Top Gun 3D is taking the piss!

                   For me, 3D has pulled its final straw. "Yeeerr outta heeeere"

The Top Gun 3D trailer was released yesterday. Not that you have to watch it for plot points etc, unless you haven't truly lived. (Yep, I said you haven't lived, properly that is, until you have seen Top Gun). It isn't a must, but it is a Tom Cruise movie that has managed to tame the average movie fan for decades.

I have never been a fan of 3D (so this is easy). However  I have given certain movies such as Life of Pi the exception. But to further the wallet bill by releasing a movie such as Top Gun is in fact taking the piss! Who needs it? Who asked for it? WHY! The argument here is; if they had of just re-released Top Gun for a week or so, with the 2D concept, I would be more than happy to see it. I don't need 3D to persuade me into believing the flick being re-released is a classic...I know it is. For the soundtrack alone, an maybe the cheesy acting, I would be more than happy to enter a world of nostalgia for 100 minutes.

This unfortunately, is just another step toward a change in filming we don't want to see. Last year they re-released Scarface (2D) for one night. It was one of the best experiences I have had in a cinema. Just to have the opportunity of seeing the rise an fall of Tony Montana on the big screen was exceptional. I did not ask for much more than the basics, and I never will. Obviously Top Gun is on a completely different level to Scarface, but certain movies, depending on how old they are should be simply left alone.

It is like when a director steps up to remake a horror movie...just leave it alone. What ever happened to originality!

So 26 years later, Top Gun is set to be re-released on February 8th. It will be shown in IMAX for one week before it's immediate push to blu-ray. You can Watch the trailer for Top Gun 3D here.

"I feel the need...the need for speed!"....sorry.

Box Office 2013 - Predictable America

Texas Chainsaw 3D is continuing to out-do the crafty work of both Quentin Tarantino and Peter Jackson.

 

The box office has released a shocking yet quite predictable outcome in terms of the American audience. Texas Chainsaw 3D is the latest (desperate) attempt at reviving a franchise that is well and truly deceased. The fact director John Luessenhop is calling this a sequel to the 1974 classic is not only laughable, but a clear cut creation that lacks serious initiative. Towering above critically acclaimed movies such as The Hobbit, DjangoUnchained and musical lovers - Les Miserables, Texas Chainsaw has gathered a whopping 23million - Really!

 

Although Texas Chainsaw has leaped due to its lonesome release in American cinemas, it would be logical for it to fall quickly, unless the audience continue to throw away their money!

 

In second is Django Unchained at 20million followed by The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey at 17.5 million; read my review here.

 

Les Misérables sits at 4th with 16.1million while Parental Guidance holds 5th with 10.1million (Jesus).

 

I do agree on the positions above as Tom Cruise's latest flick Jack Reacher holds 6th with 9.3million; and rightly so! I am sick to death of seeing the trolls of Tom Cruise claiming this to be so "awesome", really? are we really that gullible? Anyway I am yet to go and see Jack Reacher. Anyone who has please give me an honest review...

 

Check out the full chart at box office mojo!

 

 

 



Mission Impossible:Ghost Protocol Review 2011

Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible 4. The Fourth instalment, Ghost Protocol, sees the fall of the IMF organisation as Ethan seeks to recruit a team of experts to help prevent the launch of nuclear weapons from a Russian Terrorist.

The movie's plot begins with the bombing of the Kremlin in Russia were a Russian source pin-points America's IMF organisation as prime suspects. In a desperate bid to start a war between the two countries, Ethan (Cruise) as well as his boss feel it is best the IMF is abolished but sheds light on an opportunity for Ethan and a hand -picked crew to investigate and prevent further assaults from the Russian terrorist.

The cast in MI4 is a delight. As always, Ethan is accompanied by Benji (Simon Pegg) who is back to his old tricks as there is nothing standing in the way when he is involved. New to the series is Jeremy Renner who we know from Ben Affleck's The Town. Jeremy plays Brandt, a so called observer in the IMF. There is more than meets the eye with Brandt as he is a smart character but brings a lot of negativity to the crew. What would a Mission Impossible movie be without the hot female? Introducing Jane, played by Paula Patton. This is a woman that cannot be messed with! Delicate looks can be deceiving as she does more ass kicking in this movie than any other in the franchise.

Ghost Protocol is no hit and miss. This was a quality movie. In fact I believe the best in the series so far. (I say so far because Ethan will be back...I think). The action sequences were the best I have seen in a long time. MI4 avoids your typical blockbuster make no sense type a flick, this was a genuine entertaining film. We all dowelled on the Original Mission Impossible for so long, but now people will be surprised they might actually find Ghost Protocol the best of the bunch.

Certain Scenes like When Ethan is scales the Tallest Building in Dubai. Okay we all seen clips in the trailer previous, but that part in the movie was extraordinary! The whole time through that scene my mind was racing with the fact Tom Cruise performed that particular stunt? and the rest! Absolutely brilliant. There is a scene not long after when a massive sandstorm covers the area as Ethan is caught up in a game a cat and mouse.

Overall a fantastic movie. We might all agree on one thing, the fact that Mission Impossible 2 wasn't too bad and MI3 took the biscuit a bit. Mission Impossible:Ghost Protocol is a quality return to what we will always remember Tom Cruise as...Ethan Hunt! (and roll the spy tune....)