James' Movie Blog

  Superheroes are usually meant for an older audience. But aiming for a much younger crowd, can be achieved, under the right circumstances. In fact, take a look at 2004's “The Incredibles”, a superhero feature that caters to both adults and kids at the same time. Naturally, many other studios wanted to cash in on this type of success, and thus, Sony tried their hardest to make a superhero feature called “Zoom” in the year 2006. The key word being tried. Because, what ultimately happened was that this movie failed miserably, both at the box office, and with the critics. Is this statement true? Why, yes, yes it is. “Zoom” is an absolute failure from start to finish. From awful acting, poor pacing, and worst of all, a bad script that is based on a book, “Zoom” doesn't work in any kind of sense. There is nothing redeemable that makes it good; this is easily one of the worst superhero films of all time. Whatever Sony was thinking to turn this into a franchise, “Zoom” just wasn't...

What happens when you take a toy meant for kids, and just splash a huge rainbow all over it? That, my friends, is “Trolls”, the latest animated film from DreamWorks. And the result is a visual masterpiece, but with a story that seems to get caught in confusion. This movie isn't terrible, by all means; there are a wide variety of issues that are present trust me. “Trolls” is a decent movie for kids, and that's pretty much all I can say about that. The story involves trolls, little creatures that are hunted by beings known as Bergen, evil creatures who want to eat trolls in order to become happy. Some trolls get captured, and it's up to two trolls to go and rescue them. Now, the trolls, named Poppy (Anna Kendrick) and Branch (Justin Timberlake), must learn to get along with each other, if they want to save their friends. “Tolls” is a relatively harmless movie that is targeted for kids to enjoy. The animation plays a huge role in this. Mostly because everyth...