Drive.

To me, this movie was perfect for what it is. I wanted to write a review being overly sarcastic and saying how bad it was but I can't even do that. Plus I'm lazy. For example, Ryan Gosling is not a stud muffin. Bryan Cranston sucks and no one likes Breaking Bad. Carey Mulligan wore too many clothes that didn't help the mood of the film. It didn't turn into a horror flick for a segment of the movie. There wasn't an Oldboy hammer fight scene. The soundtrack sounded like M83 pooping out a Daft Punk record. No one likes pink type. There was too much dancing and singing and not enough exploding heads. Too many zooms not enough one take wide angle shots. Too much dialogue Now check these stills!

Head-On Review

At its core, Gegen die Wand, better known as Head-On to American audiences, is simply a love story. Even though the boy may be a 40 year old depressed drunk and the girl a suicidal, philandering woman, Faith Akin’s take on this conventional narrative of “boy meets girl” still remains simple. It is this simplicity that makes Head-On such a strong film.

A Prophet.

I saw this movie last night from my couch and I must say it was pretty damn good. They say if you like the Godfather you should see this but I wouldn't know. Despite the first few minutes of the movie being extremely uncomfortable to watch with my parents, once it's over the film will refill you with dudes killing other dudes. The trailer above was the only one I could find in HD so don't mind the Spanish. If you're really interested just watch the movie, it's only about two and a half hours good. Now on Netflix Streaming. Viva la France.

2010 In Film: Part III.

This is the last part of 2010 in Film and I'm going to end it with a bang. And when I say 'bang' I mean movies that I haven't seen. Let's begin! Black Swan. Where should I start. I've only heard good things about this movie: Aronofsky, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis Sex Scene, and "It's a good movie." I'll get to it one day. Hell, I've only seen 'Pi', so I have a pretty long way to go chronologically. Someone told me it was about ballet or something. I guess I'll figure out.

Star Wars. The Godfather. Lord of the Rings. Harry Potter. What do these series all have in common? You guessed it. I haven't seen any of them. That means I definitely haven't dressed up as a wizard, who for some reason just looks like a private school student, and attended a midnight opening. From what I can tell from the clips and trailers I have seen is that there is a nerdy dude with glasses who can't really act well. There's also this redheaded kid and a girl who grew up to be the crushes of a lot of dudes on Tumblr. I ask myself, what happened if she grew up and was butt ugly? No one knows. That is Harry Potter for me. The end. Snape kills Dumbledore though! Whatever that means...

2010 In Film: Part II.

Ah, the buddy film. A classic in the Hollywood subgenre. Due Date follows its brothers in the new bromance sub-subgenre of fine American Cinema. But wait, there's more! It's a road film too! Can this get any better? It definitely can, but unfortunately there are no heists in it. This film follows the story of two unlikely friends Zach Glaifianakis and Robert Downey Jr as they travel across America in search of motorcycles, great tasting wine, corporate safety, mission from God, tiny hamburgers, deliver a suitcase filled with money, Chelsea Clinton, autistic inheritance, his wife in labor. (Catch all those references?) The formula was there and thanks to the acquired taste of Galifianakis, the details were there too. I give it a 3 thehangoverwasbetters.

Ah, another film similar to that of Prince of Persia. And no I'm not talking about the black kid not being Asian, the original dude wasn't either was he? I'm talking about the maybe not so obvious fact that Karate is a Japanese martial art! Even Jackie Chan said he was teaching him kung-fu. But, I can ignore that just because Jackie Chan is in it and it brought an Asian culture to American theaters. Even thought it was extremely stereotypical, I saw some truth in those b-roll shots that the second unit couldn't set up and fake.

This modern Karate Kid starred Will Smith's son and awed black kids everywhere to try to kick really, really high. Until of course they got made fun of by the other kids in the neighborhood who couldn't afford to go to the movie. The movie was pretty safe up until the final fight scene where they pulled a Star Trek, blinded us with lens flares and promoted the actor in Cloverfield as camera operator. I thought I was going to vomit until the fight ended just in the nick of time. I give this movie one whereischristuckerwhenyouneedhim?

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2010 In Film: Part I.

Is it that time of year already? In the following days I'll be posting up everybody's favorite lists and recaps of year that was. Tonight, movies! Instead of copping out last year and just saying Hurt Locker was the only movie worth being on my Top 5 list, I'm just going to do a recap of movies in 2010 this time because I honestly didn't go out to the theatre much. Now I haven't seen all of these movies and by no means are these the best films of the year.If you want that watch the Oscars. (That was a joke) But truthfully the movies I view are far too obscure and cool for the nearly too obscure and cool as me crowd that this blog caters too.

The term "long awaited Scorcese film" gets thrown around quite often these days in the film industry. That's why I'll just introduce this movie as simply, Shutter Island. I popped this in one day during lunch and sat through it even though it had been spoiled for me a few weeks beforehand. The movie centers around a Leonardo DiCaprio on an island filled with crazy people. Through the film, he cries a lot and sees creepy people and even a lady covered in blood! It was a decent movie in the same vein of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, did I just ruin it for you? Sorry. I gave this movie 87 iPod Touches.

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Tron Punks.

If you needed a reason to watch the new Tron movie here it is. Daft Punk will be playing throughout the whole movie. Awesome right?!