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Athena (Raffey Cassidy) is a robot from the future, and she befriends a young inventor, Frank Walker (Thomas Robinson), who is given more than a glimpse of Tomorrowland. Casey Newton (Britt Robertson) touches a token from the 1964 NY World's Fair and sees glimpses of the future and wants to know more. But to get more that involves recruiting adult Frank Walker (George Clooney) who was banished from Tomorrowland by Governor Nix (Hugh Laurie).
The visuals and overall cinematography are spectacular. The acting among: Cassidy as Athena, Robertson as Casey, Robinson as young Frank and Clooney as adult Frank is spot on. Good chemistry here all around. Hugh Laurie as Gov Nix does a good job too. The stunts and CGI throughout are most impressive. Humor is injected at times mostly in the form of complaints.
The thing I like most about George Clooney is that when he gets angry, he has the ability to convey that there is no other way out, all is lost, nothing more to do, give up, that's it, done. Then silence. Then he conveys he sees something only he can see and there is a way out. A lot actors can do this, but Clooney does it the best of all. Pure Gold.
Casey comes upon a most grumpy Frank, who comes to believe Athena who says Casey can save the Earth. Later on we learn that Nix wants the Earth destroyed because the people do nothing to help themselves when disasters and wars break out and don't deserve to continue. Since Frank didn't believe this, he was banished.
We don't spend much time in Tomorrowland. This is all about the journey to Tomorrowland and saving the Earth. We do see that Gov Nix doesn't age on Tomorrowland. He's the same when he sees young Frank back in the day and when he meets adult Frank in Tomorrowland.
In the beginning we see Casey's young brother who looks almost exactly like young Frank. They are two different people and why the director would allow a sameness comparison to be in the story is beyond us. (maybe to confuse us?)
Although Britt Robertson as Casey, in the story, is a teenager we sometimes see that she may be older than a teenager. A moot point but it was noticed.
Notable: Tim McGraw as Casey's father.
Overall a visually good movie. (9/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No.
The visuals and overall cinematography are spectacular. The acting among: Cassidy as Athena, Robertson as Casey, Robinson as young Frank and Clooney as adult Frank is spot on. Good chemistry here all around. Hugh Laurie as Gov Nix does a good job too. The stunts and CGI throughout are most impressive. Humor is injected at times mostly in the form of complaints.
The thing I like most about George Clooney is that when he gets angry, he has the ability to convey that there is no other way out, all is lost, nothing more to do, give up, that's it, done. Then silence. Then he conveys he sees something only he can see and there is a way out. A lot actors can do this, but Clooney does it the best of all. Pure Gold.
Casey comes upon a most grumpy Frank, who comes to believe Athena who says Casey can save the Earth. Later on we learn that Nix wants the Earth destroyed because the people do nothing to help themselves when disasters and wars break out and don't deserve to continue. Since Frank didn't believe this, he was banished.
We don't spend much time in Tomorrowland. This is all about the journey to Tomorrowland and saving the Earth. We do see that Gov Nix doesn't age on Tomorrowland. He's the same when he sees young Frank back in the day and when he meets adult Frank in Tomorrowland.
In the beginning we see Casey's young brother who looks almost exactly like young Frank. They are two different people and why the director would allow a sameness comparison to be in the story is beyond us. (maybe to confuse us?)
Although Britt Robertson as Casey, in the story, is a teenager we sometimes see that she may be older than a teenager. A moot point but it was noticed.
Notable: Tim McGraw as Casey's father.
Overall a visually good movie. (9/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: No.
The Avengers are at it again. What you ask? Why saving the world, of course. This time from Ultron (voice of James Spader) who also vows to destroy the Avengers because he consider them killers. Oh, oh! This can't be good. But wait, wasn't it Tony Stark (Downey Jr) who created Ultron? (yes, it was him)
Like the Fast & Furious movie, watch this for the CGI and stunts. Oh, and for Scarlett Johansson as Natasha/Black Widow, of course. All are spectacular. When you think the CGI can't get any better we are pleasantly surprised again. It just never ends. Kudos. However, there is a problem and the problem is this: as good as the CGI is, it just never ends and the movie is one big battle and it's gets to be quite tedious after a while. We drifted to la la land at times. Who writes this stuff?
There are some quiet moments that kind of help somewhat: we have Hawkeye (Renner) with his family at a safe-house with the other Avengers in a re-grouping mode; and we have Natasha now flirting with the Hulk (Ruffalo) (didn't she flirt with the other Avengers in previous movies?) Who writes this stuff?
But the thing that really bothered me was Ultron's lips when he spoke. They moved. Now Ultron is all metal and the lips moved like human lips. Not good. Who writes this stuff?
Humor was attempted by Spader as Ultron and that went nowhere. We were not amused. Who did the writing for this?
Then Thor (Hemsworth) brings in Vision (Paul Bettany) - also the voice of Jarvis, Stark's right hand man who is a computer - touted as the most powerful entity in the universe and yet the movie doesn't end with Vision beating Ultron as it should have. So much for being the most powerful entity in the Universe. Who writes this stuff?
Notables: Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, Paul Bettany as Jarvis/Vision, Idris Elba as Heimdall, Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaue, Stan Lee as who else but Stan Lee, Josh Brolin as Thanos, Lou Ferrigno as the voice of the Hulk. (he just grunts)
All in all not bad, but tedious at times and if there are sequels the writers need to be vetted. (5/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: Small stuff and not much of it.
Like the Fast & Furious movie, watch this for the CGI and stunts. Oh, and for Scarlett Johansson as Natasha/Black Widow, of course. All are spectacular. When you think the CGI can't get any better we are pleasantly surprised again. It just never ends. Kudos. However, there is a problem and the problem is this: as good as the CGI is, it just never ends and the movie is one big battle and it's gets to be quite tedious after a while. We drifted to la la land at times. Who writes this stuff?
There are some quiet moments that kind of help somewhat: we have Hawkeye (Renner) with his family at a safe-house with the other Avengers in a re-grouping mode; and we have Natasha now flirting with the Hulk (Ruffalo) (didn't she flirt with the other Avengers in previous movies?) Who writes this stuff?
But the thing that really bothered me was Ultron's lips when he spoke. They moved. Now Ultron is all metal and the lips moved like human lips. Not good. Who writes this stuff?
Humor was attempted by Spader as Ultron and that went nowhere. We were not amused. Who did the writing for this?
Then Thor (Hemsworth) brings in Vision (Paul Bettany) - also the voice of Jarvis, Stark's right hand man who is a computer - touted as the most powerful entity in the universe and yet the movie doesn't end with Vision beating Ultron as it should have. So much for being the most powerful entity in the Universe. Who writes this stuff?
Notables: Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Don Cheadle as James Rhodes/War Machine, Paul Bettany as Jarvis/Vision, Idris Elba as Heimdall, Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaue, Stan Lee as who else but Stan Lee, Josh Brolin as Thanos, Lou Ferrigno as the voice of the Hulk. (he just grunts)
All in all not bad, but tedious at times and if there are sequels the writers need to be vetted. (5/10)
Violence: Yes. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: Small stuff and not much of it.
Drifter musician Ryan (Ben Barnes) lands in a town to visit an old friend and comes across Jackie (Katherine Heigl) who is also a former musician seeking a divorce and needing to maintain custody of daughter Lia (Emily Alyn Lind). Ryan is ultimately on his way, via the rails, to a recording studio to cut a record with his friend.
Some of the script pages must gotten lost somewhere along the way. All the above sounds good, and we were anticipating a good love story between Ryan and Jackie, but all we got was an outline of a love story with many unresolved issues. We liked the foreplay between these two and the dialogues were excellent and yes, they do get together, but then we really don't know how this all panned out. (you have to make up your own ending). Did Jackie get that divorce? Does she maintain custody of Lia? Does Ryan become an over night musical success? We were looking for a feel-good movie and all we got was an outline of things that may have turned out the way we wanted. Where were those missing script pages? Someone needed to be fired.
Katherine Heigl is still beautiful and is a very good actress and we saw glimpses of all that from the script pages that were not lost. She has that rare ability to make me laugh and cry at almost the same time as does Morgan Fairchild. (you won't let that go, will you?)
Don't really know what Ben Barnes looks like with that beard that all male actors seem to revel in, and he is new to me but his delivery saves him. And he is also a pretty good singer of Bluegrass music - I think that's what that was.
Speaking of music, it was very good throughout and since the story was not as complete as we would have liked, watch this for the music. Ryan's song near the end is excellent. After he recorded it, he was asked by those in the control room if he had any more like that. He says yes, but we don't get to hear any. Boo Hoo!
All in all not a bad incomplete story that just gave us an outline of things that might have been. We were looking for a well developed love story. Didn't happen. You can make up your own ending. (5/10)
Violence: No. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: One F-bomb by Jackie.
Some of the script pages must gotten lost somewhere along the way. All the above sounds good, and we were anticipating a good love story between Ryan and Jackie, but all we got was an outline of a love story with many unresolved issues. We liked the foreplay between these two and the dialogues were excellent and yes, they do get together, but then we really don't know how this all panned out. (you have to make up your own ending). Did Jackie get that divorce? Does she maintain custody of Lia? Does Ryan become an over night musical success? We were looking for a feel-good movie and all we got was an outline of things that may have turned out the way we wanted. Where were those missing script pages? Someone needed to be fired.
Katherine Heigl is still beautiful and is a very good actress and we saw glimpses of all that from the script pages that were not lost. She has that rare ability to make me laugh and cry at almost the same time as does Morgan Fairchild. (you won't let that go, will you?)
Don't really know what Ben Barnes looks like with that beard that all male actors seem to revel in, and he is new to me but his delivery saves him. And he is also a pretty good singer of Bluegrass music - I think that's what that was.
Speaking of music, it was very good throughout and since the story was not as complete as we would have liked, watch this for the music. Ryan's song near the end is excellent. After he recorded it, he was asked by those in the control room if he had any more like that. He says yes, but we don't get to hear any. Boo Hoo!
All in all not a bad incomplete story that just gave us an outline of things that might have been. We were looking for a well developed love story. Didn't happen. You can make up your own ending. (5/10)
Violence: No. Sex: No. Nudity: No. Language: One F-bomb by Jackie.