Not more than a month old and my car has it's first dent :~(
As I was getting in my car this morning, I noticed a white spot on my rear driver-side door. At first I though it was bird poo, but after close inspection I saw that someone had banded their door into mine.
BASTARDS!!!
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Hot Fuzz
Saturday I saw Hot Fuzz, the latest film from Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright (Shawn of the Dead, Spaced), which is an action-comedy-buddy flick starring the buddy duo from Shawn of the Dead: SimonPegg and Nick Frost.
In Hot Fuzz, super cop Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Pegg), who is out shining the rest of the London Metropolitan Police, in reassigned to a rural English village where nothing ever happens. Shortly after arriving Angel finds himself investigating a series of "murders" which everyone else claims to be accidents. At the same time a friendship blossoms between Angel and his partner, the less-than-top-cop and action-hero-wannabe, DannyButterman (Frost).
Angel wants to turn Danny into a decent cop while Danny wants to teach Angel how to switch off being a cop 24-7-365.
The only complaint I had with the film is the choice of "Bad Boys 2" as one of Danny's selections for his after-pub action movie marathon... *shudder*
I wouldn't rate this movie as high as Shaun of the Dead, but it is a fun romp.
In Hot Fuzz, super cop Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Pegg), who is out shining the rest of the London Metropolitan Police, in reassigned to a rural English village where nothing ever happens. Shortly after arriving Angel finds himself investigating a series of "murders" which everyone else claims to be accidents. At the same time a friendship blossoms between Angel and his partner, the less-than-top-cop and action-hero-wannabe, DannyButterman (Frost).
Angel wants to turn Danny into a decent cop while Danny wants to teach Angel how to switch off being a cop 24-7-365.
The only complaint I had with the film is the choice of "Bad Boys 2" as one of Danny's selections for his after-pub action movie marathon... *shudder*
I wouldn't rate this movie as high as Shaun of the Dead, but it is a fun romp.
Next
Friday I hit the latest Nicolas Cage flick, "Next".
It's an action adventure story about a man with the ability to see his life two minutes into the future.
The focus of this story is that FBI Agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore) is after him to use his power to find out where a group of terrorists is planning to detonate a nuclear device on American soil. Meanwhile Cris (Cage), knowing that he can only see two minutes into his own future, tries to elude Agent Ferris fearing that the FBI will never let him go once they capture him.
The question posed in this film is basically, do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one?
The film also tries to give a lesson about paradox as well; that even if you can look into the future, you have already changed that future by doing so.
Once again, most of the best action sequences in this film have been spoiled in the trailers, so if you've seen them, don't expect to see anything new in the movie.
I won't spoil the ending of the film, so all I'll say is that once the credits start rolling...that's it. From the grumbling of the other people in the theater, I wasn't the only one scratching my head saying, "That's it?" I even say all the way through the credits to make sure they didn't hide anything in them or at the end.
IMHO, "Next" should have added another 20 to 30 minutes to the end to give the story a true sense of closure. However, it wasn't just the end that seemed to have been dropped prematurely. We also never learn who the terrorists are, what organization they work for, or why they plan on nuking LA. Hell, if you don't want to use a real terrorist group, make one up!
In the end, this film could have used more refinement of the story. The special effects for when Cris looks ahead were well done, however the downhill chase scene did have some sour moments.
Similar: Paycheck, Groundhog Day, Back to the Future, Day Break(TV)
It's an action adventure story about a man with the ability to see his life two minutes into the future.
The focus of this story is that FBI Agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore) is after him to use his power to find out where a group of terrorists is planning to detonate a nuclear device on American soil. Meanwhile Cris (Cage), knowing that he can only see two minutes into his own future, tries to elude Agent Ferris fearing that the FBI will never let him go once they capture him.
The question posed in this film is basically, do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one?
The film also tries to give a lesson about paradox as well; that even if you can look into the future, you have already changed that future by doing so.
Once again, most of the best action sequences in this film have been spoiled in the trailers, so if you've seen them, don't expect to see anything new in the movie.
I won't spoil the ending of the film, so all I'll say is that once the credits start rolling...that's it. From the grumbling of the other people in the theater, I wasn't the only one scratching my head saying, "That's it?" I even say all the way through the credits to make sure they didn't hide anything in them or at the end.
IMHO, "Next" should have added another 20 to 30 minutes to the end to give the story a true sense of closure. However, it wasn't just the end that seemed to have been dropped prematurely. We also never learn who the terrorists are, what organization they work for, or why they plan on nuking LA. Hell, if you don't want to use a real terrorist group, make one up!
In the end, this film could have used more refinement of the story. The special effects for when Cris looks ahead were well done, however the downhill chase scene did have some sour moments.
Similar: Paycheck, Groundhog Day, Back to the Future, Day Break(TV)
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