Wristcutting Chaos

This past few days has been full of win, Well when it comes to movies that is. But I did hook up my HDMI's up and I have been trying my best to read more of "Dragon Tattoo" I think it is starting to get good, Im on around chapter 6 right now.

The 23 was a good day for movies as both of my picks I would highly recommend to people, One being a movie staring Ryan Reynolds, Which you just cant go wrong with him honestly(well I hope i can say that after The Green Lantern hits theaters) "Chaos Theory" Its basically a love story....Which leads into my other favorite movie of this update "Wristcutters: A Love Story" Its a take on the after life which is pretty sweet, I dont want to go into much detail just because its a neat little world they take you to that might not be a huge difference but its enough to be its own awesome lil world.

I also finally watched "Goodbye Solo" which had been on my instant Q for I would say well over a year. It was a well deserved view, It gives you some hope for humanity yet...Its still a movie but it was a neat little tell about a taxi driver trying to save a mans life.

I dont enjoy watching movies alone yet it seems to always happens, which is why i have a solid chunk of horror films built up on my Q as I would rather watch it with someone(either because I might be a wuss or its just fun to jump with someone else) But either way I went to my foreign freaky friends and found a spanish film called "Shiver" which is about a boy who is basically a present day Vampire(minus the blood drinking) and to get away from the Sunny days he moves to a small town in the canyon basically to avoid sunlight. But then things go wrong and people die...but why? It was a cool and creepy tale for sure.

Went over to a friends house to help drywall a small guest house, that didnt go well so we ended up watching "Family Guy: Something something dark side" which was pretty funny an i had never seen the full thing til then. I had bought him the trilogy for the holidays, cool to get my moneys worth too haha.

Horror movies are something I need to start watching more of just so they dont over ruin my Netflix and try and murder me in my sleep... So I watched a movie about a Killer inside out cow called "isolation" I liked the lighting and stuff it set a nice tone but over all Im not sure how i felt about the film. It had some underline meaning to it but Im not one to pay attention to that stuff :-p Not hating i swear!

And finally I watched a cute little chick flick called "Penelope" I love me some Christina Ricci so I had no problem enjoying this movie....I even found her cute with a pig nose!

Well that is a nice little catch up on whats up in my journey to watch far too many movies in one year...I wonder whats next?

Oscar Buzz

Well the nominations for the 2011 Academy Awards are now out so I figured I would run down my picks for the show. Who knows what will happen....But this is what I think.

Best Movie

Who will win: The Kings Speech
Who I want to win: The Social Network

Best Actress:

Who will Win: Annette Bening- The kids are alright
Who I want to win: Jennifer Lawrence-Winters bone
----We could still see Portman walking away with the win but for some reason i doubt that will happen.

Best Actor:

Who will win: Colin Firth
Who I want to win: Jesse EisenBerg
---This is a hard one, I would also like to see Jeff Bridges win but i still think the work that Jesse put into TSN was just stunning, you love and hate him in it plus the different character he played compared to his prior works is amazing. He is a young actor on the rise, which really does hurt him In my opinion here. The same really goes for James Franco as well, I just dont see the younger guys winning it.

Best Supporting Actress:

Who will win: Helena Bonham Carter
Who I want to win: Hailee Steinfeld
---The easy pick for me would have been AMy Adams I think, but at the same time i think its going to be a pretty big year for Kings Speech. But man Steinfeld was so amazing in True Grit.

Best Supporting Actor:

Who will win: Christian Bale
Who I want to win: John Hawkes
---This could still go to anyone really, I think this is the most wide open of the awards. But I think people respect Bale for what he did to himself for his role in the fighter and just showed what he can bring to his movies even if he isnt the real star. But I also think that John Hawkes will be over looked majority in this category. He was amazing in Winters Bone, but he might not of had enough screen time to really prove it(then again i loved every second he appeared in the film)

Best  Adapted Screenplay:

Who will win: The Social Network
Who I want to win: The Social network
----This one might still go to 127 Hours but I'm not too sure on it over all.

Best Animated film:

Who will win: Toy Story 3
Who I want to win: Toy Story 3
---I know alot of people enjoyed HTTYD but i really dont think it was better than TS3. but it was nice to see something a bit new versus something that we had already seen twice.

Best Foreign Film:

Who will win: Biutiful
Who I want to win: Biutiful
----Of course this is the hardest one to pick as ive seen the least amount of films from this category.

Best Director:

Who will win:Darren Aronfsky
Who I want to win: David Fincher
---Could this be the category that wins it for True Grit? No I dont really think so. But this one is a bit more open, I Could still see Fincher walking away with the win but something tells me he will not and that Darren will be the one to give a speech.

Best Original Screenplay:

Who will win:The Kings Speech
Who I want to win: Inception.
----Like i said above I really think this year will have a few wins for The Kings Speech, but I also believe this might be the area we finally see INception(the fanboys film) win something.

Remember that movie?

I was looking around for a film to watch the other day to keep my movie watching experience going and I was looking over the 80 or so films on my Netflix Instant watch list and I was in a bit of a Sci Fi mood. So I picked "Fire in the Sky" off my list and started watching it.  As it went on I thought to myself this seems familiar....

It happened to be one of the movies that haunted me as a kid. I never could remember the name or anything about it other than it had an Alien prob scene that just gave me nightmares, the little grey aliens and all that stuff....Well it was this movie.

I have to say of course It isnt nearly as scary as it was when i was younger but to this day the Aliens look frigging creepy! Very well done for them to hold up this many years later. Still a pretty solid film too.

I also went ahead and watched the original "Lord of the Flies" since it was on my list from netflix(need to try and get that list down a bit so i can add more) But this wasnt as good of an experience as the movie before it was. It just doesnt live up as well as i had hoped. The Black and white doesnt bother me but the audio was horrible and the kids did what they could(considering back then they didnt even know what they had been doing) but Still it was a let down. But does make me look forward to "The Hunger Games" even more, I hope they dont screw that movie up. Loved the books.

Watched a movie called "Buying the cow" which has a younger Ryan Reynolds in it, Nice to see how far he has come but that he was still a very good actor and a movie star even earlier in his career, he just has that it factor for me to enjoy a movie even just for him.

"The Social Network" received its second viewing from me yesterday as I finally bought it and had my mom give it a view, she also enjoyed it. Doubtful she liked it as much as I did but oh well. I must say the Soundtrack on my sound system was even more awesome than when i first watched it.

Now as far as TV shows go, I started "The IT Crowd" Series 4 the other day and well I already finished it. Man I reALly enjoy that series as a whole. Such a great cast of characters that just blend so well. I just hate how short the seasons are... only six episodes.... But As far as I know all the seasons are on netflix instant so give it a try, a Geeky British comedy.


As this is typed "Repo! The Genetic Opera" is entertaining me an making it hard to focus on this. So i will now leave you alone until next time anyways.

Exit The Iron Cadie Treat

Okay so that didnt blend that well into a title for this post. but either way...The movie count is still going.

I also wanted to say I watched the Golden Globes and was very happy to see The social network win multiple awards including the best picture :D I also finally picked it up after work today so i can officially have it in my collection.

Finally watched "trick r treat" which was a nice little mix of horror and laughs with a type of story i enjoy(entangled) Better than most "horror" films you see out now, it wasnt scary but had some nice moments and well a story.

Also if you have not seen the TV show "Undercover Boss" i would say give it a shot, its not that bad for being one of them reality shows, i have no idea how fake it is but whatever its cool to see different points of different business and so on.

Best and Worst Movies of 2010

It is THAT time of the year again...well actually Im pretty late to the party but i have finally gotten around to making my top ten movies of 2010. It was harder than I thought it would be as 2010 ended up being weaker than i expected. But then again i was stuck with over 20 films to cut down to 10. So of course i also have some honorable mentions. If a movie is good i want you to see it, so why not tell ya?

Before I get into it i must say i may have missed a few films including but not limited to....
The fighter
Kings speech
Let Me In

So if you think something is missing you never know i might have missed the chance to see it.

1 The Social Network:
I had high expectations for this film for multiple reasons, From Cast to director to soundtrack.... Everything worked out perfect, for being a film about facebook that lacks any real action it is something that keeps you in the moment. I loved this movie beyond what i had expected. Justin and Jesse both surpass what i had expected from them in their careers in this one movie. Over Hyping it? Sorry Give it a chance would ya?

2. 127 Hours
A movie based on a  true story of a guy getting stuck while adventuring by himself, his life is on the line, hows the movie going to end? That doesn't matter from point a to b this movie held my attention and actually had one of the best final acts of any movie ever. That was intense. I think Danny and James should both get nominations for this film. So well done.

3. True Grit
The movie is not about action, shooting and killing, which is a pro in my book. the dialog was some of the best this year, the young actress(Hailee Steinfeld) in this film should have a bright future, The Cohens should get a Nod for it. Hell the whole cast really should. Damon even did a great job with his part. Brolin did well in his limited time and of course Bridges shined as a star that he is.

4. Black Swan
How could it feel so real? oh yeah Darren made it. Its a nice little twist of the mind, dark twist to Portman and her acting ability, It may have been a bit over hyped but so enjoyable.

5. Toy Story 3
Did you really think this would fail to make my list? One of the few movies i caught the midnight screening for. It did bring a bit of water to my face, idk what thats about but man was it funny,cute, pretty and well made.



6. Scott Pillgrim vs The world
The geek in me could never let this movie slip outta the top 10 list, Reading all the comics and seeing this, i could not believe how well it had been transitioned to film. Geeky and shinny, But truly not for everyone....


7. Winters Bone
One of the movies to make my list that i think plenty of people will never see, Im not even sure how i heard about it but im glad i did. Jennifer Lawerence is the one person that could give a solid fight for best actress. She sold her search for her father. with help from John Hawkes in a great role as well. The story that some people might miss made it better. Give it a try.

8. Inception
It has its flaws but many people will over look them and rank it far higher, But No way i could not have this on my list, it was fun and crazy, well done and well acted. I say a bit over hyped and i do have to say i hated everyone saying it blew their mind that they didnt understand and so on. But still Nolan shows that he makes Great movies for the movie goers.

9. Buried
When i walked out of this movie i thought it would be my favorite. This movie did the opposite of 127 hours, it kept Ryan in ONE spot the whole film, I never felt bored or that they should have done flashbacks or something.  I do have to say the end wasnt as good as i expected (poor acting or editing? Im not sure just that last bit...) But having such limited space(haha) and money for this movie to be as great as it is... Its a must see. If you watch 127 hours you must also give this movie a try. But keep in mind they take two different paths. Both star great actors.


10. Never Let Me Go
I was stuck on what to put at ten to finish my list and the one movie that kept kicking me was "never let me go" and i just had to put it on, Andrew Garfield is amazing and shows another side of himself in this IMO. Young group of actors(with one vet really) take a nice little sci fi flick and make it something you would never guess is Sci Fi related. I dont want to spoil anything but i noticed it was spoiled for multiple people. Its cute and cruel and just makes you think, I enjoy thinking.



Honorable Mentions

11 Easy A:
I dont think any movie stood out more to me as a "oh my god that actually was good..." Then Easy A, its just a feel good movie with a great cast, You really should see it. Plus Emma Stone=UH Mazing.

12 Catfish:
I loved the hype to this movie, the mystery of it was just incredible, Sadly i never did see it in theaters but maybe thats for the best, I enjoyed watching it and being surprised. If you have had the film ruined for you, you will not find it as enjoyable but it was cool.


13 Monsters
This movie would easily be in my top 5 best trailers of any film. Sadly the movie wasnt like that, but i still found it very good and a must see, just know its not what you expect.


14. Kickass:
Hit Girl. Need I say more? If I do... Nick Cage in his best role in ages. Fun, Gritty, Funny, Enjoyable. Geeky. Watch it.

15. Karate Kid:
Yeah. I did just list the remake to one of the coolest movies of my childhood. But i think about it in a whole nother light. If this movie wasnt called "Karate Kid" Or it would be far better and i think more people would have given it a chance. Jade and Jackie both deliver great performances. It was cool to see Jackie in this type of role and Jade just shows that he can fill his dad's shoes if not out grow them even.


Horrible Mentions:
The Last Airbender:
I wont even say anything.

Skyline:
Okay so this could have been on the other list but... they ruined it with the previews and the last ten minutes or so. its nowhere near as bad as TLA but the end was horrible.

Clash of the titans:
Ive heard its better after more viewings but i dont want to view it again, i didnt even see it in crappy 3d and i still disliked it.

Or any other movie i couldnt even think of....

So what made now its your turn. top 10?

Oh yeah updates?

So i have not fallen behind, I have kept up with watching a movie a day but i have lost some time that could go into actually updating my list. Oh well.

On monday i watched the BCS Natinal Championship game and watched the Ducks lose 22-19 But local boy Jeff Maehl did very good, i hope he makes it in the NFL.

As for the movie of monday i watched Dawn of the Dead 2004 version from Zack Snyder. I have seen it multiple times so sadly it was nothing new to me but hey its all good.

On tuesday i watched the classic "Little Shop of Horrors" for the first full time, enjoyed the cheese fact for sure.

and then i had an adventure the next day when i drove a few hours to visit my dad in the hospital, we had a rental car so i drove a new Nissan Versa, tiny little car but it was fun. I came home and watched the awesome "Starman" movie staring Jeff Brides from back in the day. Is he a great actor or what?

Anyways now i have just a little time left to figure out what im watching for today so off I go.

127 Updates

Okay so I lied about the 127 updates, I didnt accomplished that much stuff in the past few days. But i did manage to watch one of the best films of 2010. But I do have some updates and also news for this blog.

I didnt really think "2011 By Scoobydiesel" was the greatest name ever but I did think up the name "The Geek Reel" as It is a nice little nod to my other site "The B Reel" So we now have a new domain name www.thegeekreel.com :D Logo may come soon haha.

I didnt manage to do much on the 8th but I did go to the movies after work with a friend, We almost watched "The Fighter" but Im not a big fan of Mark nor did my friend really want to catch this flick so instead we found our way to "Gullivers Travels", Its not a bad comedy but its nothing to really tell people about either. I do enjoy the original story and this Jack Black take on it is crude and dumb just like you would expect, that doesnt mean its bad but it isnt for everyone.

But the 9th has been a very worth while day off  thanks to the NFL Wild Card weekend, The Ravens did just as i expected and put the Chiefs to sleep. They will head on in my Bracket to face their rival the Pittsburgh Steelers. However once again the NFC changes things up for me as the Packers went on to beat Vick and his Eagles in philly. I wasnt surprised by this either and I honestly wanted the Packers to win but my pick to win this game was the Eagles. So I'm 2-2 this weekend(Jets and Seahawks won yesterday) I seem to know the AFC but i take my heart and not gut in the NFC and have yet to get a pick right.

I stumbled upon a new show from revision3 called "A.V. Talk" I had not seen or heard anything about it, not even promos on the other shows i watch on Revision3. But i found myself watching both of the first two episodes talking about their top 10 movies of 2010, it was nice to see some of mine make their list but they definitely had plenty of movies i have not seen on their list as well. Looking forward to what this show will bring in the future episodes, if its worth it or not.

Then came the best of the weekend... "127 Hours". I finally got around to seeing one of the most talked about movies of the year and it was well worth it. I already did a write up on it over on www.thebreel.com so check it out.

Now it is time to finish today off with "Never Let Me Go" so i guess i should add that to the watched list.

January 6th & 7th

So I started a new book on January 6th, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" I really hope to get into and enjoy this series as a whole, I know plenty of people have said great things about it, but Im hardly into the first chapter(and the prologue deal) and must say its not grabbing me yet, Its differently a different type of book and style than "The Hunger Games" harder to read with the foreign places and names haha.

I also watched the classic Clint Eastwood movie "A Fistful of Dollars" which was fun since i had watched True Grit not long ago and I loved Red Dead Redemption last year. I really wish that we could have a new audio track to the movie but thats fine it makes it more classic. Everyones audio is all off sync and just horrible other than Clints, but then again hes all that matters right? Wonder If i will watch the other films in the "Man with no name" trilogy this year.

Then came the crap.... Saw that netflix had some dumb college humor movies so i picked one and watched it, that one movie was "Foreign Exchange" Not a good film, Hardly funny or enjoyable but it had some decent moments every once in awhile. But I do not recommend watching it.

And then came January 7th. Not much happen besides "The Shawshank Redemption" thanks to netflix.

January 5th update

Well yeah today isnt really the 5th but hey who's looking at the calender?

So i have a few things to update on...

I noticed Netflix had added the third season of "Man vs Food" to their watch instantly section, So of course i had to start watching that. I only watched two episodes but Hey for the first time in the series I have actually been to one of the main battle places he has attended. The Broken Yoke in San Diego.

I watched both "Dinner for Schmucks" and "The Town" yesterday, Way different films of course but hey i found enjoyment in both places. The Town was actually alot better than i had expected and I do understand the name of the movie but from the outside looking in man its a horrible name for such a solid movie. But I do hope people give it a shot.
As for Dinner for Schmucks, it was decent it made me laugh out loud on several occasions and i have to say Paul Rudd is becoming more and more likeable as his career goes on. Steve is still a creepy funny guy as well.

I finished reading "Mockingjay" as well. You can check out my over all thoughts on that here: http://www.goodreads.com/scoobydiesel

So that is a pretty solid update. I think I might have to start an actual list on the site as well, ya know minus my rambling.

Frozen Kids

Well I seem to be on track with movies but maybe not posting but no real shock in that fact.


I watched Frozen on 1-3-11

I watched The kids are all right on 1-4-11

I have also reached the 85% mark in "Mockingjay" so nearly done with my first book of 2011

NFL Post Season Picks.

I was just talking with a friend on facebook about picks for this coming super bowl and i went a little into it and figured i would toss my prediction out on my 2011 blog. So why not?

Wild Card:
Jets over Colts(shocking upset)
Ravens over Chiefs(honestly these are the two id cheer for but they already play each other, Ravens ave been my pick for so long but i just dont see both wild cards winning but...i guess so)
...
Divisional:
Pats over Jets
Ravens over Steelers

Championship:
Ravens upset Pats

NFC

Wild Card:
Eagles over packers(sadly the pack is hurting, but i do think that philly has a huge weak spot)
Saints over Seahawks(now could we see basically the biggest upset in the world? na saints roll on)

Divisional:
Falcons over Saints(matty ice gets revenge at home)
Bears over eagles(that weakness is spotted and the bears break vick barley in a very sloppy game)

Championship:
Falcons over Bears(Hot Lanta runs wild on Da bears D an eat cutler alive)

Superbowl picks

Falcons over Ravens.

my Sb pick since preseason looks to become a reality.

Movies and the Past

Well since I didnt start this blog until a day had already past by from the new year i guess I should list what i have already started to do.

Movies:
1-1-11
Urban Explorers: Into the Darkness
1-2-11
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Black Swan

Games:
Hour of Kinect, Your Shape Fitness Evolved

Books:
I had started reading it on Dec 29th but I continue to read "Mockingjay" which is the last book in the "Hunger Games" trilogy.

Television:
I have yet to start a new show this year or even continue one. I might start seaosn 2 of Dr Who tho.

Why?

Why am I creating another blog or site? Well because I want to and thats what matters.

This blog will hopefully see an update every day, That does not mean it will be a full indepth post like a review or a long winded rant about this or that(kinda like how this may end up to be) but more so just a place for me to put down the things I may have done in that day in the year 2011.

1. I want to watch a movie a day. (end the year with 365 movies watched)
2. I want to read several books this year. (I now own a Kindle)
3. I want to play the Kinect multiple times a week. (I own Your Shape Fitness Evolved)
4. I want to play Video Games more often than I did in 2010. (My top of 2010 was too short)
5. I want to catch up on some Television shows. (I started to watch more thanks to Netflix)
6. I want to write down things just because I can. (That is what Im doing)

And that is hopefully what I will do this year in this little blog. That doesn't mean I wont just repost something i wrote up for www.thebreel.com but it could be.