For the cynical, there is a long list of old Hollywood adages about what movie audiences will go for. One of them is “Everybody loves the talking animals.” Even if it’s true, all the talking animals in the world won’t help you enjoy Zookeeper.
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Just like its robot stars, Transformers: Dark of the Moon is first one thing, and then turns into another. If you’re a fan of the series, the second half of this latest sequel will thrill you with what could be the best action sequences so far. But you might never get to that point, because the first half may drive you from the theatre.
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It hurts a little to have to write this review. Pixar Animation Studios has consistently produced so many wonderful and memorable films over the past 25 years that it seems petty to go after them for dropping the ball once. But drop it they have with Cars 2.
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Converting a comic book into a live action movie is always tricky. With decades of context behind them, the visuals and stories in comics are thrilling and highly readable. On film, however, even the most “believable” superhero stories – take Batman, for example – come across looking odd, and sometimes just plain silly.
What then are we to make of Green Lantern, the film about a man who receives a mystical power ring that allows him to fly through space and create any object he can imagine, and who then joins an inter-galactic force of alien peacekeepers? The Green Lantern adventures are one of the cornerstones of the DC Comics stable, with millions of readers and fans. To the uninitiated, however, the premise has always seemed kind of out there, and the fear has been that the filmmakers would treat the whole thing with a sly wink at the audience.
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