Willie's View Movie Reviews

  After the success of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, and the failed return of Superman in the 2006 SUPERMAN RETURNS, moviegoers were left wondering if Warner Bros. could find a way to successfully resurrect Supes and pave the way for a potential JUSTICE LEAGUE movie.   Finally, seven years later, Zack Synder (300,WATCHMEN), Chistopher Nolan (producer on this film) and writer David S.Goyer(Blade,Batman Begins) successfully bring Superman back were he belongs-front and center on the big screen.    As usual, I don't go into plot details, but I will tell you that I was blown away by the depiction of Superman's home planet Krypton. It was like something out of a Star Wars movie, and that's a good thing. Russell Crowe is on hand as Jor-el and gives his best performance since GLADIATOR. He's also joined by an all-star  cast that includes Amy Adams as Lois Lane,Kevin Costner as Johnathan Kent, Diane Lane as Martha Kent and Lawrence Fishburn as Perry White. Great

Why is it that movies like THE HANGOVER III and PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 4 get more attention than the movie I'm about to review-THE BIG MIRACLE?   Maybe because it looks like another whale movie. Do we need another whale movie? Maybe it doesn't have the biggest stars in the movie, or maybe it just didn't appeal to moviegoers. This gem snuck past me while in theaters and on DVD because, to me, it looked like another cutesy whale movie.   So, last night, bored and looking for something to watch on TV, I came across this surprisingly good movie based on true events that happened back in 1988.   I don't even remember this story making the news back then, probably because I was a punk teenager, rapped up in my own world.  Nevertheless, THE BIG MIRACLE is a surprisingly good movie that features recognizable faces. I stop short of saying an All Star Cast, for the fact that Ted Danson and Drew Barrymore don't make me run out to the theater to see their films. Maybe this