Mini-Reviews 02

I've got a lot of free time.


The Eye-- Best American remake of a Japanese horror film I've seen. Quite possibly my favorite Jessica Alba performance, as well. I respect an actress willing to look unattractive for a film. Some things are suspect in the film, but, nothing terribly serious. Plus, the phantom escorts look hella cool and creepy.

Strange Wilderness-- Meh. Mediocre most of the time. Some hilarious jokes, but, more often than not the jokes are kind of ridiculous and unfunny. Strong performances, just, not terribly funny material. But, not a fan of Jonah Hill's character in this film, though when he sings a song it makes me laugh. Also, there's moments in the film where there's what seems to be the set-up for a joke, but, there's never the pay-off. It looks like they had fun making it, but, that doesn't necessarily make for a good film.

Mr. Brooks-- Great movie. I think it's really interesting seeing the two sides of the schizophrenic madman. It's also nice to see Dane Cook in a serious role. From what I've read, there's talk of it being the first of a trilogy, which would be interesting to see.

Cloverfield-- Um... very cool. Extremely intriguing way of telling the story, extremely good acting... it actually feels real, feels live, not scripted. I've read complaints about the monster's appearance, that it was lacking in some way and a let down... I don't know why that is. Can't understand it. The film does kind of annoy me, though, because I don't like being ignorant or confused, and I can't stand unanswered questions. I mean, I don't need everything spelled out for me, but, there's just so many questions, haha. I do understand that with the way the film is shot and written it can't answer the questions, but, still... Really good anyway.

Mini-Reviews 01

I've decided to bring the mini-reviews I used to do in my vids to my blog instead. So, once I've got several of them built up, I'll post them here. It won't be anything terribly in-depth, usually, it'll just be some basic thoughts and whether I think it's good or bad. So, let's get started!

Broken Flowers-- Excellent film, except for the ending. Funny and heartfelt, with a very indie feel to the shots and editing.

Doll Graveyard-- Not good. Kind o' bad, in fact. Mostly good acting, but some questionable plot points and some irritatingly unrealistic CG effects, but not many. It's fairly contrived and uninspired, as far as plots go. Maybe Charles Band needs to just the evil puppet films go, ey?

Hatchet-- Excellent film, I had planned a vid or it, but, having issues with that... I may end up just posting it onto my blog if it takes too long to get a new mic.

Meet The Spartans-- Kind o' funny, but overall fairly banal. Some cool cameo-type parts, though. But, when and why did Carmen Electra start doing so many spoof movies?

Juno-- Amazing film! Anyone who does not like this must not have a heart. Funny, quirky, and sad. It made me cry, and there haven't been very many new films that have such an effect on me! And the song in the very last scene is just lovely.

Sweeney Todd-- Excellent film, though I felt it was a bit slow in the beginning. And, as much of an auteur as Tim Burton is, I felt that the way they did the blood, at least as far as the color is concerned, was ridiculous. Just looked stupid. It was nice to hear Johnny Depp sing, though. (^_^)

One Missed Call-- Read the blog immediately before this one. I'll restate it, though; it's a bad movie.

Jumper-- I don't understand why people give this film such a bad rap. It's really pretty damn good, though I'm not a big fan of Hayden Christensen when he pretends to be angry. Jamie Bell's pretty awesome, though. But the plot makes sense, the action scenes are pretty awesome. Best moment in the film is when Griffin (Jamie Bell) is jumping repeatedly at Roland (Samuel L. Jackson) and screaming in rage. Very intense, very cool moment in the film. The ending kind o' sucks, and the film as a whole feels somewhat rushed, but, it's a good movie.


That's it for now. I've gotten into renting movies from Red Box again, so, there're definitely more on the way. I've got The Eye [which I'm watching right now, actually], Mr. Brooks, Strange Wilderness, and Cloverfield at the moment.

Bad Movie Alert!!

One Missed Call is stupid. Be warned!

Plot holes galore, dumb-as-shit ending, and kind o' predictable in the cause behind the killer cell phones!

It does have some decent creepy imagery goin' on, but that's about all, and sometimes it's painfully unrealistic CGI.

Not the worst movie ever, but, not good either.

New vid

'Nough said.

Little Piece O' Convo

Sixty X Celph says:
Need me some o' that Kool-Aid pie... the cat just ran off with my fork...

Mr. Grape says:
LMFAO!

Mr. Grape says:
Now that's a quote!

Mr. Grape says:
That should be your next Blogspot entry, haha!

Sixty X Celph says:
Hah!

Mr. Grape says:
So did you get your fork back?

Sixty X Celph says:
I did, by the gods.

Sixty X Celph says:
She picked it up, took it, set it down, and began to play with it, haha

Mr. Grape says:
Wow, my kitty never did anything close to that, lol.

Sixty X Celph says:
Haha

Sixty X Celph says:
She's such a silly fatty

Mr. Grape says:
She should have went for the pie instead!

Sorry, y'all.

I haven't typed up a weblog nor have I uploaded a new vid to YouTube in awhile. Sorry, y'all.

I just haven't been doing anything much lately, so, nothing to talk about. Been lazin' about watchin' movies and playin' vidgames. Been kind of down and boring. Which wasn't helped by my decision to watch Boys Don't Cry, which is a terribly tragic film and just made me even more depressed. And angry, because I hate people.

In good news, fourth season of Weeds started on Monday, so that was pretty nifty. I think it's off to a good start, getting to interesting places possibly. Good just as easily get irritatingly stupid and pointless, though, so we'll see how that goes.

I realize I should be working on, well, anything, and the gods know I've a backlog of stuff to get to, but... blah. Soon, hopefully. It'd also be nice to get on with my life, or get my life started really depending on how you look at it, but, life's overrated. I hope.

Anyway, so, yeah, hopefully I'll do something soon. I want to, but at the same time, I don't want to do anything, know what I mean?

Better.

Is it weird that I accept that all of my friends are better than me? This is a realization I came upon a few minutes ago. All of my friends are more successful than me. I am a tag-a-long. A coattail-rider, if you will.

Let me detail some of my friends for you and show you what I mean.

One makes music, great music. Probably the best programmer I've ever heard, definitely the best one I know. She also draws a comic. And does a good job from what I've seen, especially for someone who doesn't really do much visual art.

One is yet another musician, and damn good. A variety of musical projects, numerous songs for each. He's also run a fairly popular podcast.

One makes vids. He likes to say that I'm an equal part of it, but, he's gotta be trying to make me feel better. Or he's fooling himself. Either way, he does most everything, and I help out as much as I am capable. Good way to explain it, he could easily continue without me. There wouldn't be anything if it were just me.

There are dozens of examples, but, I imagine that gets my point across. All of my friends are better than me. But, this doesn't bother me. I'm not brought down by this; I am, in fact, quite happy simply to know them and be their friend. To be a part of their lives.

A coattail-rider.

But, then, what does that say about me?

Neuroses Part One of Infinity

It's currently 2:40 a.m. and I can't sleep because I can't stop thinking.

For many years, I've stood by a very simple idea; although I do not want to die, I am not afraid to die. Sounds all falsely noble and pretentious, but it used to be "I'm not afraid to die", but people interpreted that as being suicidal. So, it had to be amended. With that being said, though, I've been thinking about my own mortality [again], and it's time to change it again.

While I do not want to die, I am not afraid of death, but, I am afraid of dying.

Allow me to explain.

I do not want to die. Simple enough. I feel old, but in truth I am very young and have yet to experience many things in life. I am not prepared to die.

I am not afraid of death. Death itself doesn't worry me, doesn't upset me, and does not frighten me. This comes down to my "spiritual" beliefs, or general lack thereof. I do not believe that there is anything after death. I liken it, in my mind, to never waking up from sleep. I don't realize I'm sleeping while I'm asleep, it's only once I've awoke that this realization occurs to me. I will never realize my own death because there is not waking up from death. But, with that in mind...

I am afraid of dying. It can not be predicted, in truth can not be entirely prepared for. I could go to sleep after posting this and never wake up, and I would never know the difference. Add to this the statistics of accidents, statistical death tolls, and how unrealistic it is for me to consider I am not a part of that, that I've no potential to be a part of those statistics. The rational side of me knows that it's a relatively small chance, given the number of people whom die versus the number of people whom survive, but still... there is that small chance. And thus, I fear dying.

While I'm not sure when it started, exactly, somewhere around the age of at least 13, but no older than 15, I have heavily considered, and generally accepted, the fact that I may not live to see my next birthday. And I long believed that I would probably not reach the age of 20. I'm probably jinxing myself, as I haven't actually made it to 20, but it's looking to more and more likely as the weeks drag on.

Just to throw something at the end of this, my fear of dying ties into my dislike of sleeping, my arachnophobia, and the reason I am not comfortable with the idea of living alone. But I think I've typed enough, as it's now 2:56.

PSP!

Got my PSP today!

The funny story I mention and never go into is that if I had waited instead of pre-ordering it, I could have got a free guide for the game with it from Best Buy. (>_<)

Oh, well.

It also doesn't come with a memory stick, which is bullshit. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't the normal PSP's come with memory sticks? Crappy ones, if I recall, but a memory stick nonetheless? Bullshit. Ah, well, looks like I'll be beating God of War: Chains of Olympus without actually saving the game. (>_<)

(^_^)

Haircut! Even made a vid on YouTube about it.

I like it, I like it a lot. (^____^)

Inflammable

Got Indestructible today, and it's a fantastic reminder of why I enjoy Disturbed as much as I do. (^____^)

I'm a Ramblin' Man

So, yep. The Playstation 2's parental settings for DVD's makes no fucking sense and is ultimately useless except as a nuisance.

I'm thinking about starting to shave my legs as well, anybody got any thoughts?

I have a growing list of DVD's that I need to purchase, but I'm in need of a job first... add to that the games list, and I may need two.

Why are there so many jackasses who play vidgames online? Seriously.

Oh, speaking of vidgames and going back to things that make no sense and are useless, the Xbox 360's ability to avoid or prefer a player you've played with makes no sense and is useless.

In happier news, my pre-order of Indestructible, the new album from Disturbed, shipped a day or two ago, and I'm hoping it's soon. There was an issue where they added this $16 tax to my PSP pre-order, which would have been nice to know beforehand, but whatever. So, I put more money into my bank account, and hopefully that'll be the end of that and it'll ship soon.

I can't think of anything else to add right now. Oh! Here's a good way to end:

Mr. Grape, there's a new vid on YouTube.

(o.o)

So, I'm about to fall asleep minutes ago, when out of the corner of my eye in the darkness there's a bright yellow flash and I hear a loud pop that sounded unmistakably like an electrical spark...

In case it turns out to be some weird kind of premonition and I die in a bizarre electrical fire in my sleep tonight, it was nice knowing you all. (o.o)

Random Info

When I'm talking on the phone, I can not stand still. I wander aimlessly or I pace.

Just sharin'. Anyone else similarly inflicted?

So...

Today's been interesting. Nothing like fixing a light fixture stark naked and dripping wet. *sigh*

Good news, I now have my learner's permit. Maybe I'll start growing up...

Naaaaaaah!

EDIT: I forgot to mention, I broke half of my spacebar, so, typing's a whole new experience. Bit slower, but I'm getting used to it.

I Feel...

Old. Among other things. How fucked up is that? This also brings up a metaphysical question; Am I old enough to feel old? Surely I haven't experienced enough in my life to be considered old by any means. But, alas, I feel out of touch. As odd as it sounds, I don't understand kids these days. Then again, I don't understand kids of my own age-bracket. Well... it's complicated. I understand them, but I don't get it, y'know what I mean?

Though, I don't feel there is anything age-restricted, but that belief only pertains to psychological matters. On a physiological level, I'm certainly far too young to feel old... right? But I do, I feel as though my body has aged more than it should. I have problems with my knees, my back's starting to ache more and more... I feel as though I'm deteriorating faster than I should be.

Well, that's enough pretentious bullshit for now.

Why?

Why would you make two versions of a DVD with completely different special features? What the fuck? I'm now glad I have both versions of Saw II, since they have COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FUCKING FEATURES. Yes, the special edition has more features, but it's lacking all the vids from the normal edition.

Why?

WHY?!

... there's no good fucking reason why!

Fuck you, Lions Gate, you cockgobblers.

Typing Takes Forever

Took way too long to do it, but the CD list is finally up. [*]'s denote a burned CD, unfortunately. And I didn't even include the CD's I've ripped or *gasp* downloaded but never burned.

As you can see, I've a long way to go before I've replaced them all with legitimate copies, but I'm workin' on it.

Whew. (>_<)

Thanks to a suggestion from the lovely Fran (chroniclesofbayley), there is now a complete list of all the Sega Genesis, Nintendo, Xbox, and Playstation games I own, as well as a list of the DVD's I own.

They're at the bottom of the right column, and some of them are very long. But if you're ever wondering if I own a DVD or game, there ya have it.

Squee!!!

One of the DVD purchases I made has arrived! And the other should be here by the end of the week at the latest. (^____^)