Casa De Mi Padre

Hola mis amigos, esta es la reseña de "Casa de mi Padre". Casa de mi Padre is the third installment of Will Ferrell's every-man trilogy (Anchorman, Ricky Bobby, and now Casa) and this was a great way to close it out. What was this movie about? It was Will Ferrell doing a 1970's style telenova in Spanish and that's all I'm going to say about that. I feel if you go into this movie with any sort of expectation then you may find a bit of disappointment. You really need to walk in, let yourself go, and just enjoy all the things that are happening around you.

The thing that really made this film so great was how terrible it was. It was purposefully made with badly painted backgrounds, misplaced mannequins, wardrobe changes where they weren't supposed to be, and random scene cuts. All of these made the story that much more hilarious. The execution of these "bad filming techniques" is what made it funny instead of having to make too many jokes in the story and script itself; this allowed the comedy to not go too far but still leave everyone in the theater cracking up.

I would say go and see Casa de mi Padre in the theaters because it is built for the big screen more so than for home. But, like I said before, don't go into it thinking that it will be another Anchorman; and because it's not another Anchorman level of funny I give Casa de mi Padre 4 Scorpion Beers out of 5! Mi nombre es Armando Alvarez y Yo No Se!

The Lorax

(singing) "Humans suck they really really suck! Humans suck they really really really suck! We love to kill the Earth because we're all stupid. All corporations are greedy and evil; and all forest creatures can be enslaved by marshmallows!" I'm not saying that was Grammy worthy but I am saying this is the review of The Lorax. The Lorax takes us on a journey with a young man who, in order to impress a girl, goes and listens to the story of how the land outside of his all plastic town of Thneedville was ravished by corporate greed.

At first I was ready to walk out because the amount of human hating pulpit preaching in the first number alone was enough to make me puke. That, however, eventually subsided and it became a rather enjoyable movie. The story moved along at a good pace and never lost the attention of my kids who we took to see this.The look of the film itself was very visually appealing and my five year old daughter was very happy that it was animated and not another live action piece of Dr. Seuss nonsense.

On the other hand, there seemed to be some disconnect between the animated characters and their voices; there wasn't a good blend of the two which made it difficult not to visualize the actors doing the voices rather than just focusing on the characters in the story. Oh, and by the way, there are so many plot holes and unanswered questions in this movie it was ridiculous. Why would there be snails in a town completely made of plastic? Were the Lorax's only powers, as the spirit of the forest, to make you feel guilty? Couldn't they have used a ladder to harvest the truffula trees? If the Once-ler (the storyteller) had a solution all this time why didn't he fix things years and years and years ago? Not to mention the logistics of holding a people captive behind the walls of a city. Honestly, there was a lot to this movie that didn't make sense and I don't mean that in the fun Dr. Seuss randomness kinda way. This doesn't make the movie awful but you just need to shut of you're brain and enjoy the pretty colors.

If you have kids, go ahead and take them to see this and let yourself be inspired to plant a tree. If you're a small business owner you can take inspiration from this as well. Anyone else besides Al Gore, I'd say don't bother checking this out unless you take some shrooms beforehand. I give The Lorax 2 out of 5 Big Hairy Mustaches although I will probably being buying it on DVD so my kids can watch it over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and again...

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Look up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Dwayne Johnson here to try and save another movie franchise! This is my review of “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”. Journey 2 follows the same kid as the first movie now living with his mom and stepdad and still obsessed over Jules Verne now more than ever. Receiving a transmission from his grandfather, Sean (Josh Hutchinson) and his stepdad Hank (Dwayne Johnson) set off to find the Mysterious Island. After hiring Luiz Guzman to get them there, they end up crashing on the island and now, with the help of Sean’s Grandfather Alexander (Michael Caine), they must get off the island before it sinks. Surprisingly this ended up being a rather good film. I don’t know if it was the fact that I was on vacation or how much disappointment I had prepared myself for due to the first one, but this ended up being an entertaining flick that I was happy to have seen. Dwayne Johnson and Luiz Guzman play off each other well and actually added some comic relief instead of making it cheesy and campy. The story itself was very predictable (which is ok, not every movie has to keep you guessing) and the CG left a little to be desired but all in all it was well shot and well formulated. My kids enjoyed it immensely and I had fun watching it with them; so in that scenario I would say definitely go and see it. All in all I give Journey 2: The Mysterious Island 3 man I really want to be a steampunk submarine captain more than anythings out of 5.


Tony Smith
Revolution Review 2012