Critics Consensus:How To Train Your Dragon 2

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the sequel to 2010's How To Train Your Dragon!!

Dreamworks has obviously tried to target a more wider demographic and they are doing it even harder this time. While How To Train Your Dragon was a great family movie the all new How To Train Your Dragon 2 is actually trying to attract the Game Of Thrones viewers and teenagers too. Why you may ask? Hiccup has a slight beard in the top photo, and we ain't lying.

Thankfully this doesn't ruin the movies quality in any way as actually it still remains pretty solid. Yes Dreamworks might be cranking out sequels like a factory in some cases (it doesn't help that Kung Fu Panda 3 is coming out soon) but 31 positive reviews and a Certified Fresh score on RottenTomatoes can't lie. HTTYD2 is chock full of script surprises and interesting characters and surprisingly actually teaches kids good morals this time around as Globe and Mail said. Yep we bet you weren't expecting this one, and neither did we.

Overall see this movie. I don't care if it seems like a shoddy kids movie cause there's definitely something deep in this one.

How To Train Your Dragon 2 is rated PG.

Critics Consensus:Maleficent

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the all new surprisingly villain themed Disney movie, Maleficent!

Disney's done a lot of experimental things in the past couple of years to shy away from the family friendly theme they've carried for so long. However those movies such as John Carter or Lone Ranger failed to gain any critical or commercial success but what if it was Disney themed this time around? Lets find out in the all new Maleficent.

Unfortunately Maleficent isn't the amazing epic we expected it to be. However it's not that bad as we expected it to be thanks to Angelina Jolies amazing performance with critics such as Salon.com,NPR, and Blackfilm.com praising it and the amazing special effects this movie stays in the cool zone of a little bit better than mediocore. Oh well Disney. You have so much money it doesn't matter how many times you fail apparently.

Overall see this movie if you want to.

Maleficent is rated PG.

Critics Consensus:Muppets Most Wanted

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the all new Muppets movie!

The Muppets was one of the few surprisingly good movies in 2011 in a year without many good movies. Now the Muppets is back but let's see if Hollywood made it another boring cheesy sequel without any direction or laughs or a great adventure for the kids and the family. 

Well The Muppets:Most Wanted isn't the big bombastic sequel Muppets fans,kids or anybody in particular was looking for but it delivers enough laughs, celebrity cameos, and great performances and voice acting to keep us engaged until the boring last act as stated by Reviews On The Run. Fortunately when critics are having this much fun it's hard to bring it down that much as it has a 77% on RottenTomatoes and a 61 on Metacritic.

Overall see this movie if you have the time.

Muppets Most Wanted is rated PG.

Critics Consensus:Mr Peabody & Sherman

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is an all new animated film based off of the classic 60s TV Show!

A lot of the time it's hard to reboot something that's very old into something that both kids and adults that have seen the original will like. Mr. Peabody & Sherman is attempting this but we know for sure. Mr.Peabody will never be as hilarious as the minions.

They won't come close but they will succeed. Mr. Peabody & Sherman currently has a 77 on RottenTomatoes and a 59 on Metacritic. It's nowhere as good as The Lego Movie but still an enjoyable ride from the beginning to the end that will most likely have your kids laughing while you are actually paying attention to the movie and not sleeping or on your phone cause it's not that bad.

Overall see this movie if you have kids.

Mr Peabody & Sherman is rated PG.

Critics Consensus: The LEGO Movie

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the all new LEGO The Movie!

Product related movies aren't really a thing anymore. The last somewhat successful (in commercial terms that is) were The Wizard and Mac and Me. Those movies came out in the retro generation of the 80's and there hasn't been one since. Thankfully Warner Bros is using their ownage of the LEGO license for video games and movies to good use. The in development hell since 2008 The Lego Movie is finally finally out, and its downright amazing.

The Lego Movie is everything a movie like this should have. A inventive imaginative script that looks like it came out of some 7 year old kids mind (in the best way possible), impeccable voice acting from Will Ferrel,Will Arnett,(That's right theres two Wills.),Morgan Freeman and Chris Pratt and spectacular animation that looks far superior to those Lego Stop-Motion animations that popped back on Youtube as early as the test of time. As the Los Angeles Times said The LEGO Movie is fresh no other movie has been in a while and especially for an animated film. This is Pixar like quality ladies and gentlemen.

Overall see this movie.

The Lego Movie is rated PG.

Critics Consensus:The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the all new Ben Stiller movie and it's not Night Of The Museum this time!

Ben Stiller is a wild card. He's had some great and definitely memorable performances such as Tropico Thunder and Greenberg but he's also had some failures (like all of the Night Of The Museum movies) and Tower Hiest. He now returns for a somewhat serious movie about a man escaping a generic life titled The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty. Let's see if it's worth the ticket price.

It's probably worth about half it were basing this on reviews because The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty currently has a 47% on Rotten Tomatoes. This is probably due to it's wild ambitious offerings and odd writing. While it's not a bad thing it's certainly offputting and it might only make you want to see it if you really want to.

Overall see this movie if you want to.

The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty is rated PG.

Critics Consensus:Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2

Hi! We are Critics Consensus.  We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the sequel to Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs!

When Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs and Despicable Me came out in 2010 they were clearly respectable movies that showed how Sony Pictures Animation was trying to be the next PIXAR. 1. They can't because they have a generic name but whatever. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs was a box office smash and with any movie close to that margin of money gets a sequel! How suprising.

Thankfully Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 is not the fly in the soup most critics and moviegoers expected it to be as it has a 58 on Metacritic as well on RottenTomatoes. It's not a fantastic movie by any means but it certainly is not going to leave a bad taste in your mouth. It's funny and certainly to give some laughs for the kids.

Overall only see this if you have kids.

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 is rated PG.

Critics Consensus:Planes

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is a spinoff of Cars. YAY!!!! It's gonna be a crapfest.

OK. Disney is practically using kids as sheep to herd to theaters for their latest disaster Planes. The catch of Planes is that it has the Pixar label on it but even with the decrease in quality in Pixar films lately Pixar only animated this. But people will shell money out of their pockets for trash I guess.
Planes has nothing to prove to widen it from every other kids movie as Film.com said. It looks good with the computer animated graphics but there's no substance and that's what Pixar films used to be made with. Now it looks like money is the key factor instead of a good script as Austin Chronicle said.
Overall just no. No no no no no.
Planes is rated PG.

One Of The Worst:Smurfs 2

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is Smurfs 2. Well life is great isn't it.

It's sad that in order to introduce things to kids that were in the 80's,90's or 70's they have to do this. Make one of the worst movies imaginable and is only watchable if you are younger than 9. It's just an incoherent mess disguised as a cashgrab and even San Francisco Chronicle said that there was so much torture and suffering it was Zero Dark Smurffy. And yep. They have planned a Smurfs 3 and 4. I'm ready to quit life right now.

Overall just lowest of the low. Bottom of the barrel.

The Smurfs 2 is rated PG.

Critics Consensus:Turbo

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the new animated movie Turbo! Let's see how this does against Planes.

It's interesting to see if audiences will fall for original films for kids. Maybe that's why Pixar has been making so many sequels? Anyway we're off track. Let's get back on the track of Turbo.

Turbo has not been doing so strong at the box office and maybe that's because a story about a snail is not compelling to audiences but it's more than that as the movie drags and is too long as The Playlist said and Decent Films Guide for complaining about no character development. Turbo might be somewhat of a fun movie to see with kids if you have them but it's certainly not a Despicable Me.

Overall only see this with your kids.

Turbo is rated PG.

Critics Consensus:Despicable Me 2

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is the sequel to Despicable Me!

Remember how Pixar shined the market in animation a couple years back? Well underdogs started arriving into the stage especially Despicable Me which now has a sequel but the question yells is it any good. Surprisingly yes.

Despicable Me 2 is one of those rare movies where every single person working on it works their ass off. The movie looks beautiful and Steve Carell is an amazing voice actor for Gru as ReviewsOnTheRun said. Despicable Me 2 is proof that animated movies can now be refreshing.

Overall see this movie now.

Despicable Me 2 is rated PG. 

Critics Consensus:Epic

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is a new animated movie from the creators of Ice Age! I'm getting less and less excited each word.

Blue Sky is getting more popular each year. Yes they are not PIXAR, but they are getting more and more popular. Well at least they are bringing in a new franchise. (Looking at you Dreamworks)

Let's face it. Epic is your average kids movie. With a 54 and a 63% its not going to fully engage you as Newark Star Ledger said but if you want the kids to get out of the house, this and a amusement park would work really well.

Overall only see this movie if you want to.

Epic is rated PG.

Critics Consensus:The Croods

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is a new animated movie!

The Croods is aspiring to be a family friendly fun movie about the world's first modern family. Paramount and Dreamworks are trying to step it up after Madagascar 3 and Ice Age 4 proved well at the box office. The question that begs is will this film succeed?

The Croods barely catches the arrow. Film.com praised that it was heart-warming and that it exceeded their low expectations. However the animation is not very good as The New York Times said. At least some kids will appreciate the voice acting which is sub-par.

Overall see this movie if you have kids.

The Croods is rated PG.

Critics Consensus: Oz The Great And Powerful

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is Oz The Great And Powerful a reboot of the Wizard Of Oz!

Sam Rami the director of the Spider Man franchise and Evil Dead,James Franco, and Mila Kunis. How can this movie possibly fail? Well that's when you read the script for this movie. They are literally throwing money at the screen with all the CGI in this movie. Love that quote.

Randy Myers from San Jose Mercury News complained that the film was OK but was not as magical as the place it was trying to portray which if it got that right the film would probably have a Rotten Tomatoes score higher than a 60%. Also ReviewsOnTheRun complained that James Franco's performance could be way better. Come on James do a 127 Hours on us.

Overall only see this movie if you really want to.

Oz The Great And Powerful is rated PG.

Critics Consensus: Parental Guidance

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is Parental Guidance a new comedy starring Billy Crystal.

Well Billy Crystal has not appeared in a movie since who knows when and that is usually a bad sign when you are coming back to Hollywood and producing another movie. Especially when it's a Christmas comedy. When was the last time that was good news?
Parental Guidance stars Billy Crystal and Bette Middler as grandparents taking care of their kids over the holidays. Most of the actors in the movie are talented child actors who have just fallen into a movie that will not diminish their career but not help it in anyway possible because Parental Guidance has only one positive review on Metacritic, called dated from Sun Online,and The Los Angeles Times calling the script lazy.
Overall do not see this movie. 
Parental Guidance is rated PG-13.

Critics Consensus:Rise Of The Guardians

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is Rise of The Guardians a new animated movie about the Easter Bunny, Jack Frost and Santa Claus going against the Nightmare King or something like that

.Well there's good news and bad news if you are going to see Rise Of The Guardians this weekend. The good news is that it is not horrid. Though it's not up to par with Pixar movies either. Rotten Tomatoes praised that it was a elementary school version of The Avengers, Laramie Movie Scope loved the moral of the story but the main problem about this movie is that if you are an adult half way through you will get a little bit bored and it might mimic you a bit as TIME magazine expelled.
Overall see this movie if you have kids. If you are a kid how the heck did you get here?
Rise Of The Guardians is rated PG.

Critics Consensus: Life Of Pi

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is Life Of Pi a reincarnation of a supposedly unfilmable book.

I was chipper for this movie unlike my friends because I had read the book and they had read the book. They thought it was unfilmable. I wish I had placed a bet because Life Of Pi is getting extremely good reviews. The Toronto Globe And Mail said it was Ang Lee's best movie and Ang Lee has a lot of good movies so wow. Roger Ebert called it one of the best films of the year well because it's got amazing acting,script, and emotional districts. Go see this movie now.
Overall run to the theater and if you do not have money well I feel so sorry for you :(
Life Of Pi is rated PG.

Critics Consensus: Wreck It Ralph

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is Wreck It Ralph a new animated Disney movie about video games.

There has never been a good video game movie. Well at least wide release. Wreck It Ralph is a new movie about Ralph who is tired of his job and starts game jumping. The only negative comments about the movie was ReviewsOnTheRun who complained that there was too little cameos of characters. However The New Movie Thing Show said that they had no complaints about the movie and they gave it a 9 out of 10. Wanna know who else gave it a 9 out of 10? NPR,Box Office Magazine,Los Angeles Times and the Hollywood Reporter. Why well the voice acting is good, it's entertaining and funny.
Overall see this movie. See with your kids if you have kids.
Wreck It Ralph is rated PG.

Critics Consensus; Here Comes The Boom

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is a new comedy starring Kevin James. Uh Oh I know what direction this is going in.

When a movie is produced by Happy Madison Productions you know it is not going to be very good. Here Comes The Boom falls right into that category. Minneapolis Star Tribune complained about the weak humor,Detroit News was not a fan of the cliches,St.Louis Dispatch called it loud,incoherent and unfunny and lastly Slant Magazine gave it a 0 out of 10.
Overall please do not see this movie unless you are some 9-12 year old kid who think that anything that is touched by Adam Sandler is gold.
Here Comes The Boom is rated PG.

Critics Consensus:Frankenweenie

Hi! We are Critics Consensus. We post the regular critics opinion for video games and movies! Today it is Frankenweenie a new Tim Burton film.

If Tim Burtonb had a report card every year this year would be one of his lowest. Probably a D. That would have happened if Frankenweenie had not came out. Just like Para-Norman this kids romp will make kids and adults alike laugh as the Austin Chronicle said. Better yet Frankenweenie gorgeous to watch as the Washington Post stated,it is also heartwarming as The Advocate exclaimed and lastly was called one of Burton's best in years by The New York Post.
Overall if you have kids see Frankenweenie. Hell even see it if you do not have kids. It will make your day.
Frankenweenie is rated PG.