Ghost Rider: Spirit of vengeance - 1 out of 5 stars

Every once in a while one of those movies come out that are just soo terrible and soo pathetic I spend the entire movie laughing at it, I wanna stress at and not with. Ghost rider 2 is one of those types of movies. The story is a complete mess, It is about how the devil (Ciaran Hinds) gets some chick named Nadya (Violante placido) pregnant and then Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider (Nicholas Cage) has to save Nadya and her son Danny (Fergus Riodan) from the bad guys and kill the devil, all while trying to lift his curse. The plot really doesn't evolve much past that. Just about after every 5 minutes I had myself asking what was the point of that scene? And how bout instead of standing there rocking back and forth and staring people in the eyes awkwardly you just go and kill them. It was made very clear that they tried desperately hard to try and make Cage look cool, but in all honesty he is not and thanks to this movie, his acting career is soon to be dead. No actor in this movie showed any emotion, during those "deep heartfelt" moments where you are supposed to see someone cry, cage just stares awkwardly at the camera. The soundtrack was another spot where they tried too hard to make it seem cool, and it just failed and led to awkward fight scenes. The Cgi I'll be honest was pretty good, but the complete fail of 3D ruined it. In terms of art direction only one scene interested me a bit, with which on the left half of the screen was a guy talking on the phone and the right was the guy he was talking to, the contrast in 3D was neat to see but it kinda overloaded my brain a bit. The one liners are horrendous and had me face-palming consistently throughout the movie, they rival all of the time puns that were said throughout spy kids 4. The whole concept of Ghost Rider I feel has potential, but thanks to the terrible directing choices by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor it is just a complete train wreck. If you are looking for an awesome kick-a** action movie to see, skip this one. However if you are looking for some great laughs AT it, not with, then it might be worth shelling out the money to see it.

Favorite Quote:
Danny: Are we safe?
Johnny Blaze: I'd say yes! H*** Yes!

Reaction to the Ending:

The Grey- 4 out of 5 stars

In "The Grey" the movie follows a man named John Ottway (Liam Neeson) who is hired by an oil drilling team as protection from wolves and other animals who may attack the team as they work. This begins my biggest complain about the movie, I felt that there was not enough of a back-story as to what the heck is going on in the beginning. They really don't explain what the team is doing in what I'm going to assume is Alaska, there is a small hint of character development in this time frame but it is only with Liam's Character, no other characters are introduced until they get on that plane. If you go to see this movie, be prepared for one of the most intense plane crashes you will ever see. After that scene I was left with just saying "Wow". After the plane crash a few survivors are left and they begin their fight for survival. That is when the group gets attacked by a pack of wolves and their already low numbers start to dwindle further. My next complaint is something that just about every horror movie does. In a movie like this you want the audience to sit there in their seat shed a tear as the next character is viciously ripped to shreds by the antagonists not have apathy or a want for them to bite the dust. The Grey improves on this as some of the characters I did not want to see go, but a few especially in the beginning I really didn't care that they died. This could have been avoided had there been more development in each of the characters aside from Liam's before the plane crash. Most of the character development is spent with the crew talking around the bonfire about their past and loved ones, I am not complaining about this but at some points the pacing felt a little off with the balance of wolf attacks and "Bro-mance" points in the movie. On another note the acting all around in the cast was very well done, you can truly see the cast really get into their roles during the most intense of scenes. For most of the movie CGI is used for the wolves, which was very well produced but I would have liked to see a bit more of actual wolves instead. The musical sound track was well made, while it is no Hans Zimmer the main title played in Liam's flashbacks about his Dad and in the end was exceptional and also my favorite. For the most part I liked the plot, a few scenes left me confused as to what happened or why the wolf just stood there as the cast prepared their weapons, these scenes are pretty spread out so it did not bother me too much. The cinematography was very well done, I really liked many of the shots of the cast trudging through the snow with the beautiful landscape behind them. The action scenes with the wolves were extremely intense, and very graphic so those with weak stomachs will probably have their eyes closed during quite a few scenes. My last complain wasn't exactly with the movie per-say but rather the trailer, which for the sake of spoilers kind of showed a pretty important thing that happens in the movie. This is probably due to the fact that they did not have enough theatrical moments to pull from since much of the movie is the cast sitting around a fire or walking through the snow. In the end The Grey stands out as my favorite movie so far this year as I am sure many people will agree with me. There is also a scene at the end of the credits but it really wasn't important to wait for.

Favorite quote:
Ottway: Once more into the Fray. Into the last good fight I'll ever know. Live or die on this day. Live or die on this day.