Extreme Rules (2015) review

Event poster featuring John Cena

How WWE did it, I don't know but this Pay Per View pushed me off the edge and I bought a Seth Rollins shirt. From here and on there are going to be spoilers. The show started with a changed card, Daniel Bryan vs. Wade Barrett switched to Neville vs. Wade Barrett. Daniel Bryan took a gritty injury on SmackDown and needs time off so I wan't phased too much.  I mean everytime Bryan wrestles I'm nervous. Anyway the match starts with JBL making Bag Full of Bull Hammers a thing and making me anxious to see a Bull Hammer elbow. The Wasteland and both the Winds of Change couldn't put Neville out. The match goes on for a while until Neville delivers a fantastic dead lift german suplex. But Barrett is later kicked in the head by Neville and then drops. Finally Neville hits a Red Arrow for the win.

5 time Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett goes for the Wasteland

Next we have an incredible Chicago Street Fight with Luke Harper and Dean Ambrose. The match is one of the wildest matches I've seen in 2015. In the middle of the match Harper tries to drive out taking a page out of Grand Theft Auto playbook with Ambrose and the match keeps going on until they get back in the ring two matches later chairs are thrown in the ring. Harper and Ambrose get in and Harper gets superplexed onto the pile of chairs. Later Harper turns it all around with a running sitout powerbomb onto the chairs. But in the end Ambrose hit the Dirty Deeds on Harper and finally wins. A fantastic match, I was rooting Harper but this match was booked well a ***** from me.

Brodie Bomb by Luke Harper

A stupid stipulation but a half good match was next with the Kiss Me Arse match with Ziggler vs. Sheamus. The match goes on well until Sheamus lifts Ziggler for a slam but Ziggler goes for an inside cradle and got a roll up victory. Now it's time for Sheamus to kiss Sheamus' arse. Sheamus stalls and did what I called from the moment my guy Dolph won. Sheamus hits him with a low blow and hits the brogue kick and then rubs Ziggler's face into his ass cheecks. It was an okay match and I gotta mention that Sheamus' entrance was epic.

Dolph hits a Jumping Dropkick

Cesaro & Tyson Kidd (with Natalya) (c) vs. The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) (with Xavier Woods) for the WWE Tag Team Championships

I went into this match to root for Cesaro and Tyson Kidd because New Day's gimmick is very stupid. Cesaro was great and Tyson Kidd always puts on a clinic while Big E and Kofi Kingston buzzkilled every cool moment. Xavier Woods was pretty annoying and thank goodness Natalya shut him up with a slap. Then Kidd hit him straight in the face and Cesaro threw Big E out. But this opens up the window for Kingston to pull a roll up while holding the  tights. Great match, horrible ending. 

Tyson had Kofi in a Sharpshooter

Then there was Cena (c) vs. Rusev for the WWE United States Championship. The allied forces of Lana (only half way through the match when she gets on the ring apron for no reason) and Rusev take Cena on for the United States Championship in a Russian Chain Match. The Lana part aside this was a descent match with Cena doing the AA a couple of times and Rusev putting Cena in the accolade and then hits him on two corners which later had Cena and Rusev hitting three corners but Cena finally hit the Attitude Adjustment to hit the last corner to win.

Rusev puts Cena in The Accolade

Live tweeting this I forgot that Paige was out and Naomi was facing Nikki Bella. I liked Naomi to win though, while Brie Bella cost her the belt with a roundhouse kick. This match was only half good because the match was too short. Anyway Naomi got beaten with the Rack Attack that helped Nikki keep her Divas Championship.

Naomi  hit the Full Nelson Bomb on Nikki Bella

I gotta say this Roman Reigns is growing on me. Lost in the cheers of the WWE fans Big Show makes his way to the ring for this last man standing match. I let you guys know that Big Show is my favorite guy in Last Man Standing matches ever since the match with Shane McMahon. Anyway the match was a balls out war. Judging by the amount of tables used in this match I am immediately giving it the award of excellence. Anyway Roman Reigns buried Big Show under a table and stood on it for the 10 count to beat the Big Show. My favorite moment was the chokeslam from the ring unto two tables. This was a great match and I would give it *****.

Then came the cream of the crop. The WWE world Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins fought Randy Orton in a Steel Cage with the RKO banned. Kane was the gate keeper. The match was well done but could have been better with Rollins taking a punt kick. This was my opinion before I saw Orton doing the god damn Pedigree on Seth Rollins and Kane chokeslamming everybody and then Rollins beat Orton using the RKO!!!!! Amazing match with a fantastic ending. Overall this pay per view was a solid 7.8 out of 10.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Poster

Oh my God, more Lord of The Rings nostalgia!!!! Well it's not really nostalgia because it was only a decade ago. Anyway, This was my first time experiencing what everyone experienced when the Lord of The Rings movies came out a year apart from one another. I hadn't seen a movie in this day and age that ends on a cliffhanger which completely made me want to see the next movie. Let's get to it now.

Here's a larger poster for no good reason

I went to Desolation of Smaug not having seen Unexpected Journey (I'll try to see it someday) and not having read the book. Although I had heard of the comparisons to Lord of The Rings in how it was just a cash grab. But let me set my rule here, I will support a cash grab movie as long as its good. Cash grab or not, the movie starts where presumably the first one left off. Dwarfs led by their current king Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) are starting to fully trust Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) while Gandalf (Ian McKellen) is off finding the evil shadow that lurks within Middle Earth. In this search for the lonely mountain where Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch) lives and the Arkenstone is hidden will the Dwarfs Thorin and the wise one Balin (Ken Scott) and Bilbo finally get to the mountain alive?

Stephen Fry was the Master of Laketown? WHAT?

Now, I particularly enjoyed this movie. Everlasting hatred of cash grabs isn't my thing (I like Transformers for God's sake). For the most part I say what I feel on this blog and not what critics say to look smart. Good movies aren't necessarily great and awesome movies, hence why this was a good action adventure movie which took us back to Middle Earth. However it did feel a little filleted up so it can't get a full 10 from me. I also haven't read the book so this is solely based on watching the movie. Peter Jackson (The Lord of The rings Trilogy) knocks it out of the park again with a movie which is nowhere near the original trilogy but still a good film. The actors mostly seem into it, except maybe Legolas (Orlando Bloom) who seemed a little "I'm here for my paycheck thank you". Overall I give this movie an 8 out of 10.

Can't wait to review this one

Penguins of Madagascar (2014) review

Movie Poster

Magnificent family film with humor to be enjoyed by all, 5 stars! Now that's the short side of things continue reading for the full review. Well against all my dedication to not see this movie because Conrad Vernon had replaced my favorite voice actor of all time, John DiMaggio, I said I'll give it a chance. Besides it was family night and it was my little brother's choice anyway. So it starts off showing the origins of the Penguins with great jokes and gags, (they had Werner Herzog voicing a documentary filmmaker who tells his crew guy to push the baby penguins off the cliff to add tension to his documentary, if that isn't enough to get you hooked keep reading). Anyway, the current events story keeps rolling after the Penguins are shown escaping the circus from Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. Its Private (voiced by Christopher Knights) 's birthday and Skipper (voiced by Tom McGrath) and the gang are going to break into Fort Knox. But they're not going in for gold, no, no, no, but something just or more valuable than that. CHEEZY DIBBLES!!!! Anywho while they're casualy paying for their cheezy dibbles an octopus takes them inside. They're transported to an evil lair where an evil scientist who turns out to be an octopus himself imprisons them to share his story. His name was Debby, Dietrich...no wait it was Dave(voiced by John Malkovich, yes John flipping Malkovich!), Dave was just a regular animal at the New York zoo until the penguins showed up and their surge in popularity made Dave an unwanted attraction. But no matter how many times they moved him the penguins would always show up and steal the show. Dave knew why the Penguins were so popular and now he wants revenge. The penguins aren't remembering anything so they just bust out of the lair which turns out to be a submarine and take Dave's method of revenge, the "Medusa" serum, with them. While trying to escape the octupi in  Venice, Italy they get saved by a group of highly trained animal agents known as the North Wind. The operation is spear-headed by Classified (voiced by Sherlock himself, Benedict Cumberbatch) and consists of a demolition seal known as Short Fuse (voiced by Ken "Hungover" Jeong) , an espionage master owl called Eva (voiced by Annet Mahendru) who Kowalski (voiced by Chris Miller) can't stop crushing on and finally Corporal (voiced by Peter Stormare) a muscular Polar Bear who thinks the penguins are the cutest things in the world. Although they have a common enemy the Noth Wind is too technologically advanced to even think they can take the penguins along for the mission. Skipper however wants Dave stopped, sounds like internal problems might get the better of the groups before they even get to face Daniel, Dorry...oh wait, Dave.

Dave is voiced by John Malkovich

P.S. The directors are Simon J. Smith (Bee Movie) and Eric Darnell (Madagascar) so you know its good.

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Well, we went to the theaters for the Iranian new year on Saturday and me and my little brother went tothe movie that is quickly becoming a family favorite, Sponge out of water. The story follows a pirate played by Antonio Banderas and his quest to find the book that with alterations could alter life itself. Sponge Bob and Patrick are going through a regular day until Plankton strikes again. But as he tries to run away with the formula,  he gets caught up with SpongeBob and while they both struggle to take it, it suddenly disappeared. When Mr. Krabs finds the two he decides to torture Plankton to find out where the formula is. But SpongeBob knows he's innocent so he tries to bail Plankton out. In midst of all these chaos they have ran out of Krabby Patties and the end becomes nigh. Now it's up to the unlikely duo of SpongeBob and Plamkton to save the day.
I fairly enjoyed this flick.

WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 review

Its the last Cyber Sunday where the fans decide matches on the rig (excluding when they do it on RAW) The spotlight's on CM Punk even though he didn't even get to wrestle which adds to the legitimacy of the show. Anyway it starts off with a great patrioticish message from Triple H, Rey Mysterio and Jeff Hardy. Rey Mysterio vs Kane started off the night. Todd Grisham brings in the votes and we have a no holds barred match. Man Rey Mysterio's black and white mask is great looking. Anyway this match had a bunch of cool moments. There was a bit when Kane tosses Rey Mysterio as he slides into the ring post and then hits a sliding dropkick shoving Rey more-so into the post. Kane tries to bring in a Steel Chair and Rey dropkicks him in the face. Finally, Rey headscissor takesdown Kane as a counter to the chokeslam and while Kane is on the rope he hit the 619. Then following a springboard Splash for the win.

We later learn that the Divas are going to be dressing up for the Divas Halloween costume contest. Candice Michelle is dressed as Marilyn Monroe, Kelly Kelly drops a cool pick up line, Mickie James helps the whole contest with the Tomb Raider costume. Anyway, the Divas come to the ring and after Mickie James gets the win, Victoria, dressed as a bananna, ambushes her. In the end, the heels are thrown out and the faces pose for cameras. Tazz announced the winner based on the votes.

Theodore Long comes down with Tiffany as ECW general manager to announce who will the ECW Champion, Matt Hardy, face. Mark Henry? Evan Bourne? Finlay? Evan Bourne wins with a 69% landslide and comes down to the old "Axeman" song by Damian Wes, Lenny Charles and Sparky Buddha. Anyway Matt Striker is calling the match and "Airborne" Evan Bourne looks ready for the match. Evan bourne really outperformed himself starting off with a picture perfect dropkick. Roundhouse kicks. headscissor takedowns, standing moonsaults and frankensteiners kept the match high pace but Hardy hits a forearm smash into a springboarding Bourne and sends him to the floor. The ending was a great sequence of a missed shooting star press and then Hardy tries for a front facelock but Bourne takes it into a backslide but Hardy finally hits a Twist of Fate for the win. An absolutely fantastic match. ****/5.

Cryme Tyme vs Miz/Morrison happened next. Early on JTG hits the shoutout on The Miz but Morrison hits the Moonlight Drive after a while of dragging out for the win. I still liked Cryme Tyme to win. Chris Jericho is running around backstage for help but even Ranjin Singh and The Great Khali won't help him. The belt couple Santino and Beth come down the ring as the WWE Intercontinental Champion and WWE Women's Champion come down to the ring. I was thinking Goldust would win but between him and Rowdy Roddy Piper, The Honkey Tonk Man is chosen. It came down to Santino Marella (c) vs. The Honkey Tonk Man. But early on the smile goes our face when Phoenix trips Honkey Tonk Man and causing a DQ. Then the Hall of Famer Roddy Piper and Goldust come down to help Honkey Tonk Man who finishes Marella off with a Shake, Ratter and Roll. 

Big Show vs The Undertaker promo featured Matt Jackson from The Young Bucks getting Chokeslammed through a table. Anyway Chavo Guerrero and Vickie Guerrero come down to see the stipulation for the match and my favorite of the three, the last man standing match wins. There's a moment when Jim Ross gets the stipulation wrong but Tazz quickly corrects him. There was a couple of holy crap! moments there such as Big Show chokeslamming him from the security wall through the ECW announcers table. In the end Undertaker choked out Show with The Hell's Gate submission. The ten count insures that Taker wins.

Maybe an epic entrance, WWE Champion Triple H comes down the ramp. Woo! Jeff Hardy is chosen by the crowd over Kozlov rocking "No more Words" by EndeverafteR. Whoa there was a nice double leg drop destroying Triple H's midsection and follows up with an inverted suplex slam. Later, Hardy brings in a steel chair to do a one man poetry in motion. But after getting dominated by Triple H for a couple of minutes he hits two Whisper in the winds to even up the odds. Jeff doesn't let him roll off though, he hits the Hardyac Arrest on Triple H in the corner. After a Twist of Fate Triple H still kicks out. Hardy hits one Swanton Bomb but then goes for a second one but gets stopped by H's knees. After a bunch of mule kicks by Hardy and while Triple H is out of the ring he hits a plancha. In the end Triple H pulls off Hardy off the top rope and hits the Pedigree for the win. They put on the match of the night. 

It's time for the World Heavyweight championship match Jericho vs. Batista with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the referee. Batista tries to hit Jericho with a running shoulder block but he ducks out of the way and Steve Austin gets hit,Shawn comes down and gives a rad slow count after Chris hits the Codebreaker on Batista but he kicks out with the slow count. Explaining the joy of when Batista hit Jericho with a spear and Michaels went for the fast count but JBL pulling him out and hitting him with the Clothesline From Hell. Orton comes out and attacks Austin. Orton unsees Jericho hitting Batista with the World Heavyweight Championship belt but Batista then proceeded to kick out. Austin hits a motivated Stone Cold Stunner taking his referee job back. Batista hits the Batista Bomb for the unfair win and we have a new champion. 

Injustice: Gods Among Us (iOS) review

Man, the moment I saw this on the app store (before having a console) I marked out big time and immediately downloaded it on my phone. It was free and I have played all the way through it. I realized if you have the patience it takes to grind a bit you can get through the whole game without micro transactions. It is a basic fighting game with tag team elements. I've played nothing like this on the iPhone unless it was paid for. Collecting cards of DC characters has never been more fun and NetherRealm Studios have realized their fanbase on the mobile apps because they have added a mobile exclusive character, Darkseid. My own favorite is Wonder Woman (Regime) and after a while of coming back it has changed a bit with more levels and a gear system.

Lex Luthor's quote that appears at the beginning of the game

Regime Superman lives a life of wreaking havoc

My collection of Wonder Women

I got Joker by logging in daily and getting alliance points

Here he is, the mobile exclusive character, Darkseid

Bane (Luchador), was obtained by completing a challenge

Deathstroke is my favorite Silver character 

Here, Solomon Grundy (Regime) is maxed elite

These are some of my best characters

Lobo is the beast!

GET OVER HERE!!!!

Deathstroke hitting his third attack

Grundy hits his third attack on Harley Quinn (Insurgency)

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Movie's Poster

 While trying to get a divorce from her high school sweet heart Charlie Bodell (Nicholas Cage), Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner) attends her high school reunion with her daughter and meets old friends from the high school. Among these friends Richard Norvik (Bary Miller) is the most successful having written multiple books. But when she and Richard are chosen as the king and the queen of the reunion she passes out and wakes up in her high school in the 60's. Having the experiences she has had as an adult she tries to make her life better by doing better things for her friends and herself.

An ensemble cast of Jim Carrey, Nicholas Cage and Kathleen Turner

The reason for watching or even stumbling onto this movie is the involvement of Nicholas Cage (Kick-Ass) and Jim Carrey (The Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind). There are parts in this movie which are worst for me since I don't get it but mostly it is a great story about reevaluation and rethinking your choices in love and life. The movie might start a little slow with some downtime but it picks up real fast and starts becoming an awesome romantic story. By the way did I mention Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Part II) directed this awesome movie? 8/10