March 20, 2007

  • It's been a while since my last post. 

    Although things in general are boring, I have been watching a lot of movies lately.  I guess an entry with movie reviews is better than nothing.  I've got some new videos of tigger for a future post, including where I brush his teeth.

    The Prestige
    I've become more and more of a fan of Christian Bale movies, ever since Equilibrium.  The guy plays really levelheaded character in his films.  The basic plot of The Prestige is that two competing magicians are basically working on one-uping each other.  This rivalry works its way into the idea of stealing each other's tricks, but goes as far as a couple of people dying, and a bunch of injuries.  This movie will have you guessing until the end.  You won't see the ending coming, and there are enough plot twists to keep you making new guesses all the way through the movie.

    300
    I saw this one in theaters.  This is THE MANLIEST MOVIE EVER!!!  It makes gladiator look like a movie about women playing with kittens.  There was a body count so high, in order to beat it you would have to make a movie where people just fell on knives for 2 hours.  Seeing the movie made me want to just walk out and either go to the gym or kill something.  I had read Gates of Fire, so I was familiar with the story, and neither will ruin the experience of the other.

    The Departed
    Leonardo DiCaprio hasn't been my favorite actor in the past.  Things like Titanic and Romeo and Juliet kind of killed that for me.  However, lately, he's been doing some good work, and I've been willing to give him a chance since Catch Me If You Can.  The Departed is one of those movies where you are in on a lot of stuff from the beginning.  You know that Leo's character is an undercover cop who is infiltrating the Mafia.  You know that character is Mafia connected and acts as their leak within the state police.  It's everything after that which blows you away.  Including the ending.  I won't ruin it for you, but all I could say in the final 5-10 minutes was "Oh shit!...  Oh shit!...  Oh shit!...  Wow, that was really messed up.

    The Grudge
    Originally, I wanted to watch this on a Sunday morning, but for some reason decided to watch it late last night after 2 glasses of wine.  If you are not a veteran of horror films, then this will be pretty scary for you.  It does the typical things, so if you are tuned in to changes in the music, you can predict when something is about to happen.  That being said, they are pretty creative in how that little girl kills people.  You are also let in on the how she became the way she is, and how things are different in this movie.  However, I was slightly disappointed in the ending, and I sleep well afterward, so I guess that's a negative.

    Black 6, out.

Comments (6)

  • Hi, It is good "hearing" from you. I have not seen The Departed yet plan to rent it. I have movies that I will go see at regular price, at the bargain theaters, and to rent. Of course, POTC is regular price, matter of fact hope to go to the midnight showing . I will look forward to video of Pooh--brushing teeth??? By the way, my daughter Mary plans to attend college and hopes to do some studying overseas. Right now she is trying to get Spain, England and/or Italy. Your views? The college is also a military college and this is were the Rangers train for rappelling. I try to convince her to join the ROTC at the college, but she decline this. Many Smiles, Sharon

  • THE DEPARTED ROCKS DUDE! lol, but seriously I was watching that movie and I kept saying WTF, how in the, wait a minute did he just... F***! LOL, One of the best mafia type movies in a long time. Ok I lie, I think its one of THE BEST! AND ITS BASED ON A TRUE STORY!! It was on Americas Most Wanted last week. Needless to say I only watched enough to know it was based on the true story. HAHA.. And Prestige, Oh that movie pissed me off so bad. I hated the ending, i wanted it to be the other way around. But it rocked too, and like you said it kept you guess over and over. You really have to watch to catch the clues and if you dont, well your just screwed.

    If you havent seen the Illusionist, its pretty good, worth the rent even the buy. Flyboys is alright, not what I thought it would be but good for what it is I believed. Miami Vice, it reminds me SWAT a little bit but more fun!! (I've been on a movie kick as of recent as well, boredum consumes me, that and SPRING BREAK WAS LAST WEEK!!) Have you made it back home or are you still playing TDY away from the base. I dont know that you ever said or if I just didnt catch up on a post or something?

  • My Irish side is weak with the force. I don't like dark beers. I'll have to consult the beer oracle as to whether the Irish have a good lager out there. If I can find some Croatian lager, then damnit, there's gotta be something.

  • Movies... Haven't seen once since mid-Feb. Arrggh to living in the middle of corn-fields.

    Yeah so thanx for that tidbit of 411 ....actually women have a higher threshold of pain then men..it's been studied. You guys can barely stand BPH let alone, heavy painful mensturals for 25 years, throw in a couple 8 lbs babies ripping you WIDE OPEN WIDE....then the pain from lactation and breast-feeding....not to mention menopause.... what is Ranger School...like 1-3 months of some pain out of a man's life (voluntarily too!!) versus a lifetime of pain from the beginning of Eve's sin.... whoa!

  • LOL True about pregnancy...how did I know that you'd find "evidence" to back urself up? hahhahahaha....no but you're probably right...men are soo much tougher than us women. YAY GO MEN!!

  • 300 was awesome, i saw it twice during my break.  The first time i saw it all the shows were sold out until like 4 or 5 times later that day and then the second time i went to see it in IMAX. 

    "we will fight in the shade"... good thing i didn't see taht move the week i was picking branches, would have made me go infantry 

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