Movies
Wedding and Birthday compromise.
Hello!!
So the Monkero and I got married and went to paradise to do it in too! Unfortunately it happened that the week in Maui also was the week of my brother’s birthday. Happy Birthday Dustyn!!
So in a very awesome move on my brother’s part he let me celebrate it for him late with our regular [...]
UP
I have to say to Pixar, another gold star! So though I am a kid at heart I am very pleased to see animation that is not regarded as the province of only children. It still disheartens me to see a frightening number of children at movies like UP though. Not that children can’t appreciate [...]
Star Trek (Rebooted)
I didn’t have great expectations for this film, and was utterly blown away by the SHEER AWESOMENESS OF IT. To be honest, I fought the Trekness through most of my adult life, surrounded by friends who love it, I would spurn it to be contrary. Bear eventually got me to sit and watch Wrath of [...]
Wolverine (the Origins of Aforementioned)
To start, I freely confess to having read only a handful of X-men comics and actually enjoying the third X-men film despite plot decisions even I knew were dumb compared to the comics.
So I went into this film really only expecting to see a good story and a lot of action. I did get a [...]
Wolverine:Origins
So… I’m really speechless. And not in a good way. Don’t get me wrong Hugh Jackman is still the best Wolverine and probably one of the best casting decisions along with the leads for Iron man and Incredible Hulk, but I think the franchise has lost it’s heart. The story had right elements and touchstones, [...]
Watchmen
I never read this comic, but the previews I saw were intriguing, as well as all the online the to-do about it being an “unfilmable” story. If you haven’t seen it then be warned - the film is three hours long so have dinner beforehand.
To review without providing any film spoilers is difficult, but suffice [...]
Underworld: The Rise of the Lycans
I have to stop first and make it well known, I freakin love vampires. The mythology, the power, the fangs…. all of it. I do not agree with the usual wishy ” oh I can never see the sunlight again… /cry” angst of alot of vampire stories. For one I live in Arizona right now, [...]
The Bat and the Joke.
So went and saw “The Dark Knight” tonight, and wow. Simply wow. Now I do have a caveat to say, I am a fan of the new Batman envisioning, and even the old Keaton ones, but none of the following is any drivel from fanboy service at all. Though I do have to give Monkey [...]
Foreign contaminant.
WALL*E has come and gone, and I have to say once again I love Pixar. Wall-e was everything that I had hoped it was, and very funny, even if you come to realize like I did at the end that very few lines of dialogue are actually spoken by the lead characters.
I absolutely dig the [...]
Hulk Smash!
So another Marvel movie fresh for the summer and alot of expectation to boot. Does The Incredible Hulk make the mark? You bet it does. Edward Norton does great as Banner, Liv Tyler is an excellent opposite of the equation as Dr. Betty Ross. Both had a chemistry that really worked, you never felt like [...]
