On The Precipice of Mediocrity, Teetering
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| I Am John's Stomach Pains. On The Precipice of Mediocrity, Teetering |
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Friday, July 06, 2007 Yippie Ki Yay, Mother Trucker. I'm once again on a bit of business travel this week, driving every morning to one of our field offices about an hour and a half away. For those who don't know, the idea of me being a "morning person" is just false. Fingers crossed that this is the last training support I'll need to provide for a long time. It's not that I don't like it, it's just... man, it can be boring, and it's not really the job I envisioned for myself. Anyway, onto two movie reviews. First, Live Freed or Die Hard. Honestly, I didn't go into this expecting much, mainly because of how it filmed an R-rated flick, and then got edited down to a PG-13, I imagine mainly so it could compete with the other big action movie that came out a few days later. Amazingly, it was all for naught, because the flick lives up to the previous three flicks, I absolutely loved it. Sure, the fact that the only blood you really see is on John McClane, and the re-dubbing of dialogue in some scenes is incredibly noticeable, but really, the action scenes are super-crisp, the storyline is actually pretty cool, the humor and one-liners from Bruce are great, and did I mention the final "kill" is pure Bad-Ass? It wasn't better than the latest Bond flick, but it certainly got close in the action sequences. Truly excellent summer action movie, and I can only imagine that the unrated DVD will be even better. 4 Out of 5 Stars. Then, Monday at 8pm, Night Nurse and I filed into theatre 1 to catch the first showing of Transformers? You know how last week I said the previews were just making me more and more excited? Well it positively lived up to every single one of my expectations! CGI? Flawless. Voice acting? Peter Cullen is a God. Live action acting? I trust in Spielberg that Shia is The Shia-t. Eye Candy? Don't think I've seen better anyone better than Megan Fox in that department lately. Story? Honestly, who fucking cares when you have 100ft robots duking it out?!? One of the complaints I've been hearing is regarding the humor throughout, but both Kris and I laughed out loud throughout the flick at all the right parts. That hiding-outside-the-house scene was slapsticky gold. Might go further into it in the comments, but really the only drawback I had with the flick is the part of the storyline they rip directly from Independence Day. If it was an homage/reference to one of Bay's own flicks (like the Bad Boys II 360 gunfight or the Armageddon line) I suppose I woulda been fine with it, but really it just irked me (in the same way the villain story in Fantastic Four was a carbon copy of Spiderman). Just for that, I feel like I need to knock it half a star grade, so I'm giving it a strong 4.5 outta 5 Stars, gonna be hard to top this one for sheer enjoyment this year. Finally, the other great thing about the flick was the teaser trailer for the new movie "Cloverfield". For those who don't know, that was the trailer that was shot with handheld camcorders at a party, that didn't have a title. Even "Cloverfield" isn't the real title, hence the quotes. Why am I excited? Three reasons. First, it sure looks like it's gonna be a humongous monster movie, and honestly, I don't think we've really had a good one in the past decade outside of the Jurassic Park flicks. Second, it's from JJ Abrams and Bad Robot, who honestly has done no wrong in my mind yet. Starting from Felicity, to the ass-kicking Alias, then add in Armageddon and MI:3, with a sprinkle of Lost, this could be gold. And finally, the flick is written by a little guy called Drew Goddard. For non-Buffy fans, lemme just say Drew is a bit of a wunderkind, penning some of the best episodes of the waning season, including the amazing Anya-centric Selfless, as well as two of my favorite Angel episodes, Origin and Why We Fight. Again, add in his episodes of Lost this season... there is nothing I'm more excited for in the coming months (it comes out 01/18/08) than "Cloverfield"... and I don't even know what it's about! ...ETA: AICN links to a site they says is related to the flick, www.ethanhaaswasright.com. It starts with a little memory game to unlock a video, in case you're interested Finally, some more news on the iPhone front. I've had it for a week now, and I must say it was worth the hefty investment. I've never owned an iPod, and almost caved when the Video iPod came out, but really, this is the gold star I've been waiting for. The interface is incredibly easy to use, and the internet is just as good as a computer... for a politico-blog junkie like me, it's nice to have it at the tips of my fingers whenever I want. I'm getting used the the earbuds and the iPod, but after relying on my Oakley Thump for the past two years it's a comfort improvement. The weather function is a hit with the outlaws and Kris, and it's great to have maps available when the need arises. So far, there's only been two drawbacks. One, the internet over the Edge network is pretty slow at times, but honestly, it's fine, as really all I'm doing is reading, so I don't need to load complex pages. The second problem is one I faced with my Razor, in that the volume for the phone calls (when not using a headset) is sadly low, and it makes it hard to hear at times. Looking into other people's experiences, it's pretty clear I'm not the only one facing the issue, so I'm hoping Apple will be able to fix the volume issue (even it it cuts into the battery life). Of course, I could just be going deaf. Labels: Cloverfield, iPhone, movies, review posted by Holz | 8:51 AM | Rant & Rave, Bitches! (6)6 Comments:
Our illustrious mayor, John Street, watied in line for about 12 hours for an Iphone, then got bored, and I believe had a city worker/and or a police office wait for him. At least he is his way out as mayor.
By Chris, that's Dave's fault. He's the one who voted for his. *ducks*
By his=him...god I wish I could frickin type without a typo for once. Maybe proof read? man, I suck.
By I DID NOT VOTE FOR SKUNKBOY EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Me thinketh thou dosteth protesteth too mucheth. eth.
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And here I thought our big mayor out here on the left coast had it rough, with gay marriage and extra-marital affairs with his best friend's wife.
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"Let a man get away with fuckin' you once, you stay bent over so's he can fuck you again whenever he damn well pleases. An' if one man can do it? Another will too. An' another, an' another still. So's being fucked, that's yer life. 'Til who you were, you ain't. 'Cause all you are is an asshole." 100 Bullets #42 | |||||
