Summer Movies 2014: Hits & Misses!

[@screenjunkies]

Summer 2014 is in the books, and while it was a down year for Hollywood, there were plenty of hits (and bombs) to talk about! Thanks to schmoesknow Clevver Movies for joining us!

[@nikkilee3840]

Please do the ACTUAL box office results next time and not the local ones from whatever country you happen to be from. P.S. This is coming from an American.

[@mhamedlimam6934]

do GOD'S NOT DEAD

[@BronzeCyprues]

Do an Maleficent honest trailer!!!

[@reecehickman9585]

Really Bruh I mean the rest of the world were the ones that pushed transformers 4 past 1 billion dollars, while the US barely contributed compared to the previous entries in the series, and that movie is incomprehensible. Everybody has their flaws

[@noecamarena9]

DO STEEL THE SHAQ VERSION

[@ikamts2]

Edge of tomorrow will be a cult classic in 20 years down the line. It is so good it makes me sad it did so bad

[@Dexyu]

I agree i enjoyed the movie a loot. Character grown and action.. amazing!

[@TheThirdChild]

20 years? It's already becoming a cult classic lol. It just didn't do good in the box office

[@118bone]

It was amazing, it will be the next Blade Runner

[@TheLastPrime38]

We'll look back at the best sci-fi movies of the 21st century and I guarantee that district 9, edge of tomorrow, and guardians will be at or near the top

[@jameshillman2242]

Edge of Tomorrow is a great film that will stand up to the test of time. It is efficient story telling that treats the viewer with intelligence. I think a lot of credit has to go to the director Doug Liman who directed another of my favorites The Bourne Identity.

[@GrumpyCat-yo4mj]

People are complaining about what Devin said about movies overseas. I just want to clarify: That's not his opinion, that's Hollywood's opinion on most films so the people behind it can get more money.

[@scottpeg194]

The original source of Edge of Tomorrow was a Japanese novel called "All You Need Is Kill," you decide which title is less marketable.

[@scottpeg194]

And to answer the question: No, that is not a typo. It was called "All You Need Is Kill"

[@mikeflanary642]

Live. Die. Repeat. is the blu ray title name... I'll still buy it because it was good sci-fi, emily blunt's character and upward dog pose, and tom cruise getting killed over and over... that rolling under the truck scene :)

[@AndrewMarentes]

He is correct.

[@noecamarena9]

Scott Pegueros I thought it was called live die repeat. That sounds lije a 90's teen horror comedy.

[@silentc22]

All you need is to kill would actually suit a novel, movie titles are different.

[@sebastianfreund5700]

if you care to know: i am from germany and no one liked transformers here. one guy in the movie audience actually yelled at the screen (very uncommon in germany) during the last fifteen minutes of the movie what a piece of sh*t it was. and everyone agreed.

[@Batmanstang]

wow you asked everyone in Germany...

[@tobygibson4390]

I believe they were mostly talking about the Chinese market were it earned a huge amount of it's money

[@DominikKensylar]

Fgb Frm One could say the "Transformers"-franchise is the thing that makes us as a international society grow stronger by making us hate together^^

[@smiley1716]

So far How to Train your Dragon 2 has been my favorite movie BY FAR. I have yet to see X-men and Dawn but HTTYD 2 was probably the closest thing to a perfect movie I've ever seen. It had great emotion and was bold enough to include some pretty mature content for a film whose main demographic is for kids, much like The Lion King and Bambi. My only problem was that the main villain of the movie wasn't very fleshed out, but he served his purpose well for the story.

[@AndrewMarentes]

Definitely better than frozen.

[@Slider2k]

I was cringing at moments watching it with my younger sis. It's a kids fairy tale through and through filled with many cliches.

[@smiley1716]

Slider2k Which cliches are you referring to? I'm not denying they weren't there but what parts did it for you?

[@Chibimaochan]

saw x-men, but HTTYD2 was still better imho.

[@stevensosa5995]

Missing Dawn is a huge mistake. That was my best movie this year so far

[@izilladkilla]

BEST Movies: 1. X-Men: Days of Future Past 2. Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 4. How to Train Your Dragon 2 5. Captain America: Winter Soldier 6. Snowpiercer 7. Edge of Tomorrow DISAPPOINTING Movies: 1. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 2. Transformers: Age of Extinction 3. Godzilla

[@FightClub-cg1qt]

It sounds like you'd love Edge of Tomorrow and Snowpiercer.

[@izilladkilla]

FightClub1537 Oh hell yeah, Edge of Tomorrow was the shit. Still haven't seen Snowpiercer, though.

[@1r0zz]

FightClub1537 the best way to describe Edge of Tomorrow production soul is: "what? this Japanese thing has a dumb story, but also a humanistic plot? let's remove every quality from it!" the production of Snowpiercers: " I've read a political comic book about a train, snow and fascism... I did not read after the first 3 pages because there wasn't a colored guy in thighs saving USA!"

[@1r0zz]

farid pasha it's the first movie I can say that is WORSE than Spider Man 3...

[@faridpashap]

Whats bad there? It has great effects, great action, great actors except jamie fox, it has only problems with story, so u cant call it the worst beside transformers,

[@1chroust12]

Remember 2014 when there were more than five great summer movies and only a few disappointments? Jeez, what happened in 2016?

[@MiroslavGnjatovic]

Feraci talking about the Romeo and Juliet law? Well, this certainly hasn't aged well.

[@AshXXMayftw]

I was surprised at how good Edge of Tomorrow was, but I was shocked when I found out that it was a manga adaption.

[@2XocraM]

it isn't, it's a book adaptation.

[@Bumphuk]

Not to nit pick but its a novel adaptation, it only got adapted to a manga after it had been announced that it was going to be a movie.

[@AshXXMayftw]

United States of Nerd The light novel was written in Japan in December of 2004.

[@Bumphuk]

***** Light novels aren't manga though.

[@2XocraM]

***** Mangas are comics not novels.

[@ragingfiip]

Woohoo, I'm one of the finalists!! *crossing my fingers, even though I thought it was going to be a bigger prize than just a Screen Junkies t-shirt since they seem to give t-shirts away all the time and this was a bigger, longer contest that we had to wait until the end of the summer to see the results for, but it's still all good cause it's still a free prize and I'd love to win a ScreenJunkies t-shirt*

[@MrKravin]

I'm seeing a lot of hate for the comments made at 4:22. "You don't want to have to translate too much, explosions travel farther than wit, plot lines get much simpler and dumber", meaning exactly that. There are vast cultural differences that might miss a mainstream audience in other countries(jokes might not translate well, symbolism might not mean the same thing, etc), so if they keep it as basic and homogenized as possible, they stand to make the most money possible. The "focus on the heroic Chinese government" part is correct as well. A lot of blockbusters have had scenes that build up the Chinese government so their films can get a wider release, or released at all, even after extensive censorship(Iron Man 3, Transformers, Paciffic Rim, etc). "That being said, his next point was stupid as shit with "I thought this was an American movie". Thats really, really stupid.

[@PredatorCharlie]

Even said nicely to all, still your comment gives a resume of: besides US, Canada, Europe, the rest of the planet is stupid to a point to like a keep story movie ??? Even big one like Dark Knight, its not all action, like Nolan's does, puts a philosophic message in all hes movies. Just us see that, not the rest of the world? Simple as Avengers story was, well sadly seems more then 50% of people on earth are stupid, just want no story, action stupid movies...?

[@timoyr2954]

Guardians of the Galaxy wasn't the highest grossing movie of the summer internationally though. I hate it when the media only focuses on what movies gross in the USA. 1.Transformers: Age of Extinction $1,080,587,189 (US box office $245 064 448) 2.Maleficent $754,203,484 (US box office $239 703 484) 3.X-Men: Days of Future Past $745,921,860 (US box office $233 783 836) 4.The Amazing Spider-Man 2 $708,294,944 (US box office $202 853 933) 5.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes $668,704,475 (US box office $206 827 518) 6.Guardians of the Galaxy $617,104,055 (US box office $307 344 958) EDIT: Corrected the list.

[@dunnowy123]

Yeah, but as an American series, they're looking at the American box office. Foreign box office is a totally different beast.

[@timoyr2954]

dunnowy123 I understand that, but the US box office doesn't really mean that much. Like if a movie has a bad US box office, you might think that it won't get a sequel, but if you watch the international box office you get a better picture. For example Resident evil movies, although they were shit, they did very well overseas and got a bunch of sequels.

[@dunnowy123]

Timo Yrjola True, but actually Hollywood studios don't make that much internationally compared to the US. In the US, they get half of what the movie makes and the rest goes to theaters. Internationally, depending by country, they might get 20% at the lowest to maybe 40% when you take into account theaters, tariffs and so on. So yes, it's important and especially if a movie makes like $800-$1 billion overseas, but the US market is still the most important to the majority of movies. ***** Yes, selfishness when talking about American made movies...

[@ZekromReshiram1]

Guardians doesn't come out in japan and China until October I believe, I'm probably wrong about that

[@TheHamur]

Timo Yrjola , also, the results of international box office may take up to 6 months to wrap up the gains, because the costs of sending films overseas are really complex. So yes, the domestic box office is a good thermometer to movies, because it's easier to know how well it went

[@geoffschannel94]

Godzilla was probably my favourite of the summer

[@josephrangel6743]

I'm so glad you got this panel back. I was hoping y'all would do that. This should be an annual event!

[@kylewilliams8028]

Amazing Spiderman 2 gets way too much hate. Like, I can understand the hate Man of Steel gets because he kills his own villain. But people complain and nitpick the ASM2 non-stop. If the Raimi series never existed, and Spiderman never had to be rebooted, fans wouldn't say a thing about Marc Webb's Spiderman. It was a great and underrated movie.

[@Joeboxer7394]

No it was just a simply bad movie, i don't like Rami's version that much either but ASM2 was the worst thing i've ever seen. I rather watch the crappy spider-man 3 and that's saying a lot.

[@kylewilliams8028]

Joeboxer7394 It had it's flaws, yes. But it was far from a bad movie. Bad like Catwoman? No. Bad like Batman and Robin? No. Those are bad movies.

[@Novakane78]

Joeboxer7394 your generic answer is what I see alot of people say...thats not a reason its a bash...what was wrong with the TASM2?

[@kylewilliams8028]

Beast Lee Exactly. He's just on the hate bandwagon.

[@kylewilliams8028]

***** Here's the difference. Those originals weren't good! The first Hulk was dull, the Fantastic Four were average, the first Superman movies were meh, and even Batman didn't have a great start. Spiderman was a success with the original trilogy, which is why some people can't let go... Which is stupid.

[@AllenDouangchak]

I loved Maleficent. It was different to the animated Disney film but that doesn't mean its wasn't good.

[@jason420jv1]

Same here

[@jason420jv1]

Same here

[@JMHeroe13]

To me Maleficent was a Frozen meet Megamind meet drama.

[@krisantusliang9595]

azure adams they should

[@MightyWizard19]

I agree

[@linkno1]

I don't care what people say, I enjoyed Amazing Spider-Man 2. I also really can't get into the idea of wanting to see Guardians. As far as I'm concerned, it's a comic book from deep within the vaults of Marvel that nobody really knew existed a few months ago apart from a select group of Marvel fanboys (Mainly those who have read the entirety of the 'Thanos Imperative' arc). To me, it became a film because somebody at Marvel thought "Talking animal? That will make money!" which sort of annoys me when there are such more popular and deserving heroes that still haven't gotten a film yet.

[@vdsp011]

Agree with you on Guardians, disagree with you on the Amazing Spiderman II. I really liked the first one, and found the second one to be needlessly cringeworthy at times.

[@linkno1]

James Farr If you're refering to the Gwen Stacy mushy mushy love love stuff, I'll agree that it was sometimes cringy (especially as a long time fan, I didn't need the 'build up' for it) but I felt it had to be there to establish what her character meant to Peter so that the eventual climax would have more impact. It's kind of the only thing I found (remember being) cringeworthy.

[@Indubitably14]

Never heard or knew anything about Guardians of the Galaxy and it is incredibly fresh and original. So if you like watching the same shit over and over again. Good for you.

[@linkno1]

Indubitably The few comics I actually read of them I didn't really like, combined with their undeserving film from their random spurt of popularity. Why would I want to watch a film of them?

[@Indubitably14]

linkno1 It's your loss. For me? I'm surprised the movie was even made. Imagine that corporate business man at Marvel...thinking, you want to make "Guardians of the Galaxy" that even some Marvel fans haven't heard of, AND it stars a talking racoon & a giant tree, AND you want Chris Pratt to be your action star? SO many risks they took, and they really paid off. Such a refreshing film in a time when everything seems the same.

[@5pid3rman80]

"explosions travel much farther than wit" well said, sir

[@feathertopDT]

Not enough Captain America 2 talked about

[@Andr3z94]

Cap came out in April, counts more as a Spring release

[@feathertopDT]

Andres Gomez fair enough

[@blacksage2375]

Spring isn't a movie season traditionally Winter Soldier is a summer movie that somehow ended up in April early, but neglecting it is forgivable for much the same reasons.

[@kevinmoreau504]

John Milam I really liked the movie. I will say that they could have gone deeper into how steve was adjusting to the world but then again there was so much going on already

[@Bailskywalker]

But the action sequences, SUPER EFFECTIVE. The explosions, the fighting, EPIC

[@jahaziel211]

Biggest disappoinment was lucy

[@SteelyDan10]

It can't be disappointing if it looked bad from the start.

[@jahaziel211]

Yeah But The Trailer Was Good

[@breakabletape]

Jay Akran I think the trailer was terrible. It's the reason why I'm not shelling out to see it.

[@SteelyDan10]

Cap'n Mo It's the reason a lot of people didn't go to see it.

[@jahaziel211]

Cap'n Mo BloodLibel10 The trailer was good it didn't give away any information about how bad the film was.

[@jfrontier1]

Seriously, Erin needs to be a regular guest on this channel. Way cute.

[@lautonlanky1463]

second this!

[@StickmanPaul]

Third

[@wulfdoe]

4rd

[@dastardlywun]

wulf Harrison 4rd?

[@wulfdoe]

Supreme Nico 5st* not harrison 4rd

[@qbbrock6719]

My list: 1. Guardians Of The Galaxy (Was funny, was great, the characters were amazing, I AM GROOT!) 2. X-Men DOFP (The plot was incredible, the characters were too interesting, the action scenes were amazing, Hugh as Wolverine was funny and so badass) 3. TASM2 (For me was like a comic of Spider-Man comes to life!, the people hate it so much because they spoke so much about Peter-Gwen relationship, but this is how Spider-Man is, its more, in a time Stan hired a draughtsman of romantic comics just for Spider-Man, and I really liked Electro, in a moments I felt bad for him) 4. Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier (The Winter Soldier was so badass, the Cap finally was interesting!, and the action scenes are incredible!) 5. Dawn Planet Of The Apes (Amazing plot, all the characters were merely amazing!) 6. Godzilla (I like the movie, but Godzilla needed more time in the screen, I like Kick-Ass, and the action scenes were good) Ok thats all :)

[@mattj2081]

Anyone else thinking that Guardians is going to be the Marvel version of Frozen?

[@easypickens13]

No

[@SteelyDan10]

No, because Guardians is good and Frozen is a sub-par Disney movie that got popular for no reason.

[@SteelyDan10]

wobbly868 The only Marvel movies that weren't so great were Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 3.

[@GymGyp]

BloodLibel10 I didn't like either Thor very much, and wasn't impressed with Captain America 1. Haven't seen 2 yet. Also didn't like the Hulks and thought Avengers was enjoyable and entertaining, but not great after a few watches

[@sonicxblue7]

BloodLibel10 Tumblr fangirls made it popular -_-

[@EricGiby]

Disappointments: - SinCity 2 - SpiderMan 2 - X-Men - 300 - Guardians Surprisingly good: - Winter Soldier - Turtles

[@50ShadesOfEndo]

Woah

[@skippyskywalker123]

Sin City 2 is such a shame, loved the first one. Just wondering, how were Guardians and X-Men disappointments in your opinion?

[@winxclubforever]

wtf guardians was a disappointment really? For u maybe but it did good money and ppl loved it so you are in the minority

[@Kalinbuggs]

X men was great and it was better than turtles doe

[@TheDarioushurt]

your crazy

[@DaylightDigital]

Whoever put that ring on Erin's finger deserves a medal forged of pure unobtanium, two national holidays, and an honorary spot on the Avengers roster. I'm just sayin'

[@TheGreatKeaton]

Favorite Movie of the summer: X-Men Days Of Future Past Biggest Dissappointment: Godzilla (Sadly)

[@beyondawesomefilms]

Erin said she'll get in a bikini if Spider-Man 2 isn't number one. SO MAKE THAT HAPPEN HAL

[@AA1891]

That will never happen!

[@darthwafflecream]

EDGE OF TOMMOROW IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE THIS YEAR!

[@connorwesthoff948]

Edge of tommorow sucked

[@darthwafflecream]

Lol, okay

[@FluxDigital]

Right Connor, riiiiiiiiiiight.

[@charlesthorpebarbier5363]

DO AN HONEST TRAILER OF ATTACK ON TITAN!!! 🙀

[@morrisc27847]

What is attack on Titan

[@DisasterLord]

morrisc27847 an overrated anime...Isnt this supposed to be about movies and western cartoons that gave us nostalgia?

[@DisasterLord]

morrisc27847 an overrated anime...Isnt this supposed to be about movies and western cartoons that gave us nostalgia?

[@linkno1]

DisasterLord It may be overrated but it's still a pretty good anime. Overrated =/= bad. I don't think it's supposed to be exclusively Western media that this show focuses on either, it's just that the people making the content as well as the viewers are mostly people of primarily English speaking countries such as America and the UK. In general, people from these countries don't watch 'foreign' TV or films (I mean foreign as in non English speaking), so it wouldn't be good for views if they focused on that stuff. As well as I don't think the 'host' knows all that much about many 'foreign' things. He's shown his ignorance on many occasions in terms of a lot of foreign media. So not so much they HAVE to do Western stuff, but that's what the host and audience mostly want to see. If a Chinese film became the blockbuster film of the Summer, they would likely talk about it.

[@finzer2]

DisasterLord I really liked it but yeah some people do not shut up about certain TV shows (breaking bad comes to mind). I'm really looking forward to season two of it though :)

[@blackopman100]

My Top 10 of the Summer 1-X-Men: Days of Future Past 2-Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 3-How To Train Your Dragon 2 4. Edge of Tomorrow 5. Guardians of the Galaxy 6. Godzilla 7. 22 Jump Street 8. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 9. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[@39mack23]

thats right on! but I would put Gaurdians like 1 OR 2 spots higher..

[@Novakane78]

1. Winter SoldieR/Guardians 2. DOFP 3. TASM2 4. GODZILLA 5.TMNT/T4

[@OrionCenturion]

winter soldier wasn't a summer movie, but still a great movie

[@Novakane78]

I was thinking that.... I did another top 5 last mnth and I saw that I made CATWS and GOTG both my #1s because CATWS was in april ....I am editing now

[@OrionCenturion]

Beast Lee ok

[@shad0wzilla383]

That's me

[@Novakane78]

***** it dropped in april....I remember because seeing Winter Soldier was my 1st "official" date with my now fiance

[@Artyushka]

Hot redhead !!

[@earam88]

Same thing I was thinking about

[@Artyushka]

earam88 nice bro

[@ceru1262]

maybe, but his way of speaking is really annoying

[@wasteoftime5848]

***** So I wasn't the only one. Yeah for us, we have the same curse.

[@svinjamaria]

I am a straight female and I agree.

[@MrSideliner]

The movie plots will be "dumbed down" for foreign audiences? It's the Americans who are impressed by bright lights, explosions and glitter! xD

[@rokomouth]

Despite its faults, the amazing spiderman 2 was a very fun movie to watch and still is. That's why I saw it 9 times in cinema.

[@jackc6161]

I thought Electro was a great villain. He was a normal man who wanted to be noticed and had a meltdown. Electro was definitely one of the most relatable villains.

[@Wookieeoo]

You saw it 9 times, how? I got bored after the second watch

[@tjjordan4207]

I actually like Amazing Spider-Man 2 as well. It has a lot of problems and it is one of my disappointments of this year, but despite that, I still had a fun time.

[@whiffyclarke]

Hey a comment chain of people who actually liked the movie. I like you guys.

[@MrGreyclocks]

It was pretty okay movie, solid 6.5/10 for me. Andrew Garfield isn't a good Peter Parker, but he's a good Spiderman. I really liked Electro but I felt that Harry Osborne/Green Goblin was a little rushed. Rhino was completely wasted, only having 30 seconds at the end. I enjoyed it, especially the first showdown between Electro and Spiderman in Times Square. I have to say though, it wasn't as good as Spider-man 2 from 2004.

[@DridgeDEU]

Gotta say it's really great that you invited a girl this time - Really mixes up the vibes. Plus: She's really well informed, knows what she's talking about and bubbly.

[@jasoncampos7855]

plus she is kinda cute

[@Shivasyn13]

jason campos Cute? Shit, im in love :)

[@TheMrKlump]

Didn't Erin say that she would wear a bikini in a video if tasm2 didn't become highest grossing of the summer?

[@SamuelFrancisHayes]

i don't think she ever did unfortunately

[@godzelda123]

I think Godzilla stood out the most out of all of the other movies. All the big action movies were gaint CG slow mo explosionfest. Which can be done right (Guardians) and also done wrong ( Transformers). But Godzilla was yes a lot of CG, but it was more realistic. The monsters were sluggish, and slow, and it really showed the power being displayed. And the overall movie had a nice calm pace to it, with some intense (MUTO at the train) and jaw dropping scenes (Any scene with Godzilla).

[@sektor3506]

Very true

[@Afineaddition]

I absolutely loved Godzilla for the same reasons you stated. Bring on the sequel!

[@sektor3506]

4 years...Darn It

[@godzelda123]

***** 4 years for 4 monsters

[@alexanderking5676]

Godzelda123 fuck yeah KING Ghidorah, rodan and why the fuk mothra

[@lockmuertos]

Saw Guardians of the Galaxy 3 times. Worth it EVERY TIME. Almost saw it 4 times. Realized, "Nah, I've got this pre-ordered on bluray. I'm good. And I can't stand to cry one more time". GotG got me back into reading comics again !

[@clockstomper]

Erin went to the best school ever, a Sega Genesis for reading?

[@chag006]

Gotta make sure the same kid doesn't win two years in a row!

[@lionelep1]

Transformers is exactly the call of duty of movies

[@JumanLG2]

I am the only one here that actually like the amazing spider man?

[@africanlegs]

Lol my only problem with it was the trailer made it look like we'd get to see him fight Rhino but we didn't even get to see it

[@logandavis1423]

I liked it too! but it seemed like the fight scenes between the 2 big guys were like 20 minutes of the entire movie

[@logandavis1423]

spiderman 3 was pretty long, but then again there was 2 bad guys. It's just that the whole movie is building up to the big fight with electro and it was over in like 10 minutes plus he would've lost without his gf

[@logandavis1423]

Rahul Varma that is true. I'm gonna miss gwen

[@jacobthornton9218]

No your not

[@eccothecatprincess1]

Maleficient was good and stop saying it was shit. So she was nice, it was about the story. (BTW: It was the 3rd movie on the top 10 so I don't know where all the hate is coming from)

[@alexanderking5676]

how'd u like it, they took one of the most badass cold villians. And made her the good guy just so they can sell more maleficient costumes "it's okay to wear cuz now shes a good guy ya"

[@PinkFox983]

Alex King I think it was more about making her a strong, intimidating, and powerful female lead. At least it wasn't the same "guy saves the helpless girl" trope. Also it was really cool that they focused on more of a familial type love instead of the "romantic love is the most important thing" kind of messages. Instead of classifying her as a bad guy, they created a great role model for young girl everywhere, and taught them that they could save the day too.

[@alexanderking5676]

***** SHE SHOULDNT BE A ROLE MODEL, shes a villian that is soo cool she murders a princess just because she wasn't invited to the party. Disney shouldnt turn awesome villians into role models. The role models r left for movies like Brave and Frozen. I cant wait until they the little mermaid where the tridents the bad guy and ersela is the hero

[@alexanderking5676]

***** thats what it comes down to Disney just wanted more money

[@iamthebatman6557]

to be fair 2014 was a great year for movies Apes, Winter Soldier, Edge of Tomorrow, Xmen, Guardians of Galaxy, 22 Jump Street

[@5pid3rman80]

"you read the most books, Erin? Here's a Sega Genesis, to keep you from reading so much anymore"

[@Afineaddition]

What's with the Godzilla hate?

[@SonicGuru96]

I think people were expecting more Godzilla action, personally I loved the film but overall I think people hated the pace

[@lancetrophy]

Master Ninja Mo i completely agree. i loved the film. its probably my top film this year, but i would like to have seen more godzilla

[@explicitw8657]

Really like the last 26 Godzilla movies

[@explicitw8657]

Haters going to hate. Micheal Bay is the real troll here.

[@explicitw8657]

'Murica

[@LukeMM95]

She won a Sega Genesis just for reading a lot of books?! What school is this?

[@axelmalone2001]

thetickrules You mean the best school

[@codofduty9822]

Most schools nowadays just give you a sticker or some crap like that unless it's a very good school

[@KingNothing710]

this is the greatest panel of hosts ever

[@redhood_96]

Top 5 favorites 1. Guardians of the Galaxy 2. X-Men Days of Future Past 3. Edge of Tomorrow 4.Transformers: Age of Extinction 5. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Disappointment The Purge: Anarchy I didn't seen a lot of movies this summer :/ I still want to see 22 Jump Street A Million Ways To Die In The West Godzilla Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Lucy

[@amko899999]

Dont watch Lucy!

[@tgg213]

Yeah Lucy is crap don't watch it

[@redhood_96]

Alrighty then. I'll take your word for it

[@mauriceflores3343]

Dawn had amazing effects and a solid plot and 22 was funny as fuck especially if you enjoy crude immature humor. Watch those.

[@redhood_96]

Well I do enjoy crude immature humor. Would you say it was better than 21 Jump Street?

[@brad5696]

I really dont think amazing spiderman 2 was bad. The action was awesome, character was developed and it did tug on some heart strings at certain point. I dont think it deserves the hate it got.

[@jordanterz8584]

I totally agree people hated it for no reason just cause it's a reboot I loved the film

[@jaymcloone5961]

Spider - Potato I defiantly agree with you spidey, I loved it as well. I prefer tobey maguire but I will accept change in this case because it was done so well.

[@sandothemando3047]

I think Edge of Tomorrow is the most underrated blockbuster of the summer. The script was really clever and consistently engaging with some very sharp and unpredictable plotting. It encapsulated what blockbusters should be: fun, original and lighthearted.

[@Shoto02]

im with erin on guardians, it was new and fresh but i didnt fall in love with it. Still a solid movie tho

[@galenmarek7107]

I agree, it's a bit overrated. Definitely not the best Marvel movie (but still one of the top ones) and definitely NOT the Star Wars of this generation like some claims, no matter how much it feels like Star Wars.

[@wasteoftime5848]

Galen Marek You would have to be part of "this" generation to make that distinction.

[@joshpartridge760]

Baby Groot disagrees

[@galenmarek7107]

waste of time I'm 15, so I think I'm pretty much the present generation. Although I dunno if my mind is a bit too old schooled lol.

[@Mikel-tj1xu]

Top 5 1: Guardians of The Galaxy 2: The Amazing Spiderman 2 3: 22 Jump Street 4: X Men Days of Future Past 5: Captain America The Winter Solider

[@Mikel-tj1xu]

MrCameronchase420 My opinion.

[@Mikel-tj1xu]

MrCameronchase420 There's a reason why I didn't do top 10. Too many internet haters.

[@Mikel-tj1xu]

***** Thank you.

[@Mikel-tj1xu]

MrCameronchase420 Xmen isn't owned by Marvel… They're owned by Fox.

[@Mikel-tj1xu]

MrCameronchase420 Sorry. I read it wrong. please can you calm down? My opinion isn't hurting you unless you make it.

[@EvanMoon]

Michael Bay EXPLOSIONS!!!! Same recycling trash fighting recycling trash with fireworks. This was a great conversation to watch.

[@strangerinbooks1030]

Am I the only person who found it disrespectful that one of them said that the foreign audience is okay with a stupid meaningless plot? Like hello? There are amazing foreign movies out there that are so much better than american movies ... just because that guy personally didn't see a good foreign movie or something doesn't mean that the foreign audience doesn't realize that a movie isn't good? seriously that's just disgusting ........

[@lancetrophy]

i thought the same thing. the reason why american films are dumbed down is for MOST of the american audience, not for foreign audiences. i like the transformers films (except for number 2), but i agree that they are just explosions and action, and the reason why is because it caters to most of the american audience

[@coco3003105]

I don't think that's what he meant. I think he meant because it is originally in english, for translation purposes, it is easier if there is little dialog and a simple plot (i.e both foreign and domestic markets suffer).

[@strangerinbooks1030]

not necessarly because most american films that are played in foreign countries have subtitles that even have explanations in them if there is a phrase or a word that isn't as well known or means the same thing in other cultures.

[@3195Rafa]

When American films play in my country they are just putting subtitles and no one has any problem since most films are subtitled and people know their way around a second language like English. They are not missing anything and they can very well understand when the plot and dialogue are shit. What he said was completely malinformed about foreign audiences and as far as I know Americans are the only ones that translate, dub and remake foreign films because the audience is too dumb to read subtitles and doesn't understand something that isn't in English. He is just an idiot for saying that...

[@strangerinbooks1030]

If I was him I'll make a video and apologize .. it was completely disrespectful and I couldn't even finish the video ....

[@TheBusbyBabes]

Lol an american says foreign countries need dumber storylines to understand movies never laughed so hard guess thats why kubrick decided to explain americans in theatre the psychich abilties of the boy in shining and cut those scenes for europe with explanation europeans get it without explanation ;)

[@jovannishowdown8247]

I think you misunderstood what he was trying to say. He was saying that a lot of the work and humor that goes into actual acting and voice is lost when the work is translated into another language. There are several jokes or other humorous things that don't carry over to other cultures. So, considering this, I believe he meant that instead of making a refined, well done movie that may not be as well understood across the world, Hollywood is just going for widely accepted humor (aka slapstick) and trying to gather all audiences in one movie. As has been proven time and time again in recent times, when you try to appeal to everyone, you end up disappointing them. Also, please avoid the whole "Oh Americans are so dumb" argument because that is a ridiculous generalization that ends up making you look like the dumb one.

[@AntUnderscore]

You completely missed the point of his argument. Let me simplify it: A complex joke that involves American cultural references/experiences as the basis for its humor will not translate into Mandarin. A kick to the balls or a fart is "funny" (in a manner of speaking) no matter what language you speak. These films need to make money overseas. The easier it is to translate for the Asian market, the more money the studios believe they will make. They have not been wrong yet. It has nothing to do with the intelligence of foreign markets and everything to do with the laziness/greed of the film executives.

[@wasteoftime5848]

Ärzteboy Transformers 4, Pacific Rim and Maleficent made more money on the foreign markets than in America. These argue his case more than I ever could. You have less business speaking for the world than any of us dumb Americans. We have no singular "American" culture, it varies greatly across all states and regions.

[@Indubitably14]

Jovanni Showdown THIS COMMENT. That rare moment when intelligence and sanity appears on youtube.

[@MayzeSigSzalay]

American audiences would've called the psychic stuff Satanic devil magic and tried to picket outside it. *shrug*

[@tiezlysenko4320]

The movie is called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles... not the April O'Neill Story

[@cobb541]

My favorite movie of the summer was Batman.

[@pokepokefanfan]

why?

[@cobb541]

BEEEEECAUSE I'M BATMAN.

[@pokepokefanfan]

Batman yay! i got worried for a moment thinking you wouldn't say it.

[@ImperatorofNewEngland]

Did Erin Robinson wear a bikini? She said she would if The Amazing Spider Man 2 didn't come in first.

[@denise-comicnerd-bray]

the BEST 1. Captain America: the winter soldier 2. Guardians of the Galaxy 3. X-Men: Days of Futuer Past

[@Ando_x-l8v]

WHAT AM I THE ONLY GUY THAT LIKED TRANSFORMERS AGE OF EXTINCTION? come on it is the best one in the series. So am i the only one, or does someone else like it, anyone?

[@aXelRedfield]

I won't say the best of the series, I love every transformers movies the most.

[@Ando_x-l8v]

Bhavin Solanki i would say its the best because of the amount of robot screen time BUT nothing can beat the 1986 original

[@Ando_x-l8v]

jason campos its comments like this which make me lose faith in humanity

[@1r0zz]

a lot of people liked it... after all is a great fun as an action movie (this time you do not even need to skip Shia "performance")... the ironic thing, is that many people hate Transformers, and treat superhero movies as some kind of good thing... or ignorant crap like the Robocop reboot...

[@aXelRedfield]

jason campos it is people like this jason crapos are the reason why transformers don't come to our planet.

[@AgentDerevko]

X-Men and Maleficent were the best movies this summer

[@Ethan-de3we]

Maleficent? Really... Reeeeealy?

[@Sharpclaw2000]

agreed! don't know why they said Maleficent was boring - perhaps since it didn't follow the standard fairytale format that they probably expected? I find new thinking more exiting than repeating old stories over and over...

[@kyonsoons7903]

the Credit sequence to 22 Jump Street alone was the best comedy movie of the year!

[@KuneMaster]

My favorite movie was Edge of Tomorrow... was really entertaining original SciFi Action Movie, haven't seen a lot of these lately

[@tabbywabby1873]

Because its original dosent make it a good idea/a creative film to be honest

[@crono276]

TabbyWabby Well, it's also based off a manga, so...

[@derekmikel6562]

Ken Zhang Also groundhog's day.

[@TheLonleyBiped]

It was based on "All you need is kill" which was in a book collection named "Edge of tomorrow"

[@KuneMaster]

Ken Zhang With original I mean not a Sequel/Prequel/Franchise...

[@xEmperorEddie]

Just asking am I the only one who liked The Amazing Spider Man 2

[@hawoo7793]

I loved TASM 2. Don't worry, your'e not alone

[@Arob4343]

I loved The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and it's why my sister is now obsessed with Spider-Man. I seriously don't understand at all, why people are hatin on it. I bought a blue ray player because of TASM 2.

[@bahamut24]

best Spider-man movie yet.

[@thedangerwich5476]

Yes, it was a disappointment. I'm sorry.

[@ajc2423]

Straight up sucked

[@MrAwesomestyle]

I wouldnt have been able to focus, being in the same room as Erin - She is litterally perfect, jesus!

[@darKILLusionnn]

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was extremely predictable. Anyone who's watched more than 5 average hollywood movies could guess what was going to happen 15 minutes into the movie. Saying that it's unpredictable either means you haven't watched hollywood movies before or you've turned off your brain for the duration of the movie.

[@terisian]

It was kind of predictable(read as very predictable) - but it doesn't hurt it that much. It was fun, the characters were interesting, the acting was good, the suspense was intense(even though you had a pretty good idea about what would happen). All in all a great movie.

[@sandothemando3047]

I agree that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was an entertaining and maybe even above-average summer blockbuster, but I'm not on board with all the praise surrounding it. It was pretty predictable even though there were several story and character arcs that were well integrated into the story. In the end it was a solid sci-fi action movie with more brains but never really rose above that.

[@wasteoftime5848]

***** Your words speak hipster while your thumbnail speaks anime fan. Combining those elements are how devils are born.

[@looper451]

Just because a movie is a little predictable doesn't mean its a bad movie. The reason why there are sequences in movies that are predictable is because movie industries know what works and what doesn't. It really wasn't all that predictable btw, there were some good tosses and turns in there and overall the best movie of the summer and so far the year

[@darKILLusionnn]

I did not say that the movie was bad. Despite my comment above, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie due to how atmospheric and well acted it was. If you're only looking at mainstream hollywood movies, then it's one of the best this summer. You're excluding many foreign movies though by saying it's the best movie so far.

[@cinemaponyfan6450]

I don't care what people say. Godzilla was awesome.

[@cinemaponyfan6450]

BTW: My favorites: X-men, Edge of tomorrow, GOTG, Godzilla and dawn of the planet of the apes. disappointments: amazing spiderman 2 and lucy

[@AndricLibreSinn]

"Hey, you read the most books this summer? Here's a video game system." Flawless.

[@MrSpartan993]

Don't blame foreigners. Blame Michael Bay.

[@k01dsv]

The amazing spiderman 2 was awesome??

[@miklepavlov176]

Yep. Espessialy if compared with first part

[@timeyinsholaye9169]

it was shit

[@k01dsv]

Timeyin Sholaye Are you talking in general or compared to the first trilogy? Because the new version is about 10 times better, in every way.

[@timeyinsholaye9169]

k01dsv um no it isn't... This was epic crap, this is a movie you take your girlfriend to...it's nothing but shitty romance for the majority, disappointing fight scenes. Seriously they can't beat the raimi trilogy in the action department. And pacing and writing? A lot better! The only thing this one does right is give us a better female lead. You're one of those people who sees one comic book homage and goes "durh durh, this movie is better because that thing that happened is also in the comics durh"

[@timeyinsholaye9169]

k01dsv and the villains were fucking stupid...my God... The one villain they could have done right was Connors and he was just blandddd, a villain you can be sympathetic with and they fucked that up

[@jokekiller14672]

Snowpiercer was my fav of the summer because it respected me. The film didn't have to explain everything to me and expected me as a human being to piece it together. That's why it only made like $10 million usd.

[@Skiger]

Unfortunately, I think I'm the only rock-hard Transformers fan that had loved every film Bay did ;((

[@guywhosaguy4451]

Your not alone

[@ilikelemons4u]

me too I loved the transformer movies

[@Indubitably14]

Tigers Rox01 Gaming Daniel K ilikelemons4u You should be ashamed of yourselves.

[@ladouceurmatt]

My girlfriend and her dad see love everyone and always see it in imax. You are not alone.

[@hootsifer-darling]

They were good when I was like 11 and didn't understand the racism and weird sex 'jokes?', but now that I am older they really are terrible movies

[@lessofyou]

Plotlines get dumber for foreign audiences? what kind of bullshit is that?! That comment didn't make any sense. I'm European and I take wit & good storylines over any popcorn flick with explosions.

[@kakhagvelesiani3877]

Yh, that comment was really stupid and and insulting. Plus, last time i recall, majority of classics in literature were europeans.

[@tails512]

His point was that American humor and dialogue doesn't translate as well for foreign audiences as action scenes do. The vice versa is also true for foreign movies shown in the US.

[@delusionnnnn]

Though there's recently been a huge trend in re-envisioning classic fairy tale and victorian horror characters (usually in awful action movies like Hansel and Gretyl and Van Helsing, or that bore of a Snow White remake), Maleficent actually succeeded in re-telling a story in a way that actually succeeded, and engaged the audience with its characters. I'd argue it's the best thing Disney's done in years.

[@benabramowitz18]

It's funny how the two worst-reviewed movies of the summer-Transformers 4 and TMNT-both involved Michael Bay. You think this might be a sign?

[@robhughes7875]

Yes

[@sillywilly7428]

Benjamin Abramowitz Wow you don't like Michael Bay, very insightful.

[@sillywilly7428]

Master Penguin Couple years late on this one Master Penguin

[@Batmanstang]

Turtles was also much better than I thought it would be.

[@Batmanstang]

I will see the sequel

[@iwantwatermelon23]

Wow it's so weird seeing Erin like this haha! So used to seeing her on Clevver

[@TheSkyCactus]

Marvel had the best movies this year! Winter soldier, X-men and Guardians were great fucking movies!... Let's not talk about Spider-man...

[@TheSkyCactus]

only28dayslate Well it's a Marvel movie still...

[@movielover288]

Completely agree. TASM2 was forgettable garbage with maybe one or two well executed scenes, but X-Men, Winter Soldier, and Guardians (oh, ESPECIALLY Guardians) blew it out of the water.

[@jlwiseman98]

Agreed, Marvel is on a roll. Sony NEEDS to give up Spider Man, so it can be done the RIGHT way.

[@imamau]

I don't think marvel had anything to do with x-men and spiderman other than "creating" them. .

[@karlzone2]

Damnit X-men was soooo good indeed.

[@19Szabolcs91]

My favorite movie of the summer was How to Train Your Dragon 2. It was such an excellent sequel that further develops the characters, the story and world and doesn't try to "recapture the charm of the original" and descend into a repetitive mess like most sequels like this. My biggest disappointment was X-Men: Days of Future Past. Not bad by any means, but after the 10/10 masterpiece that is First Class, this felt like a major step back in many ways, and it captures the worst aspect of comic books. It was a continuity-management movie, basically.

[@QuestionableLifeChoices]

httyd2 made me feel pure wonder and simple joy the likes of which i don't remember ever having felt watching a movie before. i'm sure i did when i was little, but i don't remember it. it was so beautifully animated, the characters were so realistic and different from one another, astrid and hiccup had a realistic relationship! that never happens in movies and a kids movie gave us a healthy, real relationship AND IT'S NOT EVEN A FOCUS! it's just there! i have a lot of feelings about the httyd movies

[@MrKitchenz]

GUARDIANS the BEST! Biggest disappointment: myself for thinking Transformers wouldn't be awful...

[@As_Expected_of_Pieck]

Ikr

[@noecamarena9]

Honest trailers I would like to see Meteorman Steel (the shaq version) Dredd (stalone and 2013) The new lone ranger movie Batman & batman returns Every christopher reeves superman Street kings (keanu reeves. Woah! is he related to christopher reeves) Hell boy 1 and 2

[@Afineaddition]

Steel needs to be prioritized.

[@Omegeddon]

wow. meteorman was awesome imo. a lot of ppl dont remember it

[@Sicknilva4]

It's just Reeve not Reeves

[@estruspdx]

Steel was on HBO today and I watched it. Sorta.

[@noecamarena9]

Omegeddon NO! That was the worst movie ever. I remeber my brother kicked my ass because of this movie when I was a kid, my dad took us to the drive in and I said "meteor man" my dad and my bro wanted to see something else. Im 30 now and they still wont let me pick the movie!!!

[@JamCooper]

According to BoxOfficeMojo.com "The Summer [movie] Season is defined as the first Friday in May through Labor Day Weekend"

[@judiesedano]

biggest disappointment: Spider man 2 :/

[@AndrewMarentes]

I actually liked spider man. But I totally understand. Although I would argue that transformers was shit.

[@Indubitably14]

AndrewMarentes Yeah, but who actually expects any Transformers film to be good. Spider-Man 2 qualifies better as a "disappointment".

[@HerpaDerpPicklez]

explain, are you not a big marvel fan?

[@SirGeeeO]

she won a genesis for reading the most books? if my school had that contest i would have won... my victory would not have stood up to an investigation, however

[@pescando]

Tenouttaten! Man I loved this summer. Good and bad. Here's to 2015 friends!

[@thelastholdout]

Haven't seen Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, but I seriously want to. I had the good fortune of skipping most of the mediocre and bad films of the summer. Guardians, Dragon 2, Edge of Tomorrow and X-Men were all excellent movies. Captain America was too, but it's not a summer film, so. :P Guardians was definitely the funniest though. I spent half of the movie laughing my ass off. It was a very fun and enjoyable film. Not the best ever, but it was exactly what it needed to be and set out to be.

[@SamuelFrancisHayes]

Dawn was the best

[@crazymoviekid]

Biggest disappointment of the YEAR was Maleficent. FWI THERE WILL BE SPOILERS!! Changing the ending was the worst thing you can do. I was most looking forward to Maleficent turning into a dragon, kicking-ass, and dying, BUT NO! She didn't even turn into the dragon, her raven did. ALSO, SHE DOESN'T DIE! Disney, I know you want to be family-friendly and girl power, but don't change the source material. That is why the best scene was the coronation scene. STICK TO THE ORIGINAL! Props to Jolie for somewhat saving this abysmal movie. Also, the stupid Prince didn't add nothing to the movie, he was just there to fool the audience to not kiss Aurora so Maleficent can kiss and wake up Aurora. Again, DON'T CHANGE THE SORCE MATERIAL!!!!!!!! Disney, don't "f" up Cinderella. I loved Oz, was ok with Alice, but was disappointed by this. I don't even care if this gets me a SJ t-shirt, I just wanted to say what I've been holding for the entire summer.

[@crazymoviekid]

Love you, Star Lord BTW

[@puchmarnyk]

I loved Maleficent, because they didn't stick to the original, they reinterpreted the story and shifted the focus from "princess needs a prince" to . Watching Sleeping Beauty story again would be a waste of time, but this movie was pretty awesome.

[@emmeoliver5007]

Maleficent was amazing great special effects and so much suspense

[@1342157]

nice vid. funny moments. i still can't believe the main guy got 8 out of 10. he's gotta be on point. he's the boss.. lmao. but it's ok. :D

[@bradleyneighbour3426]

Do maleficent as an honest trailer

[@hootsifer-darling]

Couldn't pick a best movie between Godzilla, Apes, and X-Men, although I think that people are giving Godzilla too much hate for being bland, because I enjoyed it a ton and I would even go so far as to say it could be one of the classics of the 21st century. Worst movie was easily Transformers. I was hoping Bay might do something different, but not only was it the same stuff as before, but the one thing that we all went to see (the dinobots) WERE BARELY IN IT!!! That and there was basically no fighting, not even in the finale. And F*CKING MEGATRON! I mean seriously! They were so focused on having three villains in the movie that they screwed them all up so badly that I couldn't even tell who the bad guy was! *ends rant*

[@SuperBettyxoxo]

I liked Godzilla. It was a little slow in the beginning though. I guess they were trying to build up the excitement because I was super excited when Godzilla finally came. This movie made me cheer. I was darn near tears. lol I can watch it again.

[@TheBlond49]

The Lego Movie, another great animated film. and Captain america The Winter Soldier, 2nd best MARVEL movie, being Iron Man 1 at number 1, and is far better than Guardians of The Galaxy.

[@SilverShade1008]

Wasn't a summer move, but it's probably my favourite movie of the year so far.

[@Pearcey80]

right, Hollywood really have to dumb down their films for foreign audiences....

[@macieksala]

Isn't that dumb? :-) when he said that, I was like - is he on drugs or something? European movies are far way more ambitious than US. Do they know any non-US movie??

[@Allatar666]

And it s funny because he mentioned trasnformers as the "movie for the foreigners".... The movie screaaaams of american bullshit! American army, american flags, american cliches, american southern bullshits ... And seriously i can go on forever! Such an inaccurate comment ! Jez! They should start watching european movies for a change ! See how much "explosion action" they have ... Lols

[@Fools_Requiem]

Maciek Sala it's really Asia and more specifically China. China has over a billion heads and Hollywood sees the dollar signs.

[@itsdotbritt]

Apart of me wished it was longer or at least you guys talked more on certain films.. but at the same time. I feel like the overall timing of the video was nice. (: I obviously don't know what I want so with that being said.. great video! xD

[@CBFmedia]

ERINNNNN

[@nickclark1815]

Hey Rocket, you sure are good at kicken'@$$!

[@Taoscape]

I think X men was a bit overrated. I did like it, but it was another movie dominated by Wolverine. The beginning and the end were great portrayals of the X men and working as a team, but the middle was mainly Wolverine going around with prof X (without his powers), and beast not really doing anything Beast like. Quicksilver was great, but after his big scene, they essentially told him "go home, kid". Did noone have an issue with that? Also there is a whole movie missing between this film, and the end credit scene of the last Wolverine movie. A 'war was coming' in the present day which was the teaser at the end of the Wolverine movie, yet the movie this summer skips ahead many years into the future.

[@WildcatRA]

Edge of Tomorrow was my favorite movie of the Summer. Defiantly not original, but had a good twist to it to make it more original than it would have been. 9/10

[@cinemacocoa]

Best and worst of that list? The worst has got to be Maleficent... my favourite Disney villain from childhood utterly destroyed. Best is harder to choose... but it could be How to Train Your Dragon 2.

[@seanmartin355]

Maleficent wasn't that bad it could have been better though

[@cinemacocoa]

It "wasn't that bad" only because Jolie is *the* perfect casting for the character and the visuals and creatures were well designed. But the character, *Disney's own character*, cherished throughout their own various franchises as a memorable villain for half a century was completely ruined. Considering how the film is about Maleficent, you'd think they would get the character even remotely right, and as a result it fails completely.

[@arbiter473]

CinemaCocoa You guys do understand Maleficent is based off the original story right?

[@cinemacocoa]

Maleficent herself is a Disney creation. If you REALLY want to go into the original story, there are multiple interpretations. In the original tale(s) it is "an old hag" who curses the girl. In another tale, and Ogress (or Evil Step Mother) attempts to eat the princess. In another she's raped in her sleep. I could go on, but there are ZERO references to "Maleficent". She is an original character born from Disney to spice up a fairytale, and while Disney can therefore do what they want with her, I find it incredibly bad that they rewrote her character so completely and called it "the real story". Especially when it isn't even CLOSE to any of the original tales anyway!

[@genieinthebottle1165]

i think it was an interesting story, but not a maleficent for sure. also little boring