So I’ve seen a couple movies in the last few months but haven’t written about them, so here are some short, to the point reviews.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: This is a pretty good movie but it reminded me way too much of “Forest Gump” and “Big Fish.” Too bad it wasn’t as good as either of those. Button is a little long for my tastes and since I already knew how it was going to end, how could anyone not, it’s a bit anticlimactic.
Oh, one last thing, Cate Blanchett is freaking gorgeous.
Doubt: This cast is crazy good. Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Viola Davis loom like giants over their Hollywood brethren.
The movie was written and directed by the same person who wrote and directed the play of the same name. In a few areas this is blindingly obvious and, to be honest, I sometimes found these instances slightly annoying. I enjoy both movies and live performances but there are definite differences in how each is staged and acted. Sometimes when you stage a movie like a play or vice versa there is just something off putting about it and there were a few times in “Doubt” where I really noticed this.
Still, the movie is fantastic and well worth seeing. If you have seen it, did he do it or not?
Taken: I’d recommend skipping the first 30 minutes of this movie as it’s just poorly done exposition that stands in the way of Liam Neeson kicking major ass. Not since his turn as Rob Roy McGregor has he been this damn cool. (The ex-CIA agent he plays here would stomp a mud hole in any jedi’s ass.)
The action is very Jason Bourne, but this is a plus in my book. Kick ass!
Slumdog Millionaire: This movie is fantastic. It’s well acted, edgy and inventive. The camera work is utterly stunning. So much so, that I’d give it the Academy Awards for Best Movie, Best Director and Best Cinematography based solely on that.
I’m really not sure what else to say about it, except you should immediately go see it so that you can catch it on the big screen. If you don’t, you’ll regret it when you accidently catch it on cable.
Friday the 13th (Remake): I went with a buddy who reviews movies for an indie newspaper to see this, so I got in to the sneak peak for free.
I guess you know what to expect when you go into a movie like this. A remake of a slasher classic by the makers of slickly cut pop music videos. It’s glossy, vapid, and doesn’t make a lick of sense which is bad. But on the other hand, it’s vapid, bloody and filled with boobies galore which is good.
The oddest thing about this movie isn’t how quiet a 400 pound killer wearing work boots can be, but that it’s pretty blatantly racist. I’d be curious if any one else feels the same way, but I know that pretty much everyone I know will never see this movie. I guess I’ll have to take my thoughts to the Internet Movie Database and bounce them around there.
See this if you liked many of the new horror movie remakes, if not, skip it.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
It's the end of the world as we know it: PART II
Too What End
Jones believes that the New World Order is made up of Satanists, Occultists and Demon worshippers whose goal is to enslave the world. Once we’re enslaved I guess they’ll be worshipped like gods and be able to do what they want…but didn’t/don’t they already? To measure “power” you need to quantify a few areas including wealth, military and influence.
Wealth
According to a 2006 United Nations report, the richest 1 percent of the world own 40 percent of its wealth. These wealthy people mostly live in the US, Japan, the UK and France. They can buy and sell you and I, but more importantly they can buy and sell entire nations.
Military
A 2007 report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute shows that the US, UK, France, Japan and China have the largest, strongest and most expensive armies in world, the US being the absolute strongest.
Influence
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development the US, Germany, France, the UK and Japan provide the most aid in raw dollars in foreign assistance. The US gives the most (but is way behind the rest of the pack when it comes to the amount of our Gross National Product donated).
So, it looks like the rich people (some of whom belong to this Satan worshipping club) live in the strongest and most influential nations in the world. That sounds like massive power to me. The only thing they might not be able to do is sacrifice a child to their master every now and then. Oh wait, did you say that on average 800,000 missing children are reported to American law enforcement each year? Hmm, maybe it’s just that they can’t do it during primetime television.
Why Now?
Supposedly, the New World Order’s plan to enslave the world will soon come to fruition. President Obama’s cult of personality and the worldwide financial crisis they orchestrated will allow them to manipulate the majority of the earth’s populace, turning us into good citizens. After all, we’re scared, we’re all behind the president and we’re all ready for change. So really, there has never been a better time…or has there?
In 2001, right after the terrorists attacked the United States by flying planes into the Twin Towers (another event that was orchestrated by the New World Order), President George W. Bush’s approval ratings were almost 90 percent. Ninety percent! That’s huge, and that’s just in our country. Internationally, countries were falling over themselves to aid us. Everyone, nationally and internationally, was scared and as such they were ready to join together and fight terror; most, looked to the United States and our leader George Bush and his army of Neocons to lead them. It’s important to remember that these Neocons, or new conservatives, were allied with the Project for the New American Century, a group which called for an American Empire that could be built by starting a war.
And we did. After the September 11 attacks, Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly gave the president authorization to bring the fight to the terrorists wherever they may be. With international approval we hit the Taliban in Afghanistan and with the assistance of foreign troops pushed Osama Bin Laden and the “government” protecting him into the mountains bordering Pakistan.
Flash forward…President Barack Obama was put into office by about 52 percent of the US electorate. He beat McCain pretty handily, but it was far from a landslide. However, his popularity has only seemed to increase and now he has about a 70 percent approval rating. Still, even with the country in dire economic straits he recently couldn’t pull any Republicans in the House of Representative to support his economic stimulus package.
Do you see my point yet? If the NWO and/or the Reptilians wanted to enslave the world and eat our brains and sacrifice our children to their evil overlord they missed their chance. Although our current president is popular he has nothing on President Bush after September 11. Bush had the support of the Democrats, Republicans, the nation and the world. He could have closed the borders, gathered up all the guns and declared martial law and everyone would have cheered. YAY! He could have rallied the forces and stomped into the Middle East at the behest of his Reptilian masters...but he didn’t.
So, if the NWO exists they already have more power than anyone could ever wish for, but they are too stupid to know how to use it. I’m not too worried.
Jones believes that the New World Order is made up of Satanists, Occultists and Demon worshippers whose goal is to enslave the world. Once we’re enslaved I guess they’ll be worshipped like gods and be able to do what they want…but didn’t/don’t they already? To measure “power” you need to quantify a few areas including wealth, military and influence.
Wealth
According to a 2006 United Nations report, the richest 1 percent of the world own 40 percent of its wealth. These wealthy people mostly live in the US, Japan, the UK and France. They can buy and sell you and I, but more importantly they can buy and sell entire nations.
Military
A 2007 report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute shows that the US, UK, France, Japan and China have the largest, strongest and most expensive armies in world, the US being the absolute strongest.
Influence
According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development the US, Germany, France, the UK and Japan provide the most aid in raw dollars in foreign assistance. The US gives the most (but is way behind the rest of the pack when it comes to the amount of our Gross National Product donated).
So, it looks like the rich people (some of whom belong to this Satan worshipping club) live in the strongest and most influential nations in the world. That sounds like massive power to me. The only thing they might not be able to do is sacrifice a child to their master every now and then. Oh wait, did you say that on average 800,000 missing children are reported to American law enforcement each year? Hmm, maybe it’s just that they can’t do it during primetime television.
Why Now?
Supposedly, the New World Order’s plan to enslave the world will soon come to fruition. President Obama’s cult of personality and the worldwide financial crisis they orchestrated will allow them to manipulate the majority of the earth’s populace, turning us into good citizens. After all, we’re scared, we’re all behind the president and we’re all ready for change. So really, there has never been a better time…or has there?
In 2001, right after the terrorists attacked the United States by flying planes into the Twin Towers (another event that was orchestrated by the New World Order), President George W. Bush’s approval ratings were almost 90 percent. Ninety percent! That’s huge, and that’s just in our country. Internationally, countries were falling over themselves to aid us. Everyone, nationally and internationally, was scared and as such they were ready to join together and fight terror; most, looked to the United States and our leader George Bush and his army of Neocons to lead them. It’s important to remember that these Neocons, or new conservatives, were allied with the Project for the New American Century, a group which called for an American Empire that could be built by starting a war.
And we did. After the September 11 attacks, Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly gave the president authorization to bring the fight to the terrorists wherever they may be. With international approval we hit the Taliban in Afghanistan and with the assistance of foreign troops pushed Osama Bin Laden and the “government” protecting him into the mountains bordering Pakistan.
Flash forward…President Barack Obama was put into office by about 52 percent of the US electorate. He beat McCain pretty handily, but it was far from a landslide. However, his popularity has only seemed to increase and now he has about a 70 percent approval rating. Still, even with the country in dire economic straits he recently couldn’t pull any Republicans in the House of Representative to support his economic stimulus package.
Do you see my point yet? If the NWO and/or the Reptilians wanted to enslave the world and eat our brains and sacrifice our children to their evil overlord they missed their chance. Although our current president is popular he has nothing on President Bush after September 11. Bush had the support of the Democrats, Republicans, the nation and the world. He could have closed the borders, gathered up all the guns and declared martial law and everyone would have cheered. YAY! He could have rallied the forces and stomped into the Middle East at the behest of his Reptilian masters...but he didn’t.
So, if the NWO exists they already have more power than anyone could ever wish for, but they are too stupid to know how to use it. I’m not too worried.
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