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Saw II, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Saw II
Year: 2005
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Rating: R
Length: 93 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Surround EX, English: Dolby Digital Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Tobin Bell as Jigsaw/John
Shawnee Smith as Amanda
Donnie Wahlberg as Eric Matthews
Erik Knudsen as Daniel Matthews
Franky G as Xavier

Plot:
Jigsaw is back. The brilliant, disturbed mastermind returns for another round of horrifying life-or-death games. When a new murder victim is discovered with all the signs of Jigsaw's hand, Detective Eric Matthews begins a full investigation and apprehends Jigsaw with little effort. But for Jigsaw, getting caught is just another part of his plan. Eight more of his victims are already fighting for their lives and now it's time for Matthews to join the game...

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I enjoyed every minute of this movie!... This is one of the very few times that I can actually say that the sequel was even better then the original movie! If you haven't seen the first one yet I would highly recommend for you to see it first... both Saw and Saw 2 are must see movies... My brother... who is not a big fan of horror movies also loves the Saw movies...as he says.... they are different then what you normally see in a horror movie... and very well done. So if you haven't seen the Saw movies yet... put them on your list of must see movies!



Reviewed: May 6, 2006

(From What Movies I Been Watching on January 31st, 2010)

Puss in Boots, a review by Dragonfire

Puss in Boots


I've always liked the character Puss in Boots in the Shrek movies..he is cuter and less annoying than Donkey for the most part.  Eddie Murphy just goes a bit overboard as Donkey at times.  Puss doesn't seem to do that.

As far as I can tell, this movie takes place before Puss meets up with Shrek.  Some back story is shown that explains how Puss became an outlaw.  He ends up meeting Humpty Alexander Dumpty again, a childhood friend.  Things did not end well between them, so Puss is less than pleased to see Humpty again.  They end up working together, along with Kitty Softpaws, to steal magic beans from Jack and Jill.  They will then use the magic beans to get to the goose that lays golden eggs. 

The movie is cute and entertaining, though not quite as funny as I had thought it would be.  Puss is shown as a kitten, and he is absolutely adorable in those scenes.  The plot is pretty straightforward and nothing surprising happens, though children may be surprised by one or two developments.  The animation is very well done.  Puss's hair looks really good.  It is closer to what Pixar did with Sully's hair in Monster's Inc., but it still isn't that good.  But it is better than what DreamWorks has done in other animated movies.  I did end up seeing the movie in 3D.  That was alright, but nothing that special.  DreamWorks has done better 3D with some of their other animated movies.

Overall, this is a cute entertaining movie that is worth seeing for people who like animated movies. It is probably one of the better DreamWorks animated movies, but it still is no where near as good as Pixar.



I did post a review at Epinions.

Puss in Boots

(From Puss in Boots on November 13th, 2011)

The Flash Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

Guest Stars:
Michael Nader as Nicholas Pike
Richard Belzer as Joe Kline
Vito D'Ambrosio as Bellows
Mike Genovese as Lt. Warren Garfield
Biff Manard as Murphy
Robert O'Reilly as Victor Kelso

My Thoughts:
This has always been one of my favorite episodes. I like the storyline. I liked Julio knowing Barry is The Flash (in the future). I always hoped it would turn that way for the series... but the show didn't last long enough to see that happen (if I remember right). And I also liked having a bit of an update on the pilot episode.

My Rating:

(From The Flash Marathon on April 25th, 2010)