Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts

Monday

Avatar 3-D - Awesome Movie

Rivals all the epics. Cameron didn't disappoint and lives up to his reputation after Titanic.

3-D takes a bit of getting used to, but the 30 minutes of previews (some of them in 3-D) helped to get used to them before the movie started.

Awesome effects and CGI. Love the six-legged animals. An extra set of arms would definitely come in handy.

I think the uplink to nature should have been in their tail though, not their pony tails. The hair is braided, so how does that uplink look if the hair wasn't braided.

GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra

GI Joe trailer from France (French subtitles) shows lots of Iron Man-esque armour, called Acceleration Suits.

Can't wait!

Opens August 7.

Thursday

Snakes on a Plane

For real this time.

Four baby pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane in Australia. And when the snakes, which can grow to one metre long, weren't found the plane was fumigated and went right on flying the friendly skys - with passengers.

Have you seen the movie? Who knows how long it would take for those four snakes to multiply and overrun the plane.

You could end up like this guy.

Gives me the willys.

More Than Meets The Eye

Here's an advance intro to the Autobots and Decepticons to appear in the upcoming Transformers movie: Revenge of The Fallen.

A couple of the bad guys...

"The spy"



"The Doc"


Check out the story to read more about some of the new 'bots.

Friday

Star Wars: the abridged version (from someone who's never seen it)

It's hard to believe that there are people out there who have never seen Star Wars.

But it's become such a big part of pop culture, that even those that haven't seen it know enough to retell the story (sort of).

Wednesday

The Clone Wars

What can I say...

Anakin's new Padawan learner is an annoying know-it-all with an attitude.

Even though all the characters look like the actor who portrayed them in the first three episodes, the producers didn't get all the same actors to do the voices, so there's a bit of a disjoint there.

Also, Jabba the Hutt's uncle looks like a girl.

Other than that it was a good movie advancing the whole Star Wars story.

Monday

Mamma Mia

Mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go-
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me-

Oh sorry, wrong song.

Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you

First, I just want to say that Pierce Brosnan singing is just wrong on so many levels. I will admit he got a little better, but his first song was just really wrong.

I don't know who thought he would be good in a musical. I think they were just trying to find some middle aged guy who would appeal to the middle aged women who are the biggest demographic for this.

Yes, I will admit I did go see it in the theatre. But I want to quickly add that it was with my wife. I have to give in every once in awhile in hopes that she'll see the more action-packed movies with me. (Doesn't work too often, but I can keep hoping.)

As chick flicks go it did have some pretty funny moments. And I must say that Merryl Streep looks pretty good at 59. (Amanda Seyfried isn't half bad either :)

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight definitely lives up to the hype. I won't write too much about it because I don't want to give too much away if you're one of the few who still haven't seen it.

I think all the talk of it being too violent for kids is a bit overrated, but then again I don't have kids, so what do I know. I did however see this with a friend and his nine-year-old who seemed to fair pretty well through it.

It continues to break records reaching for and possibly surpassing the infamous $600M mark held by Titanic.

Though a really great movie, most of the hype and record-breaking is being attributed to Heath Ledgers' passing, so whether all this attention can sustain a future movie is up in the air.

It's pretty certain that the Joker won't appear in any movies for a very long time as Heath Ledger's portrayal and subsequent demise pretty much ruin the chances of any other actor successfully pulling it off.

Friday

Terminator Salvation trailer

Another fantastic movie for next year. Don't think Arnie will be back for this one though.

Watchemen trailer

Holy freakin-fantastic.

The movie is an adaptation of the graphic novel. "Set in 1985, in an alternative history United States where costumed adventurers are real and the country is edging closer to a nuclear war with the Soviet Union." (Source: Wikipedia.)

The movie will be out next year. Check out the official site for more info.

Can't wait to go see The Dark Knight and now can't wait even more to see this trailer up on the big screen.

Wednesday

The Dark Knight trailer

Here's an exclusive, extended trailer from Dominos Pizza.

Quantum of Solace Trailer

New trailer for the next Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. This is the first Bond movie to continue from a previous film.

This one takes place just a few days later from where Casino Royale left off.

Monday

Cold Fusion a Reality!?!

If you've watched The Saint with Val Kilmer you'll be familiar with cold fusion and it's role in thwarting the Russian Mafia boss, Ivan Tretiak, and his plans to profit from an oil crisis.

Thought to be like the plague, the study of cold fusion has been relegated to the closet in main scientific channels; however, it has recently been taken out of the closet to air out recently with perhaps promising results.

If this isn't a hoax, this discovery of cold fusion could revolutionize the world's energy production; it's the holy grail of energy production as said by Gizmodo in their post.

Thursday

Prince Caspian: Chronicles of Narnia

If you like swords, and magic and the like this is a great movie.

The fight between Peter and King Miraz is great with lots of cool moves.

Though it seems a bit fantastical at times it does have a classic story line to follow keeping in line with the original chronicles.

The end seems a bit sad, but provides a bit of foreshadowing of what to expect in the next chapter, so to say.

Monday

Iron Man's blockbuster performance brings on announcement of more to come

Iron Man's opening weekend grossed over $100 million prompting Marvel to announce that Iron Man 2 will be out in April 30, 2010 along with more Marvel heroes, including:
  • Thor on June 4, 2010;
  • Captain America the following year, May 6, 2011; and
  • The Avengers on July 2011.