Here is a little update on my current situation, I’ve been sick all Easter weekend and haven’t been able to do anything useful but I have been able to watch a whole bunch of crappy movies and run a few instances in WoW. Among the good things I watched was the start of series Five of Dr.Who and hopefully it will live up to the hype as Wrestle Mania this year didn’t live up to the tremendous build, but Ill get into Wrestling a bit later.
So here are my thoughts on the films I have watched during the Easter holiday in no particular order, I might have forgotten one or two films.
Perkins 14
The story sounded good, but the end result was far from good! This was a Zombie flick without Zombies, the main villains where in fact victims that had been kidnapped and turned into psycho-cannibal-zombies with the help of isolation and drugs, mainly PCP. The movie started out decent enough looked like a 70′s Italian horror movie, like Susperia, so I actually thought it had potential. It then degenerated into the psychological thriller where we saw the decline of the main characters sanity, well he didn’t have much sanity to begin with. The main plot centred around the main character trying to rescue his son that got abducted ten years ago, and the main character has started to doubt himself if he actually did enough to rescue/find his sin.
Twilight New Moon
Never got into the Twilight craze and I thought the first movie was rubbish and a waste of time. The second was slightly better than the first one on a few points but overall it lacked a compelling story and it was told in such a way that you blatantly knew that you have missed out on several story elements. This was very obvious with the entire wolf pack storyline, and this was despite the movie being over two hours long, the directors cut is probably going to be a lot longer. I was surprised that the female lead, don’t remember what she was called was geniunly surprised that Jacob and the others where Werewolf’s! Even when they saved her from the deadlock vampire she didn’t figure it out! Is she the mayor of thick-town?
Cant be bothered writing any more just yet there is more posts on the way if i can finish them this week. I have a few more movies to write small reviews and random thoughts about. And there is a larger post about WrestleMania and the retirement of HBK in the works, I have a fun time remembering things that I have forgotten on the topic of why I like wrestling and what I remember from my childhood and things i will miss now that my all time favourite wrestler has retired, I even shed a tear or two but more on that in a later post now I’m off to Azeroth and run a few random dungeons just to relax.
So I finally got around to watch Avatar and did so in 3D which I think was a wise choice. So I didn’t go into the cinema with high expectations, I kind of knew what to expect going in. The movie wasn’t going to be a riveting storytelling masterpiece and the plot would be childish and heavy-handed and that’s exactly what I got. The story has been ridiculed and dissected in length so I can’t be bothered with it in this post.
So the effects where great and probably the best that has been seen on the big screen so far, but the 3D took a while to get used too. The pictures where blurry at the edges and there were so instances when they used shaky cam effects giving you POV. This had me worried as I have trouble from shaky cam effects and similar effects they make me motion sick and I have walked out of movie theatres before when It became too much for me too handle.
The story was very predictable and all in all well-told, no obvious storytelling mistakes. The effects where good probably the best I have seen on the big screen. I’m curious to see where the reinvented 3D will go from here, as most of the new movies will be in 3D from now on. And I have read about the new computer monitors and TV’s that will use the new 3D technology for home use, but they are very expensive but are predicted to drop rapidly in price towards the end of the year.
So I give the movie a 3 out of 5 rating or at 7 out of 10, this due to it was a well told story and not many obvious mistakes. So this blog post I stared it 3 weeks ago but anyhow here it is just to finish up my drafts.
My next project is to do a little write-up on the scenario “Ghost Light” that I ran last Friday and finished it in one sitting, even though I dragged it out a little, could probably have finished it a bit earlier.
I have been having a little old TV show revival for the last months and found some old shows and movies that I used to watch or have partially watched. It all started with me watching old Dr.Who stories and found that I haven’t watched any of the older stories at all, I must have watched a few of the third doctor stories because I remember the UNIT mansion and some big force field or similar things. I definitely remember the Baker years because that’s what was shown late nights in the late 80′s early 90′s on BBC here in Sweden.
The old stories I have gotten around to watching are these in no particular order:
Three Doctors, one of the best episodes I have watched so far. Nice to see the different doctors all acting together.
Time Warrior, fun to see the Sontarens in the older shows, I have never seen the Sontarens before the new series.
Dark Shadows arrived but I haven’t watched the show yet so I don’t know how It stacks up with my memories of the show. And I’m probably going to be writing a few posts about that show as I’m watching it.
Kolchak the night stalker another show I have only seen a few episodes off before. But I managed to track down it and will watch it in the next coming weeks and render my verdict on it.
Its not been a good week to be a cat this week, two off my friends had cats die this week. Although the cats where both over 12 years they had a good life, but losing a pet is never easy. I have had to put down my fair share of cats over the years and it never gets any easier, but at least they didn’t have to suffer and be neglected as many animals.
But on to something less depressing then, I recently found out about a epically bad film company called The Asylum which specializes in producing ripoffs of blockbuster movies, really bad movies at that. Some examples of this is are Snakes on a Train, The Da Vincie Treasure and the movie I have heard so much about Transmorphers.
The movie that caught my attention was Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus I always had a weak point for shark movies ever since watching Jaws as a kid.
There are some awfully epic scenes in this movie, particularly the one when the shark takes down a airliner, all the shark scenes are all ripoffs from Jaws, but designed to top them. The airline scene tops the Helicopter scene from Jaws II, taking out a full sized military frigate made me think off we need a bigger boat from the original Jaws.
They also said that Sharkzilla swam at a speed of 500 knots, and they are practically indestructible and they hate each other shark vs octopus. All common sense and laws of physics are thrown out the window in this movie, or so I though as this blogger explained the physics behind the shark killing the airplane.
Been listening to the latest Vlogs from the spoonyone, and realised that we have lots of things in common.
First is about a movie that I’m going to track down because Ill probably enjoy it. Ill re-link it here just to spread the word around of this movie.
Pontypool
Update: Added the name of the movie, which I forgot last night.
Stupid stuff never cease to amaze me and the latest movie craze after Twilight has taken the world by storm. This move is on track to break every box office record and have already alienated the catholic church and is responsible for killing people. Why isn’t movies banned or have health warnings at least. Watching Avatar can lead to you being shunned by the church, dieing in the cinema or committing suicide from not living in a blue fantastic world. Ever since Capt. Kirk nailed the green chick on TOS we have always wanted to have sex with strangely colored alien chicks, right? And no we get depressed from seeing it on the big screen and commit suicide? Well the article didn’t say that it was from lack of alien sex that leads to depression, but adlib that part.
“Ever since I went to see ‘Avatar’ I have been depressed. Watching the wonderful world of Pandora and all the Na’vi made me want to be one of them. I can’t stop thinking about all the things that happened in the film and all of the tears and shivers I got from it,” Mike posted. “I even contemplate suicide thinking that if I do it I will be rebirthed in a world similar to Pandora and the everything is the same as in ‘Avatar.’ “
“When I woke up this morning after watching Avatar for the first time yesterday, the world seemed … gray. It was like my whole life, everything I’ve done and worked for, lost its meaning,” Hill wrote on the forum. “It just seems so … meaningless. I still don’t really see any reason to keep … doing things at all. I live in a dying world.”
The cure for the Avatar blues is to play the video game, discuss on the Avatar forums, download the soundtrack this in addition to talking and hanging out with real people WTF What is this world coming to! Don’t commit suicide play our awesome video game instead…
There is apparently a avatar sex scene that’s going to be included in the DVD release and that has spurred a plethora of spoofs on the Internet. Here is the church critizism of the movie:
The Vatican newspaper and radio station are criticizing James Cameron’s 3-D blockbuster for flirting with the idea that worship of nature can replace religion — a notion the pope has warned against. They call the movie a simplistic and sappy tale, despite its awe-inspiring special effects.
Most significantly, much of the Vatican criticism was directed at the movie’s central theme of man vs. nature.
L’Osservatore said the film “gets bogged down by a spiritualism linked to the worship of nature.” Similarly, Vatican Radio said it “cleverly winks at all those pseudo-doctrines that turn ecology into the religion of the millennium.”
“Nature is no longer a creation to defend, but a divinity to worship,”
Haven’t seen the film yet so I cant comment on the claims but guys its just a movie and you should take it at face value. The film is probably visually stunning and the story secondary and the message is be nice to mother nature. One book that comes to mind is The second of the Ender books and the connection to nature. I think Orson Scott Card is a tremendously talented writer and storyteller but I don’t share his religious beliefs at all, he apparently has some really twisted beliefs and morals. I haven’t read up on his personal life just because I don’t care and want to enjoy his works untainted. Although I haven’t read his christian historic novels that he has written over the last 10 or so years, stayed away from those thinking I wouldn’t like them no matter how talented and good an author he is.
So you kids play the Avatar video game to stay alive and don’t flirt with nature because the pope said so! *glass breaking*
YouTube clips that I think are some of the best once right now. The Comedy central one is always good, and the Dr.Horrible one is my personal favourites. I like Neil Patrick Harris but haven’t followed his carrier since Doggy Howser MD and I liked his cameo in the Harold and Kumar movies. Even though he beat out John Barrowman for the Gay/Bisexual Man of the Decade poll I still find him funny and talented. (I’m neither gay or bisexual FYI) I actually hadn’t a clue that Neil was gay before I stumbled on the link about the poll a little while ago.
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So last month I watched a few films that was particularly sad and depressing, and I’m going to recap them very briefly here. I have lots of other blog posts that I have started but never finished, I recently remembered that I started a end of year post last year but never finished it. It was about how two years ago many of my “heroes” fell and I’m planning on concluding that post and maybe do a recap of the last decade from my perspective dealing mainly with MMA and Professional wrestling and how the last decade have changed the landscape. I know that many of the blogs and podcast I follow have done the same thing and I’m probably going to rehash some of the same things that they have to say.
Some other things I’m planning on to have written before the weekend is a post on the NFL playoffs and my summary of my picks for the regular season. I also have a little post on why I follow the Dallas Cowboys that I’m going to post when I’m finished writing it. Some other things I have started to write but never gotten around to finish are a short rant on the perception of weight in MMA and professional wrestling, fitting for after the Christmas holidays.
Well I rambled for long enough now on to the movies I watched. Remember if you haven’t seen any of these movies there might be spoilers, so read at your own risk.
The Reader
Here is a recap from imdb about this movie
Post-WWII Germany: Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student Michael Berg re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
As I never read summaries of movies before I watch them not to spoil anything, I had no idea what I was in for. I thought It was a good movie and the story and feel of the movie felt genuine and well played out. The actors didn’t over dramatise and try and sugar coat much of the general plot in this film which was good. There where many points in which the audience where forced to draw there own conclusions about the characters motives. You got the feeling early on in the story where it all was heading, but as I hadn’t read the synopsis of the film I had know idea about the major plot-point which probably was obvious to most other viewers.
Have read a few comments on the film and many of those comments are about Kate Winslet and her boobs, *sigh* if that all you take away from the movie then I pity you.
I actually thought that they would reunite in the end, but i guess after the final talk she decided that she needed to atone for what she had done. I could go into the ending and buildup in more detail but that would spoil to much if you haven’t seen the movie and still read this far.
The End of Time Part II
I know I have written about this recently but I actually felt genuinely sad when watching the two parter as I knew that this was probably the last time I was going to see David Tennant as the Doctor barring the inevitable X amount of Doctors special, but Ill save that topic for another time.
The ending was really sad and fitting to repeat what I said in a previous post about this episode. When I watched the confidential episode I felt sadder in a way then actually watching the episode as the confidential was more drawn out as you didn’t have the story and other things to focus on. Just that this was the final shoots for David Tennant, I really liked how he didn’t tell people that in this scene I its the final time I sonic something and so forth. I really hope that David will be successful with his new projects, and I will buy the Hamlet DVD when Its available as Im sure he will be brilliant in that as well.
The Time Traveler’s wife
I decided to watch this film as it had to do with time.travell and hope that it would cheer me up, but I should have read the synopsis!
From imdb
A romantic drama about a Chicago librarian with a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage.
If you have read or watched these kinds of films before you wont be surprised in how it ends. But the story is told adequately and the actors do a good job nothing to complain about. The big upside of this movie was that its a timeless love story, pardon the pun and not focused on the scientific nature of time travel. It has some good family oriented problems that the time travel creates, not to spoil anything to much.
This is actually a book that I might read in the future as It seams to be quite good and well written from what I have read in other review of it.
Well that’s it for tonight cant be bothered writing any more, seeya on the flipside.
a DVD or several actually, laying here all alone in bed, not all alone I have Timothy Loki Ear licker Biscuits here to keep my legs warm. Was watching old youtube clips and I just got the urge to see if a movie called Delinquent by Peter Hall could be found at this time and low and behold in august this year the actually released it to DVD. This is a movie I first saw at a film festival and thought it was brilliant and have been looking for a decent copy a few times a year or so ever since. This was way back in 1994 – 95 or something when I first saw it and have been longing to re-watch it ever since. So I ordered it promptly and hopefully it will arrive before Christmas.
And I also decided to order another DVD this time its the vampire classic Dark Shadows, Dark Shadows is a Gothic soap opera that originally aired between 1966 – 1971. The DVD i ordered is the remake from 1991 a 12 episode TV-production that I remembered watching a few episodes on TV in the early 90′s while I still played Vampire: The Masquerade (RPG). I remembered getting a decoder and subscribing to SCIFI channel and they ran the original series of Dark shadows late at night and early mornings so I watched a few episodes here and there when It was on. But there are so many episodes I hardly got any of the story arcs clear as i wasn’t watching enough episodes. I’m looking forward to the remake with Johnny Depp and Tim Burton if it ever gets of the ground.
UPDATE: Added imdb links for the movies
Haven’t published a blog in a really long time. The last week I have been sick and not been able to do anything, except using a lot of tissues and not in a good way. Not much going on right now except for trying to catch up on some schoolwork. I do look forward to attending the 18th session in The complete masks of Nyarlathotep. I just hope that my character are still alive and somewhat sane.
As I don’t have anything useful to say ill just post some YouTube clips instead.
A little different version of a great song.
This is the song from the incredible movie The Wrestler, its a good movie even if you not a wrestling fan at all. It really got to me some of the more intense moments made me think of all the wrestlers that have died way to early and about what they go through in the latter stages of their carriers and why they do what they do.
