Friday, November 28, 2008
I'm Holding My Blog Hostage
I'm holding my blog hostage until someone explains the fish-people nature of the Flying Dutchman's crew under Davey Jones' rule, but not Turner's.
Pirates Of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
I'm not really sure why the crew of the Flying Dutchman were Fish-people under Davey Jones' rule, but not under Capt Turner's... I guess they were fed up with spending all that money on makeup and CG stuff.
Probably the most interesting scene for me was the scene near the end where the Endeavour just sailed between the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman and is in the process of blowing up. Anyways, the Governor Guy/Main Baddie is stunned by the appearance of the Dutchman under Turner's command, and is basically speechless. Then the Endeavour starts to blow up, and he serenely walks from the wheel to the main deck, down a set of stairs as the ship disintigrates around him. Hardly any sound, aside from the music. Very interesting scene.
Probably the most interesting scene for me was the scene near the end where the Endeavour just sailed between the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman and is in the process of blowing up. Anyways, the Governor Guy/Main Baddie is stunned by the appearance of the Dutchman under Turner's command, and is basically speechless. Then the Endeavour starts to blow up, and he serenely walks from the wheel to the main deck, down a set of stairs as the ship disintigrates around him. Hardly any sound, aside from the music. Very interesting scene.
Day Of The Dead
The new one. Just came out this year, or last year.
If you're expecting any sort of reasonable resemblance to the original, you'll be sorely mistaken. Pretty much the only similarities are the fact that Zombies are involved (well, sorta zombies. Not really the same as the classic Romero-style zombie), there're guns, and there's a military base involved.
And Ving Rhames is in it. Just like in the Dawn of the Dead remake. Playing a completely different character. I suppose that is sort of a given, since the two movies were made by completely different people.
The zombies were apparently the result of some sort of bio-weapons research or something. And they didn't really die before becoming a zombie. Just kind of got infected, got slowly bleeding-er, and then went sorta comatose. After a bit of that, their skin decomposed rather quickly, and they started to look rather zombie-esque. More of the running type of zombie, and less of the standard shambling type.
The point about the guns should be pretty self-explanatory.
And instead of having the entire story happen in and around a military base, like the original, the missile base showed up as the place they run to for shelter, and coincidentally happens to be the source of the plague, too. So there was none of that social commentary that the original had, such as the whole military vs. scientists thing...
Anyways, in terms of Romero Remakes, Dawn of the Dead is worth it. Day of the Dead, not so much.
If you're expecting any sort of reasonable resemblance to the original, you'll be sorely mistaken. Pretty much the only similarities are the fact that Zombies are involved (well, sorta zombies. Not really the same as the classic Romero-style zombie), there're guns, and there's a military base involved.
And Ving Rhames is in it. Just like in the Dawn of the Dead remake. Playing a completely different character. I suppose that is sort of a given, since the two movies were made by completely different people.
The zombies were apparently the result of some sort of bio-weapons research or something. And they didn't really die before becoming a zombie. Just kind of got infected, got slowly bleeding-er, and then went sorta comatose. After a bit of that, their skin decomposed rather quickly, and they started to look rather zombie-esque. More of the running type of zombie, and less of the standard shambling type.
The point about the guns should be pretty self-explanatory.
And instead of having the entire story happen in and around a military base, like the original, the missile base showed up as the place they run to for shelter, and coincidentally happens to be the source of the plague, too. So there was none of that social commentary that the original had, such as the whole military vs. scientists thing...
Anyways, in terms of Romero Remakes, Dawn of the Dead is worth it. Day of the Dead, not so much.
Ratattoiue or Whatever
Rat-a-too-ee. However the hell you spell that. That Pixar movie about the rat/chef thing.
Quite a good movie. Which is a given, since its Pixar. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
And as an added bonus, you can watch NetFlix (NetFlicks?) stuff on the XBox 360. So you don't have to wait for DVDs. Works surprisingly well.
Quite a good movie. Which is a given, since its Pixar. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
And as an added bonus, you can watch NetFlix (NetFlicks?) stuff on the XBox 360. So you don't have to wait for DVDs. Works surprisingly well.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Quigley Down Under
Tom Selleck as a sharpshooter hired to shoot Aborigines in Australia, but ends up shooting Alan Rickman.
As always, he's got some fantastic facial hair. And that's enough to make watching the movie worthwhile.
As always, he's got some fantastic facial hair. And that's enough to make watching the movie worthwhile.
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