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Lola Reviews: Captain America (2011)

I have to write a review about this movie, as I thought it was spectacular. I have seen however, that some others beg to differ (Kazed - grr) and I suppose in a way this could be seen as an argument for the movie, rather than a review. But who the hell cares, I'm going to do it anyway. This movie was always going to be a little bit awesome, just for the simple fact that it's about Captain America. He's awesome, he's american...and ladies, he's really sexy. Casting Chris Evans as Steve Rogers was a genius touch, as we see in the beginning of the movie he can look equally dorky as he can look majestic. Dorky Steve Rogers was brilliant. My sister watched the movie with me and until I pointed it out she had absolutely no idea that the body didn't belong to the actor. Awesome. I really liked the rest of the casting, especially Dominic Cooper playing Howard Stark (Swoon!). Hugo Weaving as Red Skull was a nice touch also, playing the villain role exceptionally well, as he usually does. The story itself was magic in that it was simply and brilliantly a comic book movie. It didn't try to stay within the limits of what people might conceive as believable, instead it was ridiculous and unbelievable, but also awesome - like every comic book is. I could go on about the movie, but I know i'm going to just blab on and on. Basically, it's a great comic book adaptation. And if you're still on a high from the Thor movie, make sure you stick around until the end for a super exciting teaser trailer.... 8/10 Ps Sorry for the excessive use of the word 'awesome', but once you see the movie i'm pretty sure it'll be the one word you use to describe it 

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Dredd (2012) first image

Judge Dredd has been a huge part of comic-dom, but not so much film (thanks to the dreadful interpretation with Stallone as the title character). In the year of 2012, this could all change. Since The Dark Knight, a lot of the studios have wanted their superhero films to walk on the darker, grittier path paved by Bruce Wayne and Ledger's archaic Joker, so naturally, cue Dredd. In short, Judge Dredd is a juggernaut, a titan of a man with justice in mind and a gun in hand. Some have said he's a futuristic Dirty Harry, which in truth, he is. Here's the first picture of Karl Urban as comic company 2000 AD's adjudicator: What do you think of the first image? Dredd is set for a 2012 release date, and yes, he is the law.

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Preview for The Walking Dead Season 2!

I'm a huge fan of The Walking Dead, and this show is one of those shows where it doesn't get boring at all. The first season was packed full of interesting storylines and subplots, and I still have yet to read the Comic-book counterpart to this. I love seeing the comparisons of adaptations and seeing how accurately they can be depicted on screen. It'll be an interesting read when I get round to the books. Anyway, here's the sneak peek from AMC: LOL he threw a rock at his face. Kazed

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Surrogates Review

From the outset, Surrogates had impressed me. Getting us up to speed about what happened over the past decade or so, then jumps into present day. Now I appreciated the history, that eliminated the "what the hell is going on??" and "who the hell is this?!" factors, so that's always a plus. So this is it basically- people, who have robots-Surrogates, which are operated by the Human counterpart. Somebody kills a Surrogate, everybody freaks out, blah blah. So, the concept has very striking similarities to The Matrix, except in this movie they're in the real world. And they can't jump as high as- No..Wait..They can. I did love the super-airbrushed Surrogates, as obvious as this statement may sound to those who have seen it, I thought this was such a nice touch, and it was really cool to see the comparison of it and a Human. I sat there, noticing all these small things- The Surrogates' severely toned down emotion, the lack of hand gestures, just they were all so..lifeless. Ultimately, that seemed to be the whole point here, not to let these robots take over your lives, but these people all had gotten consumed by this..this 'addiction', if you will, and all of the counterparts of the Surrogates were all un-maintained, and just really in bad condition. Except for Willis..Who seemed to be in near-perfect condition..he wasn't really much different to his Surrogate, or 'Surry'. Admittedly, alot of the film was entirely predictable, but the main 'twist' was utterly foreseeable. Despite this, I still enjoyed 90% of this film, I thought it was a clever idea, can't say much for the plot which seemed to go in different directions alot of the time, but the idea, the concept, was good. The main problem, like I said, was the predictability. The finale was...just...blah. It was just all so PREDICTABLE. It seemed to turn into this positive message, how technology is evil, and you shouldn't allow yourself to be consumed by it. Just like everything else in the  world. Overall, a good movie, enjoyed it alot, apart from the parts where I knew what was gonna happen. 7/10. No no, 6.5/10. Kazed