Science Fiction & Fantasy > V Science Fiction & Fantasy > Schwarzenegger, Arnold

Advantages: Quite funny, not too much dialogue, great music score! A stunned Camel!
Disadvantages: Atrocious acting, lots of pointless groping!

...inspiration for the character of Conan the Barbarian came from the books by Robert E Howard, the barbarian was also known as Conan the Cimmerian, as this was where he hailed from in the original books published in the 1930's. The stories were originally published in the pulp magazine ' Weird Tales '. As a literary character Conan has stature, many are the stories where tall, long haired barbarians are portrayed with there hulking muscles and barbaric ...
...With the release of Conan in 1982 finally there was a film that could do justice to the books, roughly half a century after Conan saw print the film was about to be unleashed. Although a good film in its own right, the connections with the original stories are quite loose, only a few characters get a strong mention. The film was written by the unlikely pairing of Oliver Stone and John Milius and the script draws material from a number of stories ... Read review

Advantages: Special effects
Disadvantages: None I can think of.

Cloverfield is a film about a giant monster attacking Manhattan all seen through the perspective of a 20-something's hand-held camera. The film has been hyped for months. After the initial 15mins of character introduction and whatnot the film does not go 5mins minutes without a WHOA moment. Because it was filmed using a shaky camera Cloverfield was compared to The Blair Witch Project long before it hit the cinemas. Thankfully in Cloverfield the ...
...I think it worked for Cloverfield as the film would have made no sense if they had used big name actors/actresses. The monster itself isn't seen in its entirety and is in fact only seen from different angles, leaving the audience to piece it together just as the survivors themselves are. All in all Cloverfield works. ... Read review

Advantages: Jamie Bell
Disadvantages: Too many to mention

I'm a big sci-fi fan, and was intrigued by the idea for Jumper. Samuel L. Jackson always lends credibility and I was interested to see Hayden Christensen out of his Star Wars robe.I expected good things. I was disappointed to say the least. Plot: Boy discovers he has the power to teleport himself. Boy learns to control his powers. Boy lives idyllic life of leisure and travel until he discovers that people are chasing him, and that he is caught up ...
...who hunt them. Unfortunately, "Jumper" isn't much more than a geography tour.For me, Hayden Christensen reprising the gloomy, wounded, misunderstood, petulant anti-hero role he played so ineffectively in the Star Wars prequels. Samuel L Jackson plays the same character he always does, and for me the star of the movie was Jamie Bell who added some much-needed momentum to the movie. ... Read review

Advantages: Will Smiths performance
Disadvantages: The ending

I was dubious about seeing I am Legend as I'd heard mixed reports. I was more than pleasantly surprised then to find I actually enjoyed I am Legend. What separates I am Legend from every other zombie movies on the racks at the moment is the depth of Will Smith's character. His portrayal of Robert Neville, a scientist looking for a cure to a modern-day plague created by man will make you laugh and cry with him, jump out of your seat when he gets ...
...heads towards insanity. I was expecting a zombie shoot-em-up and settled into something much more thought provoking and it certainly deserves a look, even if you're not into the undead thing. Overall I am Legend was one of the better movies I've seen lately and therefore gets 5 star ... Read review

Advantages: great action packed entertainment
Disadvantages: none

...This second movie in the Mad Max saga opens with a briefing of the first movie, so in essence you do not have to have seen the first film to understand this one… but I do recommend watching the first as it is a great movie with some fantastic action and thrills. Anyway… The Character Max Rockatansky has already made Mel Gibson a bit of a household name due to the very first Mad Max saga in 1979 becoming a bit of a cult movie from the moment it ...
...as good as the first Mad Max but it comes very close and is just as action packed and entertaining. The all round acting leaves no complaints as everyone plays their parts brilliantly, especially Kjell Nilsson as the weird Lord Humungous and not forgetting Emil Minty as the dog like feral kid who grunts his way through the movie… and watch out for this kids rather bizarre tricks he does with his boomerang. If you like the Mad Max saga then get ... Read review