This time, instead of dramatic blood sucking teens, we have “Shaky Cam”. One of my guilty pleasures. I happen to really like the idea of “Found Footage”/”Shaky Cam” movies. When done right.

Now this movie had a lot going on. It had teen drama (can’t live without that), Super powers and of course super duper shaky cam.

IMDB puts it as:

Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery. Soon, though, they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides.

The movie had a great idea behind it, I mean com’on! Its kids with super powers! Can’t get more original than that, right?

Well… I didn’t love how they happened to get their powers, it was a VERY used up plot of “We found something, BOOM. We have powers”. Though I didn’t like how they GOT their powers, I did like how it built after they got them. There is a few fun scenes of them basically going around doing what anyone would do with super powers. Be stupid.

I also loved how they all got the same power (telekinesis) and to watch some characters struggle to get grips on how to use it, and others excel without a second thought.

Now the acting wasn’t the best I’ve seen, but it was a shaky cam movie! You can’t blame the acting. People in real life suck when being put in front  of  a camera, so in its sometime crappiness it helped itself making the overall scenes more believable.

The look of the movie was fine (shaky cam has a easy look make work). Also they used the powers in creative ways to bring us more interesting shots, which I loved!

The effects were good enough for what it was. You can tell that effects are fake, but it doesn’t distracted you from what else is going on. The cheesiness of the effects kinda grow on you too, setting the movie apart from others that try to take themselves to seriously.

Overall I thought the movie was worth a watch! I think this movie could have been much better if they decided to not go with the shaky cam look. You will find yourself wondering “Where did this shot come from?” or “Why do we see the security cam footage?” but its a small price to pay.

The plot is fun, and fairly easy to follow. Its a great “Popcorn movie”. Bring some friends over and have yourself a good ol’ time!

I haven’t seen a movie this great in a long time! I am not just talking super hero movie, I am talking MOVIE! This was a great MOVIE. By itself. Amazing!

Joss Whedon, you are amazing.

IMDB discribes it as:

Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army.

WHAT AN UNDERSTATEMENT! I mean this does give you a basic idea of what the movie is. That is if you had to make it sound like any old movie. BUT COM’ON!  More like this!

Nathan discribes it as:

The avengers are recruited by shield to BOOM POW K-WASH SLAM WACK SMASH! They also learn about how to work together and become earths biggest bad-asses in the WORLD! BOOOOM!

I am classy, I know.

Regardless, you have to hand it to Joss Whedon, he managed to take 7 HUGE FREAKING POWER PLAYERS (8 if you count Bruce and the Hulk as two people), not the mention ALL the other characters and made them all look awesome!!!

He took Capt. America, Iron Man, Hulk (Bruce), Hawk Eye, Black Widow, Thor, Loki, Nick Fury AND MADE THEM ALL PLAY A SWEET GAME OF JUSTICE WITH EACH OTHER!  and made them ALL shine!

He made them all feel AWESOME and SUPER and… AVENGER-Y.

The guys were cool and the girls were hot!

I was grinning from beginning to end and the whole theater had tears of joy poring from their eyes after each joke!

Thats something you don’t see often.

I was shocked, laughing, clapping, worried, happy, sad, excited, amazed! wow. This movie did it all!

The plot had me (and my party) involved the entire time! When it ended I only wanted more! (which the credits assured me that I will have more soon). We also had some great character development. Watching characters like Captain America and Tony Stark verbally fight each other was great! Not to mention overseeing Bruce try to take control of “The other guy” being brilliant!

The badies also had their time to shine, which of course didn’t last to long. Loki had some fun tricks up his sleeve (which we’ve come to expect).  Something I wasn’t super into was Loki’s army. They played their role, but I thought they got old fast (Which I guess is good, as they didn’t stay around for to long).

While I am on the topic of things I didn’t love, I had a lot of trouble getting into some of the characters working at Shield. Thor also felt very awkward at first, but he came into his own later in the movie. Just expect for him to feel a little out of place in the beginning.

Overall, I LOVED this movie, it was, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the best movies of the year!

You will find yourself over pleased with the warm feelings you get while watching this! Grab your friends, your lovers, your children and GO SEE THIS MOVIE! You will not regret it!

A social worker fights to save a girl from her abusive parents, only to discover that the situation is more dangerous than she ever expected.

Now this story isn’t exactly brand new. Someone feels sorry for a young character, they save them from some event only to find out that the young boy/girl was really the problem from the start.

I get it, it’s nothing new but it’s also nothing bad. (Don’t fix what ain’t broke?)

Through out most of this movie I was enjoying myself, It did an exillant job building itself. Also the little girl who played Lilith (Jodelle Ferland) did an wonderful job turning her character from a innocent little girl into a very creepy “villain” of sorts.

The movie did a good job making me jump out of my seat, but at times felt kinda slow. It took a VERY long time to get to the climax, and when it eventually got there I couldn’t help but feel like I missed something, or that more should happen.

I like to consider myself as somewhat of a horror film “liker”. They almost always feel like they get super high, but then can’ t find their way back down and this movie was no exception. It built great, but when it got to where it needed to be it just dropped the ball and left the game.

If you have 2 hours to kill you could defiantly find some fun out of this movie. It looks great, has some good acting and feels creepy as hell. But don’t be shocked when you get to the end and find yourself wishing for something more.

Yes, we all know he is a bully. We also know that bullies steal candy but what you dont know is that this bully is running for president!
VOTE BULLY KID!

To be continued?!
YES! NO! maybe….?

If so what should happen?!

Why is this man being interrogated? What is a Centra-pedtic!? What could this man being doing with mattresses? What should happen next!
Comment below!

Songs used:
I wanna do you – http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/389427
Fear me – http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/428157

I will spear you the numerous excuses on why I haven’t been posting lately, and just tell you that THINGS ARE HAPPENING! Don’t worry about the CatsAreDoom universe as we have not disappeared, nor do we plan on leaving anytime soon (if anytime at all)! We have some awesome stuff in-store for everyone in the very near future!

 
As some of you might know I, Nathan Hartwell, am teaching some film classes at a local co-op! My students are amazingly creative and have been making some awesome videos! Like you could imagine this takes up a lot of my time, and keeps me fairly creatively drained. So im at a cross road, do I put most of my creative power towards the classes or do I focus more on my CatsAreDoom work? …. Well, why can’t I have both? Let me explain.

 

Almost all the videos that come out of my classes are much like the shorts I make now, the process is (as of now) the kids come up with ideas, and I script them out. I even act in some of the skits they make. So my idea would be to post some of the best content from my class on CatsAreDoom! Most of my class watches the videos on the site anyways, and wouldn’t it be nice for everyone to see their content and be able to show it to their friends?  I’d think so.

I have, as of me writing this, 3-4 publishable videos! They are all pretty funny and I’d love to share them with you. I believe that they will bring much more content to CatsAreDoom, and though these kids have some learning to do (don’t we all?) I stand behind the fact that they make good content, and they’ll only get better!
Expect to see some of their latest entries soon!

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Inspired by the movie “30 minutes or less”, Sam and I put this little video together!