Thursday, May 29

INDY....protect yo fans.

I should have done this almost 2 weeks ago. But better late than never right? Indiana Jones, and the Kingdom of the Crystal skull was a huge let down. By no means was it awful, it was just flawed. This wasn't the Indy I remembered from my childhood. I know they wanted to bring him into the new century for newer fans. But somethings just don't work out as well as they did for others. Of course I'm talking about Live Free or Die Hard.

Just like Die Hard, the main character is older and wiser, but still somehow getting involved in the same adventures that they use to get into when they were younger. Both movies added a younger main character to further the plot, and to add some comedic value to the movies. And for the Record Mudd Williams (Shia Leobuff) did not do a bad job. he was good and he played his part well, even if he did steal the spot light from Indy for most of the movie. But back on topic here. Both movies had their jokes, and action scenes. The biggest difference is Die Hard knew when to be serious, and when to be funny. An action scene isn't that cool when it has jokes and slap stick sprinkled through it.

Indy 4 to me was like going to an amusement park and getting on that one wooden roller coaster. You have high hopes for it, so you get on with your friends. it starts out fine with a few bumps, and as it picks up speed you begin to have fun, but not as much as you thought you were. Then it gets really bumpy and you are thinking to yourself WTF is this? As it moves along you see loops, twists, and turns, and you raise you hopes again. Then your hopes are crushed when you realize all of that stuff was not connected to the actual track, it was just there. When you get off you are upset mainly because you wish all that cool stuff you saw could have actually been apart of the ride. Then you think, if they would have at least fixed some of those minor problems you might have enjoyed the ride more.

Indy 4 has potential but it's wasted. The movie throws in aliens, and psychic KGB doctors. Too bad the psychic element was there for a second or two, then discarded all together, and the aliens were pointless. Instead of a real explanation we are treated to a 7 minute escape scene from a flying saucer. The movie wasn't short on action, and at least the parts between the action scenes were interesting and not boring. But there is a fine line between over the top, and just stupid. Taking out a helicopter with a a rap and a police car is badass. Hiding in a fridge to escape an atomic bomb, and getting launched over 100 feet and come out of it fine is just dumb.

Well that's it for me. If you need to watch something but don't want to watch Kung-fu Panda, but can't wait for the Hulk, go watch Ironman again, and see if you can spot Captain America's shield. If you have to go watch Indy, at least sneak into another movie afterwards, or pay for one movie and when it's over go sneak into Indy 4. Who knows you might enjoy it, obviously I didn't.

Wednesday, May 21

Mr. Bale a.k.a The Goddamn BATMAN

Batman vs. The Machines

As you all might have heard by now Christian Bale, a.k.a Batman, has signed on to play John Connor in the new Terminator film. The new film takes place in the future and has John leading the rebels in their war against the machines. Well it has just come out that Mr. Bale has signed on to do a total of 3 movies in the Terminator series with the first set to release May 22, 2009. No word on what the hell could be going on in the sixth and seventh film, and still no word yet on whether or not if the Governator himself Arnold Schwarzenegger will reprise his role as a Terminator or make a cameo. Personally i would like to see Robert Patrick running around in the background stabbing people, but that's just me.

Sunday, May 11

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA~


Oh yes!!! I called it Speed Racer wasn't going to topple Iron Man or even any other movie!!!

Take that Wachoskwi whatever fags!

Thursday, May 8

Indy 4 Spoilers

"Older and Wiser. Indy doesn't mellow with age. Twenty-one years after embarking on the search for the Ark of the Covenant, he is drawn into a quest that proves equally challenging and ultimately just as profound. Beginning at a government hangar in Nevada [Area 51 ???], the adventure takes Indy and a young companion to the coastal desert of Peru, and finally into the geart of the Amazon jungle---where some lives will be lost and others will be transformed"

Regarding John Hurt's character (Ox):
"Born in Leeds in 1887, 'freelance' archeologist Harold Oxley studied with Indy at Oxford under Professor Abner Ravenwood, and later became a close friend of Marion. But Oxley didn't share Ravenwood's fascination for finding Tanis and the Ark of the Covenant. Obsessed with unearthing a crystal skull, Oxley focused his efforts on Central and South Americas, and for many years sought fearlessly to prove that legends regarding El Dorado were based on fact. A close friend of Indy's for many years, Oxley, without explanation, broke off all communication with him in 1937."

Regarding the "Mayans" in the movie (I was right all along - they aren't Mayans!):
"The Amazon rainforest conceals many secrets. Since Pizarro's conquest of Peru, rumors have persisted of the existance of a city of gold, known by the early conquistadors as El Dorado, and by the Inca as Akator. Built by the Ugha people with the help of their gods [ETs ?????], Akator was said to have been millennia ahead of its time. The search for the city claimed the lives of many explorers and comes close to claiming Indy."

"Akator bequeathed monolithic architecture to the Tihuanacans; precision stonework to the Inca; corbel arch construction to the Maya; and ghoulish sculpture to the Aztec. An American Atlantis, it may be the source from which all other cities sprang."

Regarding Spalko:
"Raised in a superstitious Ukranian village, where her psychic abilities led her being branded a 'witch', Irina Spalko was handpicked by Stalin to oversee research into psychic warfare. A former member of the KGB's Science and Technology Directorate, Spalko has been decorated with the Order of Lenin, Her powers of intuition have taken her a long way from the experiments she performed on animals as a teenager. As voracious a seeker of truth as any Indy has ever met, Spalko shows there is no limit to how far she is prepared to go to achieve her goals. Her expertise with the saber, rapier, and foil drives the point home."

Wednesday, May 7