My 2 cents

I, Will Smith, promise to make *fill in the blank* movies...

With his newest flick "I, Robot" that came out about last week, Will Smith is showing some rust. Don't get me wrong though, this movie may not get nearly the hype as other movies out this summer, but it does please. Sure, the whole futuristic, conspiracy thriller was done a few times, but it's a good genre that will generate good movies all the time. So here's the skinny: It's 2035 in the Windy City of Chicago and the world's producer of household robots, USR is about to release it's brand new model, the NS-5. Enter Spooner (Will Smith), a seasoned cop who doesn't trust robots the slightest bit, even if he's eating food cooked by a robot. The spark to the movie is the supposed suicide of the famed creator of the robots, Albert Lanning. Spooner, of course thinks it was the robots, and everyone else thinks he's a crack addict. Spooner gets his vintage '04 detective gear on and does some of the sherlock stuff with his inside person, the I-got-something-stuck-in-my-ass, but still attractive Dr. Calvin (who is played by Bridget Moynahan; she gets a less stuck up later). The CGI advances that movie makers have made is incredible as shown by this movie. Action is plentiful in this flick as we have another decent car scene courtesy of a futuristic Audi and two huge trucks. I'm jealous of all the nice cars that Will Smith gets to drive in his movies... the 360 in Bad Boys 2 >_< Anyway, story-wise, the movie keeps you guessing for the next bit and leads you in some different directions. Ultimately, it falls together, but with a few holes. There could be a few questions asked you can talk to me later about after seeing the movie. Will Smith plays his character fairly well although I think other people could've done the role the same. I liked his older characters that were smack-talking and reckless-abandon. In this movie, he's kind of taken up a more serious tough cop who's can't really express his paranoia for robots very well. I think a little more character development would've helped the movie. Bridget does a good job with her role but a little more development could have occured IMO. The movie is more, follow the clues in the clouds that only Spooner seems to get. That makes for a movie that leaves the audience a out of the loop. The good about that is that you don't know what's going to happen next, however I would just say that this just makes the movie the same as any other suspence/action flick. Will Smith's humor was also lacking in this movie. There were a few chuckles and laughs, but nothing near or over the top. All in all, the filming of the movie was done very well, but there are a lot of other little tidbits that are just missing to make this movie a real stunner. For a rating, I think I'll give this a 6/10. I would recommend this as matinee viewing. It'd be nice to watch in a theatre because of all the special effects, but don't plan on a being blown away by anything except for Will Smith's driving... =P 

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Woah there... a new Texan? LA losing leverage?

So even though it's summer, I've been keeping busy... Taking CSE 142 (a basic programming class) and CLAS 101 (a vocab class) at the UW. I'm working a bit more now at the Q. Making some bank to hopefully spend later this summer. So far life is kinda smooth I guess. Well I speak to soon. CSE is simple so far, but I have a bad feeling that it's going to creep up really fast really soon. Classics... just the name kinda wants to bite me in the ass when I least expect it.

In other news... T-MAC IS HEADING TO TEXAS!!! Could this be any more exciting?? Another huge duo has formed that has great potential. But if you ask me, they'll probably get no further than semi-finals, if that even. Houston traded 2 huge scorers and a vital backup bigman for pretty much just T-Mac. Yes they got 2 other guards and Juwan Howard, but that won't match it. And I think we can expect T-Mac to have a tougher time staying as the scoring leader of the league for his 3rd year now that he's got to share the ball a little more with rising star Yao Ming. Magic on the other hand, now has a lot of small options and no big men except for Dwight Howard, their draft pick this year. I haven't seen the kid play, but I hope for the best for Magic. They did just lose one of the best players in the game after all.

Other trade business in the NBA, Dallas Mav's Antawn Jamison went to Washington for Jerry Stackhouse, some other dude, and their #5 draft pick Devin Harris. Personally I don't think this trade is that huge, nothing special here.

Gary Payton has said that he plans to stay another year with the Lakers to achieve his hopes of getting a ring. He also said that he thinks Karl Malone will join him too in LA. Talks of Shaq and Kobe splitting up have caused quite a stir and personally I think it'll happen. Yes Phil Jackson is gone, but I think Shaq and Kobe want different directions more than anything else. Kobe wants to be the next MJ, and Shaq wants to be the best player ever. I don't really know where the players will end up, but my bet is that Shaq will be the one leaving.

The free market agency seems to be causing quite a stir this year too as a lot of desirable players have come out. One of which is Steve Nash who might end up going to Phoenix. Main reason being their hefty offer and long contract for Nash that Dallas can't offer. More speculation in that Dallas will try their best to keep Nash, so that they can trade him to LA for Shaq. Now that would be interesting eh... Texas being the base of powerhouse teams...

Whatever happens, next year should be an exciting one. Lebron will have grown even more. We'll finally see what Seattle can come up with now that power forward Nick Collision is here along with new 7 foot center Swift. (don't remember his name) But quite frankly, I lied about seeing what Seattle can come up with. I think another below 500 season is in order...

Wooo, this weekend should be good fun. With the 4th coming up and Twong's b-day bash tomorrow, so far it's looking good. Well, I think that's a wrap for now.

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