Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

IMDB: "Mad Max: Fury Road"

I haven't seen the old classic Mad Max movies by George Miller (yet), and that's because over-the-top-manly movies are not my kind of thing. I love action and all that awesome stuff, but you know.. I have my limits. So you can easily say I only watched this movie because Tom Hardy is in it. Yes, I am that kind of girl. But it has led to hundreds of cool movies because of it (not just by Hardy).

Mad Max Rockatansky earlier portraied by Mel Gibson (and others), nowadays, the hard(y)core, Tom!

Max is a little mad, he's lived in the desert for too long it seems. His mind is playing tricks on him from the past. He is somehow "kidnapped" by the War People and this is were Nux (Nicholas Hoult) comes in. Nux is what you call a hands down crazy person. They all are, but this guy is really good at it!

One of the War People, Furiosa (Charlize Theron) has taken the leader Immortan Joes (Hugh Keays-Byrne) wifes (or trophies, whatever you want to call them) and now she's taking them to a safe place somewhere beyond the desert. Joe is not happy about that, so he goes after them to get them back.

And there you have it. A mind blowing chase. Crazy people following mad people. Things get blown up, whiped out and destroyed. I wouldn't even dare to think how this movie would have been if Michael Bay directed it..

Furiosa was my favorite, and it felt like the movie was about her to be honest. Max was like "the third character", because both Furiosa and Nux stole the show!! Nux was so over-the-top-suicidal and perfectly mad! I was so surprised by how much I liked it and the more I think of it, the cooler it got.

* 7/10 *

Sequel of: "Mad Max", "Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior" and "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome".

Fast & Furious 7 (2015)

IMDB: "Fast & Furious 7"

The movie we've all been waiting for! Honestly, these are not my favorite movies. They're alright, but not quite my taste. Cars are cool, but I'm no motor-head. Reason I started watching these films: Vin Diesel. Reasons why I continued: Michelle Rodriguez and Paul Walker. 

The team is back, or as Dom (Vin Diesel) so often says: Family. Brian (Paul Walker) and his Mia (Jordana Brewster) and son are living the domestic life, but Brian "misses the bullets". And as we saw in the ending of "Fast & Furious 6" Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham) comes back for revenge of his brother, Owen (Luke Evans). They meet Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russel) and he wants help finding "Gods Eye" who can track anyone, anywhere at any time!! A pretty useful tool to have if you're looking for someone! Specially when you have to find Shaw before he finds you! 

This is the last movie Paul Walker did. He almost finished the entire movie, but sadly not all of it. After he died, his brothers Caleb and Cody and other stunt-doubles finished the movie for him. And I have to say that they did a good job. I never thought I would cry when watching any of these movies, but in the end, I bawled like a baby.

This was a worthy and perfect ending for the franchise and for the late Paul Walker. And I hear rumours that they're making another one?! For Paul's sake.. Stop. Let him have this ending.

* 6-7/10 *

Sequel of: "The Fast and the Furious", "2 Fast 2 Furious", "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift", "Fast & Furious", "Fast Five" and "Fast & Furious 6".

Big Hero 6 (2014)

IMDB: "Big Hero 6"

I saw the trailer a hundred times where I work, so much that I became sick of it. When I saw it.. it blew my mind!! I fell in love with Baymax like I did with Wall-E! And what is the coolest about it all: It's both Disney and Marvel! 

Hiro (Ryan Potter - (Please, Ryan.. Have a kid and name him Harry!)
and Baymax (Scott Adsit) getting to know each other strengths.

Hiro loves to enter his robot in robot fights, because although he's young and his robot is a tiny, smiling, non-threatening little guy, Hiro is a really smart kid. Spoilers: He dominates!

His brother, Tadashi (Daniel Henney) is also pretty smart and he attends to San Fransokyo Tech where he builds and invents things and this is where we meet all his friends, but also Baymax!

Fred (T.J. Miller), Honey Lemon (Genesis Rodriguez), Hiro,
Go Go (Jamie Chung) and Wasabi (Damon Wayans Jr.).

Something horrible happens so Hiro wants revenge, and somehow ends up with Baymax and they start investigating. Luckily they get some help from Tadashis friends and they all become super heroes!

I don't want to spoil anything, so I'm just going to say that if you love Disney and/or Marvel (who doesn't..) you should check out this movie! Like I said, I was sceptical when I started out, but after "5 seconds" I was all in! This movie is beautiful, funny, awesome and heartwarming!

* 10/10 *

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (2014)

IMDB: "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1"

You have no clue how exciting I was to see this movie! The movie is a bit slow sometimes, but it's part 1 of 2, so it's sort of like Harry Potters 7th movie - real slow, but building up to something mindblowingly awesome! (I hope..)

Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) in the middle and a whole bunch of new characters we meet in this film. Gotta say that I'm a little disappointed about Natalie Dormers character Cressida. On the poster she looks totally badass.. but in the movie she is a director?? Since I haven't read the books (yet), I was imagining she was some sort of a G.I. Jane type (since she's standing with a massive machine gun in her hands on the poster..). Elden Henson is also a part of the film-crew, such a cutie. I haven't seen him since "The Butterfly Effect", so that was kinda fun!

The Hunger Games is over, and during the last Hunger Games where the best of the best had to fight each other, Katniss "got kidnappet" and rescued and the last thing we got to know was that District 12 was no more.

Peeta (Hutcherson) is gone, Gale (Hemsworth) is back, President Snow (Sutherland) is a bastard and Katniss is pissed! This movie is about Katniss having to be "The Mockingjay" for all the districts that are left and will fight for her. She will be the face of hope and all that is good - the absolute opposite of President Snow who wants to kill everyone. Because violence solves everything, right? 

Katniss and her family is gathered in District 13 together with President Alma Coin (Moore), Plutarch Heavensbee (Hoffman) and Haymitch (Harrelson) and now they have to come up with a plan to rescue Peeta who's in Snows captivity and how to end this war. But as the season of his name, he won't melt that easily.

Plutarch and President Alma Coin trying to wrap their head around how to stop this war that is on its way!

Even though I'm sad that Philip Seymour Hoffman died this year, I'm happy that he got to film the rest of this film. He was a great actor. Rest in peace.

* 7/10 *

The sequel of: "The Hunger Games" and "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire".

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

IMDB: "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"

There's nothing like the feeling when you've waited one entire year for the sequel and it was even more awesome then you'd think! I even liked this one better the the first one! Imagine that! And I haven't read the books (yet) so I had NO clue what to expect for the plot of the movie (no, I don't watch trailers..) so this blew my mind!

Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), Effie (Elizabeth Banks) and Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence)
giving their tribute before going into the Hunger Games.. again..

The Hunger Games is held every year. And President Snow (Donald Sutherland) wants Katniss out of the game.. literally. So this time, he's arranged so that all the winners from previous Hunger Games has to attend and fight for their lives. Some people think that's unfair, because you were told that if you won Hunger Games, you'd never be bothered about the game ever again. I would be pretty mad too, wouldn't you? And you'll win the game easier if you have allies and people who like you. Katniss doesn't care if people like her, so you could imagine how "up for the task" she is about that!

Here is Caesar Flickerman (Stanley Tucci) and Katniss on stage before the big game.
I never use this word, but he is so.. fabulous! (In an Hunger Games'y way!)

I'd probably be as pissed as Johanna (Jena Malone) is if I'd have to go back in the Hunger Games..

LOVE IT!!!

* 10/10 *

Sequel of: "The Hunger Games"

The Hunger Games (2012)

IMDB: "The Hunger Games"

I had no idea what to expect when I decided to go to the movies and see this. But it didn't take long til I felt like this was my new "Harry Potter"! And this is also where I fell in love with the brilliant, the fearless Jennifer Lawrence!

Katniss Everdeen showing off her bow and arrow skills!

The world is split up into "districts". District 1 is the "best", if you live there, you're probably rich and got a pretty good life! But.. if you live in District 12.. well, then you live like Katniss Everdeen. You're the outcast. Every year The Hunger Games is held. Sort of like the Olympics.. but not.. Because in this game, one of each gender from each district are picked out and the rules are very easy: Don't get killed. Be the last one to survive and bam! You've won! Katniss' sister gets picked, so being the good big sister that she is Katniss volunteers and now she's in the games. Good thing she knows a thing or two with a bow and arrow! 

Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks) is District 12's .. spokesperson?
Whatever she is, her costume and .. everything is weird. (And kinda cool..!)

Katniss is also never afraid of speaking her mind. So if she feels like something is wrong, she'll let you know! So you can imagine what the organizers of the game reacts when she comes on. 

Cinna (Lenny Kravitz), Haymitch (Woody Harrelson) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson)
Cinna is their "stylist", Haymitch is an earlier contestant and their mentor and Peeta is the other contestant in D12.

* 9/10 *

Armageddon (1998)

IMDB: "Armageddon"

Another childhood movie that I love! And no "offense" to the movie, but the best thing about this film is the music. It's one of my favorite soundtracks, Trevor Rabin knows his way around my dreams! Anywho, the movie itself is cool. I mean, they're in space, they're amateurs.. And the fate of the world is in Bruce Willis' hands!

Steve Buscemi, Will Patton, Bruce Willis, Michael Clarke Duncan,
Ben Affleck and Owen Wilson suited up to save the world!

Harry (Willis) is working on an oil-rig with his boys. And his daughter, Grace (Liv Tyler) lives there as well among all the oily, dirty men. While they're doing their job, NASA finds out that a meteor is on its course for planet Earth and they have to do something.. FAST! They have to drill the meteor in two, and who better to drill than the best driller in the country, Harry and his men! But they have little time, will the training they receive in so little time be enough to save the world?

Harry has got a case of SFFMWSWHD.. Also known as:
Short Fuse For Men Who Sleeps With His Daughter.

* 8/10 *

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

IMDB: "Guardians of the Galaxy"
On IMDBs Top 250 Movies

People have been looking forward to this film forever it feels, and I understand that.. I try to not have any hopes for any type of movie, but it seemed really cool from what I've seen.. And as a fan of Marvel (I mean, they have a lot of awesome movies!) I gotta say that this film did not hold up to my standards. On the poster it says it's from the creators of "The Avengers" and for me, if you put that as a comparison, you're aiming high enough.

I know I sound really disappointed, but it's not that bad. It was funny, cool and stuff, but there was just too much stories braided into each other. I really liked Chris Pratt, he's an up and coming star. And Vin Diesel as Groot, that was pretty awesome! I don't know the comics of these "heroes", but I hope, for the comic-fans that they did them justice. I just wish I liked it better..

Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Peter (Chris Pratt), Rocket (Bradley Cooper),
Drax (Dave Bautista) and Groot (Vin Diesel).

Peter (Pratt) is abducted right after his mother dies, and 20 years later we see him as he finds a ball that is actually a really powerful weapon. The bad guy, Ronan (Lee Pace) wants this really bad, so he puts a bounty on Peter, so everyone is after him. This is where we meet Gamora (Saldana), Rocket (Cooper), Groot (Diesel) and Drax (Bautista)! All of them wants to kill everyone, but they stick together after being captured. And now they gotta stay together to prevent Ronan getting that ball because that would be catastrophic! Well, they are Guardians of the Galaxy, right? They oughta do something.. 

The Collector (Benicio Del Toro)

Uhm.. well hello there! Chris Pratt.. I didn't even know..!

* 6/10 *

Back to the Future trilogy

Pictures borrowed here, here and here.

IMDB: "Back to the Future", "Back to the Future II", "Back to the Future III"
On IMDBs Top 250 Movies

This has got to be my favorite films of all time!! It's the answer I always give when someone asks me "What's your favorite movie?". They're brilliant, funny, exciting and pure genius! Number ones for ever!

Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is a normal guy, goes to school, has a girlfriend, wants a nice car and all that. He also has a "special" friend, Doc (Christopher Lloyd) who is an inventor (and a good one I might add). He actually invents a time machine out of a DeLorean! And there's stuff to be fixed in the past (and the future). 

Doc, Marty McFly and his momma, Lorraine a couple of years after the epic trilogy!

I don't have enough words or cheerful screams to explain how much I love these movies! Robert Zemeckis really knows his stuff! 

This is the actual date of when Marty goes forward i time!
There's a lot of people who messes around with this date, but this is a printscreen of the movie.

OCTOBER 21, 2015

* 10/10, 10/10, 10/10 *

Lethal Weapon quadrilogy (1987, 1989, 1992 and 1998)

Pictures borrowed from here.

IMDB: "Lethal Weapon", "Leathal Weapon 2", "Leathal Weapon 3" and "Leathal Weapon 4"

I gather all these films in one post, because they all get the same ratings. They're classics, they're funny, packed with action and just plain cool.

Murtaugh (Danny Glover) and Riggs (Mel Gibson) are a lethal duo!

In the first film, Murtaugh who's a by-the-book-soon-to-be-retired cop gets a new partner, a crazy firecracker with a short fuse, Riggs. That's a good combination in any movie. There's a different villain in every sequel, but there's always the duo that takes care of them.

"You think I'm crazy? You call me crazy, you think I'm crazy? You wanna see crazy?"

"I'm too old for this shit.."

This is the only problem. Joe Pesci is the most idiotic, irritating, dumbest sidekick ever. During all four movies, all I could think of when I saw him was: "Ok.. ok.. ok.. ok.. Whatever.. SHUT UP!!!"

* 7/10 *

X-Men: First Class (2011)

IMDB: "X-Men: First Class"

Here we meet all of the mutants as young and a few "new ones". And if that wasn't enough: Kevin Bacon is the bad guy!! He's a pretty cool guy and his face just works for being bad.

I smell Bacon.. and it smells good!!

Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) has hair, Eric Lensherr (Michael Fassbender) is .. just as bad as before. BUT they're friends?! Charles meets Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) when they're kids and develop a sort of sister/brother relationship. When they're older, they gather up a group of mutants and this is where they meet Eric/Magneto. They're teamed up to stop the war that's about to erupt, but there's also another threat: Sebastian Shaw (Bacon), who Eric has known his whole life, but he's not so fond of him, to say it mildly..

The gang of awesomeness:
Banshee (Caleb Landry Jones), Magneto (Fassbender), Mystique (Lawrence), Moira MacTaggert (Rose Byrne), Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Xavier (McAvoy) and Havok (Lucas Till).

* 10/10 *

Sequel of: "X-Men", "X-Men 2", "X-Men: The Last Stand" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine".