Over the last few weeks, I haven't been making much progress in the book I am reading, so no review of that this week. I also haven't been finishing any new games. What I have been doing is watching movies with my wife and daughter. What follows are some quick reviews of the movies we have watched on DVD from Netflix.
Oblivion - A science fiction action film set in the future where humanity has left Earth for Titan after aliens arrived and the fight to stop them devastated the planet's eco-system. Tom Cruise plays Jack Harper, a repair tech who keeps water harvesters drawing sea water to generate power. I enjoyed the post-apocolyptic visuals of future earth in this movie. The story also contains multiple thrilling movements along with several twists and turns. Oblivion gets 4 Mick Happies.
This Is The End - In the present day we are given a view into the life of several celebrities (playing extreme versions of themselves) when the apocalypse arrives. Starring Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogan, James Franco, Jonah Hill among others. I spent quite a while fast-forwarding this one. The story could have been interesting and funny, unfortunately it is over the top idiocy that is more a ego-vehicle for the stars than a actual story-driven film. Less then 2 Mick Happies here.
The Fast and The Furious - This past weekend we went for a double-header of street racing fun. The Fast and The Furious (2001) stars Paul Walker and Vin Diesel in a film about road heists of semi-trucks based in and around the world of Southern California street racing. Vin Diesel plays Dominic "Dom" Toretto, a tough racer with a police record is at the center of an investigation into a number of daring thefts. Big cars, loud engines and adrenaline. This was the film that launched a series of 5 sequels so far and is a thrill ride. The Fast and The Furious is 4.5 Mick Happies good.
The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift - This is the third film in the franchise and takes Sean Boswell (Lucas Black), is sent to live with his father in Tokyo after getting in trouble racing. Sean falls in with a crew of street racers headed by Han (Sung Kang), who teaches Sean how to drift so that he is competitive. The story follows the evolution of Sean and Han's friendship and the dangers of organized crime and racing in Tokyo. The visuals are amazing and the special effects are great - watching the special features on the DVD you learn just how good they were. This film introduces Han who is later in Fast Five and Fast & Furious 6. This is another adrenaline filled thrill ride and gets 4 Mick Happies.
Those are what has been on the tube the last two weeks. Definitely some good ones in there, but can't recommend avoiding This Is The End more.
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