Az's Movie Review Section 2007

Spider-Man 3
The first real blockbuster of the year is the first film seen at the cinema by myself this year (in May).  The first film in the trilogy was pretty good and the second one was awful in my humble opinion.  I was expecting the third to be firmly between the two.  The film was better than I was expecting it to be with plenty of laughs and action and whilst the plotline had many elements to it, it didn't become too complicated at any time.  Not the best film I have ever seen but far from the worst!

Pirates of the Caribbean : At Worlds End
The latest installment of the film that was inspired by the ride at Disney World (rather than the ride being inspired by the film).  This is the third in the series, I don't say trilogy as the door is left wide open for more at some point.  Maybe the film is a little too long, maybe it is a little too complex but it wasn't bad and peppered with humorous parts which helped it along.

Shrek The Third
The third Shrek film is as good as the second one, which in turn was not as good as the first.  Maybe the film has too many sidekicks now and too many characters to fit in and that is before adding new ones.  may be the story is not quite as strong and loses focus.  Don't get me wrong I really liked this film but the magic of the first one just isn't there any more.

Die Hard 4.0
If I was rating this film purely on beliveability, this film would get a zero out of ten but as an all round entertainer this is as good as any of the Die Hard's, maybe even the best.  This film sees a lot more action than the earlier ones.  I liked this film immensely from start to finish.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The fifth Harry Potter film delivers the best of the book in a great action adventure.  Obviously parts of the book were missing, like in previous films there was no way you could have fit the entirety of the longest book into a few mere hours although some I'm sure would prefer that they had.  I liked the film a lot, maybe Sirius's death was a little disappointing but no complaints from me otherwise.

The Simpsons Movie
Full of great gags including the scene with Bart on the skateboard which was hilarious, it was just unfortunate that the overall story was missing something.  Don't get me wrong this wasn't a bad film it just didn't kick ass in the same way the South Park movie did for example.

Ratatouille
Yet another brilliant Pixar film.  The story was good, the animation superb and was a great all round film deserving of the Pixar name, however Cars still edges it for me I'm afraid, although this may well come in second.