Bears
This one is a documentary. And it's about bears. DisneyNature hasn't been around for very long, but I think this is their fourth or fifth movie.
I know very little about the documentary world except that it's usually boring and commonly full of emotional manipulation. Nature documentaries, however, are less boring to me, and usually not as manipulative in my experience. Until they talk about "climate change" and how humans are evil because we drown seagulls in crude oil or whatever.
This one here will probably be very straightforward. The only potential issue I see here is a rise in bear-related incidents from kids seeing this movie and thinking they can cuddle with wild bears because "they're so cute." That would be a problem.
A Haunted House 2
It may surprise some readers to know that there actually was another one of these movies. My opinion at the time still stands. It's good that somebody is making fun of found footage horror movies. Because there are WAY too many of them and they take themselves WAY too seriously.
Unfortunately this movie seems to cater to a pretty narrow audience. Fans of the Wayans brothers and people who never got sick of the Scary Movie franchise.
Heaven Is For Real (Wednesday Release)
Heaven Is For Real is based on a non-fiction book about a small boy who has a near death experience. Afterwards he is able to report things he saw and people he met in Heaven.
The bad news is that movies like this (good ol' fashion Christian beliefs aren't Hollywood's typical M.O.) also stoop to emotional manipulation, just like other movies. The main difference being that the people who make these kind of movies are less practiced at it so it's easier for the general public to catch.
The good news is that there are still movies like this getting wide release! Who knows. With Easter (and bad reviews for Transcendence) this might take the weekend!
Which leads us to Transcendence
Once upon a time there was a man named Wally Pfister. He was the cinematographer on every Christopher Nolan movie (except Interstellar which was produced concurrently with Transcendence). And one day he decided he would try his hand at directing a movie of his own. This is where Transcendence comes from. So you see it's much more accurate to say this is Wally Pfister's new movie than it is to say it's the new Johnny Depp movie.
This movie has been in the news for a long time now, mostly because it's Wally Pfister's first and everyone wants to know how it will do or what he has up his sleeve. Or (worst case scenario) if he will have to go running back to Mr. Nolan for job security.
Time will tell.
Or has it already? Early reviews are in and they are not favorable.
I don't know if I would like this movie or not. For that reason I will most likely not see it in theaters, and for that reason I cannot recommend for or against it.
The one. The only. Big Shot Critic
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