Thursday, May 17, 2007

An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth is a must see film. For all those people who like Reality TV; well this is a net flick's rental that you can't afford to miss.

Al Gore does a brilliant job explaining how we came to royally mess up the environment and how we can reverse the tide of global warming. It's a fact filled film and it is told by our former Vice President of the United States. So, if you think he is being bias and you want to "hear" the other side's facts and opinions. Well, I ask you who is the other side? The polar bear that has to swim 60 miles to find land (ice); only to find in its place more water? Or that at least 279 species of plants and animals are already responding to global warming, moving closer to the poles.

I may be paraphrasing Al Gore here, but it is a great quote: "It's not the earth that I am worried about, its the humans". - Al Gore, An Inconventient Truth (novel)

Enough said. Save the humans. Join Al Gore (who was totally robbed of the presidency)at www.climatecrisis.net



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Friday, May 4, 2007

Spiderman 3

Story: A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter Parker and causes inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptations, and revenge.

Review: "Spider-Man 3," earned $148 million over this past weekend; breaking all time records with sinking the record holder, "Pirate's, Dead Man's Chest" opening day box office numbers of $55.8 million ($59.3 million for Spider-Man)!

The web that Spidey spun for me over the weekend had its weak spots. I think for all the money Spiderman has earned and spent, (rumor has it that it cost $500 million dollars to create, making it the most expensive movie ever), should have been incredible. But our friendly neighborhood spider weaves a long and arduous web with too many sub-plots and a water-down romance. Let's just say MJ and Peter Parker are not going to be at the top of the most romantic couple of all time list. The age old story of revenge is pretty sloppily told, but I can give them an A for effort in this area.

However, despite the movie's obvious frailties, the action sequences are fantastic! I forgot to breathe during the first fight scene between Harry (New Goblin) and Spiderman. CG has really come along way since the first Spiderman movie. The first time we see Flint Marko transform into Sandman, it is a quite a remarkable feet of computer graphic engineering (not to be missed). When Venom makes it onto the scene, (screen time for Venom was way to short), he actually made me jump in my seat (I think it was those teeth)!

All in all it was a mediocre film. If you like action pack fight sequences, inventive CG, a dancing Spidey, a strained love triangle and can stomach a teary eyed Peter Parker wooing a two dimensional MJ; you may have a wonderful experience. If not, just go to see Bruce Campbell who gets five hilarious minutes on screen with our man in red tights.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Children of Men

Story: In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

Review: First thing first: This is an excellently crafted film. The acting is superb (Owen, Caine, Moore and new comer Ashitey do a wonderful job); the cinematography, timing, direction, story and overall execution is extremely well done.

With that said it gave me disturbing dreams for an entire weekend! I have tried to figure out why this movie had such an adverse effect on me and I have finally realized why. This film just came to close to home. We witness on a daily bases violent acts of terror. This movie inadvertently made me acutely aware of how violence of this magnitude impacts my inner psyche. Now I'm not talking about "Die Hard" movies (one of my favorite action movies of all time); because to me it is just slightly outside the realm of reality. Therefore I can suspend my disbelief and enjoy Willis blowing up the bad guys. However, it is not the same when it comes to "Children of Men". It is much to real. So, I caution anyone that sees this movie, (definitely an adult movie), ahead of time. It is a good movie but it may have a lasting effect that you would much rather live without.