Friday, January 29, 2010

10 Anticipated Movies for the Year 2010

Hey welcome back. Now comes that time of the year were movies (and another top 10 list) are so hyped up its either more than expected, as expected, or why did we even care for this movie in the first place; why did we even care for the hype? Here are those movies:

10.) Daybreakers

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This movie is now out, but I am willing to watch any Vampire movie that isn’t Twilight right now. I am willing to believe this is anti-Twilight. Seriously any Vampire movie is better than Twilight. Even Blade 3…nah I won’t go that far. Ethan Hawke may be a turn off, but Willem Dafoe could bring me into this movie, along with Sam Neill.

9.) Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

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Never read the Manga/British comic (is it British?), but I have heard of the story, learned Edgar Wright was directing, and stars Michael Cera. I’m in. Also the movie reunites Michael Cera and Mae Whitman, both of Arrested Development fame. In the movie Michael’s character has to fight her, because, well, Michael’s character’s girlfriend used to date her. Find out more by watching the movie! Also Superman is in this.

8.) Alice in Wonderland

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Uhhm close enough, right?

Yeah, I’ve had my curiosity peaked when I heard Alice is going back through the looking glass. Not so much the Johnny Depp stuff (nah, he’s good in my book), but Tim Burton can bring me into his movies some of the time. The most reason I am looking forward to this movie is when Disney made the short based on the classic book starring Mickey Mouse in “Thru the Looking Glass.” Oh, and the Disney animated feature film.

7.) Clash of the Titans

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I honestly wasn’t planning to put this here and I honestly wanted to hate the trailer, but after watching it so many times; I totally will go for it now. In a world where CGI basically dominates movie making, I am going to have to go for movies like this. It’s not that I hate CGI, I feel it’s a bit of a cliché for movies nowadays. I think I miss a mess of special effects and when people made creatures and monsters from awesome suits or from other materials. Those days are mostly gone…eh, I’ll make do with this.

6.) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I

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Well it’s the beginning of the end for this franchise. Well not yet anyway, since they decided to separate it in two parts. This will be, out of all the other movies, the most accurate to the book because of how lengthy this one will be. Even though I read somewhere how the last movie would be going, I read only the last part of this one. Dang, I just remembered that; why did I remember now?

5.) Kick-Ass

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This will be the first movie based on a graphic novel by Mark Millar. It’s about ordinary people that turn into heroes that wear costumes and such. The craziest thing about the movie is the inclusion of a 9-10 year old that well, kicks ass and shouts curse words. Another crazy fact is the person who fills in that role, which is none other than Darby from the new Winnie the Pooh series. Can’t get any more extreme than that; except with the unfortunate inclusion of Nicholas Cage.

4.) Tron Legacy

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Not sure who exactly would be into this movie. I have seen the first movie, but I have seen people be into this movie without watching the first movie. Either way, this movie is shaping up to be awesome; even if we only get a preview clip so far. Even if that is the case, the technology put into this film is quite top-notch. Also, just a bit of a tidbit; remember that remade people mover ride that’s at Tomorrowland in Disneyland, but was closed down due to an accident? They are removing that and make room for: Light Cycles.

3.) Inception

So, are you guys telling us this is going to be better than The Dark Knight?

Seen the trailer for this? It’s shaping up to be another mind-blowing movie from Christopher Nolan himself. Even when he isn’t doing a Batman movie everyone knows that he’s formulating another awesome movie. I’m also not much of a Leonardo DiCaprio fan, but I believe in Nolan’s work so it doesn’t bother me much with this movie. Although, even by seeing the trailer it might have to do with espers or something of that similar fashion. Either way I’ll be there with M&Ms in hand.

2.) Toy Story 3

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Same movie, different storyline image.

Even if I didn’t see a trailer, I know something of this caliber would be coming. Andy would be much older and wiser; which would be the reason he wouldn’t play with his toys anymore. Although, something completely different happened in the trailer. Andy actually saved his toys; well the regulars anyway. But its short lived when his mom mistakes his toys for trash and the toys end up being separated from their owner, maybe for good this time. Even with the storyline I am still a big Pixar fan and especially a fan of the Toy Story movie series. This is definitely one not to miss for fans.

1.) Iron Man 2

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This probably should come to no surprise. I didn’t think I would become a fan of the original movie. I was never an Iron Man fan. That was until Jon Favreau came and boosted lots of energy into the alcoholic superhero. Especially with the excellent casting of Robert Downey Jr. as the man behind the iron suit. After being completely surprised as how good the first movie went, I am looking way forward to how Jon Favreau will make Mickey Rourke a villain, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, and Don Cheadle filling in Terrence Howard’s previous role.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Best. Star Wars. The Phantom Menace. Review. Ever.

This review is epicly 70 minutes long explaining just how terribly made it was. Its also scattered into 7 parts, so if you want to take a look just how bad the movie was; watch this:


By the way, the review is very dark. Well a dark sorta comedic way.

Friday, January 22, 2010

The Almighty Xbox 360...

Amid the Conan debacle, Avatar sinking the Titanic (its not really a joke), and whatnot. I managed to find something at least something to post here. Since I've apparently been a lost of words lately. This is no exception. All I can say is this: Someone made a pretty awesome Transformers Xbox 360 mod; The All Spark:



It kinda makes me wanna mod. A day that will never come. More pics here.

Sunday, January 3, 2010

The Next Doctor

Saw the recent Doctor Who episode? Watch a preview of the Eleventh Doctor’s adventure:

My Top Ten Movies of the Year 2009

Happy New Years everyone! I haven’t posted lately, but I’ve been contemplating this list which is the most reason I haven’t posted lately. So here it is. Its been a tough year. I haven’t seen every good movie out there, but I’ve seen plenty enough to make this list. Remember this list? Yeah I didn’t see everything. I didn’t see 9 so there’s no excuse, but Sherlock Holmes just came out, so its a good excuse for not seeing it yet. Well anyways here’s my list of the best movies I saw this last year:

10.) Watchmen and Terminator Salvation

Its a stretch, but this is a bit of a tie. Not to say I was disappointed with these movies, not the case, but I liked them both equally. And I needed a say for both. Watchmen, well it is definitely the best way we are going to watch this in a live action version. Its not accurate, but it doesn’t have to be. I understand how Snyder may have thought a [removed due to comic book spoiler] wouldn’t work for the ending of the movie. And how [movie spoiler] would fit into the movie. Yet the [removed due to comic book spoiler] may have worked too. What we see is what we get and still makes a great comic book adaptation. Now with Terminator Salvation. Not everyone liked it. I say: its very underrated. Its a movie filled with references to the other movies, which I respect highly. Ok so it may be a weird time in the future to have the movie being set in, which is 2018 a reasonably uninteresting time in Terminator timeline, but it has importance which is the start of the T-800 machines and the Cyborg/Android (debatable) which is Marcus Wright. A terminator which is unheard of in John Connor’s life being told for years of his fate with Skynet. Its a thorn in John Connor’s side which doesn’t last long, but either way its good to see a Terminator movie set up the next movie for more major events. Which means Time Travel and laser gun fighting.

9.) Public Enemies

Like i said, I’m a sucker for these movies. Seeing this in Digital format was like I was actually there. This movie was filmed with a Digital camera so it looks nice to watch in theaters. And probably on Blu-ray. The movie also stars Johnny Depp as John Dillinger, whom, well as he says: He robs banks. And apparently that’s what its meant to be a celebrity back then kids. It also stars Christian Bale as good cop Melvin Purvis. Christian Bale wasn’t really a main actor, but for some reason its advertised like it is. Well either way, if your interested in a movie on how it feels like your actually there, here’s a movie to take you back to the past.

8.) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

This is the best Harry Potter movie yet. It took me a while to say that since I still really enjoy the wizard battle at the end of Order of the Phoenix. I read about what would happen with this movie, but I still really enjoyed the visuals and how it might be darker than Prisoner of Azkaban. There’s not much else I could say about this movie. But if you grab a copy of this movie on DVD or Blu-ray you get a teaser trailer for Deathly Hallows; which is a 2 parter. Its never going to end. At least its a better fan craze than Twilight. I respect it better than Twilight, lets say that.

7.) Avatar

Just saw this the other day, so its still pretty much fresh in my mind. It may not have the best storyline this year, but its got the best visuals in my book. Its the best film to utilize 3-D this year and its the best Live Action 3-D film of all time I think. I mean, what’s better? Friday the 13th Part 3-D? I wont start anything, but its really amazing in 3-D. The storyline…well, I still feel, after bothering my relatives with it, that I’ve heard of it somewhere before. I still think its Battle for Terra; Delgo; and Smurfs put together. And Ferngully thrown into that mix. By the way: it isn’t that bad. I just made it sound extremely bad, don’t quote me on this.

6.) Zombieland

This is one movie I didn’t think I would see this year. I just came back from afar and came back to see this movie. Which was a nice treat and comes high into my list. Apparently Zombies are now funny. The craze started with Shaun of the Dead and continues with Zombieland. I haven’t seen Adventureland, but I would imagine is like this, but without the Zombies. The movie is also important to watch in the case of a Zombie outbreak, giving a list of rules to live by to survive the zombie world. Its also got a great cameo, which even if you know who it is, its still the one of the greatest cameos I have seen in a long time.

Honorable Mentions:

A few to mention is Drag Me To Hell, Night of the Museum 2, Funny People, and Evangelion 1.0. Drag Me To Hell is Sam Raimi’s return to horror and he still has that horror touch. Way to go Raimi. I mention Night of the Museum 2 since I enjoyed it more than a few movies I saw this year. But it was also somewhat annoying. You know, scratch that, I’m adding it to another section. Funny People was a hit and miss, too long yet very funny. And Evangelion was in our theaters this year so I am going to say it counts, but not enough to count in my list.

Dishonorable/Honorable Mentions:

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Night of the Museum 2. This is the hit and miss section. They were both equally good and equally bad. What made Night of the Museum 2 good was that people will probably enjoy only one thing in this movie. Ask me in person what this is.

5.) The Hangover

After watching this movie, I felt like I had a laughter hangover. Probably a bad pun, but its the best comedy this year had to offer. And not much to say after that so just watch it if you haven’t. Also its not for everyone, if your not into all the f-bombs and whatnot. If you don’t mind it so much, its still a must-see.

And Now its getting harder to rank em’…

4.) Inglourious Basterds

I don’t honestly have good reason to put this fourth, but it still ranks high on my list. Along with the other 3 movies, these are among the best to see this year. Quentin Tarantino’s WWII flick is no exception. Saw this one on DVD out of the blue and didn’t expect to see it. Which is another treat this year. Compared to other Tarantino’s past movies, this one is a bit more tame. There’s more buildup to scenes which leaves you with a ton of suspense, but plenty of satisfaction.

3.) Star Trek

J.J. Abrams breathes new life into this decaying franchise by reintroducing old characters into a new adventure. I won’t say more than that to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t seen it, but if you aren’t a Trek fan, it doesn’t really matter. You may become one with this movie.

Now the next two movies, were a tough decision…but here goes:

2.) Up

Was there any doubt that this would end up here? Any Pixar movie will probably always be on my list on any year (except for Cars, but I digress), but this can probably be described as the most emotional Pixar movie yet. Its a real tear jerker for any animation fan. You may cry during sad times, but you may also cry during the good times. Its that great of an animated movie. This is one I highly suggest you see.

I really liked Up, but I think this one deserves it on a different level:

1.) District 9

I don’t think I have been so wowed in a movie theater in this long of time from a movie. Especially from a Sci-Fi movie either. This movie really did come from nowhere, coming from the two people who were about to make the Halo movie. Boy, those movie studios who passed on the Halo script must really regret doing that after this movie. Its been awhile since a Sci-Fi movie has been this, well, extraordinary. It combines past 80’s movie gore with top of the line acting. And the main actor has never acted. That guy deserves the Oscar this year. I barely even heard about this movie until a few weeks before it came out and I didn’t even think it would be this good. I order you to watch this movie. Watch it now.