Well I dragged her to it today, Easter Sunday and just as I suspected – it delivered MAXIMUM LULZ!

This was a Motley Crew of a comedy team and I cannot say enough good things about how it all worked.  It was a funny cast, a fresh and inventive story.  It featured boobs, cussing, dick jokes, everything a guy loves in a good comedy.

There were plenty of parts of the movie where the WHOLE theater erupted into laughter.  The movie never got slow, it was 1 hour and 40 minutes of non-stop laughs.

I don’t know of this was funnier than the Hangover; I need to revisit that movie.  I know one thing for certain it was the funniest movie since the Hangover.  I’ll be buying this one for sure!

Johnny Depp played a great Mad Hatter physically, but this was not one of his better acting roles.  Anne Hathaway played the White Queen and she had some really strange mannerisms that started to bug me, she kind of reminded me of when Marilyn Manson did “the Beautiful People” live on the MTV movie awards back in 1998.  It was just odd and disturbing (Hathaway and Manson).  The CGI characters were really cool i.e. the Cheshire cat, the Caterpillar, Etc.  The 3D itself was really well done and created some very nice backdrops.

Overall this movie was not that great.  I expected it to be a lot darker than it actually ended up.  I think if this is what we have to look forward to with Depp and Burton teaming up in the future, they should retire.  I would not rush out and see this, wait until it’s on DVD and you’re super bored and if their are no more DVD’s of Cobra to rent.

Leo was on top of his game in this and played a completely believable character (you will see why I say believable when you watch the movie).  Mark Ruffalo played Deputy U.S. Marshal Chuck Aule and paired with DiCaprio they made a perfect team.  There was a ton a charisma between the two of them.  The plot is rock solid and Martin Scorsese I believe really came out of his comfort zone with this film, it says Scorsese, but not in the sense the Departed did.  It’s very different and it would be great to see him further branch out like he did with Shutter Island.

The score for this movie was perfect.  Their were some pretty dramatic scenes and a few that were spooky as well, the music at times made me think the hair on my neck was going to stand up at any minute.   I heard a few people say they fell asleep during this movie, that it was Leonardo DiCaprio’s worst film, etc.  I don’t think that could be further from the truth, in fact I would venture to say that was one of his BEST performances to date.  I would love to see Scorsese, DiCaprio, and Ruffalo back on the screen together for another film.

I give this 4.5 out of 5 stars.

It was nice to see Mel Gibson in a leading role, since his last one was Signs in 2002.  He played a very believable and determined Father, hell bent on finding his daughters killers.  The storyline was kind of “cookie cutter” in my opinion, meaning I have seen this movie before but it had a different name and a few different details.  There are some pretty gnarly scenes of brutality, especially when his daughter is gunned down.  I’m sure the gore hounds can appreciate that.

Overall I wish I had waited for DVD for this one.  Was it a good movie? Yeah, I guess.  However, I’d have rather seen Mel Gibson’s return to stardom in a more creative movie.

Walter was later institutionalized after his lab assistance was killed in an accident.  Peter Bishop (son of Dr. Bishop) is a character with a mysterious past, Peter is Walter’s caretaker while he is away from the asylum, Peter has also proven to be highly intelligent and an asset to the team.  There are several other notable characters, but this gives you a general idea of what to expect from characters.

Fringe is a special division within the F.B.I. who has the duty of exploring and solving strange cases, which other agencies cannot.  It’s Walter’s experience in dealing with special government testing that makes him particularly important, because he is familiar with many of the strange occurrences.  Some of these occurrences are people catching on fire, a plane mysteriously crashing, and a super creature in the sewer killing people.  I think of Fringe a lot like the X-Files but with some of the cases not as outlandish and ridiculous as the X-Files.  Now granted, Fringe has its fair share of weird shit, X-Files without question takes the cake for weird stuff.  This has become one of my favorite shows and is currently on Season 2 on Fox.  If this sounds like something you would like, please tune in as it will help with ratings and make Fox renew it for a second season.