OH MY GOD!
NEW YORK CITY IS AMAZING!
There are no words to describe Times Square as it is! I went there in the middle of the afternoon, I wonder how it must be at night!
The lights, the ads, the people, the hundreds of different languages passing next to you, songs comming from stores, from people playing in the streets!
You feel tremendouslt small looking up to the giant coca-cola ad or the huge musical posters all around you!
The MeM store is so big! They have everything made with MeMs characters, its truly amazing, Elvis MeM, Statue of Libberty MeM, its ridiculous, in a good, out of this world way!
I bought my tickets to watch In The Highs tomorrow, this amazing musical!!! I was going to buy them at tkts but the lines were gigantic and I figured it would be nice to have at least one musical guaranteed for tomorrow! I actually got a good deal on the ticktes, really good seats, and I paid more than 40 less on the tickets... if that makes sense!
Im really excited about this trip, and mom and my sister must be getting at the hotel at any time! CANT WAIT! ;D
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Sunday, May 10, 2009
NEW SEASON!!!
For my last post (for the class assignment, for I will continue the blog after that), I decided to write about something I am completely IN LOVE with. I am going to talk about DANCING, but I`m going to relate that to entertainment. May 21st is the premier of the new season of one of my favorites shows EVER!!! SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!
I believe I am suppose to have a lot of fun with all the blogging while sharing with people whatever I believe, feel, think or like (in this case LOVE). So the fifth season starts next Thursday 8/7c. This became my favorite show for various reasons. It first appealed to me mainly because I love dancing, but also because it features amazing dancers and choreographers. It brought America to love dancing. Other show like Dancing with the starts and America`s Best Dance Crew maybe good, but they don’t feature the same variety of styles and technique. So you think you can dance has grown and it is played in a lot of countries. They also have a show in Canada and Australia, and it is always an audience favorite. For people that don’t know dancing it is still cool to see people spinning endlessly doing cool moves and wearing nice costumes, dancing to great music. For those who know a little more about dancing it is great to analyze the A la second turns followed by an attitude leap, the spotting and pointed toes, the emotion, the tricks and the passion in each dance.
The show`s approach is to take the dancer from the background and take it to the spotlight. Shows like this have been making people work harder, practice harder, and believe that some day they can be on that stage been watched and loved by millions of Americans.
So I will end this post with some of my favorite dances from so you think you can dance. Celebrating the beginning of a new season, which I pray (to Jesus, Buddha, God, anyone out there listening to me, I beg, implore, ask kindly, pretty please, make it happen…) will play in Brazil! ENJOY!
I believe I am suppose to have a lot of fun with all the blogging while sharing with people whatever I believe, feel, think or like (in this case LOVE). So the fifth season starts next Thursday 8/7c. This became my favorite show for various reasons. It first appealed to me mainly because I love dancing, but also because it features amazing dancers and choreographers. It brought America to love dancing. Other show like Dancing with the starts and America`s Best Dance Crew maybe good, but they don’t feature the same variety of styles and technique. So you think you can dance has grown and it is played in a lot of countries. They also have a show in Canada and Australia, and it is always an audience favorite. For people that don’t know dancing it is still cool to see people spinning endlessly doing cool moves and wearing nice costumes, dancing to great music. For those who know a little more about dancing it is great to analyze the A la second turns followed by an attitude leap, the spotting and pointed toes, the emotion, the tricks and the passion in each dance.
The show`s approach is to take the dancer from the background and take it to the spotlight. Shows like this have been making people work harder, practice harder, and believe that some day they can be on that stage been watched and loved by millions of Americans.
So I will end this post with some of my favorite dances from so you think you can dance. Celebrating the beginning of a new season, which I pray (to Jesus, Buddha, God, anyone out there listening to me, I beg, implore, ask kindly, pretty please, make it happen…) will play in Brazil! ENJOY!
Good Omens... Heavenly or Devilish Amazing! ;D
Enough about movies right? Yeah, it is definitely not the only kind of entertainment out there. So today I decided to talk about the last book I read. I had already read once in my native language, and I read it again in English. Most certainly one of the greatest books I have ever read. Good Omens.
Good Omens (The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch) is a collaboration between two great writers, Neil Gaiman (Stardust, Smoke and Mirrors, Coraline among others more) and Terry Pratchett (The Bromeliad Trilogy, A Hat Full of Skies, Going Postal among others more). The book is a true master piece. Taking a fun and funny approach to the end of the world the book makes you laugh and think. We meet Aziraphale the Angel that guarded the Eastern gate of Eden and Crowley (not his real name) the demon that took a serpent`s shape to tempt Eve. They have both lived in this planet since creation, and now they are very fond of it and everyone in it. Not in the same way as we, humans, are off course. When they find out that the Devil is sending to the earth the Anti-Christ they both come to discuss if they like the idea of the world coming to an end.
With a variety of funny, honest and real characters this book takes you to an imaginary world that still sounds real to us. We meet the modern form of the four knights of the apocalypse, a chatting black nun order. A group of kids, a witch (or professional descendant as she puts it), a couple of witch hunters and more characters that make the story flow and keeps you entertained in each chapter.
I would definitely recommend this book for people who like the imaginary connection to the real. The sarcastic and comedic views of the world we inhabit. Every page is a new laughter of discover. You will not be able to drop this book from when you start, perfect for the summer. After reading this I wouldn’t be surprised if you started blaming demons for the telephone lines to not work on a Monday at lunch time. If you do read it tell me what you think about it, comment here and let me know.
“The Apocalypse has never been funnier.”
- Clive Baker
“[Neil Gaiman] A writer imbued with rich story telling qualities and a boundless imagination.”
- St. Louis Post Dispatch
“When you take the free –fall plunge into a Neil Gaiman book, anything can happen and invariably does.”
- Entertainment Weekly
“[Terry Pratchett is] A master of laugh-out-loud fiction”
- Chicago Tribune
If you have any suggestions on what I should write about that would be great. Have a great Mother`s Day!
Good Omens (The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch) is a collaboration between two great writers, Neil Gaiman (Stardust, Smoke and Mirrors, Coraline among others more) and Terry Pratchett (The Bromeliad Trilogy, A Hat Full of Skies, Going Postal among others more). The book is a true master piece. Taking a fun and funny approach to the end of the world the book makes you laugh and think. We meet Aziraphale the Angel that guarded the Eastern gate of Eden and Crowley (not his real name) the demon that took a serpent`s shape to tempt Eve. They have both lived in this planet since creation, and now they are very fond of it and everyone in it. Not in the same way as we, humans, are off course. When they find out that the Devil is sending to the earth the Anti-Christ they both come to discuss if they like the idea of the world coming to an end.
With a variety of funny, honest and real characters this book takes you to an imaginary world that still sounds real to us. We meet the modern form of the four knights of the apocalypse, a chatting black nun order. A group of kids, a witch (or professional descendant as she puts it), a couple of witch hunters and more characters that make the story flow and keeps you entertained in each chapter.
I would definitely recommend this book for people who like the imaginary connection to the real. The sarcastic and comedic views of the world we inhabit. Every page is a new laughter of discover. You will not be able to drop this book from when you start, perfect for the summer. After reading this I wouldn’t be surprised if you started blaming demons for the telephone lines to not work on a Monday at lunch time. If you do read it tell me what you think about it, comment here and let me know.
“The Apocalypse has never been funnier.”
- Clive Baker
“[Neil Gaiman] A writer imbued with rich story telling qualities and a boundless imagination.”
- St. Louis Post Dispatch
“When you take the free –fall plunge into a Neil Gaiman book, anything can happen and invariably does.”
- Entertainment Weekly
“[Terry Pratchett is] A master of laugh-out-loud fiction”
- Chicago Tribune
If you have any suggestions on what I should write about that would be great. Have a great Mother`s Day!
May movies!!! ;D
Summer is the greatest time for movies to come out, so I decided to analyze whatever is coming out still this month. The biggest bets in Hollywood and what I personally think will be an expected surprise, an expected failure or a surprise.
In May we have:
Wolverine, Star Trek, Angels e Demons, Terminator: Salvation, Night at the Museum 2, Pixar`s Up.
Wolverine
As I said before I don’t believe this will hit the highest scores in anyway. The movie has a good story, but I believe after the three amazing X-men movies, people were expecting more, more action, more connections, and more entertainment. The movie is interesting in many ways, but overflow a little on the special effects. Fox was betting a lot on this movie, I believe what may have happened was the different approach from this movie to the X-men movies. I believe Gavin Hood the director for Wolverine has a very different way of looking at an action movie, being himself also an actor and a writer. Bryan Singer (X-men, X-men 2) and Brett Ratner (X-men III) have a similar way of directing and looking at the X-men, which I believe people were expecting in this movie, and didn’t get.
Star Trek
This in my opinion will be one of the best surprises of the summer especially for Bad Robot. The company just keeps growing and growing. The movie was action packed, but with sensitive parts, hints of romance and humor. J.J Abrahams excels in this master piece that already has a sequel announced for 2011. Cannot wait, this will be one of the greatest competition of the summer.
Angels e Demons
After The Da Vince Code, a lot of fans of the movie and the books have been waiting for this. The Da Vince code in my opinion was not the best of Ron Howard, who is an amazing producer and director. I believe with the changing of some actors for this movie such as the lead women going from Audrey Tautou to the unknown but experienced Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer. The participation of super stars such as Ewan McGregor and off course Tom Hanks might help the production as well. I don’t think it will be the greatest competition, but it is a movie that will be definitely worth seeing. Ron Howard is mostly a certain bet.
Terminator: Salvation
This will most certainly be one of those that the next movies have to set their goals to defeat in the box office. Terminator is always a good bet for the summer. The movie has gathered fans for over twenty years and even people that don’t like the original movie has in a way or another started to like this endless sequel. With video games, TV shows, rumors and the past movies the audience is waiting excitingly for on more John Connor adventure. Especially now with John Connor being played by great actor, super star, women`s favorite Christian Bale. After Batman, his status has grown a lot more in this industry, and it appeals to man and women (want to be him, want him). The combination of a great lead man, excellent actresses who are also incredibly attractive, excellent director (McG), a lot of action, guns, robots and a great story can only lead into a summer blockbuster that will most definitely fill the theaters up.
Night at the Museum 2: The Battle of the Smithsonian
Appealing to a family afternoon is always a good plan. The first movie was success, which will also be expected for the second one. This time with more great actors joining the previous cast, and in another great museum, Ben Stiller comes back targeting not only for the kids but for the whole family. In my opinion it won’t be the greatest competition of the summer, but it will definitely gather a lot of money and audience. And who doesn’t like to see great historic figures come to live in a fun comedy movie?
Pixar`s Up
Oh oh. When Pixar is on the line you better open your eyes. Pixar does not take money as their first goal, and that is why their movies are always a great competition. They don’t target audiences or box offices; they target laughter, soul and fun. The company is pretty much run by artists and not executives and that is what makes every movie be on the top of the charts and a recurrent Oscar nominee and winner. This story sound sweet and funny and it also appeals to the whole family. Pixar never has a dumb pointless story. The combination of the rich image on screen and the pleasing of everyone`s imagination, this will most certainly be one of the greatest animations of the year and already had a guaranteed spot on the top ten of the summer.
In May we have:
Wolverine, Star Trek, Angels e Demons, Terminator: Salvation, Night at the Museum 2, Pixar`s Up.
Wolverine
As I said before I don’t believe this will hit the highest scores in anyway. The movie has a good story, but I believe after the three amazing X-men movies, people were expecting more, more action, more connections, and more entertainment. The movie is interesting in many ways, but overflow a little on the special effects. Fox was betting a lot on this movie, I believe what may have happened was the different approach from this movie to the X-men movies. I believe Gavin Hood the director for Wolverine has a very different way of looking at an action movie, being himself also an actor and a writer. Bryan Singer (X-men, X-men 2) and Brett Ratner (X-men III) have a similar way of directing and looking at the X-men, which I believe people were expecting in this movie, and didn’t get.
Star Trek
This in my opinion will be one of the best surprises of the summer especially for Bad Robot. The company just keeps growing and growing. The movie was action packed, but with sensitive parts, hints of romance and humor. J.J Abrahams excels in this master piece that already has a sequel announced for 2011. Cannot wait, this will be one of the greatest competition of the summer.
Angels e Demons
After The Da Vince Code, a lot of fans of the movie and the books have been waiting for this. The Da Vince code in my opinion was not the best of Ron Howard, who is an amazing producer and director. I believe with the changing of some actors for this movie such as the lead women going from Audrey Tautou to the unknown but experienced Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer. The participation of super stars such as Ewan McGregor and off course Tom Hanks might help the production as well. I don’t think it will be the greatest competition, but it is a movie that will be definitely worth seeing. Ron Howard is mostly a certain bet.
Terminator: Salvation
This will most certainly be one of those that the next movies have to set their goals to defeat in the box office. Terminator is always a good bet for the summer. The movie has gathered fans for over twenty years and even people that don’t like the original movie has in a way or another started to like this endless sequel. With video games, TV shows, rumors and the past movies the audience is waiting excitingly for on more John Connor adventure. Especially now with John Connor being played by great actor, super star, women`s favorite Christian Bale. After Batman, his status has grown a lot more in this industry, and it appeals to man and women (want to be him, want him). The combination of a great lead man, excellent actresses who are also incredibly attractive, excellent director (McG), a lot of action, guns, robots and a great story can only lead into a summer blockbuster that will most definitely fill the theaters up.
Night at the Museum 2: The Battle of the Smithsonian
Appealing to a family afternoon is always a good plan. The first movie was success, which will also be expected for the second one. This time with more great actors joining the previous cast, and in another great museum, Ben Stiller comes back targeting not only for the kids but for the whole family. In my opinion it won’t be the greatest competition of the summer, but it will definitely gather a lot of money and audience. And who doesn’t like to see great historic figures come to live in a fun comedy movie?
Pixar`s Up
Oh oh. When Pixar is on the line you better open your eyes. Pixar does not take money as their first goal, and that is why their movies are always a great competition. They don’t target audiences or box offices; they target laughter, soul and fun. The company is pretty much run by artists and not executives and that is what makes every movie be on the top of the charts and a recurrent Oscar nominee and winner. This story sound sweet and funny and it also appeals to the whole family. Pixar never has a dumb pointless story. The combination of the rich image on screen and the pleasing of everyone`s imagination, this will most certainly be one of the greatest animations of the year and already had a guaranteed spot on the top ten of the summer.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
TinkerBell Disney`s hiccup!
I don’t think I have mentioned it before but I am a huge fan of animations. From the first Disney movies to the latest animations I like to see every kind that is out there. My favorites are Kung-Fu Panda, Wall-E, Finding Nemo, among others from Disney/Pixar, Dreamworks and others. Disney movies have always been a part of my life, and I love animations, so I decided to watch TinkerBell the Movie. I figure that it was a Disney animation, and a Spin-off of one of my favorite Disney movies, it would be worth watching.
Disappointment. That is one word to describe what I felt after watching the movie. The animation was not at all the best that Disney can do. The movie was produced in a “money catch” spirit. It was completely obvious that they didn’t take the time and effort to do something on the Disney level. The director has done some of the Disney sequels such as Pocahontas II, Lion King 11/2 and others. The direction wasn’t the best and worst then that the writing. The script was a waste of a story. It showed us the origins of TinkerBell but that was the only interesting part, to see inside the fairy world. The script was weak and dumb, even if for a seven year old the script does not offer enough. There is no hero and there is no villain, there is also no romantic atmosphere at all, which seven years old girls (I believe the main audience for this movie) . No self-respectful children focused Disney movie has no villains and no heroes. The solution to the main problem is given in a silver tray to the audience.
Another sad part of the movie was that the cast was extremely talented. The voice of TinkerBell was dubbed by Mae Whitman, an extremely experienced and talented voice over artist. The Broadway dive Kristin Chenoweth, Disney sensation Raven-Symone, the teenage heartthrob and singer Jesse McCartney, amazing talented actresses such as Lucy Liu, Angelica Huston, Kathy Najimy, America Ferrera and more. I wish Disney had taken more time to make this movie and had taken it more seriously. I would not recommend it for someone over 3 years old.
This movie trailer does not make justice to the movie at all. When watching this you would think the movie would have more story and interesting background. A completely misleading movie trailer. Disney did have hiccup while doing this. Something that should be forgotten and put in their archives for future references of what not to do.
Disappointment. That is one word to describe what I felt after watching the movie. The animation was not at all the best that Disney can do. The movie was produced in a “money catch” spirit. It was completely obvious that they didn’t take the time and effort to do something on the Disney level. The director has done some of the Disney sequels such as Pocahontas II, Lion King 11/2 and others. The direction wasn’t the best and worst then that the writing. The script was a waste of a story. It showed us the origins of TinkerBell but that was the only interesting part, to see inside the fairy world. The script was weak and dumb, even if for a seven year old the script does not offer enough. There is no hero and there is no villain, there is also no romantic atmosphere at all, which seven years old girls (I believe the main audience for this movie) . No self-respectful children focused Disney movie has no villains and no heroes. The solution to the main problem is given in a silver tray to the audience.
Another sad part of the movie was that the cast was extremely talented. The voice of TinkerBell was dubbed by Mae Whitman, an extremely experienced and talented voice over artist. The Broadway dive Kristin Chenoweth, Disney sensation Raven-Symone, the teenage heartthrob and singer Jesse McCartney, amazing talented actresses such as Lucy Liu, Angelica Huston, Kathy Najimy, America Ferrera and more. I wish Disney had taken more time to make this movie and had taken it more seriously. I would not recommend it for someone over 3 years old.
This movie trailer does not make justice to the movie at all. When watching this you would think the movie would have more story and interesting background. A completely misleading movie trailer. Disney did have hiccup while doing this. Something that should be forgotten and put in their archives for future references of what not to do.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Live long, and Prosper! (awesome)
Everyone knows the American summer is the greatest time for movies to come out. Competition is out there, everyone in the industry waiting to see who will be the next “Big Thing”. Tonight I went to the movies to watch Wolverines imminent competition. Star Trek.
I was never a fan of Star Trek, couldn’t care less about it. It was one of the great bets for this summer, I had to watch it. First I already appreciate J.J. Abrahams` work. Let me tell he is for sure, if not already, the next “Big Thing”. J.J. Abrahams` vision on this movie was amazing. The elements shown on screen never seemed to fail the plot line or the expectations of the viewers. The pace of the film is fantastic, being a long film it goes by pretty quickly. There is an amazing balance between serious, dramatic and action scenes, with a hint of comedy here and there, very well justified. The fights are also incredible, they look real and still involving the fiction part of it. Not only the director succeeded but the work of the screen writers, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. The script was beautifully written and thoroughly analyzed. Every line has a meaning every action a purpose.
The actor also did a terrific job. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto have an amazing chemistry that completely shows, we can tell those characters have a lot in common even though they don’t show it. Zachary Quinto was particularly remarkable as Spock. The chemistry between the whole cast was noticeable, I watched that movie pass by, and I actually believed they were a tower of command working together. Zoe Saldana after a couple of years out of the blockbusters comes back with an amazing characterization of Uhura. The whole tripulation of the Star Trek, cast and crew did an amazing job. Incredible movie and a certain bet for the summer. I hope J.J. Abraham continues to surprise us with his geniality and I truly expect a second movie coming from this. For someone who never cared about Star Trek I left that theater as a fan. A +!
Scotty: I like this ship! It's exciting!
I was never a fan of Star Trek, couldn’t care less about it. It was one of the great bets for this summer, I had to watch it. First I already appreciate J.J. Abrahams` work. Let me tell he is for sure, if not already, the next “Big Thing”. J.J. Abrahams` vision on this movie was amazing. The elements shown on screen never seemed to fail the plot line or the expectations of the viewers. The pace of the film is fantastic, being a long film it goes by pretty quickly. There is an amazing balance between serious, dramatic and action scenes, with a hint of comedy here and there, very well justified. The fights are also incredible, they look real and still involving the fiction part of it. Not only the director succeeded but the work of the screen writers, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. The script was beautifully written and thoroughly analyzed. Every line has a meaning every action a purpose.
The actor also did a terrific job. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto have an amazing chemistry that completely shows, we can tell those characters have a lot in common even though they don’t show it. Zachary Quinto was particularly remarkable as Spock. The chemistry between the whole cast was noticeable, I watched that movie pass by, and I actually believed they were a tower of command working together. Zoe Saldana after a couple of years out of the blockbusters comes back with an amazing characterization of Uhura. The whole tripulation of the Star Trek, cast and crew did an amazing job. Incredible movie and a certain bet for the summer. I hope J.J. Abraham continues to surprise us with his geniality and I truly expect a second movie coming from this. For someone who never cared about Star Trek I left that theater as a fan. A +!
Scotty: I like this ship! It's exciting!
Once upon a dream...
Well, remember I said I would talk about anything that had to do with entertainment well, I really am. Usually something I did, bought or like. Ever since I was little kid I liked movies, Disney movies off course were my favorites, and my favorite of them all was Sleeping Beauty. I always liked magic and this for me is the most magical of the Disney movies. I particularly loved the scene where the fairies would get their wands to work on the cake and the dress. I always have fun watching that scene, and the dark scenes were filled with mystery and suspense, such as Maleficent`s castle where her little monsters are dancing around the green fire yelling and shouting. Long story short I bought the 50th anniversary edition at Wall-mart.
First of all the DVD cover is beautiful, we have Princess Aurora and the Prince on the top the castle on the side, fairies on the other side and the dragon fight on the bottom. In the middle we read “Walt Disney Sleeping Beauty, 50th Anniversary”. A Beautiful cover, the art in it and the details are fantastic, they used a type of gloss on the cover that makes is shiny and rich looking. The movie itself continuous to be fabulous, and this time we can watch it with a digital restoration, which really makes a difference.
The bonus features are really what won me over on this platinum edition. This
edition was most definitely created for people my generation more than children. They do have a couple of games that are pretty easy and child focused. All the other bonus features are completely directed to a more adult audience. They have a “making of” between other very interesting bonus features. Sequence 8 is a very interesting small bonus about the dancing sequence where she meets the prince, it took over a year and more than ten thousand dollars to complete that sequence, it took the artists three days to complete one second. No one denies that the sequence ended up amazing. They also show deleted songs, alternate opening, and publicity. The art gallery is amazing, with drawings from various stages of the production and all characters. There is whole “documentary” about the history of the walk through attraction of sleeping beauty`s castle in Disneyland. Everything is really interesting and worth watching. If you like this movie or even grew up on it, I would definitely recommended. Something you need to have in your collection! ;D
First of all the DVD cover is beautiful, we have Princess Aurora and the Prince on the top the castle on the side, fairies on the other side and the dragon fight on the bottom. In the middle we read “Walt Disney Sleeping Beauty, 50th Anniversary”. A Beautiful cover, the art in it and the details are fantastic, they used a type of gloss on the cover that makes is shiny and rich looking. The movie itself continuous to be fabulous, and this time we can watch it with a digital restoration, which really makes a difference.
The bonus features are really what won me over on this platinum edition. This
edition was most definitely created for people my generation more than children. They do have a couple of games that are pretty easy and child focused. All the other bonus features are completely directed to a more adult audience. They have a “making of” between other very interesting bonus features. Sequence 8 is a very interesting small bonus about the dancing sequence where she meets the prince, it took over a year and more than ten thousand dollars to complete that sequence, it took the artists three days to complete one second. No one denies that the sequence ended up amazing. They also show deleted songs, alternate opening, and publicity. The art gallery is amazing, with drawings from various stages of the production and all characters. There is whole “documentary” about the history of the walk through attraction of sleeping beauty`s castle in Disneyland. Everything is really interesting and worth watching. If you like this movie or even grew up on it, I would definitely recommended. Something you need to have in your collection! ;D
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
James Logan Wolverine - It tickled (good bye Com 130)
The whole blog is changed, just one more keyword search and no more writing for the COM 130 class at Lindenwood University. Not that I don’t like that class, I actually like it a lot. As our final project we have to come up with post about subjects we like or in my case, love. There is nothing that I love more than entertainment. Entertaining and be entertained. In all forms, movies, music, television, musicals, internet, a very broad subject. So don’t expect anything to particular, whatever I did, found bought this week I will write about! Hope you guys enjoy it.
Last Thursday I went to watch Wolverine at the midnight session. Coming from Brazil it took me some getting used to with the prices for tickets. Compared to Brazil going to the movies here is really expensive, but nothing would keep me away from watching Wolverine. Me and my friends were the first ones in the theater and I couldn’t wait for the movie to start.
Spoiler Warning
Directed by Gavin Hood (Tsotsi, Rendition) and stared by Hugh Jackman, the movie comes out average. Gavin doesn’t have that much experience with action movies and we can see that in how much the story in wolverine is developed, although I don`t question his direction abilities, he is good. Hugh Jackman, once again shows us how talented he is, and how perfect he is for this part, great acting and commitment to character.
To be honest I expected a little more from the movie, although I liked it and I would watch it again. I liked the story, and the action sequences at the beginning are really exciting. Now, from when his loves dies till he goes to find Striker the movie is pointless. Good direction, good special and sound effects, but nothing really special really. Gambit was interesting, but I wish they had gone simpler with the special effects they used. This is what happens when you give too much money to a production following a success (X-men trilogy in this case). The special effects were cluttered in a few scenes instead of being spread out throughout the movie which, in my humble viewer and student opinion would have been better.
The scenes at the nuclear island are interesting, we have an interesting twist on the story and Dead Pool shows up. Ryan Reynolds has my complete and utter respect. We can tell he worked hard, and the face and eyes of Dead Pool are n extra point for this movie. We have Scott Summers/ Cyclops giving a special appearance in this movie. It made me happy that they didn’t make it as big of a fuss as I thought they would about that (please, no Cyclops spin-offs). The last fighting scene is adrenaline pumped and we see Logan and Victor working together which was really exciting. Dead Pool is not a really fun person to have fighting scenes with, him being so powerful and all, but it really worked. You get out of the theater asking for more, I do hope they come up with Wolverine II or something, let`s be honest, who doesn’t want to see Wolverine in the search of who he is?
William Stryker: You were sentenced to death for decapitating a Senior Officer. Your sentence was carried out by a firing squad at ten hundred hours. How'd that go?
Logan: It tickled.
Last Thursday I went to watch Wolverine at the midnight session. Coming from Brazil it took me some getting used to with the prices for tickets. Compared to Brazil going to the movies here is really expensive, but nothing would keep me away from watching Wolverine. Me and my friends were the first ones in the theater and I couldn’t wait for the movie to start.
Spoiler Warning
Directed by Gavin Hood (Tsotsi, Rendition) and stared by Hugh Jackman, the movie comes out average. Gavin doesn’t have that much experience with action movies and we can see that in how much the story in wolverine is developed, although I don`t question his direction abilities, he is good. Hugh Jackman, once again shows us how talented he is, and how perfect he is for this part, great acting and commitment to character.
To be honest I expected a little more from the movie, although I liked it and I would watch it again. I liked the story, and the action sequences at the beginning are really exciting. Now, from when his loves dies till he goes to find Striker the movie is pointless. Good direction, good special and sound effects, but nothing really special really. Gambit was interesting, but I wish they had gone simpler with the special effects they used. This is what happens when you give too much money to a production following a success (X-men trilogy in this case). The special effects were cluttered in a few scenes instead of being spread out throughout the movie which, in my humble viewer and student opinion would have been better.
The scenes at the nuclear island are interesting, we have an interesting twist on the story and Dead Pool shows up. Ryan Reynolds has my complete and utter respect. We can tell he worked hard, and the face and eyes of Dead Pool are n extra point for this movie. We have Scott Summers/ Cyclops giving a special appearance in this movie. It made me happy that they didn’t make it as big of a fuss as I thought they would about that (please, no Cyclops spin-offs). The last fighting scene is adrenaline pumped and we see Logan and Victor working together which was really exciting. Dead Pool is not a really fun person to have fighting scenes with, him being so powerful and all, but it really worked. You get out of the theater asking for more, I do hope they come up with Wolverine II or something, let`s be honest, who doesn’t want to see Wolverine in the search of who he is?
William Stryker: You were sentenced to death for decapitating a Senior Officer. Your sentence was carried out by a firing squad at ten hundred hours. How'd that go?
Logan: It tickled.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
RiFt
I was really happy that Rift came to talk in our class, I really like him, and I really liked everything he talked about. He is a really experienced and intelligent guy. I had a class with him last semester, History of Television. It was an awesome class and an amazing experience. He is a great teacher and he does really teach. He doesn’t make us memorize or have tests if we really don’t need them. I really like that he made us write and write and write. It not only help us in our writing skills, but it also makes us think and come up with some good ideas and original material. That is what his classes our about, the real world. He is more than a teacher he is a friend and a counselor. In the class sometimes we would just talk and we would have very good discussions, we learned about television in other countries and other times. It was really interesting, he talks about everything and he really has the knowledge. In the real world what really matter is being smart, well rounded and creative. With his class I learned a lot about the industry, about how everything works, not only the bright side of things but also the bad side of the industry. We watched movies and TV shows he considers (and is correct on that thought) really good and everyone should know. My favorite part was still the writing, in this industry you always have to come up with something new, and having to seat down and write a thousand word papers on a movie, a debate, or your favorite TV show, makes you open your mind to different points and views.
Do What You Love
I really enjoyed everything he said to our class on Wednesday, but my favorite was when he talked about doing what you love and what you want to do for the rest of your life. I liked that he said he changed his mind until he decided what he wanted to do. How he took everything that he went through and took advantage of that. He is an example to be followed, of someone that struggled, but still was always happy with the path he choose and keeps being the same person after everything, he keeps it real and talks about the truth and whatever he feels is right. He is a great guy that more people should know and take classes from. Oh, Rift is probably reading this, so, Hey Rift, I`m really excited to take your class next semester. Your awesome have a great summer. Rafael! ;D
Do What You Love
I really enjoyed everything he said to our class on Wednesday, but my favorite was when he talked about doing what you love and what you want to do for the rest of your life. I liked that he said he changed his mind until he decided what he wanted to do. How he took everything that he went through and took advantage of that. He is an example to be followed, of someone that struggled, but still was always happy with the path he choose and keeps being the same person after everything, he keeps it real and talks about the truth and whatever he feels is right. He is a great guy that more people should know and take classes from. Oh, Rift is probably reading this, so, Hey Rift, I`m really excited to take your class next semester. Your awesome have a great summer. Rafael! ;D
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