Rise of the Planet of the Apes

I caught a matinee of Rise of the Planet of the Apes yesterday.

I remember seeing the original film at the Edmondson Drive-In Theatre in Baltimore, with my family as a ten year old...

I had to ask my parents to explain the part about the discovery of the wrecked Statue of Liberty at the end of that movie, and what that all meant...

The ape stars in this 2011 prequel far exceed the realism of the rubber masks worn by Roddy McDowall and other cast in the 1968 original Planet of the Apes mo-pic. And these computer generated creatures do indeed successfully manage to capture the audience's emotions and attention...

Here's a trailer that also reveals of some of the technological magic that brings these 2011 apes to life...



See the film in a theater if you can... It's one of those movies best appreciated on the big screen...

Captain America: The First Avenger

Took another summertime journey into the Marvel Universe ( the shared fictional universe where most comic book titles published by Marvel Comics take place) with Captain America: The First Avenger.

What's not to love about this guy??

Haven't quite figured out all the chronology of how this story fits in with all the others to make up The Avengers...

But am certain, Marvel will continue to happily provide future motion picture explanations... $$$!

I am definitely a sucker for these things...

X-Men: First Class

While this film is expected to be the first downloadable flick for Android, there's something about big screens and super heroes...

So, I saw X-Men: First Class at the Empire 25 today on 42nd Street.

I love this kinda movie...

A little super hero. A little sci-fi...

They tied the story into the real live history of the Cuban Missile Crisis...

Here's the Wikipedia entry on X-Men: First Class...

I know I'm late to the game... A movie that came out in the beginning of June is practically an antique by now... LOL