Fruit-Flix

I found The Wolfman disappointing, it boasted a great story with plenty of twists & turns, and an assortment of talented actors turning in great performances – Del Toro plays his usual dark disturbed loner with chiseled features, Hopkins gives his "instant credibility just add water", and Hugo Weaving does his best 'Agent Smith goes back in time' impression which is excellent with some great comedy moments (unintentional perhaps??).

The only thing that lets this movie down is the Wolfman itself - I guess the costume from Teen-Wolf just doesn't hold up anymore. This is a shame as the whole movie hinges on the Wolfman itself, and while there is some grissly violence and nice action set pieces, the lumpy, hobbling wolfdude is just hard to take seriously, especially his no-balls howling.

On the Fruit-Meter Kick Ass gets the Rambutan- tastes good but looks ridiculous

This is a movie that flips the comic book genre on its head. It's very refreshing to see something completely different in this genre after 50 Batmans, four X-mens, 3 Spidermans, 2 Hulks, and 2 Iron Mans. Kick Ass has a great story, plenty of excitement & action, and some killer comedy. I can totally see why some people would be offended by some of the content of this movie, but its all contextual and easy to shrug off with a point of view that it's all just a bit of fun.

On the Fruit-Meter Kick Ass gets the 'Pineapple' - A big and bold movie. Plenty of zesty flavours, and has a spiky outer skin that may hurt viewers with delicate skin.

It's hard to fault Robin Hood, it's a solid movie with an interesting & complex storyline, entertaining action (with some excellent archery), and impeccable acting by stars. Even the much criticised Crowes accent wasn't a problem; I found it to be just standard Crowe-neutral with a hint of English spin on it.

The only problem is that there is nothing that really wow's or surprises the viewer, there's is a feeling that we've seen all this before and that's where it falls short of the other Ridley Scott epics like Gladiator or Alien, these movies showed the viewer something original, exciting, and different. Compounding this issues, it seems as though all the characters seem to be split into two sides - good & evil, with no room for development, this makes their actions predictable for much of the movie.

On the Fruit-Meter, Robin Hood gets the 'Apple' – Solid & crisp all the way through, but you know what each bite will taste like, and as a result not so exciting.