Watchmen lawsuit

So, the Watchmen lawsuit is continuing. This annoys me to no avail. I thought they solved this over a month ago when WB released the official movie release date. But apparently not. FOX still is complaining because they supposedly have the rights to Watchmen. So, here’s my take on it. Why is FOX waiting until NOW to start attacking Warner Brothers? Shouldn’t they have taken this up a year ago when the script was being written? It isn’t like Warner Brothers has been trying to keep this movie a secret. And now FOX is all “Yo, we got the rights to dat, foo’. So fork it over!” Dude, what? Here’s what I think is going on. FOX didn’t know how to pull off this movie, and now that they see how good Warner Brothers did, they’re pissed. Seeing as the movie is finished, all FOX has to do is win a lawsuit and release it and take all the money for themselves, right? Well, Warner Brothers doesn’t really seem to care. Fans really have waited too long for this movie and now, they have something that can make a lot of people happy. And that’s the point of movies. Not to make a ton of money. I’m proud of Warner Brother’s choice to keep the Watchmen release date the same and not give in to FOX.  Fox needs to just cool it and try again with another movie if money is all that they are after.

Watchmen is set to be realsed in March of 2009. And hopefully, it will be released in March 2009. I’ll try to keep everyone updated with this.

In the mean time, be sure and hit the theaters this winter for some of these cool movies. We have Bride Wars opening in January and Coraline and He’s Just Not That Into You opening in February.  And make sure to avoid money wasters such as My Bloody Valentine and The Unborn.

Have a Happy New Years!

The Spirit review

Well, I quite enjoyed the new Frank Miller movie. It was a bit iffy at parts. I’d type an in depth review, but I have since pulled a muscle in my neck and am in great pain.

First off, I give this movie a B- . Yeah, I’m using the Yahoo ‘grade’ system for the sake of getting this over with.

Pros:

• Amazing acting on all parts
• Great dialog
• Great scenery and settings
• Great effects

Cons:

• Kind of too fast for the dumber audience
• I think the Lorelei part was half pointless and poorly done. Should have just made her a silhouette
• Jumped into the plot without hardly setting it up

So, it’s a cool movie. You should see it. I enjoyed it.

Merry Christmas!!

Hey guys! Merry Christmas! Hope you’re all fine and well. I got some movies for Christmas! Cloverfield and Indy 4, along with some books on the making of Indiana Jones. <33  Anyways, I forgot to write a review about Yes Man. But it was pretty good. It is well worth the money. I’d describe it as a combination of Dumb and Dumber and pornography. But well worth it. Haha. I’m going to try to hit the theaters tomorrow after all my after Christmas shopping to see The Spirit. I’m soooo pumped for it. Auuuh. Also hitting theaters is the new Tom Cruise garbage and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which looks pretty nice. Idk. Not my cup of tea honestly. Well, Merry Christmas!!

Seven Pounds (and how to lose them) SPOILER

So, being the movie addict I am, I have been watching the critics closely with Seven Pounds. It looked like another lame Will Smith movie. And guess what? It is just another lame Will Smith movie. The trailer made me want to throw my Men in Black DVDs in the trash because of how low Will Smith has dropped. So here’s my take on Seven Pounds.

It sucks. Don’t waste your money. Allow me to waste several minutes of your life so you won’t waste several hours and dollars of yours.

Will Smith is a pathetic, emo black man that pretends to be his brother to track down 7 random people that need some sort of transplant. He feels the need to do this because he cause a traffic accident that killed his fiance and 6 other random people. He feels all emo about it and after listening to several Fall Out Boy CDs, he climbs into a bath tub filled with ice and puts a jelly fish into it and kills himself and donates his organs to those 7 random people. And then the woman that got his heart falls in love with the man that got his eyes.

This is just a pathetic ridiculous story about a man that is too pathetic to try to get over tragedy and live his life and be happy for having a second chance. If he wanted to help people, he could have built a homeless shelter of something. But no, he takes the easy way out and offs himself. It’s just telling people that being emo and killing yourself can be justified if you donate your organs. Oh. Please. I’ve seen less drama on MySpace or on the SOAP network. You’ll only leave the theater crying because you could have spent the time you spent in the theater out shopping for Christmas gifts or picking up women or finding a cure for cancer.

Batman 3 news

Well, as I said it would be, Batman 3 has been confirmed, along with the hunting of 2 new villains (because 1 at a time just doesn’t cut it, apparently..). Basically, The Riddler has been confirmed, and rumours are flying around surrounding Cat Woman. Now, while rumours do tend to have some truth hanging out in there, I’m not sure the film scene is ready to revive Cat Woman from that awful Halle Berry movie. Poison Ivy should be considered. But that might overload the movie with green. There are also a few Penguin rumours, but the Penguin has never been that dynamic a character, imho, and I’m pretty sure they want something dynamic to attempt to top Ledger’s performance as The Joker.

I think Angelina Jolie is totally the wrong way to go for Cat Woman. And Depp would be a terrible, terrible Riddler. He’s not funny. He’s a ’serious’ Gothic type actor. The Riddler is a crazy nutter. I think Jim Carrey is their best bet for that. And that maybe Uma Thurman could be a good Cat Woman. I can’t really think of any other woman to be her. Maybe Helena Bonham Carter.

Australia!

Well, I finally got to see Australia yesterday, and let me tell you, I was not disappointed. This was one of the most heart capturing movies I have come across in a while. It’s a typical Baz film. Full of comedy and love in all of the right places, and several tear jerking moments. I don’t know how I left the theater without crying. I almost started like 4 times. Here’s my short pro con run through before I get to the in depth part.

Pro:

• Excellent Acting. Nicole Kidman beautifully protrays a stuck up, prudish English woman that softens to find love. Hugh Jackmon is amazing as usual as the rough rider cowboy mommy always warned you about. The child actor did very well too, and the supporting actors did nothing but support.
• Excellent plot. It is very original and gripping and beautifully written.
• Great shots. It does a ton of justice to beautiful Australia.
• Touching. Like I said, I almost started to cry several times. But then again, Lord of the Rings leaves me in tears.

Con:

• Running length. It is very long and I was really sore ans sick afterward. I thought it was going to end several times. Very Jacksonesque.
• The opening sequence was very confusing. It makes sense later, but it could have bee executed better.

Alright, well the movie opens with an aboriginal child talking. He tells about the situation: that his mother is an aboriginal woman and that he is half white, meaning his father is one of the white men. His grandfather is an aboriginal witchdoctor named King George. He is teaching the boy, Nullah, to sing to the fish in the river to command them. While doing this, they see the white men herding some cattle across the river into the lands owned by the CCC beef company. Then a man is murdered in front of Nullah’s eyes. This part was very confusing. I wasn’t really sure what to make of it..but it was explained later. The story progresses from there with the arrival of Sarah Ashley, wife of the dead man, and Drover. The two are enemies on sight but have a common goal: they want to beat the CCC for stealing their good cattle to sell. Together, they round up a gang of wily characters to drive the cattle to the city of Darwin to be shipped off before the CCC can sell their load and get away with theft. Along the way, they exploit racial segregation and show that love has no skin colour. The story becomes heart breaking when Sarah and Drover fall in love and he decides to leave to drive cattle for the army. Nullah is captured by a missionary group that take the children of black and white couples to make them act “white”. Basically to civilize them and get rid of the aboriginal  in them. Then the Japanese attack and all hope seems lost. It was unbearably sad when Drover returns to get Sarah because he loved her only to find that the place she worked at was bombed and that the island Nalluh was on was bombed. It is truly amazing. I absolutely love it. I woudl recommend this for most anyone. There’s plenty of action for the men, love for the women, and comedy and drama in between to appease everyone. It compiles a love story with stunning visuals and the pain of the human heart to create one of the best movies I have seen all year.

I award it 5 joey kangaroos out of 5.

Through the Looking Glass So Far

Well, it’s been common knowledge for a while that Burton has been working on a live action version of the book Through the Looking Glass (also known as Alice in Wonderland). And now production is rolling and odd photos are coming out of th looking class. Take this for example:

Ok, uhm..what? What on Earth is this? Who on Earth is THIS!? Why, it couldn’t possibly be Johnny Depp wearing something rediculous in what is probably his 20th Burton film. Oh, but it is, it is. But what on Earth is Johnny supposed to be? The Mad Hatter, obviously. Doesn’t he just look so “mad”? Oh, and guess what else? Helen Bonham Carter couldn’t possibly have found her way into this one right, right!? Wrong! She’s the Queen of Hearts, obviously. And I’m scared to see what outfit she’ll be decked in, if this is Johnny’s. I’m not sure at all about this movie. I usually hate Burton’s stuff at first, and then it grows on me. Like The Corpse Bride. I started off HATING that movie. Now I adore it. But I still hate TNBC. Sorry to all of you wananbe goths but dancing Christmas skelletons just isn’t cool to me. Beedle Juice is wonderful. I think his Batman movies suck. Edward Sissorhands is okay. I’m not even sure what Burton thinks he’s doing. Sweeny Todd was good, but Depp sucked. So, I guess we must wait and see. Its current release date is 2010, but honestly…I think I can wait..this picture right here just kinda does it all for me right now.

Potter Fans, calm down..

Alright, I just read a news article online about how people are STILL going nuts over the postponement of Harry Potter. For real guys? Like that was decided ages ago. It’s time to get over it. Petitions won’t do anything. Crying won’t do anything. The movie is going to SUCK anyways, like the past ones have because Yates and Heyman are mentally retarded and wouldn’t be able to pick a Harry Potter book out of a pile of dictionaries. Besides, Twilight was released to satisfy the need for a terrible book-based movie anyways. That should be enough for you. Stop. Complaining. About. The. Potter. Release. Date. It’s not going to get anyone anywhere. It’s too late. The day of its original release is here and guess what, NO POTTER. So shut up and wait for it like a good fanatic. In the men time, we still have the release of Beedle the Bard to look forward to. So focus on that instead.

Twilight Dawning

Well, it seems as those the POS mods that decide which sites can and cannot be viewed on public computers has found my blog to be “inappropriate”. Well, that may be, but I’m still beyond annoyed. Anyways, tomorrow is the day that I, along with millions of other sane souls, have been dreading. The release of the abomination, Twilight. *insert_inappropriate_gagging_noises* Honestly, what do people see in this crap? It’s like “Oh em gee, my name is Bella and I’m a plain Jane. Ooh, look at that emo eye candy over there. I’m going to go hit on him.” “Hello, I am Edward and I’m a vampire and I sparkle and can stand in sunlight which is totally out of character for a vampire and I make no sense and have no personality. Lets make out.” “Buahaha, I’m a bad guy and I randomly want to kill Bella because she’s totally interesting, with her apparent lack of personality and attractiveness. Lulz.” Like,  what? Why would you pay to see that? Why not just go read some Dracula fanfiction if you’re that desparate. But now it’s going to be a movie. Oh. Great. Now we have to SEE, like visibly SEE the patheticness of it. Like have you seen the trailer? They have a gross blue filter on it to make it look even more cold and emo than anything should be. I mean I am seriously annoyed at it, and I love the colour blue. And then the terrible acting. Oh God, the ACTING. William Shater would kill himself over that acting (and thats saying something). It’s like “I *pause* want you so *pause* much and uh *pause* stuff”. It’s a trainwreck. I’m aware that somehow, this series is popular. Somehow, it has a fan base. And that I will probably get a million angry messages from people about this. But Twilight sucks. It’s a peice of crap. Dear pathetic, love desparate morons, and gay guys, FIND SOME REAL LITERATURE TO READ. Read some freaking Poe! That’ll give you your daily intake of emo and you’ll be reading soemthing worthwhile and classic and worth your time and money.

Movies to get EXCITED about

Alright, so I’m surfing through Yahoo Movies liek the dork I am and I’ve managed to come across some really interesting movies.. So, HOPREFULLY, I’ll be able to give you guys some good reviews. I know I’ve been saying that since The Dark Knight release, but eh, blame the failing economy for my penny pinching.

First up is Australia. I’m really only excited about this because it’s by Baz, whom is SPECTACULAR (spectacular ;D), and because it is starring the amazing Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. It looks really interesting. Baz always makes really cool movies so I think this one will be worth the money as always. It’s basically a love story that takes place in Australia during WWII.

Next we have The Day the Earth Stood Still. While I’m not a fan of todays wannabe ’sci fi horror’ ie: The Invasion and suspect it’ll be another shitty remake like ie: The Invasion, I still love the concept and original like ie: The Invasion. Will I see it? I don’t know…I might bootleg it like I did on several others ie: The Invasion. And I HATE Keanu Reeves. D:

Next we have Yes Man. Its got Jim Carrey, so I think its a safe bet. He has never dissapointed me in a comedic role. It’s about a depressed man whom uses the word YES to turn his life around, or so says Yahoo.. idk. I’ll get more info on with when I’m not at school, liek I am right now.

And finally, WATCHMEN. I am so BEYOND PUMPED for this shit. I read the graphic novel and feel head over heels for it. It looks fantastic. It still will not be realesed until March 6th, but I think it looks well worth the wait.

So, that’s really all I have for now. I’ll try to come back with some updates on the movies if any arrise. And I’ll hopefully get some good reviews on here for them. Thanks for reading.