Yay for double whammy's!
I have 2 movie reviews! Both of which, I guess I could recommend... for very different reasons and audiences. I saw Aliens vs Predator last night (opening night I think) with some friends at the Galleria after bball. Just now, I watched Secret Window starring Johnny Depp. I'll review the two and then give a little heads up on my life b/c I know people are dying to know what exciting things are happening.
So what compelled me to see this movie? Was it the praise and popularity that surrounded Aliens movies before? Was it my yearning to see the predator kick some ass? Or was it just that my friend David pushed this movie so much that I just decided that I would see what all his fuss was all about. It was definately a roll of all three reasons, but the last one capped it off. The skinny: A group of scientists, paleontologists, archeologists, etc, discover a hidden ancient temple structure beneath the surface of Antarctica and race off to be the first ones to claim stake on this supposed historic landmark. Little did they know that this temple was actually a battle ground for Aliens and Predators. So I will really try to be generous with this review instead of driving it into the dirt where it belongs. I did enjoy the fabulously done costume and CGI work with both Aliens and Predators. Action was decently done. Story... story? I'm just going to stop there. Humor? NONSTOP!! What was actually funny about this movie, was how funny it turned out to be! About the entire latter half of the movie, was just all laughable. There were times when I pretty much forgot the last time I heard this much laughing at a theatre because the entire audience was laughing their socks off. (This may have been due to a large group of guys that used to all play in band from my high school that were just having their own good time, laughing at most moments) But don't misunderstand me, this movie was very funny. From warrior chicks, to running with fire behind them, the absurdity of this movie doesn't stop. Should I have paid the full price seeing this at night? Hell no, but it was semi-redeemed by the fact that the rest of the audience and I could share a laugh together. Should you watch this movie now that it's in theatres? Only if you're 1) a crazyass fan of Aliens or Predators, 2) are going with a group of friends that are looking for a good laugh and don't mind paying the price for it, or 3) are bored out of your skull this summer like I was and decided, what the heck, I can't wait for the next good movie to come out. Will I ever watch this movie again? I'll be damned if I ever hear of this movie again!
Note: I'm still open to chat about this movie if you do want to rant about it more with me so don't let my review scare you out of talking about this travesty with me.
Now moving onto something I can actually call a film... Secret Window was something I can actually live with and recommend whole heartedly to anyone. Johnny Depp delivers another outstanding performance after his academy award for Pirates last year. The skinny: Johnny Depp plays Mort Rainey, a successful writer who has just recently filed for divorce with his wife because she is with another man. Rainey lives in solitude in a lake cabin until one day he is visited by a strange man who claims that Rainey stole a story he wrote from him. Depps does an extraordinary job with his role, showing how a real starving artist* lives. I can't really go into much detail of describing the movie, after all, it is a suspense/thriller movie that must be watched in entirety to have its affects.
*SPOILER ALERT*I guess I'll go into more detail now for those of you who either don't want to watch the movie, or have already watched it. First of all, I know Depp was crazy for a while but the fact that he didn't get the magazine for the longest time was very annoying. Yeah, he was crazy and it wouldn't have done anything, but such a prime piece of part of the story was just plain vexing. Second, how on earth did Depp clean his house at the end of the movie so quickly? @_@ I mean man all those markings on the walls and broken furniture.Third, I think this movie really takes a back seat to another psycho film that I don't want to note but it has to do with one Mr. Norton and one Mr. Pitt. *SPOILER END*
I would recommend this film to anyone who likes the suspense/mystery genre and anyone who likes Johnny Depp(b/c you get a lot of him). All in all, I'll just have to leave it at, Johnny Depp is a solid actor.
Note: Sorry, that ending really sucked, I just got tired at the end. =P
Aside from the occassionaly movie, my life has just been comprised of my CSE class, my classics class, and work. This last CS project is driving me nuts. Classics is turning out alright, although I kinda wish I had done this one extra credit... Work sucks. Oh, this I do have more to rant about, kinda.
Gossip update on the QFC, if you're queer like that. So if you hadn't heard from before, we lost 2 managers. One got promoted to another department and was relocated to Massachusetts. Another wrote some weird letter to one of our teen clerks b/c he had some weird affection for her and now is relocated with some restraining order or some whacked thing. We've been losing checkers left and right, some probably because of the impending worry of a strike, others who have other jobs and decided that they've had enough of the shit that QFC dishes out. We're understaffed like crazy, but I don't think my boss will promote me because we actually need people to work my position. Oh, and the new managers. The new head guy (#1) is supposedly one of the guys who wrote the book on QFC presentation or some messed up thing like that. So he's pretty strict on stuff that we normally didn't care about before. Now, he makes the clerks go through checklists to make sure they do everything. The other new manager (#3) seems cool, but he's still not broken in, the South Mercer Island way. Where everything is laid back because we're just chill that way =P. Along with mangers and some checkers, we also just lost the only oth
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