Anyone that knows me knows that I like horror movies. Whether they are good or bad I like see what twisted stuff comes out of the minds of writers. Well this week Pandorum came out and watching the previews for it it seemed like the type of movie that was right up my alley. Well I was partially right on that anyways.
Pandorum follows a spaceship traveling through space to colonize a new planet for humanity. It seems we have finally got to the point where we have destroyed the earth and we need a new planet to live on. So they cram 60,000 people into a craft called a "sleeper ship". The whole idea behind this ship is that people are put into a type of deep sleep/freezing that causes them to age extremely slowly and helps store them for the type to this new planet. The trip is supposed to take 123 years and when the crew gets there they are to start colonizing and get everything ready for the rest of mankind.
The movie start up with the craft already in route to its destination and well on its way there. Two of the crew members wake up from the deep sleep to discover no one is around. The side effect of this deep sleep is that you have temporary amnesia. If everything is going right then there are people manning these pods so that when a person wakes up they can take them through the process to regain their memory. Once the two crew members are out of their pods they realize that they have no clue what is going on or where they are. Once they escape the pod room they begin to locate other crew members that are being attacked by strange creatures throughout the ship. As they fight these creatures off they start to understand the predicament that everyone is in. The creatures themselves are rather interesting as they are all different from one another. Luckily the origin of these creatures is explained as the film progresses (and no they are not aliens).
Once the film really gets going we are shown a message the crew received shortly after they left earth informing them that earth was destroyed and they are all that is left of humanity. This is shown in a flashback that reveals what is actually going on in the craft and what the truth is about everything. I wont ruin they twists in this story but they are somewhat easy to see coming if you are paying attention.
By the end of the movie I was impressed with the overall story and concept, but confused to no end about the time-line of what takes place. While the story does not jump around in time at all the sheer number of years that the crew have been living on the ship is a little confusing. While this wasn't the best horror/sci-fi movie I have seen it wasn't really all that bad.
Just a heads up I can already tell you that the next movie review will be Zombieland. Personally I think this looks like the American version of Shaun of the Dead and I am a little geeked to see it.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Inglorouis Basterds
A friend of mine sent me a message asking me to review this movie. Im not sure why I didnt do it in the original postings since I had seen it in that same time frame as the other few that first posted. I am glad he asked me to pst this review though since this is a great follow up to the end of my last post where I talked about original ideas since this is one.
This movie is exactly what this blog is all about. It is a movie made for guys that does not hold anything back. From the scalping of Nazi soldiers to the gunning down of hundreds of people this is a great guy flick that is right in the top ten of my favorite movies around.
The first thing you have to know about this movie is that it is not all about the squad known as the Inglorious Basterds (the misspelling is intentional due to Tarantino's notorious ability to constantly misspell words). The movie also follows the story of a young Jewish girl who runs a theater in France, in fact the story starts with her family hiding from the Nazi hunters in the French country side at a farm. The film as delves into a short side story about a French soldier given a special task by a French government officer (played by someone you would never see coming). By the end of the movie all 3 of the story lines come together into a amazing finish that is beyond words.
The second thing that you need to know about this film is it is done straight up "Kill Bill" style with chapters. In the first few seconds of the film you see Chapter 1 on screen and it cuts to the french country side with a man chopping wood. It almost makes you believe you are seeing part of the wrong movie. Hell you don't see Brad Pitt's team show up until about 30-45 minutes into the movie, but when they do they do with a bang. As the chapters progress you and you get closer to the final scene you begin to see how the 3 stories intertwine.
The real payoff of this movie comes from Brad Pitt's team "The Basterds" as they are called by the Germans. The team is comprised of various Jewish man looking to get revenge on the Nazi's from the acts they have committed. Of all the team members I have to say my favorite, and the favorite of most people I have talked to, was the "Bear Jew" played by Eli Roth. For people who don't know who Eli Roth is he is the director of some of the most fucked up horror movies around, such as Hostel and Hostel 2. This guy is seriously twisted in the head so for him to show up in this movie and put out a great performance makes me think he should consider a career switch. The "Bear Jew" is the one person on the team that most of the Nazi soldiers fear as he doesn't shoot people very often, instead he beats them to death with a baseball bat.
The end of the movie continues Tarantino's love of graphic violence. While I wont say anything about how the film actually ends I will say this I actually clapped at the end of this movie it was that good. Any guy out there who denies himself the chance to see this masterpiece is a nut-less coward who is afraid of truly seeing the horrors of war. On a quick final note at times the movie is actually pretty funny at times, especially the beginning of the final scene in the theater where Brad and 2 of his men decide to act as Italians even though they don't speak Italian.
This movie is exactly what this blog is all about. It is a movie made for guys that does not hold anything back. From the scalping of Nazi soldiers to the gunning down of hundreds of people this is a great guy flick that is right in the top ten of my favorite movies around.
The first thing you have to know about this movie is that it is not all about the squad known as the Inglorious Basterds (the misspelling is intentional due to Tarantino's notorious ability to constantly misspell words). The movie also follows the story of a young Jewish girl who runs a theater in France, in fact the story starts with her family hiding from the Nazi hunters in the French country side at a farm. The film as delves into a short side story about a French soldier given a special task by a French government officer (played by someone you would never see coming). By the end of the movie all 3 of the story lines come together into a amazing finish that is beyond words.
The second thing that you need to know about this film is it is done straight up "Kill Bill" style with chapters. In the first few seconds of the film you see Chapter 1 on screen and it cuts to the french country side with a man chopping wood. It almost makes you believe you are seeing part of the wrong movie. Hell you don't see Brad Pitt's team show up until about 30-45 minutes into the movie, but when they do they do with a bang. As the chapters progress you and you get closer to the final scene you begin to see how the 3 stories intertwine.
The real payoff of this movie comes from Brad Pitt's team "The Basterds" as they are called by the Germans. The team is comprised of various Jewish man looking to get revenge on the Nazi's from the acts they have committed. Of all the team members I have to say my favorite, and the favorite of most people I have talked to, was the "Bear Jew" played by Eli Roth. For people who don't know who Eli Roth is he is the director of some of the most fucked up horror movies around, such as Hostel and Hostel 2. This guy is seriously twisted in the head so for him to show up in this movie and put out a great performance makes me think he should consider a career switch. The "Bear Jew" is the one person on the team that most of the Nazi soldiers fear as he doesn't shoot people very often, instead he beats them to death with a baseball bat.
The end of the movie continues Tarantino's love of graphic violence. While I wont say anything about how the film actually ends I will say this I actually clapped at the end of this movie it was that good. Any guy out there who denies himself the chance to see this masterpiece is a nut-less coward who is afraid of truly seeing the horrors of war. On a quick final note at times the movie is actually pretty funny at times, especially the beginning of the final scene in the theater where Brad and 2 of his men decide to act as Italians even though they don't speak Italian.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
9
Im sure anyone who actually takes to time to read this blog has seen the previews for this movie (which Im pretty sure is only 2 or 3 people in the whole world). And of those people who do read this and actually know me in real life know that I have a little thing for animated movies. Well when I saw the trailer for this movie I was instantly intrigued by the premise and the style.
Lets jump right into this and explain the plot of this movie. See the movie is all about the downfall of humanity due to the invention of the worlds most advanced machines. There is a scientist who creates and machine that is basically a self automated A.I. based on the professors intelligence. The machine turns skynet on humanity and starts creating machines that are designed to eliminate all life on earth. The machines succeed in doing this but now before the original scientist that created the A.I. goes on to create the dolls that you see in the previews and that the film revolves around.
In total there are 9 dolls that are shown in the movie, each with a number in thier back shown the order in which they are created. Each of the dolls has its own personality that comes through as the movie progresses. The movie starts with the creation of 9 and just takes off from there. Within the first few minutes of the film you meet you of the films protaganist "The Beast". The Beast is a cat like mechanical creature that has a cats skull for a face. In the beginning you have no idea why the creature is hunting the dolls, although it is explained later. As the film progresses you learn more about what happened to life on earth and what the role of the dolls in the in the fight against the machines.
By the end of the film you feel for the dolls and their plight against the constant attacks from the machines. I have to admit this is one of the more original movies I have seen and recommend it to anyone and everyone as all ages can enjoy it. I can only hope that we see more films like this and "District 9" coming out of Hollywood in the coming years instead of these high budget, big name director pieces of garbage they have been pumping out.
Lets jump right into this and explain the plot of this movie. See the movie is all about the downfall of humanity due to the invention of the worlds most advanced machines. There is a scientist who creates and machine that is basically a self automated A.I. based on the professors intelligence. The machine turns skynet on humanity and starts creating machines that are designed to eliminate all life on earth. The machines succeed in doing this but now before the original scientist that created the A.I. goes on to create the dolls that you see in the previews and that the film revolves around.
In total there are 9 dolls that are shown in the movie, each with a number in thier back shown the order in which they are created. Each of the dolls has its own personality that comes through as the movie progresses. The movie starts with the creation of 9 and just takes off from there. Within the first few minutes of the film you meet you of the films protaganist "The Beast". The Beast is a cat like mechanical creature that has a cats skull for a face. In the beginning you have no idea why the creature is hunting the dolls, although it is explained later. As the film progresses you learn more about what happened to life on earth and what the role of the dolls in the in the fight against the machines.
By the end of the film you feel for the dolls and their plight against the constant attacks from the machines. I have to admit this is one of the more original movies I have seen and recommend it to anyone and everyone as all ages can enjoy it. I can only hope that we see more films like this and "District 9" coming out of Hollywood in the coming years instead of these high budget, big name director pieces of garbage they have been pumping out.
Whiteout, should have been a Blackout
This weekend was a double feature of movies that I wanted to see so I decided since I have nothing better to do I would go watch both. Wow what a waste of time with the first movie. See I went to the theater to watch "9" but it wasnt playing again for around 3 hours, so I started trying to figure out how to waste some time before I could go see it. I had seen the previews for "Whiteout" and figured I would go see it, especially since Kate Beckinsale is hot.
I wander into the theater a few minutes before the movie started and should have known right then that the film was going to suck. The film wrapped while running through the trailers and stopped for about 5 minutes. I should have looked at this as a sign to leave, but saw it as a opportunity to get a few movie pass for "9". Once the movie started back up and we got to the feature thats when the crap started.
From the previews you see for this movie it appears to be a thriller/sci-fi movie that takes place in Antarctica. There is hints at a big twist or some unknown type of thing that is killing people off. Well niether of these is the case. The killer turns out to be someone that you realize is the bad guy within 10 minutes of the film starting. The whole time I was thinking "OK we are just being baited into thinking he is the killer and some huge twist will come along and prove us wrong"...NOPE. In the end I was sitting there thinking that this was a massive waste of time and annoyed that I had sat there for that long.
Lets talk about the special effects. The gory factor of the movie is ok with some decent cosmetic effects. The title of the movie is Whiteout so you expect some huge snow storm that adds to the story. Well there is a snow storm, the problem with it is that it doesn't add to the film it detracts from it heavily. The snow storm takes place during a big action sequence in the movie and due to the whiteout you cant see a damn thing that is going on.
My opinion is to stay away from this movie in any way that you can. Don't go see it or rent it. Hell even the "shower" scene with Kate Beckinsale in this movie was a huge disappointment. What a waste of my time, almost didn't write a review of it I was that annoyed with it.
I wander into the theater a few minutes before the movie started and should have known right then that the film was going to suck. The film wrapped while running through the trailers and stopped for about 5 minutes. I should have looked at this as a sign to leave, but saw it as a opportunity to get a few movie pass for "9". Once the movie started back up and we got to the feature thats when the crap started.
From the previews you see for this movie it appears to be a thriller/sci-fi movie that takes place in Antarctica. There is hints at a big twist or some unknown type of thing that is killing people off. Well niether of these is the case. The killer turns out to be someone that you realize is the bad guy within 10 minutes of the film starting. The whole time I was thinking "OK we are just being baited into thinking he is the killer and some huge twist will come along and prove us wrong"...NOPE. In the end I was sitting there thinking that this was a massive waste of time and annoyed that I had sat there for that long.
Lets talk about the special effects. The gory factor of the movie is ok with some decent cosmetic effects. The title of the movie is Whiteout so you expect some huge snow storm that adds to the story. Well there is a snow storm, the problem with it is that it doesn't add to the film it detracts from it heavily. The snow storm takes place during a big action sequence in the movie and due to the whiteout you cant see a damn thing that is going on.
My opinion is to stay away from this movie in any way that you can. Don't go see it or rent it. Hell even the "shower" scene with Kate Beckinsale in this movie was a huge disappointment. What a waste of my time, almost didn't write a review of it I was that annoyed with it.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Gamer
This weeks post is about Gamer, the new movie with Gerard Butler and Ludacris. Honestly I'm glad I don't have to write that opening sentence to often as I hate all these rapper turned actors who think they actually know what they are doing. So the basic premise of this movie is that there is a new live-action online game called Slayers in which a person controls a real live inmate in a brutal shooting game. If a inmate survives 30 matches then they are granted their freedom. Hmm this sound a lot like Death Race in which if a inmate won 30 races they are set free, coincidence or just another example of Hollywood having no real original ideals anymore?
The only real good thing I can say about this movie is that they gore level is quite high due to the exploding bodies. The idea of a real person controlling a actual contestant in a online game is cool but doesn't really have a lot to do with the movie's plot. The whole plot revolves around Micheal C. Hall's (from the show Dexter) ability to control the inmates with his mind, which thankfully is explained and isn't some X-Men type mutant power.
As is usually the case in the end the good guys win and the bad guy dies. The final shots of the film are somewhat vague as it just shows Kable (Gerard Butler) driving a truck out of a tunnel with his wife and daughter. Im guessing this means no sequel, not that we are clambering for one, but knowing Hollywood we'll probably get a sequel out of this along the lines of Scanners or some other garbage.
I know this weeks review is short but I really couldn't get into the movie that much. First it just wasn't that interesting and second my mind was elsewhere while sitting in the theater. I will say this next weekend is the release of 9. Now that movie I will be actually paying attention to since I am pretty interested just from watching the previews and the short movie that was made by the same people.
The only real good thing I can say about this movie is that they gore level is quite high due to the exploding bodies. The idea of a real person controlling a actual contestant in a online game is cool but doesn't really have a lot to do with the movie's plot. The whole plot revolves around Micheal C. Hall's (from the show Dexter) ability to control the inmates with his mind, which thankfully is explained and isn't some X-Men type mutant power.
As is usually the case in the end the good guys win and the bad guy dies. The final shots of the film are somewhat vague as it just shows Kable (Gerard Butler) driving a truck out of a tunnel with his wife and daughter. Im guessing this means no sequel, not that we are clambering for one, but knowing Hollywood we'll probably get a sequel out of this along the lines of Scanners or some other garbage.
I know this weeks review is short but I really couldn't get into the movie that much. First it just wasn't that interesting and second my mind was elsewhere while sitting in the theater. I will say this next weekend is the release of 9. Now that movie I will be actually paying attention to since I am pretty interested just from watching the previews and the short movie that was made by the same people.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day
Normally in this blog I will be writing about movies that I have recently went and watched in the theater, this post is a definite exception to that fact. Today a trailer was released for the sequel to one of my favorite movies of all time Boondock Saints. For those of you who have never seen this movie (and if you call yourself a man you better have seen this fucking movie or better go find it as fast as possible) the basic premise of the movie is that two Irish brothers get a sign from God that killing mobsters is a good thing. Sometime later Ill post a whole review of the movie but it will probably be the most biased review a person will ever read. In any case the trailer for Boondock Saints 2 was released and I had to come and post it here. So without further ado click the link and see what the hell I'm talking about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if2-PYxgL50&fmt=22
Oh and thank you Heather for posting the link on you facebook page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if2-PYxgL50&fmt=22
Oh and thank you Heather for posting the link on you facebook page
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