The Dark Knight Rises

Perfectly average movie. Bale and Hardy were good, and the story was interesting, but nothing really blew me away. At least I can say I saw Batman on opening day without getting shot.

Drive

I didn't think I would like this as much as I did, but there were a few surprises.

Fright Night

Colin Farrell was a great vampire. The movie was fun, smart, funny, and had a few unexpected moments.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

This movie has a lot of problems. I couldn't follow what was going on with the action half the time, Carly is a complete non-character, and Sam's an unlikeable jackass. The plot has more holes than a slice of Swiss cheese.

You also have the awesome (not) hour-long action sequence at the end again. I thought they would've learned their lesson from the last one: no one wants to sit through that much. Break it up into a couple of battles or something.

Fortunately, none of those things really matter to a movie like this, and I loved it anyway. We have Josh Duhamel, the name "Witwicky," Sam's parents, John Malkovich, Wash, Patrick Dempsey doing something unexpected, and several genuinely funny scenes.

13 Assassins

Nothing unexpected here, but it was engaging most of the time, and you can definitely tell it's Miike.

Super

This movie was weird. Liv Tyler was super pretty. Ellen's character was completely unlikable, and Rainn's wasn't terribly far behind. It was interesting to see it play out, though.

Fast Five

I have a lot of love for this series, and I wanted to like this more than I did. It felt like they only had about half a movie going here. I enjoyed everybody getting together, and Rio was a fun place to see, but about 70% of it was flat.