Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - The Incredible Hulk (2008)

 

I know there were problems trying to get the original actor to come back for this film, but just taking in the film as a whole, I did not like the small changes that were made to the storyline and the background. One change would've been feasible, perhaps, but when you start adding change after change after change to it all, it loses the appeal to me. For instance, Bruce was last seen doing some medical volunteering in the third world country, and suddenly, he is working in a factory instead? Who is this random new boy toy that our Betty is dating, and why does he turn on them? Why does the General Dad suddenly want to work alongside the government and turn Bruce into a weapon? He just wanted to do right by his daughter by the end of the original film. Then you have the differences in who was doing what experimentation that led to his transformation into the Hulk, that's kind of a big part of the storyline, and it seemed like we were trying to overwrite it for some reason.

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!! 

• I do not remember these movies being 2 hours long ... I thought that was a recent change to movies because there's just so much information to include.
• What is with all these flashes at the beginning? We don't actually get to see him turn into the Hulk? I thought we saw him on the base, living his life, and the accident happened.

(I took a break here and backtracked to the other films that you can read about from the past week of postings and then came back to this film because I decided I needed to watch the others first.)

• Ew. I do not like the new actor they got to play Bruce. He is not as cute as the original.
• Why is he working in a factory now? Wasn't he like a Doctors Without Borders kind of scientist when we left off?
• Okay, still a scientist at heart. Has all the geeky stuff in his home.
• I'm glad he tries the cures on samples of blood first instead of just injecting himself. The "cure" made the green even more powerful than it was before it disappeared just seconds before. Imagine if he had injected himself and made himself permanently green!
• Poor puppy.
• Run Forrest Run!
• The factory workers ganging up on him while he is trying to run from the military is not helpful at all.
• Is he really trying to walk his way home from Brazil to the US?
• Tracking how many days he has gone without turning green is kind of funny to me for some reason.
• I don't recognize this pizzaria guy.
• I'm not gonna lie, I thought his girl was the Mr.Blue character, but I guess not, since he broke into her lab to steal her info.
• The way she gets up and just walks away from her date without a word because she thought she saw Bruce (which she did, but that is not the point), is kind of funny. Wonder if she would leave the new guy for Bruce.
• I don't understand why they are trying to make another green giant. I thought we learned from the first film that it was not a good idea and could not be controlled.
• The fact that she addresses him as General first and then Dad just shows how messed up their relationship is.
• How do the canisters break through the first set of glass but not the second that is maybe 10 feet away?
• Why do they like forcing him to turn green? I thought the point was to make him human again.
• Wow. The new boyfriend turned them in, that's messed up. How did the general get him in on this? Who is this new guy??
• What does stomach acid do to a memory stick?
• I'm sorry, but she is supposed to make him calmer and more himself, so why is almost doing it almost making him turn now?
• Wait, the new boyfriend is Mr.Blue? That's kinda messed up that he betrayed them then.
• Oh, maybe it isn't the new boyfriend then. He looked like the new boyfriend in the photo SHIELD showed.
• Why does the new military Hulk guy look so skinny and sickly?
• That treatment looked painful.
• The fact that this professor used the blood to replicate the effects is horrible. We trusted him.
• They act as if the Hulk is something for him to give. It's a monster, and it shouldn't have existed to begin with.
• Is that professor going to become a Hulk, or did his brain just swell that much from the injury?
• Aww, Bruce is helping take the fall for this new Super Hulk that has been unleashed on New York.
• Sometimes I wonder if Marvel has that memory wipe technology that Men in Black did for these big city-wide devastation battles.
• Now, did Betty yell for Hulk to stop because she doesn't want the other mutant soldier to die, or did she yell for Hulk to stop because she doesn't want him to have death on his conscious which could taint him as the villain instead of the hero?
• Wait, General ad gets recruited intop the SHIELD initiative?

Zootopia Movie Review

Hello friends, there will be a little bit more of an influx of movie reviews at the moment because I have a lot going on in my life, so it's nice to just take a minute away and escape into the world of movies. Enjoy the thoughts I have on this movie.

The play right at the start was very cute, Judy telling everyone she wanted to be a police officer. There hadn't been a bunny cop ever in the police force, so she was met with ridicule growing up. She put in the hard work to be the best in her class, staying up late, working out, and reading up on the protocols of police work. When she graduated and got placed in Zootopia, her family sent her off with fox away spray. She was attacked by a fox once, trying to get some tickets that the fox stole back, and she succeeded. She got to Zootopia, and they put her in charge of writing tickets for animals' cars that had no time left on the meter. After her first day, she burst into the chief's office and demanded to be taken seriously. One of the missing animal's wives came into the office, and Judy said she would find her husband. The boss didn't like that. It was only when the assistant mayor turned up and let the mayor know she was allowed to work the case. On her first day, she had met a sly fox by the name of Nick Wild. He ended up giving her the first place to check for the missing otter. They went to a naturist yoga place, then followed the lead to the DMV because she wasn't in the system yet to search a plate for herself. The sloth at the desk was very slow, and that took the rest of day one. She only had 2 days to solve the case, or she had to resign. They went to the limo place and found the limo the otter had been in was all scratched up. They meet the gang's boss, Mr Big. He was a mouse, and Judy had saved his daughter the previous day, so they got to live. Mr Big pointed them to where his driver lived so they could talk to him as he was there. He mentioned night howlers, and before he could fully open the door, he went savage. Nick and Judy had to run for their lives. They go off to the city hall after Nick puts the chief in his place because they still have 10 hours left on the case. They get to the city hall and search for the plate number on the assistant mayor's computer; they manage to track the car and head off to its location. They get into the facility and find all 14 missing animals. The mayor gets arrested because he knew what was going on and it was being covered up. Judy gives up on her job and goes back home after an argument with Nick. She sees her old bully, the fox she stole the tickets back from, who apologises and now works with her family. Her family only trusts him after the work she did in the ZPD (Zootopia Police Department). She finds out from working with her dad that the "night howlers" weren't wolves but were flowers that cause animals who come into contact with them to go savage. She takes the family truck back to Zootopia, apologises to Nick, and they get back on the trail. hey track down the place where the serum is being made and steals the lab that is hidden in a train carriage. They run into a problem and smash the train cart up, but Nick, before jumping off the train, managed to grab the dart gun with the serum already loaded into it. They are on their way back to the ZPD when the mayor (formally the assistant mayor) walks up to them and asks for the case. Judy says no, and they try to run. One of her henchmen blocks their way, so they run and fall into a hole. The Mayor calls for back up from the ZPD, says Officer Hopps is down, and then shoots Nick. Nick had switched the serum with a blueberry. ZPD wins, the Lion is mayor again, and Judy can be taken seriously. Nick goes through the training to be Judy's partner in fighting crime. It's a very sweet moment to see Nick becoming an officer; he went from breaking the law to catching people breaking the law. This movie reminds me a lot of 'The Secret Life of Pets'. It has a similar vibe, and I think they could exist in the same universe.

It was a heartbreaking moment to see Nick and Judy not get along, but in real life, thats now it is. Rabbits and Foxes are enemy's so its good they had that moment of hate towards eachother but they do make such a good duo. I am excited to watch the second movie to see how they function both in the police force. I like how both movies are 108 mins long. I feel like that was definitely done on purpose. I have been enjoying a lot of animated movies at the moment, something that doesn't feel so grown-up to actually feel like an escape from the real world. I have 2 social events coming up, and I am not someone who likes to be a part of the outside world, yet I am doing it twice in the same month. I will probably write about these events in the same post because I don't think I will have much to share, but an experience is still an experience. 

The animators did an amazing job. Judy's ears are so life-like with the movement; you can tell they put a lot of effort into studying the movement of all the different animals in this, and trust me, there are a lot of different animals. If you have children, they will probably love this movie if you haven't watched it already, as it did come out quite a while ago, and it was on my watch list for the longest time. I just didn't get around to it until now. There is a lot on my watch list, so I am hoping to make a dent while I take some time off from streaming. 

Thank you so much for reading, and there is Zootopia 2 coming out shortly after this one. Till next time. 

Marvel Movie Reviews w/ Rambo - Iron Man (2008)

This is yet another film that I have seen in the past; it came out while I was still in elementary school. But just with every experience in life, be it watching a movie, reading a book, or visiting a museum, there is always something new for you to notice in the process that you may have missed before. For instance, I did not recall S.H.I.E.L.D. being brought into the universe this early on. I also did not realize that this movie was 2 hours long. I could have sworn that all of these earlier superhero movies were the typical 90 minutes to 105, not 120+. That's okay, though, we are continuing to chug our way along through this series. 

!!! SPOILERS BELOW !!! 

• How does one just get so famous and so involved with the military at the same time that they can casually ride along in a military Humvee and be drinking and joking about selfies with the soldiers?
• Also, why does he kind of have that Jack Sparrow look going for him at first? Did they put eyeliner on him in this film? Probably.
• Always working? He's playing poker. Wow.
• Is it just me, or is he asking if she is cute, kind of pompous of him?
• Ooo, "Pepper Potts" just called the news reporter girl trash.
• Is it wrong to think that maybe becoming Iron Man was almost both literally and figuratively the best thing that could have happened to Stark? Like, he is still kind of arrogant and pompous even after having his heart replaced, but I feel like his persona takes on a different tone, and he starts to appreciate life more.
• Tony is so incredibly smart and yet so incredibly annoying all at the same time.
• Y'know, the guys were suspicious of what he was building from the get-go. Why did it take them so long to actually catch on and respond to the room when Stark started suiting up?
• See, he cares about getting the other scientist out; he does have a heart ... sort of.
• Aww, that one soldier guy felt personally responsible for the fact that Stark was kidnapped and put through crap.
• Is he about to get a Purple Heart as a civilian? Is he considered a civilian? He isn't a soldier, that much I know.
• Comes back to civilization and wants a cheeseburger, just wow. And a Burger King burger at that.
• I've seen this movie before, but I didn't realize S.H.I.E.L.D. is introduced this early in the universe.
• SEE! He made everyone sit down to make the press conference seem homey, he has become slightly less of a prick.
• How are these other people going to try to tell him how to run his business? If he doesn't want to make weapons, then he doesn't want to do that!
• So, if we didn't want her to pull out that magnet ring at the end, why did we not put a new one in?
• Do all of his robots have a mind of their own? He talks to them and gives them instructions, but only some, like Jarvis, actually talk back.
• HE THREW HIMSELF INTO THE WALL hahahahaha
• "It's completely harmless," as it threw him back into a wall and made a loud blast noise.
• Wouldn't testing thrust be better in a large, open area, such as outside?
• Did he have all the outer stuff made before perfecting the actual thrust items?
• What if he just fell from the sky and KO'd himself? Could Jarvis call for help to retrieve his body?
• I wonder how many people thought he was a shooting star...
• It's always your own people who stab you in the back.
• Is it the sonic screech noise that's breaking the glass or an actual blast?
• I wanna know how quickly he made it around the world because that's crazy.
• He loses that voice modification, right? I don't remember him having it, but I could be wrong.
• Having movies such as this showing how an American company can literally become so involved in a war involving a different country, ON THE SIDE OF THE OTHER COUNTRY, makes you wonder if it happens in real life and if some of the storyline was built on truth.
• When Pepper goes to hack into the Stark login, it is hard to tell if it was against Tony initially or for him.
• What does the little sonic device that causes temporary paralysis actually do to cause that? His ears were bleeding.
• If the core is his heart? How is he still running without his core in him?
• Pepper is so incredibly willing to do anything for this man.
• Why couldn't he just stick to the story? Why did he need to have the fame? He really is still pompous