Gulliver's Travels 3D

Q: What’s the movie about?

A: A slacker named Gulliver (Jack Black) gets transported through the Bermuda Triangle to the Land of Lilliputia, where he is a giant compared to the size of the inhabitants. There, he reinvents himself by lying about his importance back home in Manhattan, and pretending that the plots of famous movies are actually true stories about his life. Through this experience, Gulliver gets to find out what it feels like to not be such an aimless loser.

Q: Who’s in the movie?

A: Jack Black, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Chris O'Dowd, T.J. Miller, Catherine Tate, James Corden, Emmanuel Quatra

Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?

A: Proceed with Caution. I know most people will hate this movie, but the three 6-year-old girls I met in the elevator loved it, and I'm pretty sure that's who it was made for... Boy are they gonna have a rude awakening when they watch it again in 20 years to see if it holds up to their childhood memories!

Q: Will this movie make me laugh?

A: Yes... If you're six. Possibly not if you're one of their parents and you don't like it when your six-year-old is forced to watch an extended scenes of a grown man/giant pulling down his pants and peeing on everything.

Q: Will this movie make me cry?

A: I felt kinda sad for Jack Black as I was watching it. He's a fellow Bruin TFT'er, so I want to see him succeed, and this movie isn't gonna play any part in that.

Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?

A: If the piece of trivia I read online is correct, Emily Blunt backed out of Iron Man 2 to do this movie. I'm pretty sure that qualifies her for the Best Casting Fail Award.

Q: How is the Acting?

A: It's deliberately over-the-top stylized... Just like a six-year-old wants it.

Q: How is the Directing?

A: The visuals, almost exclusively models and special effects are beautiful and make you wish you could be there, in Lilliputia, but there's no need to see any of it in 3D. The only reason I did was that it would've cost me more in time and gas money to drive to the closest movie theater that was playing it in 2D. Trust me, I did the research and the math.

Q: How is the story/script?

A: I haven't seen any of the 3 theatrical, 2 straight to video, or 3 made for TV movies and series that this is a remake of, so I have no grounds to compare... But logic dictates that if the first few versions of this story are anything like the one I just saw, it never would have gotten remade 8 times.

Q: Where can I see the trailer?

A: Gulliver's Travels Trailer

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Iron Man 2

(Guest Review by Annette)

Q: What’s the movie about?

A: Billionaire playboy/weapons specialist Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is back. The government wants him to hand over the Iron Man technology, the energy core is poisoning him, and there’s a bad Russian (Mickey Rourke) in town who is bent on revenge.

Q: Who’s in the movie?

A: Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Scarlett Johansson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Mickey Rourke, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Favreau, Garry Shandling, Clark Gregg, John Slattery, Paul Bettany, Kate Mara, Leslie Bibb, Christiane Amanpour, Larry Ellison, DJ Am, Stan Lee, Olivia Munn, Jack White

Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?

A: Proceed with Caution. It’s not as good as the original, but if you like high-octane action (read: lots of stuff blowing up) and don’t mind a predictable storyline, go see Iron Man Part Deux.

Q: Will this movie make me laugh?

A: RDJ delivers the trademark Tony Stark snark. Expect a few chuckles, but don’t worry about popping your stitches.

Q: Will this movie make me cry?

A: If you thought Mickey Rourke was hot in 9 ½ Weeks, you’ll spend the entire movie getting choked up about the fact that he never became a silver-fox like George Clooney.

Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?

A: The New Coke Award given out to all the sequels that just don’t live up to the original.

Q: How is the Acting?

A: Robert Downey Jr. IS Tony Stark. Like every character he takes on, you just can’t imagine any other actor in that role. Mickey Rourke makes an awesome villain without even trying; he’d be the first person you’d cast in a movie about Genghis Khan or Janice Dickinson. Sam Rockwell makes a great sleazy weasel—the kind that makes you wish you had a whack-a-mole mallet. Jackson and Cheadle are under-utilized and it's sad to see their talent wasted in such underdeveloped roles. ScarJo is merely a set decoration to ramp up the comic fanboy drool factor. Don’t ask me about Gwyneth Paltrow. She irks.

Q: How is the Directing?

A: CGI heavy.

Q: How is the story/script?

A: Weighed down with too many subplots. Lots of things blow up. Tony Stark has clever dialogue. That pretty much sums it up.

Q: Is there anything else worth mentioning about the movie?

A: I think Chelsea Handler is the only person who wouldn’t realize they swapped out Terrance Howard for Don Cheadle in the role of Lt. Col. Rhodey Rhodes. (see explanation of this joke here: http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/05/21/chelsea-handler-mixes-up-african-american-actors-video/)

Q: Where can I see the trailer?

A: http://www.moviefone.com/movie/iron-man-2/33909/trailers

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