You know that commercial for the blue man group? I know, I get really into the group every time I see that thing, it looks so cool.
Anyway, the oscar noms are out and there has been a lot of disappointment/awkward glances at the computer. I personally have actually not really looked into the Oscars before this year and was not really aware of some of the categories involved. Like the fact that it's not "Best director", its "Best achievement in directing" Which automatically puts people such as The Coen Brothers, Chris Nolan, and David Fincher out of the question even though they're nominees. Because the so called "Achievements" they achieved this year were not very surprising. Of course their movies would be good, they fit the category for "Best director"
It is also strange that foreign/animated films can get two different awards. They could win best foreign/animated film, and best film. It really isn't all that fair. But whatever, I guess we'll see what happens.
I would also like to state that I do think Inception will win at least one award in The Academy Awards.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Demonic Angels
Buh boom, aush!
So I watched Angels and Demons with my big brother today. I had already seen it, but my brother hadn't so I thought I'd watch it again with older pair of eyes.
Much to my surprise, i got a lot of different stuff out of it the second time around. Angels flying everywhere, Demons running around cursing people, and a detective with a magnifying glass lokkin' for clues all prevent you from seeing "What lies beneath" Boom! Shout out!
Okay, I don't want to confuse you too much, but there were no angels, demons, or detective/there was a detective. But the movie was still good! It's actually a prelude to The Davinci Code, while they made the movie after the Davinci Code.
The main character is a symbolosist (if i'm saying that right) that knows basically everything about Vatican city and it's history. Tom Hanks is someone I have always loved in any role he's played. One of my top ten picks for a male actor.
He had a good supporting cast in this film including Ewan Mcgregor. They all did a great job with the parts they were entrusted to. I don't exactly know how well the movie interprets the book it's based on, but I think even if it is a horrible representation, it was still a great movie.
Anyway, this main character has to try and stop a group called The Illuminati who are threatening to kill four of the candidates to replace the late pope. He is a great suspense thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat, a great and fun history lesson, as well as a great little lesson on Catholics and some of their traditions.
I would totally recommend anyone to see it, a couple gruesome scenes that do not last all that long so it is pretty appropriate for any age.
On another note, the Oscar nominations are tomorrow morning! So expect to hear from me again!
So I watched Angels and Demons with my big brother today. I had already seen it, but my brother hadn't so I thought I'd watch it again with older pair of eyes.
Much to my surprise, i got a lot of different stuff out of it the second time around. Angels flying everywhere, Demons running around cursing people, and a detective with a magnifying glass lokkin' for clues all prevent you from seeing "What lies beneath" Boom! Shout out!
Okay, I don't want to confuse you too much, but there were no angels, demons, or detective/there was a detective. But the movie was still good! It's actually a prelude to The Davinci Code, while they made the movie after the Davinci Code.
The main character is a symbolosist (if i'm saying that right) that knows basically everything about Vatican city and it's history. Tom Hanks is someone I have always loved in any role he's played. One of my top ten picks for a male actor.
He had a good supporting cast in this film including Ewan Mcgregor. They all did a great job with the parts they were entrusted to. I don't exactly know how well the movie interprets the book it's based on, but I think even if it is a horrible representation, it was still a great movie.
Anyway, this main character has to try and stop a group called The Illuminati who are threatening to kill four of the candidates to replace the late pope. He is a great suspense thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat, a great and fun history lesson, as well as a great little lesson on Catholics and some of their traditions.
I would totally recommend anyone to see it, a couple gruesome scenes that do not last all that long so it is pretty appropriate for any age.
On another note, the Oscar nominations are tomorrow morning! So expect to hear from me again!
Friday, January 21, 2011
You're waiting for a train, you think you know where this train will take you...
It's funny that almost every time I blog, something from Inception is thrown in there somewhere. In other words, you really have to see Inception!
Well this time Inception has been tossed into the blog about Unstoppable. Just got a chance to see it at a dollar theater, and I was a little skeptical about it actually; especially because The Social Network was also playing there and I totally wanted to see that on a big screen (not that a big screen would change it very much) just so I could say I did so.
Okay, Unstoppable (I know, I'm totally gonna start throwing shout-outs for The Social Network too) is a movie about one minor accident that turned into something huge. I know I know, it's been done to death, but hey, I didn't know it was coming before I went into the theater. Anyway, Denzel Washington and Chris Pine star as a train driver and a train conductor. Now something that was interesting to me was the fact that I had no idea whatsoever what was involved in being a train driver or conductor. So the movie was like a little lesson as well as a thriller.
The thing I didn't like about this movie was that the only reason Denzel Washington was in this was to attract an audience. I hate it when movies do this: they take a typical little story line, place a huge movie star in the star role, and get millions of people to see it just for a couple of joke that were Mr. Washington's kind of humor. Honestly, anyone can play the proud old guy that wants to make the new guy prove himself. I can't believe I'm saying this: Nicolas Cage could play that kind of role!
Now on the other hand, Denzel Washington did a great job. I don't want to take away from this too much, but it just makes me mad that he was in the movie. Now you Denzel fans would say he should have been in that movie, he was fantastic; I don't disagree, but the fact that someone would be mad that I would suggest getting someone else just means they only saw the movie cause he was in it. Case closed.
Now you may ask, well should I see this movie? The answer is: I'm not going to say, I'm not happy I didn't miss the opportunity to it i theaters, but I'm not sad either. I'm just glad I didn't use 10 dollars if that helps.
Well this time Inception has been tossed into the blog about Unstoppable. Just got a chance to see it at a dollar theater, and I was a little skeptical about it actually; especially because The Social Network was also playing there and I totally wanted to see that on a big screen (not that a big screen would change it very much) just so I could say I did so.
Okay, Unstoppable (I know, I'm totally gonna start throwing shout-outs for The Social Network too) is a movie about one minor accident that turned into something huge. I know I know, it's been done to death, but hey, I didn't know it was coming before I went into the theater. Anyway, Denzel Washington and Chris Pine star as a train driver and a train conductor. Now something that was interesting to me was the fact that I had no idea whatsoever what was involved in being a train driver or conductor. So the movie was like a little lesson as well as a thriller.
The thing I didn't like about this movie was that the only reason Denzel Washington was in this was to attract an audience. I hate it when movies do this: they take a typical little story line, place a huge movie star in the star role, and get millions of people to see it just for a couple of joke that were Mr. Washington's kind of humor. Honestly, anyone can play the proud old guy that wants to make the new guy prove himself. I can't believe I'm saying this: Nicolas Cage could play that kind of role!
Now on the other hand, Denzel Washington did a great job. I don't want to take away from this too much, but it just makes me mad that he was in the movie. Now you Denzel fans would say he should have been in that movie, he was fantastic; I don't disagree, but the fact that someone would be mad that I would suggest getting someone else just means they only saw the movie cause he was in it. Case closed.
Now you may ask, well should I see this movie? The answer is: I'm not going to say, I'm not happy I didn't miss the opportunity to it i theaters, but I'm not sad either. I'm just glad I didn't use 10 dollars if that helps.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
The Facebook
Well I saw The Social Network like I said I would, and now I blog, as I said I would.
So first off, It totally deserved the awards it got. It was probably one of the best screen plays I have seen based off true events. I am pretty surprised Mr. Mark allowed them to use the information they did. Not that it was anything you couldn't find on wikipedia, but there's something about a writer putting it on a screen that makes it more shocking.
Anyway, it was the morning before I saw the film that I was going over one of my character development charts, and a few things to look for. I assume most of the people do something similar before every movie, cause the social network hit those points dead on, and ended up winning awards for it. I would also like to point out that it had the most appropriate sound tracks ever (it also won an award for that)
The film is, as everyone says, is a classic story of betrayal that has been done many times. But this: this was done an interesting way. How many of you before seeing the movie knew somewhat of what has happened with facebook since it started? I assume a lot of you had, just as I assume the director knew so, because while you don't know exactly what's going on, the movie's ending scene is a couple hours after the third, or so, scene. Now how can this be? Well yes, it is one of those movies that shifts time in the middle and tries to confuse the crap out of you.
I don't think I can emphasize how much I enjoyed each scene as it flew by. I wish the movie had actually been longer so there could be a little more depth to things that everyone would say doesn't matter, but I still would've liked it. I also want to say that I do believe it deserved to beat Inception in every category they competed in. This movie is definitely one that anyone could sit down, watch, and enjoy. While on the other hand, when someone is about to watch Inception they have to warm up their mind so they can try to understand everything that's going on. So I think The Social Network is the award winner, while Inception is fan winner. No one I know has left watching Inception without questions, and I think the way The Social Network wrapped itself up was a reason it beat Inception.
So first off, It totally deserved the awards it got. It was probably one of the best screen plays I have seen based off true events. I am pretty surprised Mr. Mark allowed them to use the information they did. Not that it was anything you couldn't find on wikipedia, but there's something about a writer putting it on a screen that makes it more shocking.
Anyway, it was the morning before I saw the film that I was going over one of my character development charts, and a few things to look for. I assume most of the people do something similar before every movie, cause the social network hit those points dead on, and ended up winning awards for it. I would also like to point out that it had the most appropriate sound tracks ever (it also won an award for that)
The film is, as everyone says, is a classic story of betrayal that has been done many times. But this: this was done an interesting way. How many of you before seeing the movie knew somewhat of what has happened with facebook since it started? I assume a lot of you had, just as I assume the director knew so, because while you don't know exactly what's going on, the movie's ending scene is a couple hours after the third, or so, scene. Now how can this be? Well yes, it is one of those movies that shifts time in the middle and tries to confuse the crap out of you.
I don't think I can emphasize how much I enjoyed each scene as it flew by. I wish the movie had actually been longer so there could be a little more depth to things that everyone would say doesn't matter, but I still would've liked it. I also want to say that I do believe it deserved to beat Inception in every category they competed in. This movie is definitely one that anyone could sit down, watch, and enjoy. While on the other hand, when someone is about to watch Inception they have to warm up their mind so they can try to understand everything that's going on. So I think The Social Network is the award winner, while Inception is fan winner. No one I know has left watching Inception without questions, and I think the way The Social Network wrapped itself up was a reason it beat Inception.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Globes De Golden
I feel it is my duty as a movie blogger to blog on the golden globes.
Many awards were handed out, and many were presented by some interesting people. Why they had Justin Bieber at a party serving alchohol, or even at a golden globes at all actually, beats me.
A topic that brought up a lot of discussion was the fact that The Social Network was presented with an extremely large amount of trophies. Now I'm not going to say that Inception should have won; I haven't seen The Social Network so it's not my place. But the fact that Nolan didn't get credit for his job directing blew me away.
What also blew me away was the fact that only Nolan and his wife were there to represent for the Incepetion crew. Nobody from the cast was there.
Oh well, props to The Social Network gang for, apparently, a job well done. I know a couple that I talk to via skype somewhat often and chat about movies. The Social Network did come up, but there was much less talk on that than almost any movie I've seen in the past six months, so I deprived myself of watching it. I guess I missed out.
Nevertheless, I plan on watching it/blogging on it, and am very excited to see if the rewards were well deserved, after all, not your typical movie gets the award for Best Film.
Many awards were handed out, and many were presented by some interesting people. Why they had Justin Bieber at a party serving alchohol, or even at a golden globes at all actually, beats me.
A topic that brought up a lot of discussion was the fact that The Social Network was presented with an extremely large amount of trophies. Now I'm not going to say that Inception should have won; I haven't seen The Social Network so it's not my place. But the fact that Nolan didn't get credit for his job directing blew me away.
What also blew me away was the fact that only Nolan and his wife were there to represent for the Incepetion crew. Nobody from the cast was there.
Oh well, props to The Social Network gang for, apparently, a job well done. I know a couple that I talk to via skype somewhat often and chat about movies. The Social Network did come up, but there was much less talk on that than almost any movie I've seen in the past six months, so I deprived myself of watching it. I guess I missed out.
Nevertheless, I plan on watching it/blogging on it, and am very excited to see if the rewards were well deserved, after all, not your typical movie gets the award for Best Film.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
My NEXT Blog
Alrighty, this blog is going to be seriously dissin' on Nicolas Cage, so just go ahead turn your head and walk away if you're a fan. The rest of privileged enough to have a brain, here you go...
I'm gonna trash all of his movies here, but my personal favorite fail of his is Next. A movie where he can see everything two minutes before it happens, except (oh brother) when he's next to the girl of his dreams.
So the whole movie is just him trying to save after she gets kidnapped by the bad guys as a way to get him to do what they want. So towards the end he finally saves her, oh, but wait, a bomb goes off. I was just like "Heck yeah! Nic is dead!" Turns out, all 2 hours and 5 minutes of the film NEVER HAPPENED. He just saw the future cause he was next to the stupid girl. Great story right? You get see a bunch of stuff that's never going to happen to this guy and then the movie ends and there was absolutely no story to it at all. Yea!
Now I would hate to deprive to let you go without hearing about the rest of his garbage. So here it goes.
I think I'm actually going to show you, lets see, how many of his movies have been rated 4 out of 10 or less on my favorite website: Rotten Tomatoes. The answer is a whopping 19.
19 movies that fall under the rating of "Not worth watching" Thanks there Nic.
Okay, for you Cage fans that ignored my warning I know you'll be like there are just as many good films as bad in his career. Oh yeah? Okay, well first lets point out that half of those he wasn't starring in and didn't have a big enough role to damage the movie, and then a fourth of 'em were when he was young and didn't even know how much money he was making.
Long story short. I will never see any of his movies again.
I'm gonna trash all of his movies here, but my personal favorite fail of his is Next. A movie where he can see everything two minutes before it happens, except (oh brother) when he's next to the girl of his dreams.
So the whole movie is just him trying to save after she gets kidnapped by the bad guys as a way to get him to do what they want. So towards the end he finally saves her, oh, but wait, a bomb goes off. I was just like "Heck yeah! Nic is dead!" Turns out, all 2 hours and 5 minutes of the film NEVER HAPPENED. He just saw the future cause he was next to the stupid girl. Great story right? You get see a bunch of stuff that's never going to happen to this guy and then the movie ends and there was absolutely no story to it at all. Yea!
Now I would hate to deprive to let you go without hearing about the rest of his garbage. So here it goes.
I think I'm actually going to show you, lets see, how many of his movies have been rated 4 out of 10 or less on my favorite website: Rotten Tomatoes. The answer is a whopping 19.
19 movies that fall under the rating of "Not worth watching" Thanks there Nic.
Okay, for you Cage fans that ignored my warning I know you'll be like there are just as many good films as bad in his career. Oh yeah? Okay, well first lets point out that half of those he wasn't starring in and didn't have a big enough role to damage the movie, and then a fourth of 'em were when he was young and didn't even know how much money he was making.
Long story short. I will never see any of his movies again.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Holy cow!
Wow, I just realized today I haven't blogged on a single movie starring Ellen Page. I mean, come on right?
Okay, first off, Ellen Page is amazing. Second, she is also amazing. Third, she is amazing.
Yes, she is amazing. Why? Well. . .her acting, her sense of style in a movie, and also her continual passion for helping our environment. Seriously, I could go on and on when blogging about this woman, but I shall keep it as brief as possible so that I won't lose you.
She has had a couple movies where she is the star, in all of her others she has just supported. Now if you know her, you'd probably expect a blog about Juno, but I'm going a different route.
This movie is called Whip It. A movie about a small town girl from Texas who has been practically force to participate in beauty pageants by her mother. She finds a major passion in (of all things) roller derby.
Also, an important thing to know about her is that she's a shrimp. A personal nickname she has taken actually. "Shrimp" She is 23, and is about 5'2. So when I say "of all things" I mean roller derby is like hockey on wheels minus the puck. It's just a bunch of girls hitting each other down and giving as many bruises as possible.
The movie is somewhat predictable, but in a good way. How is that possible? Well the way it's written means while watching you see she's living two different lives and at some point they'll meet up with each other. If this was not the case, it would be a pretty bad movie. Now I'm not saying the movie is just another predictable story like Avatar. I'm saying it's a completely original story that keeps you entertained throughout.
If you like me at all, please see this movie and let me know what you thought.
Okay, first off, Ellen Page is amazing. Second, she is also amazing. Third, she is amazing.
Yes, she is amazing. Why? Well. . .her acting, her sense of style in a movie, and also her continual passion for helping our environment. Seriously, I could go on and on when blogging about this woman, but I shall keep it as brief as possible so that I won't lose you.
She has had a couple movies where she is the star, in all of her others she has just supported. Now if you know her, you'd probably expect a blog about Juno, but I'm going a different route.
This movie is called Whip It. A movie about a small town girl from Texas who has been practically force to participate in beauty pageants by her mother. She finds a major passion in (of all things) roller derby.
Also, an important thing to know about her is that she's a shrimp. A personal nickname she has taken actually. "Shrimp" She is 23, and is about 5'2. So when I say "of all things" I mean roller derby is like hockey on wheels minus the puck. It's just a bunch of girls hitting each other down and giving as many bruises as possible.
The movie is somewhat predictable, but in a good way. How is that possible? Well the way it's written means while watching you see she's living two different lives and at some point they'll meet up with each other. If this was not the case, it would be a pretty bad movie. Now I'm not saying the movie is just another predictable story like Avatar. I'm saying it's a completely original story that keeps you entertained throughout.
If you like me at all, please see this movie and let me know what you thought.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Bow chicka wow wow
Dinner for Shmucks: I watched it.
I had heard mixed reviews of the movie, and reviews done by critics wasn't helping my decision either. They were all like "This movie was exactly what I expected from Steve Carrel" What the heck does that even mean? What do you expect from a guy who one second is the obnoxious Michael Scott, and the next second a depressed suicide survivor? I sure as heaven don't know.
Anyway, this movie was exactly what I expected from Steve Carrel.
No, but seriously, Steve Carrel did a phenomenal job with his peculiar role, as did Paul Rudd. I'm not a huge fan of Mr. Rudd but I saw his SNL and laughed, so I thought I'd give him a chance, and I am very glad I did. The movie is about a typical guy trying to get a promotion, and to do so (this is where it gets tricky) he has to attend a dinner he calls "Messed up" A dinner for Shmucks.
I couldn't stop laughing throughout the first 30 minutes of this movie, an then it went a little more to a dramatic side after that. It was weird to suddenly feel like I was watching a completely different movie, but it worked. The transition was slow enough that it didn't completely kill the movie.
Towards the end it picked up where it left off and I suddenly couldn't stop laughing again. I loved it.
P.S. I have no idea why I title this blog like that.
I had heard mixed reviews of the movie, and reviews done by critics wasn't helping my decision either. They were all like "This movie was exactly what I expected from Steve Carrel" What the heck does that even mean? What do you expect from a guy who one second is the obnoxious Michael Scott, and the next second a depressed suicide survivor? I sure as heaven don't know.
Anyway, this movie was exactly what I expected from Steve Carrel.
No, but seriously, Steve Carrel did a phenomenal job with his peculiar role, as did Paul Rudd. I'm not a huge fan of Mr. Rudd but I saw his SNL and laughed, so I thought I'd give him a chance, and I am very glad I did. The movie is about a typical guy trying to get a promotion, and to do so (this is where it gets tricky) he has to attend a dinner he calls "Messed up" A dinner for Shmucks.
I couldn't stop laughing throughout the first 30 minutes of this movie, an then it went a little more to a dramatic side after that. It was weird to suddenly feel like I was watching a completely different movie, but it worked. The transition was slow enough that it didn't completely kill the movie.
Towards the end it picked up where it left off and I suddenly couldn't stop laughing again. I loved it.
P.S. I have no idea why I title this blog like that.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Dark Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine is a movie from a few years back that won some awards, and got some attention. Not many comedies ever see much fame or recognition. However, once or twice a year we get a movie like this, and get to enjoy something besides an action packed romance, or a mind bending experience.
So, Little Miss Sunshine, starring Steve Carrel himself; This was during that period of his when he did some mello comedies such as this or Dan In Real Life. He does a fantastic job. For some reason he is very good at being depressed, and that's not really a bad thing, especially if he continues to do roles like the one he had in this movie.
The movie is about a young girl who wants to with her family to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. Now, if you have ever been to a pageant, you know it's just a bunch of girl trying to be barbies and display a crazy/cool talent.
Luckily, the movie is not just about the pageant, but more about the family, their characteristics, and the time they get to spend together. The family is absolutely ridiculous and hysterical which makes it out to be a very outrageously funny movie.
So, Little Miss Sunshine, starring Steve Carrel himself; This was during that period of his when he did some mello comedies such as this or Dan In Real Life. He does a fantastic job. For some reason he is very good at being depressed, and that's not really a bad thing, especially if he continues to do roles like the one he had in this movie.
The movie is about a young girl who wants to with her family to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. Now, if you have ever been to a pageant, you know it's just a bunch of girl trying to be barbies and display a crazy/cool talent.
Luckily, the movie is not just about the pageant, but more about the family, their characteristics, and the time they get to spend together. The family is absolutely ridiculous and hysterical which makes it out to be a very outrageously funny movie.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Gritty with excitement
"Why did they hang him so high?"
"I do not know, possibly to make him more dead"
Any guesses at the movie? If not, don't feel bad, it's not a very popular line. The movie is True Grit.
True Grit is all about a young girl who wants to avenge her father. Now you could say, "Well she could just pick up a hand gun if she got the license and pop him" The only problem is, it takes place in the old west and that was not going to work for a 14 year old girl.
This fact did not stop her from hiring someone else to do the deed, however. If you ever see this movie, you'll find out very quickly just how keen this girl is on everything law, and with that knowledge, she is able to get people to do what she wants.
The movie's script does not disappoint, and conversations that take place always make you want to smile by how well they're written. Another Coen brother's movie that comes out perfect; not too shocking, I know, but this western differs from that of No Country For Old Men. It goes back in time a little more.
I didn't like No Country For Old Men all that much, but script/casting of this movie was perfect, which just fills me with warmth.
"I do not know, possibly to make him more dead"
Any guesses at the movie? If not, don't feel bad, it's not a very popular line. The movie is True Grit.
True Grit is all about a young girl who wants to avenge her father. Now you could say, "Well she could just pick up a hand gun if she got the license and pop him" The only problem is, it takes place in the old west and that was not going to work for a 14 year old girl.
This fact did not stop her from hiring someone else to do the deed, however. If you ever see this movie, you'll find out very quickly just how keen this girl is on everything law, and with that knowledge, she is able to get people to do what she wants.
The movie's script does not disappoint, and conversations that take place always make you want to smile by how well they're written. Another Coen brother's movie that comes out perfect; not too shocking, I know, but this western differs from that of No Country For Old Men. It goes back in time a little more.
I didn't like No Country For Old Men all that much, but script/casting of this movie was perfect, which just fills me with warmth.
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