Wednesday, May 31, 2006
And Another Thing
The whole Golden Gate Bridge set piece in "X-Men 3" is ridiculous. There is no reason for it. In fact, a lot of the action set pieces have no place. They just wrote action scenes and loosley strung them together.
OK, now the movie is starting to piss me off.
OK, now the movie is starting to piss me off.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
In The Funny Catagory
Related to the topic below, the IMDB has been listing X-Men 3 as having no writers for the last day or two.
Tell me about it.
Tell me about it.
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X-Men 3
So I saw it last night.
I will say before the spoilers, stay through the credits if/when you see it.
SPOILERS
It didn't piss me off as much as I thought it would. Mostly it was just entertaining crap. Not like goofy entertaining crap like "Con-Air," but just crap that happens to be entertaining.
The problem with this movie is that no one really cared about it. Fox rushed through its production to try and beat "Superman" and show up Bryan Singer. Half the cast was clearly not that interested in coming back, and just got paid off to do a few scenes. The new x-men they introduced were given almost nothing to do because they were just plowing through the story and gave no time for character development (more on that later). Finally, Brett Ratner doesn't care about trying to make a good movie he just cares about making a movie that is done on time and makes money, assuming those qualities make a good movie.
Now the finer points of what's wrong with it. NO CHARACTERS!!! The Phoenix is one of the more interesting characters in comic book land and they do nothing with her. The few moments they deal with her character are the only real interesting moments in the movie. They still aren't handled that well, but one could see where there was strong potential for a great movie (before Ratner of course). I mean, THREE major characters die and at no point do we really give a shit. The first, of course, is Cyclops. He has like four lines. His death is so pointless. The second, which is the funeral in the movie (you were wrong Jeff) is Xavier. This death is stupid. And totally telegraphed. There is even an exchange in the beginning of the movie where Xavier tells Storm she should take over for him when he goes, and she gives him a look that says, "Oh Xavier, you'll never die!" BOOOOOOO!!
Jean Grey is the last death. And oh how we didn't care. Sure, they try to do some interesting things with Jean Grey and Wolverine, but it doesn't really work.
As far as the new characters go, Beast is the only one that gets to do anything. And by anything I mean, have a few lines. They don't do a whole lot with his "character." And why the fuck is Angel even in it. I mean, his dad created the cure, but they don't really even do anything with that.
Basically, if either the writer and/or even more so the director actually cared about this movie it could have been good. The could have buffered against the studio. Instead we got Ratner, the studio bitch, and this worthless sequel to a movie that is arguably the best movie of the third millenium.
Until next time.
I will say before the spoilers, stay through the credits if/when you see it.
SPOILERS
It didn't piss me off as much as I thought it would. Mostly it was just entertaining crap. Not like goofy entertaining crap like "Con-Air," but just crap that happens to be entertaining.
The problem with this movie is that no one really cared about it. Fox rushed through its production to try and beat "Superman" and show up Bryan Singer. Half the cast was clearly not that interested in coming back, and just got paid off to do a few scenes. The new x-men they introduced were given almost nothing to do because they were just plowing through the story and gave no time for character development (more on that later). Finally, Brett Ratner doesn't care about trying to make a good movie he just cares about making a movie that is done on time and makes money, assuming those qualities make a good movie.
Now the finer points of what's wrong with it. NO CHARACTERS!!! The Phoenix is one of the more interesting characters in comic book land and they do nothing with her. The few moments they deal with her character are the only real interesting moments in the movie. They still aren't handled that well, but one could see where there was strong potential for a great movie (before Ratner of course). I mean, THREE major characters die and at no point do we really give a shit. The first, of course, is Cyclops. He has like four lines. His death is so pointless. The second, which is the funeral in the movie (you were wrong Jeff) is Xavier. This death is stupid. And totally telegraphed. There is even an exchange in the beginning of the movie where Xavier tells Storm she should take over for him when he goes, and she gives him a look that says, "Oh Xavier, you'll never die!" BOOOOOOO!!
Jean Grey is the last death. And oh how we didn't care. Sure, they try to do some interesting things with Jean Grey and Wolverine, but it doesn't really work.
As far as the new characters go, Beast is the only one that gets to do anything. And by anything I mean, have a few lines. They don't do a whole lot with his "character." And why the fuck is Angel even in it. I mean, his dad created the cure, but they don't really even do anything with that.
Basically, if either the writer and/or even more so the director actually cared about this movie it could have been good. The could have buffered against the studio. Instead we got Ratner, the studio bitch, and this worthless sequel to a movie that is arguably the best movie of the third millenium.
Until next time.
Monday, May 29, 2006
In Case You Were Wondering
"Date Rape" (or whatever that song is actually called if it isn't called that) by Sublime is the most requested song of all time on KROQ.
I'm sure my mom (and pretty much all women) would be REAL happy to hear that.
Although it should be pointed out that that song is not pro date rape.
Just pro prison rape.
I'm sure my mom (and pretty much all women) would be REAL happy to hear that.
Although it should be pointed out that that song is not pro date rape.
Just pro prison rape.
The Best Feeling In The World?
A warm toilet seat.
Well...maybe not THE best, but still pretty good.
Well...maybe not THE best, but still pretty good.
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Good Work Team
You know why I love the news...specifically Yahoo news?
Last night I went to bed and they were saying 50 people had died in that earthquake in Indonesia, and this morning the number is 2,900.
Seriously?
Last night I went to bed and they were saying 50 people had died in that earthquake in Indonesia, and this morning the number is 2,900.
Seriously?
Friday, May 26, 2006
Mmmmm...Appley!
So I got the iMac today. It...is...so...awesome! I'll post as I discover more specific awesomeness. I had to go to work, so I haven't played with it yet.
Bill Gates can get F'd in the A.
Bill Gates can get F'd in the A.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Whatever Brain
So I already told you about my computer. On top of that they are remodeling my store (Sprint), so there's shit EVERYWHERE. All of this has led me to be kinda stressed out. Those who don't know me that well, should know I'm a control freak. Borderline OCD. Which of course means, I'm not liking my space to be as messed up as it is at work, and I'm REALLY not liking not being able to do internet/computer stuff at home (thank God I can get internet at work most of the time).
Like a lot of people, being stressed has caused me to have weird dreams. But not weird awesome dreams. Weird lame dreams. Like being late for work. Or being late for catching a plane. Could the symbolism of my unconscious be any more labored? I swear to God brain, if I have a dream tonight about being naked at school, I'm coming in there!
Like a lot of people, being stressed has caused me to have weird dreams. But not weird awesome dreams. Weird lame dreams. Like being late for work. Or being late for catching a plane. Could the symbolism of my unconscious be any more labored? I swear to God brain, if I have a dream tonight about being naked at school, I'm coming in there!
Welcome Friend
So my friend Lindsay just started a blog. You should check it out. Click here to see what she's all about.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Computer Go Boom!
So my computer died. From a virus. From my conversations with various computer people, it sounds like the virus had been in there a while, and slowly ate its way through the various systems.
Probably got downloaded in all that porn Andrea watches.
She's a filthy, filthy girl.
The only good thing is this finally forces my hand to get a Mac. Week old Snack Wells and Yoohoo for everyone!
Anyway, Team Atrox represented in this year's Mayday! Our film was on time, and is a pretty good piece of art considering it was made in 23 hours. That's right, not only was it on time, but we were early. It has one of the greatest line deliveries of all time by Kim Powell. Seriously, by the end of the night I had watched the whole thing like 25 times, and that was the one thing that still had me cracking up every time. Special thanks to Lindsay Hollinger and Nell Rutledge, along with the aforementioned Kim Powell for their excellent help. Couldn't have done it without them.
Probably got downloaded in all that porn Andrea watches.
She's a filthy, filthy girl.
The only good thing is this finally forces my hand to get a Mac. Week old Snack Wells and Yoohoo for everyone!
Anyway, Team Atrox represented in this year's Mayday! Our film was on time, and is a pretty good piece of art considering it was made in 23 hours. That's right, not only was it on time, but we were early. It has one of the greatest line deliveries of all time by Kim Powell. Seriously, by the end of the night I had watched the whole thing like 25 times, and that was the one thing that still had me cracking up every time. Special thanks to Lindsay Hollinger and Nell Rutledge, along with the aforementioned Kim Powell for their excellent help. Couldn't have done it without them.
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Eww
Is anyone else creeped out by the fact the Tom Cruie's love interest in MI:III looks a lot like Katie Holmes?
