Movie Review: Freddy vs. Jason

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

Everybody loves a pointless slasher film.

I just watched this because there was nothing else on TV and, to be honest, I was amused. It kept me entertained for a while.

This is the first Freddy movie I've seen with the original Freddy played by Robert Englund and the first Jason movie I've seen... ever! So I was a little confused with the Jason side of the story because I don't know those movies very well. I just know that he doesn't die like Michael Myers and his story revolves around some camp and he drowns or something.

Regardless, I was still entertained. To some this may be a pointless, recycled, unnecessary, desperate-for-money slasher film but I rather like the story they used to bring these two characters together. It's not an easy task merging two completely different killers from completely different movie series. I thought it was a good story to bring them together.

The ending kind of blew because there was no definite winner. The story makes it seem like the kids trying to help Jason over Freddy, but in the end, they have to get rid of both of them. The title really should've been Freddy vs. Jason vs. Elm Street's Kids. Haha. Because the kids end up being the winners.

At the very end, when Jason rises out of the water carrying Freddy's head is okay. It opens up the opportunity for a sequel, but when you don't make one, the ending is kind of pointless.

In AVP: Alien vs. Predator, the predator ends up being the winner, but at the very end, the alien emerges from the inside of a predator, which makes it seem like both sides kind of won and they left an opportunity for a sequel (which they followed through with).

Anyways, this wasn't an amazing movie, but it kept me amused for an hour and a half. Whatever. Ha.

Retro Review: Paranormal Activity

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

I was forced to watch this. I didn't want to see it. Luckily, I watched it on DVD instead of seeing it in theaters.

This movie scared the shit out of me as it did for many people. I didn't sleep much the night I saw this.

Katie is the creepiest bitch I've ever seen. She deserves an Oscar. The way she stood over Micah for hours is probably what did it for me. Then her being pulled down the staircase and being bitten. Ugh, it was terrifying.

Props to them for making out like bandits though. Spending only $15,000 to make this movie, then making $193 million at the box office. They were geniuses for coming up with this. Rumor has it the director (whose house they used to film this movie) remodeled his home extensively and then reused it as a different home for the sequel. Creative.

The ending is probably what was most terrifying. I hated that Micah died. I didn't expect Katie to become a monster and jump at the screen. Two alternate endings were shot, but I've only seen one. In the one I saw, Katie returns to the bedroom with a knife covered in blood, creepily smiles at the camera, then slits her own throat.

The third ending was the original before Paramount acquired the film and it's only available to view on the internet. In it, Katie returns to the bedroom with the bloodstained knife, sits on the bed then rocks back and forth for two days. Katie's sister comes but we don't see her, she see Micah's body then runs out of the house screaming. The police arrive and Katie comes out of the room where there is a "heated argument" and the door behind the officer slams shut causing the officers to shoot Katie.

I like the second and third. At least they would imply that that bitch is dead and I wouldn't have to see another Paranormal Activity movie. ;)

Next movie: Paranormal Activity 2

Movie Review: Paranormal Activity 2

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

Thank god for Wikipedia!

Without it, I would not have been able to survive this movie.

I've seen very, very few horror movies in theaters. I could probably name them all: this one, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and that's it. Phew, quick trip.

I said thank god for Wikipedia because luckily it reveals the entire movie. I can handle gore, I can handle monsters, but I can't handle surprises and things popping out. I used Wiki to make sure I knew what was coming. Without doing this, I probably would've had to leave the theater.

I liked the story. I liked how they weaved the first film into this one and somewhat made this one a prequel-sequel. It takes place prior to the events of Paranormal Activity, and then we see a few clips from that film and then pick up right after Katie leaves the house in the first movie. I thought it was a clever story, although I can see how some may not agree. I also liked that Katie and Micah were in this one. I didn't expect that... I thought it was a completely different story that had absolutely nothing to do with them.

I also like how this movie's hauntings isn't completely like the first one. Everybody was creeped out by Katie's standing over Micah for hours at a time while he slept. I think if I character would've done it in this one, it wouldn't have had that same effect. People wouldn't have found it as creepy. Instead we have things moving and people being taunted and the movie having a baby and a dog added some extra eeriness.

I don't much like the end. I don't like that the two parents die and how abruptly they die (particularly the dad). I do like, however, that it's Katie that's there. Her standing silently in the background as the dad is watching TV is super, super, super creepy.

Do I think there will be a third one? Yes and no. Yes, because this movie is raking in the dough and because we're curious as to where Katie went with Hunter and no, because we don't necessarily need to know where Katie went. Not knowing makes it so much scarier.

Many people hated the movie and I think the first one lost it's credibility with a sequel. When the first one came out, many people thought it was real hauntings, but then they revealed it was fake and planned a sequel. Basically, I like any scary movie that I can walk out of and say 'I survived.' So I did enjoy it. Will I see it again... probably not. ...too scary for me.

Previous movie: Paranormal Activity

The Dark Knight Rises is Batman 3's Title

Lame. The Caped Crusader sounds so much better in my opinion.

Christopher Nolan announced that the title of the new Batman film will be The Dark Knight Rises. He also said that The Riddler will not be a/the villain in the film. There will be "new characters" instead. Boo.

Major bummer.

Harry Potter Featurette

Preview the Deathly Hallows Soundtrack!

Sounds epic! So excited. It will be released the Tuesday before the release day of the film.

Click here to listen!

Audrina is Eliminated! :(

I'm done with this show. This just proves how poorly educated this country is.

Tonight, Audrina Patridge was eliminated from Dancing With the Stars after being in jeopardy along with Jennifer Grey and Kyle Massey.

I'm so upset! However, Bristol lives on... What the fuck is up with that? Obviously all of the Jesus-loving, republicans are voting to keep her in. She is terrible and Audrina went home over her? Audrina was in 2nd place for the week while Bristol was 6th.

I'm just not understanding how it works. I expected her to be in the final 3 along with Jennifer Grey and (maybe) Brandy. I didn't expect her to win, no, but I was anticipating her to stay until the finals.

Audrina my heart goes out to you. Now I want to was The Hills. I just love her so much now, I want to watch her more. Haha. Is the show good?

Here are my tweets from tonight (you can see the progression):

-YAY! GO @AUDRINAPATRIDGE!! :)) and @therealjgrey!!

-Really? @Kurt13Warner is still in this? His lord and savior Jesus Christ must be behind this, or his 8,000 children voting. #DWTS

-Jennifer, Kyle, and @AudrinaPatridge are all in jeopardy, but Bristol isn't?! Republican's stop voting! Ugh. #DWTS

-This is fucking bogus!!! #DWTS

-I'm so fucking pissed! @AudrinaPatridge did not deserve that. Yet Bristol and Kurt live on? America is full of idiots. #DWTS

-I'm so angry. @AudrinaPatridge did not deserve that.

-@AudrinaPatridge :(

DVD Tuesday! New releases! 10/26

Sex and the City 2

That's it. I'm not kidding. That's all that's listed. I mean Lake Placid 3 comes out to, but does anyone really care. Ugh, I mean I'm gonna buy Sex 2, but what a crappy week. Right?

Official SCRE4M Trailer

Fun Fact About Me #1

I was named after actor Kiel Martin from the 80s television series Hill Street Blues.

Sadly, my dad didn't like the spelling of his name so changed it to the unoriginal version.

Kiel died in 1990 from lung cancer.

Movie Review: Se7en

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

What a great movie!

I purchased this movie before actually seeing it because it was super cheap, but I put off watching it because I don't handle serial killer movies very well. But this one was great.

Every serial killer movie has a serial killer with a certain pattern. This one's serial killer killed in the name of the seven deadly sins. I don't didn't know anything about the seven sins so I found that interesting.

Morgan Freeman stars as the veteran detective and Brad Pitt is the rookie. I enjoyed them both thoroughly although I found Morgan Freeman's Along Came A Spider performance to be a repeat of his performance in this film. But whatever. I still enjoyed them. It made me appreciate Brad Pitt more as well.

I'm not much of a fan of Kevin Spacey, but I can see why he was chosen as "John Doe." There was something creepy and eerie about him.

And Gwyneth. I love her and I enjoyed her obviously. But I think with this movie, my love for her comes at a terrible price...

Before talking more about the ending (hint, hint), I want to talk about the goriness of this film. This movie was released in 1995 and I feel like this was the 90s version of the Saw series. I mean screwing a hooker with a knife dildo? That's sick. That's even beyond Saw. That's just... awful.

The ending was brilliant, yet terrible and predictable. I was disappointed because I predicted it. Usually, I'm an idiot when it comes to putting things together, but I actually saw this coming. The brilliant aspect of it was that the final two sins were to be played out "live" as I expected it to. What happened to Gwyneth was brutal. My problem is that I get too attached to characters. If I were to see this back in 1995 and Gwyneth wasn't the success that she is today, I probably wouldn't have been so hooked on her.

Brad's performance after learning his wife's head was in a box nearby was memorable. I kept praying that he wouldn't pull the trigger on Kevin Spacey, but he did. That's what I have to deal with now. Haha.

I read that there were two alternate endings. In both scenarios, Gwyneth still dies, but in one Brad's character dies, and in another Morgan's character shoots Kevin Spacey before Brad gets a chance to. I guess the one they went with was the best... although Gwyneth still dies...

Regardless of my hatred for the end, it was an amazing movie.

132 arrested at UWW!

Mhmm...

Obama: "It Gets Better"

Hillary made one too, but I find it more shocking that the President of the United States made time to make one. Props.

Rihanna's Who's That Chick Music Videos

This is actually pretty interesting to watch. Check out her two different music videos for "Who's That Chick."

Hilary Duff, New York Times Bestseller!

How exciting!

Hilary Duff is officially a New York Times Bestseller!

I'm still reading the book (I'm not that great of a reader), but she said she has plans to make at least two more for the series and she's already started the second one! :)

Let's Talk the Superman Reboot

If you haven't heard (because this is older news), Zack Snyder has been announced as the new director for the latest Superman film.

Wait... let's back up to 2006...

In 2006, Superman Returns was a box office failure. Okay, it didn't fail. But it didn't do as well as planned. Regardless, there was a plan for a sequel in which director Bryan Singer and all of the cast would return however with a very low production budget. But because Warner Bros. decided to simply reboot the series, Bryan Singer moved on to direct other things.

Fast forward to October 2010 where Zack Snyder was announced as the director for the new rebooted film. Zack Snyder is responsible for such films as 300, Watchmen, Dawn of the Dead, Legend of the Guardians, and Sucker Punch (not yet released). I'm just going to mention now that he is not my cup of tea. At least his directing style isn't. I didn't care for Watchmen and I thought 300 was simply okay. In fact, I'd say 300 is overrated.

Luckily, Christopher Nolan (director and mastermind behind Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Prestige, and Inception) has taken the helm of the Superman franchise given his success with Batman. He never planned to direct, but Warner Bros. simply wants him to keep an eye on Superman and help them steer it into the right direction. Good.

Now for my opinion...

I enjoyed Superman Returns, but I knew something was missing and to this day, I don't know what that something is. At the time of its release, I was in love with this movie because, at the time, I was a diehard Smallville fan. Although, it was missing something and I knew that people hated it, I still wanted them to put out a sequel to give them a chance to redeem themselves.

When I learned that they planned to scrap it all and reboot the series, I was pretty disappointed. Is that the trend now? Starting fresh, even when the last movie is only a couple years in the past and the films are still lingering in people's recent memories, seems to be the thing. In my opinion, there needs to be at least a 8 year buffer period between reboots. That was the amount of time between Batman & Robin and Batman Begins. Now we have reboots for Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and Superman in the works. Spider-Man was last seen in 2007, Fantastic Four in 2007, and Superman in 2006. I feel as though that is way too short of a time between movies that will completely changed. Especially when Spider-Man and Superman's reboots aren't necessary. (Fantastic Four's reboot I support completely.)

Once I found out that Christopher Nolan will be taking part in the reboot, I felt a little better about it. There is nothing that Christopher Nolan has done terribly. On top of that, I was happy to hear that Zack Snyder was reconsidering keeping Brandon Routh as Superman, after saying he wanted to recast the whole series. I hope he does keep Brandon and also considers Kate Bosworth as Lois Lane again. Kate was really enthusiastic about playing Lois and was really hoping for a sequel. They can recast everyone else. ;)

Those are my thoughts on the Superman subject. The new film with its new title The Man of Steel is expected to be released Christmas 2012. (Interestingly enough, the sequel to Superman Returns was planned to be Superman: Man of Steel.)

The Twilight Zone is coming to theaters...again!

Thank god for Leonardo DiCaprio!

He will be working along with Warner Bros. to develop of new feature length movie of the classic and amazing television series starring Rod Sterling.

This will be the second film for the series since the first one was released in 1983. The 1983 version was made up of four different, 20-25 minutes segments directed by different directors (one of which was directed by God himself, Steven Spielberg).

As of right now, it hasn't been confirmed to whether or not the new film will follow the same format, but rumor has it that Leo wants the story to be solely on one classic episode such as "The Eye of the Beholder," "To Serve Man," or any other episode that was written by genius Rod Sterling.

Leonardo DiCaprio (one of my favorite actors) + The Twilight Zone (one of my favorite shows) = $$ :) :) $$ Yay!!

Cars 2 Teaser!

They released this much earlier than I expected. And I will say now that I don't support this movie. Cars 2? Really? Incredibles 2 would've been SOOOO much better!

DVD Tuesday! New releases! 10/19

Predators

Disneynature: Oceans

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Ultimate Edition

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Ultimate Edition

Movie Review: Shaun of the Dead

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

Like I was with my recent viewing of the Book of Eli, I was shocked by how much I enjoyed this movie.

I thought it was going to be stupid funny, but it really wasn't. I liked that the comedy was not over the top (I didn't laugh for the first time til about 30 minutes in). I also liked that the comedy was integrated into the drama and what I mean by that is I liked how the comedy in this film was nothing like that in a Scary Movie movie. I expect stupid-funny and I'm glad that this wasn't.

This movie was a lot like Zombieland in the aspect that it was meant to be taken seriously while being a hilarious comedy. The one difference between the zombies in this movie and the ones in Zombieland is that those in Zombieland were faster. The zombies in this movie were so slow and the characters were able to stand there and discuss and plan while the zombies were still walking towards them. I'm not saying that I enjoyed one more than the other, it was just an observation I made.

I also enjoyed watching the British culture. I always find that interesting. Like when they said that another character was "engaged" when they meant the line was busy. And then the typical "loo," "fag," driving on the right side of the car, driving on the left side of the road, etc.

Simon Pegg also won me over. I wasn't much of a fan of his, but I really liked him in this.

It's a great movie and I'm disappointing in myself for just seeing now. :/

Baby Girl, I'm a Blur

Great song and music video.

No H8

New SCRE4M Trailer at the Scream Awards

Sucks we don't have that great of a view, but I'm sure they'll release it any day now. Looks awesome!

Movie Review: The Book of Eli

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

I was shocked.

Shocked!

I was amazed by how much I liked this movie. Because of it's religious agenda (or so I thought), I was expecting to hate it. But it wasn't pushing Jesus as much as I thought it would.

The movie is about a man, Eli (Denzel), who travels alone in a post-apocalyptic setting carrying and protecting a book. Meanwhile, Kingpin Carnegie, is the leader or king of a small town and has his goons out searching for the book that Eli is carrying.

What's interesting about the movie is how the world ended. They never flat out say what happened. You pick up on little things in the dialogue. Something happened with the ozone and they refer to the incident as "the flash." Many people were blinded because of it. Anyways, I like and don't like that they didn't say what happened. You don't necessarily need to know what happened, but I'm just the type of person that needs to know.

Love Mila Kunis. She actually made this movie for me. Hell, she makes every movie for me. She's just so gorgeous. She plays the daughter of Carnegie's blind wife or mate or bitch (they never say what she is to him).

I was surprised by the amount of gore and blood was in this movie. I did not anticipate or expect that. One minute Eli looks like he's going to get his ass kicked, next minute he's chopping off peoples heads and they're all rolling around on the floor. It was crazy. But I enjoyed the action.

The major twist at the end was nice. I never expect those and everytime they happen, I'm blown away as if I've never seen that happen before. But with this movie and his situation [[he's blind the entire time]], I don't see how that could possibly happen.

It's a great movie. No disappointments.

Movie Review: Baby Mama

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

I can see how some people didn't like this movie, but I found it fucking hilarious. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are both geniuses. These two need to make more movies together.

I liked how the story played out. I had absolutely no idea that the story was going to go in the direction that it did. I thought it was just a story about Amy carrying Tina's baby. I didn't think that she would make it up for a while.

I enjoyed Greg Kinnear (aka Miley Cyrus' dad in The Last Song). However, I didn't like Dax Sheppard. I don't particularly care for him whether it's in a positive or a negative role. He just looks funny, but isn't funny. He should just stop acting. Seriously.

Loved me some Sigourney Weaver. Actually, knowing that she was in this movie (although it was for a short time) made me want to see this movie more and more. She didn't do much, but I was satisfied. Haha.

Steve Martin was freaking weird in this movie. Period.

The only downfall with this movie, in my opinion, was the abrupt ending. I felt that right after Amy had her baby, Tina found out about her baby, and they saw each other again for the first time, it just cut to the credits/birthday party. I wish there was just a little something more after them meeting again in Amy's hospital room.

Otherwise, I was surprised by how much I liked this movie. Totally funny.

Deathly Hallows, Part I Video Game Trailer!

Looks cool. It's weird not to see Hogwarts at all. And too bad that I don't have any of the platforms it's being released on. Why can't they still make PS2 games? I have all 6 of the other movies' video games. :(

Fuck H8!

TEXAS Councilmen says "It Gets Better"

Almost cried. Almost!

New Ke$ha!

Sorry, it's so new that the best I can do is give you the link to the song on RyanSeascrest.com.

It's not a horrible song. It's called "You R Who You R." Click here!

Geez! More Potter Posters!

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DVD Tuesday! New releases! 10/12

How to Train Your Dragon

Jonah Hex

How to Train Your Dragon is worth the purchase! It's such a good movie.

Avatar: Special Edition DVD Trailer

45 minutes of new footage. That's all I'm saying.

New Sexy, Yet Creepy Potter Posters

Ryan Cabrera - On The Way Down

I don't know why, but I was randomly feeling this song today.

This is so old. I mean, Ashlee Simpson and Ryan were still together here.

Retro Review: Shelter

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

To answer your question, yes this is a 'gay movie' and before you go judging it or me, give this review a read or watch the actually movie. I have a link to it on YouTube at the bottom of the review.

To be honest, this is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's not on my top ten, but if I would put together a top fifteen or top twenty, it would most certainly been on there. It is actually listed in the 'Honorable Mentions' part of my Top Ten Movies video.

Anyway, yes this is a gay movie, but that's not the thing to be focusing on. Gay or straight, this is a great movie, and gay or straight, anyone can enjoy it.

The story revolves around a guy who's living in the slums of Los Angeles with his lazy, self-centered sister, Jeanne, and her 5 year old son, Cody. The guy, Zach, has given up so much to help his family out and starts to form a strong friendship with his best friend's older brother, Shaun. Shaun and his brother, Gabe, live an easy life that Zach has never been able to enjoy. Zach also has to deal with working two jobs, help take care of Cody and his dad, and try to keep his rocky relationship with Tori afloat.

What I love about this movie is that it isn't solely about the gay stuff, it's also about family. Family is probably the most important aspect of this film. Trevor Wright plays Zach and Brad Pitt's twin Brad Rowe plays Shaun and they both give amazing performances. In fact, on top of the film having eleven award wins, Trevor received two for his performance.

Many people would identify this movie as the gay surfing movie but in reality there's probably 3 minutes total of surfing. It just serves as a buffer between scenes. But what's also interesting to think about is that these surfers are gay. You don't think of surfers as gay, you think of them as manly dudes who hang loose and hook up with chicks and hang out at the beach. Huh, it's amazing to think that anyone can be gay... not just the flamboyant ones (<-that's sarcasm)!

Shelter also dabbles into the subject of gay parenting in a way. Highlight the text between the parentheses to read more. There will be spoilers. [[Jeanne leaves with her boyfriend leaving Cody to live with Zach and Shaun. The movie has a little epilogue type clip that shows the three of them on the beach having fun several months later.]]

The music in the movie is great. Shane Mack wrote and performed many of the main songs for the movie and they make some scenes just so amazing.

My only complaint about this movie is that it was too short for me. And I think that would be the complaint with anyone. You just can't get enough of this film. You're watching it and it ends and you just want more, you want to know what will happen next! If this movie weren't an indie movie and had a larger budget, I'm sure they would've gone much farther and it would be more popular that it is.

For those of you who haven't seen the film and are concerned that maybe this is too gay for me, I'll let you know what to look out for. You can be the judge. One character smokes weed briefly. There's some swearing (fuck, pussy, fag, shit, etc.). There is no nudity, but there is a brief scene where sex between two men is implied (only some rolling around and kissing is shown). I should also mention that the two lead actors are both straight. If that makes you feel any better.

But I highly recommend that you watch the movie. Seriously. I'll even give you a link to it so it's free and it's on YouTube. No one even has to know you saw it. I just think it is an important film that everybody needs to see because it will help move equality along in my opinion.

Also, the poster I have at the top of this review is not the actual poster for the film. It is actually a milder one that I made. Looks real dunit? :) If you would like to see the real poster click here.

To watch the movie on YouTube, click the following links (each video is about 15 minutes long):

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6

Watch the trailer:

Twilight's Kellan Lutz in a Hilary Music Video

I can't believe I'm just noticing this now... 3 years later. I was watching some of Hilary Duff's music videos today and realized that Kellan Lutz (aka Emmett or whatever from Twilight) plays her leading man in her "With Love" music video and commercial. This blew me away. How could I have not noticed?

Movie Review: The Karate Kid

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

I'm actually quite impressed with this movie. I honestly had no desire to see it, but I enjoyed it.

Like I usually do, I'm going on the record to say that I have only seen one of the four films in the original series with Mr. Miyagi and that was The Next Karate Kid. You know, the one with Hilary Swank.

First, we'll talk Jaden and Jackie...

I actually liked Jaden. Which comes as a surprise to me, because I'm not normally one that buys into kids of celebs trying to make it in film. In the first film I saw him in, The Day the Earth Stood Still, I didn't much care for him or his character. But I liked Jaden in this film. And he looks so much like his mother, and his comedy and mannerisms are so much like his father's.

Jackie Chan surprised me as well. Normally, you'd think "Jackie Chan = Kicking Ass." You never (in an American film at least) would see him cry. His emotional drunken scene made me so sad. He shocked me. He was great in this film.

In the original Karate Kid, a white, Italian boy from Jersey moves to California and is bullied by a surfing crowd (who apparently dip into karate as well). In this movie, a black boy moves with his mom to China and is bullied by Chinese boys. I like this movie's scenario more.

I would also like to say that the woman who played Jaden's mother, Taraji Henson, made this movie. She was the absolute greatest choice. She was absolutely hilarious. (Video below)

Finally, I want to discuss the rating of this film. It was rated PG for bullying, martial arts action violence, and mild language. This movie had to have been borderline PG, almost PG-13. The bullying in this movie was brutal! It was so hard for even me to watch and I'm an adult. Children need to know that they can always tell an adult when something is going on. Although, in the movie, the bully's coach was also a bully. Stupid dickwad!

Just to let you know, if you haven't seen the movie, the bullies and the "bad team's" coach are very difficult to watch. Those situations really aggravate me. While watching the movie, I kept saying "I hope the bully dies." Isn't that terrible? That just shows how awful they were.

The movie was great, regardless of the evil bad people. Haha. It's definitely worth the rent, or maybe even the purchase!

Miley Channels Hilary in "Who Owns My Heart" Video

I really wish she made a music video for "Liberty Walk" instead. I don't think this is her strongest song. But check it out and look at the similarities between hers and Hilary's Wake Up video. Just the dance club, car scenes, and bed room scenes are similar in certain aspects. Can you believe Miley's just in her underwear? It feels wrong to even look.

It's Coming.

Toy Story 3 for Best Picture?

Disney announced that it will campaigning for Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 3 to be nominated in the Best Picture category for next years Academy Awards.

Only two animated films have ever been nominated for Best Picture and they were both from Disney: Beauty and the Beast in 1992 and Up in 2010.

With this new 10 Best Picture nominee thing the Academy is doing, it is very likely that this film will be nominated for Best Picture because it was an all-around perfect film. Whether it'll take the Oscar home, I don't know. I guess we'll see!

Good luck Toy Story 3!

Pretty Provocative Potter Posters

Check out these new posters featuring a stubbly Harry Potter and sexy Bellatrix Lestrange!

My Generation cancelled!

And this is why I don't watch television.

ABC cancelled it's new Thursday night drama, My Generation, which is a mockumentary that follows 10 high school seniors and sees where they end up in ten years, due to poor ratings.

I think if they were to have advertised more and waited maybe a year, this show would've been more successful. Why wait a year? I feel as though people are still adjusting to mockumentary style shows with Modern Family and The Office being to two biggest ones out.

What pisses me off more is that the show was cancelled after two episodes. Same thing happened to The Beautiful Life: TBL last year on the CW. This is why I hate watching new shows: many of them don't succeed. Just when I get into the story, they pull the plug. At least finish out an entire season. You can't just start a story and cut it short right in the middle. This is why I like movies... they at least finish the story. And it's also why I wait til series are completed before getting into them, or at least several seasons in.

It should be illegal for networks to just cut off series like that. I'm done with television.

Deathly Hallows is PG-13!

Yay, but R would be funner! >:)

The MPAA gave Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I a PG-13 rating for "some sequences of intense action violence and frightening images."

Getting excited for the new movie and checking Fandango daily to see when tickets are available!! :)

DVD Tuesday! New releases! 10/5

Beauty and the Beast: Diamond Edition

The Karate Kid

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Splice

Definitely getting Beauty and the Beast. Possibly A Nightmare on Elm Street.

Emma Stone is Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man!

YAY! Emma Stone has been cast as Gwen Stacy in the new Spider-Man reboot.

Hopefully her character won't be too comedic and will take the part seriously. Although, I don't much care for the idea of the reboot, I'm happy to see Emma cast in an action role! Although... why Gwen Stacy?! Random and minor.

So excited now. At least we know the movie will be good. ;)

Premiere Month is Over!

I'm gonna let you guys no what I thought of a couple of new shows.

Undercovers on NBC.

The show isn't bad, but I don't think it's all that that it's hyped up to be. The show follows a married couple who are also secret agents. The married jokes are so old and not funny. But (after seeing the first two episodes) I think the series will follow such shows as CSI, :Miami, and :New York in the sense that they will solve the case all in one episode. So, for now, it seems as though you can not watch for two weeks and just pick up with a new episode. For me, that's a plus.

No Ordinary Family on ABC.

It's basically "The Incredibles" in live-action. The show seems cheesy and unoriginal, but I'm a sucker for people with powers so I enjoyed it and I'm interesting in seeing the next one. I'm just not sure if the show will make it.

The Whole Truth on ABC.

A court drama where you follow the two sides of the case: the prosecutor and the defense. This is also set up like The Undercovers where it's a case an episode. You go through the whole trial listening to both sides and then at the end of the episode they reveal the truth. According to the ratings in its premiere, it flopped, but I liked it kinda. Although Maura Tierney needs to grow out her hair. I don't like it.

My Generation on ABC.

This is the one I mainly wanted to talk about. It's interesting. It's shot like Modern Family and The Office; all reality style. But it's meant to be like a documentary following kids from high school and seeing where they ended up 10 years later. While watching the episode, I didn't much care for it, but once I got to the end I was kind of hooked and I'm intrigued to see what happens next. It's pretty good, but I don't think it'll make the cut. I think ABC to cancel any day now.

Hellcats on the CW.

It's CW's new hit show and I've been watching it. I'm a fan of Ashley Tisdale and Aly Michalka. The show isn't that original. It's name could've been Bring It On: The Series. But I need a new teen drama to watch, so this is good for me.

Movie Review: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines is on TV right now, so I figured I'd review it.

The Story.

The story takes place in 2004, 9 years after the events of Terminator 2. John Connor (Nick Stahl) cannot be located so Skynet sends the TX (Kristanna Loken) back to kill his future lieutenants. Meanwhile, Kate Connor (Claire Danes) sends back a T-800 (Model 101) (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to protect herself and John. Apparently, Judgement Day is inevitable.

Personally, I think this movie is very underrated. Yes, the story is basically a carbon copy of Terminator 2, but it has it's own strong points.

This is the Terminator movie not to be written and directed by James Cameron, which is rather said. After the hype that was Terminator 2, James Cameron said there would be one, but when 12 years passed and he didn't move on it, he decided he would just leave it as it was: perfection.

They "killed" off Sarah Connor which was kind of disappointing. Linda Hamilton just wasn't interested in reprising her role (most likely because of her divorce from James Cameron). How did they kill her off? Leukemia. I like this. Now, before you going bitching that I'm glad she died of leukemia, I want to explain that I liked it because she died of something that no one can prevent. And also because it wasn't a gun or a terminator or an explosion that killed her.

Like many things in the early 2000s, everything revolves around computers and viruses. A virus that is Skynet is taking over. Typical.

And sending back a female Terminator is expected. After having 2 movies with only male Terminators, of course you'd do whatever you can to make the new one stand out and that is by having a female Terminator. Although it's unoriginal because it's expected, I liked that it was a she.

The Actors.

Arnold Schwarzenegger reprises his titular role as the Terminator and nothing really changes about him. Although, in this film, we understand that he comes off an assembly line and that he is not the same Terminator as the one that John befriended in Terminator 2.

People complain that Nick Stahl was poorly cast as John Connor

calling him a whiner and a coward. Me? I think he was cast perfectly and his portrayal was right on. People imagine John Connor to be brave and fearless. Well when you're a ten year-old child like John in Terminator 2 and you were being hunted by a machine that can shape-shift, take the form of other people, and carried a gun and lost the best friend because he was a machine, you would become a frightened, mentally-scarred child. Terminator 3's John Connor lives in fear like he should and makes sure he cannot be found. I thought he was perfect.

Kristanna Loken was enjoyable. She had little to no lines. In fact, she spoke all of her character's lines in the first 25 minutes of the movie. She, the actor, never speaks again. I wish she had more lines. It would've made her more frightening.

The Rating.

I'm happy that his movie received an R rating. I believe I express my disappointment in Terminator Salvation's PG-13 rating in its review. I'm happy that the action, profanity, and nudity was enough to give it an R-rating. Sad thing is, there was less action and much less swearing than the original two movies.

The Necessity of the Film.

I was 13 when this movie came out and I was so happy it did. The Terminator series is one of my favorites along with Harry Potter and such. To me, just the fact that there was another Terminator movie was awesome. I'm now old enough to know that this movie was not necessary. I do believe that it was necessary that they made a fourth one after the release of this one. Terminator 2: Judgement Day closed the series, and Terminator 3 opened it again to more films. It was unnecessary to make this film, but I would be lying if I said I didn't want it.

References to the Previous Terminator Films.

The Terminator series is really good with keeping up with tradition... and breaking them. This movie carries on the "I'll be back," "come with me if you want to live" lines. This time the lines were "I'm back," "she'll be back," and "do you wanna live? Come on!" The fourth one also does it's own variations but this one made the most drastic changes and changed them for comedy which I didn't particularly care for.

There were also some minor, unnecessary comedic scenes that I didn't care for. Such as when he is finding clothes and he puts on the star-shaped sunglasses. Really? Why did he need to do that?

Overall.

I enjoyed the movie. I did. It's not my favorite, but it's apart of the original trilogy and I'll back it up if necessary. It's a part of the series... now deal with it!

Previous Film: Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991)

Next Film: Terminator Salvation (2009)

2011 Super Bowl featuring the Black Eyed Peas

Got some news about the Black Eyed Peas.

1. It's rumored that they will be the featured performers of the 2011 Super Bowl Halftime Show! It's about time in my opinion. Planners for the halftime show were also interested in getting a country singer and having a country theme (fuck that!). These artists, according to Wikipedia, are Jimmy Buffet, Journey, Bon Jovi (didn't he do one?), Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, and Lynyrd Skynyrd. You know who my vote's for!

2. Their new album, "The Beginning", is due out November 30th, but more importantly, their new single, "Bang Bang Get It", is rumored to be released this Tuesday (October 5th)!

3. I'm in love with a song of theirs. Missing You. Listen...

Movie Review: You Again

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

I love me some Betty, some Jamie Lee, and definitely some Sigourney.

I definitely overhyped the film but in all honesty, I wasn't expecting much. However, I did enjoy it. It was funny and I think that was mostly because of Jamie, Sigourney, and Betty.

I liked the story, but like all comedies like this, it's predictable.

I liked how Kristen Bell kept having things happen to her that made her look like she did in high school. (The haircutting, the ant bites, and the glasses).

People are saying that Sigourney was miscast and they questioned why she would ever go from Avatar to this. Those people are idiots. I thought she was perfect for the role. You can't see her as a snobby, self-centered bitch? I can.

I've missed Jamie Lee. We haven't seen her in a good comedy since Freaky Friday with Lindsay Lohan. She's so good! She and Arnold really need to team up for a sequel to True Lies.

And of course, Betty. Obsiously they hired her because she's the 'it girl' of 2010. Attaching her to any movie guarantees an extra $3 million at least at the box office.

Kristen Bell is someone I'm still trying to warm up to. I feel like she would be a better bitch like she was in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. But, I'm still trying to warm up to her.

And her arch rival, Odette Yustman was good. I liked her. I definitely could watch her in another movie. She's very pretty!

I loved the Alien and Avatar references throughout the film. I caught three: When they first meet Sigourney Weaver's character, Kristen Bell's little brother says she looks digitally created (Avatar); when Kristen Bell's older brother and his fiancée look through photo albums, Will gestures to his face saying how something was wrapped around it and attached to it (like a facehugger in Alien); and when the say Sigourney Weaver's character looked like she never aged, it obviously a reference to both Alien and Avatar because when they're in cryo, they don't age although years go by.

So for those of you debating whether to go see it in theaters or not, I say wait until the DVD comes out. You should really want to see it to see it in theaters.

Movie Review: Wall Street

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

I want to see the new one, so naturally I need to see the first one.

It was decent. Nothing amazing, but not complete crap.

I would've probably enjoyed the movie more if I understood more about Wall Street and the stock market. It's just one of those things that I will never and can never understand.

Regardless... I tried my hardest to follow along and I think I did pretty well. Just had a hard time with the lingo of the stock market.

Seeing Charlie Sheen as the star of a movie is so difficult for me. There are only 2 movies I've seen him in and that is Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Scary Movie 3 (plus his cameo in Scary Movie 4). It's just so unusual because all you see him star in now is Two and a Half Men and he has just become his character. You can't see him as anybody else. It was weird seeing him be serious, but I enjoyed it. (And if you close your eyes, it's sounds like his brother Emilio Estevez! They sounded exactly alike back then!)

And I loved Michael Douglas as Gordon Gecko! He deserved that Oscar (although I haven't seen any of the other movies). He was so intense.

The only thing I had a problem with (besides not understand the stock stuff) was the ending. What a piece-of-shit ending. You don't even see what happens. Is it assumed that Bud Fox goes to jail although he helped bring down Gecko. And the only reason I know Gordon Gecko went to jail is from the trailer for the second film. They just cut off the movie in a terrible spot. I was very disappointed with that. Otherwise, it was a decent movie.