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Justice League (2017) Review Hello guys and welcome back to Movie Talks with Tudor! So, I have the review for the long awaited "Justice League" movie and there are some questions to be answered: was it good?, was it bad?, does it continue the good streak that "Wonder Woman" for this universe? Well, yes to the first one, a bit for the second one and it kinda does for the third one. Let me say this:I enjoyed the movie. Does it have problems? Of course it does but it's not a bad movie. It's above "Batman v Superman" and "Suicide Squad" so, it's not the worst of the DCEU. Of course, we have some characters that are not so well developed as others but the little bits that we got satisfied me and made me excited of their stand alone movies. And, because, Joss Whedon took the directing part from Zack Snyder you can see, in the second half of the movie, the tone shifts from dark and depressive to a more lighter and colorful tone, a bette...

The Emoji Movie (2017) Review Hello guys and welcome back to Movie Talks with Tudor! So, let's talk a bit about this new mistake that Sony Pictures made in the movie industry. The whole movie is a mash-up of all of the things that made "The Lego Movie", "Inside Out" and "Wreck-it Ralph" great but, in this case, those things make this one a piece of shit. The script is lazy and derivative, the humor lacks any quality whatsoever and the whole plot of the movie is unoriginal, with to many similarities with the 3 movies I've mentioned before. The voice performances are great, the actors are doing the best they can with what they got but all of the jokes fall flat almost all of the time. It maybe good for the smallest of children but for anyone else it is a big mistake and the worst thing I have ever seen. Not even the animation is that great. It is a movie that should not have been made. And all my respect to Sir Patrick Stewart on taking the voic...

Cars 3 (2017) Review So, those the third movie in this franchise washes the bad taste that "Cars 2" left us with? Not entirely but it's definitely on the right track. If the first one was "Rocky", the third one has bits of "Rocky V", "Rocky Balboa" and "Creed". I enjoyed the story, although, again familiar but it has a kinda dark and serious feel to it. It has emotion, it has heart, tension and suspense, like the first movie. And that is my problem with this one. It is to similar with the first one. Of course, there are some differences, but at the core, it's kinda the same. Judging by the bad reviews that the second movie got, they decided to go back and redo the first movie, with some slight adjustments. I mean, besides the middle part, the beginning and the end are very similar with the first movie. That being said, I enjoyed it. The visuals are excellent, the stakes are higher, which heightens the suspense and tension, ...

Cars 2 (2011) Review So, with the second movie we got a different story, that introduced a spy world, which we haven't heard about or are going to hear about. The racing part has been put in the second place, meaning the Lighting McQueen is not the main character of this story but Mater is, which makes me dislike this movie a bit more. I found him a bit annoying in the first one but to put him front and center in the second one is like making Jar Jar Binks the main focus of the prequels. The visuals are still stunning but the plot, the script and the story are not that shinny, with some plot holes and inconsistencies that make it feel lazy and poorly written. That is the problem with the sequels. They try to top the original, coming up with a new story but they try to hard. And, most of the time, it does not work, like in this case. The emotional feel is gone, the thrills are still there, with the racing scenes but it's not enough. The voice talent is still very good, with...

Cars (2006) Review Hello guys and welcome back to Movie Talks with Tudor! Today I am going to give my thoughts about the "Cars" trilogy beginning, of course, with the first one, which, in my opinion, is the "Rocky" of the Pixar universe. I'm saying that because the story feels very familiar, with the rookie going up against more experienced drivers. In the beginning, it's hard to sympathize with the main character but, throughout the movie you can see the changes that the character suffers and, towards the end, he is completely changed, he is a new person. Or car, in this universe. I enjoy these type of stories, stories that I like to call the chrysalides effect, when a character suffers a complete transformation, just like the caterpillar turns into a butterfly. The animation is very good, it's visually amazing plus it also has lots of heart, emotions, suspense and tension. Some good humor, here and there. I'm not so fond about the character of...

Happy Death Day (2017) Review Hello guys and welcome back to Movie Talks with Tudor! First of all, what I want to say about this movie is that broke the conventions and the boundaries of a slasher horror movie. The main idea of the movie and strange spin that it has it's just brilliant. Hilarious and weird but brilliant. What they did is they took all of the ingredients of the slasher genre and combined them with the premise of "Groundhog Day". Or, if you want something more recent, "Edge of Tomorrow". They took a risk with this but it paid of in the end. One of the best, inventive and clever horror movie of this year and, possibly, of the last years. One thing that bothered me was that it had many similarities with other slasher movies like "Scream", "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and even "Friday the 13th". And those similarities lowers the originality of the premise and the quality of the movie. Also, it uses cheap jump s...

Best and Worst of October Hello guys and welcome to another blog episode of the Best and Worst. Today, we have the month of Halloween, with some few bests but mostly worsts. Let's get the worst out of the way, with some honorable mentions: "Death Note", a poor attempt on americanizing the Japanese property, "Child's Play 2" and "Child's Play 3", "Bride of Chucky", "Seed of Chucky", and several "Saw" movies like "Saw 3", "Saw 4", "Saw 5" and "Saw 7/ Saw 3D". The worst of October was "Wish Upon". Now for the best we have "Gerald's Game", "Blade Runner" and "Blade Runner 2049", "Cult of Chucky", which is weird but the movie is surprisingly good, "Atomic Blonde", "American Made" and "Saw". The best of October goes to "Thor:Ragnarok", without any doubt. Some did not made in any of th...

Leatherface (2017) Review OK, so this is the second one and another one from another famous franchise. But, also, useless and pointless. Yeah, I appreciate the fact that they wanted to give me a origin story of this legendary character but make it a bit entertaining and logical. It has the feeling of a "TCM" movie and it has the violence and bloodshed in style of those movies but it has no substance whatsoever. It's poorly edited, with a lazy script that does nothing to help the movie, characters that you don't feel anything for and a premise that lacks any sense of logic. Overall, a useless, pointless, dull and unnecessary entry in this franchise. 4.7/10 OK guys, those are the reviews for now. Up next, the Best and Worst of October. Take care and keep on reviewing!

Amityville: The Awakening (2017) Review Hello guys and welcome back to Movie Talks with Tudor! Today, besides two movie reviews I also going to post the Best and Worst of October. I know that October 31st had passed but the Halloween feeling is still in the air so, this weekend, I planned to see three horror movies that came out this year. The first one is this, another movie about another family that moves into this legendary haunted house. What I can tell you about this movie is that it is terrible. Nothing original, relies heavily on cheap jump scares, it is full of cliches making the movie very predictable which, in turn, kills all the suspense and tension that this type of horror movie should have. Like I said, nothing original, the plot is the usual one, with nothing or anything different to offer. Performances are average at best plus the scare factor is, virtually, missing. With a movie that has a story about this famous house, the movie is not scary at all. And it has a v...