"Resident Evil: Retribution" Review

I will be the first to admit I am a HUGE "Resident Evil" addict. I played a few of the video games, just like most teenagers who had nothing else to do. This movie, just like all the others in the franchise, stars Milla Jovovich as Alice a.k.a. Project Alice. It takes off where the last film ended and as all of you can tell some key characters from past films have made a come back, but because I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it yet, I won't tell you how .

Now, I hate to break it to you guys but this review won't be nearly as long as the others seeing as I suffered a black widow bite and have been quite ill as a result. I have a few more movies I've seen since that I have yet to write about.

Anyways, in this movie you'll see one of the beloved characters from the games make her first appearance in the films.  To disappoint you all though I will have to be completely honest. While the movie was actually really good as was the soundtrack and the action sequences, the franchise could have done without this one. To me, and my boyfriend who went and saw this with me, it was what we are going to coin it as a "filler movie." Good, but not necessary to the plot and could've been done as part of a more essential movie to the franchise and not a whole movie.

Unfortunately this is all I really have to say about it, but not because that was my full opinion, but because I am just way to exhausted to continue typing. If you do end up seeing it though remember that just because it was a "filler movie" doesn't mean it wasn't a good movie. Just not necessary.

"The Hunger Games" Review

I know it's been a while since I have posted a new review and I figured why not review one of my recent favorites to hit DVD. This movie stars Jennifer Lawrence playing Katniss Everdeen and Josh Hutcherson playing Peeta Mallark as two teens who are thrust into a fight to the death. It is set in a Dystopian society in the future where there are twelve districts and each year, a young man and woman from the ages of twelve and eighteen are drawn to participate in The Hunger Games.

This movie struck a chord in me since I can see our present society turning into something similar. Now, I've heard a lot of people saying Suzanne Summers copied a Japanese movie named "Battle Royale," and seeing how this isn't a very well known film here in America I would have to disagree. There are marked differences in each. I have actually seen "Battle Royale," and I have to be honest, both it and "The Hunger Games" were very good.

I have been a fan of Dystopian literature since I read the famed "1984" in high school. I felt the characters and plot were very well developed. Casting couldn't have been more perfect. I heard a lot of people saying they were iffy about Lenny Kravitz playing Cinna, but I felt his performance was outstanding. Since I actually read the books I felt the casting choices were, like I said, perfect. Woody Harrelson as Haymitch was one of my favorites, but seeing as I'm a huge Woody Harrelson fan I don't think he can do wrong.

As you can all see I have nothing but positive things to say about this film, so this review won't be long. If you want a movie that is rich and full of loveable characters than this is the movie for you. It also helps that it will make you think about the current world position and helps you to speculate about what the future will truly be like for our country. I high suggest this film, and I hope everyone who reads this enjoys it just as much as I did.