Suggested by: Mercury_Diva & Mikey Insanity 

The experiment continues! (even if I stop for a few days, there’s going to be 365 reviews… or more *wink*)

Today is a Studio Ghibli flick, so here I go! It’s about a young Prince named Ashitaka who one day fought a giant demon possessed boar that was going to attack his city. The demon wounded Ashitaka before it was killed, the village wisewoman tells him that he is now cursed and the best thing for him to do is to get out of the village and see if he can find a cure before it’s too late. So he embarks on a journey to go to the west and find the origins of the giant boar. On the road, he finds that there’s a few villages on war, trying to defend himself he finds that his wounded hand has super strength. Then he sees 3 wolves and a girl named San “the wolf girl” attacking a group of villagers. While helping 2 soldiers by taking them to their village Iron Town, he then finds out that there’s a war between the forest and Iron Town’s leader Lady Eboshi who wants the Forest Spirit’s head because it is said to grant immortality. So after a few confrontations were San tries to kill Eboshi and Ashitaka almost got killed in the process, the 2 of them join forces to protect the forest and bring peace once and for all.

Thoughts on the Movie: It’s fantastic! Still I haven’t found a Miyazaki movie that I didn’t like. The story is complex with great characters, the music is awesome the ending is great. Still, this is not my favorite Studio Ghibli favorite ( I got a tie between Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving castle) maybe because the story was kinda like Nausicaa (which I also like) I know they’re both different stories but, both have this war of protecting nature from humans who want to destroy it in any means possible, so that’s the only flaw I found in this movie, the rest is really enjoyable and it will keep you in the edge of your seat. Oh and there’s no flying sequence like a bunch of Miyazaki’s movies, which they’re always nice but it didn’t need it. Overall, the movie is just too awesome not to watch, the quality is amazing, the story is great and it’s just really fun to watch.

Will I recommend this movie?: oh yes! If you’re an animation fan like me, you just have to see it.

Thumbs up or down: up! [insert funny dialog here]

You know the drill, if you have any movie suggestion(s) just write them in the comment section or Tweet me (@Punkyval) 

Sayonara! 

PS- Woot! I still can’t believe TA choose me as the Awesome Blog of the Week, thank you guys and thanks to everyone who had sent me suggestions and comment on this silly experiment ^_^ 

Suggested by: Mogwaiclub (btw thank you for sending me the movie) & @kortren (not sure if it was you but you got the credit until I find who it was lol)

*Takes a deep breath* alright, after hours of having a small seizure and writers block, it’s time to write this… thing. The movie is about a group of “mexican” (?) luchadores who domesticate (not joking) a couple of zombies to use them for an act (meaning: zombie wrestlers) In the meantime, there’s a killing spree going on and it looks like zombies are to blame, so Ulysses, Mr X., Tiki, Blue Saint and Mercedes a group of luchadores will try to find who are the responsables for this killing spree. They find that the domesticated zombies are not to blame, so after some investigation they discovered a group of evil luchadores lead by the Zombie king (not a zombie, that’s just his nickname) who in some strange way (or maybe I blocked it out of my brain) are making normal people into zombies. So Ulysses and the rest of the team will try to stop them from his master plan of taking over… the World? 

Thoughts on the movie: First, I hate “lucha libre” or wrestling (that happens when in the 80s your mom lets you watch  El Santo’s movies while while she cooks) so that is a turn off,  still I try to enjoy this movie. But crazy dialogs like ” is it true that you have zombies? are they really dead?” makes it hard to comprehend. Also watching grown up men sleeping with those stupid masks like it’s the most normal thing in the world, just makes you wondered if they also take a shower with them on. Still with all the crazy stuff happening and close ups to pierced nipples, it wasn’t that bad (like Biker Zombies!) until the end, which just eye rape my eyes, and for the first time writing this experiment, I’m going to spoil you the end, because I need to take this out of my system!

(if you don’t wanna read it because you desperately wanna watch this movie, then skip this part) It ends with a party with all the luchadores and zombies having a good time breaking Piñatas and acting “wild and crazy” But that’s not the worst part, there’s one pin up girl wannabe that saw how the zombies killed her girlfriend and is sad because she missed her. So her now zombie girlfriend came to the door and they start making out… for 2 minutes! and then, The End. WTF was that?!?! I really wanted to take my eyes off and gave them to my dog. Do they even know that’s necrophilia?? Frak, that’s the worst movie ending i’ve seen! CRAP!

ok… now i feel better. Anyway, something positive about this movie, the way they presented every luchador with a comic strip drawing of them was kinda cool, i’ve seen it in a couple of movies, but still looks ok. Oh and did I tell you that this is a canadian movie with canadian actors trying to sound mexican saying spanish curse words like “pendejo”? Yeah that’s what I thought.

Will I recommend this movie?: No, and I don’t wanna see it again! 

Thumbs up or Down?: Down and don’t try to convince me to change my mind.

If you have any movie suggestion(s) (I need a break from bad movies so give me good suggestions), just write them in the comment section below, or just Tweet me (@Punkyval) 

See ya tomorrow!

Bonus! If you wanna know who el Santo is, here’s a compilation/tribute of some of his movies. Google him he has a bunch of movies and it’s a Mexican hero

Suggested by: AlucardX

Yes, for those of you, like me, that didn’t know there was a Mega Man movie then yes. But don’t worries it came out a few days ago and it’s 100% fan-made. Here I go!

It’s basically the same story as the game, but for those of you who wanna know anyway then it’s about a Nobel prize winner Dr. Thomas Light who made a series of robots called “Robot Master Series DRN” (he won the nobel prize for them) and 2 androids. The female android is Roll and the male is Rock (get it? Rock and Roll… hahaha I didn’t expect that :P) Dr Light had a partner named Dr. Albert Willy who was very jealous of his success and decided to reprogram all his robots so he can take over the World (yeah yeah, you know what’s coming) So Rock volunteers to help Dr. Light to try to take his inventions back and stop Dr. Willy’s plans, thus becoming Mega Man. 

Thoughts on the movie: I think that if Hollywood tries to make this a box office movie, it will end up like Super Mario Bros. For a fan made movie the special effects are great, the robots look really cool. Not the greatest effect you’ve ever seen, but I can’t expect too much for a almost no budget. The story is the same as the videogames but more elaborate, but it’s the same thing. The acting was ok, Dr Light was like taking out of the game, he really looked like him. Dr. Willy was great too, the mustache look kinda weird but then I accepted it. Roll as kinda annoying and Mega Man needed a battery boost, he felt like he was bored. The movie was a little slow but it got its moments of coolness. It looked like they really work their ass off on this flick, so a bunch of kudos for that.

Will I recommend this movie?: If you’re a Mega Man fan, you have to watch it.

Thumbs up or Down?: really up. Also there’s blisters on my thumbs for playing too much Mega Man 9.

You can check the flick here and be the judge. :)

You know the drill, if you have any movie suggestion(s) just write them in the comment section or Tweet me (@Punkyval) 

See ya tomorrow! 

Bonus!

The Nostalgia Man! Gawd I Love this vid lol

Suggested by: The Cosmos and all the media advertising this movie!

It’s Spoiler free and extra Vitamin C! :P

Just so you know, it’s being years since I read a comic and I don’t remember reading an Iron man one (Still I love superheroes), so don’t expect to read a Linkara Review. First, let me talk a little about the Plot. Tony Stark revealed to the World that he’s Iron Man and helps making everything in order, bringing peace on Earth (he’s the perfect beauty pageant!) But a senator wants the iron man suit to use for the military, Stark refused to do it because he’s the reason that there’s peace. Meanwhile in Russia, Ivan Vanko (Played by Mickey Rourke) is planning to attack Stark because his father died of poverty because Stark’s father (oookay…) Vanko failed, go to jail and then escape thanks to Justin Hammer a weapon manufacturer who’s jealous of Stark. Also Tony is dying because his arc reactor is poisoning him with palladium, so he’s in Lindsay Lohan mode while Pepper Potts works her ass off for Starks industries and Tony’s image. So that’s all I can say… 

Thoughts on the movie: It’s an action pack flick were Stark acted like a douche with a huge ego as always (which Robert Downey jr did an awesome job), Stan Lee with an outstanding cameo and Mickey Rourke as a cool villain who needed more cool things to do. It was fun and funny so enjoyable, still they were some things that were kinda bleh. Tony’s father was Walt Disney! and not only that, his dream city was a Epcot lookalike that even has a huge golf ball, what a lack of creativity. Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow was pretty cool, Sammuel Jackson as Nick Fury was great too, but Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer was just bad, that character was really awful. Also if you were waiting to see Whiplash kicking Iron man’s butt, then sorry to disappoint you but you will see him in action for like 10 minutes, the rest you’ll see him working and hacking computers. it was a good sequel but I still prefer the first one. 

Will I recommend this movie?: Yeah it was entertaining. oh and remember to stay till the end of credits to see something epic! 

Thumbs up or down?: they’re up alright 

You know what i’m going to say right now, write your movie suggestion(s) in the comment section, or tweet me (@Punkyval)

See ya tomorrow, you humans!

Suggested by: @Carlos_Amaya_

Let’s see what’s the big deal with this flick that I heard so much about. Here goes! It’s about 2 friends Seth (played by Johan Hill) and Evan (played by Michael Cera) who are graduating from high school in 2 weeks and going to different universities. So Seth’s crush invited him to a party and she needs alcohol, he says that he can bring them. He then go to find his friend Fogell (played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse) who has a fake ID to buy all the licor they need. While buying it, the store got robbed, police arrived and Seth and Evan think that Fogell got busted so they go with some random guy that run over Seth by accident. Now they have to find a way to get to the party with the alcohol they promised and try to get laid. 

Thoughts on the movie: I thought it was going to be funnier, but still I laugh at how cheesy it is. First the script felt like it was written by a 15 yr old horny kid, after researching I was not that far from the truth. Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen wrote the first draft when they were 13 and they finished it at 15, so that explains all the horniness and penis drawings, so this is the closest thing to be on a teens head as you can get. Michael Cera acted like Michael Cera (as always) but at least he got “angry” in one part so that was an improvement. The police officers were just dumbass stupid, I found Mintz-Plasse funnier than those 2. Maybe I’m trying to judge it too much, but in the end I enjoy it.

Will I recommend this movie?: Sure, if you haven’t seen it like a hundred times already!

Thumbs up or Down: I’m going to give it a fair thumbs up. Now if you excuse me, i’m going to draw some vaginas dancing like cheerleaders.

As always, if you have any movie suggestion(s) just write it in the comment section, of just tweet me (@Punkyval)

See ya later! 

Suggested by: @rafamejia

The things you found when you do research, more on that later. If you were as puzzled as I am about this movie, then here’s what the movie is about. This is a 1985 family film (well in some places it says that this is comedy/horror, but i’ll discuss that later) about a boy named Michael who one day his friend Connie, tells him about an old mansion that burned out. Michael gets dared to go inside, there he sees something that scares him so much that he fainted. The next day he woke up bald (not frigging kidding) supposedly it’s an illness named “the Fright” (ask your doctor about it, it’s a serious condition) were he just lose all his hair and he’s not getting it back. So he’s now übber depressed, he even try to use a wig but didn’t work. Until he met a couple of ghost who gave him a recipe that will help him grow his hair back (that’s where the peanut butter gets involved) what resulted in his hair to grow back, but now it won’t stop growing. between all this drama, his pedo-looking art teacher kidnaps him to use his hair for magical paint brushes, yes he goes there. 

Thoughts on the movie: Halfway thru this movie I notice some billboards in french, so I look it up and found out this is a canadian film. Also there’s 2 songs (really cool ones) that the voice sounded familiar, well it’s Celine Dion and it’s her first attempt of singing in english which I found them nice… ok now on the story. It’s a really weird story but I give them kudos for originality. You find out later what was the scary thing, but I really don’t find that scary (if you wanna know what it was, watch the movie or ask me) unless it’s something Beetlejuice-like then alright but don’t think so. I can’t find what’s funny about this movie, half of it is a kid being all depressed, crying because everyone laughs at him, maybe canadians find it funny but I don’t (will have to ask my canadian Luke Mochrie about that one) Overall, it’s more of a Family Horror movie, don’t know if that’s a genre, but I guess it does now.

Will I recommend this movie?: hmmm… not sure, maybe if your brain can resist it.

Thumbs up or down?: one thumb up, again for originality 

You know the drill, if you have movie suggestion(s) you write them on the comment section or just Tweet me! (@Punkyval)

See ya tomorrow! *eats peanut butter*

Suggested by: I don’t know, an alien? xD

I’ll try to do this review as spoiler free as possible, so relax there’s no mayor spoilers. Here goes nothing! It’s about 5 men part of an US Special Force team who are sent to a Bolivian jungle to search and destroy a terrorist base. Something went wrong so they have to pretend they’re dead, leaving his families behind. If they want to go home, they have to finish what they started by finding a man called Max and destroying all his plans to take over the World (I know M. Bison is hiding somewhere in your head saying”of Course!”) On the way, they meet a woman named Aisha (Played by Zoe Saldaña) who knew how to find Max and finish the Job.

Thoughts on the Movie: For a Action flick, I think it was too slow, too much dialogue and too predictable. It’s not a bad movie, but it’s not the best action movie out there. The main reason I went to see this it’s because some of my friends appeared as extras (only saw one of them xD) also 90% of the movie was shot in Puerto Rico so it was kinda fun seeing landmarks. Doing this I found a big fail that only if you were a puerto rican or a good researcher would notice. There was one part were they were on a big city in Bolivia on a mission (that’s all I would say) and you can see some buildings and one of them says WesternBank… a Puerto Rican bank and i’m pretty sure in Bolivia there’s no bank with that logo especially one that is now in bankrupt. Positive things about this movie, well it’s kinda funny in some parts and fun too, but it’s not a movie that i’ll watch twice. 

Will I recommend this movie?: Well yeah, but wait till it’s out on DVD/Bluray and rent it.

Thumbs up or down?: just one thumb up for the flick and one thumb up for Chris Evans for looking hot as a geek :D

As always, if you have any Movie(s) suggestion, write them in the comment section or just Tweet me (@Punkyval)

see ya tomorrow! 

I’m Back! :D

Suggested by: Coldguy

“It’s Bill F%#&^% Murray!” (Zombieland awesome xD) Yes this is a Murray comedy so let’s get started. It’s about a Psychiatric patient named Bob (played by Murray) who his former psychiatrist gave up on him and left him in the hands of Dr. Leo Marvin (played by Richard Dreyfuss). Marvin is going on vacation for a month, so he give Bob his book called Baby Steps so he have something to read until he comes back. But Bob is too anxious to wait for that long, so he decided to follow the Doctor to his vacation so he can get the treatment. While there, Bob meet his family who just adores him, but the Doc just starting to hate him and little by little is making him lose his patience. What happens next? hell breaks lose, but that’s all I can say *wink*

Thoughts on the movie: This is a dark psychological thriller… not really! It’s a comedy that can also work as a twisted family movie, really fun but the ending was really ironic but well made. It reminds me a little of Beethoven (yeah the one with the dog xD) the dad is the one that’s losing control while the family just love the dog. Also I realized something that I forgot to say in the All about Steve review that now I notice that they stole it from this movie. in AAS Bullock talks with her hamster for 5 minutes while she’s getting ready for her date. In this one Bob talks with his goldfish who he takes on the road trip to find the doctor. The difference between these 2 movies is that Murray’s flick is 100x funnier and it made more sense than in the Bullock one (were this only happens in the beginning and they never mention it again) Everything about this movie is funny and fun to watch. 

Will you recommend this movie?: it’s Bill Murray! ‘nuff said (that’s a yes)

Thumbs up or Down?: Up! you crazy people!

As Always, if you have any movie(s) suggestions just write them in the comment section below, or just Tweet me! (@Punkyval)

see ya peeps!

Suggested by: dvdmacyoshi 

If you are expecting a movie with beautiful views of Brazil, or a movie like Australia, you are soo wrong. The first time I’ve heard of this movie was in one of the Nostalgia Critc’s videos (I think it was in the 5 things you don’t know about me, it’s on youtube somewhere) Since then, I got a curiosity of what this strange movie is about, until now. So let’s start as always of what this movie is all about. It’s set on a futuristic but dystopian New Britain were Sam Lowry a man who works at a boring job on the government and dreaming of saving a damsel in distress is assigned to work on a case were a innocent man was arrested and accidentally killed during interrogation. The error was caused by a bug in a typewriter (literally!) and instead of typing Archibald Turtle wrote Archibald Buttle. While going to give a check to the widow, he sees the woman in his dreams named Jill who we then find that she’s trying to clear out the named of the innocent man (who the government still says they never make mistakes) Sam growing a little tired of how the system works, tries to figure it out a way to help solve the mystery and at the same time be with his dream woman. 

Thoughts on the Movie: It’s an awesome Mind fuck! The visuals are amazing, they’re more of retro-futuristic style, with black and white TVs, weird phones and clothing looking like if they were taken from Hollywood Golden era. Not going to enter in the more technical stuff, but it just brilliant. The title suggest that the movie is set on Brazil, but the only thing that has it’s the song “Acuarela do Brasil” (meaning Watercolor of Brazil in portuguese) written by Ary Barroso, which is played in the movie and looks like Sam had it stuck in his head (as I have right now). It’s a sci-fi flick that will leave you thinking of how consumerism and how vanity is the only thing that can make some people happy (For example, Sam’s mom is addicted to plastic surgeries) We’re living in a society were you’re nothing without having a expensive phone or fancy clothes. This is a 1985 flick that the message will never get old (in other words, I hope that will never get a remake or I’ll get really mad). Love how dark and twisted this movie gets, it just perfect in so many ways. The ending will leave you saying “wow… damn… *sad face*”, it’s that awesome.

Will I recommend this movie: with my eyes closed yes! I want this movie on Blu-Ray!

Thumbs up or Down: while dreaming of meeting my prince charming someone whispered in my ear saying “yes… thumbs up”. in the meantime i’m flying in my Pegasus with my thumbs way up! :D

As always, leave your movie(s) suggestions in the comment section below, or just Tweet me! (@punkyval)

Adios! 

BONUS! Because I love you all very much, here’s Acuarela do Brasil, so you can have it stuck in your head too :D Enjoy!

Suggested by: No one. ha!

If you don’t know already, i’m an animation junkie. So the first time I saw the trailer of this movie, got really excited but never went to see it, until now (the reason, will explain it later). What the movie is about you ask, well it’s about a dog named Bolt, who was raised on a television set as an action hero who protects his owner Penny from the evil plans of Doctor Calico. But he really thinks everything’s real, so when he thinks Penny was kidnapped, goes on a cross country journey to “rescue” her. On the way, he meets a stray cat named Mittens who teach him how to act like a normal dog and help convince himself that everything he had lived was a lie, and Rhino the Hamster who is always in a ball and is a Bolt Fan who only wants to be his sidekick. There’s also a bunch of pigeons that are just plain crazy but they’re not that important. 

Thoughts on the movie: One of the things that stop me from watching this movie at the theater was Miley Cyrus (There I said it!), I just really find her annoying and the first thing that came to my mind is that she was going to blew everything. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed this movie! She was ok, didn’t ruin the movie (Phew! that was close) but I really loved Rhino the Hamster (played by Mark Walton) he’s is the comic relief of the movie, even if the whole movie is hilarious. Bolt (Played by John Travolta) is just adorable (and I can’t believe i’m saying this to Travolta) he’s just an innocent dog who thinks that he has super powers, what’s not to love? One of the producers is John Lasseter (if you don’t know who this guy is, google him) so this has Lasseter touch meaning it has to be good. 

Will I recommend this movie?: Yess! just look at Bolt’s big nose and cute eyes, I don’t even need to do my puppy eyes impression.

Thumbs up or Down: oh they’re up alright

As always, just write your movie(s) suggestions in the comment section below or just Tweet me! (@Punkyval)

see ya! 

Suggested By: @Mimicobb

The movie that gave Sandra Bullock a Razzie a day earlier to win an Oscar, is that’s not a must see movie I don’t know what it is. The story is about Mary Horowitz (play by Bullock) a Crossword puzzle writer for a local newspaper, who got set for a blind date by her parents (btw she still lives with them) with a camera man for a cable news channel named Steve (Played by Bradley Cooper) The date was a disaster (if you can call staying in the car for 5 minutes making out a date) he told Mary that he have to go to work on the road, so he dispatcher her quite fast. She got fired when she did a Crossword about Steve in the newspaper so she is determined to follow him across the country, were she almost got killed by a tornado and then fell on a mine shaft. That’s all I can say about it, I don’t wanna spoil all the fun! (kinda sarcastic don’t you think?)

Thoughts on the movie: Yeah she deserved that Razzie, she’s trying too hard to be funny and retarded she just get into the bizarre and stupid. She runs as if she had some kind of problems with her legs, and to make it even worse they put it in slow motion. At first I thought it was a romantic comedy, but it’s more like a true story of a special woman that is really smart and talks too much… also she’s a stalker. There was only one part that makes me laugh and it was when they were taping some some accident on a ranch and the newscaster (played by Thomas Haden Church) sees a horse lying on the floor and he thinks it’s dead and start talking about how tragic it is, then the horse gets up like nothing happened. The last 30 minutes are kinda tragic, Mary falls into a mine shaft were she finds a Deaf girl that the rescuers forgot she was there, and they died with all the wounds from the fall. Kidding! let’s just say she didn’t get the guy, for obvious reasons. Never thought that crossword puzzle makers were that bizarre, but I heard that Sudoku makers are really douches with trusting issues.

Will I recommend this movie?: No, a hundred times no!

Thumbs up or down?: got bad news for you, thumbs down

As always, if you have any movie(s) suggestions just write them in the comment section below, or just tweet me! (@Punkyval) 

See ya in 24 hours… or less! 

Suggested by : @thedirektor 

Ladies and Gents, it’s Friday so we need a movie to remind me why the F*&^% i’m here watching this. So let’s start this… hmm, where to start, ok I got this… For some reason an “Evil force” arrives to Detroit and in some way starts hiring the worst people around, like Rapist, whores and criminals. And of course they’re bikers (yes, from Detroit), so when this “evil force” attacks this people, they become Zombies meaning this are the “coolest” zombies from Detroit. Meanwhile, A new kid arrives to town named Ken (who also rides a bike, of course), his new neighbors, who are a bunch of assholes and pervs (and you guess it, they ride bikes too!), give them a warm welcome by being themselves. Ken meets Courtney (sorry, no bike :’() and almost instantly, they fell for each other. One night Ken’s neighbors started a fight which ends in a bike chase where Ken got captured by the biker zombies and killed. Now his Girlfriend tries to search for him by calling the laziest cops ever, while the biker zombies are out there killing people and taking their heads as souvenirs.

Thoughts on the movie: First, the movie poster looks like a flick from the 80s with some reptile bikers with wigs, but believe or not this is a 2001 movie. I’ve seen some really good low budget flicks with better special effects than this one. It’s like a 18 year old tries to make a zombie movie with his friends. The story is weak, the zombies faces looked like halloween masks and the characters are just lost. For example, there’s one male cop that is always complaining because he’s tired and wants to go home while his partner is trying to investigate Ken’s disappearance. It also supposed to be funny, but it’s really sad seeing them trying too hard to make people laugh with racy jokes and cursing a lot. Thank goodness it’s only 90 minutes long! 

Will I recommend this movie: Only if you review bad horror movies (i’m looking at you Obscurus Lupa!) if not, then just go and watch Zombieland.

Thumbs up or down?: rotten thumbs down!

As always, if you have any movie(s) suggestions just write a comment below, or just Tweet me! (@Punkyval)

See ya tomorrow!