Summer Movie Review

By popular demand I have been asked to review some newer movies. Now being that I am at college I don't have the opportunities to see as many new movies. Over the summer though I saw a couple I guess you could call them blockbusters. I will review a few of them now in short order.

Transformers 2 Revenge of the Fallen
How could this movie go wrong? Its directed by Michael Bay and has some of hollywoods most popular rising stars. Not to mention a very successful predecessor. Well let me be the first to say this movie was stupid enough that a cave man could enjoy it. The constant sexual metaphors and ongoing dumb dogs humping bit is just plain dumb. Its almost like this movie did not want to be taken seriously. They then try and have the audience believe that the main character Sam's mother does not know what pot is. And she mistakenly purchases some thinking its some great herb. Its completely ridiculous. Not to mention the constant slow motion sequences don't seem to add anything to the action. In fact there only purpose seems to be to show Megan Fox's boobs. In short this movie may please the eye but theirs nothing or unique about it. To be honest my favorite thing about the movie was probably the Camaro. And that's sad.
Id give it 4 decepticons out of 10.

Star Trek
I am by no means a trekie. I have watched a few episodes on TV land. And I know a little bit about the basic premise of the show at most. This movie though was quite entertaining. The beginning part of the movie is a bit slow. There is a sequence where Kirk is driving his dads old Corvette that really adds nothing to the story but a chase sequence to get you going. It seemed apparent though that they were trying to give kirk a really bad ass image from the start. I think that they may have taken it a bit far. He pretty much harrases a women in a bar. Making you almost dislike him. But it sets up the ending really well for his rise to the command. The movie has a great story line. Not to overly complex by Star Trek standards. And overall its something definitely worth seeing especially if your a Star Trek fan.
I give it 8 USS enterprises out of 10

Terminator: Salvation
I am undeniably a very big fan of the Terminator series. They combine a mix of science fiction, action, drama and a love story elements into one great movie. This one was definitely far better than the last Terminator the Rise of the Machines. It has Christian Bale playing the role of John Connor and he does a very good job at it. It seems like you would not know though because he is barly in the moive. As it focuses a lot on other characters as well. Which seemed odd to me because this movie was suppose to show John Connor fulfilling this destiny we keep hearing about. It though has a great story that will keep you paying attention until the end. It has nothing on the original Cameron films though. So dont expect that. None the less I enjoyed it and I think the casual movie goer would agree.
I give it 7 Skynets out of 10.