Good Deeds

Spike Lee and Tyler Perry disagree on what is appropriate entertainment for Blacks. Lee thinks Tyler's shows are derogatory. Tyler however does take from Spike and sticks with most of the same actors in his movies.

Tyler is starting to venture into new territory with this flick. There is no Madea, and God is not the answer to all problems. In Good Deeds Tyler plays businessman Wesley Deeds, and is jolted out of his scripted life when he meets Lindsey, a single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building.

Throughout the movie you get a feeling that Perry is trying to be Sidney Poitier with the way he speaks and his mannerisms but it does not work. Lindsey is played by Thandie Newton who is now the angry Black woman in movies. In fact she starred in The Pursuit of Happyness as Will Smith angry wife and now in Good Deeds she is homeless similar to the Will Smith character.

Good Deeds does not work because there is no chemistry between Perry and Newton. I give Perry props however for moving away from Madea.

Verdict:

There is nothing groundbreaking like Tyler's best picture to date For Colored Girls. I still can't understand why it was not nominated for any Oscars.

This Means War

This movie is OK considering McG is the Director and it also stars Chelsea Handler. The story is about two top CIA operatives played by Chris Pine from the Star Trek reboot and Tom Hardy from Warrior who wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman who is played by Reese Witherspoon.
Now if you don't know what a McG is it's a guy who screwed up Terminator with the failed Terminator Salvation flick. He has had more failures as a Director when he should stick to being an Executive Producer. He also should change his name so that we don't avoid his movies in the future. Chelsea Handler I don't get??!!? I'm sorry but she is not funny and I find it hard to believe that she would be a friend of Reese Witherspoon which she is in the movie. She is a poor supporting comic actor but Chelsea Handler fans will probably love it.
McG creeps everyone out by having a scene where cameras are planted in Witherspoon's apartment so that the guys can watch her every move. REALLY??!

Verdict:
Witherspoon, Pine, and Hardy make a good trio.

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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance 3D

If you didn't like Ghost Rider #1 you are going to hate GH #2. Even if you like Nicholas Cage you will have a problem trying sit thru this until the end. As the story goes Johnny Blaze, Nicolas Cage, hides out in Eastern Europe when he is called upon to stop the devil, who is trying to take human form.
The film has some cool special effects but there is no heart or soul and there is no story.
Recent Golden Globe winner Idris Elba makes an appearance and you wonder why he wanted to be in this Marvel film after doing such a good job in Thor.
Believe me that there is absolutely nothing more to say about this movie. It is not a true 3D movie so skip paying extra to see a couple of scenes of items coming at you from the screen.
I used to read Ghost Rider comic books and this franchise does not do it justice. Let's call it a day and please don't make a 3rd Ghost Rider.

Verdict:
Cage walked thru this flick as if he was doing it only to get out of debt.

Rampart

Let me start by saying I am a huge Woody Harrelson fan and I was looking forward to seeing this movie due to all the positive buzz.

Well even fans of Woody will find this movie to be one of his misses.

The movie is set in 1999 Los Angeles. Woody plays veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the dirty renegade cops. He works to take care of his family and struggles for his own survival. In the movie he is known as Date Rape Dave which relates back to a case he handled.

Director Oren Moverman shoots the movie in a dark, yellowish filter in which he is trying to make the film fit the urban grit of the locations. Filming it this way (which has been done countless times before) only wants to make you go to sleep. Actor Ben Foster shows up again (he has been in many action movies of late: Contraband, The Mechanic, etc.) and tries to act again but Ben needs to go back to acting school. Every time I see him appear in a movie I know that the movie is going to suck.

Several good "Brand" name actors make cameo appearances throughout the movie and since the editing and pacing is off you end up trying to entertain yourself by figuring out what was the last movie these cameo actors were in.

Verdict:

This movie will DEFINITELY put you to sleep.

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

The Rock is the new action hero and if you have an existing franchise (like Fast and the Furious) insert him and ticket sales soar. Brendan Fraser was in the 1st Journey movie. In this version
Josh Hutcherson returns as Sean Anderson and partners with his mom's husband, The Rock, on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
Michael Caine plays the grandfather and constantly reminds you of the old man from Jurassic Park.
OK, so when has The Rock been in a good movie? (don't include Fast Five) There's your answer. This flick is not good. You will know this when you take your kids to it and the only thing they will remember when it's over is The Rock bouncing cherries off his chest.
Kristen Davis, from Sex and the City, also stars but if you blink you will miss her.
Luis Guzmán, who has been in countless movies, provides comic relief and is the best thing about the movie.

Verdict:
There is absolutely no need to see this in 3D because the effects are limited and 90% of the time I was able to watch the movie without it. In fact there is no need to see this movie at all.

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