Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Of Mice and Miserable

If you are considering life long depression, this movie can be prescribed to you. This movie starts off with a homely girl running aimlessly through a field. Apparently, this is a poor flashback of what happened earlier on a farm. After this mellow dramatic chase sequence is over, for those of who haven't already turned off your television, you have to endure pointless dialogue with poor southern accents that come in and out of sentences. If there was any symbolism in this film, it must of been Lennie (the apparent slow one) reflecting on this whole movie, because it seemed to drag on with no real plot or conflict. As if this film had not been cruel enough, they introduce an old dog, only to be shot dead. This scene was obviously meant to be more intense and dramatic, but due to poor camera angles and lighting, the full effect could not be experienced. A nameless woman also in this film who appears to be 14 years old is already married to one of the men. Just as the dog, she was introduced into the film to bring meaningless dialogue, only to have her neck broken by Lennie(who's instinct was to put the girl in a cholk hold until her neck breaks). Characters were poorly introduced from start to finish, it was hard to determine who was a main character and who was just a filler. As clear as a glass of milk this movie comes to a grinding, sudden stop with a mellow dramatic ending, making the viewer cry out "hallelujah", instead of the intended reaction. This movie was poorly acted, directed, and filmed, from start to finish.

0*'s out of 5

Friday, February 6, 2009

If I Could Choose

If I could choose any super power from any super hero imaginable...

I would first pick some of the most obvious super heroes, such as Superman's ability to fly, Hulk's Strength, the Flash's speed, and Wolverine's power to heal himself. To combine just those four together I could be one of the most powerful super heroes to ever grace the pages of comic books ever.

After the most obvious of choices, I would choose some powers with deeper meaning and abilities. I would pick Merlin's ability to cast spells and magic, Professor X's power of mind control and telekinesis, and Night crawler's power of teleportation.

To stray from the idea of only choosing super heroes would be insulting to the great powers of all the super villains. If I was able to choose any super villain powers I would come to the conclusion of Dracula's power of immortality, Spawn's power of hell raising, Darth Vader's power of the force, and Vagita's sayain powers.

To sum it all up, I would have the power and ability to fly, have super strength, incredible speed, ability to heal myself, able to cast spells and magic, the power of mind control and telekinesis, the ability to teleport, immortality, raise hell, power of the force, and the sayain forces. If I were able to aquire all these powers, I could rule the pages of Marvel and DC.