{"id":19115,"date":"2019-06-21T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T00:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19115"},"modified":"2019-06-11T20:28:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T20:28:12","slug":"spring-movie-mystery-case-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/21\/spring-movie-mystery-case-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Movie Mystery Case Files"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So with spring nearly over and summer almost here, I thought I\u2019d go over the movies I saw in theaters this past spring.\u00a0 I\u2019ll try to keep the spoilers to a minimum, but one or two may seep out here and there, so you\u2019ve been warned!<\/p>\n

Captain Marvel<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had never heard of Captain Marvel until I played Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite.\u00a0 But then, most of my information on comic book characters comes from the Marvel vs. Capcom and LEGO games, or the movies.\u00a0 I know a lot of people will compare this movie to another girl power super hero movie: Wonder Woman.\u00a0 Well I am, too, fair or not.\u00a0 I\u2019d have to say I like the Wonder Woman movie better for a couple of reasons.\u00a0 The first is the setting.\u00a0 Wonder Woman was set during WW1, which was pretty interesting.\u00a0 Captain Marvel was set during the 90\u2019s, so the soundtrack was littered with 90\u2019s songs and references.\u00a0 I\u2019m not a big fan of 90\u2019s music myself, so that was a bit lost on me.\u00a0 I prefer 80\u2019s music, which is probably why I liked the Bumblebee movie so much because it was set in the 80\u2019s and had a rockin\u2019 80\u2019s soundtrack.\u00a0 Another reason why I liked Wonder Woman better was the buildup.\u00a0 At the end of Captain Marvel, she was so powerful that she could blow up spaceships just by looking at them.\u00a0 In one of the later scenes in Wonder Woman, she picked up a tank over her head, which seemed more impactful for me for some reason.\u00a0 Captain Marvel just got too ridiculous.\u00a0 But don\u2019t get me wrong, Captain Marvel was still a fun and entertaining super hero movie.\u00a0 One last thing I wanted to say was that I know it\u2019s not much of an issue now, but with all these girl power super hero movies, I hope that people don\u2019t forget that boys need good super hero role models, too. \u00a0But what other female super hero movies would you like to see?\u00a0 I think a She-Hulk movie would be fun.<\/p>\n

Rifftrax: Octaman<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a HUGE fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000.\u00a0 Probably my all time favorite TV show.\u00a0 Some of the folks who did that show now do Rifftrax, which is pretty much the same thing without the robot puppets.\u00a0 They just make fun of old, bad movies and sometimes put them in theaters via Fathom Events.\u00a0 This one was a rubber suit monster film about a humanoid octopus attacking campers from the 70\u2019s.\u00a0 It also had a McGruff the Crime Dog short from the 80\u2019s, which was just as funny.\u00a0 I hope to see the other Rifftrax movies this summer if my work schedule and wallet allow it.<\/p>\n

Avengers: Endgame<\/strong><\/p>\n

So even though I don\u2019t get into super hero movies much, I just had to see this one after the last Avengers\u2019 cliffhanger of an ending.\u00a0 I figured they\u2019d have to Dragon Ball Z it up so they could Kefka their way out of things, and they did with a stereotypical movie trope.\u00a0 And they got that trope from Ant Man and the Wasp, the most \u2018pull the plot out of your butt\u2019 movie ever.\u00a0 But it is a movie based on comic book characters so that\u2019s OK.\u00a0 Like the other movies, I also wish the heroes would wear name tags so I knew who they were.\u00a0 And sometimes the action went a little TOO fast.\u00a0 Like I was always, \u201cgo back a minute, I need to see how he did that!\u201d<\/p>\n

But that doesn\u2019t mean I didn\u2019t like the movie.\u00a0 It was great, I just wanted to get my complaints out of the way first.\u00a0 I was worried that I\u2019d get bored with a three hour long movie, but the pacing was good and there was always something going on, so it didn\u2019t feel like three hours at all!\u00a0 If Thanos was a true villain, he would have shown images of running water while saying, \u201cHah hah hah!\u00a0 I\u2019ll make 50 percent of the audience have to go pee during this movie!\u201d\u00a0 And just so you know, there were no end credit scenes!\u00a0 This was the last of the Marvel movies, then?\u00a0 What are they doing to do now?<\/p>\n

Detective Pikachu<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know I\u2019ve said this before, but when Pok\u00e9mon first came out, I was writing for The Dallas Morning News.\u00a0 After seeing how Nintendo was going to market the first game at the first E3 I went to, I requested to my editor that I cover everything Pok\u00e9mon.\u00a0 And after that, I was writing Pok\u00e9mon articles left and right.\u00a0 I like to say that Pok\u00e9mon helped pay my way through college.\u00a0 So this live action movie is a big deal.\u00a0 I\u2019d have to say it was one of the best video game movies I\u2019ve ever seen since Wreck-It Ralph, and one of my favorites on this list.\u00a0 It\u2019s based on the Detective Pikachu game, so if you\u2019ve already played it, you\u2019ll know the plot and who the bad guy is.\u00a0 But they added and took out some scenes and locations to make it more watchable as a movie, and the main character is totally different.\u00a0 But that\u2019s OK.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t played the Detective Pikachu game yet, I recommend you do so if you like Pok\u00e9mon.\u00a0 It\u2019s like a Phoenix Wright game for kids.\u00a0 And definitely see the movie, too, if you are a fan of Pok\u00e9mon.\u00a0 My only complaint is that the realistic Pok\u00e9mon looked a little fakey in live action, especially considering Jurassic Park made CG dinos look real in movies over ten years ago.\u00a0 But it didn\u2019t ruin the movie for me.\u00a0 I think my favorite part was the Ditto fight scene.\u00a0 Overall it\u2019s just a great movie the whole family can enjoy.<\/p>\n

Godzilla: King of the Monsters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like most kids, when I was little I would watch cartoons on Saturday mornings.\u00a0 When the cartoons were over and Soul Train came on, one of the local stations would play Ultraman shows or a Godzilla movie in the late morning\/early afternoon time, so if I didn\u2019t have anything to do or didn\u2019t go play outside, I\u2019d watch it.\u00a0 (For Dallas readers, it was channel 27 if you were wondering).\u00a0 So I\u2019ve always been a fan of Godzilla and this new one is basically \u201cCary\u2019s Childhood: The Movie.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s a sequel to the 2014 Godzilla movie, and is actually pretty good.\u00a0 Godzilla gets to fight and share screen time with other famous monsters like Mothra, Rodan, and more.\u00a0 I loved how their names were even in the credits, played by themselves!\u00a0 Was disappointed that Mothra wasn’t summoned by two tiny Asian girls who live in a box, but I guess the movie makers thought that would be too ridiculous, as if 50 story monsters weren’t.\u00a0 It\u2019s a great way to kick off the summer movie season, though.<\/p>\n

One of my relatives who saw the movie with me said that one of the actresses from Stranger Things was in it.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never seen Stranger Things, though.\u00a0 But I do know that another lady who was in this movie and the 2014 Godzilla was also the mom in the live action Paddington Bear movies, and I think she\u2019s pretty.\u00a0 But don\u2019t tell anyone I said that!\u00a0 I just think that\u2019s a funny movie resume she has.\u00a0 Unfortunately she wasn\u2019t in this new movie very long, so I expect in the next Godzilla movie, Paddington Bear will seek revenge and give Godzilla one of his \u2018hard stares\u2019 he gives people who aren\u2019t being polite and behaving themselves.\u00a0 And then Paddington and Godzilla will share a marmalade sandwich.\u00a0 Boy am I silly!<\/p>\n

Spring Movies I Missed<\/strong><\/p>\n

And those are all the movies I saw in theaters this Spring.\u00a0 On Netflix the only notable one I remember seeing was Christopher Robin, a live action Winnie the Pooh movie that was actually pretty good, but not good enough to go see in a theater.\u00a0 Other Spring movies that I\u2019ll wait until they\u2019re on Netflix include Shazam.\u00a0 The previews just didn\u2019t sell me on it, and it just looked too childish and juvenile.\u00a0 Which I know is hypocritic since most of the movies on my list here are childish.\u00a0 But I dunno, it\u2019s hard to describe with this one.\u00a0 Just didn\u2019t click with me.<\/p>\n

Also, I\u2019m a big fan of Laika stop motion movies, but I\u2019ll wait on Missing Link.\u00a0 It tells the story of a man and a Yeti on a trip, but looked more like something Dreamworks would do, and didn\u2019t have any interesting storytelling hooks or visual uniqueness like Boxtrolls or Kubo did.\u00a0 Disney did a Penguins documentary this spring that looked interesting, too, but that can wait as well.<\/p>\n

Summer Movies<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s not a whole lot of movies this summer that I want to see in a theater.\u00a0 Maybe Secret Life of Pets 2 and Toy Story 4, but that\u2019s it.\u00a0 So I may not write a summer movie blog later on.\u00a0 Depends on if I can watch those other two Rifftrax movies as well and have lots to say about them.\u00a0 I\u2019m kind of tired of X-Men and Spiderman, so I\u2019ll probably skip out on those new ones.\u00a0 I liked the other Men in Black movies, but the new one looks like I can wait until Netflix.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want to go see the live action Dora the Explorer movie but I am curious if Swiper the Fox is in it.\u00a0 Other animated movies I\u2019ll skip out on include Angry Birds 2 and a Playmobil movie (are they trying to copy the LEGO Movie?).\u00a0 There was going to be a Shaun the Sheep sequel movie that I would go see since I\u2019m a big fan of Aardman and clay animation, but I think it got delayed until fall or winter.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s it.\u00a0 What movies did you see this Spring, and which ones would you like to see this Summer?\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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