Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Five Favorite Films of 2015

I thought now might be a good time to say my favorite 5 films of the year so far. When you're reading this, keep in mind that I've only seen about 15 2015 movies and there are plenty i haven't seen but want to. Let's start.

Honorable Mention: Spongebob: Sponge out of water

5. Kingsman: The Secret Service
I loved every kingsman trailer that came out. They looked so cool and had a great cast. I was disappointed to find out it was delayed to February and rated R. I thought a super fun spy film should be PG-13. I watched it in theaters regardless. It was a total blast, had some originality, and the characters were pretty good. It lost some  of its quality on the rewatch, but remained  a fun cool action movie. Kingsman deserves a watch and a place on this list.

4. Avengers: Age of Ultron
The only reason avengers age of Ultron made this list is because I haven't seen many 2015 movies yet. There's too many characters, the climax is disapointing, and villain is weak. But it came with awesome upsides too. The opening action sequence was awesome, setting the avengers on the screen again was nice, vision was awesome, the dinner party scene was full of your favorites and its one of the funniest marvel cinematic universe movies to date.

3. Ant-Man
The last movie I watched in theaters was Ant-Man. It was super fun, and Paul Rudd killed it. He did an incredible job of making Ant-Man cool. In fact, the rest of the characters were good and played well, especially Michael Douglas' Hank Pym and Michael Pena's Luis. The exception was Corey Stoll's weak villain Yellowjacket. (Not his fault though). The ant concept was cool, the falcon scene was an unexpected delight and Ant-Man is on the better half of the marvel cinematic films.

2. Jurassic World
I don't care what bad things critics or anyone has to say about Jurassic World. I disagree with most of them and I love it a lot more than the original. It brought the jurassic park franchise back on track, the kids weren't annoying at all, and Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard not only were pretty good together, but their characters are along the best of the series. It was funny, it was cool, and it was so much fun. The supporting cast was good too: Omar Sy, Vincent D'Onofrio, BD Wong and Irffan Khan. Sure, it had its fair share of flaws, but not huge ones and it was plenty awesome enough to ignore them.
1. Furious 7
Furious 7 perhaps has the best action sequences of any movie ever. The mountain chase scene was so thrilling and absolute fun. It was also lengthy so you could enjoy it for longer. The returning cast were at their very best and the new cast fit in greatly. Kurt Russell as Mr. Nobody was maybe the best of that. It sets up the Shaw brothers as future villains and i hope that happens. Not only is it by far the best of the series, but it's one of the greatest, if not the best, action movies of all time. The Paul Walker sendoff couldn't have been more beautiful - perfect and touching.

*Movies Already Released in Theaters I plan to see- True Story, Big Game, Mad Max: Fury Road, Cinderella, Spy, Ted 2, Tomorrowland, Inside Out,  Terminator Genisys, Self/Less, Minions, Pixels, Vacation

*Movies Already on DVD I want to see-
Unfinished Business, Run All Night, Danny Collins, Get Hard, Slow West, Ex Machina, The Water Diviner, Insurgent

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Top 5 Breaking Bad Characters

Ranking of Seasons (Best to Worst): 5,4,3,2,1 (ha)

These were the characters that made Breaking Bad was it is. Ranked worst to best.

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5. Hector "Tio" Salamanca, Played by: Mark Margolis (8 Episodes)

Sure, he may seem like an odd choice because he's minor and a villain at one point, but it's hard not to feel for him when his entire family is killed. The bell was unique and has it's moments, and Hector has his shining moment in the season 4 finale, face off. Hector teams up with Walt to finally destroy Gus Fring in an awesome, awesome way. The great revenge he finally gets satisfies his death.

4. Mike Ehrmantraut, Played by: Jonathan Banks (25 Episodes)

I didn't think much of Mike when he started off, but I grew to love the character. Mike is extremely cool, and can kill anyone in a blink. Season 5, Part I wouldn't be the same without him. The terrible part is he got an awful sendoff, and didn't get to live the rest of his life in peace.

3. Saul Goodman, Played by: Bob Odenkirk (36 Episodes)

With only two good characters for the first season and a half, Breaking Bad was a little slow. Then came the episode Better Call Saul. Not only was it a great episode, but it introduced to the unforgettable criminal lawyer, Saul Goodman. Saul is smart, interesting, and cool.

2. Jesse Pinkman, Played by: Aaron Paul (62 Episodes)

Jesse made the show great. He was a great character and was extremely interesting. He created a lot of great moments on the show, and I was glad to see that he was one of two characters on this list who survived.

1. Walter "Walt" White, Played by: Bryan Cranston (62 Episodes)

Sure, Walt was annoying jerk for a big portion of the show and it hurt to see that he killed Mike and wanted to kill Jesse. But, he had amazing moments and did the right thing at the end. It's a shame he had to go, but he got his revenge and happiness.

Top 5 Breaking Bad Episodes

Today, I finished Breaking Bad. It was a two week experience that consumed hours of my time each day, and it's actually the second TV show I've seen every episode of. (The first is Lost). While I did think it was overrated and didn't enjoy it as much as others, it had amazing characters and moments, as well as a perfect finale. Normally, I would make a top 10 episode list and a worst one too, but there weren't ten that stood out as being much better than rest. There were 5, and there also weren't enough bad episodes (if any) to make a worst list. So here it is, my favorite five episodes of Breaking Bad.

5. Hazard Pay (S5E3)

Jesse and Walt team up again in the Meth business, this time being the boss of it all. While Walt and Jesse were already a great duo, Mike joining the team made it even better. The new lab and team was by far the most interesting in the series, and it has great moments in it.

4. Face Off (S4E13, Season 4 Finale)

Face Off finally sees the villain of the series, Gus Fring lose. He is defeated in spectacular fashion, Hector Salamanca finally gets revenge and Walt and Jesse cover their tracks like geniuses.

3. Dead Freight (S5E5)

I'm sort of an action junkie, and my complaint was that Breaking Bad was uneventful in the first few seasons, but this episode brought Breaking Bad to a whole new level. I thought the magnets were cool in the season opener, but that was awful compare to the Train heist. Walt, Jesse, Mike, and Todd rob a train, and it couldn't have cooler or more entertaining.

2. Granite State (S5E15)

Walt finally takes the offer to start a new life. It's nice to see a new setting and it's nice to see Walt not in danger for once. Sure, it doesn't last long, but he makes the time count.

1. Felina (S5E16, Season 5 Finale)

As hard as would be to top my number two and three, the finale ended the show perfectly. Walt makes everything right, Skinny Pete and Badger have awesome roles, and one of the most epic battles concludes the series.