Comments for Walking Taco http://www.walkingtaco.com Movie and TV Reviews. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:08:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Courageous by dee brestin http://www.walkingtaco.com/courageous/#comment-1494 dee brestin Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:08:10 +0000 http://www.walkingtaco.com/?p=3874#comment-1494 You bring a good perspective from your experience and I thank you for writing this. It's well written and thoughtful. You bring a good perspective from your experience and I thank you for writing this. It’s well written and thoughtful.

]]> Comment on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 by Suze P http://www.walkingtaco.com/twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-1/#comment-1490 Suze P Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:55:37 +0000 http://www.walkingtaco.com/?p=3769#comment-1490 I don't know what it is about Twilight, some of the haters do make valid points, but I still just love it. I'm willing to gloss over the whole sparkly vampire thing, and the fact that the wolves aren't actually what I'd consider werewolves, and the whole "how does someone dead impregnate a live human?" thing..It just makes me happy. :O) BTW..Just wanted to let you know, I "borrowed" your Bella and Edward picture for a G+ post https://plus.google.com/u/0/109867857011852916441/posts/MkeCwUPVJEA..with link of course..and i love the name of your site.. great name. LOL I don’t know what it is about Twilight, some of the haters do make valid points, but I still just love it. I’m willing to gloss over the whole sparkly vampire thing, and the fact that the wolves aren’t actually what I’d consider werewolves, and the whole “how does someone dead impregnate a live human?” thing..It just makes me happy. :O)

BTW..Just wanted to let you know, I “borrowed” your Bella and Edward picture for a G+ post https://plus.google.com/u/0/109867857011852916441/posts/MkeCwUPVJEA..with link of course..and i love the name of your site.. great name. LOL

]]> Comment on X-Men: First Class by Simon R. http://www.walkingtaco.com/xmen-class/#comment-1483 Simon R. Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:49:16 +0000 http://www.walkingtaco.com/?p=3422#comment-1483 Just saw this last weekend...wow. I was caught off guard and entirely floored in the best way possible. I was expecting a light action romp, but what I got instead was an incredibly rich, deep, and very dark portrayal of the X-Men unlike anything in the other movies. I especially enjoyed the many layers to Xavier and Magneto's relationship, and Magneto's journey to what some might equate with the proverbial dark side (the scene with the coin and Kevin Bacon at the end still gives me chills). Just saw this last weekend…wow. I was caught off guard and entirely floored in the best way possible. I was expecting a light action romp, but what I got instead was an incredibly rich, deep, and very dark portrayal of the X-Men unlike anything in the other movies. I especially enjoyed the many layers to Xavier and Magneto’s relationship, and Magneto’s journey to what some might equate with the proverbial dark side (the scene with the coin and Kevin Bacon at the end still gives me chills).

]]> Comment on Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol by Simon R. http://www.walkingtaco.com/mission-impossible-ghost-protocol/#comment-1482 Simon R. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:12:18 +0000 http://www.walkingtaco.com/?p=3787#comment-1482 My only problem with M:I 4 is that it didn't actually seem like much of a M:I storyline. The hallmark of M:I (breaking into locations against impossible odds) wasn't really on display here, and instead we are presented with an incredibly solid action movie that is very well done--just not really a good M:I movie. Burj Khalifa sequence was breathtaking, but the CIA break-in from DePalma's original movie is much more tense and nail-biting. But these critiques aside, Bird really did deliver an outstanding action flick that shows how action movies don't need to be just babes and explosions *cough*MichaelBay*cough*. I bet seeing it in IMAX was awesome :) My only problem with M:I 4 is that it didn’t actually seem like much of a M:I storyline. The hallmark of M:I (breaking into locations against impossible odds) wasn’t really on display here, and instead we are presented with an incredibly solid action movie that is very well done–just not really a good M:I movie. Burj Khalifa sequence was breathtaking, but the CIA break-in from DePalma’s original movie is much more tense and nail-biting. But these critiques aside, Bird really did deliver an outstanding action flick that shows how action movies don’t need to be just babes and explosions *cough*MichaelBay*cough*.

I bet seeing it in IMAX was awesome :)

]]> Comment on The Village by Linnea Ermitanio http://www.walkingtaco.com/village-2/#comment-1464 Linnea Ermitanio Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:54:14 +0000 http://www.walkingtaco.com/?p=3750#comment-1464 Only a smiling visitor here to share the love (:, btw great design and style . Only a smiling visitor here to share the love (:, btw great design and style .

]]> Comment on Battlestar Galactica: Season 2 by Simon R. http://www.walkingtaco.com/battlestar-galactica-season-2/#comment-1451 Simon R. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:11:40 +0000 http://www.walkingtaco.com/?p=3167#comment-1451 Glad you like it so far! I thought it was really good for the first two seasons, but fell entirely off a cliff midway through season 3 and never recovered. Glad you like it so far! I thought it was really good for the first two seasons, but fell entirely off a cliff midway through season 3 and never recovered.

]]> Comment on Battlestar Galactica: Season 2 by Julie http://www.walkingtaco.com/battlestar-galactica-season-2/#comment-1450 Julie Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:57:45 +0000 http://www.walkingtaco.com/?p=3167#comment-1450 I just started watching this series since I bought my new TV and got it setup for Netflix streaming. I had a hard time getting into it at first and had to force myself to keep watching, but I am now on episode 7 of season 3 and completely sucked in. :D I just started watching this series since I bought my new TV and got it setup for Netflix streaming. I had a hard time getting into it at first and had to force myself to keep watching, but I am now on episode 7 of season 3 and completely sucked in. :D

]]> Comment on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 by Travis J. http://www.walkingtaco.com/twilight-saga-breaking-dawn-part-1/#comment-1442 Travis J. Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:45:39 +0000 http://www.walkingtaco.com/?p=3769#comment-1442 “Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.” ― Stephen King “Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength and doing what is right in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.”
― Stephen King

]]> Comment on Tower Heist by Simon R. http://www.walkingtaco.com/tower-heist/#comment-1433 Simon R. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:27:01 +0000 http://www.walkingtaco.com/?p=3743#comment-1433 Every time I watch a Ben Stiller movie, I think to myself "This guy's done some funny stuff...I might as well give him another shot." And more often than not I'm let down, which is too bad. Tower Heist legitimately looks funny, especially compared to other "comedies" out now like Jack and Jill. Too bad Ratner bungled it :( Every time I watch a Ben Stiller movie, I think to myself “This guy’s done some funny stuff…I might as well give him another shot.” And more often than not I’m let down, which is too bad. Tower Heist legitimately looks funny, especially compared to other “comedies” out now like Jack and Jill. Too bad Ratner bungled it :(

]]> Comment on Real Steel by Thadd Harrington http://www.walkingtaco.com/real-steel/#comment-1431 Thadd Harrington Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:53:37 +0000 http://www.walkingtaco.com/?p=3735#comment-1431 Ha ha ha, <i>Over the Top</i>. Man, that movie was dumb. Not unlike this one, but this was completely enjoyable. I think the most impressive part, and you touched on this, but I just want to emphasize it, was that the robots actually looked like they were there. So much so, I didn't even think of them as special effects until someone commented on how good the special effects were. If CGI can make me forget that what I'm watching is CGI, then color me impressed. All in all, <i>Rocky 4: 2: This Time There's Robots</i> was a surprisingly fun film. It had every cliche you could think of in ten life times, but, as the old cliche goes, "a cliche is a cliche for a reason." Good review. Ha ha ha, Over the Top. Man, that movie was dumb. Not unlike this one, but this was completely enjoyable.

I think the most impressive part, and you touched on this, but I just want to emphasize it, was that the robots actually looked like they were there. So much so, I didn’t even think of them as special effects until someone commented on how good the special effects were. If CGI can make me forget that what I’m watching is CGI, then color me impressed.

All in all, Rocky 4: 2: This Time There’s Robots was a surprisingly fun film. It had every cliche you could think of in ten life times, but, as the old cliche goes, “a cliche is a cliche for a reason.” Good review.

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