GUT REACTION REVIEW: Lucy

Lucy

Starring Scarlett Johansson, Written and Directed by Luc Besson

Universal Studios

By: Chris "Sledge" Douglas

I...

I uh...

...

Spoilers ahead. This is the only way I can do this.

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GUT REACTION REVIEW: STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS

Star Trek Into Darkness
Paramount Pictures

By: Chris "Sledge" Douglas

Is this becoming a thing?

I mean, I've been feeling really conflicted about a lot of movies lately. You can see this in my Gut Reaction Review of Iron Man 3 and Amazing Spider-Man; movies that either had great moments but overall turned me off in one way or another, or otherwise great movies that get ruined by one or two major aspects. I'm really wondering if this is just me, or is this becoming a thing that is apparent to others.

I got that feeling again with this movie... but fortunately not as strong.

I caught a midnight showing of Paramount's Star Trek Into Darkness. As before, there will be a spoilerized review after the non-spoilered.

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REVIEW: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

The Amazing Spider-Man

Columbia Pictures

By: Chris "Sledge" Douglas

The Amazing Spider-Man.

After I saw this movie for the first time, my friends asked me what I thought of it. They'd seen it, and they reacted pretty positively to it.

My reaction to this fourth Spider-Man film from Columbia?



Meh.



A big resounding "meh."



In fact, specifically I remember saying that this movie just felt empty. It had decent moments, but overall just felt like there was no heart.

Now, I'm noticing I come around on my opinions a lot more these days. Maybe it's a symptom of getting older and more jaded to this sort of thing. Or maybe I just have strong initial reactions, but then calm down considerably. Who knows?

Plus, I just felt it was way too soon to do a reboot of a franchise whose last movie was just a few years earlier. In fact, plot elements such as Dr. Curt Connors being the main bad guy seemed to only be there because the previous franchise would have gone there anyway.

So I decided to watch it again. And here is what I thought.

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The Sober Review - IRON MAN 3

OH MY GOD... THE GALL OF THIS POSTER!

By: Chris "Sledge" Douglas

So... you may have seen this... my first reaction to what is apparently every mainstream critic's favorite movie, and every Marvel fanboy's ragepoint.

I came down a bit from my rage-cycle... went to see it a second time... didn't have as big of a problem with it as I did during my first showing... but maybe that was because I knew what to expect this time.

It's all explained here in my FIRST IMDB review:

http://imdb.com/title/tt1300854/reviews-603

Feel free to give that one a look and show some love, if you'd please!

If not, feel free to read my second-look review right here... RIGHT AFTER THE JUMP!

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