Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011, Movie)

The only reason to see this movie is for the battles of Autobots VS Decepticons. Transformers 3 did not solve any of the problems that plague the first two by a long shot, but my biggest complaint is that it's too LONG! The bad stuff is that this movie shares half its screen time with fleshy humans that have no place being around giant robots with lasers while the humans have bullets that bounce off the robots. You know human weapons are ineffective, so get out of the way of the robots and let the Autobots do their job. Also, why do the wreckers have machine guns when there are Autobots fighting other robots? It was established only their own lasers can hurt big Decepticons.

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013, Movie)

The big finish of the movie is Smaug chasing the dwarves around the inside of the mountain for an hour.  Why are they spending so much time running around from the dragon? You lose the tension of a scene when it drags on so long. The dragon isn't so dangerous when he can't kill even one dwarf over such a long time.  That's obviously not in the book. 

The movie is an ill-conceived ragout of fantasy, science fiction, and old-fashioned romance.

Xmas 2013