Formerly Known as FKAJ

This was written on the TVTropes website, for the Crowning Moment of Awesome: Power Rangers page: Casey gets his CMOA in the next-to-last episode of the series, when he does an Unflinching Walk through a herd of Mooks up to the front doors of the Big Bad's hideaway and trashes the entire lot of them in a textbook version of Tranquil Fury. Oh, yes... he does this unmorphed. No Power Ranger - not even Tommy Oliver - has ever done anything that Bad Ass. Just thought Jason's fans would want to know about that one. Can't wait for Thor and the Avengers movie, which should have Chris as well. I know nothing about the comic, but that didn't stop me enjoying Iron Man and Daredevil.

The two Tim Burton Batman films, back to back. I've decided that Heath Ledger was a better Joker than Jack Nicholson, although I'm undecided where Mark Hamil comes in. Also, I think that Batman Returns was better than the first, but neither of them were better than the Chrisopher Nolan ones.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. See Harry Potter thread.

Naked Gun 2.5: Just as funny as the first one. My favourite scene: Lt. Frank Drebin: Hector Savage. From Detroit. Ex-boxer. His real name was Joey Chicago. Ed Hocken: Oh, yeah. He fought under the name of Kid Minneapolis. Nordberg: I saw Kid Minneapolis fight once. In Cincinnati. Lt. Frank Drebin: No you're thinking of Kid New York. He fought out of Philly. Ed Hocken: He was killed in the ring in Houston. By Tex Colorado. You know, the Arizona Assassin. Nordberg: Yeah, from Dakota. I don't remember it was North or South. Lt. Frank Drebin: North. South Dakota was his brother. From West Virginia. Ed Hocken: You sure know your boxing. Lt. Frank Drebin: All I know is never bet on the white guy.

Planet of the Apes. The Tim Burton version. I think this is underrated, not least because they actually read the book when they were writing it.

The Incredible hulk. Good, but would have been better if it had actually been a sequel to the first one.

Superman Returns: It's still an idiot plot that's half an hour too long, but it's still better than 3 and 4.

If it helps, he'll be in X-Men Origins: Deadpool.

Since yesterday, I've watched Superman, Superman II and Superman II the Richard Donner cut. I've decided that Donner's version was better but might have been a lot better if it hadn't had the turn-back-time ending,

Valkyrie - well shot and performed, but generally unremarkable. Not one of Singer's best, or Cruise's.

Pocahontas, the first film I ever saw in a cinema. Even more mesmerizing that it was then. Also, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, which started skipping about 15 minutes from the end, due to the DVD being badly scratched.

I am now on mid-year break from Uni. Not looking forward to my results for Australian Cinema, but Narrative and Text should be fine.

Terminator Salvation I have never been more pleasantly surprised by a movie. Not as good as the first one, but on roughly the same level as the other three.

Five Easy Pieces - disappointing, except for the diner scene.

Last Action Hero, which really is underrated. It's one of Arnold's best performances, and the send-up of overblown action films is hilarious. Highlight: the scene where an ice-cream truck explodes for no explained reason during a car chase and propels an ice cream cone through the back of a villain's head. "I iced him, to cone a phrase."

X-Men Origins: Woverine. Better than I expected, after all the two star reviews I've been seeing. But it's the weakest of the series and it doesn't give us much that was new or unexpected, except maybe the cameos by Scott and . The performances were mostly fine (except Danny Huston, who in no way matched Brian Cox), but the script was generic and not up to the standard of the first two. The stunts were nothing we hadn't seen before and the fight scenes, at least until Deadpool appeared, were repetitive and lacking in dramatic tension for anyone who had seen the original X-Men. And also, Liev Schreiber looks nothing like Tyler Mane.

Oh two other things. The Kelvin should not have had 800 crewmembers. The original Enterprise had 400 something. And where the hell was Robert April? The captain of the Enterprise before Christopher Pike who originally secured Spock his place at the Academy before he asked for it? Although he was only mentioned in the Animated Series which Gene Roddenberry non-canon.

Star. Trek. Better than every single Kirk movie. And all of the Picard movies except maybe First Contact. The highlights: pretty much every scene and every performance was flawless (although Karl took me a minute to convince as McCoy. Just wasn't sure he had the accent right). All the in-jokes and references to later episodes and films. Kirk's reaction to Future Spock's introduction. Most of the deviations from established canon didn't bother me after I thought about it. There were only three things I couldn't get past: * Chekov should not have even been out of Starfleet Academy, let alone on the bridge. I think they screwed up a lot of birthdates and academy enrollment dates, but this was the worst. * Sulu does not carry a katana, he carries a foil. I mention this because when he filmed The Naked Time, George Takei originally wanted to avoid the stereotype of samurai swords and suggested a foil. * Uhura ordering a Cardassian sunrise. I'm pretty sure the Federation hadn't encountered the Cardassians at this point and they certainly weren't at peace with them.

You do know that Kirk's father was George, right? I SO want to see this. I have to be in Hamilton, (where it isn't showing thanks to Wolverine) recovering from orthodontal surgery the weekend it comes out. If you are becoming a Trekkie, I feel obliged to recommend some movies: Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan (If possible, watch the episode Space Seed first) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Star Trek: First Contact (Watch the Best of Both Worlds first) And possibly: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Both work best after watching the Wrath of Khan) Star Trek Generations Star Trek Nemesis (A lot of people hate it but I think it's among the better stories. Feel free to avoid: Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Overlong and boring) Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (William Shatner ego-trip) Star Trek: Insurrection (Picard-Data HMS Pinafore duet in the middle of a space battle. I am not making this up)

Akira: Best anime I've ever seen, although Tetsuo's mutation was a bit off-putting.

Return to the Blue Lagoon. This is one of those sequels that's really little more than a remake, but what shocked me is that it was actually better in a lot of ways than the first one. Some of the dialogue was so bad that I almost switched it off, but I'm glad I didn't because the film went in an original direction that gave it a more satisfying conclusion than the first. The acting was fine on all counts, except maybe Brian Krause, whose accent felt a bit anachronistic at one point, and the repetition of the original formula wasn't as annoying as it was in, say, the Friday the Thirteenth films. Also, Munich. Fantastic, and demonstrates Spielberg's incredible range as a director.

Da Vinci Code. Good, not great. Must read the book when I get the chance

The Last Wave: Scariest movie I have watched in years. The Maltese Falcon: About as good as I remembered it, probably my favourite Noir besides LA Confidential The Blue Lagoon: Best teen romance I've ever seen.

The Producers. Zero Mostel was great, and Gene Wilder was fantastic. Can't wait to watch the remake.

Enchanted: The first 15 minutes or so were painful to sit through, but the rest was brilliant. The end brought me to tears. Shrek the Third: Not quite as good as the first two, but not bad. The Adventures of Barry McKenzie: Funny, but not as good as Crocodile Dundee. They're a Weird Mob: Hilarious. What Barry McKenzie should have been. Hunt Angels: Pretty good. Puts The Glenrowan Affair, (which I watched two years ago for a Media assignment) into perspective.