The trailers for Jupiter Ascending were enticing but the movie was all over the place. Ambiguous yet tolerable as a love story, Jupiter Ascending was a letdown. The special effects were some of the best I’ve seen. I think someone got carried away with perfecting green screen scenes instead of letting the audience in on what was really happening. At one point, I was just watching for the effects rather than trying to make sense of the story. Please note, I saw this movie in Real 3D, which really brought the special effects to life.
It seems 3 siblings are hungry for the same territory and would do what ever it takes to secure it as their inheritance. Along comes Mila Kunis who plays the queen, Jupiter Jones and is called “your majesty” throughout the movie. As the rightful heir, Jupiter stands to take the most valuable claim of…
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Kingsman is a culmination of many spy epics, like James Bond and Casino Royal. I really enjoyed this delightful, breath of fresh air, change of pace film, derived from a comic book series. Great cast and pretty good, albeit, ridiculous plot. Kingsman appeared to be a serious spy (what’s going to happen next) type of movie and it was, except it got a little silly towards the end — but good silly. Right from the beginning, we are presented with the fantastic skills of the Kingsman as we watch Lancelot (Jack Davenport) kick ass rescuing a kidnapped climate expert, Professor Arnold (Mark Hamill) from his captors. Samuel L. Jackson’s character, Valentine, is filthy rich and has a most fascinating partner named Gazelle (Sofia Boutella) who has no legs but wears blades instead. Valentine is a tech genius and is obsessed about the planet’s global warming, climate control and such. …
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