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21 Jump Street (2012)
A Fantastic 80's Remake.
I didn't see the original 21 Jump Street, but they decided to turn this remake into a comedy not a drama like the original series. And what a great comedy it is with laugh out loud moments throughout the whole film. A lot of the jokes weren't What makes this movie great is that it is makes fun of how ridiculous this kind of a movie already is. The Action also works well, and doesn't take away from the comedic moments in this movie. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum have a good chemistry between them even though it was hard to believe how the two came together. The writer Micheal Bacall who wrote Inglourius Basterds and Scott Pilgrims also Brings A Cartoonish Styles to some parts in the movie ex specially during the stages of the drug in the movie. Other character were also really funny in this film Rob Riggle, Ellie Kemper (Erin from the Office), Nick Offerman, Dave Franco, and Ice Cube who plays the boss of the operation who embraces the stereotype of an angry black guy which is hilarious. I highly suggest you see this comedy in theaters you will laugh your ass off. I promise.
Chronicle (2012)
Found Footage Super Heroes
Chronicle is a movie that I had mixed feelings going into. The trailer showed it had a very interesting premise, but it could have been great or awful luckily it was the first. The movie is about these three friends who find a mysterious sort of rock that gives them super human powers, and it details what happen as their powers get stronger. The film is a found footage film, which first appear on the big screen with the indie hit the Blair Witch Project and other films like the Paranormal Activity franchise and Clover Field. Chronicle is a lot more like Clover Field with how they handle the camera, The camera is addressed right at the beginning of the film. The main character Andrew brings his camera around to document everything that he goes thru, and he gets picked on because of it. They also use the camera in interesting ways, like they use their powers to levitate the camera everywhere they go. I thought that this movie had a great and funny script. They would banter with each other and there was times that I laughed out loud and I don't do that very often. They also made this a very heartfelt story in the short run time of 83 minutes. The camera style really helped out the movie by making it feel so real and that it seems like it could really happen. the last act of this film was frantic and will leave you breathless. I had some minor quips with this film like the shaky cam that comes with the found footage genre, and the flying effect was not the greatest. I was surprised how much I liked Chronicle, you should definitely go see this movie in the theaters. It is a great superhero origin story, and is a lot better than most movies that come out this time of year.