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Pokematic Dark Shadows Movie Review

Vampires, can't be worst than twilight.

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So I just went and saw Dark Shadows, the movie, at my last run theater. I knew of the series that this is based off of because I have relatives that are obsessed with the 60s soap opera but I have never seen the original. All I know about it is that they tried to be serious but because it was low budget, it was all done all in 1 take, and that caused lots of funny mishaps. It was in black and white. This was obviously color and wasn't low budget causing issues, but it was still super hilarious.

As with all my reviews, lets start with the plot. It stars Johnny Depp, who is from the 18th century, but because his jealous is...a crazy witch, and I'm not just censoring myself, she turns him into a vampire, and through a string of events, gets him trapped in a coffin, and he isn't awoken until the 1970s. Johnny Depp is from a very rich family, the Collins. After he is awoken, he goes to find his relatives, modern Collins'. He drank the blood of many construction workers, but due to his gentlemanliness, I guess you could call it, he will not drink the blood of his relatives. Turns out that his crazy witch girlfriend destroyed the Collins' family fishing business with her own, no doubt with her magical powers. Now Johnny must bring back his family to their rightful power. Any further explanation would be spoiler, and I frown on spoilers.

Now with plot out of the way, lets look at the other factors, starting with the acting. Johnny did a great job at acting like he was this other century vampire who just doesn't understand modern times. While I'm sure it was way easier, the actors did a great job at acting like they were from the 70s, well I assume this much. Never experienced them. From what I've read and seen, looked like they were doing it right. Alice Cooper, was Alice Cooper for the time he was on screen. But then again I don't scrutinize acting, so how about I talk about something I do know, like sets design/video and humor.

The sets were great. I don't know how much was shot on location, but there had to be many things that were more or less sound stages. They lived in a mansion, and what we were able to see looked like it was real. It had tons of intricate wood carvings and a chandelier that looked like they were actually from a mansion from that time period. The furniture, great. Then the buildings around the town, and the cars and props like that, all reminded me of images from the 70s. And it may just be me, but it seemed like there was a filter applied to some scenes to make it look older, like from the 70s. I don't know, but it worked.

Now for the best part, the humor. As with the kind of story it is, you can expect the oblivious guy from the past not knowing about modern customs. The main difference though, is that the difference in time periods tends to be only a couple of decades, so like parents will be able to laugh at what their kids are watching, or it is many many years, like frozen caveman. This time around, it's a couple of centuries, 196 years to be exact. This caused lots of funny because a lot has changed over the course of 196 years. There's also the juxtaposition of Johnny's vampire instincts and his gentlemanly nature. "Terribly sorry, but I'm mighty thirsty. (bite)"

Now one thing I feel I should mention is the rather large amount of sexual content. It is PG-13, and it earns it. There's implied oral sex, a scene when Johnny and evil ex are having sex but it's more like clothes on foreplay, flying around the room, and the evil ex throws her panties on Johnny when he's about to be trapped in the coffin. I wouldn't bring this up if it weren't for the fact that I saw a bunch of kids in the theater and heard that they were asking their parents what was so funny. I highly doubt that the original series had that, mainly because it was the 70s and FOX didn't exist back then, but I really don't know. Maybe it was on cable. Just a warning to the parents who might think this will be a fun movie for their kids.

There is a love element between Johnny and one of the main characters. Vampire falling in love with a human. Now if this sounds familiar, it is a way better love story than Twilight. LOL.

All in all great movie. I highly recommend it. I don't know how faithful it is to the original, but it's funny on it's own. Find an airing or rent it at your local video store, or if you don't have one, pray that red box has it. Well this has been Pokematic signing off and bu-bye.

PS: because I saw this at the last run show, I was able to see the end of the reel. My last run theater lets the film just run out after the movie finishes. I saw the whole "this is a fiction and any similarity to people living or dead is coincidental," and the "no money was taken to show tobacco in this film." Then it showed the warner brothers logo, then the rating of the movie, then the stock images that are at the end of the reel. The letter with the circle, the sideways words, ect. Then the screen when white because there wasn't anything left on the reel. It's cool.

The Amazing Spider-man Review

Ahhhhh man, The Amazing Spider-man. How does it hold up? Read and see.

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I just got back from The Amazing Spider-Man . Before I dive into the review, here is some back story on the spiderman franchise and just some general things I want to clear up about the franchise. 1. Spider-man can't be in the Avengers until Sony loses the rights to the movies, and they go to the owners of Marvel, aka Disney. So while I enjoyed the posts initially, 9gag would you stop with the spider-man not getting invited to the Avengers posts. In 3 years if people are still reading this, they will likely be gone by then, hopefully. 2. the series needed a reboot because, while Rami did a good job making the movies, they just weren't that faithful of adaptations. And if we were to get a Spider-man 4 with Toby, rumors have it that it was going to be basically horrible. Check out NeoGameSpark for more on why Rami films weren't that great of adaptations. This movie would hope to better adapt the comics and cartoons. Now for the review.

So lets start out with plot. As we know, Peter Parker is a nerdy high school kid, who ends up getting bit by a radioactive spider that gives him super powers. In this adaptation, he must make his web shooters, but gets the spidy sense and the ability to climb walls. He ends up falling in love with Gwen Stacy, who is the only person who knows he's Spider-man, well for a while. Uncle Ben is his father figure, that ends up being killed due to Peter's laps in doing the right thing. Now for things that aren't common spidy knowledge. The villain in this movie is the Lizard, aka, Dr. Kurt Connors. If I misspelled his name, oh well. Connors has no right arm, for reasons that aren't explained and aren't important. His area of study is cross species DNA coding, or something that causes him to research how to get traits of one species onto another. His area of passion is reptiles. He merges these 2 in a quest to figure out how to get the regenerative limb abilities of lizards into mammals, with some selfish intentions, growing his arm back. He works for Oscorp, owned by Norman Osborn, who is apparently dying and is in need of the regenerability juice. Connors is rushed and tests it on himself before he can test on primates. This causes some problems, but to further go on would be to cause spoilers, and this review will have none of that.

Now for the review of things. Special effects, great. As with the Rami films, lots of flying around web slinging. Lizard and Spider-man looked CG but not like super obvious, like with early harry potter films. Explosions, action, all great. I didn't see it in 3D, partially on accident. I was looking at the standard time but intended for 3D. It was going to be an hour before nest 3D showing, so I just went for 2D. Don't know if it would have been worth it, and I will likely never find out.

The writing, spot on. All the characters were as I knew them from outside Rami/Toby, mainly from the 90s cartoon. Peter had his wise cracking jokes when he was going against the common thug, and serious when against the big villain. He felt like a teenager doing teen things. How the Lizard was handled, with motives and what not, felt great. Not sure if Connors had the whole multiple personality thing going on in the comics and cartoon, but it worked for the movie. Sure it wasn't the car jacker that stole the money from the guy who paid Peter for the fights that killed Ben, but the convenience store worked well for this Peter. Artificial web shooters, great use. Not sure if we'll get "out of web fluid again?" in future movies, but hey.

Acting was great. They embodied the characters well. I could feel the tension, the love, the sadness, the worry, the everything. Sure I tend to go easy on acting, but these guys were really good. They didn't all look the part, like Aunt May, but who cares when they act the part? And Stan Lee cameo, much better than in the Avengers. He got some major screen time this time around, but nothing will beat the Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer cameo, when he couldn't get into Susan and Reed's wedding, even though "he's Stan Lee."

Now this film does differ from the Rami films in many ways, so don't be expecting Marry Jane, natural web, Harry, and all that you've come to be used to with them. For fans of the comics and cartoon, this is much more faithful to the source material, so a definite for you. Fans of super hero movies in general, also definite. Fans of only Rami, still see it. It's really interesting and entertaining, and while it doesn't involve Toby, Andrew did a great job at Parker. I look forward to the next one, and since they alluded to a sequel midway through the credits, there will be one so long as there's support, so support it. While I'm on the subject, the teaser for the next movie is only midway though the credits. I stayed to the bitter end, seeing the "all characters are fictisious and any likelyness to anyone living or dead is entirely coincidental" and "no animals were harmed in the making of this film" lines. Spider-man will not be coming back in the Avengers 2, and no Peter and Gwen enjoying pizza at a restaurant. So save yourself some time. Well this has been Pokematic signing off and bu-bye.

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