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Meaning lost on me

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago on 16 September 2008 03:24 (A review of Elephant)

This is going to be short as both the movie is a short one and nothing really can be said about it.

The movie is set it Northern Ireland during "The Troubles", which was a time of basically a civil war from the late 1960's til the late 90's, and really the whole movie is just depiction of eighteen murders and some were based on police reports from the time.
There is no music, sound FX are non-existent any most of it is just real sounds.

It's really a minimal film that's meaning is lost on me as I live in the United States and was born in '86 so everything was foreign to me.

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Season 1 Review

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago on 30 July 2008 03:17 (A review of Burn Notice)

What happens when you take MacGyver and make him a international spy?
You get Burn Notice.

Jeffrey Donovan plays Michael Westen who is a covert operative that is "burned", an unreliable or dangerous agent, and is on a mission to find out who and why he was "burned".
He is placed in Miami and the only people talking to him is a ex-girlfriend Fiona, played by Gabrielle Anwar, former Navy SEAL and agent Sam, played by the legend Bruce Campbell, and his mother. Most episodes consist of his friends having friends or people that they meet that need help from loan sharks, mobsters, drug dealers, etc..

The writing on the show is really great adding nice bits of humor to the drama of the situation. Like I mentioned it's has bits of MacGyverisms showing some how to "make" items like maltov cocktails, remote surveillance device, bulletproofing something, and other things that never go into detail but are possible.
The acting is also great as Mr. Donovan plays Westen very well giving him a smooth, calm, and charming image.
Mr. Campbell gives Sam that old and a bit cranky but very cool and funny as always.
And while I don't like Ms. Anwar looks in comparison to everyone else she does play a good ex-IRA/gun happy girl.

I don't know why I didn't write this review back at the end of the season but since the new season just started and it reminded me of how great the show is and how it needed to be reviewed.

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More real then GSH but not better

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago on 10 July 2008 07:16 (A review of The Firm)

When I first watched Green Street Hooligans, I thought is was a great film but I forgot the reason why I looked it up but I read that The Firm was much better. But I would have to disagree.

The movie is Inter City Crew, a British football hooligan firm, which is lead by Clive "Bex" Bissel, played by Gary Oldman, who is trying to unite the three main firms in England to create and lead a national firm for the European Championships. But the other two firms don't want to join together and if they didn't they didn't feel Bex was the man to lead them. But Bex did convince then to join but only if his firm beat their firms. So the rest of the movie is him and his firm preparing for battle.

Acting and writing is par for a TV movie and is nothing special even if Gary Oldman is staring in it.
Writing and sound isn't great but again it's a TV movie so not to surprising.

While I enjoyed the grittier more realistic feel I personally like the more stylized version of GSH.

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Near perfect anime

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago on 8 March 2008 03:45 (A review of Cowboy Bebop)

When I first started watching anime the first show I watched was Dragonball Z. But it was Cowboy Bebop that really had me hooked.

The show is set in 2071 and chronicles bounty hunters on board a spaceship, named Bebop, on their travels for bounties.

Most episodes are about the bounties but slowly shows the back story of all the characters with all of their stories coming to reaching a fulfilling end.

I find the voice acting in the English dub great and well done and that they fit the characters wonderfully.

The writing for the show is great in giving all the characters a sense of depth and having a story line feel rewarding in the end.

Art work is is also great, showing wonderful detailed solar system that feels alive and action scenes are fluid.

And the music for the show is strangely perfect with a mix of jazz, blues, rock, electronic and other genres that fits brilliantly to every situation.

Overall Bebop is a near perfect anime that I can, and have, watch over and over and still enjoy it every time.

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