Well what do you know? Its still August and here is yet another post! Must be a good sign if I've already come back to post an update on my progress here in 2011?
I have watched a few solid films, including one on the big screen(and in 3d) which was shockingly good, That film happens to be yet another Marvel Studios picture called "Captain America"
The movie was very solid as a whole, Even the 3D wasnt too bad, it didnt bug me as much as some 3D has in the past. Did i want to see it in 3D? No. Would I pay to see it in 3D again? No. But as a whole it wasnt so bad.
The story was solid origins tale that kept it clean and to the point, which has been part of the Marvel studios to do list as we march towards the Avengers next year. I cant wait for that film, or to buy both Thor and Captain America later this year.
It hasnt been too long since I last updated on anything but i did mention I may finish the TV show "Better Off Ted" by my next update, well that isnt really true as I have only finished season 1 of the series but I do enjoy it and will finish it very soon.
As far as Books go I have finally finished another one this time ""Nightlife" came to an end. It was a decent book but in the middle of it all it transcended into a different tale than before and it kind of threw me off for a bit but i grew to like it. I finally finished it and look to read the next book in the series soon enough.
Brian Keene is without a doubt my Favorite Arthur and it seems like forever since i last read some of his work, thankfully he has slowly been releasing his stuff on the Kindle. Which of course means i can take his work with me any place thanks to either my kindle(duh) or my iPhone. As it stands right now i started reading "Take the long way home" Ive already past the quarter way point so it will end very fast sadly. But I will no doubt find more to read from him.
As always I have updated the Movie list and the List of doom. I seem to have been lacking on the list of doom, I should be keeping track of game play and books along with other stuff a bit more. Ill try harder.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Monday, August 1, 2011
Sup August?
July was a very crazy month as it was of course my vacation month, in which case i did sadly go several days without watching a movie.
I wonder how much that has hurt my target goal of 365 films in 365 days?
Must say Comic Con, DisneyLand and The San Diego Zoo sure was worth it tho!
Only two films i saw on the big screen as of late are Transformers 3, Which i must say I did enjoy the 3D and for a bad mindless action movie it was very much a fun summer time popcorn flick. Glad the bimbo was replaced in it. If you enjoyed the other two you shall Love this one.
And also saw the last movie in the decade long, 8 film franchise that is Harry Potter. I must say i had only read the first 3 or 4 books but the films kept getting better and better, Plus seeing the cast grow and stay together over a decade was just awesome. The movie was a horrible experience tho but that wasnt all to blame on the movie. My theater screwed people into buying 3d midnight release showings only to later at the last hour open a non 3d showing and then not allow transfers of any kind. The 3d was horrible. My seat was horrible. I love Belatrix.
I finally finished the series "Scrubs" not too long ago, Well by finish i mean i watched seasons 1-8 As i kept hearing nothing but bad things about season 9 and i mean the way they ended season 8 i felt like it was a perfect time to stop, So im sad to say goodbye to JD, Turk, Mr Cox and the rest of the gang but it is time for me to move on....
Thus i have started the short lived series "Better off Ted" Which seemed to have only lasted two season, I wonder if i will be happy or bummed about that decision? I also have a feeling I will be done with this show by my next update.
All thanks to netflix, Which happened yo have added the hit TV show "Mad Men" Which i do hope to start watching any time now, I just very much dislike hour long series, it doesnt fit as well in my nightly viewings. But it must be worth it right?
Anyways Thank you July for being a very pleasing month, Lets see if i can make up some time this August?
Check the Movie pages to see what else I have watched as of late.
I wonder how much that has hurt my target goal of 365 films in 365 days?
Must say Comic Con, DisneyLand and The San Diego Zoo sure was worth it tho!
Only two films i saw on the big screen as of late are Transformers 3, Which i must say I did enjoy the 3D and for a bad mindless action movie it was very much a fun summer time popcorn flick. Glad the bimbo was replaced in it. If you enjoyed the other two you shall Love this one.
And also saw the last movie in the decade long, 8 film franchise that is Harry Potter. I must say i had only read the first 3 or 4 books but the films kept getting better and better, Plus seeing the cast grow and stay together over a decade was just awesome. The movie was a horrible experience tho but that wasnt all to blame on the movie. My theater screwed people into buying 3d midnight release showings only to later at the last hour open a non 3d showing and then not allow transfers of any kind. The 3d was horrible. My seat was horrible. I love Belatrix.
I finally finished the series "Scrubs" not too long ago, Well by finish i mean i watched seasons 1-8 As i kept hearing nothing but bad things about season 9 and i mean the way they ended season 8 i felt like it was a perfect time to stop, So im sad to say goodbye to JD, Turk, Mr Cox and the rest of the gang but it is time for me to move on....
Thus i have started the short lived series "Better off Ted" Which seemed to have only lasted two season, I wonder if i will be happy or bummed about that decision? I also have a feeling I will be done with this show by my next update.
All thanks to netflix, Which happened yo have added the hit TV show "Mad Men" Which i do hope to start watching any time now, I just very much dislike hour long series, it doesnt fit as well in my nightly viewings. But it must be worth it right?
Anyways Thank you July for being a very pleasing month, Lets see if i can make up some time this August?
Check the Movie pages to see what else I have watched as of late.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Goodbye June
Hello July!
I know it has been along time but either way I have kept on watching films and keeping track of them as i go. I have reached over 180 films.
You can check the Movie list above to see everything ive watched. Thankfully Im on track to my goal of 365 movies this year.
I finished reading the book "Clickers" and started another book called "NightLife" Hoping to finish this one soon enough as I would really like to start the game of thrones series soon(I have not seen the series on TV yet either)
Pretty far into the TV show "scrubs" im almost done with season 6.
and well That ends my little ramble, Im still alive! Just been camping and such... Comic con is coming!!!
I know it has been along time but either way I have kept on watching films and keeping track of them as i go. I have reached over 180 films.
You can check the Movie list above to see everything ive watched. Thankfully Im on track to my goal of 365 movies this year.
I finished reading the book "Clickers" and started another book called "NightLife" Hoping to finish this one soon enough as I would really like to start the game of thrones series soon(I have not seen the series on TV yet either)
Pretty far into the TV show "scrubs" im almost done with season 6.
and well That ends my little ramble, Im still alive! Just been camping and such... Comic con is coming!!!
Thursday, May 19, 2011
The Post of May
Well it seems to be that time of the month... Yeah time for me to post a single update letting everyone who reads this what i have done in the month of may or since the last update, which was nearly 30 days ago.
I have finished a few seasons of Scrubs now thanks to netflix instant watch, I started season 4 the other night. Things with Scrubs and I seem to be going well, I really feel the connection others had talked about. Here's hoping things last long enough to finish strong.
Horrible movies seem to come out a whole lot faster than great movies. I have watched several B rated films or straight Trash as of late. Titanic 2 which was just.... Yeah along with titles like Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus. Which of course I knew wouldn't be that good but still.
Other films which didnt turn out very good happen to be things like "And Soon the Darkness" which I had found on netflix and hoped I would enjoy it because it seemed to be my type of film. Sadly it wasnt and it just turned out to be pretty boring even with a decent place to film they seemed to forget to tell a worth while story.
The Green Hornet was another film that for the most part surprised me, I didnt expect much from it but Seth Rogen fit pretty well in his role. Something I didnt believe would happen actually. Kato was casted very well to my surprise. Solid comedy act as long as you enjoy the type of work Seth does. I do have to say some of the action scenes just didnt float well with me. But the final action scene seemed to take all the good from the previous scenes and came together quit well.
Thor was a nice surprise as well. I had little hope for the movie going in but i came out very impressed and now i look forward to Caption America in hopes that Marvel can shock me once more this year as they build towards one of the biggest events in movie history.
Well to wrap this up I would like to toss a few movies out there that I think people should check out and let me know what You thought of them(along with any other movie you may have seen as of late)
The Man from Earth
Ink
Wilderness
These three titles have some high pros to them for either great action or wonderful story telling to just an awesome effort in making and indy film worth while. I hope you find some enjoyment out of these films.
I have finished a few seasons of Scrubs now thanks to netflix instant watch, I started season 4 the other night. Things with Scrubs and I seem to be going well, I really feel the connection others had talked about. Here's hoping things last long enough to finish strong.
Horrible movies seem to come out a whole lot faster than great movies. I have watched several B rated films or straight Trash as of late. Titanic 2 which was just.... Yeah along with titles like Mega Shark vs Crocosaurus. Which of course I knew wouldn't be that good but still.
Other films which didnt turn out very good happen to be things like "And Soon the Darkness" which I had found on netflix and hoped I would enjoy it because it seemed to be my type of film. Sadly it wasnt and it just turned out to be pretty boring even with a decent place to film they seemed to forget to tell a worth while story.
Thor was a nice surprise as well. I had little hope for the movie going in but i came out very impressed and now i look forward to Caption America in hopes that Marvel can shock me once more this year as they build towards one of the biggest events in movie history.
Well to wrap this up I would like to toss a few movies out there that I think people should check out and let me know what You thought of them(along with any other movie you may have seen as of late)
The Man from Earth
Ink
Wilderness
These three titles have some high pros to them for either great action or wonderful story telling to just an awesome effort in making and indy film worth while. I hope you find some enjoyment out of these films.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Insidious Scream
It has been a solid amount of time since the last update(as it always seems to be) but I have also been to the theaters two more times(for a total of 5 trips this year) as I watched Insidious(Check out my friends blog here for my thoughts and others) as well as finally seeing one of my most anticipated movies of the year in "Scream 4"
I do not want to ruin Scream for anyone but of course I do want to let people in on a little tidbit about the film... Its the FOURTH one in the series. So please for the love of slashers, Could you please watch the first movie at least? if not the original trilogy. Otherwise Scream 4 really blew my mind. It was fun and funny, without losing much of that little jumps that the first scream brought to the table. It whole heartily felt like a Scream movie and not just another cash in(IM more so looking at Nightmare on elm street 47) It was the perfect horror movie for movie geeks, They also seem to nod to the first film by basicly remaking it... Well hell You have seen the previews or the film by now, I enjoyed it. I hope you do too.
A few movies that I found that surprised me and would like to point out are the American remake of "The Experiment" which is on netflix right now. It has a solid cast and well its a remake of a great German film. I say check it out now.
Being bored one night i was looking for some Sci Fi to entertain me and i happen to stumble upon a movie called "Hunter Prey" which at first looked pretty horrible and expected total trash but as I started watching it, I must say the costume design and over all look of the film is amazing. Its a low budget film no doubt as the cast is only a hand full of nobodies but the story is worth the view if not just for the awesome visuals of the costumes and so on.
As for TV, I did finish season 1 of scrubs(I forget if i listed that in the last update but it was awhile back) I also have watched a few more episodes of the UK version of Skins, Which is still one of the best shows around.
In my Video Game world, I happen to buy the new Mortal Kombat. Its Awesome. It makes me think of my old school gamer days, when I would walk to my friends how just to play on his Sega. I still suck at it but its just so much fun. Plus it actually has a story mode worth while. Its as if the original game and the movie came together to be even more awesome. So yes. MK is worth while.
Well As always the movie list and List of Doom have been updated. So check em out.
I do not want to ruin Scream for anyone but of course I do want to let people in on a little tidbit about the film... Its the FOURTH one in the series. So please for the love of slashers, Could you please watch the first movie at least? if not the original trilogy. Otherwise Scream 4 really blew my mind. It was fun and funny, without losing much of that little jumps that the first scream brought to the table. It whole heartily felt like a Scream movie and not just another cash in(IM more so looking at Nightmare on elm street 47) It was the perfect horror movie for movie geeks, They also seem to nod to the first film by basicly remaking it... Well hell You have seen the previews or the film by now, I enjoyed it. I hope you do too.
A few movies that I found that surprised me and would like to point out are the American remake of "The Experiment" which is on netflix right now. It has a solid cast and well its a remake of a great German film. I say check it out now.
Being bored one night i was looking for some Sci Fi to entertain me and i happen to stumble upon a movie called "Hunter Prey" which at first looked pretty horrible and expected total trash but as I started watching it, I must say the costume design and over all look of the film is amazing. Its a low budget film no doubt as the cast is only a hand full of nobodies but the story is worth the view if not just for the awesome visuals of the costumes and so on.
As for TV, I did finish season 1 of scrubs(I forget if i listed that in the last update but it was awhile back) I also have watched a few more episodes of the UK version of Skins, Which is still one of the best shows around.
In my Video Game world, I happen to buy the new Mortal Kombat. Its Awesome. It makes me think of my old school gamer days, when I would walk to my friends how just to play on his Sega. I still suck at it but its just so much fun. Plus it actually has a story mode worth while. Its as if the original game and the movie came together to be even more awesome. So yes. MK is worth while.
Well As always the movie list and List of Doom have been updated. So check em out.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The King Sucker Punch'd The Other Guys....
I do enjoy mixing up the names of movies i have watched as of late into a Title of my posts. But sometimes i just watch too many in between updates that the title would be crazy long.
First off, I watched a Horrible indy film called "Bear" Which of course is on Netflix Instant. It is however my type of film but just poorly done. That being a group of friends trying to survive in a crazy situation(think Frozen or 127 Hours) But seriously this was just laughable.
On the day that I bought the brand new Nintendo 3DS i also happen to watch a classic comedy called "Airheads" in which i thought.... Wow this is a film I hope never gets remade. It just would not work with the lack of Radio power and well good music, In My Opinion.
Over the weeks leading up to the release I had plenty of phone calls and people asking me when the movie "Tangled" was coming out, which caught me off guard as I dont really remember it doing all that well in the theaters but it sure has done very well on DVD as it sold out very fast at my work. I had to see what all the crazy mumbo jumbo was about...It was very good. Its classic Disney Musical. I have to say It has been a very long time since i have watched a movie in which ONE character always had me laughing when ever he/she was on screen. It happened in Tangled when The horse(Maximus) was on screen. I highly recommend this film for anyone, It will be a solid family film of course.
Talking about laughing when ever someone was on screen, That sadly did not happen while I watched the movie "Due Date" but that doesnt mean it wasnt good, I do wish it would have been better as I very much enjoy the work of Robert Downy Jr. As well as Zack whats his face. But something just didnt click the whole ride. But it was still worth a view on a boring day in which I needed a giggle.
When a film wins Best Picture it really should be the best picture over the past twelve months, In being one of the two films I failed to see out of the nominated movies of 2010, "The Kings Speech" was high on my list of must see. I'm not sure what to really say about this movie as it was good and enjoyable. A well told story that was greatly acted but I just found it lacking of Best Picture. I would still tell people to see the film but I guarantee it is not for everyone.
Cliche action films can be a bit of a boring viewing experience but every once in awhile something will come along full of Cliche ness but.... Surprise you in its fun adventure and for me that film was the slightly based on true events called "Unstoppable" staring Chris Pine and Mr. Washington. I was actually very shocked at how thrilling this cliche ride was. It was just plain fun and enjoyable.
Then came a bit of a Meh drought of films that included "The Proposal" Which I do love me some Ryan Reynolds but it just didnt really hit me in any good way, it just passed some time. That would also be said for the third Narnia movie(Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) which I felt missed having Disney in its corner(instead of Fox) The budget or care just seemed to be lacking. But maybe that was the actual story as we have lost two main characters this time around. Then came more of an enjoyable viewing experience with "Despicable Me" It was a fun little ride with one cute character that easily made the film far better(plus it had the Minions) but at times I did feel it could have been a bit better.
I viewed "The Other Guys" finally which the reason it took me so long is Im not a fan of Neither Mark or Will so I really had no real reason to view the film. But It did have a quick few minutes with The Rock and Sam Jackson. Which was awesome and had a very what the hell kind of moment to it all. The film as a whole had some nice running jokes(TLC and learning to make fun of) but i still cant really get past either actor for the most part. Sorry.
I enjoyed the movie "Red" which i remember being one of the films I previewed at comic con that got the audience wondering if it would actually be worth while. I think it was. Enjoyable for any age. No wonder it sold so well at my work.
Made another adventure out to the local cinema to watch the new film from Zack Snyder "Sucker Punch" I have to say this is probably one of the hardest films to actually try and talk about... It was fun, Mindless.... Horrible.... Enjoyable.... What the hell did I just watch? Kind of film. The story didnt seem all there. Yet the strings some what held it together. But the true highlights of this film is the actually style and pulp of the movie(Design/music/worlds) all that kinda stuff.... Its just something I think people should see so they can judge themselves.
Alrighty that is my first update of April. I did a nice little run down. If anything you can always just check my Movie list above. Have fun, See a film.
First off, I watched a Horrible indy film called "Bear" Which of course is on Netflix Instant. It is however my type of film but just poorly done. That being a group of friends trying to survive in a crazy situation(think Frozen or 127 Hours) But seriously this was just laughable.
On the day that I bought the brand new Nintendo 3DS i also happen to watch a classic comedy called "Airheads" in which i thought.... Wow this is a film I hope never gets remade. It just would not work with the lack of Radio power and well good music, In My Opinion.
Over the weeks leading up to the release I had plenty of phone calls and people asking me when the movie "Tangled" was coming out, which caught me off guard as I dont really remember it doing all that well in the theaters but it sure has done very well on DVD as it sold out very fast at my work. I had to see what all the crazy mumbo jumbo was about...It was very good. Its classic Disney Musical. I have to say It has been a very long time since i have watched a movie in which ONE character always had me laughing when ever he/she was on screen. It happened in Tangled when The horse(Maximus) was on screen. I highly recommend this film for anyone, It will be a solid family film of course.
Talking about laughing when ever someone was on screen, That sadly did not happen while I watched the movie "Due Date" but that doesnt mean it wasnt good, I do wish it would have been better as I very much enjoy the work of Robert Downy Jr. As well as Zack whats his face. But something just didnt click the whole ride. But it was still worth a view on a boring day in which I needed a giggle.
When a film wins Best Picture it really should be the best picture over the past twelve months, In being one of the two films I failed to see out of the nominated movies of 2010, "The Kings Speech" was high on my list of must see. I'm not sure what to really say about this movie as it was good and enjoyable. A well told story that was greatly acted but I just found it lacking of Best Picture. I would still tell people to see the film but I guarantee it is not for everyone.
Cliche action films can be a bit of a boring viewing experience but every once in awhile something will come along full of Cliche ness but.... Surprise you in its fun adventure and for me that film was the slightly based on true events called "Unstoppable" staring Chris Pine and Mr. Washington. I was actually very shocked at how thrilling this cliche ride was. It was just plain fun and enjoyable.
Then came a bit of a Meh drought of films that included "The Proposal" Which I do love me some Ryan Reynolds but it just didnt really hit me in any good way, it just passed some time. That would also be said for the third Narnia movie(Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) which I felt missed having Disney in its corner(instead of Fox) The budget or care just seemed to be lacking. But maybe that was the actual story as we have lost two main characters this time around. Then came more of an enjoyable viewing experience with "Despicable Me" It was a fun little ride with one cute character that easily made the film far better(plus it had the Minions) but at times I did feel it could have been a bit better.
I viewed "The Other Guys" finally which the reason it took me so long is Im not a fan of Neither Mark or Will so I really had no real reason to view the film. But It did have a quick few minutes with The Rock and Sam Jackson. Which was awesome and had a very what the hell kind of moment to it all. The film as a whole had some nice running jokes(TLC and learning to make fun of) but i still cant really get past either actor for the most part. Sorry.
I enjoyed the movie "Red" which i remember being one of the films I previewed at comic con that got the audience wondering if it would actually be worth while. I think it was. Enjoyable for any age. No wonder it sold so well at my work.
Made another adventure out to the local cinema to watch the new film from Zack Snyder "Sucker Punch" I have to say this is probably one of the hardest films to actually try and talk about... It was fun, Mindless.... Horrible.... Enjoyable.... What the hell did I just watch? Kind of film. The story didnt seem all there. Yet the strings some what held it together. But the true highlights of this film is the actually style and pulp of the movie(Design/music/worlds) all that kinda stuff.... Its just something I think people should see so they can judge themselves.
Alrighty that is my first update of April. I did a nice little run down. If anything you can always just check my Movie list above. Have fun, See a film.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Plus One!
So thanks to a lazy day off this past Wednesday I'm now actually up by one film(84 on the 83 day) which feels awesome :D
I watched yet another Ryan Reynolds movie(I seem to always watch and enjoy his work) this one was called "The Nines" Which is on Netflix instant watch(of course, How else do I watch stuff?) and its basically three different stories that slowly come together, I enjoyed the first story far more than the other two, As I feel the final one more so seemed to just quickly tie things together and explain the outcome. It was very good til towards the end I guess. But Ryan is still an awesome Actor, I like his multiple personalities an so on.
Ended up looking for an Action movie and "From Paris with Love" was what fell into my lap, nothing real special by any means but hey it was fun and i found some laughs in it as well. I once again didnt really care for the end of the film but oh well.
"Black Dynamite" is not for everyone but man was it filmed awesome or what? It seriously felt like it was a classic from the 60's or 70's but shockingly is from last year. Its a comedy action spoof deal not for everyone.
Saw a few other movies(which you can check the Movie list above to see what they are) But i wanted to also say that I finally beat the Xbox 360 video game "Enslaved: Odyssey to the West" yesterday, Its not a very long game by any means(My raptr account shows about 7 hours on it) but i kept playing an hour or a level a day so it took awhile to beat it. I very much enjoyed the easy to pick up and play kinda game. The fighting and shooting wasnt anything special but it still didnt get on my nerves, That would be the camera, specially at the final boss at the end. For some odd reason the camera got stuck in a far back view which nearly killed me.... But that was honestly my biggest problem with the game was the camera system. I loved the story and the characters and the world you are thrust into. I say give it a try.
I watched yet another Ryan Reynolds movie(I seem to always watch and enjoy his work) this one was called "The Nines" Which is on Netflix instant watch(of course, How else do I watch stuff?) and its basically three different stories that slowly come together, I enjoyed the first story far more than the other two, As I feel the final one more so seemed to just quickly tie things together and explain the outcome. It was very good til towards the end I guess. But Ryan is still an awesome Actor, I like his multiple personalities an so on.
Ended up looking for an Action movie and "From Paris with Love" was what fell into my lap, nothing real special by any means but hey it was fun and i found some laughs in it as well. I once again didnt really care for the end of the film but oh well.
Saw a few other movies(which you can check the Movie list above to see what they are) But i wanted to also say that I finally beat the Xbox 360 video game "Enslaved: Odyssey to the West" yesterday, Its not a very long game by any means(My raptr account shows about 7 hours on it) but i kept playing an hour or a level a day so it took awhile to beat it. I very much enjoyed the easy to pick up and play kinda game. The fighting and shooting wasnt anything special but it still didnt get on my nerves, That would be the camera, specially at the final boss at the end. For some odd reason the camera got stuck in a far back view which nearly killed me.... But that was honestly my biggest problem with the game was the camera system. I loved the story and the characters and the world you are thrust into. I say give it a try.
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