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"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake." -Alfred Hitchcock.
My name is Emmaus Nakagawa. Nice to meet you.
All good things must come to an end. And sadly, this is the end of the Middle Earth Saga that so many have followed and stayed true to. As it says in the trailer, The Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies is the defining chapter to everything concerning the One Ring of Power. Now as viewers, we are able to literally see how this all intertwines with the Lord of the Rings Trilogy that came out almost fourteen years ago. We get to see it Peter Jackson style.
THE HOBBIT:
THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
The final chapter in the Hobbit trilogy begins just where it left off, so you'll want to see The Desolation of Smaug so that you know exactly what's going on. Maybe if you can, you should see An Unexpected Journey as well.
Smaug swoops over Laketown and begins laying waste to it. He burns building after building, killing people in the process. Tauriel is still with the dwarves after reviving Kili, and they begin to make their escape from Laketown.
At the same time, the Master of Laketown is evacuating himself, trying to save all of his treasure and his skin. For the most part, he packs a whole bunch of wine. But, just like any old ruler that nobody likes, the Master is killed by Smaug, after Smaug himself is killed by Bard.
Bard has escaped from his cell prior to the Master's self-evacuation. Actually, in the process of his trying to escape, the Master unknowingly assists Bard. So Bard gathers a bow and a quiver of arrows to smite down the beast that his ancestor could not. He climbs to a high tower, coincidentally an archer tower that is in the very heart of Laketown.
It is here that Bard attempts to kill the dragon. He uses all of his arrows and is down to his last one. He once again fails to pierce the dragon's hide, and fails to pierce the one place his hide was pierced before. As his children are escaping from their burning home, Bard's son sees his father firing wildly at the dragon and they just happen to pass the place where he hid the Black Arrow.
The son then gets up from the boat and runs to grab the Black Arrow. He then runs up and meets his father in the archer tower. Bard tells his son, "You should not be here! Go! Leave!" His son replies that he wanted to help. The tower is swept over by Smaug, and it is all but destroyed. The tower is in terrible condition, and Bard's bow is demolished. He uses his son as a makeshift cross-bow to finally hit Smaug where his hide was weak, therefore killing the dragon.
And that's when Smaug falls on top of the Master of Laketown, inevitably killing him.
The dwarves and Bilbo watch from the Lonely Mountain and see Smaug fall. They happily say to each other, "Smaug is dead." Hooray, right? Nope. Thorin keeps his dwarf brothers inside the treasure hoard and makes them search for the Arkenstone.
The remaining company of dwarves that escaped Laketown make their way to the Lonely Mountain. Tauriel travels with them until Legolas catches up with her. Tauriel and Kili say farewell to each other, and Kili gives Tauriel his lucky rock to remember him by.
Tauriel and Legolas go to an ancient fortress where the Uruk-hai and Orcs are gathering to march on the Lonely Mountain. And it does not look good.
Gandalf, let's focus on our good ol' Gandalf. He is still stuck in Dol Guldur when Galadriel decides to lend a hand. Alongside her comes Elrond of Rivendell (LOTR!!!) and Saruman, at the time, a good white wizard. The three of them fight the Necromancer and his nine wraiths in an epic clashing of good and evil. Gandalf is saved and Sauron is thrust back to Mordor by Galadriel. This is where the videogame, Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor would take place.
Then the movie jumps straight into the Battle of the Five Armies; Orcs, Dwarves, Elves, Men, and goblins. It is a gruesome and violent battle, one that I will elaborate in my parent edition of this movie. Until then, here is my overall rating. Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Armies (9 out of 10) Accuracy to the book overall very good. Some things such as Azog the Defiler and Tauriel the She-Elf are inaccurate to the original text. The battle portrayed very well.
Family Friendliness: 3 out of 10 Very violent, much beheading. Some images may not be appropriate for the young child's eye. Suggested age to see- 13+. If you're a little bit more leniant, 12+. But I would not recommend showing to 10 or 11 year olds. It is very violent, there is a lot of stabbing.
Yes, it's that time of year again. We're already going to be diving into 2015!!! I dunno about you, but I think that's pretty darn crazy. But hey! With every new year, there is always more MOVIES!!! Which means that you will see plenty of movie reviews from me! So, as a Piece of Cake (PoC) tradition, I am here to tell you the names of some upcoming movies that you might want to look into.
UPCOMING MOVIES IN 2015
TERMINATOR: GENISYS
July 1, 2015
THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
May 1, 2015
CHAPPIE
March 6, 2015
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
February 13, 2015
TAKEN 3
January 9, 2015
THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER
February 6, 2015
JUPITER ASCENDING
February 6, 2015
KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE
February 13, 2015
CINDERELLA
March 13, 2015
INSURGENT
March 20, 2015
FAST AND FURIOUS 7
April 3, 2015
If any of the release dates are inaccurate, I sincerely apologize. You can tell me in the comments and I will update this post.
Okay, now that the Parent Edition is out of the way, I can give you guys the review that is pretty straight-forward. So here we go with
THE HUNGER GAMES
MOCKINGJAY
PART 1
If you enjoyed all of the other Hunger Games movies, you're in for a real treat. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 is exactly like the book, from Chapters 1 to I believe Chapter 11 or 12. I'm sorry if I'm wrong hardcore readers.
Katniss is in District 13, and as usual, is in total shock. She still suffers from PTSD and has terrible nightmares about the games, Peeta, and District 12's destruction. Only, she has never seen District 12 in the rubble. So to be convinced to be the Mockingjay that the Rebellion wants, President Coin, president of District 13, authorizes Katniss's journey to District 12. She sees the mass destruction, and she is devastated. To add to that, Peeta is in the Capitol being held. And, he's brainwashed. Yea, not fun. I'm sure that you can read my other review that basically tells you the entire movie, so here, I'm going to give you my personal rating of the film. RATING: Overall- 9/10 Arrows
Action-wise- 4/10 Arrows- It's more political than action-based, so... you can understand the low rating.
Story Plot- 9.5/10 VERY close to the book. You could almost take the book with you and read it while the film is going on. That gives you an idea of how accurate it is.
If you loved the other two Hunger Games movies, oh baby, you're in a treat. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 is definitely a movie to see. One of my friends suggested to me that I give an entire movie overlook and rating. So that's what I've decided to do. So...
SPOILERS AHEAD, but for those parents out there that want to know if this film, or any other film I review, is appropriate for their children, I'm doing this for you. Okay, here we go:
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY
PART 1
The movie begins with Katniss Everdeen hiding in a small shaft, shaking in fear. A flashlight illuminates the background, and a voice says, "Miss Everdeen? Miss Everdeen, you can't be here."
"I just had a nightmare, just five more minutes."
"We can help you sleep."
"Please, just five more minutes."
Katniss Everdeen: The Mockingjay
After some more dialogue is exchanged, three men come and grab Katniss, and she begins fighting back. She angrily screams, "Get off of me! Get your hands off of me!" The screen goes black and then fades in to her in a hospital bed. She hears somebody crying, and she goes to see who is shedding the tears.
"Finnick," she sternly says. Some dialogue between the two characters takes place, and we learn from Finnick that Joanna, Annie, and Peeta are all being held in the Capitol. The screen goes to a face shot of Katniss with a face that is somewhat shocked. It slightly zooms in before snapping to a black screen view, and reading in white, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.
Katniss is having her hair done by Prim in a room when a black man by the name of Boggs (no racism intended) comes in to escort Katniss to President Coin, the president of District 13. In the meeting room is Coin and Plutarch Heavensbee.
They ask that Katniss be the face of the rebellion as the Mockingjay. Katniss does not agree, and angrily decines saying, "You should have saved Peeta." She gets up and storms out. Coin turns to Plutarch and says, "That's not the girl that you talked about."
Plutarch and Coin discuss what they should do about Katniss's uncooperativeness, and they conclude that they should allow her to go and see the remains of District 12.
Now Katniss goes to District 12 and is utterly shocked.
WARNING: Here, Katniss sees heaps of dead bodies that are charred and show disturbing images of skulls and ribs jutting out from still lightly attached pieces of grey skin. Some even look like gray people that are screaming out in pain, clutching their stomachs and ribs, that are greatly exposed.
This may not be the best image to show children. It appears shorty after Katniss steps on a skull, and don't worry, you'll hear it. Katniss will slowly look down, and the skull image will take maybe a second or three to show. This would be the time to shield any eyes.
District 12 in ashes
Katniss goes to her home in the Victor's Village and recovers her sister's cat, Buttercup, and goes into the same room where she met President Snow in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Present in the room is also a white rose. It's one of Snow's. She gags and quickly leaves the house.
Katniss then returns to District 13 agrees to be the Mockingjay in another meeting with Coin and Plutarch. However, she has some conditions: That the captured tributes, at any window of opportunity, will be saved from the Capitol. And when they are all liberated, they are all granted immunity. And that Prim will be able to keep her cat.
In the lunch room previously, there had been an interview on the T.V. between Caesar Flickerman and Peeta, and Peeta called for a cease-fire, saying that the war on the Capitol would kill everybody. "Everybody has to lay down their weapons now. No one can survive this." This is the reason that Katniss requests immunity to Peeta.
Coin publicly announces to all of District 13 Katniss's conditions so that she will be the Mockingjay. After that, Katniss is immediately put to work. She is put into a room where she is to recite a few lines for propaganda videos to bring people to the rebellion. "Ah, you look marvelous darling. They'll either want to kiss you, kill you, or be you," says Effie Trinkett on the set of the propaganda video.
Plutarch Heavensbee, Left, and Coin, Right
The few lines that Katniss must recite are, "People of Panem, we fight, we dare, we end our hunger for justice!" Katniss repeats the lines a few times, and the staff aren't very satisfied. Haymitch Abernathy walks in and says, "And that, my friends, is how a revolution dies."
Haymitch calls for a meeting with Plutarch, Coin, Katniss, Effie, Boggs, Gale, and Beetee,where he asks, "I want everyone to think of one incident where Katniss Everdeen genuinely moved you. Not where you were jealous of her hairstyle, or her dress went up in flames or she made a halfway decent shot with an arrow. Not when Peeta was making you like her. I want to hear one moment where she made you feel something real."
There is silence for a little bit, and then Effie speaks up and says, "When she volunteered to take Prim's place at the reaping." She also says, "When she sang the song, when Rue died."
"Who didn't get choked up at that, right?" Haymitch says as he writes down both on the touch board. The ideas start rolling and then Haymitch says, "So, the question is, what do all of these have in common?"
"They were Katniss's," says Gale. "No one told her what to do."
"Unscripted, yes!" agrees Beetee. Then Haymitch proposes that they throw Katniss into actual battle, in order to give her the motivation to do good propaganda videos for 13. And that is what happens.
Katniss is taken to District 8 and we meet new people, Cressida, Pollux, and Castor. She goes to a hospital and meets the rebel leader, Paylor. Katniss is then taken to the hospital, and just seeing her face is enough for everybody to have hope again.
"Katniss? Are you here to fight with us?" a boy asks the Mockingjay.
"I am. I will." The boy places his three fingers on his left hand to his lips, and raises them towards Katniss. Katniss looks around the room and sees that every man, woman, and child is saluting her in the way of District 12, first introduced in The Hunger Games.
WARNING: Here, there are many injured people. When the company enters the room, many are in extreme pain and many are crying out. There are some who are bloody and have scars across their faces. I don't know how sensitive you are to blood, but I thought that this should be thrown out there, since there is a good deal of it in this scene.
The Hospital Bombing in District 8
Next thing we know, District 8's rebel hospital is bombed, and Katniss shoots down the two hovercraft that come to bomb the hospital. Outraged at the murder of hundreds of innocent people, Katniss says to the camera recording the entire thing,
"I want to tell the rebels that I am alive. That I'm right here in District Eight, where the Capitol has just bombed a hospital full of unarmed men, women, and children. There will be no survivors. I want to tell people that if you think for one second the Capitol will treat us fairly if there's a cease-fire, you're deluding yourself.
"Because you know who they are and what they do. This is what they do! And we must fight back! President Snow says he's sending us a message? Well, I have one for him. You can torture us and bomb us and burn our districts to the ground, but do you see that?
"Fire is catching. And if we burn... YOU BURN WITH US!!!"
Katniss is then taken back to District 13, and a new propaganda video is made, which is shown to District 13. Katniss is truly making a change.
And it shows when the view shifts to District 7, where lumberjacks are being taken to fill that day's quota. As the men are walking, the camera shifts behind a black man, and there is the symbol of the mockingjay carved into a tree.
As soon as the man sees it, he whistles the three note tune that Rue first introduced to Katniss in her very first games. The tune is heard by everyone, and all of a sudden, they all start making a run for the trees. Many are killed, but when most of the workers are in the trees, a loud shout is heard from a distance,
Haymitch Abernathy: Mentor to Katniss
"IF WE BURN, YOU BURN WITH US!" BOOM!!! BANG!!! Bombs begin going off, until the entire landscape has completely exploded, killing all the Peacekeepers. The camera looks to the trees, and the lumberjacks yell and shout in happiness and triumph. They've shown defiance.
The screen shifts back to District 13, where Katniss and Prim are in the lunch room, and another interview between Peeta and Caesar occurs live from the Capitol. Peeta again urges that Katniss call for a cease-fire.
"Don't be a fool, Katniss. Think for yourself. They've turned you into a weapon that could be instrumental in the destruction of humanity. If you've got any real influence, use it to put the brakes on this thing. Use it to stop the war before it's too late. Ask yourself, do you really trust the people you're working with?" Katniss realizes that Peeta doesn't know what happened to District 12. She needs to make a reply message showing him what truly happened. The next day, Katniss and her team return to District 12, this time, Gale sharing the tale of how 915 of 10,000 survived the bombing.
WARNING: The images of dead bodies return just as in the first warning. When Gale and the team disembark from the Hovercraft is probably a good time to shield eyes.
After Gale tells his story, the team goes by the lake in the woods of what was District 12. Pollux, an Avox, gestures to Katniss, requesting that she sing for him. This is the song titled, "The Hanging Tree." Are you, are you Coming to the tree Where they strung up a man they say murdered three. Strange things did happen here No stranger would it be If we met at midnight in the hanging tree. Are you, are you Coming to the tree Where the dead man called out for his love to flee. Strange things did happen here No stranger would it be If we met at midnight in the hanging tree. Are you, are you Coming to the tree Where I told you run, so we'd both be free. Strange things did happen here No stranger would it be If we met at midnight in the hanging tree. Are you, are you Coming to the tree Wear a necklace of rope, side by side with me. Strange things did happen here No stranger would it be
If we met at midnight in the hanging tree.
Peeta Mellark: Hijacked
This leads to another propaganda video. The video is televised to the districts, and it leads to another rebellion in District 5, the water plant district. The people sing "The Hanging Tree" as they march to blow the damn that provides hydro-electricity for all of Panem.
The electricity goes out while yet another interview between Peeta and Caesar is taking place. At this time, Katniss is hiding in the same place she hid in in the beginning of the movie. Haymitch comes and tells Katniss that Coin sent in an extraction team to go retrieve the captured tributes from the Capitol. At the same time that the extraction team is on their mission, Finnick is giving a live broadcast about what he has to say about the Capitol and President Snow. He shares that tributes could be sold. That is, their bodies would be sold for the pleasure of the citizens of the Capitol. The tributes could ask for payment. And Finnick found that secrets were a good form of payment. Most of the secrets he shares are about Snow himself. The extraction team is successful and brings Peeta, Joanna, and Annie back from the Capitol. Katniss goes to see Peeta in a hospital room. Haymitch goes with her. Katniss moves in front of Peeta, who looks terrible. He is badly starved, very scrawny, and very beat up. When Katniss moves in to embrace him, he flips out and grabs Katniss's neck, choking her and chucking her all over the darn room. Haymitch finally slams Peeta in the head with a large metal plate, and the screen goes black. Katniss wakes up in the hospital with a neck brace, and she cannot speak. Plutarch and Haymitch explain that Peeta's mind has been brainwashed through the usage of tracker-jacker venom. This is also known as "Hijacking." Afterwards, Katniss goes to see Peeta again, and he is seen struggling in a bed that has him strapped down. The camera zooms in slowly to enhance the terrifying experience of Peeta's struggling. Then the screen goes black and again shows the title.
Rating: Family friendliness- 6 out of 10 Arrows
Action- 5 out of 10 Arrows
Story Line- 9 out of 10: VERY close to the book.
Overall- 9 out of 10
Well everybody, I'm sorry that I haven't posted all month. It's been pretty hectic. What with Turkey Day coming up and having wrestling practice like every day, it's been a lot. I'm posting in advance so that I don't feel obliged to post when I'm feeling fat tomorrow. But in addition to saying Happy Thanksgiving to y'all, I wanted to say Happy Birthday to +maddy g today. Hope it all goes well. There's a picture below, hope you enjoy. Eat a lot, and don't forget to be thankful for everything you have!
Psalm 107:1 "Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!"
Psalm 100:4 "Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name!"
Hey guys! Just wanted to throw a post out there before we launch into November. Crazy that the month has flown by, right? Well, enjoy the music below, and hopefully you get a good laugh out of the pics below as well. Happy Halloween! Stay safe.
Hello everybody! This is my first post back, and I decided to do a review on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 videogame, as you can see in the title. Note: I will not give away the entire story-line, videogames will be the same gist as movies.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Video-Game
Alright, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 starts out where The Amazing Spider-Man movie re-told the tale of Uncle Ben's death. Playing as Peter Parker, you are walking out of the corner store where you've just gotten your bottle of milk.
You hear a gunshot, and you run over to Uncle Ben, who is already dead.
The game then fast-forwards to two years later, where the videogame takes place. Returning to his original and classic uniform, Spider-Man stands on top of one of the eagles where, for hardcore Spider-Man videogame players, we see that this is the same eagle Spider-Man stood upon in the first
Spider-Man game, featuring Tobey McGuire. Just a fun fact.
Anyway, Spider-Man overlooks the city, and says, mostly to himself, "Uncle Ben's killer is still out there. I have to find him. I'll never stop hunting Uncle Ben's killer." Or something along those lines. You ask me, kinda cheesy.
Okay, if you remember in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie, Spider-Man got himself involved in the Russian mob's business, where they were terrorizing Manhattan. This is barely mentioned in the film itself, when Peter and Gwen are seen together for the first time in the film at their High School Graduation Ceremony.
Now, the videogame expands upon that, and barely follows, let alone stays along the same lines, as the movie. So you can expect a completely different story line that is so loosely connected to the movie, that Gwen is not mentioned or even thought of once in the entire game!
Personally, this was a disappointment. Not saying that I would have wanted to witness
Gwen's death a second time, but saying that I think Gwen should have been featured in the game, since the movie really revolves around her death.
Anyways, at this point in the game, you are hunting Uncle Ben's killer, and instead you get caught up in a Russian mob skirmish. You beat the crap out of all of them, except for one, in order to interrogate him.
You find out some information that will help you with finding the killer, and aid you in your intervention of the Russian mob's constant fighting. Okay, all you really need to know is that yes, you do indeed intervene with the Russian gangs, and you meet Kraven along the way. Kraven teaches Spider-Man how to become a true hunter, and attempts to bring out the killing side to him. This fails however, and Spider-Man discovers that the true reason Kraven taught Spider-Man everything he knew, is that Kraven wanted a worthy opponent to fight him. Along with Kraven, you must fight Electro, and the story line leading to Electro's boss fight is completely off, since you fight Kingpin before Electro. And then after Electro, you fight Carnage, then after Carnage, you fight the Green Goblin/Hobgoblin. With Kingpin, he becomes involved when he makes a contract with Harry and Oscorp Industries to help protect Manhattan from the Russian mob threat. This poses a new threat alongside the villians already mentioned. The Kingpin's company is called Trask, and the Task Force is assigned into protecting Manhattan from vigilantes and thugs. Which, includes Spidey. Then you also have the opportunity to play as Peter in a few other scenarios, but overall, you are suited up as Spidey for the majority of the game. Details (small ones, like gaming mechanics): Web Swinging Rating:9.5 out of 10- interesting, fun, and a real joy to be able to use both triggers to enable a sense of actually swinging between skyscrapers. Web shooter mechanics (i.e. web shooting, web grappling, special moves, silent takedowns, web yoyo, etc.): 7.75 out of 10- very cool, fun, but repetitive. at first, interesting to experience the different types of takedowns and the limited variety, but overall, a good usage. in order to get an even better experience that could bump that rating up to an 8, possibly an 8.25... UPGRADES! upgrade as much as you can. it'll pay off, i promise you that Overall Rating: 7.75 out of 10- now, i try to be as honest as i can in all of my reviewing, and this is my honest opinion: this is definitely not the best Spider-Man game made ever. but, it is one to take a look into. i didn't even mention the hero or menace system, but that was pretty neat. so yes, i am being as generous, but as honest, as i can possibly be with this videogame. i honestly thought it was going to turn out better, but hey, it's Spider-Man, right? who doesn't love a Spider-Man game?
Yes sir! It is National Martial Arts Day, and I wanted to letcha all know, because I myself take Tae Kwon Do, and I love it. I have competed in quite a few tournaments with +maddy g , and +Nate AG at and representing +Pride Martial Arts. To celebrate this awesome holiday, here's some pictures down below.
Hi y'all! I know that I haven't posted in like forever, but I see that people have viewed the blog, or at least the blog posts, quite a few times. So thank you to anyone who decided to check out Piece of Cake, I really appreciate it. But please do expect some posts quite soon. I am planning on doing flashback videogame reviews, and if I see another movie, I'll post about that, too. Thank you all again for viewing even when I didn't have anything to show. OH! By the way, a friend of mine has a YouTube channel, and he would like me to share it with you guys. The link will be on the "Link Bar" up above the date of this post, and is called, "Power Chord Games." My friend has done many videos on videogames, and I am planning on reviewing his videos, to get us both some views. So check out "Power Chord Games," expect some reviews soon, and I hope you all had a great Columbus Day!
The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a new approach to the original story-line in the first Turtles movie made. In my opinion, it was a better story overall, suggesting that the turtles' origin was not a mistake, but in fact intentional. April O'Neil (Megan Fox) is a news reporter for Channel 6 News. She's trying to get her hands on a big story for her reputation, and The Foot Clan is a huge topic around The Big Apple. The Foot is attempting to completely overtake Manhattan. The Turtles aren't allowing that, as they are making secret outings of the sewers to help the people who are constantly being taken hostage by The Foot. Their master, Splinter, does not believe that his sons are ready for the world outside of the sewers, therefore forbidding them to go above ground. April discovers the turtles as they are fighting off the Foot Clan, and meets them unofficially. As the turtles talk amongst themselves, calling each other by name, April repeats their names, a look of shock on her face. When the turtles leave, she goes back to her apartment and uncovers her father's files on one such "Project Renaissance," a project to create a mutagen that strengthens the body to a point where it is nearly indestructible. She watches a video she took when she was about ten years old, which shows her looking at her father's experimental turtles, named Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael. They were given the mutagen to see how it would work, but April's father found out what the purpose of the project was. The CEO of Sacks Industries, Eric Sacks, has teamed up with the Shredder in order to make a chemical attack on Manhattan. The toxin can only be cured by the mutagen that is in the turtles' blood, making them targets of the Foot. Shredder raids the turtles' sewer home and captures everyone except for Raphael, also leaving Splinter nearly dead. "Let's go save my brothers." Raphael and April go to where the Foot are holding Leonardo, Donatello, and Michaelangelo. The turtles break out and go to stop Shredder. An epic battle ensues, where the turtles almost die, but make it out alive. The turtles make it back to their home, grabbing the mutagen extracted from their own blood and taking it with them. They use it to revive Splinter, and all ends well for the city and the turtles. Rating: 8 out of 10 half-shells, due to great story, and awesome martial arts action. To family friendliness, a 10, and script/line-wise, a 6, because there was a lot more cheesy than epic lines. Overall, a 9 out of 10. Re-watch Probability: Very high NOTE: There is one swear word in the entire movie, uttered by Raphael when they are making their last stand against the Shredder. The turtles are getting their butts kicked, and Raphael clearly says it; inappropriately however. "Ugh, we're getting our asses kicked out there." Just a heads-up for those parents who would like to know. Bibliography: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 teaser poster Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 April O'Neil Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2014 Shredder vs. Splinter
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is definitely one movie to see. Hosting an all-star cast and continuing the journey of Caesar the chimp, Dawn will have you on the edge of your seat. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes The beginning of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes shows the ALZ-113 virus spreading across the world. Giving some background as well, we see the massive expansion of the ALZ-113, also come to be known as the "Simian Flu." The disease spreads rapidly, killing tens of millions of people in its airborne state. Those that are immune survive, which only comes out to only a couple hundred million. All of this takes place within a time span of ten years since the events of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Since Rise, the apes have made their home in the Muir Woods located in San Francisco, California. Caesar has a son, whom he has named "Blue Eyes," and his wife bears another son, both heirs to his position as leader of the apes. The apes have developed enough where they can now speak, but very short and choppy sentences. Their main form of communication is signing, taught originally by Caesar. The humans in San Francisco, however, have secluded themselves on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge away from the apes, but are now desparately in need of a source of power. That source of power is located within the apes' territory. It's a dam that could last the humans as long as they need to survive and rebuild their home, without having to fight the apes. So a shaky agreement is made between Caesar and Malcom (Jason Clarke). Malcom has three days, or else Dreyfus (Gary Oldman) will unleash war on the apes. While Malcom is working on the dam to get it up and running, Koba, on of Caesar's most trusted chimps, scouts ahead to the human settlement. He finds a huge stash of weaponry, being tested and approved for battle. Koba wants war with the humans, so that they don't stand in his way of creating a larger empire...once Caesar has been eliminated. Koba steals a human weapon, and shoots Caesar near his heart, in fact, an inch from it. He makes himself scarce after shooting Caesar. Blue Eyes sees the weapon, and picks it up, handing it to Koba. Koba raises the gun in his hand, and speaks, "Humans...kill...Caesar! We must fight!... To avenge Caesar!" Blue Eyes is very against going to war, but Koba reassures him in sign, "Don't worry Blue Eyes, we will avenge your father's death." War begins, and the apes attack the human settlement, making prisoners of the humans that they don't kill. Meanwhile, Malcom finds Caesar, barely alive and bleeding out. Caesar has them take him to his home that he lived in with Will Rodman (James Franco) in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. There, Malcom's wife heals him. But in order to complete the healing, she needs supplies that are back in the city. Malcom goes and retrieves the supplies, running into Blue Eyes, telling him, "Your father...he's alive." Blue Eyes goes back with Malcom, and uncovers the truth about his father's shooter. "Father, Koba warned me, he feared for your safety." (in sign) "Not human...Koba." Caesar replies in his deep and authoritative voice. Blue Eyes goes back to the city, telling the apes that are still loyal to Caesar that he is still alive. He uses his father's emblem that was used in Rise. The loyal apes break out and go to see Caesar himself. Together, they go to the city, where Caesar must face off against Koba. Caesar kills Koba, necessarily breaking the first law of the apes, "Ape not kill Ape." Malcom meets Caesar in a courtyard, where all the apes are gathered, prepared to fight. "Caesar, you have to go. You have to get out of here now. The military is coming, it's going to be all-out war." "War...has already...begun. Get out...before...the fighting...begins." Malcom obeys, disappearing into the shadows of a train station, taking one last look at Caesar, the mighty leader of the apes. Caesar faces his loyal apes, standing gaurd, watching, waiting... for war. Laws of the Apes: "Ape not kill Ape" " Apes together strong" "Knowledge is power" Bibliography: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Caesar
The final chapter in the Hobbit trilogy begins just where it left off, so you'll want to see The Desolation of Smaug so that you know exactly what's going on. Maybe if you can, you should see An Unexpected Journey as well. 
It is here that Bard attempts to kill the dragon. He uses all of his arrows and is down to his last one. He once again fails to pierce the dragon's hide, and fails to pierce the one place his hide was pierced before. As his children are escaping from their burning home, Bard's son sees his father firing wildly at the dragon and they just happen to pass the place where he hid the Black Arrow. 
