Batman the Animated Series Season 3

May 24, 2006 at 8:46 pm | In Netflix DVD | Leave a Comment

So I've been watching Batman for a while now.  Season Two introduced Batgirl (who we really didn't see again), Robin, and Catwoman.  Season 3 is where it started to fall apart.  I say that because the opening credits (or whatever) get changed.  Now when Robin is in the episode the music is different and it says, "the adventures of batman and robin."

 Don't get me wrong I love Robin, but don't fuck with my Batman introduction.  Seriously don't.  Season 4 everything got revamped and I stopped watching.  I liked the fact that it had Nightwing and Tim Drake as Robin, but it got too cheery for me.  I loved the dark deco, black, and brooding Batman. I did.  In fact I didn't watch Batman again till Batman Beyond.  Anyway, Batman is coming to an end at my house and regular Netflix movies will return shortly.

Art School Confidentail

May 22, 2006 at 8:09 pm | In In Theaters | Leave a Comment

I went to see Art School Confidential. I surveyed this film and found it wanting. More specifically Todd Kasow and Robin Lee, the music editors together with Robert Hoffman, the film editor well you guys get bitch-slapped. I clearly felt a montage, but arg no montage music and nothing to really carrying the different scenes together. I liked the film, but certain editing/music choices were difficult to stomach. I suppose it was to be expected, but damn…since when does a montage not have montage music?

Land of the Dead

May 15, 2006 at 8:50 pm | In Uncategorized | 3 Comments

The final Blockbuster movie was Land of the Dead. You know how I love zombies and John Leguizamo. Well this has both. And true to zombie films there was lots of unnecessary violence. It was great.

This time I was rooting for the zombies instead of the people. The film did lend itself to that. I mean, zombies want respect too!

Oh yes John Leguizamo looked great.

M:I-III

May 14, 2006 at 1:41 pm | In In Theaters | 1 Comment

Mission Impossible III was bad.  And not just because Tom Cruise is crazy.  Shaun of the Dead couldn't save this film.  It was like watching Lord of War again, but from Ethan Hawke's POV and with more explosives.

There was way too much love story here.  I don't give a rats ass about Ethan Hunt's love life.  In fact I really just want to see cool breaking and entering.  I want M:I orignal style.  Oh well.

My recommendation: wait till you are very sick and rent the thing a la Fantastic Four and it's soon to be sequel.

Fantastic Four

May 14, 2006 at 1:29 pm | In Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Fantastic Four was not as bad as I thought it'd be.  This was one of the films I got from Blockbuster on my sick day.  Based on the preview from last summer I had decided not to see it in the theaters.  It just didn't look good enough.  It was no Batman Begins.

However after actually seeing it–not that bad.  Of course I think Doom was better.   This could just be because I'm not a big fan of the Fantastic Four in general.  At heart I'm a DC girl.  The plot was incredibly formulaic.  The one-liners weren't that great. And well, besides Julian McMahon there weren't any really attractive men.  Jessica Alba was okay, I still believe this is her finest work though.

Perhaps the sequel will be more entertaining or have better lines or something.  Overall it was a good sick day film where you just don't need to think….at all. 

Dia del Cinema

May 10, 2006 at 10:44 pm | In Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Doom–surprising good. Not just because it featured the totally hot Karl Urban, but because it had a plot. Seriously it did. Plus it had the first person shooter bit, which was very cool. This was way better than Ultraviolet…because seriously Karl Urban and The Rock. Good.

Domino–Annoying. I did not dig the filmmakers editing. The guy that played Choco is HOT. Almost hotter than Karl, but not quite. I'm tempted to queue the rest of his films. You know how I love the latinos. Plus the 90210 guys were really the best part of it. Maybe I just don't like Keira Knightley…maybe–no I know I don't like her. She should be like Vin Diesel no talky talky just sshhh and pose.

Lord of War–Oooo Jared Leto. Every time I see one of his films I think of this story. Nicholas Cage, well now I think of how freaking crazy he is, whatever happened to the Nicholas Cage that did Raising Arizona? The film itself was okay. Just reaffirmed why I don't want to go to Africa without some sort of guide or you know…the white parts. I really don't want to see someone shot or be shot myself (I have the same feelings about Detroit by the way).

Elizabethtown–Time of something a little lighter. Time for something trivial. Time for something Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. Time for this movie to get better. That's better. I like that Drew's revelation comes in Kansas. I find most revelations do. When you drive through Kansas one day for a week revelations are bound to occur.

Speaking of Kansas: Ice Harvest–great film. Great film. Okay, maybe I say that because I've been in Kansas (Wichita) in the winter. It is like that. Strip clubs, mobsters, and crazy drunks with police officers that do their job sort of. The biggest issue I have with this film is the license plates (tags). In Kansas front plates are not required and no one has them unless they are of the decorative nature. That's it. I mean, John Cusack in a Harold Ramis flick–how could you go wrong?

Cowboy Bebop

May 7, 2006 at 10:41 pm | In MF Chris's Collection | 2 Comments

From the collection of MF Chris Cowboy BeBop the Movie.  Now my first impression of Cowboy Bebop came from Japan.  I had seen bits and pieces of it on television and thought WTF!  What the hell is that spaghetti kid and noodles?  Seriously noodles all the freaking time.

However with the influence of beer and the promise of cartoon! Chris talked me into watching it.  So, on the Sunday of sleep I tuned it.  I have to say this is the most Americanized Japanese cartoon I've ever seen.  I seriously thought it was written by Americans up until there was an air fight for no freaking reason.  No seriously Spike goes flying around in the big conclusion, but for what purpose?  It doesn't make sense…like the big freezing air draft in Day After Tomorrow.  Sorry but do not pass go, do not collect $200…it's bullshit.

On the flip-side it was a pretty freaking cool feature film.  However dated it is…nano-technology though very in (at least back in 2002) will be silly in 15 to 20 years.

Serenity

May 7, 2006 at 10:38 pm | In MF Chris's Collection | 1 Comment

I know that there are a ton of Joss Whedon fans out there and they have raised this film to no ends.  Now I don't have anything fantastic to say about this film, nor do I have anything horrible to say about this film.  I think it was fun.  It had its good parts and its bad parts. 

I do think all the best lines where in the previews.  Drugging people to change behavior is always a bad idea.  It was a bad idea in Equilibrium, it was a bad idea A Brave New World, it is definitely a bad idea for today's population.  Do I think that most of the population will give up and die while some go all soylent green?  No, but still bad idea.

I suppose the film would have made a bit more sense overall if I had seen the series, but alas that was a time period where I didn't have a television.  My major issue was really with the government in the film.  I thought the war was over so why continue to develop new weapons like creepy zombie girl?  I just don't get it.

Apocalypse Now Redux

May 7, 2006 at 10:30 pm | In Netflix DVD | Leave a Comment

"The very end of the world, a sea the colour of lead, a sky the colout of smoke" Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness.

I first watched Apocalypse Now in high school directly after reading Heart of Darkness.  When the Redux version hit the theaters I swore I was going to see it.  But then…well basically if I don't go opening weekend I tend not to go and I didn't go opening weekend.

So here two years later I finally netflixed it.  It took two nights but I finally got through it.  That sounds bad.  But adding almost an hour to the film makes it a bit more difficult to watch in one evening.  The first evening I made it up to the point where they make it to Kurtz's camp.

The extra military base before hand with no commanding officer was an excellent add in.  The French plantation with the opium smoking…well that was just odd.  I understand why it was added in, but arg 57 extra minutes!

Let me ask people did they slaughter a cow in the original version?  I can't remember.  I remember that the puppy died, but not the cow.  It seems like it would have been–perhaps I just blocked it out.

I have to say that Apocalypse Now is the darkest movie I've ever seen.  This includes all David Lynch films and Spice World.

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