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GoldenEye 007: Reloaded (2010)
Best wii shooter so far!
I have seen the movie GoldenEye (which was awesome), but I never played the original N64 title. But hopefully, one day it will come on the virtual console. When I heard about the remake, at first I rolled my eyes, but I changed my mind when a friend told me how awesome it was.
The story follows the movie, mostly, they change some of the locations of some of the events in the movie, and I don't want to spoil anything for people who don't know the plot of the movie. One thing that was weird was the changing of characters. By this I mean, they got Daniel Craig as Bond and changed all the other character voices and designes. It doesn't take away or add anything to the game, it was just pointless and I wish they didn't change the designs and got the old actors from the movie, but the voice acting was very well done anyway.
The graphics are good for what the wii is capable of, there is sometimes a choppy frame rate, but it's nothing that will affect the gameplay.
You could use either the wii mote nuchuck combo, classic controller pro, or gamecube controller. I liked the wii mote nunchuck combo. For those of you who prefer dual analog stick aiming, use the classic controller pro and get the game with the gold controller like I did.
What I liked a lot about the gameplay was how you had to put a bunch of stealth in it and there would be some running and gunning in it, so the game was never boring. From what I heard, the levels aren't recreations of the original, so don't expect the exact same campaign. One thing that I don't like was that the game could be dark at times. Yes sometimes you were given night vision goggles but the darkness could still get annoying. The split screen multiplayer was so much fun, it's the best part of the game. You chose your character to play as and the weapon that they use, choose how the match will go and the arena, and thats it. The online mulitplayer was good, but not great. The lag could get very bad at times, but other times there was no lag and it was a lot of fun. Oh and the game is hard even on the easiest setting.
Good: Controls, Graphics, Single player, split screen multiplayer, online mode is fun when there's no lag, voice acting difficulty.
Bad: Too dark sometimes, minor choppy frame rate (in single player mode), the online mode isn't fun when there is lag.
Overall, "GoldenEye 007" for the wii is amazing, anyone who has a wii and likes first person shooters, get this game now. And those of you who don't want to get this game because you loved the original so much, give it a try, you might like it.
I give this game a "9.5 out of 10" (Superb)!
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (2010)
In my opinion, Best Mario Game Ever and Best Game of 2010.
Where to start, I loved this game. The story starts out as Mario is being invited to Peaches castle to share some cake with her and watch the star festival. Just then Peach is captured by Bowser AGAIN for the umpteenth time. But Bowser is now giant and is planning to take over the universe. Mario gets in a launch star goes into space, meets a Luna named Luba who gives him a ship if he helps Luba get stars for fuel, and so the adventure begans.
The map is like the way that New Super Mario Bros was. The graphics and controls were great and so was the camera, there were no problems with any of those things at all. The level design was also very creative and breath taking. The boss fights were hard, and got slightly more challenging over time.
The story was kind of short, I beat it in about 7-8 hours, but the ability to go back and get hidden stars gives the game a lot of replay value.
Mario has many abilities in this game like the bee suit and fire suit return, although I was sad that the red star wasn't there anymore. There's also new suits like the cloud suit which lets Mario make clouds under him so he won't fall (favorite suit) and the boulder suit with makes Mario into a rock ball and run over stuff. In this game you can ride Yoshi, who also has abilities also like the chili pepper (run fast), balloon fruit (float in air temporarily), and light fruit (reveals paths).
This game is amazing and I think that so far, it's the best single player game on the wii, is a must have for anyone with a wii, and is worth every penny you spend on it.
Good things: Controls, graphics, level designs, music, length, boss fights, suits, and you get to ride Yoshi.
Bad things: When it ends.
"Super Mario Galaxy 2" gets a "10/10" with the title of "Perfect".
Inception (2010)
One of the best films of 2010!
I love this movie, it was just so creative and original, but the plot was SO complex and can be very confusing at times, how confusing? Imagine trying to take a test and some of the questions on it are questions about stuff you never learned. Okay, it's not that complex, but boy do you have to pay attention.
So anyway; the story is about Cobb (Leonardo Dicaprio), a man who with a machine that for SOME REASON never has a back story allows him to go into other people's dreams and steal ideas in their subconscious. He's one day told that if he can plant an idea in a CEO's mind that he can have a normal life again and that's along story. Plus, it turns out that the people in another person's dream will attack any "invaders", which they can tell by if the "invaders" create too many things in the dream and stuff like that. And it turns out that the CEO was trained to fight against "invaders", making the mission even harder. And to plant this idea, they have to go into a dream, within a dream, within a dream.
Everyone did a great job at acting, but some of the characters didn't have that much character development. The visual effects were unbelievable, you won't believe some of the things done in this movie. The fight scenes were very well choreographed and very creative, some of the best I've ever seen in a movie.
Good things: Great acting, effects, creative story and fight scenes, will leave you with a great feeling.
Bad things: Story is very complex, not much character development for some characters, not much of a back story to the machine itself.
But overall, this movie was amazing and must be seen in theaters.
I give this movie a 9/10 with the title of "Superb".
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Just as good as the first one, and the first was great.
This movie must be seen, it was very much worth the money I paid for the ticket and was a blast to sit through. I saw this with two of my friends and we all agreed that it was awesome. Robert Downey Jr. was perfect for the role of Tony Stark because he can play the stereotypical "american who is lost without his iPhone." I was disappointed with the fact that they replaced Terrance Howard with Don Cheadle as Rhodey. Don't get me wrong, the guy's a good actor, but Terrance Howard was really funny as Rhodey.
Good things: Robert Downey Jr., the effects, improvement on the action and more funny jokes, great acting, Mickey Rourke is a great villain, designs and functions of the new Iron Man and War Machine suits.
Bad things: Some of the writing seemed lazy or just bad, they replaced Terrance Howard with Don Cheadle as Rhodey.
Overall, this was a great sequel and I'd recommend this movie to anyone who likes Sci-fi, the first Iron Man movie, or great action and or humor.
I give this movie an 8/10 with the title of "Great".
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
My All Time Favorite Movie
I love this movie, it was so much fun to sit through. I have read the books, and the movie follows them very well. It's the best of the trilogy because it had the biggest battles, best acting and effects, and the biggest events in the trilogy. This movie is just great, but has some minor flaws.
Good things: Acting, action/fight scenes, writing, directing, effects, music, costume designs, and visuals.
Bad things: Some minor plot holes like the eagle thing, but is explained on this site and are so micro that they don't deduct the film, ending was droned out but is made up for buy staying true to the story.
Over all, this is a great movie and I'd recommend it to anybody who likes big and epic movies with big action scenes or fantasies.
I give this movie a 10/10 with the title of "Perfect".