Day: December 31, 2015

20 Movies I Missed from 2015

Today I am going to look at the 20 most successful film is the box office that I failed to see in 2015. These are not in the order I would have wanted to see them and I am sure I will catch up with these in 2016 unless I say I will miss them and number 20 is the film that made the most money from the Box Office Mojo website. This post is to explain why these films didn’t make any of my awards too.

20) Cinderella

This is one that I will be catching up on in 2016.

19) Spectre

I didn’t watch this one because I want to go back and see all the Bond films from Dr No till this one but as I haven’t seen any new Bond movies since Die Another Day I will need to see how the Daniel Craig Bond comes about before seeing the last one.

18) Pitch Perfect 2

This is one I liked the original but now I want to see the sequel which somehow I just missed.

17) Hotel Transylvania 2

This isn’t something I really want to see but once it makes television I will get around to it.

16) Fifty Shades of Grey

This might be missed, but you never know.

15) The SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water

I have No plans to see this one SpongeBob doesn’t appeal to me at all.

14) Straight Outta Compton

I will be catching up with this one but I am not the biggest fan of the style of music being used.

13) The Peanuts Movie

Snoopy and Charlie Brown are not the biggest animation to me but I will watch once it comes to television.

12) Trainwreck

I personally don’t find Amy Schumer funny in one bit this will most likely be one I will never watch.

11) Creed

This is one I have missed because I am not up to date with the Rocky films and I am getting through them all first.

10) Get Hard

As you can tell by now comedy isn’t my favourite genre and this hasn’t appealed to me but I will see in the end.

9) Goosebumps

I don’t know how I missed this one, I loved them as a kid and wanted to see this one.

8) Paddington

I will be watching once it makes television but am not desperate to watch.

7) The Intern

A comedy I would have actually liked to have seen because I do think this could have been one of the better ones.

6) Paul Blart Mall Cop 2

Yes this did make $70 million, I don’t know how but I will watch, mostly likely drunk.

5) Bridge of Spies

This is one I should have watch simple as that.

4) War Room

This is one I never really ever learnt much about but will watch it to learn about it.

3) Magic Mike XXL

You know I won’t be seeing this one.

2) The Wedding Ringer

I will catch up with this one but I am not looking too much to it.

1)     Black Mass

 

A style of film I am not looking forward to seeing but will get to around to seeing.

Director: Jay Weisman

Writer: Jay Weisman (Screenplay)

Starring: Mei Melancon, Bill Sage, Sonequa Martin-Green, Rich Ceraulo, Alexander Cendese

 

Plot: It is the last, great war. Out of the wreckage of a troop transport, five soldiers on the way to battle find themselves stranded on the dark side of the moon. Cut off and behind enemy lines, they start a dangerous journey through snipers and minefields back to their home territory. As their numbers dwindle and nerves fray, they make an amazing discovery about the moon that just might save their lives.

 

There may be spoilers the rest of the review

 

Verdict: Tries to Hard

 

Story: Shockwave Darkside starts when five soldiers in the middle of a war for water in space The Machine (Melancon), Dalton (Sage), Private Lang (Martin-Green), Corporal Kim (Ceraulo) and Private Schorr (Cendese) who get shot down behind enemy lines where they must use their experience to beat the enemy.

As the survivors travel across the surface they find themselves having to come up against the enemies who are tracking them down and with a rookie on their team it looks like the four others will have to deal with the reality of war for the simplest of resources water.

Shockwave Darkside ends up being a film that just has too much moral questions going on with an overall plain and unfinished storyline. We get the traditional war idea fighting over limited resources which works but just going against an enemy we never really meet doesn’t help. We have way too much shot from inside the helmet which doesn’t give us much because it all feels really old style. The costumes for the soldiers is painfully low budget and almost comical.

 

Actor Review

 

Mei Melancon: The Machine is the strict leader of the unit, she won’t let anyone fall out of line to make sure she and her team make it back alive. She knows how dangerous the enemy is too. Mei does well but in the end almost gets made look very average.

Bill Sage: Dalton is the second in command who has been involved in this war since before it started, the most experienced in battle against the enemy that takes no prisoners. Bill doesn’t do too much in this determined solider role.

Sonequa Martin-Green: Private Lang is one of Machine’s trusted soldiers even with her limited experience she tries to help the rookies but with little effect. Sonequa doesn’t get into this role enough.

Rich Ceraulo: Corporal Kim is the religious member of the team believing in what he does to get through the war. Rich is average like the rest in this role.

Support Cast: Shockwave Darkside has only a few small part set of supporting cast that don’t do much.

Director Review: Jay Weisman – Jay doesn’t seem to give us a full story only the opening to something big.

 

Action: Shockwave Darkside has average action with most things happen off camera.

Sci-Fi: Shockwave Darkside puts our characters in space which is all that is needed.

Settings: Shockwave Darkside uses the settings really well to show how isolated the characters are.
Special Effects: Shockwave Darkside doesn’t have the best special effects.

Suggestion: Shockwave Darkside is one to wait for the next chapter to watch in one go. (Save)

 

Best Part: It is a good builder.

Worst Part: Not enough to build.

 

Believability: No

Chances of Tears: No

Chances of Sequel: Yes

Post Credits Scene: No

 

Oscar Chances: No

Runtime: 1 Hour 27 Minutes

 

Overall: Good builder but lacks enough to pull us in

Rating