More like Batception... amirite?  Seriously though, with so many cast members, the same look and feel, and even the charging music throughout the last 30 minutes this felt more like a sequel to Inception than a Batman movie.  Batman himself wasn't even in it very much.  I felt myself asking if there was even going to be any Batman in this Batman movie.  Regardless, Christopher Nolan is amazing filmmaker and this was a pleasing film with enough surprises and suspense throughout to amuse me. (Personally Batman Returns is my favorite Batman film.  "Still, could be worse, my nose could be gushing blood.")

3.5 Stars (out of 5)

This film feels like a hodgepodge of story elements all fighting for dominance. It starts out pretty straight-forward.  The main character Merida is determined to live by her own rules while her mother is trying to groom her into being a great queen someday.  The montage of Merida exploring waterfalls and riding through the beautiful landscapes was by far the best thing in the film.  I expected this movie to tell the story of two people who need to each give a little and meet somewhere in the middle at the end...

Then the witch scene happened.  As soon as the awkwardly non-funny but trying to be funny witch wishing scene happens the film completely falls apart.  It's trying to be silly like Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon, to be sentimental like a classic Disney film, but also capture the exquisite natural beauty from Pixar's art department.  Mix it all up and what do you get?  Bears.  Scary, children are crying in the theater-not relevant to this story-realistically rendered, frighteningly loud bears.  I don't understand why.  The montage of mommy bear learning to hunt salmon with silly music is literally taken directly from Brother Bear.  But why?  Why does the mom need to learn how to ACT LIKE A BEAR if she's going to be transformed back the next day?  Wouldn't you want to not try to let her act like a bear, since she might get lost to the bear instincts as the film pointed out?

The art and locations of this film are wonderful and I like the characters (other than the witch).  It's a shame the story is just so utterly awful.  BEARS!?!

2.0 Stars (out of 5)

The world that was created for this movie is believable and it's nice to see a science fiction backdrop that feels real.  Things like the new Total Recall reboot look more like iRobot with all its computer generated backgrounds and green screened action scenes.  Prometheus feels more organic.  I loved the first two-thirds of the film but when it came time for everything to wrap up in the end I was left disappointed.  The entire film is worth it for the C-Section scene and Michael Fassbender's David.
Overall it left me feeling that this was more of a set-up for a new trilogy than a prequel to Alien.  I would've rather had a more in-depth Prometheus film than 3 watered down cash cows.

3.5 Stars (out of 5)

This was several times better than the second film.  I'm still not sure we needed another Men in Black film, but I'm glad it was at least enjoyable.  For me, it really comes down to the bad guy.  Vincent D'Onofrio's creepy and funny Edgar in the first film is hard to top, but Jemaine Clement does a good job here as Boris the Animal.  The female 'bad guy' in the second movie was just terrible; not scary, and having Johnny Knoxville with two heads just made things worse.  MiB 3 is entertaining, but the deadbeat dad back story is weak and the overly sentimental ending is undeserved... but that's alright with me because I liked the villain.  And of course Brolin's Tommy Lee Jones impression is pretty impressive.

3.0 Stars (out of 5)