A great escapist movie, that makes you shoot rainbows

Rating: 9/10 (6 August 2014)

There were a few times when the movie trudged along and felt pedestrian. But thankfully, it picked the ball back up and kept on throwing it back at you.
The coordination was good. I wished John Carter was like this. It felt like a real adventure, reminding me very much of the last star fighter back in the 80's.
I felt like a kid again. It did something very right. Throughout the year, we've had sci-fi adventure movies which creeps this insidious contemporary context at you. It makes you think which unfortunately for me I find distracting and somewhat tiresome.
The second most film I enjoyed this year was Winter Soldier. And it did a great job of chucking some conspiracies and social relevance. But it dampened the spirit and left me slightly miserable.
Then you had Godzilla, another - the government is hiding the truth kinda of movie. It was well done if a little wanting.
Then, transcendence, X-men, the upcoming Hunger games. All movies/books I enjoyed. But I needed away from all this. Edge of Tomorrow was great and underrated. Simple action and comedy that like this was done well.
And this movie. It did the comedy brilliantly. The direction had to be top notch and the comedic moments hit the right notes pretty much all the time for me.
There was a little baggage, but it served well and gave this movie that emotional element that juxtaposed the carefree roller-coaster adventure and also gave the characters depth.
Yes, I felt good on the inside. Not like the kind of good which The Secret of Walter Mitty gave me. But a childish kinda good.