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If you want to win this event, Vic, you can't slip and fall in the water. Which is exactly what he does here.
Jaws Meets Garfield:
http://garfield.com/comic/1982-09-25
People call him (Terrell Owens) "TO" I call him "A Hole".
RIP Eraser Lady (4/10/05 to 11/5/08)
And the Lord said unto John, "Come forth and receive eternal life." But John came fifth and won a toaster.
The selfish shellfish is a facetious fascist.
Audie Murphy, a badass war hero who proves his worth on the battlefield with his awesome badassery.
You can tune a guitar, you can tuna fish, but you can't tune a man who thinks he's a guitar playing fish.
I am going to go shoot pastries out of gibbons' hands with my artistic colleagues.
I do have a sense of proportion! This is large, that's larger, and this other thing is really big.
Boobs rock.
I need to talk to someone other than myself - I always have silly remarks and strange stories. I need less obscure references!
Cats are better than horses because you can have one on your lap and not die.
You know how guys think that it's cool to not wear their trousers at their waste and also sans belts? Well, it's a fashion statement - "I'm too stupid to not expose my underwear to the random passer-by."
"Kenny, did you see Saw?"
"Yeah, I saw Saw. Did I tell you how many times I saw Saw?"
"No, how many times did you see Saw?"
"I saw Saw 25 times."
"Did you see Saw 2?"
"Yeah, I saw Saw 2, too. You know, you should see Saw and see Saw 2, too."
"I can't see myself seeing that."
"I see."
Now excuse me while I go run over your cow.
To err is human
To rawr is lion
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For a while, Ed Wood was my favourite Tim Burton film, then Big Fish, then Sweeney Todd, then to being Big Fish, and back to Sweeney Todd. The top spot is fluid between the two.
7/7 - Now my #1 Burton is Batman! Oh how my perceptions change.
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Henry V (1989)
Wonderful adaptation of Shakespeare's play
Henry V is based on the Shakespeare play of the same name. It is about Henry's battle in Harfleur and Agincourt as well as the immediate aftermath, namely Henry marrying Katherine of France. Shakespeare took some creative licensee when writing his play, and Kenneth Branagh stuck to Shakespeare's original work the best he could, and didn't leave anything out of the original script.
The characters in Kenneth Branagh's version of Henry V are very believable, especially Kenneth Branagh's portrayal as King Henry V. The performances of the actors as the big name English characters were so good they made me feel something for them. When Henry found the boy dead, I felt sorry for him and his loss. When Henry rejects Falstaff, I felt something for Falstaff because of how well the actor portrayed him.
The list goes on and on in terms of what emotions were going on when different things happened to different characters. I also didn't feel sorry for any of the French people for getting killed because they odds were stacked heavily in their favour and they weren't shown in much of a positive light.
The actors fit their roles very well. The best actor of the bunch is Kenneth Branagh, and there is a slew of other good actors to go along with him. Kenneth Branagh made the character of Henry V come to life and be more than just words on pages. His supporting cast helps bring the play to life even more so because of how well the actors portrayed their characters. The character of Pistol was done to near perfection and the actors playing the Frenchmen brought life to their characters.
The film isn't just a tour de force but a solid film about a historical event. It does have a sense of art about it, but that's because all films are art. It expresses a vision about a historic battle, albeit from only the English side, and stayed true to the source.
Kenneth Branagh brought some of his directorial flavour to the film. He orchestrated an engaging battle scene about the Battle of Agincourt, and he used the film medium well. The best scene of the film is when Henry V (Kenneth Branagh) is carrying Boy (Christian Bale) through the battle field after the fighting stopped. The music accompanying the scene and the long take make it wonderful to behold.
The themes of the film are both obvious and subtle. Without prior knowledge, someone watching might not realize why the church people are encouraging Henry V to go to war, but with prior knowledge that they wanted to keep their lands safe, it makes sense. After it's been established that Henry V wants to invade France, it's easy to follow and know what's going on. The Chorus helps the audience understand the plot by explaining what is going on with the characters.
The setting is both England and France and both are depicted rather well. The cinematography for both locals is great and adds to the flavour of the film. The way each country is shown is amazing and really well done. The wonderful cinematography adds to the realism and makes me want to visit the locales depicted in the film.
Kenneth Branagh's filming style was to use still cameras for most shots and occasional panning shots. This is very effective because it lets the viewer know what's going on and the action is depicted very well. The angles used to show different soldiers being killed was masterfully done and deserves an amount of praise. We never actually see anyone get impaled with an arrow, but Branagh effectively showed us people impaled by such in such a way that it didn't matter we didn't see the arrow actually find its place in someone's flesh.
The soundtrack for this film fits it very well, especially the song sung over Henry V walking across the battlefield at Agincourt carrying the boy. The rest of the soundtrack fits the mood of the scenes they accompany very well. It's not light music, which is a good thing because of the style of writing it follows, and it's not too depressing, either.
The camera angles are good, but nothing too special. Kenneth Branagh made sure to show what he needed to in each scene, but the camera angles were mostly flat. The focus of the shots was good, though, and he used close ups extremely well. I'm a bit of a sucker for close ups, especially the really close ones, so that plays into it somewhat, but they have to be good close ups for me to love them.
There isn't really gratuitous violence and there's no sexual content. The battle scene could have been bloodier, but the way it was shot is still sublime. The violence and gore wasn't over the top and extreme but fit the story very well because there was an important battle fought between the English and French, and it was the focal point of the play and film.
All in all, this film is very well crafted from pretty much every stand point. The ending is a bit long, but that's my only gripe towards it. It's a very good film with superb acting and direction by Kenneth Branagh. I would like to see more of his Shakespeare films because of how well he handled this one.
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
The second worst superhero film I've ever seen.
The worst is X-Men 3. That movie is god awful.
Anyway, on to this film. There are so many flaws it's hard to like any portion of this movie. I haven't seen it since it came out in 2004 but I remember hating it, especially Doctor Octopus. He is one of the worst villains ever especially because he isn't much of a villain. Another thing I hate is that he never shows any signs of being in a battle after being trashed around some. He has robotic tentacles, not super human healing, which makes me hate the fight scenes. Then he sacrifices himself because he wants to be good again or whatever but that, too, is completely stupid. I've only seen it work with Godzilla and Darth Vader and they really failed at it with this film. That's just Doctor Octopus.
Spider-Man was super emo in this and completely stupid. I hated how he fell down like five flights of fire escape stairs only to say, "Ouch, my back." If someone falls down five flights of stairs and hits every single one, more is going to hurt than just his back.
I honestly wish this movie would stop existing but it won't happen. I can't understand any of the love it gets. The main reason that the first Spider-Man was good was because of the Green Goblin. Without him, it really shows just how awful Tobey McGuire is as Spider-Man. Plus, no one could act worth crap in this film and everything felt forced.
So, yeah, that's my review of the second worst superhero movie I've ever seen.
Gojira VS Mekagojira (1993)
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I love this movie! I've seen every Godzilla movie up to "Godzilla, Mothra, King Gidorah: Battle on Fire", and would have to say that this one is the best. The only people who wouldn't like it are people who don't like Godzilla and people who haven't seen it. The acting is great, the concept is great, the special effects are the best out of every Godzilla movie, and there a lot more reasons, but I don't want to waste your time. My favorite Godzilla enemy is MechaGodzilla, followed closely by King Gidorah, and I thought this was great. In the first two with MechaG, he's an alien robot, but in this he's controlled by Earth people which doesn't really improve him. The Gureada was also a cool robot, but was too weak to really do anything. Now quit reading this, and go watch the movie!