The Good Dinosaur: Eh.

I just saw the good Dinosaur, and my thoughts on it are as followed. Oh, Wait what?, hmmm, Eh. I definitely didn't hate it, but I'm not gonna praise it the same way I praise movies like Frozen or Inside Out. But before I discuss what's wrong with it, let's look at what's good in this movie.

What I really liked about this movie, like most Disney movies, is the art stuff. The way those landscapes are rendered is just amazing, those Dinosaurs, on the other hands, are a different bag of beans, but we'll get to that in a little bit. The relationship between Arlo, The Good Dinosaur, and Spot, the human pet, is okay, I guess. It's done well, but nothing really stands out about it. I also give points to this movie for giving the Velociraptors the feathers they long deserved. Take that, Jurassic World!!

But now to the parts that I didn't like so much. The designs of the Dinosaurs are kinda lame. They're not very good to look at, and they look like gummy dinosaur candy. If the Dinosaurs were more appealing to look at, then maybe I would've liked this movie even better. My other not very favorite thing about it is that for a movie about Dinosaurs, there's not much Dinosaur in it. Yeah, the main characters are mostly Dinosaurs, but only five species of Dinosaurs are present, and the four that show up are like the most generic types of dinosaurs that are used by everyone. I'd have liked to see more Dino diversity in this movie. If Jurassic World did one thing right, it's the cast of Dinos that show up. You got Pachycephalosaurus, Mosasaurus, Baryonix, Dimorphodon and Ankylosaurus. Those are some cool, fresh Dinos that deserve more screen time. And another thing that's not that great about this movie is that it's not particularly about Dinosaurs. You could literally replace the characters with any other animals and the story would still be the same.

My final problem with the movie is the lack of originality. While I was watching the movie, I couldn't stop thinking about Land Before Time. The part in the beginning where the baby dinosaur's legs hatches out of the egg and runs around is literally a recreation of Cera's hatching, and Arlo's dad's death is nowhere as good as Littlefoot's Mother's demise. It doesn't even compare. This movie is literally a scotchtaped rehash of Land Before Time, Ice Age and Finding Nemo. And why did Arlo's dad have to die? It feels completely pointless. Why are you so obsessed with parenticide, Disney?! One of the reasons I love Tangled is because Rapunzel is one of the few Disney characters who still has both parents. But if a certain favorite Dinosaur had appeared in the movie, then I might've actually liked the film. Not gonna name names, but If you've read anything Dinosaur related I've written, then you'd know....

Character fight, Holiday Edition:Frosty Vs Olaf

Welcome to Character Fight. Christmas edition! Character Fight is when I pit two characters against each other and see who's better. In this edition, The two characters I choose come from the Holiday Season. The first to characters I chose for the first Holiday Character Fight are both lovable snowmen, one is classical, and the other is very recent. In this match, it's Frosty the Snowman Versus Olaf!!! I also made new rules. There are only four rounds in the character fight, but if both characters are tied, then they will go into a fifth knockout round that will determine the winner.

ROUND 1: POPULARITY

There was a time where when you think of snowman, you think of Frosty. But in 2013, after Disney released their Uber successful feminist friendly  now highest grossing animated film of all time Frozen, all of that changed. And in 2014, when Frozen Mania began to kick in, and all the merchandises started appearing everywhere, the people could only say one thing. "Hi, I'm Olaf! And I like warm hugs!" You cannot go into a toy store and not see anything with Anna, Elsa and Olaf's faces stamped on it. And that's not only on the holidays, that's all year round! So for round one, I have to give this to Olaf.

ROUND 2: SONG

Frosty The Snowman, is a Fairy Tale they say. He was made of snow, but the children know, how he came to life one day. Frosty has had a very successful career. His song plays on the radio every year, and every year, we all sing it. Frozen has the most memorable songs in any Disney movie. For the First Time In Forever, Love Is An Open Door, Let It Go, but there are two songs I could never really get into in that movie. The Troll song, and Olaf's musical number. While Olaf is a likable character, and the first Disney Sidekick that didn't drive me crazy, I always fast forward his song when I watch the movie. Point goes to Frosty.

ROUND 3: POWERS

Neither Frosty or Olaf have ever really been known for strengths and powers, because both of them are made of snow but they do have some sort of magic. Olaf was brought to life by an over-excited Elsa about to sing Let It Go. And Frosty was brought to life by a magical hat. Both Olaf and Frosty melt in heat, but Elsa is always there for Olaf, and even gives him a magical flurry cloud that keeps him from melting. Frosty on the other hand, always needs the hat on his head to stay alive. And he has no protection from the sun't heat. So this round goes to Olaf.



ROUND 4: ALLIES

This one is gonna be tough. Both these magical Snowmen have amazing friends. Olaf is friends with Anna and Elsa, the two most popular Disney Princesses, like, ever. But Frosty is friends with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus. Anna and Elsa may have a big fan base,but Santa and Rudolph are forever. Point goes to Frosty.



Now here comes the 5th Knockout round that will determine which of these Snowmen are superior.

ROUND 5:  CUTENESS

Both these guys are easy to love and pretty huggable, Olaf is this cute snowman character that came from the imagination of a young Elsa, and Frosty was made up by a group of Children who wanted a friend. While Olaf is very likable, I think Frosty is the cuter one of the two. Olaf looks kind of awkward, and relies more on laughs than cuteness. Frosty however, is just straight up adorable. He has that circle snowman body, and and then he has that button nose and that calm, subdued voice saying "Happy Birthday" is just the cherry on the top. The winner is Frosty!! Love you Olaf, but Frosty will always be a classic.

Countdown to the 25 Days of Christmas

Now that Halloween is over, we're now in Christmas prep time, which means all my posts from now until January will be Christmas/Winter themed.  

Top 6 Horror Movie plot twists

Halloween is just around the corner. In honor of this spooky character, I'm making a list of the top 10 most shocking Horror Movie plot twists of all time. Many horror movies have great plot twists, but these 6 are the ones i consider the best. 

6. SHE NEVER SLEEPS (THE RING)

The Ring is one of my all time favorite movies. Not just horror movies, but movies. It does a good job at mixing drama and suspense, showing that a Horror Movie is more than scares and gore. My favorite plot twist revolves around the "tragic" character of Samara Morgan. When we first learn about her, She is the adopted daughter of Anna and Richard Morgan, owners of a New England horse ranch. She was born with Nesha, the psychic ability to imprint images onto the mind of others. As she gets older, her abilities get worse, affecting her mother and the horses.Her mother is sent to a mental hospital, and the horses jumped off cliffs, killing themselves. Rachel(played by Naomi Watts) finds her body at the bottom of a well, and releases her soul, finally able to be in peace, or so she believes.

 PLOT TWIST/SPOILER



At the end of it all, it turns out that the misunderstood Samara was actually evil!!! She used her powers on the horses because she hated them, convinced that her parents love them more than her. Her mother threw her down a well, It turns out that the only way to stop her from killing you was to make a copy of the tape you watched and show it to someone else, passing the curse to them.

5. YOU'RE A GOOD BOY, NORMAN (PSYCHO)



In Psycho, a young woman, who stole a lot of money from the bank, checks into a motel room owned by Mama's Boy Norman bates and his mysterious mother. When she gets into the shower, Mrs. Bates opens the shower curtains and kills the hell out of her, leaving the very squeamish Norman to get rid of the evidence. Throughout the whole movie, Norman is covering his mother's psychotic tracks.

PLOT TWIST/SPOILER



It turns out Norman is his mother! His mother was dead all along, and he had been dressing up in his mother's clothes because he has a split personality. His normal self, and his Mother Mode.

4. PERFECT (BLACK SWAN)




In Black Swan, Nina Sayers(Played by Natalie Portman) is a Ballerina who aspires to be the lead in her company's production of Swan Lake. However, in order to become the lead, she must be able to channel both the graceful White Swan, and the seductive Black Swan. She masters the White Swan, but fails at the Black Swan. The frustration of her struggle to be the Black Swan starts getting to her head, as she sees a Doppelganger(Played by Mila Kunis) following her around, as well as her becoming more birdlike.

PLOT TWIST/SPOILER



It turned out that it was all in her head!!! There never was a Doppelganger, and she was never actually becoming a Swan. She was losing her mind because of the pressure of playing a character she was the complete opposite of.

3. ANGELA IS THE KILLER? (SLEEPAWAY CAMP)



In Sleepaway Camp, Angela and her cousin go to camp during their vacation. While they're there, a serial killer goes on a loose rampage and starts killing off the campers and counselors. In the end, Angela is revealed to be the killer, but that's not the plot twist the movie is famous for.

PLOT TWIST/SPOILER

It turns out that Angela was a boy! What does that have to do with the plot? IDK.



2. MILDRED KEMP (THE UNINVITED)



In The Uninvited, Anna returns home after spending time in rehab after the tragic death of her mother. When she returns home, she is greeted by her father, Her older sister Alex and her Dad's girlfriend Rachel, who used to be her mother's caretaker. As the sisters learn more about their soon to be stepmom, they find out that Rachel might be Mildred Kemp, a nanny who killed three children n the 90's. Alex tries to get some answers from her dad, but he just seemingly ignores her.

PLOT TWIST/SPOILER



It turns out that Anna was the killer! Well, her split personality was at least. She accidentally killed her mother because she saw her father banging Rachel back when she was the caretaker. She was gonna burn down the house with her father in it, but accidentally led to the cabin her sick mother lived in to explode. This shocked her so much that she wiped it off her memory and developed a split personality to do all the killing. Oh, and also, Alex was dead all along! She died along her mother during the cabin explosion, and  her split personality took the  form of Alex to only further confuse Anna. Creepy.

1. ESTHER (ORPHAN)



In Orphan, a husband and wife adopt an older child after a tragic miscarriage. There, they find Esther, a nine year old Russian girl who is orphaned once again after her first adoptive family dies in a fire. At first, Esther seem s like a dream come true to the couple. She's nice, polite, obedient. and very loving. But that little girl they took in isn't actually what she seems.

PLOT TWIST/SPOILER



Esther is actually a grown woman! Her real name is Lena Klamer and she was born with a rare hormone deficiency that makes her look childlike. She is also a violent mental patient who escaped and has been posing as a child most of her life.

Top 10 bullies of Movies and TV

Since Halloween is just around the corner, I want to focus on mostly scary stuff. And you know what's scarier than zombies, vampires of werewolves? Bullies. Monsters that are extremely scary because unlike Dracula, these beast exist. they've been here since the beginning, and they'll continue to be here until the end of time. And just like the creepy ghost stories of the past, they've inspired equally intimidating characters seen in movies and TV. Sometimes they're funny, and sometimes they're just downright unpleasant. Here are the top 10 characters I consider the best bullies in movies and TV.

10. ANGELICA PICKLES (RUGRATS)

Talk about a misleading name! This little demon is far from Angelic. Angelica is the six year old cousin of Tommy Pickles. When the grown ups are watching, she plays the sweet, innocent darling. But when she's alone with the babies, she shows her true colors. A mean, bossy, conniving spoiled brat who treats her cousin and the rest of his baby friends like slaves. And if she wasn't creepy enough,  her only friend was her barbie doll that she mutilated. She's gonna grow up a sociopath.

9. MARIANNE BRYANT (EASY A)



All Olive Penderghast wanted to do was get her nosy best friend out of her hair, so she spun a tale about how she lost her V card to a guy that doesn't even exist. Little does she know that Super religious Marianne Bryant heard the whole thing, and told everyone on campus, turning Olive into the new school slut. Just because you love Jesus, doesn't mean you're not a douche. 

8. BIFF TATTEN (BACK TO THE FUTURE)

Bill Tatten is one of the two "Stereotypical" bullies I put in this list. He's the typical one sided bully character who's been bullying Marty McFly for a long time. And what's even more amazing is that his Bullying transcends through time. There's a Biff in the 80's, there's a Biff in the 50's, there'a a biff in the cowboy era, there's even a Biff in 2015. The worst kind of Biff is a Biff with a Twitter account.

7. DRACO MALFOY (HARRY POTTER)

Hissss! there's nothing I hate more than a Snake. Draco is young Wizard who belongs to house Slytherin at Hogwarts School of Magic.He's rich, arrogant, spiteful, and very prejudicial against muggles and mud bloods. He's jealous of Harry and all the attention he gets. He's slightly creepy and possibly mentally unstable. Hermoine punching him on the face is the best thing ever.

Hell Yeah!!

6. JOFFREY BARATHEON (GAME OF THRONES)

There's a fine line between being a bully, and being a villain. Joffrey is both of these things. This little prick is the sadistic incest baby of Cersei Lannister and her Brother. Aside from being a compassionless sociopath, Joffrey is just very mean. I really, really hate him, and every time something bad happens to him, I always feel joy.

5. JOHNNY LAWRENCE (KARATE KID)

Johnny is the other "Stereotypical" bully on this list. He's a jerk and he doesn't apologize for it. He does these very despicable things to Daniel (Ralph Macchio) but for some twisted reason, I could never get mad at him. Yes, he's a jerk, but I just don't hate him as much as I hate Malfoy and Joffrey. Maybe it's because he's really hot. Before I even watched The Karate Kid, There was this poster at a cousin's house of shirtless William Zebka that made me question my sexual orientation, I mean just...

You can't tell right now, but I just came.

4. CHENG (THE KARATE KID)

In the remake of the Karate Kid, instead of getting the typical 80's bully, we get Cheng. a scary Chinese kid who shows no mercy to Dre (Jayden Smith). Unlike Johnny, who is just the run of the mill bully, Cheng is a fucking monster! Just the look in his eyes are enough to make you piss yourself. Good thing I live far away from China, because then I'm far away from kids like Cheng. 

3. REGINA GEORGE (MEAN GIRLS)

How do I even begin to explain Regina George? She's the Queen Bee of North Shore high. She's rich, hot and a total bitch. She runs a clique of the most popular girls in North Shore known as "The Plastics". Regina walks up to you and compliments your clothes and features Oh my god. I love your skirt. Where did you get it?, and then trash you when you're not looking That is the ugliest effing skirt I've ever seen. And then she goes home and writes it down on her Burn Book, which is a recolored sketchbook in which she cuts out a picture of a girl from the yearbook, tapes it onto a Burn Book page and writes a mean comment about that girl. And when all tables are turned on Regina, she makes xerox copies of the pages and throws them all over the school, causing all the female students to fight one another.

2. CHRIS HARGENSEN (CARRIE 2013)



Why should blondes get to have all the fun? In this remake of the 70's hit, This Brunette proves that she can be just as mean as the blonde girls. If making fun of a poor girl's period wasn't bad enough, she takes her misdeeds a step further by orchestrating a prank involving Prom and a lot of Pig's blood.

1. ALISON DILAURENTIS (PRETTY LITTLE LIARS)



What's worse than a Queen Bee who talks smack about you behind your back? A Queen Bee that talks smack to your face. Before her "death", this girl bullied everyone, ranging from nerds to B-listers to People who were way older than her and even her own friends. Instead of talking about you when you weren't there, she talked about you and wanted you to here it.




Her bullying was so bad, that her victims still want revenge years later. And it's also her fault that the "A" was born. While Alison has become a nicer person in later episodes, She will always be the Bitchiest of them all to me.

MY JUSTICE LEAGUE MOVIE DREAMCAST

I already know that a Justice League movie is being made, right after that Batman V Superman, which will be the death of me. But What if the Justice League movie was how I wanted it?And by that, I mean as far away from Zack Snyder and this shitty DC Cinematic Universe as possible. The actors would be totally different. Henry Cavill is not my Superman, so I would give him the Kryptonite boot. And I don't know who Ben Affleck is kidding. I would pick him up with my two hands, break his back with my knee, and throw him in the same grave I'm gonna bury Henry Cavill. And Gal Gadot? I don't even want to start on that one. If I was to cast the Justice League for a DC Cinematic Universe done right, Here'show it would look like, and here's how they would act like. Here's who I think should play the core Justice League members.

SUPERMAN: IAN HARDING

Henry Cavill's Superman is basically written as an all powerful god being to be worshiped or feared, and I do not like that. That's not Superman! That's how Batman fans see Superman! Why would Superman have an alter ego if he wanted to be worshiped? Because he doesn't! So in my Justice League movie, Kal-El would be far from Henry Cavill's Superman. He's not a god, he's not a Jesus allegory, he's not the guy who wants to be worshiped, he's the guy who helps those who can't defend themselves, because it's his responsibility. and that's why I chose Ian Harding. Ian is basically a softer version of Henry Cavill. He could either be the guy who flies through Metropolis, or the guy you'd see on the street. And every time I picture a live action Superman that isn't Christopher Reeve, I always end up seeing Ian for some reason. I used to not like him character on PLL (How dare you brake Aria's heart?!?!), but recently, I'm starting to like him more and more. 

BATMAN: MATT BOMER

Batman is a tricky one. He's been done so many times, I can't even figure him out, but when you get to the core of Batman, he's a broken person seeking Justice he'll never resolve. He's basically reverse Superman. Superman was born from hope, and Batman was born from despair. If we're going for an older Batman, I'd choose Joel Edgerton, but if we're going for a younger Batman, I'd go with Matt Bomer. Matt Bomer would be a great Bruce Wayne. He definitely looks like it. Matt didn't get the role of Superman in Man Of Steel because he was gay, so let's give him the second best thing. 

WONDER WOMAN: JAMIE ALEXANDER

Everybody wanted Jamie Alexander to play Wonder Woman, and so did I. I mean, just look at her! She looks like friggin Wonder Woman! And her role as Lady Sif in the Thor movies only made people want her to play Wonder Woman even more. I'm sure Gal Gadot will do her best as Wonder Woman, but let's face it. She does not look like Wonder Woman. She's far too skinny. She would make a better Lois Lane than a Wonder Woman. 

GREEN LANTERN: MICHAEL B. JORDAN

I would've cast a Hal Jordan, but he burned up his luck with that awful 2011 movie. So I went with John Stewart, a fairly underrated Green Lantern (probably because he's black!) I picked Michael B. Jordan of Fantastic 4 fame. Michael l would make a great John Stewart because John is the tough, serious guy who'd make a good one-liner once in a while, and if you watched Friday Night Lights, that's exactly what he played. 

AQUAMAN: ARMIE HAMMER

Aquaman, king of the seas, butt of every superhero joke, powerful sea sorcerer. Who should play him? Well, if things went my way, I would cast Armie Hammer. An actor who was on the rise to fame,,,until he starred in The Lone Ranger. Anyways, I would cast Armie Hammer because I don't care about Armie Hammer, and I also don't care about Aquaman. Who's next?

THE FLASH: RYAN GOSLING

For The Flash/Barry Allen, I chose Ryan Gosling. The Flash is both handsome, but weird and fast talking, and I've seen enough Ryan Gosling movies to see these traits. Originally, I chose Alex Pettyfer, but then I realized Alex was too bland to play a high spirited character like The Flash.

So that was the main Characters. But heroes are only as good as the people who support them. Let's take a look at the Heroes' supporting cast.

LOIS LANE: KATE MARA



Ah, Lois. The strong, independent Journalist(that always needs Superman to save her) As much as I love Amy Adams (Enchanted is my all time favorite movie of hers) her take on Superman's ally and love interest comes across as less Lois Lane, and more Mary Jane. She's only there to support Superman, and that's not Lois. Lois is a cynical character who only supports herself. So who should play her? Originally, for this part, I chose Ellen Page, but then I went back because I realized that she looks 14, so I pushed for someone who looked older, So my choice would be Kate Mara. Lois is a journalist known for being sassy, snarky and wanting things to go her way. Kate has played a headstrong reported on House of Cards, and a very sassy(albeit mentally unstable) character in American Horror Story. So Kate would make a great Lois Lane.

NIGHTWING: LOGAN LERMAN



Why Nightwing and not Robin? Because Nightwing is awesome, and Robin is, um...not so much. I mean, in a serious superhero movie, why would there be a child dressed as a Christmas Elf following Batman around? So I went with Nightwing, who is basically Robin who has had it with Batman's shit and became a bad-ass superhero. So who should play Nightwing? My choice is Logan Lerman. Logan has recently had a rise to fame, with movies like Fury and Perks Of Being A Wallflower. He'd make a perfect Nightwing because Nightwing is a very young Superhero. He had just recently ditched Batman and the "sidekick" title of Robin to be his own awesome superhero. So basically, a boy turning into a man. Logan's character in Fury is a very similar role. Now, I know he might be a little skinny for the role, but if Chris Pratt can go from a fat guy to a muscly guy, then Logan can go from string bean to Ripped guy who wears spandex so tight, you can see his luscious booty.

Now what would a hero be without a villain? A person in a ridiculous outfit. Here's the dreamcast villains for my Justice League

DOOMSDAY: ANDY SERKIS



In this age, Practical effects are nearly nonexistent. so if you're going to do CG, do it right. I'd cast doomsday as a mo-cap Andy Serkis, because there is no one better at mo-cap than Andy Serkis.