Muhammed Elgammal

This is my movie review for Five Nights at Freddy’s. I watched it. Let’s talk about it and rate it 1 through 10. This is your spoiler warning before I continue. Five Nights at Freddy’s opens with a security guard attempting to escape through the vents of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. He makes it to the other side. But he is quickly caught by one of the restaurant’s animatronic mascots Foxy. You only get to see a shadow of Foxy in the opening scene. The security guard is now strapped down to an operating chair. He is looking at his death. A mechanized mask with saws was creeping closer to his face. Sadly, he did not make it. The opening scene of Five Nights at Freddy’s really set a high bar for the movie’s tone. But the rest of the movie fell short. Here’s why. For being a horror movie, this movie really lacked that horror qualities. The first four nights of this movie were just regular nights. There was nothing scary happening. - Night 1 was the introduction. - Night 2 you meet Vanessa. - Night 3 Abby gets a play date. - Night 4 Abby gets a play date part two. There was no suspense. If anything, I just wanted the movie to be over because it was not going anywhere. The first four nights were stagnant. Then night five did not live up to the hype. The opening scene of this movie was the scariest part. But then night five copies that scene with Mike so it took away from that scary element. This movie had a run time of 1 hour 50 minutes, but it felt like an eternity because it was not going anywhere. I rate Five Nights at Freddy’s 2.1 out of 10. If the game is anything like this movie, you can be certain I will not be playing it.

This is my movie review for The Marvels. I watched it. Let’s talk about it and rate it 1 through 10. This is your spoiler warning before I continue. This movie begins with Dar-Benn finding one of the two bangles. You learn that the bangles are a quantum band used to create jump points. Dar-Benn wanted both bangles to destroy everything Captain Marvel loves while restoring the Kree home planet Hala to its former glory. Captain Marvel destroyed Supreme Intelligence. Consequently, it caused the destruction of Hala and set Dar-Benn on a dark path. Captain Marvel was now known as The Annihilator by all the Kree. The flashback where she destroys Supreme Intelligence was the only time Captain Marvel was wearing her cosmic mask. I think that was intentional to differentiate between The Annihilator and Captain Marvel. After Dar-Benn activates her bangle, Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau, and Ms. Marvel became cosmically entangled. All three-share light-based powers. The first few entanglements they experienced were a bit much for me. But they quickly picked up the pieces and learned how to continue fighting with this new challenge. Once that happened, it was pretty cool. I felt bad for the Skrulls in this movie. Their colony of Tarnax was destroyed after Dar-Benn tore a jump point in the sky that would take its air to Hala. The Skrulls just want a home. Mid movie The Marvels were set to go to the world of Aladna to protect its people. The people of Aladna communicate through singing. Thankfully that scene was not too long. According to Captain Marvel, Aladna is a planet that is 99.63% water. Dar-Benn was planning to tear a jump point in the sky that would siphon Aladna’s water supply. Brutal. The movie ends with a 3 on 1 fight, The Marvels vs Dar-Benn. Dar-Benn still only had one bangle but also her Universal Weapon. If you do not know, the Universal Weapon is what is used by the Public Accusers to enforce Kree Law. You first saw it wielded by Ronan the Accuser in the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie, but at that point it was called the Cosmic Rod. Let me just say, Captain Marvel wielding the Universal Weapon was incredible. Going into this movie, I did not watch the Ms. Marvel tv show and I attempted to watch Wanda Vision but fell asleep for half the episodes. With that being said, at no point did I feel lost regarding Monica Rambeau’s and Ms. Marvels’ characters. Monica Rambeau’s character was great. I loved her quick scientific and mathematical mental calculations. It was impressive. I liked Ms. Marvel but not Kamala Khan. It is like the Avenger’s Initiative approving Iron Man but not Tony Stark back at the end of Iron Man 2. Monica Rambeau and Ms. Marvel both had about a minute long scene which summed up how each received her perspective powers. So if you have not watched the shows, that is okay. This movie was shockingly short with a run time of 1 hour 45 minutes. The movie was well paced and engaging. I rate The Marvels 8.2 out of 10.

Where to start with this? This movie has a great story to it, but some of the details could have made for a better movie. It was a great concept in this movie; humanity finds a new planet to inhabit. But the only problem is it takes 120 years of traveling to get there. So in order to successfully get there, the people would need to be put in a deep sleep (hibernation) in individual pods. There was only a capacity of 5,000 people for each journey. But of course, something goes wrong to where Jim, played by Chris Pratt, was woken up 90 years too early. He had no way of going back into his hibernation, so he was left with two options- survival or suicide. It was cool to see him as he went about his day and what he would do. But it was too short lived. He was only alone for a little over a year before he decided to override the system to wake Aurora, played by Jennifer Lawrence. It seemed like way too short of a time frame for Jim to have already gone crazy. The main thing that did not make sense about this movie was the 120 year trip. For a trip that takes so long, why are we only able to send 5,000 people at a time? Also, there was a scene where Jim had tried to send a distress message to the people on Earth, but it would have taken 19 years for delivery and 55 years for a response, and it would cost over $6,000. Also, the passengers themselves did not make sense. Considering that there is a limit to each trip of 5,000 people and it takes 120 years to travel, the people that were being sent were middle class people. Jim was an engineer. Aurora was a journalist. For a voyage like this, I would have thought that it would have been for only the top 1/10 percentile of the top 1/10 percentile of the upper class on Earth. Who other can afford to pay over $6,000 for a single message? The ending was too short. Once Jim and Aurora find out why the ship was malfunctioning, it was a matter of about 10 minutes of the movie for it to be fixed. There was opportunity for a stronger finish here. Overall the movie's story was fine, but it could have been much more concrete. For a survival type movie, there could have been much more of a challenge presented to Jim and Aurora to make the story more thrilling.

Spoiler Warning: There were many high hopes for this movie, and they were let down. The trailers were too deceiving for the expectation that was set going into this. The trailers were misleading in multiple ways. The trailers made the Last Night seem like it was Optimus Prime. But he was not the Last Night. It was in fact Cade Yeager, played by Mark Wahlberg. It took away from the Transformers side of the movie, and it added more of the humanistic side to the movie. If anything, I believe it weakened the strength of the story's plot. Optimus Prime turned, and that was awesome because he seemed like he was going to be a bounty hunter similar to Lockdown in "Transformers: Age of Extinction". Lockdown was the best Transformers villain; he had zero mercy and he was ruthless. Now that Optimus Prime had turned to Nemesis Prime, I was expecting the same. But this was the biggest let down in the movie. Nemesis Prime lasted for a few minutes of total screen time, then he was Optimus Prime again. It was actually quite annoying and disappointing. The only good that came from it was his fight with Bumblebee, but it ended quickly. The plot of the movie was too scattered. It would show some humanistic scenes, then it would show some Transformers doing something that was not interesting. It kept on going back and forth. The movie was missing the giant showdown for the second half of the move as all of the previous movies did. I was waiting for that consistent screen time of Transformers fighting all over, but it really did not happen. This goes with why I did not like the fact that Cade Yeager was the Last Night. The last Night should have been a Transformer, if not Optimus Prime. Quintesson, the creator of all the Transformers, was cool; however, she was not as powerful as she seemed. She really did not do much to make an impact on the story. The final fight between her and Optimus Prime was pointless because she was defeated in practically one hit. What was the point of her? It was good to see Megatron again. I was hoping that they would not bring back Glavatron from "Transformers: Age of Extinction" because he was a complete and total joke with is giant hole going through his chest. Really? But the real issue I have with Megatron is that he always has this master plan to take over the world, but he is always defeated in a few hits. Instead of focusing on taking over the world, how about you learn how to fight first. Many of the Transformers were being killed extremely easily. It was a buzzkill to see that happen. It happened multiple time to both the Autobots and the Decepticons. This really took away from the feel for the Transformers fight as shown in previous movies. Overall, I really did not care for this movie. The special effects and CGI (computer generated images) were spectacular, but the story and action kept me waiting. If you are going into this movie with high standards and expectations, you may be walking out with many of them broken.

Spoiler Warning: Going into this movie, it was difficult to set an expectation for what was about to come considering that this was now the third Spider-Man series that Marvel has released. In the previous series, Tobey Maguire was a great Peter Parker, but he was a terrible Spider-Man; on the contrary, Andrew Garfield was a terrible Peter Parker, but he was an awesome Spider-Man. Now Marvel has introduce us to Tom Holland. He seemed to be a good balance of the two- Peter Parker and Spider-Man. The story was incredible. It had a smooth flow to it. It showed a great back story to Vulture, played by Michael Keaton. Although it was short, it took us back to the setting of the aftermath of the first Avengers movie battle in New York. It tied up loose ends quickly, and it brought us up to speed years later to the present day. Vulture was a threatening predator. His suit was crazy, but it was a bit too big. It would have been nicer to see more of Vulture during the daylight. Most of his appearance was at night, so the details of his suit were not as glamorous as it could have been. Shocker was subtle, but intense. He had a small role, but his presence was good to see. I was disappointed that there was no back story to Peter Parker becoming Spider-Man. Yes his back story is known by many, but it is essential to set the tone of this new series of Spider-Man. I also did not care for the ending. It is mainly because of the fight between Spider-Man and Vulture. It was too short, and it could have been much better. Overall, I enjoyed this installment of Spider-Man. It had a lot of humor all throughout the story. Tom Holland did an exceptional job as both Peter Parker and Spider-Man.

This movie was much different than what I thought it would be. The story to the movie was more of a set up for a sequel, so it was not too interesting. The main thing that the story lacked was a climax. From start to finish, the story had a somewhat slow but steady flow to it. This took away from the possibility of a monumental ending to the movie, and it weakened the level of interest kept throughout the movie. There was one aspect to this movie that was catchy. With each time Cal Lynch, played by Michael Fassbender, connected to his assassin ancestor Aguilar de Nerha, Lynch became more and more like him. Lynch was learning the skills and ways of the Assassin's Creed. Then finally Lynch had what he needed, and we now have the Assassin's Creed in the present day. Despite the story's failure at keeping me interested, there were some aspects of the movie that were exciting and intense. The fighting choreography was executed on point. But the parkour far surpassed that. It not only was innovative, but also was impressive. Overall, this movie was disappointing. The trailers that were released for this movie sold it as one thing, and in the end it turned out to be something different.

This movie was good, but it had two major disappointments to it. This was more of a comedy movie than it was an action movie. It made the Secret Service and the White House defenses appear to be extremely weak. Humor in movies is fine, but too much of it in an action movie takes away from the focus of the choreography of each of the sequences. It also did not make sense to have so much humor in a time when the White House is being taken over and countless people are being killed. The Secret Service were taken down so incredibly quick, and it was annoying. They were portrayed as if the Navy SEALS went up against a group of teenagers. They were literally annihilated in no time at all. It was pathetic. Other than those two things, the movie was fine. The story had a nice twist to it in regards to who was responsible for organizing the attack on the White House. It was completely unexpected.

The previews for this movie did not make it seem like it was going to be as good as it turned out to be. It was interesting to see how this story would play out considering the trailers made it seem like the entire movie takes place in the trunk of a car. From the moment the movie started, it instantly jumped into the suspenseful story. It starts by showing the police operator's work as it was taking the first victim's call. It was a horrific scene and outcome, but it set the standard for the rest of the movie. It introduced the predator Michael Foster, played by Michael Eklund. Michael Foster had a sick obsession with kidnapping and killing blonde haired teen girls. He was calculated and disturbing. But he was also a bit careless. After he had kidnapped Casey Welson, played by Abigail Breslin, he simply threw her into the trunk of his stolen vehicle and then he did not notice all the commotion she was causing while trapped in the trunk. What boggled me the most was the fact that she was on the phone with the police for over an hour, and it was not heard at all. She was talking to the police operator Jordan Turner, played by Halle Berry; it was not the usual side of police that one expects to see in a movie. The whole time, Jordan Turner was trying to help Casey Welson escape captivity. It was a frantic situation for both. The ending was great. I do not want to ruin it by saying what happened, but I will say it was a case of poetic justice for the predator.

This movie was not the ordinary super hero. Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck) is an attorney who will only defend those who are innocent. He is also blind after a hazardous chemical accident happened when he was a young teen. Murdock is an advocate for serving justice and protecting those who need it most. Murdock was an attorney by day, and Daredevil by night. The fighting choreography in this was innovative and unlike any other. It was cool how the fact that Murdock is blind was significantly considered when developing each of the sequences to reflect how he has adapted with his other senses in order to perfect his reflexes. It would have been better if there was more of both Bullseye (Colin Farrell) and Kingpin (Michael Clarke Duncan) in this movie. It would have added to a much stronger and interesting story.

Spoiler Warning: This is a highly anticipated movie. Many have speculated about what is to come. But many were wrong. Many people had theories that this movie would include time travel or parallel universes, and they claimed it may be too confusing for viewers. I personally did not find the story line confusing. It was set at a good pace. If you watched all of the preceding movies leading up to Endgame, then any of the story line in this movie will not be confusing. Avengers: Infinity War left me asking a lot of questions. I wanted to know more about Thanos. I wanted to know what truly happened to the heroes and people who were dusted. I wanted to know why Hulk was so afraid of Thanos instead of becoming angrier and stronger. Avengers: Endgame was not the traditional Marvel movie where the plot line is so predictable. There was true emotional connection among me, the viewer, and the heroes who survived the snap. Each hero was suffering in his or her own way, and they were suffering collectively. Thanos was more of a dynamic character ere. He did not have the power of any of the Infinity Stones so he had to use his brute strength in battle. He was ridiculous strong and shockingly a highly talented fighter. He was ruthless in his methods. On the contrary, the Black Order were irrelevant and pointless. All four of them were so weak and useless. I was disappointed that there was not any development for them. I felt most bad for Thor. Let me just say he is one of my favorites in The Avengers. In Infinity War, he was the one who lost most directly from Thanos. Thor's brother and best friend (Loki and Heimdall) were both brutally murdered at the hands of Thanos while Thor was helpless. He went on his mission to forge Stormbreaker; this weapon was strong enough to defeat and kill Thanos even if he had all six Infinity Stones. Thor was incredibly strong with his new axe, and he was so close to defeating Thanos. But he "should have gone for the head". Snap! Thor was so depressed in Endgame. He felt most responsible for all of the people and living creatures that died from the snap. He was so depressed, that he became a drunk throughout the movie, and he was afraid to face Thanos again. This was hard to watch because Thor would never back down from a fight; he had no fears. Captain America has always been my favorite in all of Marvel. He is always grounded and focused. He is always willing to do the right thing even when the price is high. He remained a good man. Watching him go head to head with Thanos was a treat! When it seemed like he was going to fail, the impossible happened. Captain America was worthy to possess the power of Thor! Yes, he was able to use Mjolnir! He was so powerful and awesome with it and his classic round shield. It made Thanos so mad that that was where he swore he would burn the entire planet down and summoned his entire army on Earth. Whatever it takes was the underlying theme of this movie. Each Avenger lost someone and something from Thanos' snap. Each now knew it whatever it takes is the only way to defeat Thanos for good. It was really sad to see some of the Avengers make that ultimate sacrifice; however, it was the best way for Marvel to end this story, and it was truly poetic justice. Thank you to Marvel for putting together such a miraculous movie. "Avengers, Assemble!"