Theater Whore: Nerve

Nerve 6/10

I was so close to giving this a 7/10 but the more I thought about the movie Nerve the more the ending didn't sit right with me. This will have some spoilers by the way. Jasmine suggested I check this out and I couldn't quite remember what it was until it got started. I remembered the trailer and whoever made it needs to be fired because it really didn't serve this movie justice. Its not as bad as that trailer was. This stars Emma Roberts as Venus Delmonico. She's living at home with her mom played by Juliette Lewis and she wants to leave New York and go to art school in Los Angeles but since her brother died her mother is in full “No one leaves me alone!” mode.

Fantastic Four Needs Another Reboot

I have seen all of the Fantastic Four movies. The Roger Corman one, the terrible ones with Captain America as The Human Torch, and the latest one starring Creed and Whiplash. Out of all of them the Corman one is the closest in tone to what I'd expect from a FF movie. Yeah, I know there's a rubber arm waving at the end which is funny no matter how many times I see it but its still a better movie than the others. Strange considering it was made on a budget of $1 million while the others were $100 million, $130 million, and $120 million respectively.

One of the screenwriters for the last FF movie that has been trashed by everyone but I liked more than most recently talked about making a sequel for it. “We didn't make a good movie, and the world voted, and I think they probably voted correctly. And you can't make a good movie every time out--not everybody does. We actually have a pretty good batting average, all things considered. But I think we made many mistakes when we made that movie--mistakes that we learned from and we wouldn't repeat” Simon Kinberg said in an interview.

Theater Whore: Neighbors

Neighbors 7/10

I trust Seth Rogen. Whenever I hear an interview with him promoting a movie and he says that his movie is funny I believe him. The trailer for this movie really needs to be done over again because it seems to be aiming for Rogen's normal crowd which will enjoy this movie but I think that if you are one of those people that say you don't like his movies or think it'll be too crass for you that you should give it a shot. Its actually very funny. Just the scene where they try to have sex but can't because the baby is watching made me crack up.

With this movie Neighbors it seems like there is a lot working against it. It is starring Rogen as Mac Radner. Rose Byrne as his wife Kelly who you have seen in movies but might not really know who she is. Zac Efron as Teddy Sanders who I can say that I've never watched a movie with him in it. He is described physically as “something a team of gay guys built in a machine.” Dave Franco stars as Pete Regazolli. Mac and Kelly are new parents who are having a hard time adjusting to no longer being able to leave the house and have fun and being parents. There's a funny scene where they are invited to a rave and fall asleep just getting the daughter ready to leave the house.

Theater Whore: 21 Jump Street

I so didn’t want to see 21 Jumpstreet. I’d seen the trailer and all the billboards posted all over the damned city and it just didn’t look good. But then I remembered how trailers have really fucked me over in the past few years and decided to give this a try. I’m glad I did because this turned out to be a very funny film. Why? Because they point out the obvious just when you’re thinking the same damned thing.