Baby Doll

So I just watched Sucker Punch last night and I must say something about this film...EVERYTHING AWESOME IN THE WORLD was in this movie! Beautiful girls, steam powered zombie Nazis, giant demon samurai, airplanes, robots, dragons, and so much more. My best friend mentioned that there was not much character development in the movie and even though I do agree with him, it did not bother me. This is partly do to the fact that it was so visually pleasing and the plot itself had enough going on that I didn't feel like I needed that much more information about the characters. The whole movie kept me dazzled by the effects and the awesome soundtrack only added to the aesthetic nature of the film.
           Not only did this movie blow my socks off, it also made me realize a few very important things about life.
            1. If I were a dragon I would eat everyone and destroy everything.
            2. I would be O.K. with piloting a mech that had a bunny on it.
            3. I wish I was Amber so that I could pilot the mech with a bunny on it.
            4. Samurai are even more awesome when they are several stories tall and have gatling guns.
After watching the movie I'm sure that you will whole heartedly agree with me on all four points, so my recommendation for you is...GO SEE IT!  It was an awesome movie and definitely time well spent.

          

Red...

*spoiler alert* if you don't want to know anything about the end of this movie, then don't read this post! You have been warned.
Being a Childrens Literature Minor and having a huge passion for folk tales, I was extremely excited for this movie! Well let me tell you, what a huge dissapointment! Before I go into that, however, I would like you to know a small tidbit about myself, I am very easliy entertained. I actually LIKED the Matrix sequals! Enter, Red Riding Hood, a modern twist on an old tale. I had just re-read most of the more well known versions in class and was super pumped for this movie. The trailers led me to believe that it was going to be dark and twisted, seductive and above all else...good. Well I would like to introduce to you the new Twilight! Congratulations Catherine Hardwicke, you made the exact same movie except with a wolf as the main character and guess what? She falls in love with him in the end too. The acting was horible, the lines were cheesy and the garb was horrendous. The townsfolk actually go hunting for the wolf in a snowstorm wearing hardly any clothing that will keep them warm or is even practical for hunting in. The main character's love interest is the so called woodsman, he has perfectly gelled hair and does not sweat while chopping wood. Several of Valerie's lines seemed to have been taken right out of Bella Swan's mouth. The only decent part of the movie was Gary Oldman, whos acting was completly overshadowed by the horrible nature of this film. This movie was more of a retelling of twilight than a rendition of Red Riding Hood. If you are thinking about it, don't waste your money, instead take that fist full of dollars and get yourself a root canal. It would be more worth your time and twice as pleasing!

Bloodlust

One of the things I love most about being a nerd is the community. You can approach a complete stranger whom you have nothing in common with except your fascination for fantasy, and as soon as this becomes common knowledge between you, you're friends. The other day something very similar happened to me while visiting my local Game Stop. My PS3 recently broke and I have sent it out to be fixed several times and it still doesn't work, so I decided to try to fix it on my own. I wandered into the store asking about special screwdrivers and how to accomplish my goals and the fellow working wouldn't give me a whole lot of information. I wrestled a little bit of information from him and was just about to leave when I saw the tattoo on his arm. It was a long skinny red cross with a circle around it and I knew that I had seen that cross  somewhere before. Then it hit me, the cross is on the cover of Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, an anime that not very many people that I know have ever seen, even those who watch anime. I took a chance and said "hey, that wouldn't happen to be a Vampire Hunter D tattoo would it?" As soon as the words left my mouth I knew I had just made a new friend. "Yeah, it is, it's from Bloodlust. I'll tell ya what, I'm not suppose to tell anyone this but you can find what your looking for on Ebay." JACKPOT! I didn't say it to try and pry the information out of the guy, I was just making an observation but it just happened to land me the information I needed. Granted he also told me that any expert would be able to tell if I had opened it and that I wouldn't be able to sell it and my warranty would end if I did so, but what good information to have right? I guess I'll just be sending the PS3 back to best buy again.... At least I made a new friend!