The Strangers June 18, 2008
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In a word, this movie sucked. Don’t get me wrong, it started out good, but at the end, it just had me wondering what the whole point of it was. There were some things defenitely wrong with it. The first problem that I had with it was the timeline. I mean, in the beginning of the movie, it was something like four o’clock in the morning, and they had just traveled maybe an hour from whatever party they were at to get to this house. It seemed like it was darkfor three or four hours before the sun just started coming up. So it was dark until 7 in the morning, with no sign of a sunrise? Sorry, that bothered me. And what type of creep would leave an unarmed woman in a house that someone is hiding in, to find an old radio that may or may not work? I mean come on, the guy cameup with every possible reason to leave her all alone, weaponless, to fend for herself. Oh well, better luck next time.
Blender June 18, 2008
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So, I decided to tackle 3d graphics. I’m using blender, which is an open-source 3d art program. It’sfairly complicated, so I’m sure that it’s gonna take me a while until I can produce something that is somewhat decent. So far, I’ve made a block, and moved around it’s edges so it’s not so much a block anymore, but more of a, umm, a deformed block. Pretty descriptive, huh? Anyhow, yeah, that’s what I’m doing now. Sounds fun, huh? On that note, there have been a couple of movies made with blender. One is called Elephants Dream, and, quite franky, it’s a mess. Graphically, it’s beautiful, but the plot leaves a lot to be desired. Extremely abstract, and that’s being polite about it. Overall, visually stunning, but lacking in the story side of things.
The Hulk June 18, 2008
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I just saw the Hulk movie today. I’m wondering why they decided to do a new hulk movie so soon after the other one they made in 2003. It guess it was originally supposed to be a sequel, but ended up being a reboot. Overall, I think it better than the 2003 version, and it was tied into the Iron Man movie at the end, which was pretty cool. Looking forward to the Avengers movies in 2011.
A Couple Movie Reviews June 17, 2008
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Over the last couple of days, I saw The Strangers, Horton Hears a Who, Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium, and The Happening. The next several entries will probably be movie reviews on some of those movies.
Here’s a quick rundown, though. Expect more in depth reviews in the next few days.
The Strangers: Hated it.
Horton Hears A Who: Some of it was good, some not so good.
Mr. Magorium: Can Dustin Hoffman get any uglier??
The Happening: What does the title mean, exactly? The rest of the movie is pretty straight forward, with no obvious twists. It does have one subtle twist, though, which is kind of silly when you think about it. For an M. night Shyam mum alum (I can never get his name right) movie, it seems pretty tame.
Anyhow, that’s the quick and the dirty. Now off to go play with blender…
