Peanut and The Ice Cubes of DOOM

This is my dog Peanut... he is RIDICULOUSLY OBSESSED WITH ICE... and I made the mistake of taking the lid off of my cup

Review: The Bounty Hunter

If two beautiful people were all a movie needed to be good, this movie would be top notch. Unfortunately, this movie also had a story line, talking, and a soundtrack that will delight the average fourteen year old girl.

Nicole (Jennifer Aniston) is a reporter on a mission to the top. While on her way to a court date, she gets a hot tip on a suicide story that she is covering, and ends up skipping out on her trial. The judge then revokes her bail and has put out a warrant for her arrest, which is assigned to a bounty hunter… but not just any bounty hunter, her ex husband Milo (Gerard Butler). Milo and Nicole were once madly in love, but ended up driving each other mad, like most couples. Milo must now take his ex to jail, but she is more worried about chasing her suicide story. Needless to say, she gets herself, as well as Milo in trouble, making for a mediocre story.

There is nothing new about this story. Aniston and Butler have great chemistry, but it is not enough to make this a box office smash. The story is not very believable, and everything, from the two of them falling back in love, to them being chased by bad guys, yet somehow coming out of the mess safe and sound, is completely predictable. This movie is suppose to be a comedy, but it is just not funny. There are maybe, and I mean maybe, three or four parts that are slightly amusing, but nothing to write home about. Oh, and I hope you like hearing people bicker about how in the world they could have ever married each other, because you will have to sit through a lot of it.

Now, I normally don’t comment on how bad a soundtrack is, but this one was horrible. I take that back… it is horrible unless you are a teenage girl. They play tracks from Kesha, for example, which does not fit into a grown up romantic comedy. I would expect it in a movie directed towards teens, but not one that is more for adults. It reminded me of someones mom trying to appear younger and more hip than what they really are, and just made the movie even more awkward than it already is.

Needless to say, the only bounty that you can count on for watching this movie is mediocrity. I could have written more about it, but there is just nothing exciting to tell… or make fun of.

Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 5

Review: Date Night

Work, kids, monotony… DATE NIGHT is definitely a movie for couples that have been together for a long period of time!

Phil and Claire Foster are a boring couple from New Jersey. Phil (Steve Carell) goes to book club with his in-control wife Claire (Tina Fey), they have a sex pattern that involves whether or not Claire is wearing her retainer, and they go to the same restaurant every Friday for their same old date night. After a couple that they know decides to split, Phil and Claire decide to spice up their relationship and do something different… They are going into the city for dinner.

When they arrive at their super hip destination, they realize that there is no way that they are going to get a table. Phil then takes someone else’s reservation, the Tripplehorns, who obviously didn’t show up, and this is where the trouble starts. Two twisted gentlemen mistake the Fosters for the couple that originally had the reservation, and threaten to kill them if they don’t get the flash drive. After a narrow escape, Phil and Claire are now on the run, trying to save themselves from certain doom.

This movie was pretty darn funny, but not the kind of funny that I expected. I expected 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN funny, and instead, it was more of a romantic comedy meets date movie. The best way to describe it would be something that I could take my mother to. Tina Fey is one of the hottest comics right now, especially with the success of 30 ROCK, and Steve Carell is hysterical in anything that he is in. There is definitely a charm about him that makes him likable in any role that he plays. The two make for a quick-witted dose of humor, despite a relatively predictable storyline.

There are a lot of great cameos in the film as well. Mark Wahlberg plays a shirtless, intelligence savvy, ex-client of Claire with quite the bachelor pad. I must say, he is quite a tasty snack for the eyes, and I give his performance 5 stars just for being allergic to a shirt. He is kind of a joke in the film, making Phil feel inadequate and turning Claire into a babbling teenager. Mila Kunis and James Franco play Taste and Whippit, aka the real Tripplehorns. They play an amazingly dumb young couple, who are fantastically trashy, but also madly in love. There are also cameos by Ray Liotta, Kristen Wiig, Will.I.Am, Mark Ruffalo, and William Fichtner. Common and Jimmi Simpson play the corrupt cops that are chasing down the fosters, and they do it rather well. I’ve been creeped out by Simpson since he played Liam McPoyle on IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA. Leighton Meester also makes a cameo by playing the Fosters babysitter.

Overall, I feel like they did a great job of making a movie that couples can relate to. It’s a bit tame for Fey and Carell, but a perfect movie for a date.

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Review: Letters to Juliet

“For never was a story of more woe
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” Quote from William Shakespear’s ‘Romeo and Juliet‘

There is something to be said about a romance that lasts, and keeps the hope of love alive for as long as Romeo and Juliet has. They are the epitome of true love, and their story will continue to keep making it’s way into the mainstream.

Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) is a fact checker for a newspaper,with the hopes of becoming a writer. She and her fiancé’ are about to take a trip to Italy before the wedding, since he has a new restaurant opening very soon. This will be their honeymoon, before the wedding. Little did she know that while in Tuscany, her fiancé would be more worried about finding ingredients and recipes for his restaurant rather than spending a romantic honeymoon with her.

During her time alone, Sophie visits the home of Juliet, where women from all over write letters to her and place them on a wall. Sophie is fascinated by this, and ends up helping the Secretary’s of Juliet respond to the letters, when a brick falls out of the wall, exposing a very old letter. Sophie responds and the next thing she knows, the woman who wrote the original letter, Claire (Vanessa Redgrave), has come back to Tuscany to find her Lorenzo that she stood up 50 years ago. With nothing left to do, Sophie tags along as Claire and her less than eager grandson Charlie (Christopher Egan) on their adventure to find Claire’s true love.

Vanessa Redgrave is fantastic in her role. She is funny, passionate, and quite splendid to watch on screen. It is inspiring to see that she has never really given up on true love. Amanda Seyfried is always appealing on screen. The only actor that I did not really like, and I believe could have been cast better was Christopher Egan. There was something about him that I did not really care for… and, someone needs to buy him some eyebrows… just sayin! I also thing the ending was a little too cheesy, but not so much that it ruined the movie.

Still, the movie was romantic and fun! I fell in love with the views of Italy as they made their way throughout the villages in their quest for Lorenzo. This is a movie for anyone that believes in romance and true love.

Overall rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars

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My Review: She's Out Of My League

Review: SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE

Well, it is certainly nice to have a comedy come out that does not have the same cast as 90% of the ones out! SHE’S OUT OF MY LEAGUE is smart and funny without repeating the same jokes that we have heard for the past year, even though it does carry a bit of that Judd Apatow flair that they ripped off a bit.

Kirk (Not our Kirk, Jay Baruchel) works in the field of airport security with his best friends Stainer (T.J. Miller), Jack (Mike Vogel) and Devon (Nate Torrence). He is obsessed with his ex-girlfriend Marnie (Lindsay Sloane), who broke up with him two years prior, but still hangs out with his family, and her new boyfriend. His life is hell. Then one day, a beautiful girl named Molly (Alice Eve) accidentally leaves her phone and Kirk promises to return it to her. When he does, she asks him to a hockey game and he discovers that she likes him. Now he is in a position where he thinks that he is in no way good enough for her, and his friends do not help with that!

Stainer is probably my favorite character in this film. He plays in a Hall and Oates tribute band, and has a dialogue that reminds me of some weird combination of Seth Rogan’s bite and Napoleon Dynamite’s voice. Baruchel has been in a ton of films, including the teen variety, and he plays awkward rather well. He and the actors that play his friends are rather entertaining to watch. Torrence rounds out the friends nicely by playing a love obsessed, clean cut boy who constantly quotes Disney movies.

Eve is a beautiful, funny girl who will make every girl in the audience take a second look in the mirror. She is extremely likeable, with a good head on her shoulders. I really like how they gave her a great sense of humor, so that she makes smart ass comments back, rather than just sitting and looking pretty. Her best friend Patty (Krysten Ritter) is quite the spitfire as well. She and Stainer have a strictly hate/hate relationship.

Is the film predictable?… Yes. Is the film still entertaining?… Yes. Although the story of the underdog getting the girl has been done a million times, the humor in this movie makes it a little less repetitive. Also, it is pretty hard to believe that a girl as beautiful as Molly would be chasing after a guy like Kirk, or any guy for that matter. The film is entertaining, but don’t expect it to top THE HANGOVER in comedy.

Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5

My Review: Remember Me

Review: REMEMBER ME

Tyler Hawkins (Robert Pattinson) is a screw up to his father (Pierce Brosnan) . He is in college but only to audit classes, he drinks too much, and he has a huge chip on his shoulder. It’s not as if he doesn’t care about anything though. He is incredibly protective of his younger sister, who gets picked on at school for being a bit odd. The two have a very strong bong, especially after the suicide of their eldest brother.

Tyler stands up for what is right, no matter the cost. One night, while out drinking with his best friend, he jumps into a fight to defend a stranger. When the police arrest the innocent man, Tyler speaks up and not only does he get arrested, he gets assaulted by the cop (Chris Cooper). To get back at the cop without getting into more legal trouble, Tyler’s best friend suggests that he date the officers daughter and break her heart. The problem is that he and Ally (Emilie de Ravin) end up falling in love, and together they try to straighten out their crazy parents. Tyler’s father is a wealthy business man who blows off his family for his fast paced job, while Ally’s father is a stressed out cop who has never coped with the death of his wife.

The first things that I had heard about this movie were negative because of Rob Pattinson being cast in the starring role. I have heard plenty of people write this film off without seeing it because “the kid from TWILIGHT” is in it. Let me tell you, that would be a mistake. Pattinson plays a passionate, conflicted young man in this film, and he does it well. The story is not a light one, and leaves the audience in a state of disbelief. He and de Ravin are an attractive young couple in this film, and their chemistry is rather appealing to watch unfold.

The love story is not the biggest draw to this film though. As cute as it is, it is very predictable. A bet is made, boy and girl fall in love, girl find out about the bet and they break up, and then boy wins girl back. The more interesting story is why they are the way they are, and the families behind them. Ruby Jerins, who plays Tyler’s sister, is a delight to watch. Although she is slightly odd, it is very hard not to like her. I think it goes without saying, but that would make for a boring review, but Pierce Brosnan plays a great asshole! He is very good at delivering a performance that really makes the audience despise him.

SPOILER ALERT!

The ending definitely shocked me beyond belief! I figured that with a title like REMEMBER ME , how they kept talking about Tyler’s dead brother, and that his character kept getting himself in dangerous situations that he would end up dying in the end. I did not think that it would happen the way it did. I do believe that is is better to not know how when going into this movie, otherwise you lose the shock value at the end of it. I think they did a really great job of keeping it in until the end, and leaving it up to surprise. They also did it in a way that kept it tasteful, which must have been hard to do.

Overall Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars

Alice in Wonderland

Review: ALICE IN WONDERLAND

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?”Alice : Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Alice in Wonderland has been one of my favorite tales since I was a little girl. It entwines magic, mystery and life lessons with its colorfully odd world. Being such a big fan, I was skeptical about how good a movie version would be compared to Lewis Carroll’s imaginative book. Having Tim Burton as the director helped to easy my worries a great deal.

WARNING: SPOILERS!

Alice Kingsley (Mia Wasikowska) is a dreamer. She constantly thinks of things that others deem as nonsense, such as staring at birds and wondering what it would be like to fly. She has only one dream from slumber, and that is the reoccurring dream of a wondrous land where animals can speak and cats can smile. On this occasion, her mother has brought her to a party where she is forced to dance with a drab young chap named Hamish (Leo Bill) . She later finds out that it is her surprise engagement party, and when he asks for her hand, she runs! She doesn’t just run for the hills though, she runs after a white rabbit wearing a jacket and carrying a pocket watch. She chases him to a rabbit hole, and while looking down it for the rabbit, she falls inside.

When Alice finally lands from the impossibly long fall, she finds herself in a room that she has been in before. When she finally finds her way out of the room, she is greeted by the White Rabbit (Michael Sheen), Tweedledee and Tweedledum (Matt Lucas), and the Dormouse (Barbara Windsor), who are debating if she is the right Alice or not. They want the Alice who had visited their world years ago. It is only the real Alice that can fulfill the prophecy and defeat the Red Queen (Helena Bonham Carter). The Red Queen, accompanied by her Knave of Hearts, Stayne (Crispin Glover), stole the crown from the White Queen (Anne Hathaway), and started to destroy their Underland, which Alice always called Wonderland.

Along Alice’s way, she runs into a great deal of characters that help her along her journey, including the blue caterpillar (Alan Rickman), the Cheshire Cat (Stephen Fry), and the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp). Together, they must deliver Alice to the White Queen so that she may defeat the Jabberwocky (Christopher Lee) and end the treacherous reign of the Red Queen.

This movie was fantastic! I cannot remember a movie that made me grin as much as this one. Wasikowska was stunning as Alice. She was strong, courageous, and spunky in a refined sort of way. Depp as the Mad Hatter was incredible. His Hatter was unlike any character that I have ever seen him play! I don’t think I have ever seen him as crazy, and slightly frightening, as he is in the scene where he is walking with Alice on his shoulder (I believe reciting the Jabberwocky poem). He was charismatic, passionate, and sometimes quite crazed in the eyes. Bonham Carter is always fantastic in villain roles, and I think she hit the nail on the head with this one. Although her character is one that I have seen her play before, it still works. She was complimented by Glover, who I think is sometimes underrated. Anyone who can claim to have fathered Marty McFly is ok in my book!

Tim Burton really did the book justice in this film. Although it is an adaptation, about her return to Wonderland as an older girl, I think that he stayed true to the characters, as well as the central themes in the book. I have several theories on why he made the character of Alice older, and one of them has to deal with a rumor that came about with the original Alice books(Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass), which was that Carroll was a pedophile. (Sidenote: There is no evidence that Carroll was a pedophile!) I don’t think that Burton would have ever been worried of being put in that category, but I do believe that by concentrating on an older Alice, he took away that questionable element and put the focus back on the story.

In the original story there were two queens of the color red. There was the Red Queen and The Queen of Hearts. In this film they are combined as one. This does not take away from the story or jeopardize the integrity of the book, however. They also make a pretty delightful reference in the beginning of the film, where Hamish’s mother makes reference to the roses in her garden. She discovers that the gardeners planted white roses when they were suppose to have planted red ones. The Queen of Hearts is the one who says this in the books, so it is a clever way for them to compare her to the villain.

The effects in this movie were unreal! I saw it in Disney Digital 3-D and I have to say, my mind was blown. The images popped right out at you(as opposed to some of the cheaper 3-D movies), and were carefully placed so that it fit into the story, unlike a lot of films that incorporate odd effects that don’t match up with the story, just to impress the audience. Even if it weren’t in 3-D, the images are still breathtaking. The colors and shapes used to create this magical world could not have been better.

There is only one complaint about the movie, and that is the song in the ending credits. Really? Avril Lavigne? I didn’t even know she was still making music, but apparently someone needs to put a stop to that ASAP! The song lyrics, mixed with her nasal voice were enough to make puppies cry and unicorns to lose their whimsical powers. Still, even her rotten stinker of a song couldn’t put a dent in my fantastic cinematic journey! Thank you Tim Burton for making this a magical, wondrous experience for me!

Overall Rating: 5 out of 5

Melissa Gets Hit By The Soul Train

Hey there boys and girls! It’s your good friend Melissa here, with another tale of movie-going horror. This is possibly the most ridiculous one to date. Be sure to stay till the end, because I’m not just bringing this column back, I’m changing it up a bit…

So, a few weeks back I finally went to see “The Hangover” at a local theater. It had already been out for a couple of weeks and it was a weeknight, so I figured that the crowd would be relatively small and pleasant. BOY WAS I WRONG!

I found a spot in the center of the seats, perfectly distanced from the screen, and settled in with my treats. There were only a few people in the theater so I gave a sigh of relief! They were all quietly sitting, minding their own business and waiting for the show to begin. The lights went down and the previews started with no problems. “Man!” I thought to myself, “This is great!”. Rule #1 of movie-going in the present time… You are never in the clear!

As the credits started for the movie and the opening theme music began, two teenagers and their mother snuck into the theater and decided to sit right in front of me. Wait, did I say sit? I meant that they put their stuff down and started dancing like it was a Friday night dance party! Once the credits were done, they settled into their seats and began talking on their phones. When I asked them to please quit distracting from the movie, the mom just scoffed and started mocking me to her children. “Ok”, I thought to myself, “I am not going to put up with this!”

I went outside of the theater and told an usher what was going on. He then informed the manager who came into the theater, warned the disturbing trio, and went back out to the lobby. Well, you’ll never guess what happened next! “Who Let The Dogs Out” happened! As soon as that song started playing, the dance party started again. Booty’s were quaking, “Awwe” ’s and “Git it” ’s were being called out between them, (since dancing has it’s own dumbed down language that is the mutated spawn of a football pep talk and a turrets inspired tick, triggered by anything with a baseline!) and I was furious! Round two involved me storming back into the lobby and speaking to the manager myself. His reaction was to stand inside the theater for five minutes and then walk back out! That only made things worse. The next thing I know, they are running up and down the aisles screaming, talking to each other from across the theater, and having some of the loudest and possibly the least coherent conversations on their phones that I have ever heard!

By the end of the movie I was fuming mad. My anger had been transferred from the ill mannered family to the manger on duty at the theater. I decided that he and I needed to have a talk, and it was not going to be a pleasant one. The conversation started with me describing everything that had happened, and how I was furious that he allowed that kind of behavior go on. He simply informed me that there was nothing he could do about it.

Nothing you can do about it? Aren’t you the manager? Can’t you kick them out or ban them from the premises? If they don’t comply I believe that there is a local enforcement task that will be more than happy to come and save the day! I believe they are called the police. I’m sorry, but there are about a million things that you can do! The manager even admitted that the unruly dancing clan didn’t even have tickets to the movie! ARE YOU SERIOUS!!! You can’t control any of these factors? I am pretty sure that we can find someone in this economy who is more than willing to keep order, do their job, and earn a steady paycheck! I was beyond angry that he had not taken responsibility for the behavior that he allowed, but what was even more frustrating was that he did not even try to offer an apology or a solution. I am never the type to look for a free ride, but I felt that I was owed my money back! When I brought this up he danced around it, claiming that the whole situation was something that I should just expect when coming to a theater and still denying any form of responsibility for allowing disruptive behavior to occur. Um, hello! You allowed MTV’s The Grind to make a comeback in the middle of your theater, I’m out $18 bucks, and I didn’t even get even get Eric Nies as a consolation prize!

An open note to theater owners everywhere,

Hello Movie Theater Owner,

My name is Melissa, and I love movies! I do not, however, appreciate the unruly behavior that is being allowed in a majority of theaters around the country. Please try to keep your theater a pleasant place to visit. If this means a zero tolerance rule to keep the peace then so be it! If there is a disturbance, such as talking, cell phones, or people acting inappropriately, it is not a difficult thing to give a warning to the rude party and move someone from the concession stand, a manager, or even yourself , the owner, into the theater to maintain a pleasant viewing environment and to keep a watchful eye. The number of patrons who attend theaters is on a constant decline because of disruptive behavior and not justbecause of the rising prices. I would personally pay a higher price if I knew that I could enjoy a movie in a quite environment! If someone doesn’t respond to a simple request to be silent and respectful, then it is your job to remove them so that the rest of us can continue to enjoy the show. Once the message is out that your establishment does not allow disturbances, you will have fewer incidents and I guarantee you will gain more movie loving patrons! So, please do your job! Otherwise I am going to blame you when “the movie theater” comes to a bitter end.

A Sincere and Serious Request,

Melissa

And I beg you, fans of film, to have a zero tolerance yourself. Rise up, my movie loving army, for your cinematic enjoyment rights! Do not feel awkward or nervous in asking your neighbor to please be quiet so that you can enjoy the movie! You paid to be there! Your time and/or enjoyment is just as important as theirs! If this does not work, it is your duty to make a polite, yet firm complaint to an employee or manager so that the disturbance is stopped and the rude party is made aware that their behavior will not be tolerated. If the theater or manager still does not respond, then it’s time to write to the owners, or in most cases, the major theater corporation that takes ownership over the theater.

Now, on to the slight change in my article. You have heard my stories, and now I wanna hear yours! Got a crazy real life story from going to a movie theater? Have a question about how to act in a theater, or how to handle a situation? I want to hear from you! Send your stories and questions to melissa@wearemoviegeeks.com and your story or question just might be featured in my column!

So until next time remember, I’ll be watching you!

Melissa

Jennifer's Body

Review: ‘Jennifer’s Body’

Oh, Megan Fox… What’s it like to be every boy and young man’s muse for sexual inspiration? She lives up to that expectation in the new “scamedy” (my new word for scary movies that are comedic whether they mean to be or not) Jennifer’s Body.

Jennifer (Megan Fox) is the hottest girl in Devil’s Kettle, a small town out in the middle of nowhere. She can’t go anywhere or do anything without her best friend since the sandbox Needy (Amanda Seyfried), a quiet, nerdy girl who is in awe of her super salty (pretty) BFF. (Just an FYI, teen slang is ALL OVER this movie!) When Jennifer drags Needy to a local dive bar to see some new band that she found on Myspace, all hell breaks loose. The bar is burned down, turning their night from seedy entertainment pursuit to the fleeing of a fiery deathtrap. The girls get separated when Jennifer decides to get into the bands van and the girls are separated.(LADIES: Never get into a musicians/bands van or tour bus unless you are looking for trouble, or A LOT OF FUN!) When Jennifer finally returns from her excursion, her body seems to have been taken over by demonic powers and she is destined to walk the earth and feed off of souls and flesh for the rest of her days. The only thing is she is still in touch with her personality, she is just also pure evil.

When Needy figures out that her best friend has transformed from chewing up boys and spitting them out, to literally eating boys, she not only confronts her BFF, but now must find a way to stop her before she goes after anyone else, including Needy’s boyfriend Chip (Johnny Simmons).

I was actually surprised by this movie. Sure, it was no award winning thinker, but it served the purpose of entertainment. I think the biggest factor was the fact that they made fun of modern bands trying to make it, especially through social networking. Adam Brody plays the lead singer of a band called Low Shoulder, and he does a great job of playing a mediocre musician who takes himself way to seriously! The soundtrack was like a teenager with ADHD. It jumps from modern bands such as Cute is What We Aim For, Hayley Williams from Paramore, and Panic! at the Disco to older bands such as Screeching Weasel and Hole.

The movie is far from original though. It is almost the doppelganger sister of the movie Ginger Snaps from 2000. In that story, the hotter, cooler sister turns into a monster and feeds off of people, while the nerdy, plain sister tries to figure out a way to stop her from killing anyone else. Hmmm… sounds pretty darn familiar!

I was really surprised by the kissing scene between Seyfried and Fox. With all of the hype that they media gave it, I figured that it would just be a little peck that was blown out of proportion, like it often is. NOPE! This is a pretty sensual kiss that lasts longer than the jaw dropping initial reaction of everyone in the theater. That image will be late night entertainment for a good majority of viewers! It was that hot! Even I would have made out with Megan Fox in this movie!

Fox and Seyfried were a pretty good teenage pair. They played off of each other well, and delivered some pretty fun one liners despite being filled with teenage slang. Let me fill you in on some of the new lingo girl speak… (apparently it’s speak, not talk anymore)

Justice League Of America

In 1960, a group of stealthy super heroes joined together to form one of the baddest gangs on the planet. The justice league, or Justice League America contained the DC trinity of epic super heroes: there was of course the DC trinity of superheroes, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman. Plastic Man, Hawkman, Atom, Black Canary, Plastic Man and the Green Lantern were also some of the man super beings involved. We should also quickly thank this team for inspiring Stan Lee to write the Fantastic Four… the comic… not the movie including a really bad actress who shall remain nameless, but gave us the movie Honey!

Personally, if I lived in munchkin land and had the chance to run around pint size with these legendary heroes, I totally would. Justice League started in 1960, in The Brave and the Bold #28. Since then , it has taken they have made their appearance through the Super Friends animated series from 1973-1986, a live action Justice League America series that never made it to air, and Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, which were their latest projects. In the 1950’s, DC asked Gardner Fox to help them re-introduce some of their older characters to a newer audience. The title quickly went from Justice Society of America to Justice League America, and gained a significant amount of popularity. The original lineup included Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter, with Atom, Green Arrow and Hawkman to quickly join in. They had their super nifty hideout (as every super hero does) in Happy Harbor, Rhode Island, where their one lackey aka sidekick Snapper Carr use to hang out, often coming along on missions. Anyone else find it odd that super heroes often surround themself with one person who has no powers, and often gets them into even deeper trouble rather than helping out? Is this the same concept as the pretty, popular girl hanging out with the ugly duckling to make herself feel better?

Shortly after they realized that they were too cool for ground club houses, they acquired a satellite hang out. With 12 members that could never have overlapping powers, they were yet again a force to be reckoned with. They did soon let go of their strict 12 member, no duplicate power rule and let others into their elite club-o-powers. Despite new, evolving characters, they decided to go back to basics by the mid to late 90’s. The threats were bigger, but since they had the biggest and best super heroes on the planet back in the league, there was nothing that they couldn’t handle.

Long story shourt, as much as they tried to reinvent the JLA, they never quite got the same charisma as the original lineup. As of right now, other than the animated series and the 1997 made for television epic failure, there has not really been a decent live action portrayal of the super awesome gang. There is a Justice League: Mortal movie in development for 2011, but nothing has been revealed. There is a bit of speculation about the casting of this film, but from what I have read, it hasn’t been anything too exciting. (Adam Brody, Common, and a ton of amateurs that honestly do not look too impressive are rumored to portray the bunch). This is the epitome of super hero idol-ism, and if this isn’t done well, then it will be sure to break the hearts of comic book lovers everywhere. This movie could be AWAZING (awesome and amazing) if done well, and while new actors could be great for this movie, I am not impressed by a single person rumored to be in the upcoming cast. Bottom line, if you are going to attempt this movie, then make it with eyes open and go all out. This is one that cannot be half-assed and still sell tickets just because of the awesome subject matter. So, to the production company… In the words of my brother “If you’re gonna pull your pants down, f@#$! ” In other words, if you are going to do it, FREAKING GO ALL OUT AND DO IT!