Immortals (3.5)

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Theseus is chosen by the Gods to stop King Hyperion and the end of humanity.

While the movie was stunning and the story strong this movie is sadly forgettable. While watching it I was completely entertained and all my movie needs were met but not that it's been a couple of days I find myself not remembering why it was so enjoyable at the time. The action is pure and the feel of the movie was great but it didn't impress me.

Henry Cavill who played Theseus wasn't my favourite but he grew on me during the film. At first I was disappointed and was worried his performance would distract me but once the action got going I didn't pay too much attention to it. He does the angry face well and the man-in-action face even better. I'll give him that.

I'm sorry to say this, even after The Wrestler was such a good film, I do not get Mickey Rourke. I hear he could act in his day but I found him boring, one dimensional and just over all too comical when it came to being this badass guy. I'm not sure why, his costumes were amazing so it wasn't that...I just, don't really like him.

The costumes in this movie were very cool. Some of them were weird and too abstract for me but most of them were stunning and really matched the characters.

While the story wasn't as amazing as 300, which is one of my all time favourite action films, I found the characters interesting enough. I wanted to know more about the Gods and that whole back story but I didn't get anything so any chance of an emotional connection didn't happen. To be honest, I didn't feel anything towards any character. I just loved the beauty of each shot and the action was wonderful.

That is what this movie is all about and the reason why I was glad to see it on the big screen: the action. All of the scenes with the Gods fighting were beyond fantastic. The basic slow-mo action scenes were great and there was a good amount of gore to action ratio.

Not huge on character development but giant with amazing action, this movie is entertaining and exciting but nothing more. If you like action movies, see it! Just don't expect 300.

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The Rite (3)

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2011 horror film by Mikael Håfström about a young man who is training to be a priest but questioning his faith and attends an exorcism course in Italy.

I thought this movie was going to be really cheesy and lame but I like exorcism movies and Anthony Hopkins so I thought I would give it a shot.

Turns out that not only was this movie scary, interesting and full of Anthony Hopkins but that the cheese factor and lameness I was expecting was not fully there. Yes, there were some funny moments where the movie was flawed but it wasn't near as bad as I thought it was going to be. Also, Hopkins was classic Hopkins and he was awesome as the main exorcist priest guy. He kicks some solid ass. Fact.

I'm still not sure how I feel about Colin O'Donoghue who played the young priest. His character was all right but I didn't feel sold on his performance. Some scenes were better than others but I felt like he was too much of a pretty boy and every emotion was forced. Although, I suppose it was hard to not seem that way next to Hopkins.

This movie isn't terrifying but the scares are more scary images. I liked the story but it's another book to film type movie so the stories are usually bearable. I'd like to read the book to see how American they made it.

While this film was forgotten by most I suggest it to those who enjoy a good exorcism/demon/scary film. It would ruin your sleep but it's interesting and Hopkins is in it. Win.

3/5 ADSENSE HERE