Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

As I’ve stated before I’m not that big a fan of movies based on comics. I do watch most of them, but I hardly feel I missed out on something when I see it a couple of months later. Captain America is a character I didn’t know before this movie, so going into this I was like a blank slate ready to learn more about this superhero. Did it manage to wow me or is it just a movie which had to be made to get to the Avengers movie? Continue reading

The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)

A couple of weeks ago the Monday Question was about comedies. One of the movies that was mentioned was The Gods Must Be Crazy. I was already told by others I should check it out since they saw it when they were youngers and thought it was hilarious. So it was time to give this a look. This movie was written by South African director Jamie Uys and was a movie that was pretty unique in both its setting and humor. Continue reading

Armored (2009)

Armored is a movie which I knew nothing about. The IMDB scores weren’t very high, so I decided to watch the trailer to check out if it might be worth watching. The trailer starts with a spectacular robbery of a money transport truck which has been filmed very well. So I stopped the trailer and decided to watch the movie. It looked like the perfect movie for a friday night. There are quite a few famous actors in it (Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburn), so surely it’s must be an ok movie? Continue reading