Toy Story 3 review

I thought I would give you an update has arrived and what to expect the rest of the month, but first I would like to share with you with one really big surprise hit. Toy Story 3, it has been 11 years since Toy Story 2 hit the big screen. We have been given the opportunity to watch Toy Story 1 and 2 in 3D last October. I am sure there was a bit of doubt that they could pull off another Toy Story, and questions came up since Pixar has been making many great and wonderful original stories like Wall-E and Up, so why make a sequel to a great franchise, well, there was definitely one more great story to tell for the Toy Story franchise, about a kid who has grown up and is making one big move in his life, start college. So one of the big questions that comes up by his mom, "What are you going to do with these old toys?" Obviously Andy has out grown his play time and isn't into playing with toys anymore, and now all the toys are questioning what will happen to them, will they get thrown away, or what. I really don't want to ruin the movie for any of you, I am sure you all know that they end up at Sunnyside Daycare, and eventually they realize they need to get out of there, which of course is difficult. I will admit it was rather intense, especially for a family movie, but how they pulled it off was amazing, plus it had a ton of emotion to it. I am probably close to calling this the best out of the Toy Story movies, that's how great it is. You do not want to miss this one.

As for other recommendations, you should check out A-Team, it is a very fun movie to watch, with plenty of action and humor. Just a great movie overall. Another good one is The Karate Kid, I will admit that I do have my little problems with it, like the fact it almost felt like the first movie all over again, with little changes here and there, but honestly, all the little problems I had with it didn't really affect my overall opinion of the movie, I thought it was still a good movie, and I would recommend checking it out. Another movie that came out this weekend was called Jonah Hex, if you heard about it, I am sure you heard nothing great about it and the fact that it bombed at the box office.

As for what is coming out the rest of this month, expect Knight and Day this Wednesday, yes, I am really excited to see it, it looks like it should be a fun summer flick. We will also get Grown Ups this Friday, which looks pretty funny. Then next Wednesday, Twilight fans will be lined up for Eclipse. This has so far been a very solid month for movies, of course the rest of the month will determine if that's the case.

Of course we have July next with many different movies to expect, The Last Airbender will kick off the month and the Fourth of July weekend, along with Eclipse. Then July 9, we can expect Predators and Despicable Me, which looks funny. The following weekend, July 16, look for The Sorcerer's Apprentice with Nicolas Cage (should be a really fun movie) and then we will also get Inception, stars Leonardo DiCaprio and a bunch of other big name stars, and the director is Christopher Nolan (from The Dark Knight two years ago), so I expect this to be a huge hit, there is a lot of curiosity from watching the trailer, and the story seems so original, I am very excited to see it. So July looks to be a big month, I will go through more on July in a future post.

June update

Well, the movies that have come out this past month have been a bit of a mixture, but pretty good overall. Let me explain. First off, Iron Man 2, I really enjoyed it, while I didn't think it was as good as the first one, I still really enjoyed it and can watch it again and again. The next weekend, we got Robin Hood, it was good, but honestly, it fulfilled my expectations, except for the fact that they didn't exceed them, it was a good movie to watch, and it was a bit long, but I still think it's worth watching at least once. I also saw Letters to Juliet, yes, I can sit through a few chick flicks, I would compare this to Leap Year, it really wasn't entirely funny (according to me anyway) and it felt like it dragged in certain areas. The next weekend, we got Shrek Forever After, I wasn't looking forward to another Shrek, and I am sure there were many that felt the same way, but I saw it anyway, and I will be honest, it was actually pretty good, while not as witty or funny as the first, it was still entertaining and had some pretty funny moments, and I would recommend it. The next weekend, was the arrival of The Prince of Persia. This was not on my must see list at all, but I have to admit, it was good, plenty of action to go around, just a fun movie altogether. That is my review for May, some pretty good movies.

How does June look? Well, this weekend, I don't see anything that is really worth checking out, maybe something that a few will check out, but I am not really expecting any big hits. We have Get Him to the Greek, Splice, Marmaduke, and Killers. June 11, we have a couple of movies that should do fairly well, we have The A-Team which looks really entertaining and fun, and then The Karate Kid, while I don't think we need a remake to the original, this doesn't look bad and could be a decent hit, we will see though. June 18, we have Toy Story 3, which should be a huge hit, and I am sure there will be many families headed to the theaters for this one. We also got Jonah Hex, I really haven't heard anything positive about it, but who knows, it could be decent and fun to watch. June 25, look for Knight and Day, which has Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, judging by the trailers, it looks like it will be a fun movie to watch with plenty of action and humor, and then we also have Grown Ups, which has Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, and Rob Schneider, looks really funny, and should do fairly well. Then June 30, we have Twilight: Eclipse, what can I say, expect millions and millions of girls lined up at the theater to see Edward and Jacob. While this one crosses over to July, I am going to mention it, on July 2, two days after Edward and Jacob show up at the theater, look for The Last Airbender, the alternative for those who aren't wanting to see Twilight.

As for DVD and Blu-Ray releases, we now have Alice in Wonderland on DVD and Blu-Ray, just to let you know, for those who are looking at getting a Blu-Ray player in the near future, just get the Blu-Ray version that has everything, which includes a DVD copy of the movie, it looks great and sounds great on Blu-Ray, and is certainly great to look at. There is also The Wolfman for those who are interested. Another one I want to mention, for those who were excited for the U2 360 tour this summer, but were bummed when it got cancelled and pushed till 2011, you can get the U2 360 concert at the Rose Bowl last year on DVD and Blu-Ray, I picked up my copy of it on Blu-Ray, and it sounds awesome, also, it's great to see what they could have done if they had their concert this year, well, I am still holding on to my ticket for next year and see what happens. But nonetheless, it's still worth picking up for all U2 fans. I will continue to report on what to look for, and what my recommendations are.

One more thing, I mentioned a couple of posts earlier that there is a fan film for Mega Man, I would like to present the link for the movie, and for those who are interested, check it out here. It's actually pretty decent, but keep in mind that it's a fan film, and this isn't a big budget film.