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LAST POST EVER (or at least for this blog)

2011-05-19T06:46:00.000-07:00

Right after i put the video for Hanna on this Blog. You Tube stopped Embeding, which means i can't have the videos on here anymore. all though i guess that is sad. Since I didn't use this blog for much else anymore. I'm just gonna end it. It was fun writing reviews and then eventually making the videos and putting them up here. and i think i have been using this blog since like 05 and regualary updating since 06. It started as like a entertainment news blog, which never really worked. then it became just a blog for my thoughts. Then it became a dumping ground for my videos. and now it is over. i hope you go to other stuff and i will put links. thanx for reading my posts for all this time. have a good weekend

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Hanna

2011-04-12T07:02:00.000-07:00

I got this out kind of quick. somehow. But i like how it came out

Birdemic: Shock and Terror

2011-04-11T06:00:00.000-07:00

Filmed this one a bit ago. the lighting is a little weird again but i tried to do something different with it. this time

Source Code

2011-04-07T06:14:00.000-07:00

This one took way too long but i think it's a good review so it works out. I'm not in love with the lighting and i'm probably not going to make another video with this lighting again but for one video it's fine.

American: The Bill Hicks Story

2011-04-04T06:17:00.000-07:00

I put this out Friday afternoon. i made 3 videos last week. which is quite an accomplishment for me personally. makes me feel productive. this movie comes out this friday in select theaters

The Busher

2011-04-01T06:17:00.000-07:00

to celebrate Baseball's opening day I decided to review The Busher. One of the first feature films about baseball. It's from 1919.

Sucker Punch

2011-03-29T06:32:00.000-07:00

Sometimes i see stuff just so i can review it and this is one of those times. had fun with this. not sure that comes across but i like the video.

The Troll Hunter (Trolljegeren)

2011-03-23T07:10:00.000-07:00

I Saw the Devil (악마를 보았다)

2011-03-22T07:50:00.000-07:00

Rubber

2011-03-18T05:47:00.000-07:00

Rango

2011-03-15T06:27:00.000-07:00

my review of the western animated crazy movie

Battle: Los Angeles

2011-03-14T05:20:00.000-07:00

I actually managed to get this up the same day i saw it. which is kinda nuts maybe it won't take as long to make videos. we'll see.

Cold Weather

2011-03-09T06:00:00.000-08:00

This is a mumblecore mystery called Cold Weather and as of this moments right now is one of favorite movies of 2011. It's on demand for like 6 bucks with most cable companies and it was pretty good.

Drive Angry 3D

2011-03-07T08:28:00.001-08:00

This is the format i will be making videos in for now on. i kinda like it. it's coo. yeah see drive angry soon cause it's gonna leave theaters made quick

Paul

2011-03-01T08:17:00.000-08:00

I got to see Paul early.

also this is the first video without images and a trailer in a while. this is cause youtube won't let me have ads with my videos if i do that oh well

Snow Day

2011-02-22T08:03:00.000-08:00

I never really wanted to see this movie when it came out in 2000. but i figured cause i had a snow day i would watch snow day cause i'm meta like that. i was working on this one and spawn for like forever so it feels good to have both come out on right after one another.

Spawn

2011-02-18T04:55:00.000-08:00

I used to be really into Spawn. so i made this video. not sure if this is my best review or anything. probably could have done better but i wanted to get this video out but you know it's a learning experience this whole review thing and i'll get better. not that i think this video sucks or anything. i like it as a video. that just happens some of these are better videos then they are reviews. just like print critics sometimes have well written reviews but there not the best reviews.

Cedar Rapids

2011-02-15T05:46:00.000-08:00

This comes out gradually i think not sure of it's release Schedule but i really like this movie the first good movie I've seen in 2011

Sanctum

2011-02-07T08:02:00.000-08:00

Finished a video this weekend despite the superbowl.

L'Illusionniste

2011-02-03T08:01:00.000-08:00

I worked really hard on this one. I really liked this film and wanted this one to be as good as possible. I shot about 37 minutes of me talking about this movie. cause i shot it twice and got a little more personal then i usually do.
I'm glad I did this is a really great film animated or not. you really need to get on this one. you don't need to know anything about Jacques Tati or even like French stuff. this is just a good movie. if you like good movies you will love this movie. just saying.

The Mechanic

2011-01-28T06:42:00.000-08:00

The Way Back

2011-01-24T06:03:00.000-08:00

THis is a shorter one for once

Green Hornet

2011-01-18T05:13:00.000-08:00

i had some fun with this one regardless of the quality of the film i was reviewing

True Grit

2011-01-13T09:19:00.000-08:00

I was working on this at the same time as the top ten video. so thats why it came out the next day. I like the score it took me a while to make one i liked but this has a kinda lame western vibe. not that this is a lame western or anything but yeah.

Top 10 of 2010

2011-01-12T06:46:00.000-08:00

my top ten of 2010. Most of the list could really be placed in any order and kinda get why most critics hate top ten lists. they basically go against critical thought. it gives someone a defacto answer when in fact art doesn't have one. There really isn't a best movie. but people do it every year regardless so whatever.

Blue Valentine

2011-01-03T07:17:00.001-08:00

saw this one a bit ago but just finished it recently

The King's Speech

2010-12-29T08:13:00.000-08:00

Tron Legacy

2010-12-20T05:56:00.000-08:00

Was kinda sick when i shot this but i think it came out ok

This one was a little different then ususal

The Fighter

2010-12-14T05:05:00.001-08:00

This movie i think opens wide this week. i got to see in during it's limited run.

Still thinking about the new blog. still shooting for January. Hopefully i will not fuck this up

I think i'm going to keep shooting stuff this new way cause the it looks and sounds pretty nice

Black Swan

2010-12-07T05:00:00.001-08:00

I've been using the macbook pro cam. seems to sound alot better then my usual camera. so we'll see what i ultimately use as my standard camera. but yeah so things will be all different for now.

also awesome music as usual from my brother Joe

Faster

2010-12-03T07:17:00.000-08:00

try out something a little different for this one. but i'll probably go back to the old way next time

Tangled

2010-11-30T06:57:00.000-08:00

yeah i saw Tangled.

I'm probably going to start a new blog in the coming new year. When It goes up this Blog will be over and the last post will be a link to the new one. However I will still post on this blog til the end of December. so yeah

Thankskilling

2010-11-25T16:24:00.000-08:00

happy thanksgiving

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1

2010-11-24T04:54:00.000-08:00

Took me way too long to make this one.

The music is from my Hagrid themed band that never really did much with. This track was never out before
By the great beard of Hagrid did have a myspace.

Biutiful

2010-11-19T08:38:00.001-08:00

This film doesn’t come out til like the end of December. I noticed that when I post an early review nobody seems to really care cause nobody has heard of it. Hey thats coo I get it man. So i’ll probably post this again then when people like care more but for now i made this. so yeah

Also my brother Joe did the music

I Love You Phillip Morris

2010-11-15T08:28:00.000-08:00

Early Review it comes out in early December I think. Makes me feel all special i never get to see stuff early.

Also used soundtrack for the score again. it’s alot easier then actually performing a song and sound a million times better then anything I could ever make. but i shouldn’t use it so much but oh well it sounds good.

127 Hours

2010-11-11T07:27:00.000-08:00

Finally back with regular reviews. This one is kinda short. Sometimes there just isn't that much to talk about with some films. This is kinda one of them. But i think it work out to be a good video

Jackass 3D Baltimore Adventure

2010-11-04T05:59:00.000-07:00

I made one of these last year with Zombieland Baltimore Adventure. I like making Baltimore videos. I get that some people arn't into them and if you didn't like the last one I'd say give this a shot. but if you don't like it don't worry i'm all ready working on a review video.

Halloween 3 Season of the Witch

2010-10-31T12:30:00.000-07:00

This is my final video for my Halloween week of videos. It has been fun and i can't believe i made it. Crazy. anyway this one was edited and made by Micah Welner who also made the King Ralph video.

I made the musci. i''m pretty proud of it but i just used soundtrack so yeah.

I think this is pretty coo and have a really great Halloween.

Scream

2010-10-29T08:30:00.000-07:00

yeah i'm tired

Bloodsucking freaks

2010-10-28T06:35:00.000-07:00

yeah i got it done woopie. I accomplished something yeah. this was an old favorite back in high school.

Bride of Frankenstein

2010-10-26T06:26:00.000-07:00

Day 2 of the Halloween week of videos. I think the next one will be out thursday. the one after that Friday and then the last one on Sunday or at least I hope thats what happens

Carnival of Souls

2010-10-25T04:56:00.000-07:00

Day one of the Halloween week of videos 2010

I messed around with this one but i think it worked out for the most part

Hereafter

2010-10-22T05:28:00.000-07:00

This was playing in a few theaters in new york a little early so i saw it and got this out by the time of the national release. The music is by my brother Joe.

I'm gonna put out alot of videos next week for Halloween so watch out. Starts Monday

Torment

2010-10-14T06:07:00.000-07:00

This is Bergman's first film he wrote and worked on. I saw this film on a whim a couple years ago and really liked it so figured I'd do a review. I think criterion released it or something. anyway yeah. it's fun to do older films sometimes. I espically like to pick stuff that might be outside of most peoples reference points just to turn them on to different films and different kinds of film. but also cause i like the movie you know.

Idiots and angels

2010-10-11T06:12:00.001-07:00

Let Me In

2010-10-07T09:56:00.000-07:00

Guess what I didn't like this one yeah I'm totally shocked too.

I know I've been putting out alot of videos this week. really I'm not i made two last week and two this week. I just put the link for one from last week this week. get it. well neither do i. I'll see you guys next week

Monsters

2010-10-06T07:09:00.000-07:00

I actually put this out before the social network but it was late on Friday and figured i wanted to properly put this thing out. so i waited. this movie is on demand in alot of places and comes out in theaters october 29th.

If the video isn't working Go here

The Social Network

2010-10-05T05:08:00.001-07:00

I really worked hard on this one. I wanted it out on Monday but didn't finish. I'm gonna try and get better at that. but yeah i shot 22 minutes suprised it turned out so short but hey i like it so.

Enter the Void

2010-09-29T06:24:00.000-07:00

this one too longer to make then usual thats why it's out so much later. also music by soundtrack which means i pick out for a group of samples and put them together. Do yeah in case you were wondering

NEVER Let me Go

2010-09-23T10:14:00.001-07:00

This the first review in a little bit where i don't say i like it. well i guess i do but yeah. also music by my brother Joe

Catfish

2010-09-20T07:30:00.000-07:00

saw this movie so yeah. not sure when it comes out everywhere

When the raven flies

2010-09-15T05:42:00.000-07:00

I bought this film in Iceland and really really got into it. Even though it's hard to find and stuff. I made a super long video for it. A bit silly but I think it's all right

Machete

2010-09-10T09:32:00.000-07:00

This certainly isn’t one of my better review but I think it’s a pretty good video. SOoooo yeah

I probably could have said more but i'm glad i got it finished and it turned out ok

MY Dog Tulip

2010-09-08T05:47:00.000-07:00

i like doing videos for smaller movies sometimes.

Animal Kingdom

2010-09-02T06:38:00.000-07:00

Things have been crazy at work this week. so only one video this week. But i did work long and hard on this one. I tryed to make it extra good since it was my only one this week.

Jaws 3-D

2010-08-27T06:24:00.001-07:00

If you think i did this cause of Piranha 3D you get a fabulous no prize. This was not as good as Piranha 3D but it was in 3-D. notice that Jaws 3-D has that little - that Piranha 3D doesn't oo how times have changed

Piranha 3D Review

2010-08-23T05:51:00.001-07:00

This was a fun one to do

Scott Pilgrim vs. The WORLD

2010-08-19T03:44:00.000-07:00

I wanted this out a day ago but it took too long. I wish I could see this movie again

The Expendables

2010-08-16T06:59:00.000-07:00

Doing two new movies this week. I got this one out before Scott Pilgrim cause Scott Pilgrim was harder to review then The Expendables. SO yeah but Scott Pilgrim will be out later

Friday the 13th

2010-08-13T05:22:00.000-07:00

I have never been like a fan of these movies. I mean i liked the first one. I just thought it would be coo to do a Friday the 13th review on the day Friday the 13th. Hopefully i will keep this up but who knows. at least I got it done for this Friday the 13th.

The Other Guys

2010-08-09T09:31:00.001-07:00

Filmed at a different location but still in new york

Willow

2010-08-05T11:12:00.000-07:00

Kinda of a nostelgic look at one of my childhood fav's

Inception

2010-08-02T15:22:00.000-07:00

I worked on this for way too long but i really wanted to make a good Inception review. sorry it took so long

Bjarnfreðarson

2010-07-30T06:32:00.000-07:00

Shot this Video In Iceland. only my second review not in new york. the other being Sherlock Holmes or i guess zombieland. sorry it took me so long to get back in the swing of things. I working on Inception which has really been kicking my ass but i wanna get it out by monday. Which is my Birthday yippie. yeah but videos will start coming out more regularly. I had fun on my trip

Batman Mask of the Phantasm

2010-07-06T06:54:00.001-07:00

I've always liked this film. and i think i did a decent job with this video. Or at least I think i did.

Nazty Nuisance

2010-07-01T10:55:00.000-07:00

This one is blury. stupid natural lighting. I hope this one doesn't come off in bad taste. i'm sure it doesn't

Our Dancing Daughters

2010-06-29T06:22:00.000-07:00

I don't do reviews for Silent Film that much. I actually watch alot of Silent film but i understand I'm really in a minority so I don't get alot of views from these but it's something i wanna do so yeah.

Toy Story 2

2010-06-23T06:20:00.000-07:00

OK so I'm not really proud of my toy Story 3 review. I could have spent more time on it and really it could have been better. I like some of the stuff i said but i think my performance was really boring and I didn't have the right amount of energy. but i do like this one and i think did a good job for this one. which is pretty much why i put it out so quickly after the last one. so that i could make up for it.

Toy Story 3

2010-06-22T08:02:00.001-07:00

The Karate Kid

2010-06-12T07:48:00.000-07:00

I feel like this is one of the best ones I've done i really like it. but that's just my personal opinion not me over hyping.

Get him to the greek

2010-06-09T09:23:00.000-07:00

I was nervous about this one but i like it now. or at least i think i do

The Green Berets

2010-06-04T12:18:00.001-07:00

Really i guess this is a good movie to review cause you can discuss. I think it worked i hope i didn't fall on my face.

Dream Band Video

2010-06-03T07:14:00.000-07:00

I got Special Thanks for this video. Basically because I own the film they took the film clips from. I showed it to my friend Micah. who is in Dream Band and he liked it and did this. Really I have no involvement at all. But I got Special Thanked. So I feel Special and it's a coo video and stuff.

also they got a Myspace music page if you wanna check out more of there music

Stray Dog

2010-06-01T07:46:00.001-07:00

I really like this movie so i wanted to do a video. hopefully i did a decent job.

Robin Hood

2010-05-19T13:39:00.000-07:00

I've always liked Robin Hood. I've seen the Errol Flynn and the disney one probably a million times a piece. it's just a fun character. Or at least when he's done right. not sure why we need to keep making movies about it. kinda feel like we'll never do any better.

Cats Are Awesome

2010-05-13T07:05:00.000-07:00

well i thought i had a you tube account and cats. so why not. and that's what happened basically. I covered the Expolied song Sex and Violence for it. yeah shot a lot of footage since i guess October or November of last year til like a week ago. i think it came ok

by now i guess you've realized this is my video dumping ground. but i post any video i worked on. including ones not my channel. so this is the best place really to follow all my shit cause it has everything.

IRON MAN 2 and a short

2010-05-10T06:50:00.000-07:00

I've been posting stuff by Matt Berry on this blog for a while. Well I got to be in one of his shorts. Below is the film part of the Majestic Micro Movies series. It was a fun shoot. and i like it.

several videos

2010-04-30T05:36:00.000-07:00

hey just here to dump my shit then go. I'm puttin the last 3 videos I've worked on. I think there all pretty coo.

I'm actually kind of proud of this video. when i put it up I hated it and was embarrassed but the response has been really good and that makes me feel pretty nice. so yeah.

I made the end music for this. I wish the mix was better. fucking you tube screws up every mix i do. so i wish it sounded better but I'm glad I got to work with Niko Anesti again.

I'm happy with this one

NEW VIDEO GRASS

2010-04-20T06:16:00.000-07:00

This is somewhat of a joke. but i do really like the film Grass. It's a wonderful silent documentary. I just thought as a joke putting it out on 4/20 would be coo. This was far more time consuming then my normal video. but i finished. I am gonna just do the music review for now on. cause i think they're more fun to watch or maybe thats just me.

How to Train your dragon video

2010-04-14T06:21:00.000-07:00

I hope you guys like this one. It's a review of how to train your dragon but i put music in this one. Kinda figured it would make the video alot better. hopefully it did. I think the rest of my videos will probably be like this. I'll see what the response is

I live in Fear

2010-04-05T11:14:00.001-07:00

I live in fear is an interesting film. It’s about Nuclear paranoia. Most of the time you hear that you think of the bomb shelters people made in 50’s in america. in Japan it was a different deal. cause you know i don’t know if you heard but we dropped like a bomb on them. And it didn’t just create Godzilla and the rest of the inhabitants of monster island. There was a real fear.

The thing about this film that makes it more then just about the a bomb. personally i found the paranoia to be quite universal. The protaganist is a father who keeps moving to where he think they’ll never drop a bomb. even trying to make an underground house. It’s basically drove him made. Fear is a powerful emotion but it doesnt change. it seems the same to me as 9/11 paranoia. you could probably repurpose this film very easily to anything that is going on.

That’s what makes this film so worth while. Sure there are films about just Nuclear paranoia and only that like Atomic Cafe. but it shows we always are afraid of something. and what the fear can do if taken too far.

In addition it’s directed by Akira Kurosawa and stars Toshirō Mifune. It’s also the film Kurosawa made between seven samurai and the throne of blood. I know when we think of Kurosawa we think of Samurai’s but he could make films that took place in present day Japan. and they could be really awesome too.

alot of videos

2010-04-01T05:00:00.000-07:00

The most recent video is at the top. the others are below. here's the deal. I still write movie reviews on my other blog Jim FORCE. So I'm gonna put any written stuff on here as well. meaning this will not have all my photos that the tumblr has but just the reviews. so if you want to just read the reviews and not see the pictures that are on the tumblr come here. I'll still have movie poster thought.
so basically i have restarted this blog. the only other problem is pickin what gets video and what doesn't. which is why there have been less written reviews. basically i gotta figure this out. but expect a review on monday. til then this will be up.

I'm trying to change up the video reviews and make them more frequent. like 2 a week. starting next week. and make them more fun and different. you'll see.

also and yeah i guess i have to say this. nockFORCE in my opinion is over. there has been no talk of any new developments and i personally moved on in like october. I don't think it's worth it at this point to start it up again.

Shutter Island Review

2010-03-03T08:28:00.003-08:00

my mission is to make more videos. I wanna drop another one this week. and really be more productive. we'll see how it all works out

Tille's Punctured Romance review

2010-02-24T07:59:00.000-08:00

sorry this is just a place where i dump videos. this is a review of the first feature length comedy. it's from 1914

FISH TANK REVIEW

2010-02-16T08:13:00.000-08:00

sorry this blog has gotten alot less regular. I have been using this blog Jim FORCE but yeah i will still post here somewhat.

The Return of Doctor X

2010-02-09T08:23:00.001-08:00

This is a quick and odd one but yeah. Not the greatest movie ever

Extract may not have been as good as I said

2010-02-08T05:47:00.000-08:00

So I saw Extract for the second time this weekend. and really I didn't like it as much. I felt like alot of the stuff that I liked the first time just feel flat. Sure I was fine with this simple comedy before but now I think it was almost to shy. I liked certain parts. But like even Ben Affleck wasn't as funny as he was the first time.
However Mike Judges cameo seemed to make more sense. Obviously this is a joke that having the writer just suddenly show up as a character to get a conflict going and then disappear. thats funny.
I mean is it funny? sure in certain points it is. I still think it's better then the hangover but I havn't seen the hangover in a while. Compared to mike judges stuff I think its his worst film. and a lame imatation of king of the hill.
I've noticed the worst part about reviewing film is seeing stuff later and realising on second thought maybe not. that sucks. but maybe some movies shouldn't be watched more then once. Star Trek is perfect on dvd. Hell I could watch it over and over and over again. But then other stuff is fine watch only once in your lifetime. I think thats true for alot of movies. but hey theres alot of stuff out there you can't really see everything twice anyway. so really on most stuff it shouldn't come up.
But yeah extract not as great oo well. watch my original review below.

NEW VIDEO Youth in REvolt review

2010-02-05T08:24:00.000-08:00

need to post more on here. I do now have a tumblr called Jim Force get it cause I'm FUCKFORCE. yeah you know. anyway i post on that quite alot. I am not going to just forget about this blog however.

More Oscar Crap I forgot and Teenage Crime Wave

2010-02-03T05:15:00.000-08:00

There a few other oscar things I forgot to mention mostly good. I think

-Precious marks the first time EVER that a best picture nominee was directed by an african american. (yeah do the right thing was not nominated but don't worry they let driving miss daisy win instead)

- it's only the second time a black man has been nominated for best director. the other nominee was John Singleton. (yeah Spike Lee has never been nominated for best director)

-This only the fourth time a woman has been nominated

-The Secret of Kells came out of nowhere to get a best animated feature nomination. I'm sure both the Cloudy with a chance of meatballs people and dreamworks are kinda pissed. (also The Secret of Kells looks really awesome i really really really wanna see it on the big screen)

I have actually seen all the best picture nominees. here's the order in quality from best to worst. I'm a little mixed about the middle section but the top and bottom are totally true.

1. UP
2. The Hurt Locker
3. A Serious Man
4. Avatar
5. District 9
6. Up in the Air
7. Precious
8. Inglourious Basterds
9. An Education
10. The Blind Side

So I went in to this thinking it would be a stupid movie. and to be honest I liked it alot more then I thought I would. It's about 3 bad kids. well really it's bad two bad kids who make this other girl go with them. even though she is good. Most likely this was really great beating off material for the writer when it was written. Espically since the innocent girl is way hotter then the bad girl. I'm sure the writer however had little to no choice in casting.
It's funny to think that in the 50's this was how they would protray a bad kid. I almost expected them to blame rock and roll and comic books. It also reminds me of how far we have come rock and roll once dangerous sells medication to old people. So really there view of danger isn't like Boyz n the hood or anything.
Sure this isn't really a teenage crime wave cause it's only like 3 people and i found out later this was on mystery science theater. but it really is alot of fun. the whole time I was watching it i was really into. Now I realise this isn't a good movie really but it sure was enjoyable and from a film called Teenage crime wave that's really all you need.

Oscar crap

2010-02-02T06:01:00.000-08:00

so yeah i know we do this dance were we talk how they don't matter because they used to be better blah blah blah. well let me tell you something the oscars have always been shit in some respect or another. really it's a dumbass awards show and it doesn't matter that much. so chill out and have fun or just complain in the corner somewhere.

Good Stuff

-Up is only the second best picture nomination for a animated film. it's the first one from Pixar.

-Up ties with Walle for the most nominations by a single animated film with 6

-if Up win 3 awards it will be the most any animated film has ever won

- only 2 undeserving movies on the list (an education and The BlindSide)

- Possiably the best list of films for best picture in a long time

-District 9 getting a best picture and the other 3 nominations

- I havn't seen In the loop but i'm glad it got a nomination

- not pussing out for the hurt locker

Bad Stuff

-The blindside getting a best picture nomination (There is no way that movie is good enough to be up there. but i guess it will help ratings.I guess this is like when the nominate crap like the reader or frost/nixon. )

-Sandra Bullock getting an best actress (I guess since Julia Roberts has been MIA somebody had to take her place with the whole americas sweetheart thing.Both of her big hits this year were roles that Roberts passed on. Really i didn't much like Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock is just the Creed to her Preal Jam.)

-Nick Hornsby for best screenplay for an eduaction (The third act of that movie sucked really bad and apprently the book's third act was the same. not really sure why he's up for this. I guess cause he wrote a couple good films and books. but really the structure to those are spectacular. I think maybe cut down on the witty dialouge and write a good film. you don't see Kevin Smith but there soo)

- What the fuck Maggie Gyllenhaal. u serious

- Penélope Cruz i didn't hate her but i felt like this could have gone to maybe a good movie.

- Where the fuck is Ponyo

- The songs in the princess and the frog sucked really bad. how did it get two nominations. hey wasn't that lil wayne/eminem/drake/kanye song from a movie. why must we have such shit songs in this categorey. why not have some fun pop songs instead of the crap they usually have.

- I feel like they just give the same movies nominations and don't think outside the box on the techincal awards but then the acting is all over the place. I didn't love Away we go but it was shot really well. Kinda wish that could happen more same with the film ATL. it was very well shot regardless of the actual film. Since i guess it's coo to have a ok movie with a good performance get a nomination why not the same with the tecnical shit.

so yeah i'm gonna do a predictions thing much later and I'm really gonna pour over this silly nominations all day. but overall not bad. I'd say see most of the nominess. you don't need to see an education and the blinside but if you want to. personally i would see everything else in there over those two.

bad lieutenant port of call new orleans

2010-02-01T07:02:00.000-08:00

Need to get on this blog. Honestly the reason i take forever to post is cause i'm usually makin one of these. I have another one rendering as we speak. or well as i write this. hope you enjoy.

Phantom Menace Review

2010-01-27T06:31:00.000-08:00

I don't really showcase alot of other people who do review on youtube. some i don't like. there either too professional and not very entertaining or they just plain suck. However there are people I like and my favorite review on youtube has to be the phantom menace review. It's really great cause it's really entertaining and will bring up seriously how fucked that movie is. really i thought it was the best one of that trilogy. I still think that. but phantom menace isn't really good either.
anyway this review is really entertaining. it's 70 minutes. but it's really wonderful and goes through all the problems with this movie. yeah there are enough of them to make a 70 minute review.

2010 review

2010-01-26T06:19:00.000-08:00

since it's 2010. I figured I'd drop this little gem on you.

that is all

Web of spiderman

2010-01-22T05:38:00.000-08:00

Recently a director was named for the new spiderman reboot. All though his name is Mark Webb I don't find him to be a very good choice. He was on a list of four people he was seriously without a doubt the worse person on that list. In way it was a little unfair since the other 3 director have all made classics in fact several classic and he made some movie that was just all right. wow i'm so exicited for this spiderman reboot now great job sony.
The other 3 were James Cameron, David Fincher, and Wes Anderson. yeah i know. Now Cameron was a pipedream that was never gonna happen. Hell I never thought it would happen. I don't think anyone did. He just made another movie that made a billion dollars. despite developing it in the first place and coming up with spiderman have a web shooter organically in his body rather then by a device.
Fincher has two undeniable classics under his belt Seven and Zodiac. He also was a very good music video director and he directed Fight Club, the Game, and the painful Curious case of benjamin button. So it would have been a very well made film techincally without a doubt. even without it actually being good. but i think it would have been good.
Wes Anderson has 3 classics Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, and The royal Tenebaums. all though his two more recent live action films. The life aquatic and the darjeering limited were maybe not as good. His adaptation of the fantastic mr. fox was excellent.
Mark Webb made one movie and his music video career his uninteresting. I know this because i saw them before the movie. and i serously didn't get it. Sure he could make a better movie then spiderman 3 but i mean come on can we try to have higher standards then this.
Really i get this is a studio movie but i would prefer it didn't go to shit town cause of sony's bullshit or hiring some sub par director get somebody good. I say Brad Bird. I posted this on the facebooks last nite
"Since spiderman is being rebooted and the guy there getting to direct it is really a horriable choice. why not get Brad Bird. Seriously he wants to go live action and his live action movie he was planning fell apart. and they let that shrek guy make those narnia movies. plus brad bird has made a superhero movie."
Brad Bird is a very great animator in fact he's probably one of the greatest animators of all time. He's directed The Iron Giant and The incredibles. Also Ratatouille. he has two oscars for animated feature the most anybody has ever. or at least so far. Actually he might be tied. regradless he's amazing. he helped create the simpsons, the critic, and I think he created God. that last part might not be true. the point it what the fuck Mark webb really.

So you might think I gonna trash this no not really it was that bad. but it wasn't amazing either.
This movie is like a julia roberts romantic comedy went to a party got a contact high from some room where everyone was smoking weed and thought it took acid and told every at the party how high it was. So yeah it's not as romantic comedy with a twist as it think it is. I mean it really thinks it is. and hell it trys and sometimes succeeds however this is just an all right studio romantic comedy. It's good as a mainstream romantic comedy however it fails as this art house romantic comedy it thinks it is.
One of my major problems is what was with the smiths thing omg that was lame. Not that they liked the smiths but that only liked songs everyone who even has a little interest in them knows and they picked a song used in another movie that everyone remembers. It's almost like if they said wow stairway to heaven I love Led Zepplin and then they listen to whole lotta love later in the movie. It would have been alot better if he was listening to Wu Tang. I mean come on that would be refreshing like I love protect ya neck. i mean come on we all know the wu tang clan aint nothing to fuck with.
I also find this movie to be too hip. every complaint i had to hear about Where the wild things are and the fantastic mr. fox about them being hipster movies. this is a hipster movie or well it certainly wants to be. everyone is dressed like hip everyone. according to this movie everyone in LA dresses like they shop at some great thrift store.
Also I question the sexuality of the film makers since instead of a sex scene we got a musical dance number.
This movie is sweet like my best friends wedding but I think the problem with this movie is relies to heavily on cliches to make it work. Why have his little sister who knows everything i hate characters like that espically when they have little to no pay off in the end, which she didn't. The friends of this guy where also just standard romantic comedy friends. I feel like they could have been from any movie. And did all of new jersey move with him. how come both his best friends and his family are there all the sudden that just seemed a little forced.
Romantic comedy has become a really boring genre and the fact that this is a breath of fresh air is sad and true. Romantic comedy seriously really suck now. I actually love old romantic comedy's but dam we seriously can't make them anymore. maybe we need to start back at square one. When I watch Roman Holiday I don't feel this way. but for the past 20 years or so of romantic comedies i really do.
I get that the critics who like this movie probably have wives who make them watch romantic comedies so they gave this a good review because it's so much better then the ugly truth or bride wars. but my wife and i watched Blow out last nite. one day the meek shall inherent the earth til then this movie is just all right.

Vacation Photos

2010-01-20T07:37:00.001-08:00

These are pictures I took during my winter break. I went to Baltimore and Ocean City Md. I also went to Texas. However this is mostly Texas and Ocean City

FX building and Golden Globes

2010-01-19T05:31:00.001-08:00

I shot this a while ago. Just never got it finished til now.

So the golden globes were sunday nite. Avatar certainly suprised me. I really thought Up in the air would be the drama categorey. I also thought it would get best actor. I was totally wrong. Best Director is gonna go to Cameron at the Oscars too and that I've always thought. This defently makes things a little more intresting. What seemed like a slam dunk for Up in the air. isn't as simple.
Also Up became the first animated film to win a golden globe outside of the best animated feature categorey when it won best original score. I've wanted Michael Giacchino to win some major award since he started doing film scores with the incredibles. He's had a very good year not only scoring up but he also scored star trek. I hope that he wins an oscar. he's really a great composer.
I was suprised by the hangover. which i think should change it's middle name to over rated. certainly it was good but it's not that good.
Other stuff was kinda given and is gonna be a precruser to the oscars. both Mo'Nique and Christoph Waltz will probably win at the oscars as well. they both did such amazing jobs. also i think it's hard to go up against either of them.
Then the best comedy actor and drama actress for Robert Downey jr. and Sandra Bullock were typical globe winners. there stars they make it worth for the mainstream audience to watch the show. most likely neither will get an oscar nomination. Bullock might but she won't win.
Merly Streep and Jeff Bridges have real shots at the oscar but lets see what happens between now and then cause i kinda think it could go another way.
really the globes only slightly matter to the oscar stuff. there mostly just fun and they were pretty fun this time. well actually it kinda sucks but it sucked a little less then last year. i guess

Nine Review

2010-01-15T06:25:00.000-08:00

yeah so my review of nine

Observe and Report

2010-01-12T06:52:00.000-08:00

I was kinda suprised by this movie. It's a dark mall cop movie. Which could be alot of bullshit. Forently this movie isn't. Much like how The Break up combines two people breaking up for a whole movie with laughs. This is more extreme. about a fat psychologically messed up mall cop with laughable dreams of being a cop. Sound really funny right.
In some parts it really is. In other parts it's not but more because it's a depressing. The main character Ronnie is alot like Travis Bickel from Taxi Driver. You can tell he doesn't quite have it all there. But you wanna follow him none the less. I actually think this may be Seth Rogens best role. I defently think it's his one with the most range.
The film isn't made or like a studio comedy. In may be shot like one but don't be fooled. This feels like a cult movie or an art house flick some how all these stars are in this. It's very odd some of the stuff they put in here but it really works. It reminds me of Heathers kind of dark comedy and it definitely has a strong Scorsese influence.
I know there were two mall cop movies release last year and this one was the one everyone forgot about. really this is the anti paul blart. Paul Blart was a big pg studio comedy. this is dark heart renching bizarre comedy. but i kinda think this one has more of a soul. Even as fucked as everyone is in this. It really has a voice you don't see from a lot of comedies we forget about in march. Pretty uncompromisng stuff. check it out.

the buisness of Avatar

2010-01-11T05:39:00.000-08:00

So Avatar has been kicking alot of ass and in 20 days became the second highest grossing movie of all time. pretty impressive. What's more impressive is how little it has fallen off in the four weeks it's been out. most films with big opens fall pretty hard the second week. not always cause they may be bad films more cause it's hard to keep getting more and more people to see after almost everyone who wanted to see it see's it the first weekend. The Dark Knight fell -52.5%, Transfomers 2 fell -61.2%, and Twilight New moon fell -70.0%.
Avatar's opening weekend all though really really good. didn't beat those guys but it has stated pretty consistant. 77 mil the first weekend and then 75 mil the second. Granted christmas was on a friday for the second weekend which defently helped but the third weekend only had a -9.4% with 68 mil not bad. also considering that last years number one hold over from christmas Marley and me fell -33.3% over the same timeframe last year.
This is what is so big about it. it's done almost exactly what happend with Titanic. I actually remember reading that the only way Titanic could be considering a success is if the movie made over a billion dollars. and no movie has ever done that so it's probably impossible. Nobody was sure about Avatar. of course this time nobody said that as openly cause it's still cameron.
But it's not doing Titanic numbers exactly. Avatar has made a shit load of money but it's doesn't have what titanic had. including a big awards boost and a 17 week stint at number one. also titanic second weekend was actually up +23.8% and that was a christmas weekend.
I really don't like to throw out the will it beat Titanic thing alot. mostly cause it's pretty hard to do. Only 5 movies ever have made over a billion dollars worldwide. of the 5 2 of them havn't crossed 1.1 ( The Dark Knight and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest) and one has made 1.1 (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King). Avatar has made 1.3 but it's still not Titanic which still has 1.8. yeah at the time it was the only movie to make a billion and it almost did 2. fucking crazy.

Another thing is the foreign box office. which has actually liked Avatar more then we do. Since it's made 902 million over there and 429 million here. Most movies usually do make more overseas. except the Dark knight which made 46.8% foreign where as every other film on the worldwide all time box office chart are in the 60%. Alot of people like to discredit movies that do this. however it really just shows how strong this film is playing in the rest of the world. which is really fucking good.

Not sure what's gonna happen with this but it should be intresting given it's track record. We'll see if Avatar can hold on to the number one spot. everyone think Denzel can knock it off. Maybe but probably not. I think Avatar is gonna be around for a little bit.