Reviews

Unlike The Long Kiss Goodnight, this is cliche after cliche. Poor script and dialogue. The story is muddled. Errors in military dress. The list goes on and on. The girl playing Zoe is just annoying. You'd think after seeing Cruise executed, she'd be more willing to follow instructions from her biological mother versus being the typical 12yo brat who doesn't know the difference between a buck and a doe! Come on! And then an impromptu boot camp in the middle of Alaska.

I will say, though, the dude that impaled himself through the neck on the broken bottle was an interesting touch.

And is it just me, or has JLo been under the knife?

Geez, where do I begin? I loved Firestarter 1984. This is a weak attempt and should have never left the cutting floor. Why do the morons in Hollywood insist on remaking, I mean ruining, perfectly good movies from times past? Is there truly no new inspirations, ideas, thoughts, premises, etc... Just do us all a favor, and STOP!!

The plot goes nowhere. The acting is awful and the story line just doesn't get there. First off, Charlie would have never killed her father. He wouldn't have been strong enough to "Push" her into doing it either. Charlie's powers were far superior to her parents'. And she just goes off with Rainbird to what, live happily after? Just nonsense!

Okay, being an avid reader of James Patterson's Alex Cross series and his more touching novels, Sam's Letters to Jennifer and Suzanne's Diary to Nicholas, I started reading his series about "bird kids." I was hooked and have read all of the books. So, imagine my surprise when, today, I was at Redbox and saw "Maximum Ride" the movie. Ecstatic! Excited! Tickled Pink! How could I have not known about this movie? Well, 10 minutes into this crap they call Maximum Ride do I know why. Disappointed, disgusted, and just down right ticked that they ruined this wonderfully, unique series. The actors are nobodies, the script writing is terrible, their wings are horrendous! What happened to the wings on X-Men?!! Those were realistic and believable. One of the things I always found interesting in the books is how they managed to disguise the fact that they have wings with a 10ft span hidden under their clothes, but this crap fest has them disappearing into the skin on their backs, which is just retarded. The books talked at length about how glorious their wings were and how they laid against their backs.

Now for the characters. Their ages are all wrong, physical characteristics are wrong, Max is wrong on so many levels. She is what makes this series, and they left out all of what makes her Max. The person they cast for her is a joke. These kids are genetically enhanced mutants with super strength and other powers; yet, they just seem weak and uninspired.

This movie could have been epic! To say I am annoyed to no end is an understatement. Makes me want to go read the books again to get this garbage out of my head and enjoy how Patterson intended them to be.