Movie Review #3: American Beauty
American Beauty… Brilliant! It was an amazing film, the acting, the story, the dialogue, everything was great. Starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Benning, respectively. They are married but basically hate each other now. Kevin Spacey`s
character is unhappy with his job and with his life at home. Hs teenage daughter, Jane, hates both her parents. Kevin Spacey eventually falls in love his daughters best friend, Angela. Once he meets Angela, he feels like a new man, he works out, he quits his job and takes control at home. He continuously fantasizes about Angela, and Angela teases Jane about this. His relationship with his family continues to deteriorate. Meanwhile, new neighbors move next door, a homophobic ex-Marine, his wife who has some sort of mental problem, and their son, who is obsessed with filming everything he deems beautiful, including Jane.
Jane and the new neighbor fall in love, and start spending a lot of time together, which leads to fights between Jane and Angela. The new neighbor starts selling pot to Kevin Spacey, but his homophobic dad thinks he providing sexual services to Kevin Spacey for money, and his son says he is, which makes the dad kick him out. He goes to Jane and they decide to run away to New York. Kevin Spacey is finally about to have sex with Angela but she reveals she is a virgin, so he stops and comforts her. His wife is having an affair and can`t take Kevin Spacey anymore and shoots him. This film was one of the best movie`s I`ve seen in a long time, there were certain moments were you sort of want to laugh, but there was also a dark side to the scene as well that prevented the comedy from really coming through. There were a lot of beautiful shots in this movie, mainly shots of the neighborhood. As I said before, the acting was great. Annette Benning at times seemed a bit annoying to me, but for the most part she was very good. But the true star was Kevin Spacey, he was brilliant. His character was a tired, run down, man who has given up. But once he meets Angela, he becomes this whole new person, eccentric, unpredictable, and powerful. All in all, an amazing movie.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Movie Review #2 Black Christmas
Movie Review #2: Black Christmas
Black Christmas was released in 1974, and I`m guessing it was quite unusual and gruesome for that time. It was directed by Bob Clark, who also made A Christmas Story, which is good, but he also made Baby Geniuses, which is not good. The film stars Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, and John Saxon, along with other actors but they are the main three. The film is about a college sorority house around Christmas time. A man climbs up their house and breaks into their attic. He kills a woman by putting plastic on her face which suffocates her; the image of her sitting in a rocking chair with the plastic on her mouth has become quite famous and is the cover for the film, for most versions. The girl’s father shows up looking for her, a search party is out looking for her and for a little girl who was murdered in the park. The killer keeps phoning the house, screaming in different voices, and he starts killing people one by one. It eventually leads John Saxon who is a detective, trying to track the killer every time he calls. Eventually he finds out the calls have not only been going to the house, they`ve been coming from the house. Olivia Hussey finds out she is the only girl alive now and hides in basement. When the killer can`t come in to the basement, he leaves the house tries to break into a window in the basement. This is when you see that the man outside the window is Olivia Hussey`s boyfriend Peter. He breaks in and finds her. Just as the police arrive they hear screams from the house they find Olivia Hussey in the basement and her boyfriend who is dead. They take out all the bodies except the two in attic, and leave her to sleep. While she is asleep the camera goes to the attic and the door to the attic opens and we hear the killer talking to himself.
I liked a lot about this film, but there were some stuff I didn`t like. To me, the scariest thing was the killer himself, not what he did. He would call the girls in the house and scream, yell, moan, and cry at them. He would hold conversations and arguments with himself in different voices. This was scary. The phone call that sticks with me is near the beginning, he calls and is yelling very sexual things to them and Margot Kidder insults him a few times, he stops screaming right away and calmly replies, “I`m going to kill you” and hangs up. That was scary as hell. And also, sometimes we see him in the attic and he is freaking out. He is screaming and pushing things over. Another thing I liked is that every time we see the killer, it’s from his eyes. We never actually see him, other little glimpses, like we see his eye. But it’s all first person point of view with him. One thing I didn`t like is how at the end when they think her boyfriend was the killer, yet they proved he wasn`t earlier on in the film. And also, they don`t check the whole house at the end, the police don`t check the attic… Why! It’s not like its hidden, there is a huge ladder in the middle of the hall leading to it, and they don`t check it! The killer is hiding there and there are two missing people`s dead bodies in there! Now, when they find Olivia Hussey`s boyfriend and think he is the killer, that was pretty believable, because he is insane. Olivia was pregnant and wanted an abortion he would not let her have one and he was acting crazy. We also see him in a recital for piano, he is playing piano and it cuts back Olivia`s character in the house. It then cuts back to the recital hall and Peter is destroying the piano with a lamp. He is crazy.
So yeah, it was a really good film, pretty scary, and a great Christmas movie!
Black Christmas was released in 1974, and I`m guessing it was quite unusual and gruesome for that time. It was directed by Bob Clark, who also made A Christmas Story, which is good, but he also made Baby Geniuses, which is not good. The film stars Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, and John Saxon, along with other actors but they are the main three. The film is about a college sorority house around Christmas time. A man climbs up their house and breaks into their attic. He kills a woman by putting plastic on her face which suffocates her; the image of her sitting in a rocking chair with the plastic on her mouth has become quite famous and is the cover for the film, for most versions. The girl’s father shows up looking for her, a search party is out looking for her and for a little girl who was murdered in the park. The killer keeps phoning the house, screaming in different voices, and he starts killing people one by one. It eventually leads John Saxon who is a detective, trying to track the killer every time he calls. Eventually he finds out the calls have not only been going to the house, they`ve been coming from the house. Olivia Hussey finds out she is the only girl alive now and hides in basement. When the killer can`t come in to the basement, he leaves the house tries to break into a window in the basement. This is when you see that the man outside the window is Olivia Hussey`s boyfriend Peter. He breaks in and finds her. Just as the police arrive they hear screams from the house they find Olivia Hussey in the basement and her boyfriend who is dead. They take out all the bodies except the two in attic, and leave her to sleep. While she is asleep the camera goes to the attic and the door to the attic opens and we hear the killer talking to himself.
I liked a lot about this film, but there were some stuff I didn`t like. To me, the scariest thing was the killer himself, not what he did. He would call the girls in the house and scream, yell, moan, and cry at them. He would hold conversations and arguments with himself in different voices. This was scary. The phone call that sticks with me is near the beginning, he calls and is yelling very sexual things to them and Margot Kidder insults him a few times, he stops screaming right away and calmly replies, “I`m going to kill you” and hangs up. That was scary as hell. And also, sometimes we see him in the attic and he is freaking out. He is screaming and pushing things over. Another thing I liked is that every time we see the killer, it’s from his eyes. We never actually see him, other little glimpses, like we see his eye. But it’s all first person point of view with him. One thing I didn`t like is how at the end when they think her boyfriend was the killer, yet they proved he wasn`t earlier on in the film. And also, they don`t check the whole house at the end, the police don`t check the attic… Why! It’s not like its hidden, there is a huge ladder in the middle of the hall leading to it, and they don`t check it! The killer is hiding there and there are two missing people`s dead bodies in there! Now, when they find Olivia Hussey`s boyfriend and think he is the killer, that was pretty believable, because he is insane. Olivia was pregnant and wanted an abortion he would not let her have one and he was acting crazy. We also see him in a recital for piano, he is playing piano and it cuts back Olivia`s character in the house. It then cuts back to the recital hall and Peter is destroying the piano with a lamp. He is crazy.
So yeah, it was a really good film, pretty scary, and a great Christmas movie!
Movie Review #1 Scream
Movie Review #1: Scream
Scream was only my second look into the dark but imaginative and quite fun world of Wes Craven. Lately I`ve been getting into horror films a lot, especially the slasher genre. The other film I`ve seen by Wes Craven is A Nightmare on Elm Street, which I love. Knowing that he is a horror god, I had high hopes when I started this film, and I was not let down. It was released in 1996, and has become an extremely popular film. It revolves around a teenage girl named Sidney, who a year prior to the opening of the film walked in on her mother who was just raped and killed, and she testified against the man who supposedly did it, sending him to jail. So, that whole experience has made her very tense about sex, and she has a boyfriend, Billy, who has so far been patient about her nervousness about sex. The opening scene actually has Drew Barrymore in it, she plays a teenager about to settle down and watch a horror movie, when she gets a phone call from a man she does not know and hangs up. He calls back many times and eventually gets angry, she finds out that the mysterious man has her boyfriend and will kill him unless she can answer questions about horror movies. When she gets one of them wrong, her boyfriend is killed. She is now scared out of her mind and is hiding in the house, she eventually gets out of the house trying to escape, but is killed by a man wearing a black cloak and a mask, now known as ghost face. This was a shocking scene, the first time I tried to watch it (a few years ago), I put it off, I was terrified. It is quite intense and genuinely scary. Also, this was shocking because Drew Barrymore was advertised as a main character, and she was killed in the first 15 minutes. So, now it introduces Sidney and her friends, including her best friend Tatum, her boyfriend Billy, Randy, and Stu. The school is full of reporters about the killings of two teenagers, and we meet Gale Weathers, a big reporter who will do anything to get the story, she is played by Courteney Cox. Sidney is attacked by ghost face, but manages to survive just as her boyfriend arrives, and he drops a phone, she now thinks he made the scary phone calls. He is arrested but then later released when they find he didn`t make the phone calls. People are now dressing up as ghost face at school to scare Sidney, but she decides to go to a party hosted by Stu. After she finally has sex with Billy, and most people have left, the killer is in the house and after killing Tatum and almost killing Randy, he goes after Sidney. Now although I have given a somewhat detailed analysis of the plot, I am not going to give the rest away. I thought the ending was great; I loved the killers and just how crazy they were. Now onto the things I really liked; one thing in particular was these two references to A Nightmare on Elm Street. In the beginning when Drew Barrymore is on the phone with ghost face, he says that his favorite horror movie was A Nightmare on Elm Street, he said it was scary. Drew said the first one was but the rest were bad. I loved that scene because Wes Craven only directed the first Nightmare film (in the original series). Another thing was that Wes Craven had a cameo. The principle of the school thinks someone is watching him, he goes out of his office looking for them and says an insult under his breath, you then see Wes Craven as a janitor wearing the hat and sweater from A Nightmare on Elm Street, and he says “What?” The principle says that he wasn`t talking to him, and the janitors name was Fred. I loved that scene.
Anyway, that’s it for this review, as for the film, I really liked and I am looking forward to the rest of series.
Scream was only my second look into the dark but imaginative and quite fun world of Wes Craven. Lately I`ve been getting into horror films a lot, especially the slasher genre. The other film I`ve seen by Wes Craven is A Nightmare on Elm Street, which I love. Knowing that he is a horror god, I had high hopes when I started this film, and I was not let down. It was released in 1996, and has become an extremely popular film. It revolves around a teenage girl named Sidney, who a year prior to the opening of the film walked in on her mother who was just raped and killed, and she testified against the man who supposedly did it, sending him to jail. So, that whole experience has made her very tense about sex, and she has a boyfriend, Billy, who has so far been patient about her nervousness about sex. The opening scene actually has Drew Barrymore in it, she plays a teenager about to settle down and watch a horror movie, when she gets a phone call from a man she does not know and hangs up. He calls back many times and eventually gets angry, she finds out that the mysterious man has her boyfriend and will kill him unless she can answer questions about horror movies. When she gets one of them wrong, her boyfriend is killed. She is now scared out of her mind and is hiding in the house, she eventually gets out of the house trying to escape, but is killed by a man wearing a black cloak and a mask, now known as ghost face. This was a shocking scene, the first time I tried to watch it (a few years ago), I put it off, I was terrified. It is quite intense and genuinely scary. Also, this was shocking because Drew Barrymore was advertised as a main character, and she was killed in the first 15 minutes. So, now it introduces Sidney and her friends, including her best friend Tatum, her boyfriend Billy, Randy, and Stu. The school is full of reporters about the killings of two teenagers, and we meet Gale Weathers, a big reporter who will do anything to get the story, she is played by Courteney Cox. Sidney is attacked by ghost face, but manages to survive just as her boyfriend arrives, and he drops a phone, she now thinks he made the scary phone calls. He is arrested but then later released when they find he didn`t make the phone calls. People are now dressing up as ghost face at school to scare Sidney, but she decides to go to a party hosted by Stu. After she finally has sex with Billy, and most people have left, the killer is in the house and after killing Tatum and almost killing Randy, he goes after Sidney. Now although I have given a somewhat detailed analysis of the plot, I am not going to give the rest away. I thought the ending was great; I loved the killers and just how crazy they were. Now onto the things I really liked; one thing in particular was these two references to A Nightmare on Elm Street. In the beginning when Drew Barrymore is on the phone with ghost face, he says that his favorite horror movie was A Nightmare on Elm Street, he said it was scary. Drew said the first one was but the rest were bad. I loved that scene because Wes Craven only directed the first Nightmare film (in the original series). Another thing was that Wes Craven had a cameo. The principle of the school thinks someone is watching him, he goes out of his office looking for them and says an insult under his breath, you then see Wes Craven as a janitor wearing the hat and sweater from A Nightmare on Elm Street, and he says “What?” The principle says that he wasn`t talking to him, and the janitors name was Fred. I loved that scene.
Anyway, that’s it for this review, as for the film, I really liked and I am looking forward to the rest of series.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
March Break Soon!
Hey guys,
So I am excited because March break is in a week! Awesome!
I am looking forward to a break... My birthday is on Monday, and two things are happening... I am presenting the Science Fair Project (ugh...), and there is a comedy festival for Middle School... All right, its not really a comedy festival, its like a 45 minute- 1 hour thing, and a couple people get up do a domedy routine. This was suppossed to happen a while back, but not enough people showed up. Basically, in English class, we studied comedy. At the end of this unit we had to get into groups of two or three and write a 2-3 comedy skit. Some of them were good, some were... Um, less good. Haha.
So, with the coming of March Break, also comes third term and all its glory and fury.
One good thing about third term is picking new sports. I am once again, playing Rugby, the greatest sport (gonna get some hate for that, no doubt).
I`m pretty sure we pick the sports before March Break starts, so anytime next week. Last year we had one or two practises of Rugby before the March Break. Mind you, it was inside (because there was still snow), and we were not tackling. We were learning the basic rules of the game, we were learning passing, and we were doing different drills. My favorite (which is a bit hard to explain) is the very first drill we did. Basically, Everyone gathered in a somewhat large circle, facing each other, but each person had two or three people in a line behind them. The first person of each line has a rugby ball, everyone who has a ball has to run to the person facing them across the circle. You basically have to dodge all the people and get to the other side somewhat quickly. Very fun, and at the beginning, very chaotic.
So, last night was the Cadets in Concert at my school. Its an Upper School thing mainly, but I still went, and let me tell you... It was awesome!
It started with the Upper School Band, they did a couple really good songs, and at the end of their performance they did something unexpected... The did a Journey medley, it was actually OK.
Then, the head drummer and the kinda second in comman of the Drum Corps came out and rocked out! The second in command messed up a little bit, but they were both really great! There was also a sort of dance routine with basketballs... Yeah, its as weird as it sounds. But it was pretty good.
Then the entire Drum Corps came out and each guy played a different percussion instrument, and they did this cover of a song that was actuall really good! My favorite part was anytime the Drum Corps was playing. They did this one thing where they were playing, the everyone started playing quietly, and the head drummer and second in command came to the front of the stage and had a drum duel, then they started sword fighting with their drum sticks, eventaully one of their sticks broke (planned of course), and then it got crazy. They went of stage and came back with lightsabers... Yeah, awesome! They fought with lightsabers, the second in command won, and they picked up their drums and started playing again.
The Bagpipes were awesome (as always) as well.
It was an amazing night!
So, in Music Class, we had to pick a band and do a PowerPoint project one them (my band was MUSE).
One guy did their project on Bob Marley... I now love Bob Marley!
So here are some of my favorite songs right now.
Buffalo Soldier- Bob Marley
When The Levee Breaks- Led Zeppelin
One Love- Bob Marley
I Shot The Sheriff- Bob Marley
Three Little Birds- Bob Marley
Sleepyhead- Passion Pit (This is the original version, I prefer the version by Ellie Goulding and Starsmith)
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da- The Police
Walking On The Moon- The Police
Killing In The Name- Rage Against The Machine
Thats it, will post again soon.
So I am excited because March break is in a week! Awesome!
I am looking forward to a break... My birthday is on Monday, and two things are happening... I am presenting the Science Fair Project (ugh...), and there is a comedy festival for Middle School... All right, its not really a comedy festival, its like a 45 minute- 1 hour thing, and a couple people get up do a domedy routine. This was suppossed to happen a while back, but not enough people showed up. Basically, in English class, we studied comedy. At the end of this unit we had to get into groups of two or three and write a 2-3 comedy skit. Some of them were good, some were... Um, less good. Haha.
So, with the coming of March Break, also comes third term and all its glory and fury.
One good thing about third term is picking new sports. I am once again, playing Rugby, the greatest sport (gonna get some hate for that, no doubt).
I`m pretty sure we pick the sports before March Break starts, so anytime next week. Last year we had one or two practises of Rugby before the March Break. Mind you, it was inside (because there was still snow), and we were not tackling. We were learning the basic rules of the game, we were learning passing, and we were doing different drills. My favorite (which is a bit hard to explain) is the very first drill we did. Basically, Everyone gathered in a somewhat large circle, facing each other, but each person had two or three people in a line behind them. The first person of each line has a rugby ball, everyone who has a ball has to run to the person facing them across the circle. You basically have to dodge all the people and get to the other side somewhat quickly. Very fun, and at the beginning, very chaotic.
So, last night was the Cadets in Concert at my school. Its an Upper School thing mainly, but I still went, and let me tell you... It was awesome!
It started with the Upper School Band, they did a couple really good songs, and at the end of their performance they did something unexpected... The did a Journey medley, it was actually OK.
Then, the head drummer and the kinda second in comman of the Drum Corps came out and rocked out! The second in command messed up a little bit, but they were both really great! There was also a sort of dance routine with basketballs... Yeah, its as weird as it sounds. But it was pretty good.
Then the entire Drum Corps came out and each guy played a different percussion instrument, and they did this cover of a song that was actuall really good! My favorite part was anytime the Drum Corps was playing. They did this one thing where they were playing, the everyone started playing quietly, and the head drummer and second in command came to the front of the stage and had a drum duel, then they started sword fighting with their drum sticks, eventaully one of their sticks broke (planned of course), and then it got crazy. They went of stage and came back with lightsabers... Yeah, awesome! They fought with lightsabers, the second in command won, and they picked up their drums and started playing again.
The Bagpipes were awesome (as always) as well.
It was an amazing night!
So, in Music Class, we had to pick a band and do a PowerPoint project one them (my band was MUSE).
One guy did their project on Bob Marley... I now love Bob Marley!
So here are some of my favorite songs right now.
Buffalo Soldier- Bob Marley
When The Levee Breaks- Led Zeppelin
One Love- Bob Marley
I Shot The Sheriff- Bob Marley
Three Little Birds- Bob Marley
Sleepyhead- Passion Pit (This is the original version, I prefer the version by Ellie Goulding and Starsmith)
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da- The Police
Walking On The Moon- The Police
Killing In The Name- Rage Against The Machine
Thats it, will post again soon.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Long Weekend
Hey everyone,
So, unfortunately the long weekend is almost done, just tomorrow left, and tomorrow I`ve got some homework so, yeah. Its been a pretty fun weekend. I`ve seen a lot of great movies, which are:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo`s Nest
Raging Bull
The Godfather
The Evil Dead
Ghostbusters
The Godfather Part 2
I`d seen The Godfather and Part 2 before but didn`t remember much, and I`d obviously seen Ghostbusters before. And I am going to watch The Godfather Part 3 tomorrow.
Now, a little bit about each movie...
One Flew Over The Cuckoo`s Nest:
I really enjoyed this movie, it was interesting, had a good story and great acting! It is about a man in jail (Jack Nicholson) who pretends to be mentally handicapped so he can get out of jail. So he goes to a mental institution where he makes chaos among the staff and patients. It has got a nurse in it that is just evil... But, yeah great movie, really liked it.
Raging Bull:
This was also a really good film. It is about a boxer, who was really good at boxing, he became a champion, it goes through his problems with his family, and then shows where he ends up after boxing. It stars Robert De Niro, who was great in it, so was Joe Pesci, who played his brother.
It was violent, interesting and intense.
The Godfather:
I really enjoyed this film. It is about a family, and this family is the leading mafia family in America. Its stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, it also has James Caan and many others.
Marlon Brando is the head of the family (people call him Godfather), and is almost killed in an assasination attempt. At the end Al Pacino becomes the head of the family, even though he never wanted anything to do with it. This movie won best Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. A really good movie.
The Evil Dead:
Now, I was a bit weary about watching this film. I`m not a huge fan of horror, especially modern horror. I watched it anyway, and I loved it! It was very, very bloody. But when they did anything other than blood, like actual gore, the effects were honestly laughable. Now, keep in mind that they had only $375,000 to make this entire film. That is pretty impressive.
It is about these five college students who go to a cabin in the woods, they find a book, The Book of the Dead, and then they find a recording of a man saying the incantations in the book. This brings evil spirits, their actual names are Deadites. Everyone is possesed and killed except for Ash (Bruce Cambell). This is the first film of the trilogy. There was Evil Dead 2, and Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness. The first film is horror, the second is horror with a bit of comedy, the third one is an adventure/action with comedy. But, I really enjoyed it.
Ghostbusters:
I`m not going to say much about this film, almost everyone has seen this. It is a classic film about three guys who are amateur ghost hunters, they start their own company and become very popular and busy with catching ghosts. One of the main characters` (Bill Murray) girlfriend (Sigourney Weaver) is possesed by an evil spirit to prepare for the coming of an evil god. This film is funny, interesting, and has some awesome actors.
The Godfather Part 2:
Now, me personally, I liked this film better than the first. Sure, the first one had Marlon Brando in it, but I liked this one better. I really liked Michael (Al Pacino) as the Godfather. I liked how they went into his marital problems and problems with his siblings. I also really liked that they told the story of Vito Corleone(original Godfather) as a young man, and I loved Robert De Niro playing Vito Corleone. I didn`t even notice how long this film was, and it was a long film! This movie is 3 hours and 20 minutes! But when it finished I felt like it was no where near that long, I actually wanted it to go on more. This was nominated for 11 Acadamy Awards, and it won 6, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor. I love the acting, I love the story, I really love the film.
So yeah, tomorrow I am watching The Godfather Part 3, and if I have any time in between work, I will try to squeeze in another movie.
So, thats it for tonight, hope you guys enjoyed, and if you haven`t seen those movies, you should check them out.
Song of the day:
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
So, unfortunately the long weekend is almost done, just tomorrow left, and tomorrow I`ve got some homework so, yeah. Its been a pretty fun weekend. I`ve seen a lot of great movies, which are:
One Flew Over The Cuckoo`s Nest
Raging Bull
The Godfather
The Evil Dead
Ghostbusters
The Godfather Part 2
I`d seen The Godfather and Part 2 before but didn`t remember much, and I`d obviously seen Ghostbusters before. And I am going to watch The Godfather Part 3 tomorrow.
Now, a little bit about each movie...
One Flew Over The Cuckoo`s Nest:
I really enjoyed this movie, it was interesting, had a good story and great acting! It is about a man in jail (Jack Nicholson) who pretends to be mentally handicapped so he can get out of jail. So he goes to a mental institution where he makes chaos among the staff and patients. It has got a nurse in it that is just evil... But, yeah great movie, really liked it.
Raging Bull:
This was also a really good film. It is about a boxer, who was really good at boxing, he became a champion, it goes through his problems with his family, and then shows where he ends up after boxing. It stars Robert De Niro, who was great in it, so was Joe Pesci, who played his brother.
It was violent, interesting and intense.
The Godfather:
I really enjoyed this film. It is about a family, and this family is the leading mafia family in America. Its stars Marlon Brando and Al Pacino, it also has James Caan and many others.
Marlon Brando is the head of the family (people call him Godfather), and is almost killed in an assasination attempt. At the end Al Pacino becomes the head of the family, even though he never wanted anything to do with it. This movie won best Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. A really good movie.
The Evil Dead:
Now, I was a bit weary about watching this film. I`m not a huge fan of horror, especially modern horror. I watched it anyway, and I loved it! It was very, very bloody. But when they did anything other than blood, like actual gore, the effects were honestly laughable. Now, keep in mind that they had only $375,000 to make this entire film. That is pretty impressive.
It is about these five college students who go to a cabin in the woods, they find a book, The Book of the Dead, and then they find a recording of a man saying the incantations in the book. This brings evil spirits, their actual names are Deadites. Everyone is possesed and killed except for Ash (Bruce Cambell). This is the first film of the trilogy. There was Evil Dead 2, and Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness. The first film is horror, the second is horror with a bit of comedy, the third one is an adventure/action with comedy. But, I really enjoyed it.
Ghostbusters:
I`m not going to say much about this film, almost everyone has seen this. It is a classic film about three guys who are amateur ghost hunters, they start their own company and become very popular and busy with catching ghosts. One of the main characters` (Bill Murray) girlfriend (Sigourney Weaver) is possesed by an evil spirit to prepare for the coming of an evil god. This film is funny, interesting, and has some awesome actors.
The Godfather Part 2:
Now, me personally, I liked this film better than the first. Sure, the first one had Marlon Brando in it, but I liked this one better. I really liked Michael (Al Pacino) as the Godfather. I liked how they went into his marital problems and problems with his siblings. I also really liked that they told the story of Vito Corleone(original Godfather) as a young man, and I loved Robert De Niro playing Vito Corleone. I didn`t even notice how long this film was, and it was a long film! This movie is 3 hours and 20 minutes! But when it finished I felt like it was no where near that long, I actually wanted it to go on more. This was nominated for 11 Acadamy Awards, and it won 6, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor. I love the acting, I love the story, I really love the film.
So yeah, tomorrow I am watching The Godfather Part 3, and if I have any time in between work, I will try to squeeze in another movie.
So, thats it for tonight, hope you guys enjoyed, and if you haven`t seen those movies, you should check them out.
Song of the day:
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Films and Music
Hey
So, I am pretty pleased, the weekend in half way over and I have seen three great films.
Casablanca
Unbreakable
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
I`ve also seen some really good movie`s lately
True Grit (modern)
Kings Speech (for the second time)
So yeah, and there are tons of films I want to see desperately, like:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Amadeus
Good Fellas
The Social Network
Argh! I want to see those movies...
So today in music lessons I started playing an audition peice for drums (not because I`m auditioning, just to see how hard it was) for a music college, one of the best. It was very hard, but very fun.
In guitar lessons I started learning an amazingly hard song on guitar, Under the Bridge by The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Thats it for today.
Song of the day is
Under the Bridge by The Red Hot Chili Peppers
So, I am pretty pleased, the weekend in half way over and I have seen three great films.
Casablanca
Unbreakable
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
I`ve also seen some really good movie`s lately
True Grit (modern)
Kings Speech (for the second time)
So yeah, and there are tons of films I want to see desperately, like:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Pulp Fiction
Raging Bull
Amadeus
Good Fellas
The Social Network
Argh! I want to see those movies...
So today in music lessons I started playing an audition peice for drums (not because I`m auditioning, just to see how hard it was) for a music college, one of the best. It was very hard, but very fun.
In guitar lessons I started learning an amazingly hard song on guitar, Under the Bridge by The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Thats it for today.
Song of the day is
Under the Bridge by The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Monday, January 31, 2011
Busy, Busy, Busy...
Hey guys,
So I haven`t posted anything in a while, no reason really, I just haven`t.
But I am writing this now, so lets get into in.
This is basically about school, specifically about the 3rd term. I am going to be busy as hell!
I have 6 exams, 2 summatives, Jazz Band, Honour Band, Rugby, major assignments, ect...
I should do fine with the exams, I`m only going to really struggle with Math, and probably French, and maybe a bit with Science. I can`t wait for Rugby, its going to be great, again. One thing I am going to have to put a lot of time and effort into is the Middle School Music Night. These are all the things I am in for it:
Jazz Band
8-B Band
Middle School Drum Corps
Duet with friend (two songs, I am on drums for both)
Rock Band (I am on guitar, at least one song)
Honour Band (I don`t know if we are going to actually in this, but we might)
Thats a lot of stuff to practise for. Add all the exams and sports on that you get a whole lot of hell.
I want to quickly talk about the Rock Band, me and a friend have decided to start a rock band, we both love good rock music and are both pretty good at our instruments. I will be playing Guitar, he will be on Bass and on Vocals, and we need to find a drummer.
I`m pretty excited about this, I haven`t been able to play guitar at the school really.
That reminds me, I tried out for the Coffee House (basically a music night) for guitar. I made it for guitar and drums, awesome!
Also, me and a friend (who I have known since I was two) decided to make a movie a couple months ago. Its finally happening. We started filming roughly a week ago, and its going good so far. I play the role of a mean, creepy teacher who helps the main character get the girl of his dreams (I wear a hilarious suit and have an amazing black affro). Its really fun to make this movie, we have a hilarious 80s styled montage thats just funny as hell.
Now, before I go here a few of my favorite bands right now and some of my favorite songs.
Bands:
Led Zeppelin
Nirvana
The Kinks
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Songs:
Fool in the Rain- Led Zeppelin
Waterloo Sunset- The Kinks
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard- Paul Simon
The Boxer- Simon and Garfunkel
Wild World- Cat Stevens
So I haven`t posted anything in a while, no reason really, I just haven`t.
But I am writing this now, so lets get into in.
This is basically about school, specifically about the 3rd term. I am going to be busy as hell!
I have 6 exams, 2 summatives, Jazz Band, Honour Band, Rugby, major assignments, ect...
I should do fine with the exams, I`m only going to really struggle with Math, and probably French, and maybe a bit with Science. I can`t wait for Rugby, its going to be great, again. One thing I am going to have to put a lot of time and effort into is the Middle School Music Night. These are all the things I am in for it:
Jazz Band
8-B Band
Middle School Drum Corps
Duet with friend (two songs, I am on drums for both)
Rock Band (I am on guitar, at least one song)
Honour Band (I don`t know if we are going to actually in this, but we might)
Thats a lot of stuff to practise for. Add all the exams and sports on that you get a whole lot of hell.
I want to quickly talk about the Rock Band, me and a friend have decided to start a rock band, we both love good rock music and are both pretty good at our instruments. I will be playing Guitar, he will be on Bass and on Vocals, and we need to find a drummer.
I`m pretty excited about this, I haven`t been able to play guitar at the school really.
That reminds me, I tried out for the Coffee House (basically a music night) for guitar. I made it for guitar and drums, awesome!
Also, me and a friend (who I have known since I was two) decided to make a movie a couple months ago. Its finally happening. We started filming roughly a week ago, and its going good so far. I play the role of a mean, creepy teacher who helps the main character get the girl of his dreams (I wear a hilarious suit and have an amazing black affro). Its really fun to make this movie, we have a hilarious 80s styled montage thats just funny as hell.
Now, before I go here a few of my favorite bands right now and some of my favorite songs.
Bands:
Led Zeppelin
Nirvana
The Kinks
The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Songs:
Fool in the Rain- Led Zeppelin
Waterloo Sunset- The Kinks
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard- Paul Simon
The Boxer- Simon and Garfunkel
Wild World- Cat Stevens
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