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Watching the first of the film , I wasn't happy with the depiction of Peter Parker as more self-centred and vain, which is unusually in the context of the comic books. At this moment, Peter Park goes through so much crap that it's a wonder he doesn't commit suicide (it's kind of like Jack Bauer in 24).\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ESome factual points that were changed, which I'll agree was necessary to make a decent movie, are as follows: The Venom costume is an alien being acquired during the Secret Wars battle with the Beyonder (which was one of the best \"cosmic\" series Marvel has put out). Spiderman doesn't want to kill villains; even when he is beaten and pulverised, he holds back from taking the ultimate step (in fact, it is rare to show people dying in the comic books). Harry Osborn is more like the depiction of Normie Osborn (the son of Harry and Liz Allan) who is friends with the daughter of Spiderman (Spidergirl). Gwen Stacy is killed by the first Green Goblin (Norman Osborn). The people of New York have rarely been on the side of Spiderman. J. Jonah Jameson has always had a point in saying that it is people like Spiderman who create the villains. And so on.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EIt's difficult for me to reconcile what I know of Spiderman's history with a movie story that does its best and I admire that. A problem with the movies is that they can't intersect with the other characters from the Marvel Universe. It would be great to have movies like the Secret Wars or the Infinity Gauntlet, War, and Crusade series where a bunch of the Marvel superheroes get together and the stories make more sense (for example, explaining the origin of the Venom symbiote), but I guess that would be a logistic and budgetary nightmare.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EHalfway through the movie, the story gets in line with what you'd expect from the book. The rejected symbiote bonds with a humiliated Eddie Brock to become Venom, one of the coolest villains to be introduced in the later years. The Sandman is a villain who is ambiguous. And Spiderman has a run of bad luck and is pummeled constantly but triumphs in the end against all odds.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EI once wrote a review of the Batman series where I connected them to a lot of the comic books (I own a huge number of Spiderman comic books) and some other reviewer criticised my review. The perspective I offer is fairly unique: it is based on an experience I can't ignore or negative, and I think it helps place the movie in context of a long history of the books. So if you're interested in the saga of Spiderman beyond what you see in the three movies, I recommend buying some of the great story arcs of Spiderman just to see how complicated and mythological the creations are. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ram.org\/ramblings\/movies\/spiderman.html#spiderman3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5702005528375469861\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/spiderman-3_2.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6429354979337071323\/posts\/default\/5702005528375469861"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6429354979337071323\/posts\/default\/5702005528375469861"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/spiderman-3_2.html","title":"Spiderman 3"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"SoraTemplates"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07131513716671825275"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgnxtXEvdta67jscd2lttpcaaUeIM8_2BYK1RvDh_TVnJXI5lhTdIqHh4x7oVr7qklzjH5NqJWnVdRAgfS9uNjQIFsbhkWpTI33rVc5nmEcSAC6gbDh5etA5ojaEpWzrLc\/s113\/Sora.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-ZB2FL6mM5X8\/T1CGE4ZJJzI\/AAAAAAAAFp8\/936gUbRLs8k\/s72-c\/Spider-Man_3,_International_Poster.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429354979337071323.post-7350970855991793954"},"published":{"$t":"2012-03-02T00:26:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-01-31T18:33:43.666-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"action"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"best sellers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hot"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"hot movie"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"review"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-tVPGGhsN8Cc\/T1CEQe4TyCI\/AAAAAAAAFp0\/o6HZnaxAU64\/s1600\/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-movie.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-tVPGGhsN8Cc\/T1CEQe4TyCI\/AAAAAAAAFp0\/o6HZnaxAU64\/s1600\/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-movie.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EThe Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is better than its predecessor, and that's a rare occurrence when it comes to Hollywood films.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EThe story begins where the first film left off: Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) continues on his quest to Mordor to destroy the powerful ring in the same fires of Mount Doom from which it was created. Aiding him, directly and indirectly are, fellow Hobbits Samwise Gamjee (Sean Astin), Meriadoc Brandybuck (Dominic Monaghan) and Peregrin Took (Billy Boyd); Gandalf (now) the White (Ian McKellen); Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen); Legolas Greenleaf the elf (Orlando Bloom); Gimli the Dwarf (John Rhys-Davies); and Treebeard the Ent (voice of John Rhys-Davies). Against him are Saruman the White (Christopher Lee) and Sauron the Dark Lord, whose spirit is intertwined with the ring. And a creature whose intentions are ambiguous (quite literally) is Smeagol\/Gollum (voiced by Andy Serkis).\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EThe main goal of this episode is to showcase the unleashing of the Saruman's forces to conquer middle earth. The movie actually ends on a positive note, with our friends having the upper hand in the two epic battles--between Saruman's 10,000 strong army and the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Rohan at their Helm's Deep fortress; and between the Ents and Sarmuan's war machine in Isengard--as well as several minor ones.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EThe cinematography, along with the computer graphics, is awe-inspiring. Gollum is animated brilliantly, so much that I thought he was more convincing than any of the real actors. The CGI in general is state-of-the-art; the only time I could clearly discern the computer generated images was when they had the battle with the Wargs, There is a lot of humour in the film, which shows that nothing in life is worth taking too seriously. The soundtrack, which is reminiscent of old Westerns, is excellent.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EIt's hard to fault a film that is as well-made as this one. In my view, The Two Towers is best judged on its own merits. While it would help to be familiar with Tolkien's works (including The Hobbit, which really fills in a great deal of the background material), this tale can stand on its own if you use your imagination.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EThe reason Harry Potter, Star Wars, Star Trek, are such big successes is because of the mythology they create. The Lord of the Rings, which predates these works, is no exception and is one of the richest. The film itself can be described only in superlatives. Go see it. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ram.org\/ramblings\/movies\/the_lord_of_the_rings.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7350970855991793954\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/the-lord-of-rings-two-towers_2.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6429354979337071323\/posts\/default\/7350970855991793954"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6429354979337071323\/posts\/default\/7350970855991793954"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/the-lord-of-rings-two-towers_2.html","title":"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"SoraTemplates"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07131513716671825275"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgnxtXEvdta67jscd2lttpcaaUeIM8_2BYK1RvDh_TVnJXI5lhTdIqHh4x7oVr7qklzjH5NqJWnVdRAgfS9uNjQIFsbhkWpTI33rVc5nmEcSAC6gbDh5etA5ojaEpWzrLc\/s113\/Sora.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-tVPGGhsN8Cc\/T1CEQe4TyCI\/AAAAAAAAFp0\/o6HZnaxAU64\/s72-c\/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers-movie.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429354979337071323.post-8716523017211729120"},"published":{"$t":"2012-03-02T00:21:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-01-31T18:33:43.709-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"action"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"best sellers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"box office"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hot"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"hot movie"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"review"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vYP5ZDD0WvA\/T1CC3OB9fZI\/AAAAAAAAFps\/0tmSDp-QsIY\/s1600\/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-movie.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vYP5ZDD0WvA\/T1CC3OB9fZI\/AAAAAAAAFps\/0tmSDp-QsIY\/s1600\/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-movie.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EPower corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. This is an old adage that has been the basis for many a story. It is the primary plot device behind John Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings classic. Written in 1954-55, with origins dating back to 1937, the first of the three movie installments, which have already been filmed, tries to stay true to the mystical world present in the book. The resulting effort is a definite success.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EThe star of the story, and the film, is not a person, but an object, a ring. The ring allows one to control a host of other rings handed down to the different peoples of Middle Earth: three rings belong to the immortal elves; seven to the dwarfs; and nine rings to mortal humans. The ring that rules all the others, forged using the fires of Mount Doom by the evil Wizard Sauron (Sala Baker), gives its holder so much power that it corrupts all those who seek to wear it, even the purest.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EOf course, there are some peoples that are more pure than others. Humans generally seem incapable of wearing it without being corrupted by its influence (no surprise there). But there exists a diminutive people, the Hobbits, who do seem at least capable of carrying it without being polluted too much. It falls upon one Hobbit, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), to take the ring to Mt. Doom, which is the only place where it can be destroyed.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EFrodo is aided in his quest by the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen), the elf Legolas Greenleaf (Armando Bloom), the dwarf Gimli (John Rhys-Davies), two humans Strider aka Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Boromir (Sean Bean), and three other Hobbits including Frodo's friend Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin). The story chronicles how Frodo, being a reluctant hero, travels through mysterious and dangerous lands of breathtaking beauty, and fights terrific monsters in the context of awesome towers and citadels, to achieve his goal.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EPerhaps one of the most visionary aspects about Tolkien's work is how he set the stage for a Dungeons and Dragons style video-game. Director Peter Jackson imbibes to the film the same feel present the book, in terms of traversing a diverse variety of landscapes, while encountering a diverse variety of creatures, friend and foe alike. Watching the film, it's easy to become mesmerised by the fantasy that is unfolding purely based on the cinematography.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ELike with Joanne Rowling's Harry Potter (or for that matter, Stephen King's It), this film does not live up what I imagined, but it does a great job of presenting what Jackson and his co-workers imagined. The special effects are spectacular and meticulously done, perhaps even better than those observed in Harry Potter. There are no cop-outs here and every place that it matters, the effort and the expense have been evidently put in. The soundtrack sometimes overwhelms the dialogue, of which there is a lot, interspersed between the action sequences. Do not miss seeing this on the big screen. This is how movies should be made. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ram.org\/ramblings\/movies\/the_lord_of_the_rings.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8716523017211729120\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/the-lord-of-rings-fellowship-of-ring_2.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6429354979337071323\/posts\/default\/8716523017211729120"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6429354979337071323\/posts\/default\/8716523017211729120"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/the-lord-of-rings-fellowship-of-ring_2.html","title":"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"SoraTemplates"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07131513716671825275"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgnxtXEvdta67jscd2lttpcaaUeIM8_2BYK1RvDh_TVnJXI5lhTdIqHh4x7oVr7qklzjH5NqJWnVdRAgfS9uNjQIFsbhkWpTI33rVc5nmEcSAC6gbDh5etA5ojaEpWzrLc\/s113\/Sora.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-vYP5ZDD0WvA\/T1CC3OB9fZI\/AAAAAAAAFps\/0tmSDp-QsIY\/s72-c\/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring-movie.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429354979337071323.post-4331898993388129800"},"published":{"$t":"2012-03-02T00:16:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-01-31T18:33:43.727-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"action"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"best sellers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"box office"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hot"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"hot movie"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"review"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-x4jlTd4OROc\/T1CB5Mf78RI\/AAAAAAAAFpk\/S_jGPoxnpJ4\/s1600\/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king-movie.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-x4jlTd4OROc\/T1CB5Mf78RI\/AAAAAAAAFpk\/S_jGPoxnpJ4\/s1600\/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king-movie.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EThere's definite value to making a series of films at the same time: the quality and the \"look and feel\" is consistent, and the passion of the people involved, if present in the first film, is present in all of them. Most important of all (unlike in The Matrix or even the Star Wars series), it shows that the creators have thought through the implications of their story arc, rather than just generating sequels due to public pressure. In the case of The Lord of the Rings, it probably didn't hurt that the plot was based on a famous well-established book.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EAnd this is how it ends. In The Return of the King, the filmmakers tell a fairly simple story: how the two Hobbits, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) and Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin) finally return the powerful ring to the fires of Mount Doom. They take a well-paced 200 minutes to do so and every minute is worth watching.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EThe best character throughout the whole series of films for me was Smeagol (voiced Andy Serkis) whose history as he becomes the Gollum is showcased here, as is the corrupting nature of power. This is how the movie starts, and as everyone knows, it ends with his death. Perhaps the best lesson from this film is that Frodo is a potential Gollum, and Gollum is a potential Frodo.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EThe graphics were absolutely perfect. The final epic battle is a visual spectacle. And as has been the trademark in this movie series, the are interspersed with poignant scenes that are irrelevant to time and place, when viewed from an anthropomorphic perspective. Further, the visual scenes themselves a great mix of live action with computer-generated images which blend together seamlessly. The most anticlimactic moment had to do with the defeat of Sauron, which in the end I thought happened a little too easily. I would've liked to see him go head to head a little more with Frodo's friends.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ENo set of words in a review can do justice to The Lord of the Rings movies, save to say that it's best watched on a large screen with great surround sound so you can see for yourself why. \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESource"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4331898993388129800\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/the-lord-of-rings-return-of-king_2.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6429354979337071323\/posts\/default\/4331898993388129800"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6429354979337071323\/posts\/default\/4331898993388129800"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/the-lord-of-rings-return-of-king_2.html","title":"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"SoraTemplates"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07131513716671825275"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgnxtXEvdta67jscd2lttpcaaUeIM8_2BYK1RvDh_TVnJXI5lhTdIqHh4x7oVr7qklzjH5NqJWnVdRAgfS9uNjQIFsbhkWpTI33rVc5nmEcSAC6gbDh5etA5ojaEpWzrLc\/s113\/Sora.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-x4jlTd4OROc\/T1CB5Mf78RI\/AAAAAAAAFpk\/S_jGPoxnpJ4\/s72-c\/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king-movie.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6429354979337071323.post-5916378818258552812"},"published":{"$t":"2012-03-01T10:36:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-01-31T18:33:43.833-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"drama"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hot"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"review"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"youth"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Step Up 2 - Movie Review"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dEFBUiC_Cvo\/T0_A-yWCszI\/AAAAAAAAFpM\/f7K1zKxF8yc\/s1600\/step-up-2-the-streets-movie-review.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dEFBUiC_Cvo\/T0_A-yWCszI\/AAAAAAAAFpM\/f7K1zKxF8yc\/s1600\/step-up-2-the-streets-movie-review.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EI went to the special premiere screening of Step Up 2 \u003Cstrike\u003Ecoincidentally\u003C\/strike\u003E with all the Top 12 finalists from So You Think You Can Dance (Australia) and honestly it was one of the \u003Cb\u003EWORST \u003C\/b\u003Emovies I've ever seen, hands down the \u003Cb\u003EWORST dance\u003C\/b\u003E  movie I've ever seen that it's the type of movie only worth downloading  and watching from your computer. Or even just cut scenes from Youtube.  That's because you can skip all the talking BS and go straight to the  mediocre and overdramatized dance sequences which is probably the only  reason people go to watch it anyway.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EOk, so I'm probably not the target audience. I'm a street dancer and as my fellow crew member Chux would say, \u003Ci\u003E\"You're not a street dancer, if you're not on the street.\"\u003C\/i\u003E Maybe I just had higher expectations, considering \u003Cb\u003EJabbawockeez \u003C\/b\u003Ewere involved, and their 30 second spot was the best part of the film. That, and Chase's (Robert Hoffman, \u003Ci\u003EYou Got Served\u003C\/i\u003E) freestyle solo in class.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EThe lead actors were dull and plain, lacking the street cred they claim  in the film. There was so much cleavage or stomach being shown but at  least it distracted me from the crap talking (and I don't mean the  amusing type of crap). \u003Cb\u003EAnd Cassie, her role was so useless\u003C\/b\u003E, she  would've been better if her character was the evil bitch ex-girlfriend  of the popular guy, or maybe they could've scrapped her altogether from  the film, it prolly wouldn't have made a difference. \u003Cb\u003EStoryline? What storyline?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EThere were around 3 main dancing scenes, the first with the trampolines  was not all that impressive, and the ending was a piece of crap. They  took Omarion's rain scene from \u003Ci\u003EYou Got Served\u003C\/i\u003E, added a lot more people and a lot more rain and a longer routine. Sure, the dancing was cool but it wasn't all that fresh. \u003Cb\u003EI've seen much better on the streets and battlegrounds of Sydney.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003EI think watching \u003Cb\u003EAmerica's Best Dance Crew\u003C\/b\u003E and the \u003Cspan style=\"color: magenta;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dancing.net.au\/review-360-freestyle-crew-battle-competition-unsw-march-2008\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E360 Crew Freestyle Battles\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E  a few weeks ago, set my standards for the dancing in this movie, so  it's not so bad to those who don't watch a lot of live freestyle dance  battles or street group showcases (i.e. \u003Cb\u003EKabamodern and Jabbawockeez\u003C\/b\u003E - youtube them!)\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ESo just because I really disliked it doesn't mean I'm going to advise other people not to watch it because F*** \u003Cb\u003Eyou are all capable of making your own decisions and I encourage that\u003C\/b\u003E. I actually thought the first one was alright, and it sh*ts all over this one.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dancing.net.au\/step-up-2-movie-review\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESource\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/feeds\/5916378818258552812\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/step-up-2-movie-review_1.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6429354979337071323\/posts\/default\/5916378818258552812"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/6429354979337071323\/posts\/default\/5916378818258552812"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/the-reviewer-soratemplates.blogspot.com\/2012\/03\/step-up-2-movie-review_1.html","title":"Step Up 2 - Movie Review"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"SoraTemplates"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/07131513716671825275"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgnxtXEvdta67jscd2lttpcaaUeIM8_2BYK1RvDh_TVnJXI5lhTdIqHh4x7oVr7qklzjH5NqJWnVdRAgfS9uNjQIFsbhkWpTI33rVc5nmEcSAC6gbDh5etA5ojaEpWzrLc\/s113\/Sora.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-dEFBUiC_Cvo\/T0_A-yWCszI\/AAAAAAAAFpM\/f7K1zKxF8yc\/s72-c\/step-up-2-the-streets-movie-review.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});