Welcome to the Reel Review. I have created this blog because I tend to disagree with all of the movie reviews I read in the paper. I can no longer stand by while the movies I love get slammed and the worst of them all get 5 stars. It has got to the point where I choose the movies I see based on how little stars they get in the paper. Half a star has become a must see for me. 5 stars – I don’t even bother. Please feel free to agree or disagree with my reviews because that’s what it’s all about. I hope you enjoy the REEL REVIEW!!

Monday, August 30, 2010

SALT

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor



In "Salt", Angelina Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent accused to be a Russian spy that could be activated at any time to eliminate world leaders. 

This movie has its moments. The fast paced action and hectic escape scenes managed to keep my attention for the most part. And Jolie kicks some serious ass in this flick. But those positive points aside, to be honest, the trailer makes this movie look better than it actually is. Its pretty much an hour and a half of the same thing. Angelina Jolie running and fighting. While as a guy, that does sound awesome, i'm trying to give a review for everyone. Make up your own mind about this one.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

THE EXPENDABLES


Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lungren, Terry Crews, Steve Austin, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger


The Expendables are a team of huge mercenaries (and Jet Li) with varying "special skills" who take on the missions that the rest of the world won't touch. That's pretty much all you need to know. If you're looking for a deep story line, clever screenplay or even a movie that makes total sense, The Expendables probably isn't the movie for you. However, if you love awesomely corny one-liners, cameos for the sake of cameos and want to see five guys take on an entire army, you're like me and will find this movie both hilarious and entertaining. While some parts of this movie try to show emotion and romance, that isn't why people are going to see this movie. This is a no-thinking necessary, hour and a half of ass kicking and explosions. That's it.

Sunday, August 8, 2010

INCEPTION

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Dileep Rao, Michael Caine



Inception explores the world where entering dreams is possible. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the best in the business of entering dreams for the purpose of extracting valuable secrets and information. When proposed with the mission of entering a dream to plant an idea into a persons mind, Cobb and his team go on a ride that takes them through dreams within dreams within dreams. As you can imagine or may have heard from others, if you stop paying attention in this movie, you can easily lose track of what’s going on. That being said, this movie has a lot to offer. The past paced action, incredible special effects and brilliantly layered storyline makes the two and half hours seem like nothing. I definitely recommend seeing this movie. TIP: go to the toilet before the movie because if you go during, there’s a good chance that you’ll never catch up.