Water for Elephants

Jessie: 5 pops
Adam: 3 1/2 pops

A veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet.

I feel like that little synopsis doesn't really do this movie justice. Watch the video for a more in depth explanation and our thoughts on the movie.

Arthur

Jessie: 3 1/2 pops
Adam: 3 pops



A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman his family doesn't like.

We went to see Arthur and the following video will tell you our thoughts on it. Thanks for watching!

Sucker Punch

Jessie: 3 pops
Adam: 3 pops

What?? Pop My Corn is doing reviews again? That's just crazy! We know we've been gone forever and we apologize. Honestly, writing reviews is not as easy as we thought it would be so we decided to start back up with video reviews instead. So last night we went to see Sucker Punch. Here is www.imdb.com's little synopsis.

A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.

And here is our video telling you guys what we thought of the movie.



We hope you guys enjoy!

Iron Man 2

Jessie's thoughts:
4 1/2 pops

First of all, you should know that Iron Man is my favorite superhero and the first Iron Man movie is one of my all time favorite movies. That being said, I had very high expectations for this sequel and I have to say - they were definitely met. Iron Man 2 had everything that I expected of it. It was funny, it had the action, it had the little "inside jokes" that only the comic book fans would understand and it was just flat out entertaining. Robert Downey Jr. was awesome, as always, Gywneth Paltrow was just as charming as in the original and Scarlett Johanssen was wonderful. I really don't have anything bad to say about the movie except that there were just a few scenes that kind of dragged a little bit. It wasn't quite as good as the first one, but it was damn close. I just loved it and I think that everyone should go see it. It was exactly what I expected it to be and even a little bit more. It's definitely one you're gonna want to see in the theaters and you can even take the kiddos as this is for sure one movie that everyone can and will enjoy.

Adam's thoughts:
4 1/2 pops

I’m not going to write a long thing about this movie because I feel that you should all trust it when I say this movie was freak’n awesome. If you haven’t been to the movies to see this yet, or you're still on the fence, get your butt in gear and go and see it. Like the first one, it rocked from the moment it was on screen to the moment after the credits were done rolling. Robert did his best in this movie giving true life to the character Tony Stark. Comic book fans will drool over this movie with every small easter egg they drop. I about went into a twitching comatose state, foaming at the mouth, when I saw the shield. I know, I’m a geek and I have a bad addiction but for someone who can’t get enough this movie satisfied much of my hunger. The new characters who were introduced did wonderful and Scarlet Johanssen gave me a new school boy hard-on for the Black Widow. I’ve heard some critics hit this movie because it didn’t have enough action, and I’m here to tell you that it did go hard on the plot but when the action was rolling it was a rollercoaster. It's like they waited to the very end to pack in all the action you could ever want. They did a good job too, the ending scene had me on the edge of my seat. Very few movies get me this worked up and this one did a great job. The only thing keeping it from the 5 is that at some points when they showed the plot it went a bit slow. Like Jessie, I felt that a high octane movie like this should have not had any slow points. Now I’m not saying it was slow enough to keep you from going to see it, I’m just saying it kept it from getting the A+ that the first one got but it's still an A anyway you look at it and your parents are still gonna be proud. Now, if you haven’t gotten off your ass to go see this movie after reading all this then you might as well never go see an action movie again. GO AND SEE IT! NOW! All I can say is if you do go see it, at the end stay until the credits are gone for a bit of a treat. No Johanssen doesn’t take her shirt off but its almost as good. HAMMER TIME!

The Losers

Adam's thoughts:
3 pops

For an action packed movie to set off all the rest of the summer, it doesn’t surprise me that it would start out alright. The Losers was an ‘okay’ film. It seems to me that with action films you get two kinds. You get one that is full of special effects and no plot line. Or you get one that has a particular ‘style’. The storyline’s are not that complex these days because they don’t have to be. Bad guy did this. Good guy wants him dead. Go. Easy enough for a child to understand. This film had a style. One that everyone could enjoy. The actors were wonderful and carefully played out. The bad guy was definitely bad. The good guys were not so good.
I haven’t seen Jeffrey Dean Morgan in a lot of films. The guy did well though as his character Clay. He brought the ‘cool’ element to the film. Chris Evans did the comedy side kick thing rather well. I was impressed at least with these two actors in the film even if their roles were not very complex. The storyline, as with most action films, was simple and easy to follow. There were enough action scenes for sure.
For me, though, nothing really stood out strongly in this film. Its good enough to rent in my book but I wouldn’t waste the money to go see it in theater unless you really like seeing the explosions. I will say this, however, when we went to see it the theater was only showing it in DLP. I think that stands for digital link something something. I don’t know if I’ve seen any other films in this format and if I had I didn’t pay as much attention as I did this time. I think instead of showing a ‘film’ they had a digital file you watched. Kind of like when you're watching TV or your computer. It was very clear and crisp. No film lines or grimy texture. I liked it like that, even though I think some films deserve this attention. I don’t want to see Star Wars without a bit of grimy film work.
If an action movie is what you’re craving - go see this. OR save yourself like a school girl on prom night and get ready for the A-Team that comes out in not too long. Now THAT movie I’m more ready to see than a red neck on family reunion day.

Jessie's thoughts:
4 pops

Unlike my colleague, here, I LOVED this movie! It was everything that I could ask for in an action comedy. The story line was interesting, the acting was amazing, the special effects were great and it was actually funny. I haven't seen a movie in quite a while that actually met all of that criteria.
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is one of my favorite actors and it was great to see him in a film where he got to play to the best of his abilities as an action guy. Zoe Saldana is one of my favorite actresses and it was cool to see her in an action role as well. I was a little skeptical at first, but she was great in this. Chris Evans was hilarious and it doesn't hurt that he's just freakin hot. Overall, I thought all of the actors did a great job but these three were the ones that stood out the most to me.
I actually even think this is one that you could take the kiddos to see. There's obviously some violence, but nothing compared to some of the other movies out there. Cough, cough, Kick-Ass. And it's actually really, really funny which has been greatly lacking in the action movies as of late.
I was very pleasantly surprised by how good this movie was and by how entertained it kept me through the whole film and I would recommend anyone going and seeing it. In all honesty, I'll most likely end up buying this movie when it comes out on DVD. I definitely wouldn't mind seeing it a few more times.