....wtf...
Pretty solid, very original sci-fi movie. It's like Back to the Future, minus Hollywood + a former engineer as director. In other words, more scientific... but still wildly conjecture since we are talking about __________[at the sake of preventing any spoilers, mild though they may be, i'll leave the sentence at this].
Go watch it. If you have Netflix, it's one of their watch instantly options. If not, good luck.
If you've seen it, please enlighten me. Or just join me in the wtf-ness of it all.
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Monday, November 2, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Viewed the watchmen
....Because I hate stupid puns.
Anywho, my opinion formed after reading the book stands:
Reproduced for your convenience:
And that's that. Either way, $20 well spent. On that note, movies are way, way, way, way, way, [way]x10^999999999 too expensive. Call it bass-ackwards logic if you want, but the more expensive movies get, the more I'm going to visit piratebay. Arr matey.
Anywho, my opinion formed after reading the book stands:
Reproduced for your convenience:
The only thing that has me really worried about a movie adaptation is that you can't really take much out of it without really losing a solid chunk what makes this book great. The fact that it all fits together so well, almost like a good 1500 piece puzzle, is partly what is so rewarding. It's almost like Lord of the Rings in that a whole world was created. Who knows though. There's a reason they always say, "the book was better."
And that's that. Either way, $20 well spent. On that note, movies are way, way, way, way, way, [way]x10^999999999 too expensive. Call it bass-ackwards logic if you want, but the more expensive movies get, the more I'm going to visit piratebay. Arr matey.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Top five movie characters I wish I could be:
5.) Batman, the Batman Begins one - All the other Batmans are too over-the-top comic-y. My alltime favorite comic book movie, but the comic aspect of it really ruins half the fun.
4.) George Jung, Blow - Just to feel what its like at the top, then have it all come crashing down (or would it!?!? if it were me, that is).
3.) Frank Abagnale Jr., Catch Me If You Can - Just to be able to pull off the stunts he does would be great.
2.) Jack Sparrow - Things we have in common: love of ships, pirating, girls, and rum. The whole dreds thing and braided goat (which I would so do if I had the patience) top it off.
[Big gap]
1.) One of the McManus brothers in The Boondock Saints - Irish, badass, and the best tats EVER. I get hyped everytime I watch it.
4.) George Jung, Blow - Just to feel what its like at the top, then have it all come crashing down (or would it!?!? if it were me, that is).
3.) Frank Abagnale Jr., Catch Me If You Can - Just to be able to pull off the stunts he does would be great.
2.) Jack Sparrow - Things we have in common: love of ships, pirating, girls, and rum. The whole dreds thing and braided goat (which I would so do if I had the patience) top it off.
[Big gap]
1.) One of the McManus brothers in The Boondock Saints - Irish, badass, and the best tats EVER. I get hyped everytime I watch it.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
The part where I review popular media.
Hmm, where to begin...
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
I can't remember if its Sara or Sarah, but honestly I really don't care. That is a great summary of the entire movie. Forgetable. The musical parts were actually very well done (the main character is a songwriter for a crappy TV show, who his ex, Sara(h) Marshall, is the star of), and there was a girl that looked a lot like what Michelle Rodriguez would look like if she wasn't such a tomboy (see: better than the Jessicas.). Other than that, your everyday young adult comedy.
As sort of a side note... it seemed like the director was on some kind of a weird mission to make Americans not feel as creepy about seeing penises on camera. It was odd, like the first time he showed it there was just a quick glance, then as the movie went on that glance evolved into nearly a complete scene of just naked dude. Sweet, but no thanks. I think I may need to go on a Hawaiaan retreat just to forget that now....
2/5 awkward moments
Death At A Funeral
Why are British comedies so damn funny sometimes? People sometimes refer to America as being a little brother of sorts to England/UKoGBaNI. It shows best in our sense of humor. UKoGBaNI brought us The Office, America brings us Flavor of Love. UKoGBaNI brings us Death At A Funeral, America brings us Weekend at Bernies. But I digress...
Seriously, this is a funny movie. Full of black humor (my favorite) since, well, it does take place at a funeral. There are the normal characters like the cranky old uncle that nobody wants to take care of anymore, the wildly successful brother that nobody ever talks to anymore, and even the more contemporary "funeral crasher". However, this takes it a step further and throws in the guy-who-accidentally-took-major-hallucinagens and the gay-lover-of-the-dead-father-nobody-knew-about.
Good times. Many lol moments, which are rare for me when I'm not watching The Office. Recommended
5/5 Bangers and mash
Rome: Total War
I can't really think of anyone who would really care about this one for two reasons. One, about 95% of you aren't nearly as big of a nerd as me (yes, that is meant to sound condescending, so THERE) and two, this game has been out for almost five years now, so that train has come and gone.
But anywho, this game really, really rocks my socks. It is like Civilization meets Dynasty Warriors meets Starcraft, minus all the excessive stuff nobody likes about those games. Plus Spartain warriors, which at that point is just icing on the cake.
Basically, you are the supreme dictator for life (a position I am always attracted to) of one of history's great empires. It is your goal to rule the world, mainly through conquest by using your armies of men and animals (like horses and elephants and stuff) that can number into the thousands. It all makes for very good visuals, like Lord of the Rings type battles. The tension is all heightened by a pretty impressive soundtrack (for a video game...) and sound effects. Destruction has never been so fun.
It is also what has held me back from buying my ps360, which my bank account appreciates.
5/5 Onager smashes to the walls of Sparta
That is all for now. Since I obviously suck at keeping updated, I am thinking of stockpiling massive short quips, and putting a timed release on them so there is at least something new to look at. No, this doesn't take the place of my glory, I'll still post actual blogs just as much (relative term) as I do now. In the end, it'll work out well for both of us.
It's not you, it's me. I dunno why I said that, it just seemed like a good thing to do.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
I can't remember if its Sara or Sarah, but honestly I really don't care. That is a great summary of the entire movie. Forgetable. The musical parts were actually very well done (the main character is a songwriter for a crappy TV show, who his ex, Sara(h) Marshall, is the star of), and there was a girl that looked a lot like what Michelle Rodriguez would look like if she wasn't such a tomboy (see: better than the Jessicas.). Other than that, your everyday young adult comedy.
As sort of a side note... it seemed like the director was on some kind of a weird mission to make Americans not feel as creepy about seeing penises on camera. It was odd, like the first time he showed it there was just a quick glance, then as the movie went on that glance evolved into nearly a complete scene of just naked dude. Sweet, but no thanks. I think I may need to go on a Hawaiaan retreat just to forget that now....
2/5 awkward moments
Death At A Funeral
Why are British comedies so damn funny sometimes? People sometimes refer to America as being a little brother of sorts to England/UKoGBaNI. It shows best in our sense of humor. UKoGBaNI brought us The Office, America brings us Flavor of Love. UKoGBaNI brings us Death At A Funeral, America brings us Weekend at Bernies. But I digress...
Seriously, this is a funny movie. Full of black humor (my favorite) since, well, it does take place at a funeral. There are the normal characters like the cranky old uncle that nobody wants to take care of anymore, the wildly successful brother that nobody ever talks to anymore, and even the more contemporary "funeral crasher". However, this takes it a step further and throws in the guy-who-accidentally-took-major-hallucinagens and the gay-lover-of-the-dead-father-nobody-knew-about.
Good times. Many lol moments, which are rare for me when I'm not watching The Office. Recommended
5/5 Bangers and mash
Rome: Total War
I can't really think of anyone who would really care about this one for two reasons. One, about 95% of you aren't nearly as big of a nerd as me (yes, that is meant to sound condescending, so THERE) and two, this game has been out for almost five years now, so that train has come and gone.
But anywho, this game really, really rocks my socks. It is like Civilization meets Dynasty Warriors meets Starcraft, minus all the excessive stuff nobody likes about those games. Plus Spartain warriors, which at that point is just icing on the cake.
Basically, you are the supreme dictator for life (a position I am always attracted to) of one of history's great empires. It is your goal to rule the world, mainly through conquest by using your armies of men and animals (like horses and elephants and stuff) that can number into the thousands. It all makes for very good visuals, like Lord of the Rings type battles. The tension is all heightened by a pretty impressive soundtrack (for a video game...) and sound effects. Destruction has never been so fun.
It is also what has held me back from buying my ps360, which my bank account appreciates.
5/5 Onager smashes to the walls of Sparta
That is all for now. Since I obviously suck at keeping updated, I am thinking of stockpiling massive short quips, and putting a timed release on them so there is at least something new to look at. No, this doesn't take the place of my glory, I'll still post actual blogs just as much (relative term) as I do now. In the end, it'll work out well for both of us.
It's not you, it's me. I dunno why I said that, it just seemed like a good thing to do.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
A not-so-original idea
I want someone to make a website for me. The problem is, that this is a lot more than a website... let me explain.
I love criticker. The premise isn't too hard to grasp. Basically, you go in, they list a bunch of movies, and you rate them all on (at most) a 1-100 scale. I say at most because the algorithm they use is pretty ingenius. Basically, it then takes all your ratings and weights them based on their percentile in your entire collection of rated movies. So, if you felt like being a big doushebag, you could rate them all 1-10, the system would adjust accordingly over time (At least i think so...). But I digress.
Criticker then takes all of your comparisions, and puts it up against the rest of the user database. Through some intense comparision stuff (which I'm thinking is roughly the math equvilant to shining two scantrons up against a light to check for differences) you are then matched with both other users who have the same taste as you and movies that said users like, the theory being that you would in turn dig them.
It's also a fun to see how much your tastes differ with your girlfriend's taste. Seriously, I'm terrible to go to Blockbuster with. But again I digress.
I want a music site that does this same thing. Before you all start linking Pandora, I'm not talking the same thing. Pandora is great if I want to sit down and listen to music that eventually, with a lot of thumb up/down action, I may like.
I want a website that will:
1.) Not require me (but certainly have the capability) to listen to new bands. I'm thinking more text based.
2.) Show me artists, not songs, that match my taste (Pandora falls short here, darn copyright laws).
3.) Allow me to compare my artist ratings with other users. Enter the "my girlfriend has a terrible taste in music" argument :)
4.) Do these three things really well, like criticker.
I'm thinking this equation would be something like
[Allmusic.com + criticker.com + (.5*Pandora.com)]/3
It really isn't that hard. The grunt work has already been laid out, someone just needs to put it all together.
And let me know. :)
I love criticker. The premise isn't too hard to grasp. Basically, you go in, they list a bunch of movies, and you rate them all on (at most) a 1-100 scale. I say at most because the algorithm they use is pretty ingenius. Basically, it then takes all your ratings and weights them based on their percentile in your entire collection of rated movies. So, if you felt like being a big doushebag, you could rate them all 1-10, the system would adjust accordingly over time (At least i think so...). But I digress.
Criticker then takes all of your comparisions, and puts it up against the rest of the user database. Through some intense comparision stuff (which I'm thinking is roughly the math equvilant to shining two scantrons up against a light to check for differences) you are then matched with both other users who have the same taste as you and movies that said users like, the theory being that you would in turn dig them.
It's also a fun to see how much your tastes differ with your girlfriend's taste. Seriously, I'm terrible to go to Blockbuster with. But again I digress.
I want a music site that does this same thing. Before you all start linking Pandora, I'm not talking the same thing. Pandora is great if I want to sit down and listen to music that eventually, with a lot of thumb up/down action, I may like.
I want a website that will:
1.) Not require me (but certainly have the capability) to listen to new bands. I'm thinking more text based.
2.) Show me artists, not songs, that match my taste (Pandora falls short here, darn copyright laws).
3.) Allow me to compare my artist ratings with other users. Enter the "my girlfriend has a terrible taste in music" argument :)
4.) Do these three things really well, like criticker.
I'm thinking this equation would be something like
[Allmusic.com + criticker.com + (.5*Pandora.com)]/3
It really isn't that hard. The grunt work has already been laid out, someone just needs to put it all together.
And let me know. :)
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Sorry, I suck
Something about having all the time in the world and nothing to do has caused me to play a lot of Battlefield 1942, and cease to exist on the interwebs. Don't worry, it's not you, it's me. I haven't even dugg anything lately. Here is a little of what I have done.
I saw Charlie Wilson's War a few weeks ago. Yes, this has been an unprecedented movie-going binge for me. I can FINALLY say that I have found a movie that I like that doesn't necessarily end happily. I went to go see it with Stinky (my version of "the girl" because she is white like casper and well, the name fits) so she was able to help me out on who was playing what part. I knew Tom Hanks was Charlie but other than that I was oblivious. Let me just say that Philip Seymour Hoffman is in my opinion a vastly under-rated actor. He has an astonishing range of characters, from Truman Capote to his (very well played) role as the straight-shooting CIA agent Gust Avrakotos here. Overall this was a very enjoyable movie. Tom Hanks, as always, impresses.
Oh, and apparently Julia Roberts was in it too. I didn't notice. Stinky helped me out on that one. Woops.
I saw Charlie Wilson's War a few weeks ago. Yes, this has been an unprecedented movie-going binge for me. I can FINALLY say that I have found a movie that I like that doesn't necessarily end happily. I went to go see it with Stinky (my version of "the girl" because she is white like casper and well, the name fits) so she was able to help me out on who was playing what part. I knew Tom Hanks was Charlie but other than that I was oblivious. Let me just say that Philip Seymour Hoffman is in my opinion a vastly under-rated actor. He has an astonishing range of characters, from Truman Capote to his (very well played) role as the straight-shooting CIA agent Gust Avrakotos here. Overall this was a very enjoyable movie. Tom Hanks, as always, impresses.
Oh, and apparently Julia Roberts was in it too. I didn't notice. Stinky helped me out on that one. Woops.
I also bought a CD that I already had acquired through other means. Three of them actually. With Ruckus there is very little motivation for me to buy a CD for the next three or so years. And, admittedly, through other perfectly innocent means that will not be talked about on the interwebz I haven't really bought a CD in years. I want to change that. This is half-guilt and half-having-extra-fundage probably (thanks Santa) but something can be said for having a permanent hard copy of my favorite artists, and (in a more cynical manner) speaking with the dollar. I figure, the more Jay-Z (American Gangster) and Nas (Greatest Hits) CDs I buy (I got both of these), the greater the sale of quality rap, hopefully keeping Soulja Boi away from my local house party. Hurl. I may be a minnow in the Atlantic, but if this minnow hears one more get rich quick single he will go postal. OK, not really, but it's annoying.If you're curious, the other CD I got was Brand New's latest "The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me." I've loved this one since the leaks before release (im SOOO undergroundz lollz!!!) and was finally funded enough to buy a copy, open it once to rip it to the comp, then put it in a safe place for if I ever need it again. If nothing else, Brand New is a band that has repeatedly reinvented themselves. Every time (in my opinion), they have gotten better and better. Very excited for the future there.
I've also delved even deeper into my sick, sad obession of college football. Recruiting year is heavily upon us, with the major high school all american games being played this coming Sunday (on NBC and ABC). Overall there are 14 Notre Dame verbal commits playing in either the Army All American Bowl (on NBC, and the older of the two) or Under-Armor Bowl (ABC, sponsored by ESPN). It's amazing that with as shitty of a year 2007 was for the Irish, they can still have arguably the #1 recruiting class in college football. If this holds to February, with top-10 classes the past two years, maybe not next year but at the very least 2009 is something to look forward to. Recruiting rankings are far from a sure-fire promise for success, but having depth of talent sure does help. Ask Southern Cal.
Oh, and how bout them Flyers? Big win vs. Pitt the other night and it looks like they could be a legit team for the tourny. All that is left is a run of the A-10 with possibly a loss to Xavier and one other team and it would be impossible to keep them out. Very cool.
Brian Roberts: Dickie V's "Best Player You've Never Heard Of"
Sorry for the long delay. This is like that awkward call to the parents for money after three weeks of silence or something. Hopefully it won't happen again.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Watched I Am Legend Tonight....
Talk about a meh movie. It wasn't bad by any means, but it most definitely wasn't good. This is one of those movies that is extremely hard to talk about without mentioning spoilers (which, by the way, have been mentioned so much in this kind of context that any surprise is completely eradicated) so I won't say much.
Basically two things came to mind. One, I really miss having a dog. Two, Will Smith is still a mediocre at best actor. This movie was kind of doomed from the start I guess. I cannot think of a good action actor that could carry a plot completely on his own how this part asks. John Travolta would be the best bet. At least he pulls off the crazy-guy part well.
The-Pixar-movie-about-the-rat-chef (sorry, too lazy to figure out the spelling of the title right now) that I watched this morning, now THAT was quality film-making. I hate movies that make me feel like crap when I'm "walking out of the theatre" so to say (even though I haven't gone to a theatre on my own accord since, like, Talledega Nights). I Am Legend skated this fine line a little to close for my liking. Rat-chef, on the other hand, never got within two area codes of it.
Rat-chef FTW.
Rat-chef FTW.
Fun Fact: google-imaging "rat chef" brings up almost exlusively images from said movie
Great minds must think alike...
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