Recent Movies
I've been to a few movies recently:
Fahrenheit 9/11 -- saw this with some of the guys from work tonight. The movie was, as expected, quite leftist. Michael Moore did use the facts to the best of his advantage of portraying Bush and his inner circle as sometimes buffons, sometimes evil, selfish, calculating men who are manipulating the American public for their own financial gain. While some of it may be true -- and I believe the truth is somewhere in there -- I think he gives Bush a little too much credit -- Bush is not that smart. Regardless, the American public should see this movie.
Blood: The Last Vampire -- I saw this movie on DVD, on my laptop instead of sleeping. It didn't seem that long -- I found out afterwards it was about 45 minutes only. The characters didn't get that well developed. The movie is an anime, set in 1966 Vietnam, and is about a mysterious girl, one of the originals, that hunt down and kill vampire monsters -- and she does it hack-and-slash, with a sword. The movie is quite stylized -- the animation is cool -- but the story too short.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -- saw the latest Harry Potter movie with the family. This time around, with new direction, the movie is darker and more geared towards the summarizing of the book. It was still a good movie, but a lot of the finer points that the first two movies captured seemed to have gone. Hopefully, these will make it into the DVD release. The movie also didn't focus so much on Voldemort as I thought it would have. It all seemed to happen too fast -- including Harry Potter's realization that the Prisoner of Azkaban was actually a friend.
Troy -- the story stayed pretty true to the story I read when I was a kid -- or as memory serves anyway. It also served as an opportunity for Brad Pitt to show off his well buffed nude form. Eric Bana was great in the movie, and Orlando Bloom shot arrows yet again.
The Day After Tomorrow -- seeing the world end (well not really, just the next ice age) occur in movie time, with spectacular effects of New York subjected to the elements, was great. To believe that this would in any way serve to get people to take climatic change any more seriously is far fetched. It made for nice entertainment while it lasted though!
Fahrenheit 9/11 -- saw this with some of the guys from work tonight. The movie was, as expected, quite leftist. Michael Moore did use the facts to the best of his advantage of portraying Bush and his inner circle as sometimes buffons, sometimes evil, selfish, calculating men who are manipulating the American public for their own financial gain. While some of it may be true -- and I believe the truth is somewhere in there -- I think he gives Bush a little too much credit -- Bush is not that smart. Regardless, the American public should see this movie.Blood: The Last Vampire -- I saw this movie on DVD, on my laptop instead of sleeping. It didn't seem that long -- I found out afterwards it was about 45 minutes only. The characters didn't get that well developed. The movie is an anime, set in 1966 Vietnam, and is about a mysterious girl, one of the originals, that hunt down and kill vampire monsters -- and she does it hack-and-slash, with a sword. The movie is quite stylized -- the animation is cool -- but the story too short.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban -- saw the latest Harry Potter movie with the family. This time around, with new direction, the movie is darker and more geared towards the summarizing of the book. It was still a good movie, but a lot of the finer points that the first two movies captured seemed to have gone. Hopefully, these will make it into the DVD release. The movie also didn't focus so much on Voldemort as I thought it would have. It all seemed to happen too fast -- including Harry Potter's realization that the Prisoner of Azkaban was actually a friend.Troy -- the story stayed pretty true to the story I read when I was a kid -- or as memory serves anyway. It also served as an opportunity for Brad Pitt to show off his well buffed nude form. Eric Bana was great in the movie, and Orlando Bloom shot arrows yet again.The Day After Tomorrow -- seeing the world end (well not really, just the next ice age) occur in movie time, with spectacular effects of New York subjected to the elements, was great. To believe that this would in any way serve to get people to take climatic change any more seriously is far fetched. It made for nice entertainment while it lasted though!
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