Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Amazing Spiderman

I was a little apprehensive about watch The Amazing Spiderman because I liked the originals with Tobey Maguire so I was pleasantly surprised that this version was really good. Andrew Garfield takes over the role of Peter Parker/Spiderman, Emma Stone is Gwen Stacy who is Peter's first love, Dennis Leary plays Gwen's father, a police Lt., Martin Sheen plays Peter's uncle Ben and Sally Field plays Peter's Aunty May. Rhys Ifans is the villain playing Dr. Curt Conners/Lizard. The added back story of when Peter came to live with his aunt and uncle and what happened to his parents was great. This just wasn't an action movie but there was comedy mixed in along with action. I give it 4 out of 5 popcorn kernels.

Magic Mike

I have two words for you. Eye candy. That is what you get when you watch Magic Mike! Put Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Adam Rodriguez (CSI Miami), Matt Bomer(White Color) and Joe Manganiello, Alex Pettyfer and Kevin Nash are the male dancers in this movie. Based loosely on Channing Tatum's early years before acting. McConaughey is the owner of a club that is based in Tampa and wants to hit the big time and move to Miami. Channing Tatum is the title character of Magic Mike who takes a new guy under his wing but wants to be more than just a male dancer. There is not much plot or story to this movie but I really didn't care because the dancing was fantastic. It is worth the price of admission.