Nathan's Personal Blog

 Spider-Man 2 Release Date: June 30, 2004 Directed By: Sam Raimi Rating: 7.3 The second movie in Tobey Maguire's series, Spider-Man 2  did not disappoint me. I was fairly surprised by how much I liked the first movie, and this one followed it up nicely. I thought the cast's chemistry was a lot better in this movie than it was in the first installment. I also found the story to be very compelling. I enjoyed seeing Peter Parker struggle to balance his secret life with his normal life, which I know is a common trope, but I thought it was done really well in this movie. We actually got to see him not only struggle with the balance but FAIL at it! He even quits being Spider-Man at a point. I was certainly not expecting that and I thought it was a really cool idea to play around with. I did think the original movie did a few things better, one of which was the villain. I've heard a lot of people love Alfred Molina as Doc Oc, and I thought he was pretty good too. I did like Willem...

 Spider-Man Directed by: Sam Raimi Rating: 7.8 As someone who only really got into movies around 2016, I missed out on the original Spider-Man trilogy directed by Sam Raimi. I also missed the two Amazing Spider-Man movies with Andrew Garfield. We'll get into those another time though. With the rumors that Tobey Maguire AND Andrew Garfield are going to be in No Way Home , I figure it's about time for me to catch up on their original movies. I had to start from the beginning, so I went ahead and watched Tobey Maguire's first movie last night. Pros I liked this movie a lot more than I thought I was going to. While it was kind of campy, I really enjoyed the story and the action that went with it. As advertised, Tobey did a really good job playing Peter Parker. He really captured the nerdiness and awkwardness that Peter should have.  I also really liked Willem Dafoe as the Green Goblin. It was really cool to me that you can see exactly what drives him to be the character he is,...

 Eternals Directed by: Chloe Zhao Plot Rating: 7.8 Emotional Rating: 6.3 Villain Rating: 5.1 Overall MCU Rating: 73% Eternals is the most recent addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has been extremely anticipated by most MCU fans leading up to its release because of the possible spectacle it could be. For me, it didn't quite live up to that spectacle but was still an enjoyable watch. I've seen a lot of differing opinions so far. Some people have loved the movie, while others have hated it and feel let down by Chloe Zhao and Marvel. I think I land somewhere in the middle, as I had fun watching it, and am excited for the doors it opened for the future of the MCU but I also feel like it didn't quite live up to what I was expecting of it.  Pros I loved the characters in this movie. A lot of the actors did really well in their roles, and I didn't feel taken out of the movie by the presence of actors like Angelina Jolie or Salma Hayek, who are so well known that they...

11/7/2020 - Gemini Man Release Year: 2019 Rating: PG-13 Score: 7.5/10 Gemini Man was a pretty standard action movie. I really enjoyed it. Now, if you are going to watch this movie, you probably know the 'twist' but if not, stop here, spoilers are ahead..... Right, so if you're reading this part, you know that we're going to be following an older Will Smith's character (Henry) who is being hunted by a clone of himself. This makes for some really cool action sequences, both versions of Henry match each other and there is some awesome choreography. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, in my opinion, was fantastic as Henry's partner, Danny. There are some beautiful settings in this movie, as it takes us to Hungary, Colombia and very rural Georgia. Smith plays a mature professional who has seen his share of chaos and is ready to get out, and he really portrays that wisdom well.  This movie does use de-aging technology, which is risky. A lot of the scenes with 'young Will...