The Dark Knight: Part 2

Welcome back to my ongoing review of The Dark Knight.

Let's review what we learned during the last half of the movie.

We learned that Batman hates buildings.

The police of Gotham are stupid.

The criminals of Gotham are stupid.

The citizens of Gotham are stupid.

And we learned that the Joker's plans are incredibly unfeasible, but the universe wants him to seem threatening so they work out anyway.

The Dark Knight: Part 1

I believe I mentioned that I did not enjoy Batman Begins.

As such, for a very long time I refused to watch any more of the new Batman movies, reasoning that since I didn't like the first I would be unlikely to enjoy the rest.

However, enough people kept telling me that the second movie fixed all of the problems of the first that I have relented. I have now seen The Dark Knight.

It was worse.

Just in case you thought the previous film wasn't symbolic enough.

All of the things I hated about the first movie are still here and as an extra bonus they've been joined by a whole host of new things to hate.

Starting with a certain green-haired clown.

Coraline

I'm going to be fully honest and admit that I might be a little biased with this movie.

And not just because of how much I love stop motion.

This was actually the very first thing I ever watched in HD. On a 50" HDTV.

It was glorious.

But this blog is about the DVD version, so now that I've had HD for a few years, was it really that amazing?

Cop Out

Who doesn't love Bruce Willis?

He's one of America's most beloved action heroes, his breakout movie single-handedly redefined the action genre.

Well, according to the internet, practically everyone who's ever worked with him.

And especially the people who worked on this movie.

Fitting name really.

By all accounts, this movie is terrible. With only a 19% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it just can't be any good can it?

Well, let's see.

Con Air

Nicholas Cage should be listed as one of America's national treasures.

There's no movie that can't be improved upon by having Nicholas Cage in the lead role.

One of those movies that did put him in the lead role is Con Air.

AKA: Crooks on a plane.

Sadly, this movie does not contain a 'Nicholas Cage freak-out', but it does include John Malkovich, so it balances out.

City Hunter

I believe I have previously mentioned that I am a fan of Jackie Chan.

I don't think I've yet mentioned my liking of Anime (Although I could be wrong).

So what happens when you combine two of my favourite things?

You get the Jackie Chan cartoon series, but a close second would be a movie called City Hunter.

Back when Jackie Chan was considered handsome.

This movie is essentially Under Siege if directed by Mel Brooks.

Chronicles Of Riddick

I am a massive fan of science fiction. However, I am not a fan of horror movies. Especially not sci-fi horror movies, like Alien or Species.

So when Pitch Black came out, I was rather skeptical of it.

I was pleasantly surprised.

And then the sequel came out.

Anyone else reminded of Drax the Destroyer?

And this film made the very rare decision to shift the genre, from sci-fi horror to sci-fi fantasy.

And a lot of fans didn't like it.

So, let's review.