The wife and I went to see the good old potter boy on Wednesday, that's right opening night were that damn crazy!!! well last movie we actually went to the midnight showing so i guess not as crazy.
The movie was good, the book of this movie is probably the thickest book so unfortunately a lot got left on the editing floor, like potter getting kicked off the Quidditch team, Ron's cooler older brother being engaged to that chick from the other movie/book blah blah blah a lot of interesting stuff that just would not fit. it sucks but it has to be done. one thing i didn't like that they changed was harry and ginny getting together, they still kinda do, but it was done much better in the book.
The special effects were great the movie was funny and emotional at all the right parts, all in all good times.
what was not good times was the annoying trio of girls in front of us who would not shut the F*CK UP they were giggly and asking questions and one was checking her damn cell phone every 3 min, when did people get so rude? they were asked to be quiet by several different people and i almost punched them in the face..... i would of been given a medal i know it.
on a completely separate note, Blackest night started this week, Yet another cross company story from DC comics, don't get me wrong i am looking forward to this way more than i was over final crisis, but i would prefer if they did it more in the vain of Senestro corp war, were they kept the most of it contained to Green lantern and Green lantern Corps, with a couple of 1 shots here and there. this story has green lantern, green lantern corps, blackest night, blackest night, tails of the corps, a series of titles that run for 3 issues (blackest knight: superman, batman, teen titans etc) as well as having references in all dc books, for example: this weeks Titans featured a banner on the cover (a cover that has nothing to do with the internal story by the way) addressing it as a prelude to blackest night, and the story had 2 panels that reference the on coming story.
all this said, i am still excited for it!!!!!
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Friday, July 17, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
geek o palusa
lots of geeky things today such as a review of wolverine ..... but you will have to wait till the end to read that..... no skipping ahead ... and for those who haven't seen it i will warn you before i start talking about it *caughLauracough*
ok first off geek Christmas... or free comic book day :D its always the first saturday in may, and it is a day where comic book publishers give away... wait for it.... free comics... cool eh:D
most comic book stores use this day to have sales and the such.. all in all, it is great fun.
this year the lines were HUGE (i drove by 3 of the 4 comic book stores in town) bigger than i have ever seen before.
i did make it into the one by my work while on my lunch break... i mostly wanted to go for Blackest night #0 but ended picking up a cool new avengers story and the first issue of Preacher a series i have always wanted to read but just never had the time or the money to get caught up on it.
Blackest night was well worth the price of free, even if just for the black lantern's oath and the profiles on all 8 corps.. though i noticed a printing error.... the profile page for the Sinestro corps in the top left corner where there logo is.... isn't there logo, its the logo for the blue lantern corps but coloured yellow.... way to go boys lol
hmmm i am hungry bagel break......
WARNING AFTER BAGELS WILL BE WOLVERINE STUFF.... mmm bagel *nom nom*
*still eating bagel*
mmm that was good, herb and garlic cream cheese rules... ANYWAY
wolvie!!
k i am gonna start with the flaws and get them over with, flaws as in differences between the movie and the comics, it truth these are not flaws they are differences, the marvel earth (called earth 616) is just a separate universe, comic book fans should be able to understand that right, so everyone calm down.
ok so the 'flaws' wolverine and Sabertooth are not brothers, the character seems to be merged with Dog logan from the wolverine origin story. who was also not wolverine's brother but the rest of the lil beginning part was accurate from the origin.
wade wilson aka deadpool, is not a mutant, but he is given wolverine's healing power by weapon x, he is not how ever given 80000 other mutant powers.
Cyclops does not shoot lasers out of his eyes (stick with me here) he shoots a concussive force, so the scene where he shoots the roof off his school, would not have melting metal and flames, just allot of rubble.
Emma frost, is not Silverfox's sister, and her diamond skin does develop until years latter, her main mutant power is she is a psychic that can almost rival prof X
Gambit's powers are cooler in the comic book, my wife said it looks like the cards he throws electrocutes people instead of exploding like they should. and his accent should of been thicker.
my biggest problem is how wolverine lost his memories... really an adamantium bullet to the brain did it.... lame and boo i say.
all that aside (and i know i missed some, some cause i found them less important, and some cause i forgot) i enjoyed the movie.
its not a perfect wolverine story, he is obviously the wolverine from the movies as apposed to the comics, but it was enjoyable, it had gambit, lots of claw slashing, gambit, some good wolvie and sabie fights, a cool prison full of mutants you have to try and identify to get your geek card (did anyone else see magneto's kid), conformation on wolvie's canadian citizinship, gambit, deadpool (even if the was sparcly used at the begining and was some strange combo man at the end) oh did i mention it had gambit?
anywho i give it a 3.52 stars out of 5 go see it.... it has Gambit!
ok first off geek Christmas... or free comic book day :D its always the first saturday in may, and it is a day where comic book publishers give away... wait for it.... free comics... cool eh:D
most comic book stores use this day to have sales and the such.. all in all, it is great fun.
this year the lines were HUGE (i drove by 3 of the 4 comic book stores in town) bigger than i have ever seen before.
i did make it into the one by my work while on my lunch break... i mostly wanted to go for Blackest night #0 but ended picking up a cool new avengers story and the first issue of Preacher a series i have always wanted to read but just never had the time or the money to get caught up on it.
Blackest night was well worth the price of free, even if just for the black lantern's oath and the profiles on all 8 corps.. though i noticed a printing error.... the profile page for the Sinestro corps in the top left corner where there logo is.... isn't there logo, its the logo for the blue lantern corps but coloured yellow.... way to go boys lol
hmmm i am hungry bagel break......
WARNING AFTER BAGELS WILL BE WOLVERINE STUFF.... mmm bagel *nom nom*
*still eating bagel*
mmm that was good, herb and garlic cream cheese rules... ANYWAY
wolvie!!
k i am gonna start with the flaws and get them over with, flaws as in differences between the movie and the comics, it truth these are not flaws they are differences, the marvel earth (called earth 616) is just a separate universe, comic book fans should be able to understand that right, so everyone calm down.
ok so the 'flaws' wolverine and Sabertooth are not brothers, the character seems to be merged with Dog logan from the wolverine origin story. who was also not wolverine's brother but the rest of the lil beginning part was accurate from the origin.
wade wilson aka deadpool, is not a mutant, but he is given wolverine's healing power by weapon x, he is not how ever given 80000 other mutant powers.
Cyclops does not shoot lasers out of his eyes (stick with me here) he shoots a concussive force, so the scene where he shoots the roof off his school, would not have melting metal and flames, just allot of rubble.
Emma frost, is not Silverfox's sister, and her diamond skin does develop until years latter, her main mutant power is she is a psychic that can almost rival prof X
Gambit's powers are cooler in the comic book, my wife said it looks like the cards he throws electrocutes people instead of exploding like they should. and his accent should of been thicker.
my biggest problem is how wolverine lost his memories... really an adamantium bullet to the brain did it.... lame and boo i say.
all that aside (and i know i missed some, some cause i found them less important, and some cause i forgot) i enjoyed the movie.
its not a perfect wolverine story, he is obviously the wolverine from the movies as apposed to the comics, but it was enjoyable, it had gambit, lots of claw slashing, gambit, some good wolvie and sabie fights, a cool prison full of mutants you have to try and identify to get your geek card (did anyone else see magneto's kid), conformation on wolvie's canadian citizinship, gambit, deadpool (even if the was sparcly used at the begining and was some strange combo man at the end) oh did i mention it had gambit?
anywho i give it a 3.52 stars out of 5 go see it.... it has Gambit!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
i am a thief
i just watched the movie push (streaming from online so the 1 hour and 40ish movie probably took me over 2 hours to watch with all the pausing for it to load more while i folded laundry and put away the clean dishes :D)
the version i watched was a cam copy so i missed all the subtitles (it takes place in Tokyo so there was alot of it) and it was blury and the sound was fuzzy... so i can't comment on the visual affects sound affects and probably not even the acting lol
but i did like the general story, nothing over original mind you, but good.
totaly left open for a sequel but not in the really bad way where your like... thats it? what the hell? what happens next? *coughmatrixreloadedcough*
more just like wow that was good... i wonder what happens next *coughthematrixcough*... wait why did i hide that one?? nevermind
so movie was good but i must see it in a better format..... wonder when it will be out on dvd.... since i hear it didn't really do that well probably soon.
the version i watched was a cam copy so i missed all the subtitles (it takes place in Tokyo so there was alot of it) and it was blury and the sound was fuzzy... so i can't comment on the visual affects sound affects and probably not even the acting lol
but i did like the general story, nothing over original mind you, but good.
totaly left open for a sequel but not in the really bad way where your like... thats it? what the hell? what happens next? *coughmatrixreloadedcough*
more just like wow that was good... i wonder what happens next *coughthematrixcough*... wait why did i hide that one?? nevermind
so movie was good but i must see it in a better format..... wonder when it will be out on dvd.... since i hear it didn't really do that well probably soon.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
movie review: The Mummy Tomb of the Boring Emperor
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
first off i want to say that i HATE it when they replace an actor in a sequel.
so going into this movie i was already weary of its lack of Rachel Weisz, and the attempt to make light of it didn't help me get past it.
second the big bad villain, Emperor Han, NOT a freakin mummy at all, he happens to be undead (although i am not even sure i would count him as undead really) but in my opinion he is not a mummy. a mummy implies not just being undead but the manner in which you are preserved. if anything he is a Golem mixed with a lil bit of Zombie.
ok with those two opening flaws out of the way lets get to the rest of them.
13 years apparently separate this movie from the last in the series, even with this large gap, i find it hard to believe some of the changes in the characters relationships and personality.
Rick and Alex's relationship has become distant and strained due to (according to Evy) Rick being the typical father of the time and with holding his emotions from his child. yet in The Mummy Returns, there is nothing to imply he is anything but a loving and caring father.
also Evy becoming and author by exploiting her previous adventures as works of fiction doesn't flow right, that would be something Jonathon would do (and he does exploit the whole my mummy thing to make a night club around the theme) but not her.
Now Evy and Rick becoming spy's during the war, that i can buy, and thus there boredom with retirement i can also buy.
quick side note, the first Mummy movie was set in the 1926 and this one in 1946.... thus making Evy and Rick a possible 20 years older than they were in the first movie.... there both looking very good for there advanced age.
back to the movie.
some simple plot elements also just seem to not fall into place for me. how does becoming immortal give you the ability to become a dragon.... seriously tell me how that works. if it does then why did the two immortal girls not just become dragons and kick his arse.
ok enough with the bad.
guess what, i liked the movie, yup all that bitching and i still kinda dug it, its a movie you can sit down turn your brain off and enjoy. it obviously could of been better and been better easily, but after your third trip to the well sometimes you don't have enough water to fill the bucket.
the action sequences where fair and entertaining, the special affects where not awe inspiring but they were far from tacky at the same time. mostly it was just a great ball of average. and there is nothing wrong with average.
so not as good as the first and second ones but hell if you don't own the first two already i say get the Trilogy pack. although the packaging for the old trilogy pack (where they included the scorpion king as one of the films for some demented reason) was way cooler looking.
that's it. that's my review, do with it what you will. and i hope you enjoyed it.
first off i want to say that i HATE it when they replace an actor in a sequel.
so going into this movie i was already weary of its lack of Rachel Weisz, and the attempt to make light of it didn't help me get past it.
second the big bad villain, Emperor Han, NOT a freakin mummy at all, he happens to be undead (although i am not even sure i would count him as undead really) but in my opinion he is not a mummy. a mummy implies not just being undead but the manner in which you are preserved. if anything he is a Golem mixed with a lil bit of Zombie.
ok with those two opening flaws out of the way lets get to the rest of them.
13 years apparently separate this movie from the last in the series, even with this large gap, i find it hard to believe some of the changes in the characters relationships and personality.
Rick and Alex's relationship has become distant and strained due to (according to Evy) Rick being the typical father of the time and with holding his emotions from his child. yet in The Mummy Returns, there is nothing to imply he is anything but a loving and caring father.
also Evy becoming and author by exploiting her previous adventures as works of fiction doesn't flow right, that would be something Jonathon would do (and he does exploit the whole my mummy thing to make a night club around the theme) but not her.
Now Evy and Rick becoming spy's during the war, that i can buy, and thus there boredom with retirement i can also buy.
quick side note, the first Mummy movie was set in the 1926 and this one in 1946.... thus making Evy and Rick a possible 20 years older than they were in the first movie.... there both looking very good for there advanced age.
back to the movie.
some simple plot elements also just seem to not fall into place for me. how does becoming immortal give you the ability to become a dragon.... seriously tell me how that works. if it does then why did the two immortal girls not just become dragons and kick his arse.
ok enough with the bad.
guess what, i liked the movie, yup all that bitching and i still kinda dug it, its a movie you can sit down turn your brain off and enjoy. it obviously could of been better and been better easily, but after your third trip to the well sometimes you don't have enough water to fill the bucket.
the action sequences where fair and entertaining, the special affects where not awe inspiring but they were far from tacky at the same time. mostly it was just a great ball of average. and there is nothing wrong with average.
so not as good as the first and second ones but hell if you don't own the first two already i say get the Trilogy pack. although the packaging for the old trilogy pack (where they included the scorpion king as one of the films for some demented reason) was way cooler looking.
that's it. that's my review, do with it what you will. and i hope you enjoyed it.
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