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Excited for Terminator Salvation!

I’ve been excited for this movie to come out for a while now, and something happened the other day that made me even more excited for it: I found out that it’s PG-13!

As a rule, I generally don’t bother seeing R rated movies.  They’re usually just a little too over the top whether it be in language, violence, sex, and other things.  So when I learned that Terminator Salvation was PG-13 it made me think that they’ll actually be able to focus more on the story rather than just the blood and guts!

This is looking to be a great year for movies so far.  Between Star Trek, Terminator, and Transformers there will be plenty to see!

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Movie Review: Seven Pounds

I guess you have to be careful seeing a movie when you’ve really never heard much about it. I thought that I had heard someone tell me that it was a good movie, but now I’m wondering who said that cause I have to disagree!

So the basic idea behind the site is that Will Smith’s character has obviously gone through something tramatic, but they don’t say what of course until the very end.  You do get pretty obvious hints here and there though.  So he has been doing all sorts of nice things for people, but you can also tell that he hates himself and is suicidal.

I guess what bothers me most was the whole premise…it’s just kinda weird.  So he causes a tragedy, and to make up for it kills himself to donate organs?  Yeah, not really the uplifting movie I might have been hoping for!

So unless you want to be depressed, I don’t recommend this one.

Movie Review: Bedtime Stories

Last night my wife and I watched the movie Bedtime Stories starring Adam Sandler.  If you’ve never heard of it, it’s about a guy that tells his niece and nephew bedtimes stories, but whatever they add to the story actually comes true in real life.

Cute show!  It would have been better without some of the unnecessary ‘Adam Sandler humor’, but overall it was a really cute show.

I do have to wonder though, what was up with the guinea pig?  The big eyes thing was pretty freaky, and I always find it annoying when they have animals making non-human sounds.

Anyway, a few things that were kinda dumb about it, but it’s a kids story so what do you expect?  Cute show if you want to check it out.

A Couple of Good New Songs

So for the last couple of years I’ve honestly been disappointed with a lot of the new music that’s been coming out.  It seems like there just wasn’t a lot of good stuff coming out for quite some time.  Mostly just a bunch of guys that couldn’t sing.

But the last couple of months I’ve been seeing some better stuff come out.  And it’s refreshing!  So here are a couple that I’m really enjoying lately:

Thriving Ivory - Angels on the Moon

One of the local radio stations started really promoting these guys a few months ago.  At first I didn’t really know what to think of their unique voice, but it grew on me.  Sorta reminded me of the uniqueness of Our Lady Peace back in the day.  Anyway, I actually bought this album and it’s one of the best I’ve bought in a long time.  Lot’s of good songs on the CD, but Angels on the Moon is definitely one of the best.

The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight

As far as I know this one is pretty new, but it has quickly grown on me.  Just a good song!  I don’t know anything about the rest of the album, but I’m really liking this song.

Kings of Leon - Use Somebody

Another one that I can’t say much about the whole album, but this song has also really grown on me.  The guy has a good voice and I just overall like this song a lot.

It’s been refreshing to hear some good new music coming out.  Any other suggestions?

Movie Review: Yes Man

Why is it that so many comedies have to throw in one thing that makes it so I would never want to see the movie again, let alone buy it?  Well, that’s what happened with Yes Man.

Honestly, there was a lot of funny stuff in this film and for the most part I liked it.  But they had to throw in one completely unnecessary thing that makes it so I don’t think I’ll ever recommend this movie to anyone.

So, if you go to see this one, just skip the scene where he helps out the old lady.  Not cool, unnecessary, and honestly gross.  That one scene ruined what otherwise was a pretty funny movie.

I’m annoyed with Hollywood.  I have been for years honestly.  I mean think about how many movies would have been great, but they had to throw in one little thing that makes it so you have to say, “Yeah, great movie…except for that one part.”  Or, “I loved that show, but I always skip this one part…”  Why don’t they just leave the one part out?  I’m also very annoyed with all of the masturbation references lately as well.  I mean seriously, if you think about it how many good films (Transformers for example) have had a masturbation reference lately.

I think I may be done seeing movies for a while.  I’m tired of the crap.  Anyone want to join me?

Movie Review: Transporter 3

Ok, so lately it seems like I’ve been seeing a lot of movies that have to be classified in the dumb category.  And Transporter 3 is one of them.

Now I have to admit that I really wasn’t expecting much when I rented this one.  I’ve seen the other two Transporter films and honestly they weren’t that great.   So was I expecting much from #3; hardly.

But seriously, the whole story of this one, the characters, and the lame excuses for an overly choreographed fight scene were just too much.  My wife said it perfectly when she said it was good because it was dumb.  In other words, they did a good job making it dumb and you just came to expect it!

Now I’m sure that some of you probably liked it.  I’m glad someone did!  But for those of you that haven’t seen it yet, I won’t say don’t see it.  It’s silly fun if you’re up for it, but don’t expect a great movie.  If you liked the other 2 films, this one fits in with them.

Anyway, that’s my review!

Joe Satriani - “Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock” Review

So for my birthday one of the presents that my wife got me was a the newest CD from Joe Satriani called Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock.  This is my second Joe Satriani CD and I’m really enjoying it!

The other CD I have is Crystal Planet, which I think might be a little better than this newest album.  Don’t get me wrong, they’re both really good but there are things about Crystal Planet that I like better.  It’s amazing the changes after 10 years (these two cd’s were made ten years apart).

Highlights from the CD would be:

• Musterion
• Professor Satchafunkilus
• Revelation
• Come On Baby
• Diddle-Y-A-Doo-Dat (except for the intro, kinda pointless and weird)
• Andalusia

All of the songs are good, but I like those ones the best.  So this cd was a great addition to my Satriani collection, which now amounts to a whopping 2 cds!

Traitor - Great Movie!

I watched a lot of movies over the weekend, and I have to say that the best one that I saw was Traitor starring Don Cheadle and Guy Pierce.

This is one of those movies that sorta keeps you wondering all along what is really going on.  I remember at some points I thought I knew, but then there was a twist that would change my mind.  But even after I figured it out, it was a really really good movie.  I highly recommend this one to anyone, just a great show to watch!

Here’s a quick review of some of the other movies I saw over the weekend:

• Mama Mia: LAME
• Eagle Eye: pretty good, but nothing really surprising
• The Mummy - Tomb of the Dragon Emperor: ok, but just a one timer.

Anyway, that’s what I did for part of this weekend.  How about you?

WALL-E is a Great Movie!

This weekend my wife and I finally got to see the Disney/Pixar movie WALL-E.  Honestly, I loved it!  This is one of the few movies in a long time that after seeing it I really just wanted to own it.

So what is it about this movie that’s so great?  It’s just a cute cute show!  Seriously, they did a really great job on this one.  It’s really cute, it’s just a clever as anything else that Pixar has done, and will have you laughing.

The other great thing about it is that the dialogue is simple enough that kids can follow it and basically get what’s going on.

Seriously, if you haven’t seen this movie I highly highly recommend it.  As far as Pixar movies, it definitely falls into the top 3.  I can’t decide yet if I like it better than The Incredibles, but it’s pretty darn close!

The Incredible Hulk Review

So last night my wife and I finally saw Incredible Hulk (Widescreen Edition).  I’ll say this, it was definitely better than the other Hulk movie that came out a few years ago.  That one was lame.

This one was definitely better.  The storyline was better, the action was better, but I’m not sure that the acting was much better.  I mean, Edward Norton is a great actor, but it seemed like this part was kinda flat.  Granted, he was probably told to play it that way, but I felt the character of Bruce Banner was a little weak in this one.

That and I thought Liv Tyler was kinda whiney throughout the whole thing.

I still liked it, but there are a few things that could have been much, much better.