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Daredevil: Director's Cut, a review by addicted2dvd

Daredevil


My Thoughts:
I have seen this movie before... but it has been a long time. And then it was only the Theatrical Version of the movie. This is the first time I ever seen the Director's Cut. I definitely noticed quite a bit that was new to this version. And what was added in made the movie better then I remember the theatrical cut being. There is a lot of great fighting in this movie... but I must say my favorite had to be the playful fight between Matt Murdoch and Elektra in the playground. I thought everyone did a fine job in this movie. As for the casting I think they got a couple characters cast perfectly. I couldn't picture anyone else playing either Elektra or Kingpin. Anyway... I enjoyed the movie quite a bit... and thrilled I got it today for Father's Day.



(From Superhero Marathon on June 21st, 2009)

Yogi Bear, a review by Dragonfire

Yogi Bear

Yes this one is silly, but it was also entertaining.  It probably helps that I was in the mood for something silly when I went to see it.  It is far from the best movie of the year, but it also really isn't as horrible as some people have said.

The plot is rather simple, with Yogi and Boo Boo trying to steal picnic baskets before learning that Jellystone is in danger of being closed.  They try to help Ranger Smith, but of course things go wrong.  Rachel turns up wanting to make a nature film in the park, and there is an attempt to add a relationship between her and Ranger Smith.  Not much happens with that since they are both supposed to be socially awkward.  Most of what happens is rather predictable, but it still manages to be cute and entertaining overall.  This isn't going to appeal to a lot of people.

This one has a mix of live action and animation, with Yogi and Boo Boo being animated characters who interact with real people.  In some ways, it probably would have been better if the movie was entirely animation.  Yogi and Boo Boo look fine and do realistically interact with real people and objects. 

Dan Aykroyd does the voice of Yogi.  He does fine with the voice and he does sound a lot like I remember the character sounding from the cartoons.  Justin Timberlake does fine with the voice of Boo Boo.  The other cast is fine, though no one really stands out. 

I enjoyed Yogi Bear, though it is far from the best family movie of the year.  It could have been better, but it also could have been a lot worse.

3 stars

I did get a longer review posted at Epinions.

Yogi Bear

(From Yogi Bear on January 16th, 2011)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

VOY 4.23 Living Witness
Writer: Bryan Fuller (Screenwriter), Brannon Braga (Screenwriter), Joe Menosky (Screenwriter), Brannon Braga (Original Material By)
Director: Tim Russ
Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Dawson (B'Elanna Torres), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine), Garrett Wang (Harry Kim), Henry Woronicz (Quarren), Rod Arrants (Vaskan Ambassador Daleth), Craig Richard Nelson (Vaskan Arbiter), Marie Chambers (Kyrian Arbiter), Brian Fitzpatrick (Tedran), Morgan H. Margolis (Vaskan Rioter), Mary Anne McGarry (Tabris), Timothy Davis-Reed (Kyrian Spectator)

This episode is set 700 years in the future of a planet Voyager had contact with. Their history doesn't portray Voyager in a favorible light until the doctor gets the chance to set the record straight.
I always liked how this episode plays with the characters similar to the "Mirror" universe episodes of DS9 and TOS. And it shows how the historical facts can be miconstrued when relying on few data. This leads to have the Voyager crew portrayed in total different light (except maybe for Mr. Paris ) by the future society of this planet.
I always enjoyed this episode, even though it is based on a big plot hole: In the entire course of the series, it is always pointed out, that the program of the doctor is so complex, that it cannot be copied. If his program is lost, so is the doctor. But here we suddenly have a backup of the doctor, somehow left back at this planet. And added to that, the backup seems to have been synchronised rather recent before the backup has been lost.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on September 19th, 2009)