Batman: Year One (2011)

Returning after twelve years of being abroad, Bruce Wayne has made his way back to his home town of Gotham. He has taken the years to prepare himself to become the main source of crime fighting within the city as he knows the police force is completely corrupted.

After a failed daylight attempt, Bruce is forced to find a way to strike fear into the hearts of the scum in Gotham, this is when he takes on the persona known as Batman.

Starring, Benjamin McKenzie, Bryan Cranston and Eliza Dushku.

It also follows the first year James Gordon works for the GCPD showing that no matter what they do, he will not stray from looking for justice for those who deserve it, such as what Batman is doing.

I've always been a fan of the 1987 story arc as it gave the reader a most in depth look at the history behind some of comics most popular characters and when I first heard it was being brought into animation I couldn't wait to see it. And when I did I absolutely loved every aspect of it.

It shows off how green Batman was in his first year, having been shot on multiple occasions, going out in public without a proper costume nor any real gadgets and how his martial arts training hasn't fully been put to the test until now.

The voice cast was perfect I found, although Benjamin McKenzie (who now ironically plays a young James Gordon on the Fox television series, Gotham) was a little bit hard to take in when he first started speaking at the start, but quickly it started to sound much more natural.

Bryan Cranston as James Gordon however was spot on through and through. It seems like no matter what the man does he can always nail a role whether it's comedic, serious or even a voice acting job, he seems to always come to the table fully prepared and ready to make things happen the right way.

Again, I loved it all and have to throw a 9 out of 10 out there for it. Almost perfect in my eyes!

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Godzilla (2014)

The U.S. government has been keeping a few secrets from the public. Secrets that, if revealed, could plague the entire world with an evil so intense that it could potentially wipe out all of mankind,

One day, these secrets awaken and start causing chaos, leaving the King of monsters no choice but to awaken from his deep slumber and take on these evil forces head on.

Directed by Gareth Edwards, written by Max Borenstein, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen and Bryan Cranston.

Godzilla is one of those awesome, classic monster movie creatures that will be around forever. And every 10 to 20 years or so the story is revamped and it's goodness is given to us through a newly made film.

The start up for this film made me smile, as they used historical facts to make it look like governments had already dealt with and taken out Godzilla. Of course, years later they have a series of events that lead up to none other than an appearance by Godzilla.

As a fun fact, I would like to mention that they started up the first scene of the film in 1999. For those of you who recall, this was they year released Godzilla 2000, which was hated by everyone I know including my own father. But I was 11 and I enjoyed the hell out of it. Now a days... not so much.

So basically what they tried to do is erase the memory of that part of the franchise's history. And I do not blame them.

Anyhow, On with the show!

I loved the old school concept Godzilla they used in this remake, reminds me of a DIY movie monster model that I had when I was a kid, the design seemed flawless and with today's technology, makes his actions and movements look amazing.

The acting was alright, nothing spectacular with the exception of the one and only Bryan Cranston.

That man can steal the show no matter what he does!

The story was slightly harder to follow than I expected it to be, but eventually they were able to make it clear as to what was happening or what they were attempting to have happen.

All in all it was a good pop corn flick, the special effects were extremely well done and they didn't over do they monster fight scenes. With that being said I will be giving this new version of Godzilla a 6 out of 10.

It seemed very predictable what they would do with Godzilla after the plot was revealed, but it was still an enjoyable film to watch for the graphics and for some of the fight sequences.

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