8/19/14: Jurassic Park (1993)

What's it all about?

Steven Spielberg's Cretaceous creation begins with the crew of John Hammond's dino-tastic theme park, Jurassic Park, moving some angry raptors into their enclosure. Some wacky stuff goes down and, unfortunately, one of the crew gets unceremoniously torn to pieces. Sorry, bro. Hop over to palaeontologist Alan Grant and palaeobiologist Ellie Sattler digging up some bits of Velociraptor.  Some kid gets sassy with Grant and he explains how these things were vicious pack hunters who straight up ate stuff. Shortly after, Grant expresses to Sattler that his cold soul hates children. Meanwhile, Hammond stops in to ask the two if they want to come check out his Six Flags Great Pangaea thingy. They (eventually) agree and ride in on a choppa. Important: Grant got two of the same part of the seatbelt, the "girl" part. But he finds a way to secure himself in by tying them in a knot. At the park, they meet some dinos and learn that they were cloned using blood sucked up by ancient mosquitoes that got fossilised. They start a tour of the park where we meet Hammond's grandkids. Meanwhile, one of the people working at the park, Dennis, shuts down everything so he can steal some dino embryos and sell 'em to competitors. Don't worry, he gets eaten. Tropical storm rolls in. Tour gets stuck in front of the T-rex habitat. Now, imagine being stuck in front of a lion cage at the zoo when the fence breaks and, oh by the way, you happen to be a giant corn dog. T-rex leaves her cage and eats the lawyer checking the park and runs off, after separating Grant and Hammond's grandkids from the rest of the group. They find their way into a tree and sleep there. Morning comes, they find a fence and get climbing. Grant pulls a wonderful dad joke and pretends to be electrocuted by the fence. 'Lectric fences are still offline. Ellie turns em on. Hammond's grandson becomes toast-boy. Everyone happily returns to the welcome centre. Enter velociraptors. Raptors chase kids into the kitchen. Kids fend them off, and make their way to the Control Room where the other raptor learned to open doors. Hammond's granddaughter puts back the security systems and they are safe, temporarily. As they attempt to leave the welcome centre, raptors are about to shred the group when Mrs. Tyrannosaurus hops in and eats the velociraptors and makes a victory roar, as the "When Dinosaurs ruled the Earth" poster falls, creating a super cool image of Triassic Triumph. Everyone leaves and is happy. The end.

How was the plot?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I LOVE THIS MOVIE Okay so for numerous reasons I strongly believe this is the greatest movie of all time. I really love this movie. It's got that perfect mix of good acting, a wonderful story, and, what's that last thing? Oh yeah. Freaking dinosaurs. This movie is why I am unhappy about how not-velociraptor-proof my living room is. I'm gonna wear my Jurassic Park shirt tomorrow. I love this movie.

Soundtrack?

That main theme, that C-F-C-G-G-A-Bb-Bb-A-F-G, is absolutely excellent. The rest of the soundtrack is really not too interesting. But still very good. What a great movie.

Final Review?

One hundred fifty freakin percent. Oh, Lord. A++++++++++++++. Yowza.

8/5/14: Man of Steel (2013)

What's it all about?

Man of Steel is the origin story of the world's first superhero, Superman. On the planet Krypton, Robin Hood (Jor-El, whatever)'s son is the first natural birth in hundreds of years. Meanwhile, the planet is kinda falling apart, so Jor sends little baby Kal-El to earth to escape the destruction of their home world, along with the DNA of every future Kryptonian stuffed into baby Kal's cells. He lands in Kansas and becomes Clark Kent, son of Jonathan Kent (Also Robin Hood, funny how things work out) and grows up there. He is different, being an alien and all and is not well liked as a child. As an adult, after living all over the place, finds an old Kryptonian base-thingy for scouting out habitable worlds and there learns who he is and why he's here. Now, this alerts the bad guys from back when Krypton was in one piece and they come to earth for the Codex stuck inside Superman/Kent/Kal-El's cells. There's a huge fight to save the world from them trying to terraform the Earth into New Krypton and after a lot of punching and yelling and laser eyes, Superman snaps their leader, General Zod's neck. Everyone is happy and safe and Kal-El/Clark gets a job as a reporter for the city's newspaper. Ending credits, lots of cool stuff.

How was the plot?

Recently, for some reason, lots of heroes are getting their origin stories told through new movies. Captain America, Thor, Batman, Spiderman (twice), Green lantern, and now Superman too have gotten origin story movies in the last fifteen years. While we all know the stories for all of these guys, there's something to be said for a new take with the newest, best updated CGI and LOUD NOISES. I especially liked Man of Steel because there was LOTS of action packed fight scenes and just enough actual plot stuff to keep it interesting. Also, I just love how Kal-El remembered to put his underwear INSIDE his pants in this newest version of the Superman-suit, sporting the newest version of the symbol for the House of El. All in all, the plot was very good, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Soundtrack?

Hallelujah. I LOVE a good movie with an excellent set of background music.  Hans Zimmer really outdid himself with this one, with the perfect balance between subtle, quiet stuff and super-intense music during super-intense scenes. Yowza. the Man of Steel soundtrack is one of my favourite things on my iPod. Me gusta mucho.

Final review?

Excellent movie. I'd give it a solid A, 96%. Well done!

8/4/14: Welcome to my Blog!

Hello and welcome to Let's Get Movie-ing! My name is Logan Gabriel Zoot, and I am a High School Junior and future astrophysicist. I also love movies of all kind! I especially like Sci-Fi and superhero movies, and action and adventure too. I just love movies.

So here's how my blog is gonna work:

What's it all about?

I tell you a synopsis of the movie.

How was the plot?

I tell you how much I liked the plotline and other stuff, such as acting or general enjoyment.

Soundtrack?

I love soundtracks in movies, so here I can tell my thoughts on a movie's soundtrack.

Final Review?

I grade the movie on an A-F scale, 0-100%. Like a teacher. 100% is the best movie ever, 0% is Alien 4. 

So, of course, this blag (I will sometimes call it a "Blag", xkcd.com/181/ ) is FULL of spoilers, so beware. Also, you should know that I, being a sixteen year old nerd, will have the opinions and views of a sixteen year old nerd.

Please suggest more movies for me to watch and review!!! I would love to write a review for YOUR favourite movie, so just comment on any post a movie for me to watch!

Thanks so much for visiting, and enjoy!