About Jim Henson's Animal Show

My CHUD.com DVD Review of Jim Henson's Animal Show

About INCEPTION, part 1

I've been watching a lot of shit lately. Partly because of the DVD reviews I'm doing, but also because I can't seem to avoid it. This year at the cinema has been mediocre at best, with even the good movies seeming to only get almost there. To be fair, I haven't seen TOY STORY 3 yet (and apparently HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON is pretty good too), and IRON MAN 2 was a lot of fun, but not Great. KICK-ASS is entertaining as hell, but only as good as its source material (which is meaning to say it's entertaining as hell, but slight, and stupid; and ultimately meaningless). GET HIM TO THE GREEK is surprisingly very funny and not mainstream (ie, it's very strange), but not a classic comedy. ALICE IN WONDERLAND is a terrible waste of decent talent, ROBIN HOOD is waste of great talent, and JONAH HEX is a waste of brain-space. I wish I could forget I sat through that one. HOT TUB TIME MACHINE and MACGRUBER fall in with GET HIM TO THE GREEK - very weird, and very funny, but kind of forgettable. Except, I think I'll be seeing MACGRUBER again before the other two. SHUTTER ISLAND, YOUTH IN REVOLT, SPLICE and EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP (in ascending order) are all very good movies, but none of them are classic, none of them are Great. INCEPTION is the first Great movie I've seen this year; indeed it's one of the best movies of the 2000s. Two days have passed and my mind is still turning those scenes around; I'm replaying certain moments over and over, truly amazed at what I've experienced. I know a lot of movie reviewers have the tendency to overblow a film, to raise one's expectations too high, but as I said in my first post I am not a fanboy, I want to remain as critical as possible. I have my issues with the film, but they're so slight that in order to keep from writing a premature review I'm going to wait. I know I will be seeing INCEPTION again very soon, so once that happens (and after I give it much more thought), I will spend a good amount of time writing a "review" of sorts.

Till then, Cheers.

About Trying Something New

LOL HAY GUYS

I have intentions of writing about movies as a career at some point, and I realized recently that having a blog isn't all that bad, as long as I don't allow myself to become "a blogger." I decided, then, that this should be be an outlet for my thoughts on movies I see; as well as television, music, literature, and various other arts I come across. I will not always be long-winded, though if I feel it's necessary, then I will be. I will be as strong a critical thinker as I can handle, though most of the time I intend to make this fun to write (and of course, to read). Because if it's not fun, what's the point?

So, to start things off, I began writing DVD reviews for Chud.com a few months back, and so far four have been posted. Here are the links:

Sleepy Eyes of Death: Collector's Set Volume 1

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai

So You Think You Can Dance Get Fit & Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Power Squad Bod!

Temptation

Bookmark me in your favorites, or whatever you do to keep up with sites you like to read. And if you have a blog of your own, let me know and we'll be friends! I look forward to using a constructive outlet like this, rather than something that distracts me if I'm bored - because, really, if I'm bored, then I should be doing something that isn't boring.

Cheers!