Movie Review ~ Snow White, The Avengers & MIB:3

Three movie reviews for your reading pleasure (and no spoilers!):
Snow White And The Huntsman

Lips red as blood. Hair black as night. Bring me your heart, my dear, dear Snow White.

I must say that I do think this movie was cast well (i.e. Chris Hemsworth). Everyone definitely looked the part. But there were times when some scenes just lacked emotion or connection. The story is pretty much the same as the fairy tale: An evil queen corrupts a kingdom and searches for the heart of the fairest in the land so that she can keep her youth. But in this story, it is more about the connection between Snow White and her foe-turned-friend the Huntsman.

What I loved about SWATH was the way it looked because all the visual effects were done well, and the costumes were pretty wonderful too. What I didn't like were small things: There were times when I couldn't understand what some of the dwarfs were saying; I felt Charlize Theron's accent was a bit over the top in a few scenes; and, of course, Kristen Stewart acted a little like Bella Swan at moments...and I could have done without that.

I think this movie could have been better if the earlier scenes went a bit faster and the later scenes were fleshed out a bit more. Overall, I thought it was good, but I had higher expectations.
3 out of 5 hearts!
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The Avengers

Time for a double dose of Chris Hemsworth. I'm pretty much at a stage where I think I'd see any movie Chris is in, but I do hope that he picks great movies more often than not. In all honesty, I preferred The Avengers to SWATH because it gave good movie. What I mean by that is The Avengers had everything that you wanted it to have: fight scenes, comedy, costumes, emotion.

I was pleasantly surprised that it managed to be as good as it should have been with such an all-star cast. I do think Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark/Iron Man did get much of the screen time, and they could have done a better job of making it less about him. And I still don't see how Hawkeye and Black Widow are even on the same level as a demigod, a hulk, a genius in a weapons suit, or even a super-human with an impenetrable shield.

Overall, Hemsworth and the rest of them kept my attention throughout (and I even liked the new Hulk), so I'd have to give this movie 4 out of 5 hearts!
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Men in Black 3

I have to start by saying I can't believe it's been 14 years since the first Men in Black movie. Time really does fly (that is a pun ~ and you'll get it if you've seen the movie).

The concept for Men in Black 3 is that Agent J (Will Smith) has to go back in time to save Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones/Josh Brolin) so that an alien race doesn't kill K or take over the world. The movie is very typical of the MIB series: Will Smith cracks all the jokes and weird looking aliens are disguised as weird looking people. But it kept me entertained from start to finish.

My favorite thing about the movie was Josh Brolin. He did such an awesome job as a young Agent K. I mean, he really did his homework and played the part to a T. I really liked the ending of the movie as it surprised me, so I won't spoil anything for you if you plan to see it. My only bummer about Men in Black 3 was that it would have been nice if it were a little scarier, although I know that's not really its schtick.

Overall, this film earns a rating of 4 out of 5 hearts for me!
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Have you seen or do you plan to see any of these movies?
By the way, my two highest rated movies on the Muse have been Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol back in January 2012, and Blue Valentine from January 2011.
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