live action movies. I recently watched Superman: Red Son which was a far better movie than Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn. WB/DC produce the best animated movies but their live action movies with the exceptions of Wonder Woman and Aquaman have been okay at best. A few are almost good when you watch their extended versions. Birds of Prey did not have an extended version, Review The story line looked good from the trailer but that is where it ended. The female cast were great. The story and dialog ruined the whole movie with the exception of two scenes that equaled about 10-15 minutes of the movie. These two scenes and the cast could not save this movie from being possibly the worse DCU movie to date.  Ewan McGregor's character and dialog were horrible. I believe i...

Out of the House A friend invited me to see this movie in the theaters with his family. I decided to be adventurous and go. With everything going on, it might be the last movie I see in the theater for a while. Since it is a Pixar movie with Tom Holland and Chris Pratt, it had a formula for being an entertaining movie. I was not disappointed. Review The movie starts out as a typical coming of age movie with a little magic. You really feel for Tom Holland's character with everything going on. In true Chris Pratt fashion, the characters find themselves on an epic adventure. By the climax of the movie, you are really rooting for the characters. The end is not quite what you would expect but is very touching. Enjoyable for the entire family. Rating I would give this a HD movie. Being a Disney movie, I recommend getting it for under $15 if possible. I will have to update this review when I end up getting my digital copy.

Who Did It? After watching The Goldfinch, I was a little concerned on how this movie started out. I thought it was going to be a mystery like Murder on the Orient Express. Half way through the movie, you are given so many clues that you are waiting for the surprise at the end. You will not be disappointed. Review It is not often a movie will provide so many clues that I don't know the ending but I was surprised by this one. With an all start cast including Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, and Christopher Plummer, my expectations were high. The first half of the movie provides you with each character's perspective of the events. I started to worry about my purchase but was so glad I made it past the first half. You are pulled into the characters by this point and will be guessing what happened. I enjoy being surprised by movie endings and this one did not disappoint. Rating I give this a high HD movie. I recommend picking this ...

Flashbacks This movie has so many flashbacks within flashbacks that it almost becomes ridiculous. This movie would have been so much better if it kept key points as flashbacks at the end. Instead, the movie overuses flashbacks in an effort to keep even the plot secret from the viewer. Review I was a little interested in watching this movie. I ended up getting the digital free as a part of a sale where you spent so much and get a free movie each $X you spent. In the end, I was grateful for not having paid actual money to see this movie. I find that I could have enjoyed this movie better if the film were cut extremely differently. The acting and story is good just the order of presenting the movie was not executed well in my opinion. It is an interesting mystery movie that is just hurt by how it was cut together. Rating I give this a solid SD movie. I recommend renting if you have any desire to watch the movie. I was fortunate that my HD copy was free during a sale where I spen...