Reviewing The Previews: 7/24

This is the rating system…

F- I will never see this movie under any circumstances
D- I will never pay theater price to see this movie but may watch it on Netflix
C- I might pay to see this if nothing else is playing, if not I'll catch it on DVD
B- I am not excited, but I'll probably try to catch it in the theater
A- I'm all in

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug – F+  12/13/13

            In keeping with my boycott of anything with Peter Jackson’s name on it after his desecration of the Lord of The Rings books, I will not drop a red cent on this movie.  I’m not even sure how he’s taking a book that’s a quarter of the length of The Lord of The Rings and turning it into three movies.  I’m guessing by changing characterizations, screwing up themes and adding his own ideas to the story because he obviously knows better then Tolkien how to tell Tolkien’s stories.

Closed Circuit – C  8/28/13

            This looks like a pretty hum drum thriller.  Nothing new or spectacular here, just the same old clichés we’ve come to expect from espionage thrillers.  It is from the producers of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which gives it some credibility, but the story doesn’t do much for me and the cast is nothing to write home about.  I’ll have no problem waiting to see this one.

The Wolverine – B  7/26/13

            I may the only person on the planet, but I enjoyed X-Men Origins: Wolverine.  It wasn’t the greatest movie ever made but I felt it held up to the first two X-Men movies and was certainly ten times better than X-Men 3.  Add that to the fact that I’m kind of a comic nerd, and chances are I’m going to see this one opening week.  Everyone seems to think this is the Wolverine movie people have been wanting to see for years.  I’m not a Wolverine fanatic, so it doesn’t take much to please me, or offend me, with story lines.So chances are I’ll be entertained again.

Ender’s Game – A+  11/1/13

            I’m sorry gay community, as much as I support your right to get married I haven’t been more excited about a movie since The Dark Knight Rises.  This story has nothing to do with Orson Scott Card’s politics and is easily one of the greatest sci-fi stories ever written.  History tells me I can only be disappointed and offended by an adapted film that I am this excited about, but I can’t wait none the less!