Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Mad Max is a a Monster Action Hit

Okay so if you want to take your girlfriend out to go see Pitch Perfect 2 to keep her happy go ahead and do that.  Then after you're done tell her you have to meet up with the boys purchase a ticket to Mad Max:  Fury Road and enjoy.  If you like me grew up in the 80's and loved everything Mad Max because of the vehicular destruction, mayhem, chaos, and absolute Car-nage that comes with the name then you will love this movie.  From the moment it starts it is non-stop action from the beginning of the movie to the end.  It's a race for blood and survival and if this movie doesn't get your blood pumping then something is wrong with you.  Do you have to be a Mad Max fan to enjoy this movie?  No.  But it won't hurt.  Director George Miller topped himself with the crazy insane stunts that were performed in this movie.  Granted our hero Max doesn't say a lot of words but let's face it, when you're Mad Max you don't rely on words you rely on your actions.  The Motorcycles, dipping left and right in the middle of a sea of cars.  With apocalyptic tornadoes and sand storms the special effects are just as spectacular as the stunts.  Charlize Theron does an amazing job as Imperator Furiosa as she tries to save the brides of Immortal Joe from being his breeding sows.  They run trying to find a place where they will be able to have a better life and along the way Max gets dragged into the middle of the situation and has no choice but to either help or be enslaved.  Now that's all you're going to get from this Mad Max-ian.  So until someone gives me a truck with a reinforced chassis a lifted suspension giant dune buggy wheels and a snow plow on the front...go get yourself a ticket and enjoy the ride.  

DC is Becoming the New Television Rockstar where Marvel is the Paragon of Movies

I just finished watching the season finale for CW's Flash and I have to say that I was cleverly surprised at the end.  His decision to not rescue his mother resulted in everything continuing as it had.  He was forced into fighting Eobard Thawne aka Professor Zoom the Reverse Flash and during the fight the helmet for the Golden-Age Flash Jay Garrett fell through the wormhole.  And the final piece that pulls it all together is the is the sacrifice Eddie Thawne made.  He was troubled ever since Thawne had revealed to him the future that lay in store for Barry and Iris in which they get married.  Eddie didn't know where he fit into the puzzle so he was giving up but a pep talk from good old Professor Stein made him realize that he had a purpose.  Eddie decided that he wanted to marry Iris and she agreed, however when he saw that Thawne was going to kill Barry he acted selflessly and shot himself.  Thawne was his direct descendant so by killing himself he effectively erased Eobard Thawne from the timeline killing him.  Of course with the tragedy still fresh to deal with Team Flash had to deal with the singularity that arose from the wormhole and had grown so large that it could swallow the city.  Barry of course being the hero raced upwards into the eye of the singularity to stop it.

Whew.  With all that action and drama in the last ten minutes alone.  The Flash will keep surprising us next season and let's face it what Marvel is doing with their movies, DC is doing with their television shows.  By opening the wormhole the Flash ripped open multiple doorways through time.  This will ultimately lead into DC's Legends of Tomorrow which will premier next January.  And if you were fast or canny enough you saw the first appearance Hawkgirl without her wings.  With the Arrow, Flash, & Legends of Tomorrow all connected their making their way to creating something amazing.  With the success of Gotham over on FOX , CBS stands to gain some impressive viewing numbers when they start showing Supergirl.