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Opening Sequence - Trainspotting
Still one of the best opening scenes ever made.
It’s about being in your 20s, coping with nihilism, disgust with society and, eh, life, in general.
But Renton was wrong. He accepts this by the end.
But you understand exactly why he was so unhappy in the first place. The casual, indifferent laugh McGregor gives when he damn near gets run over is incredibly powerful. He was never given anything to care about.
An important scene to this day.
^^^^^^^^^ What I did at work today.
I heard from a lot of people today who talked about Books With Pictures as a refuge and a safe place, and–that meant so much to me. I mean, it’s not my shop. But it’s a place I’ve put a lot of work into and believe in so hard, and it’s so important to me.
Today I talked to a woman my mom’s age about how to choose comics for yourself and people you love when you’re a newcomer to the medium. I helped a mom and her seven-year-old daughter find the perfect new book to try; and another mom find a stack of superhero comics for her daughters to read on a family camping trip. I helped a grandmother find books for her grandson; and a very old friend find a whole slew of new series to fall in love with. I watched a dad and his two teenage daughters get super excited when they found Teen Titans comics and recognized the characters they’d fallen in love with over two seasons of Young Justice–and even more excited when I told them that the third season had just been announced.
I got to help kids explore new universes; and reunite grown-ups with the characters they’d loved growing up; and hand people who’d never gotten into comics their own, unique keys to that amazing garden.
That’s what I love most about Books With Pictures, I think: every time I’m at the store, I get to watch someone who thought they didn’t belong in a comics shop discover that they have a place here.
Heroes matter–now, more than ever–and now, more than ever, it’s important to reaffirm that they belong to all of us. That’s what being a hero means.
Once more, for the daywalkers.
ICYMI, Jay wrote a thing about working at Books With Pictures and what the shop represents to them.
The Transporter 3 Review
This is the cumulative peak in a trilogy of epic high school drama puréed with car chases, sprinkled with angel dust-inspired martial arts scenes. In this climax beforethe installment Transporter 4, the creators seemed intent in going out with a bang. There is no shortage of sticky situations and ridiculous explanations. Exhibit A: and i do say SPOILER ALERT, but if Jason Statham and ginger model leave the car, they will blow up at a given distance. Which in turn makes a sticky car chase into ‘omg we lose this car we’re fuck.“ Because everyone knows Jason Statham is a hunk in these movies. Hes in all practicality a superhero an unstoppable human dissassembly machine. Exhibit B: The Opening Fighting Scene Jason stands off against seven dudes in a flashback. Needless to say they got a run for their money. Needless to say such precise and well choreographed fighting must have a lapse into fantasy. The fiction is half the fun however, so please remove your spectacles and enjoy the nonsense like the ginger Exhibit C: drinking vodka in the gas station. Jason is all "Dont,” and she’s all, “nah.” And her handcuff blower upper starts to turn red. And then the bad guys drive past them without realizing they are the targets. This movie is full of passage of circumstance that lead to crazier interloping perspectives between jason statham and the bad guys in politics and terrorism. In conclusion, this movie is nothing short of a clusterfuck inspired by its predecessors fantastic desires as well as the producers stout determination to top its predecessors. I dont believe this series will ever end because car chase martial arts is a timeless concept. Everyone wants a hot ginger chick, a sweet ride, and plastic explosives strapped to their wrists. All in all i give Transporter 3 a gracious 3.5 out of 5 exploded cadillacs. This movie is better than good because of its desire to remove itself from reality. This movie cannot be taken seriously, and boy does it know it shouldnt be taken seriously. Instead its best to sit back and enjoy the ride.
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Doing the rounds for his latest film The Martian, Ridley Scott has told us that the next film in the Prometheus saga will be called Alien: Paradise Lost.
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Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas Review
Its a drug induced episode for all to enjoy about the Gonzo writer Hunter S Thompson featuring some of his travels in Cali and Las Vegas. I did read the book written by Thompson, and can safely say it has a much more efficient mode of delivering its message than the movie. It took repeated views to watch the movie in its entirety, and one recent viewing after a year to refresh and contemplate how i feel about the movie. This is a more accurate judgment of the film based on its own merit, because at this point i hardly remember the book. I simply remember the book is better, and that isnt bias just opinion.
So back to the movie, starts off with Thompson and his lawyer preparing for their journey to Las Vegas by compiling an assortment of drugs like mescaline, ether, weed, and weapons such as a bowie knife and revolver. Their purpose remains obscure throughout; as a journalist Thompson must cover a desert race on the Vegas outskirts, then cover a news conference about drug use at the Flamingo Hotel. Despite these clear assignments, all we ever see is Thompson tripping on ether or cocainne. The only writing the audience sees occurs in the aftermath segments. But this does not mean Thompson, real or in the movie, is a lazy good for nothing drug fiend that poses as a writer to gain access to free cars, free money, free food. Johnny Depp’s narration, as Thompson, ties together the theme of the book to the events in the movie; his desperate search for the american dream in the core of the most american of cities, Las Vegas.
In 1971, being the time the movie and book take place, the drug culture of the 60s had collapsed along with its dream of world peace. The youth moved on, but Hunter stayed strapped to those ideals and beliefs that remained important to him: excessive drug use, Father U C King the police, and introspection to the max.
This movie, like its earlier interpretation Where the Buffalo Roam led by Bill Murray, has a problem with overly expressing drug use without justifying the reasoning behind it. You got Depp on ether, losing all motor function whilst walking into a carnival or some shit, but you dont really know why hes on either. Its too easy to watch this movie and take it as one long drug trip, and taking the narration simply as the ravings of someone out of his mind and time.
I wont explain Gonzo writing, but Thompson as its inventor used drugs explicitly to envelope himself in the scene of his stories. The movie doesnt make this clear
Instead, were left with his hallucinations and drug induced ramblings, which are entertaining at best and painfully slow at their worst. I liked Depps acting as Thompson, well rounded and humorous in delivery. I recall one scene where he takes a whole mouthful of an oxidized adrenaline supplement which nearly killed him, and Depp plays out the reaction with remarkable believability. As well, it reminds me of the interviews i watched of Thompson and how he speaks. See, Depp greatly adored the man and became friends with him, which made for great practice for this role.
Benicio Del Toro plays the lawyer sidekick, “as your lawyer i advice you get a fast car without a top” something along those lines. Hes just as much a drug lover as Thompson, and hes supposed to be Samoan. Which makes me think the guy who played Marcellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction couldve played this part just as well. All the same, i love del Toro in this because he captures the sheer animosity and tortured evil of the lawyer. A truly vile person that also has a softness unlike a normal man. He falls in love with a 16 year old girl, when Thompson accuses him of trying to fuck her he goes, “ugh! Thats ugh! I want to help her dude…” Hes all tripped up on acid, but somehow reveals a humanity we havent seen before nor after this event. Instead we see more of his animosity toward Thompson, waitresses, staff, and random people.
I like this movie. Take a couple bong rips, blunt tokes, inhale that THC and the length of this movie wont bother you at all. On sober views however, you may find the movie to be too long and rather pointless. As i said, this movie skims over much of the important philosophical meaning of the book in favor of exploiting the drug use and insanity of the whole journey. Which is entertaining, but does harm to the true beauty behind Thompsons work in the book as well as his other writings such as those on the Hell’s Angels. Such a method makes Thompson out to be a damn fool, which in all respects he was NOT. I did enjoy the humor and the blatant lack of respect for society, all in all this movie is an entertaining though at times terrifying adventure. I decree Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas a 3 out of 5 lizard people.
The Man With The Iron Fists 2 Review While the original Iron Fists wasnt totally satisfying in my mind, thats a review for another time. Its sequel acts out a similar story as the 13th Warrior, 13 Assassins, Seven Samurai, and the Road Warrior except less exceptionally. An innocent village is persecuted by a tyrannical power, and some exterior force tips the favor of victory to the benefit of the good guys. RZA still has no hands but previously built metal hands; his chi-ness gives him the strength to manipulate these prosthetic limbs. I like how hes more of a secondary character this time around, but it also goes to contradict the fact this movie is called Man with the Iron Fists 2. Hes looking for peace, but we dont see any further development of his character. We see him attacked by some ninjas and he conveniently floats up to the banks of this village called Sai Fu. Thats basically the extent to which we see RZA up until hes inroduced half an hour later. The development of the plot in this gap is pretty straight forward with no surprises and very minimalistic acting even when theyre required to draw on deep emotions to make their scripted words believable. The Two Brothers of the Sai Fu village have a nasty tendency of fucking with the evil Beetle clan overlord named Ho. The villagers are sick of finding their daughters dead in the river, and they demand Ho help them find the killer, or poltergeist. Because ghosts kill people too. Immediately we stop believing the ghost theory however, since every time we see Ho he's surrounded by attractive young asian women. Hes all fly about it, going so far as to use two of the girls as human shields from an incoming volley of arrows. The whole club saw him sacrifice these girls, which shouldve pegged him as a remorseless cunt. No one says lip until WAY later though, after the audience already hears him threaten his pile of chicks by saying along the lines of "dont look at other men or ill kill all of you" The plot incorporates a mythical fountain of chi water that makes people powerful. Basically the only reason this story happens is because of that chi. RZA refuses to make the villagers weapons, but agrees to build the soon-to-be enemy mayor some mean ass legs. This whole 'using chi to manipulate prosthetics' is cool but the gimick lost its flavor when the old man battles RZA with his iron feet against RZA's iron fists. The movie shouldve been called Duel of the Iron Prosthetics (see GZA's "Duel of the Iron Mic"). Its not good when the audience is laughing AT a movie instead of WITH a movie. I was laughing the whole time. The older brothers daughter is MAD hot though, the cameraman mustve thought so too considering he trails on her ass as she walks away from RZA's bedside after she discovers him floating in the river. Theres a lot of things i cant forgive this movie for. The fighting is passable, but doesnt bring the excitement and energy of the 70s kung fu movies it tries to resemble. The original movie has this same problem, but at least Lucy Liu and Gordon Liu made guest appearances to make up for this problem. The music has its ups and downs. Theres this one track where every line of the verse has to rhyme, and it did not suit me well. Its supposed to be a dramatic track, i understand it must have that feeling, but fifteen seconds in the vibe of the song felt totally played out. The other beats throughout the movie are pretty fantastic however, RZA really seems to shine when hes focused more on setting the ambience to a situation. Just beautiful high quality sequencing. The songs with rhymes however, including RZA's verses at the intro of the movie, just feel stagnant and dull. Like the verses go nowhere because theyre played out. This is highly disappointing to me, because i truly love Wu Tang Clan and a lot of their solo works. A poor grade on this movie almost seems like it shouldnt reflect RZA, but unfortunately it must considering how much of his name is embedded into the film (we see him creditted at the intro at least 4 times for elementary roles in production). His characters name is Thaddeus, but to me hes really playing himself which isnt a problem. But there are problems, with this movie, between the dull story and mediocre fighting and bad acting this movie hardly deserves a positive grade. Im feeling a light 5 to a hard 4 of ten iron prosthetic limbs.
Day of the Dead movie review Zombies zombies zombies theyre every these days, or at least everywhere i look. The premise of people eating people exploded into popularity once more in recent years. Though the trend is slowly fading into obscurity as is the once extremely popular Walking Dead tv series, zombie fever will inevitably return as it has over the past several decades. This 1985 sequel to Romero's Dawn of the Dead, which is a sequel to Return of the Living Dead, which is a sequel to Night of the Living Dead, expands the Romero saga to its logical next step by answering this question: who would still be alive after a zombie apocalypse succeeds in overtaking the majority? We see proof of our total fall from grandeur in the opening sequence where the lady scientist, black pilot, drunkard electrician, and jittery ethnic soldier travel to "the largest city within 150 miles" in which they fail to find anyone who isnt a rotting walking monster. These survivors are living in an old World War 2 bunker, trying to find a solution to their problem. Its very sad to see humanity reduced to so small a number, while humanity leaves the more violent members such as the mad doctor Logan AKA Frankenstein as well as the captain. The problem within the bunker is a change in command leading the military to turn on the civilian scientists. This promotes the ultimate destruction of their operation. Theres lots of things i like about this movie, like the characters which have big personality as well as weaknesses. The doctor, Frankenstein, i like the best simply for his almost fatherly relationship with one zombie he managed to indoctrinate, named Bub. Hes a truly remarkable scientist, but hes also insane, while also holding the key to solving the zombie problem. He wants to teach the zombies, civilize them so they dont attack people, while rewarding their good behavior with, ironically, the very food theyre taught not to seek. He does some horribly monstrous things such as feeding dead soldiers to Bub, and bringing a dead man's head back to life after being shot in the head. I love the chick scientist character because shes no damsel, not overly attractive, and may be one of the strongest people in the base. As for everyone, the business gets too tough and terrible for her as she slowly cracks with each horrendous encounter. She doesnt collapse into a catatonic state, but the sight of her science coworker (not frankenstein, but a possible love interest) getting shot in the head pushes her into a manic frenzy of despair. This is followed by her and the electrician being shoved into the corral, an underground holding cell for the captured zombies. I feel like Day of the Dead expands on alot of the same ideas Dawn of the Dead, its predecessor, failed to successfully prove. For example, Dawn tried to prove that zombies acted on sheer instinct by creating this story about zombies, previously people instinctually bound to capitalist shopping, walking to a mall based on instinct. I didnt like this idea, its just too ridiculous. I dont go to malls but im a high school student, so would going back to my school be my instinctual default as a zombie? How about a job? Why arent there crowds around hospitals or movie theaters? The concept was designed to attack capitalism, and thats a misuse of the zombie premise. Day, however, approaches the concept of instinct through Dr Frankenstein, who proves the need to eat is not for nourishment but an ancient function lying in the core of the brain. He changes their instinctual behavior through positive reinforcement, which puts a whole new spin on why zombies attack, and how they can learn. Zombie design was awesome in this movie. Granted, theres a LOT of gray skin but the fact that they are old corpses demands they look...old. And they do look old, their faces like melting gray masks, just whithered appearances that sell that this movie takes place after the big explosion of infection. Some of the zombies are so grotesque they hardly look human. The one on the picture of this review looks like it cost shot in the mouth, the extent of its tongue hanging out like a sausage. The music is so 80s, synthesizers and drum beats leading the original score to a successful portrayal of emotion that i dont believe could be achieved by music took from popular artists of the time. Theres some flaws however, like the captain wanting to abandon the bunker to fly off to wherever. Frankenstein retorts this idea with 'where would you go?' At the end of the movie however, the good guys fly the chopper to an island beach, which i find hilarious since its sunny by the shore in the beginning of November. Ridiculous, and the good guys have no tools to make use of the foliage in the area. So no shelter except the chopper, theres sunshine in November, and theres no food. I don't see how this is a happy ending, considering the good guys will probably die of starvation within the next couple weeks without clean food or water. Who knows, maybe they'll have to eat each other to stay alive on their island retreat. Oh well, atleast only one of them will die alone. All in all however, i like this movie. For its brutality, its softness, its portrayal of mans conflict with beast, and sure the ending...i can forgive the ending. Like Bub, i can solute my enemy, and ill politely spit out the bones in the food he gives me. This movie is food, the bones being the bullshit, and there isnt very much of that in this movie so i really cant complain. It tasted good, and so i call this movie a light 8 to a hard 7 out of 10 severed heads.
My Review for Shaolin and the Wu Tang This is an older movie than most of the ones ive reviewed, and a foreign one at that. It aired in many US theatres, as did other kung fu movies in the 70s and 80s. Wu Tang Clan sampled many of the lines in this movie into their rap songs, which made it instantly familiar and likable in my mind. "A game of chess, is like a sword fight. You must think first - hai! - before you move." The opening montage has nothing to do with the story, but its display of martial combat is very inspiring. The technique and choreography in these earlier kung fu movies amazes me even in comparison to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, or Fists of Fury. Oh and at one point, the main priest with a red sash straight up kicks the hanging red sign in half. Fucking badass. Gordon Liu stars as one of the main protagonists in this story as the pupil of a Shaolin shadowboxing master. The other pupil learns under the master of the Wu Tang sword fighting style. Now the problem arises on how these two clans are traditional rivals, and the lord of the territory tries to pit these two dangerous clans against each other so he may hold more secure control of the land. The plot is pretty predictable, like when the lord serves the wu tang master wine and doesnt take any himself...pretty obviously poisoned goods. Or how the wu tang pupil gets tossed into a jail full of crazy chicks and the one sane chick is the lord's sister undercover to steal the shaolin and wu tang secrets. She should realize how big a scumbag her lord brother is, i mean he put her in a jail full of crazy people living in filth. At the finale, both Gordon Liu and the Wu Tang guy are the two great pupils of their respective arts. So the lord has them fight each other in competition, and the lord fails to destroy both their arts. The end! This movie held my attention and has a strong message on the good of brotherhood and loyalty, both of which the lord lacks. I give it a 4 stars because damn this is a classic
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I honestly dont care if mark hamill and harrison ford and carrie fischer return to Star Wars for cameos. Its a waste of money to support more bad star wars movies
My Review of Awakenings
What a breathtaking display of human compassion and its failure in defeating all the sorrows layed on the lives of innocent people. For thirty years, lenny lay in his a prison in which time didnt move, nor were his feelings felt or known by the outside world.
Robert de Niro plays as lenny, which i thought is a great change of pace for the actor. Casino, Goodfellas, and Heat allowed De Niro to play a very masculine, degenerate character. As Lenny, he gets to show a much softer and less secure character than the gangster typical card De Niro usually gets to play. Hes a well rounded and wonderful actor, i heard he was nominated for an academy award for his role.
Robert William, as always, makes his role believable and more touching than the script could have made him. His introvertive personality shines through the character. This leads me to believe he engaged his roles with expertise, but also personal intrigue.
The blonde girlfriend from Carlito’s Way makes an appearance as De Niro’s love interest. In my mind, this movie makes her an even more solidified symbol of unrecquainted love for any main character to fall for her. Be it Al Pacino or De Niro, her love life never ends happily.
Which brings me to the fact that this movie is not necessarily a sad movie. Not a happy one either, rather a beautiful examination of the human soul.
The story is about these catatonic patients in a mental ward where Dr Sayer(Robert Williams) begins to learn that their minds are still intact. They suffer from post-encephalitis syndrome, which paralyzes the body but leaves the ability to think, allowing the patients to react to outside stimuli. Throwing a ball at a patient leads her to catch it. Music leads them to nod their heads, shaking with the rhythm they FEEL.
Sayer finds a temporary cure to free the patients from their minds into the real world. The audience doesnt know if the other subjects regress into catatonic shock, but Lenny slowly slows down. His body spasming like those suffering Parkinson’s, he loses all the freedom that weeks before had been given to him.
Its terribly depressing, and not because Lenny meets a beautiful girl and their relationship collapses due to his condition. He realizes and relishes all the things normal people take for granted: interaction, friendship, family, love. His brief glimpse into human life sends him seeking more. Lenny never has a permanent stay in the Sun, but this whole experience teaches Sayer a lesson. A nurse that clearly likes him, Sayer decides to take interest for her despite his fears. Because he knows that time is limited, and the small stuff is all that matters in the end.
Its just so sad and beautiful, i really couldnt get over De Niro’s smile or Williams nervous hands. It all fits together so well, except for the fact that all the other doctors dont believe in Sayer and treat him like shit most of the time. Do doctors not care about anything but making money?
Now that i think about it, the idea that the doctors, the people responsible with our lives, dont care about anyone really fits the theme. Because despite what we would want to believe, most people dont care about each other. And this is what Lenny meant by ‘you take the little things for granted.’ This story has a black beauty that i deeply respect.
The story really makes me think about my life. I feel like i too have wasted a lot of time, taking in air without really tasting it. Love is a hard thing to hold on to, a tough machine to manage, but this film makes taking love lightly into an inexcusable offense. As though all this time i spend seeking as other opportunities slip by, really amount to something. Like all this freedom can slip away for thirty years like it did for Lenny.
Everything about this movie is on point. The music helps capture all the time the patients have missed, and i really believe the message is a necessary one for all to hear. I give Awakenings a 10/10. My first perfect score. Every family, lone teenager, and adult should really take a look at this film. To examine your lives, and assure that you have no regrets.
My Review of Jack the Giant Slayer
So far as PG-13 movies go, you're not going to see any real painfully gruesome experiences. This movie does make a very nice return to the path of classic adventure stories however. This requires a lot of people to die, which is pretty fun to watch because this movie seems to make light of all the people that get fucked. While Jack and the military posse climb up the beanstalk to save the princess, they get caught in a rainstorm. A whole line of like five guys is dangling on the climbing line, so the douchebag second-in-command tells his gimp buddy (I think he's the camera dude in Alien Vs. Predator, i could be wrong) to cut them loose. They straight drop to their deaths, pretty crazy stuff.
the next to go are the commander's top men. i dont know who played them, but one guy gets sent straight off a cliff by the douchebag. the other gets eaten, so this movie doesnt ever quit with the constant murdering.
the only disappointing aspect i can think of, was the troll crown. when the one douchebag wears the crown, all the trolls slip into his control, as it should. the annoying part, is the description of the crown's power,"to deny the crown is to deny your very existence." for real? like, the crown isn't made of troll-kryptonite and it's not some kind of anti-troll magic, no, no the trolls just submit because they cant deny the crown's existence. that's some straight bullshit if ive ever heard of it, ive been denying my existence for years i don't see how that isn't a possibility for a bunch of dumb trolls. Giants! sorry, they're giants.
Jack the giant slayer does in fact slay two giants. he's a straight up badass and a cutie, i loved this actor in Warm Bodies. He isn't a great actor but he gets the job done, the love story is pretty straight forward. save the bitch, beat bad guys so the king loves you, then fuck the bitch. pretty simple
Ewan McGregor plays as this commander of the king's elite guard, but you never see him really stand out in a fight. Ewan is either standing around, looking like a fly motherfuck, or getting his face kicked in by the douchebag. or getting rolled up like a pig-in-a-blanket in the giant's kitchen. like how is this asshole douchebag a better fighter than Ewan McGregor? he was Obiwan for god's sake, seriously put that jedi training to use! I think he comes out on top when he straight jumps off of floating giant-land on to the beanstalk as it falls down to Earth. pretty sick shit, and all the good guys are happy in the end so who cares.
it's a good simple movie, three out of five stars, see you all next week
