Zack Snyder's Justice League Review

 

Zack Snyder's Justice League (or as it's often referred to as "The Snyder Cut") is a director's cut of the 2017 film Justice League. The movie is based on the DC Comics' superhero team the Justice League. The film is produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films, Atlas Entertainment, and The Stone Quarry and distributed by HBO Max. Zack Snyder's Justice League is written by Zack Snyder, Chris Terrio, and Will Beall and directed by Zack Snyder.

The story is Superman is dead and Batman doesn't want his noble sacrifice to be in vain. So he teams up with Wonder Woman to find other powerful metahumans. As soon as this team is formed an approaching threat is heading towards Earth and to make things worse the team is struggling with their own personal demons. Will they solve their problems and come together or will Earth be too late to save and be ruled by the forces of Apokolips?

Initial Reaction

Now if any of you have read my My #ReleaseTheSnyderCut Story and all of my other Snyder Cut post then you would know how long I've been waiting to see this movie, and how I'm ashamed I gave the 2017 theatrical cut a good review. But let's not get into that, the point is after the announcement was made I was pumped. I couldn't wait to see trailers, posters, sneak peeks, and etc. This movie made the list to My Most Anticipated Movies of 2021 along with Cherry even though I told all of you I'm not a big fan of streaming. But whether this movie was going to be on a streaming service or in theaters didn't really matter because we were finally gonna see what Zack Snyder was originally going to give us.

Cons

I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.

Middle Ground

The only mix bag with the film was the CGI. There were quite a few times when it's noticable. Other times it's gorgeous, especially that scene with Flash during the final battle. That scene almost looked like a painting.

Pros

One of the many praises I've got to give the film credit for is the score. The music from Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) is one of the many improvements when compared to the theatrical cut. My favorite is We Do This Together. Just couldn't get enough of that rock riff, it was badass. What I also want to praise Zack Snyder's Justice League is the action. Not only was exciting but man was it brutal. Other than those f-bombs I can see where why that r-rating was needed. Another thing to give credit where credit is due is the pacing. Despite this being a 4 hour long film everything goes by smoothly. There were times when I had to pause and let my dogs outside, and when I came back and pressed play that pacing still remained that smoothness. What also deserves praise is Zack Snyder's directing. Sure this probably goes without saying but Snyder directed an absolutely beautiful film. I was already saying this should've been the film we should've gotten back in 2017 but after watching the film, this really really REALLY should've been the movie we should've gotten back in 2017. Because unlike that film this is clearly one director's style, tone, and vision. Another aspect that made Zack Snyder's Justice League such a great movie is that ending. I won't give it away cause it's a spoiler but, we gotta have a sequel. Because with an ending like that you just can't leave us hanging. The last thing I'll praise the Snyder Cut for and this is the movie's biggest strength, is it's character development. Again, this was something missing from the theatrical cut. Each and every one of our characters are fleshed out. Whether they're hero or villain we get to know them. What's going on with their lives, what are they feeling, and why they do the things they do.

Zack Snyder's Justice League definitely became one of my many favorite comic book movies. It has a fantastic score, brutal action, great pacing, Snyder's directing was amazing, that cliffhanger ending leaves you wanting more, and the character development is spectacular and the greatest highlight of the movie. Sometimes the CGI isn't always on point but when it is it's great.

My final rating is Great.

So yes, I definitely recommend you check out Zack Snyder's Justice League. Anyhow, that's going to do it for me. Come back on Monday, Mar 22nd for a brand new edition of my segment Is It True?. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.

The Top 10 Worst Moments from Justice League

 

With Zack Snyder's Justice League arriving in only 2 days I figured I'd count down the worst moments from the theatrical cut of Justice League or as the fans have been calling it "Josstice League", a movie which I gave a positive rating to but has since renounce that and still to this day regret doing that. But that's enough about me and my troubles, let's count 'em down. Here are the top ten WORST moments from the theatrical cut.

#10) Did They Return To Their Planet?

This is one of those blink and you'll miss it moments which is why this one is very low on this countdown. But once you see it it's really stupid. Basically during the opening scene we see a Metropolis newspaper with the headline of "Did They Return To Their Planet?". With pictures of David Bowie, Prince......and......Superman? What?

Yeah, for whatever reason there's a picture of Superman in that paper, and underneath that headline you can see it reads "Mysterious Wave of Disappearing Heroes". That doesn't make any sense for one simply reason.....IN BATMAN V SUPERMAN THE ENTIRE CITY OF METROPOLIS KNEW SUPERMAN DIED FIGHTING DOOMSDAY AND EVEN HELD A FUNERAL FOR HIM! Did everyone in Metropolis just forget? What the hell? And remember this version of "Zack Snyder's" movie came out in 2017 and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice came out in 2016. That was one year ago. And let me tell you I know for a fact everybody still remembered that happened whether they were the ones working on Josstice League or not. The filmmakers during these reshoots had no excuse for letting that slide, or maybe Joss Whedon thought he was doing a clever joke on clickbait or whatever the version of clickbait is for newspapers. I don't know. Whatever the reason it's a bad moment even if it just a small one in the grand scheme of things.

#9) Hope is Like Your Car Keys?

This is the very first scene we get from the movie and it doesn't make a good first impression.

For one, what is going with Superman? We of course have the infamous CGI mouth but something that was bothering me was his suit. It has these light blue patches on where all the muscles would be. It almost makes it seem like his wearing some sort of armor. Then we have the dialogue oh boy this dialogue. This is something Superman actually says about hope.

"A man I knew used to say that hope is like your car keys. Easy to lose, but if you dig around, it's usually close by."

Okay, now maybe this could've worked but here's the problem. This is clearly Joss Whedon's attempt at making Henry Cavill's Superman come off more like Christopher Reeve's Superman. Which doesn't work because Cavill's version of Superman wasn't suppose to be like that. This is suppose to be a different character compared to Reeve's.

#8) Whedon Ripped Off Whedon

This is probably one that's going to get me in trouble but whatever. Now I didn't find the scene where Flash rescues Wonder Woman only to fall onto her breast offensive like everybody else did. I thought it was a stupid juvenile joke that could easily be brushed off.

What was awful about this scene and a bit a dialogue I'll get into later, is it's Joss Whedon was ripping himself off. He did this same joke back in 2015 when Avengers: Age of Ultron came out. Then we have the ongoing brunch joke in Justice League which was a rip off of the shawarma joke in The Avengers back in 2012. And then we have the constant talking during the final battle in Justice League which yet again can be compared to some of the talking in The Avengers.

Sure a lot of directors take stuff they did in their previous movies and use them again in another one of their films. But the thing is sometimes it's for the better. This was not one of those times. Which makes me wonder, was Joss Whedon doing this because he thinks he's so great or was he just being incredibly lazy during these reshoots?

#7) Diana's an Inspiration

This is from a bit of dialogue that doesn't make any sense. Basically during a scene where the team is debating bringing Superman back to life, Bruce and Diana start arguing and at one point Batman says this to her,

"You're an inspiration, Diana. You don't just save people; you make them see their better selves."

If any of you watched the trailers to this version of the movie than you would know that line or at least something similar to it was meant for Superman. And like I said before that line doesn't make any sense when referring to Wonder Woman. Because back in 2017 we were still under the impression that she left the world of man a 100 years ago. So how can she be an inspiration when she was gone for that long? And also in this movie was she doing her best to stay out of the public eye. So how is she making people see "their better selves" when she's avoiding everybody up until the end of the film?

#6) Pretty Pretty Flowers

This moment left me and even audience members confused.

What happened was after the League defeated Steppenwolf and stop those weird vine things from destroying the Earth, the League celebrates their victory by looking over a small village in Russia (because that's where the final fight took place) and they see.....flowers starting to bloom. WHAT?!

Yeah for whatever reason after the bad guy is defeated flowers just start blooming in places where those vine things were and places where those vines weren't even there. I to this day have no idea why this happened in the movie. Seriously, how does beating the bad guy and destroying his weapon make flowers start to appear? Can anybody figure this out?

#5) Is This a Movie or a Video Game?

Now some of you could argue that if I'm going to talk about bad CGI it should be the CGI mouth on Henry Cavill but, I'm sorry folks. This shot that's below #5 to me is the absolute worst!

I mean just look at it. I know internet critics and professional critics like to joke about some bad CGI looking like a video game but that shot literally looks like it's from a video game! All that's missing is the health bars oh wait a minute....

Art by rocketman28

There we go!

#4) You Smell Good & Itchy

Now I was originally going to pick one of those lines but after thinking it through they're both equally awful.

Let's start off with the first one. After Superman is done fighting the Justice League, both him and Lois go back to the Kent farm and what's the first thing Lois says to the now resurrected Clark? "You smell good". There's a lot wrong with this line so let's break it down,

1) If you looking closely at Amy Adam's lips you can see she's clearly didn't say "You smell good". This is ADR at it's worst!

2) Really? Lois hasn't been able to talk nor touch Clark in who knows how long and this is the first thing she says to her boyfriend who let me remind you just came back from being dead.

3) How can Superman possibly smell good? He's been six feet under for months. So how is this possible? Was the graveyard's groundskeeper just spraying Febreze on his corpse?

Then we have our other line. This one came when Lois ask Clark how it felt being brought back to life, and his response was "Itchy". Again.....really?!

That was the best dialogue Whedon could come up with? Not it was weird for him to be able to open his eyes again, he was scared because the last thing he remembers was being stabbed by Doomsday, or despite knowing he was alive it all felt like a dream to him. Nope, apparently when you're brought back from the dead you just get a small itchy feelin' nothing else.

#3) Flash is a Dumbass!

Now the character of The Flash whether he's Barry Allen or Wally West has been the comedic relief for the Justice League. But here's the thing, both Barry & Wally are still considered one the smartest members of the League. BUT APPARENTLY SOMEBODY FORGOT TO TELL JOSS WHEDON THAT!

Throughout the whole movie there's a running gag that Barry doesn't know what direction to go. Which doesn't make any sense. Because if Barry is smart enough to make his own Flash suit from scrap laying around in garbage how is he not smart enough to know North, South, East, and West? And considering he's going to be a superhero who's main power is that he's a speedster don't you think knowing your directions should be the first thing to learn?

Now from what I've gather Ezra Miller's version of Barry is he was going to be the comedic relief similar to how The Flash was in both Justice League & Justice League Unlimited but Whedon thought "Nah, let's turn him into a complete idiot."

#2) Superman Returns and....Nobody Seems to Care

This is a moment I've only recently thought about after rewatching the movie. What? It's been couple of years since I saw it. Had to refresh my memory for this but, I digress.

Now Superman's return was meant to be this big moment in the movie right? Well apparently it wasn't after all. Because despite Superman the strongest hero in the entire world being alive again nobody seems to care nor question it. Despite the League and Lois we see nobody else even scratch their heads that he's returned. And just to make the moment when worse if you go back on watch the Superman vs. League scene we can plainly see that there were cops at that fight. And considering all of the noise that was going on surely somebody anybody had to have opened their window and saw the guy who was once dead fighting a bunch of other superpowered beings.

But nope. Apparently everybody in Metropolis isn't questioning this, and Clark goes back to working at the Daily Planet who I can only assume aren't going to question him despite the fact that they wrote in their paper that he died in the Doomsday fight. Maybe it's just another typical Tuesday for them?

AND THE NUMBER ONE WORST MOMENT IN THE JUSTICE LEAGUE THEATRICAL CUT IS.........

#1) BATCRINGE!

Now Superman's characterization in this version of the movie was bad. But holy mother of god Batman's was even worse!

I mean it folks this Batman was a far cry from the ultimate badass that we were introduced to in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. I mean these are some of the lines that poor Ben Affleck had to say,

[After Superman flies away after beating the JL]

Yeah....something's definitely bleeding.

Superman: Well, I know you didn't bring me back cause you like me

Batman: I don't....*not*

[Sees Steppenwolf up close after he leaps onto the Nightcrawler]

Jesus.....he *is* tall.

I mean it when I say me and a whole lot of other people were very disappointed by how Batman was in this movie. I mean after Batman & Robin way back in 1997 wasn't Warner Bros. on a mission to never ever have Batman act like his Adam West counterpart ever again? I just don't understand why they would want their meal ticket and most popular DC superhero to act like this?

Well folks, despite this we can thankfully put it all behind us. Because on March 18th none of these moments are gonna be remembered or talked about ever again when we can FINALLY see Zack Snyder's real vision of this movie with Zack Snyder's Justice League. You know....that is still an amazing thing for me to write, tweet, and talk about. On March 18th we're finally gonna see the Snyder cut....what a journey it's been. 

Anyhow, that's going to do it for me. Come back on Friday, Mar 19th for my review of Zack Snyder's Justice League. GOD I CAN'T BELIEVE I FINALLY GET TO TYPE THAT! Until then, enjoy the rest of your day!

Cherry Review

Cherry is a crime drama movie. It's based on Nico Walker's novel of the same name. The film is produced by AGBO and Hideaway Entertainment and distributed by Apple TV+. Cherry is written by Angela Russo-Otstot and Jessica Goldberg and directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo.

The story is a young man from Ohio named Cherry has found the love of his life and everything seems great however, things soon start to change. Cherry enlist into the army and comes back but he isn't the same man he once was. He becomes desperate to feed his opioids addiction and starts to become a serial robber. If he doesn't fix things soon Cherry could lose everything.

Initial Reaction

Now if any of you read My Most Anticipated Movies of 2021 then you can understand why I was looking forward to this movie. But for any of you who don't want to read it let me reiterate, the reason being is I think the Russo Brothers are making some pretty good movies post-MCU and I'm interested in seeing Tom Holland do something else other than Spider-Man.

Cons

My only complaint with the movie is Cherry's narration. There's quite a lot of times when it felt unnecessary. Like he tell us this we can plainly see or he'll provide characterization when we should've gotten by showing it earlier as suppose to him telling us later on in the story.

Middle Ground

One grey area with Cherry is the Russo's brothers directing. Now I can fully support directors wanting to change things up from their usual thing but here it felt odd at times. Like there's this one scene where Cherry meets Emily (his love interest) but when we pan over to her she's in focus but the background around her is blurry. I have no idea what that was about. Now the movie's first act is really slow. I understand what the writers were doing, they were trying to build up Cherry and Emily's relationship. But like I said it's really slow, but once we move past the first act things really start to pick up.

Pros

Now for the positives and one of those is Tom Holland's performance. Much like The Devil All the Time we really get to see Holland's acting range and once again he's incredible. Another thing I'll praise is Tom Holland and Ciara Bravo's chemistry. Whatever emotions they're suppose to be acting out together they made it work. And they kept that momentum going throughout the whole movie and never once missing a beat. The last thing I'll give Cherry credit for is how tragic the story. We see this guy and the woman he loves truly hit rock bottom and yet things still seem to get worse for them and yet, we get a very hopeful ending. And I like when movies do that, I like that even though we see our characters go through Hell we can still see at the end there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

Cherry is very much a flawed movie and despite that I don't think it deserves the amount of harsh criticism it's getting. Holland's acting is great, he's chemistry with Bravo was also a good highlight for the film, and even though we have a tragic story there's still hope. The mix bags are that slow first act but that can be forgiven when things pick up and once the Russo Brothers stop doing really odd things with their directing it does start to be pretty good. The only thing I didn't like was the narration.

My final rating is Okay.

Alright everyone that's going to do it for me. Come back on Monday, March 15th where I'll countdown the WORST moments from the theatrical cut of Justice League, or Josstice League as it's properly called. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.

Road to Mortal Kombat (2021) - Mortal Kombat: Annihilation Review

 

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a 1997 martial arts fantasy movie based on the video game series Mortal Kombat as well as the sequel to the 1995 movie, Mortal Kombat and the second movie in the film series. The movie was produced by New Line Cinema and Threshold Entertainment and distributed by New Line Cinema. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation was written by Bryce Zabel and Brent V. Friedman and directed by John R. Leonetti.

The story is the evil Outworld emperor Shao Kang has opened a portal that will absorb Earthrealm into Outworld within six days. After a crushing defeat by the emperor and his allies the Earthrealm defenders must regroup and gather allies of their own and put a stop to Shao Kang and his army.

• Negatives

One of the MANY things that make this movie awful is the horrible CGI. Yes, I sad the same thing about the previous movie's CGI but what made me hate it here more than with that movie is how overused it is. You almost can't go one scene without some really bad CGI being place somewhere.

Let's continue trash talking the special effects by saying even the green screen is horrible. The green screen for Mortal Kombat: Annihilation can simply be described as amateur hour. I mean it folks, there are times when the characters are fighting and you can see a hole in their arm because of these green screen effects. Like I said this is stuff an amateur would let slide NOT real filmmakers working in Hollywood.

If terrible CGI and even worse green screen wasn't bad enough we're also blessed with some awful editing. This is probably the most sloppiest editing for a video game movie I've ever seen. Characters will go from one spot to another, objects we've never seen before just appear, and then there are times when you can actually see the actor's stunt double plain as day.

Another thing that made this movie awful is how they cram so many Mortal Kombat characters in this and because of that they ultimately become glorified cameos. For instance we see Smoke fight Liu Kang and Kitana and then he's gone. We see Cyrax fight Sonya Blade and Jax and then he's gone. Sure some characters go longer than others but like I said before they ultimately become cameo appearances. Hell THEY EVEN DID THIS WITH SCORPION AND SUB-ZERO! I didn't make that up guys. Those two show up to fight each other once....and then we never see them again. Because that's how you treat arguably the two poster boys of this franchise.

Now this movie has a big invasion plot and guess what....you don't care. You're probably wonder why I would say this so let me explain. So Earth is being invaded, we see portals open up in the sky, we see landscapes and monuments being destroyed, and our characters react. But here's what's missing from all of this.....humanity. Other than the main characters we don't see anybody else react to those portals. Earth of all things just looks empty. So because of that we don't have a feeling a dread and worry. Sure buildings and landscapes get destroyed but that's it, it's just some well known and historic monuments being put in danger no humans.

What also made Mortal Kombat: Annihilation one of the worst movies made was the lore that was only made for this movie. I guess for whatever reason the writers didn't feel the need to have the lore of the video games in the movie and just make things up that maybe MK would have had but not really. Like these dragon tattoos characters have, friendships/relationships that aren't what they're suppose to be. One of two of these examples is Jade is a villain and I guess doesn't have a friendship with Kitana, and Raiden and Shao Kahn are brothers now. Then we have those weird hamster ball things.

The acting is this movie sucked. I mean wow. There are times when it's almost "The Room" levels of bad. Get a load of one of the movie's more infamous moments of dialogue,

What was with that long pause between "too bad you" and "will die"? Then we had Shao Kahn's actor who I swear he was being over the top on purpose. Because with the way he was talking during this I refuse to believe he wasn't doing any of that on purpose.

The last thing I'll get trash Mortal Kombat: Annihilation for is the fight scenes. Other than Sonya vs. Mileena and Sub-Zero vs. Scorpion all of the other fight scenes were bad. And the bad editing that I brought up previously isn't helping those scenes either.

• Mix

I've got nothing to say. Moving on.

• Positives

If you thought I had something nice to say about this movie you are sorely mistaken.

So yeah everybody, whatever negative thing you've heard about Mortal Kombat: Annihilation it's all true. It has terrible CGI, horrible green screen, even worse editing, any MK character that isn't our main ones are just cameos, there's nothing at stake with the invasion aspect of the story because everything seems so empty, the lore in this film doesn't match up with the video games at all, the acting is bad even if this was a b-movie, and other than two fights every other fight sucks.

My final rating is Destroy It!

Well I'm all done here. Come back on Saturday, March 13th for my review of Cherry. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.

Raya and the Last Dragon Review

Raya and the Last Dragon is a computer animated adventure fantasy movie and the 59th Walt Disney Animation Studios film. The movie is produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Raya and the Last Dragon is written by Qui Nguyen and Adele Lin and directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada and Don Hall.

The story is long ago both humans and dragons lived in harmony together. Then all of that changed when an evil monster known as the Druun attacked, the monster was stopped when seemingly all of the dragons sacrificed themselves to put an end to the beast. 500 years later the Druun has returned. Now a lone warrior named Raya must track down the last dragon in order to finally put an end to this evil creature once and for all.

Initial Reaction

I was looking forward to this movie when I first saw the poster. Then I got even more interested when I read the synopsis and watched the trailer. Not only was I excited because it's an original movie but it seemed rather interesting.

Cons

My only issue with Raya and the Last Dragon is there's a lot of exposition. So much so that it just got annoying. Like their are scenes where a character is talking about something that happened to the world but they don't need to talk about it. Because some of these scenes can be explained just by simply showing us and letting us connect the dots.

Middle Ground

The mix bag in this movie is while some moments you don't see coming others are really predictable. Like one moment in the beginning of the movie Raya is showing a character a very powerful object, I predicted that said character would betray her, and they I got to say called it. Another mix bag is the humor. Yes, there were a lot of times I found myself laughing but other times not really. Like sometimes Sisu just needs to stop talking so much and just be quiet for a few minutes.

Pros

One thing I need to praise the movie for is it's original. I know with the internet we already knew that it wasn't based on anything but, because Disney is starting to become known for more of their live-action remakes on their classic movies, sequels, or whatever else it's quite refreshing to see them do something different. Hopefully we'll get more of this. Another to praise the movie for is the animation. Kind of no duh thing to talk about but I still feel the need to praise it. There are times when it's just breathtaking. And I would love to tell you what my favorite shot was but sadly it's a spoiler so that's not gonna happen. What also made Raya and the Last Dragon a good movie was the action. Great hand-to-hand combat but what was really the best action scenes is when there's a sword fight. Those sword fights were a lot of fun to watch. Especially during the final act of the movie with a fight scene between Raya and Namaari. My final praise for the movie goes to the directors of the movie Carlos Lopez Estrada and Don Hall. Their directing really helped make the movie as beautiful as it was. And like I said previously there were a shots that looked breathtaking.

Raya and the Last Dragon is pretty good. It's original, the animation is stunning, the action was fun, and the directing was done perfectly. Could've used less predictability and better jokes but those problems aren't as big as all the exposition.

My final rating is Good.

Okay I'm finished. Due come back on Thursday, March 11th where I'll finish my Road to Mortal Kombat (2021) with my review of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.

Coming 2 America Review

 

Coming 2 America is a comedy film and the sequel to the 1988's Coming to America. The movie is produced by Paramount Pictures, Eddie Murphy Productions, New Republic Pictures, and Misher Films and distributed by Amazon Studios. Coming 2 America is written by David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, and Kenya Barris and directed by Craig Brewer.

The story is Prince Akeem is going to become King of Zamunda until he discovers he has a son in America that he never knew about. Now upon his father's dying wish Akeem must travel back to America and find his son and groom him to become the next Prince of Akeem.

Initial Reaction

Now having loved the first movie it was only natural that I would be excited for the sequel. Now I was worried because I didn't think the people who made the first one wouldn't be doing this film, but luckily the two of the three original writers came back so that really help bring my hopes up. Although I do admit the trailer didn't really do much for me but I wasn't going to let that stop me.

Cons

One issue I have with the movie is other than Akeem and his son nobody else seems to get that much character development. Yes this is their story but they're were also other characters involved but they move or less stay the same.

Middle Ground

One mix bag with Coming 2 America is they do recreate some nostalgic scenes. Sometimes it works other times not so much. Then we have the jokes. Now I laughed at a good portion of them other times I was in complete silence. I mean they literally went with the joke of movie sequels nobody asked for. When that happened Akeem's son might as well have winked at the camera for a split second.

Pros

Now there are two saving graces in this, one of those is Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall. The chemistry they had in the previous in movie is still here and just as strong. And they're performance are also good. And I do want to give the director Craig Brewer some credit as well. He directed very nicely and very sharp.

Coming 2 America is alright. This isn't a movie you have to see and yes, the first is far superior. Eddie and Arsenio are great and Craig Brewer's directing was good. But the jokes and nostalgia scenes are a mix bag and drag the film down a lot. My only true issue was the lack of character development for characters who weren't Akeem and his son.

My final rating is Okay.

So that's going to do it for me. Come back on Monday, Mar 8th for my review of Disney's newest film Raya and the Last Dragon. Until then enjoy the rest of your day.

A Look Back at Coming to America (1988)

 

With Coming 2 America arriving tomorrow I do my usual thing of reviewing the first movie before the sequel comes out. So let's begin.

Coming to America is a 1988 comedy film. The movie was produced by Eddie Murphy Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Coming to America was written by Eddie Murphy, David Sheffield, and Barry W. Blaustein and directed by John Landis.

The story is a wealthy African heir to the throne Prince Akeem wants a wife who will love him regardless of his wealth and power. After he leaves from an arranged marriage, him and his buddy Semmi travel to America and disguise themselves as foreign exchange students. Later Akeem does find love but now he has to try to keep his secret from her.

• Negatives

I've got nothing to say. Let's move on.

• Mix

My only grey area with the movie is Darryl. Now he's a good villain. He truly represents people who think they're better than everybody else because he comes from money. However I felt the overall story with him wasn't resolved it just kinda faded out.

• Positives

One great thing about Coming to America is Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall's performances. Not only do they play Akeem and Semmi but they play multiple characters in this. Some of which I didn't even know it was them.

Speaking of Murphy and Hall they're chemistry together was perfect. When you watch them you really get a feeling that not only are they enjoying doing this movie but, I kind of got the feeling this was two friends having a good time with each other.

Another aspect that made Coming to America great was the memorable characters. Of course you got Akeem and Semmi but you also have King Jaffe Joffer, Lisa, Cleo, and my favorites Clarence, Morris, and Saul. Those last thing we're just awesome and I'm so happy we'll see them in the sequel.

The last thing I'll give the film credit for is the humor. I can't tell you how many times I just found myself laughing so much. I would say what my favorite moment was but this is one of those comedy movies where it's better to see it than someone describe it to you.

Coming to America is a classic. Eddie and Arsenio's acting was good, their chemistry really made the movie even better, it's filled with memorable characters, and it's a very funny movie. The mix bag for me was while Darryl was a good bad guy I just didn't feel like he was given a proper story.

My final rating is Great.

Okay guys that's all for me. Come back on Saturday, March 6th for my review of Coming 2 America. Until then enjoy the rest of your day.