Top 10 Favorite Superhero Movies

Cody’s Top 10 Superhero Movies.

American Hustle

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Directed By: David O. Russell

Written by: Eric Warren Singer & David O. Russell

Starring:
Christian Bale
Bradley Cooper
Amy Adams
Jennifer Lawrence
Louis C.K
Michael Pena

Did you ever have to find a way to survive and you knew your choices were bad, *but* you had to survive ?– Irving Rosenfeld

American Hustle is David O. Russell’s fantastic follow-up to his 2012 film Silver Linings Playbook.

This film is about a con man Irving Rosenfeld (Bale) and his partner in crime Sydney Prosser (Adams) who are forced to work with FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Cooper) who uses them to try and take down corrupt politicians.

This movie is filled with rich characters, amazing performances and a great story. This film is marvellously directed by David O. Russell. It’s so packed with fun and enjoyable moments, that I would recommend it to anyone.

A moment that shows the character of Irving Rosenfeld extremely well is the opening scene in which he puts together an over-elaborate comb over of his, I thought this was a great showcase of his character.

Jennifer Lawrence’s character of Irving’s wife Rosalyn Rosenfeld, has a few brilliant moments in this movie, most of which involve her arguing with Irving.

American Hustle has to be my favourite film of 2013 and it fully deserves all of the critical acclaim it is receiving and I am really looking forward to David O. Russell’s next film as he is fast becoming one of my favourite directors.

10/10 – Cody
10/10 – Michael
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#1 on Cody’s list of favourite movies of 2013
#3 on Michael’s list of favourite movies of 2013

The Dark Knight Rises

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Directed By: Christopher Nolan
 
Written by:
Christopher Nolan
Jonathan Nolan
 
Story By:
Christopher Nolan
David S. Goyer
 
Starring:
Christian Bale
Tom Hardy
Gary Oldman
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Anne Hathaway
Marion Cotillard
Morgan Freeman
Michael Caine

I am vengeance!… I am the night!… I am Batman! – Batman (From: Batman: The Animated Series)

It’s humiliating to admit Batman has his limits. That none of my abilities makes any difference if the mark doesn’t believe – Batman (From:The Hill)

I am Bane — and I could kill you… but death would only end your agony — and silence your shame. Instead, I will simply… BREAK YOU!’ – Bane (From: Knightfall)

Christopher Nolan does a decent job of bringing his Dark Knight trilogy to a close 

Batman being my favorite hero/superhero since I was very young and watching Batman Begins and The Dark Knight in Cinemas when they came out and even going as far as to go to the Batman Begins/The Dark Knight Double Feature in cinema on the Eve of The Dark Knight Rises opening night.

On opening night in the cinema, there was me, front of the line ( I had showed up really early to make sure I was at the front) with my ticket in hand (which I was compelled to buy well in advance) wearing my batman t-shirt so excited to see this film.

I can tell you now after sitting through the 160 minute runtime I was surprisingly underwhelmed.

There are things in this movie that hindered my enjoyment such as plot holes, (which I will not get into as there are spoilers) and Tom Hardy’s Bane voice.

Bane I found to be an interesting villain but I thought the Bane Voice was off-putting, and kinda sounds like hes constipated the whole time (some people found his voice hard to understand, I myself did not have the same problem).
Tom Hardy’s screen presence as Bane is very good however and he manages to do a lot of acting with just his eyes.

Christian Bale does a solid job of playing an older Bruce Wayne a man who now feels that there is nothing else out in the the world for him now that he has hung up his Cape and Cowl.

Catwoman is an interesting character who is played really well by Anne Hathaway although i prefer Michelle Pfeiffer turn as Catwoman in Tim Burton‘s 1992 film Batman Returns. I think Anne Hathaway is better as Selina Kyle rather than here alter ego.Her backstory isn’t gone into in much detail but I feel she is meant to be a little mysterious. But really she’s not even Catwoman, shes either “The Cat” or the “Cat-burglar” which I mean come on Chris are you ashamed of the character i really don’t understand why she can’t be Catwoman. But i digress.

Although Bane isn’t as great a villain as The Joker, Heath Ledger played that role perfectly and he was a near impossible act to follow, Tom Hardy was up to the challenge.

All in all I do think The Dark Knight Rises is alright, but I like it less and less with every viewing. I think we all expected a bit too much from this movie, things that it couldn’t possibly deliver, but that doesn’t make me any less disappointed.

 6/10 – Cody
10/10 – Michael
 6/10 – Matthew
 7/10 – Jason
 9/10 – John
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