I don't usually disagree to much with my friends at The Basement. However, I have to on this one. I haven't seen a decent
monster movie in a while. Well, this was it. Yes, the idea of the weenie
guy was annoying at first, but he stepped up quite quickly when the shit
hit the fan. All the characters played there parts well and I actually
wanted to see them survive. Granted, this was a token monster movie, but
it makes it up with some good gore and a few tense scenes. The
monster (alien) was mostly done with a real fx and not much CGI. Anyways,
enough rambling, this gets a Good from me. I would consider watching it
again with some friends and beers. Carry on, Basement Dwellers.
If you're a 40 + white dude, like myself, you may remember a comic series called " The Adventures of Tintin ". I know I remember them. This series, dating back to 1929, got turned into a animated feature film by Steven Spielberg in 2011. After buying a model of ship called The Unicorn, teenaged journalist Tintin finds himself on adventure that will take him from the high seas, to the low deserts, and from the distant past to the present. With his trusty dog, Snowy, by his side, Tintin uncovers a story connecting two men across the centuries.. . The story is really quite good. It's well crafted, and high paced- with just enough slow moments to build and develop the world and the characters. This is the sort of adventure story you'd find in the old serials of the 1930's and '40's. In fact, it felt like it was the sort of tale that you'd find Indiana Jones undertaking. I found myself swept up, and swept along as our hero swung from one e...
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