Anime is a masochists hobby. Ignoring the obvious language barrier, fans must slog through hundreds of hours of poorly written and animated shows/films before uncovering anything remotely good. Combine that with my high standards and its a miracle if I see even one good feature or episodic series a year.
Vexille
Difficult to follow, riddled with plot holes and a terrible score by Paul Oakenfold add up to a mediocre film that is a retreading of familiar territory already covered effectively by Ghost in the Shell. Sure the cel-shading and rotoscoping, are incredibly impressive but they can’t make up for all it’s other short comings.
What’s is it about women that makes us do stupid things? I’m certain if we look throughout history we would find hundreds of instances where man’s longing for affection from the opposite sex has been his downfall.
So why am I even writing about this topic? Simply put a child, no older than thirteen, tried to pick up Roxy right in front of me. I’m unsure whether or not he realized we were together but regardless he threw caution to the wind and forged ahead. If I were insecure this blog could easily turn into a rant about his lack of respect or my bruised ego. But the real point of interest is the inherent power women have over men.
In honor of Cinco de Mayo I present to you the official teaser trailer of Machete. This movie is going to be amazing. I love that Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal and Don Johnson are all in the same movie. What bizarre world did I wake up in?
While having drinks with the gang the topic of my blog being nothing more than a link farm with twitter sized posts came up. At first I dismissed the criticism but slowly began to realize they were right. What was once something I embraced and looked forward to had now become a chore. Determined to breath life back into my blog I’ve decided to actually write instead of shooting off a few links or embed YouTube videos.
So. long story short, thanks for telling me my blog sucked. I promise to make it suck less and in-turn I hope you leave me some feedback.
I should start off by saying I have a super crush on Ellen Page. She has this really cute, bookworm hotness that drives me crazy. I know she isn’t what I typically find attractive (Asian or leggy blond)but she has this charm that i can’t explain.
Now that I got that out my system I confess to having a soft spot for these coming of age, teenage angst films. Maybe its due to me never having that when I was growing up or perhaps I just suffer from Peter Pan syndrome. Regardless this is a really fun date movie.
Over Simplified Plot Summary
Whip It (based off the young adult novel Derby Girl by Shauna Cross) is the story of Bliss, a young girl growing up in small-town in Texas, pressured by her mother to compete in beauty pageants. Wanting to escape and find herself she finds her true calling when she attends a Roller Derby event.
Not since the Ten Commandments and Passion of the Christ has a movie been so effectively target marketed. From the onset The Blind Side seems custom tailored to Christian women with a penchant for charity work and southern accents. She must be tough if she’s lived her whole life with that funny accent.
That said, the movie isn’t terribly good or bad. It’s just a perfect example of Hollywood’s tendancy to make Franken-movies, liberally borrowing from better “help the disenfranchised” films.
I can’t with good concious recommend this film to anyone but it’s intended audience. So, if you attend church once a week, give money to the poor and watch Lifetime on a regular basis run out and buy this movie.
Note: I can only assume that Sandra Bullock’s Oscar was one big joke within the inner circle of Hollywood power players that backfired. If not that then they must still feel bad for snubbing her performance in Love Potion #9. Her best perfomance to date, hands down.
Final Note: Don’t you just love how Sandra Bullock is walking him into heaven. WTF!
