What I liked:
- The casting was spot on: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, & Craig Robinson.
- With appearances by: Michael Cera, Emma Watson, Mindy Kaling, David Krumholtz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Rihanna, Martin Starr, Paul Rudd, Channing Tatum, Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari, Jason Segel, Brian Huskey, and The Backstreet Boys.
- It's funny, gross, scary, witty, freaky, and silly.
- There is a sequel to Pineapple Express.
- A ton of pop culture jokes.
- There is a nice moral to the story.
What I liked:
- It was written and directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash.
- Liam James plays the awkward teenager well.
- Fantastic cast: Steve Carell, AnnaSophia Robb, Rob Corddry, Sam Rockwell, Maya Rudolph, Toni Collette, Amanda Peet, and Allison Janney. Faxon and Rash also star.
- It's an honest and real story.
- It shows that sometimes family isn't all that and your friends are the ones that matter the most.
What I liked:
- Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn have great on screen chemistry together. You can feel the bromance.
- Rose Byrne is lovely.
- Great supporting cast: John Goodman, Dylan O'Brien, B.J. Novak, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Josh Gad, Jessica Szohr, Max Minghella, Aasif Mandvi, Josh Brener, Tiya Sircar, and Tobit Raphael.
- It starts off slow but once it gets going, it is entertaining.
- There is a nice moral to the story.
- The end credits are creative.
- Lots of pop culture references, everything from Footloose to Game of Thrones
What I liked:
- It has the original cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, Jeffrey Tambor, Heather Graham, Mike Upps, Sasha Barrese, Jamie Chung, Sondra Currie, Gillian Vigman, and Grant Holmquist.
- Nice additions with John Goodman and Melissa McCarthy.
- There is a lot less nudity but still plenty of adult language and gross out stunts.
- Stay through some of the credits for a bonus scene.
What I liked:
- The opening sequence is creative and visually stunning.
- Chris Pine.
- Zachary Quinto.
- Benedict Cumberbatch.
- April Webster and Alyssa Weisberg did a great job casting the first movie and everyone was back for the second: Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, and Bruce Greenwood.
- Peter Weller and Alice Eve were nice additions to the cast.
- J.J. Abrams is a great director.
- Awesome set design and costumes.
- It's funny, witty, and charming.
- It's action packed.
- It has great 3D effects.
What I liked:
- Perfectly casted with Nick Offerman, Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Alison Brie, Megan Mullally, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Marc Evan Jackson, Erin Moriarty, Kumail Nanjiani, Thomas Middleditch and Tony Hale.
- It was filmed in and around Cleveland including Chagrin Falls, Berea, The Cleveland Metroparks, and possibly Whipps Ledges.
- It's a delightful coming of age story about falling in love, being annoyed by your parents, and claiming your independence.
- There is great dialogue, very natural and real.
- I liked that the score had a video game vibe to it.
- The Kings of Summer is a better title than the original, Toy's House.
- If you like Joe's "Vacation in Cleveland" shirt, you can get it here: http://www.cleclothingco.com/product/vacation-in-cleveland
What I liked:
- The 3D effects are well done. They don't come at you...instead they draw you in.
- The costumes are lovely.
- The set designs are fabulous.
- The soundtrack, produced by Jay-Z, is fantastic.
- Leonardo DiCaprio looked great.
- Jason Clarke.
What I liked:
- It's always fun to watch Robert Downey Jr.
- Guy Pearce is a good bad guy.
- Great supporting cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Rebecca Hall, Jon Faveau, Ben Kingsley, James Badge Dale, Stephanie Szostak, Williams Sadler, Dale Dickey, Ty Simpkins, Miguel Ferrer, Stan Lee, and Adam Pally.
- Paul Bettany's voice.
- Blink and you will miss her - Rebecca Mader.
- There are a lot of references to The Avengers.
- I liked the story line with the kid.
- Kingsley was fantastic.
- Lots of love for Downton Abbey.
- Stay to the very very end...after ALL of the credits for an extra clip.
What I liked:
- Michael Shannon is very good at playing the bad guy.
- Winona Ryder looked amazing.
- Chris Evans was barely recognizable.
- Hair and make up did a fantastic job.
- David Schwimmer!
- Interesting supporting cast: Ray Liotta, John Ventimiglia, James Franco, and Stephen Dorff.