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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Magic Mike Really Isn't Magical

Cast:
-Matthew McConaughey
-Channing Tatum
-Olivia Munn
-Alex Pettyfer
-James Martin Kelly
-Cody Horn
-Reid Carolin
-Kevin Nash
-Matt Bomer
-Joe Manganiello
-Adam Rodriguez

Release Date: June 29, 2012
DVD Release Date: October 23, 2012

Plot Summary:
Set in the world of male strippers, Magic Mike is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Channing Tatum in a story inspired by his real life.

The film follows Mike (Tatum) as he takes a young dancer called The Kid (Pettyfer) under his wing and schools him in the fine arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.

My Thoughts:
The movie literally had no point. If you wanna see some half naked men, cuz let's face it, they're not showing it all, then I guess you could watch this. The people who made this movie didn't really think past the male dancers turning on women, you can tell they tried to have a plot and stuff. But other than when Channing Tatum was dancing, because let's face it, he was the best and the hottest my face was something like this: -__-

I will admit that there was some good music in some of their performances, but other than that the music was horrendous And it looked like the other actors didn't really put effort into learning to 'strip' or dance 'pretty' for their roles. But Channing Tatum was really working it, too bad it was only like 10% of the movie, and the rest was crap. And from the previews, I expected their to be more of a love story behind the whole stripper part, but that was just lies. I was quite surprised to see Gabriel Iglesias in the movie. I went to one of his comedy shows and he is really funny, and he actually did really well playing a serious role. Nika already reviewed this movie, I should've listened to her, but c'mon, I just had to see Tatum shake it! You can view her review here.

Bottom Line:
-Channing Tatum is hot.
-He can dance his ass off.
-The rest sucks.
-And it's just plain weird to see Matthew McConaughey in a movie like this.

Screenshots :)

Have you seen Magic Mike?

What did you think of it?

If not, do you wanna see it?

Have a great day!

Friday, August 24, 2012

Movie Review: 21 Jump Street

"The only thing getting blown

tonight is their cover."

IMDB - Rotten Tomatoes

Official Movie Site - Amazon

Release Dates:

Theaters: March 16, 2012

DVD: June 26, 2012

Cast:

-Johnny Depp (uncredited cameo)

-Peter DeLuise (uncredited cameo)

Plot Summary:

In high school, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) was a dork and Jenko (Channing Tatum) was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high school students synthetic drugs.

Favorite Parts:

-The party.

-When they're high.

-The real slim shady.

-Their first arrest.

-When they're in the bathroom stall together.

-Trying the whole "cop slide" across the car.

My Thoughts:

Since the original show was made before I was born I didn't watch it, but I had heard about it. Anyways, I thought this movie was really good. It was really funny. And of course there was a little bit of romance. Some action too -duh -they're cops, and they have guns and apparently science lessons are very helpful :) They were enemies at first, then became best friends, that always makes for a good story. It was pretty good to see Johnny Depp & Peter DeLuise in there for a few minutes, considering they were in the original. Also, Jonah Hill helped write the story for it :)

Screenshots :)

Have you seen it yet?

Did you watch the original show?

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Movie Review: Magic Mike

Not so magical!

The new film Magic Mike was less than magical, but that didn't stop hoards of horny house moms from rushing to the midnight premiere to see the films hot bods: Channing Tatum (21 Jump Street, GI Joe Retaliation), Matthew McConaughey (The Lincoln Lawyer, A Time to Kill), and Joe Manganiello (True Blood) take it off on the big screen.

This is the latest project from veteran director Steven Soderbergh, he directed such gems as Oceans Eleven and Contagion. It seems as if this movie was made for the sole purpose of appealing to women's panties instead of moviegoers minds. The movie is about a self made male stripper, Magic Mike played by Tatum, and his struggle trying to manage his nighttime stripper life and his daytime realities. He makes loads of money and becomes mentor to another young dancer. He also develops a relationship with a girl he really likes but doesn't know how to manage her and his job.

The plot seems empty to me. But if you like naked men, and c'mon who doesn't? It is quite a visual treat. And even more intriguing is that the story is based on Tatum's real experience as a male dancer before he made it big in Hollywood land. It's one of those throw away movies that is made for money not art and in this economy I guess we can't blame Soderbergh for making it.