Insidious

It sucks

Krull

Its been a while so I decided to get back to my roots and watch the very first movie I had ever seen at a theatre (thank you mom and aunt angie). It is a classic and basically an amazing movie if you are a nerd... This movie is Krull.


Some people are overly critical of this movie... I say to hell with them because this movie rocks. People forget when this movie was made and Lord of the Ring its not ... however if Lotr had been made in 1983 the similarities would be pretty striking. Its a basic sword and sorcery tale but with big actors who were unknown at the time and mainly

Liam Neeson (Qui Gon Jinn)

and Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid).
To tell the truth this movies story is like a Dnd game meets Star Wars on The Magnificent Seven. Yes the recipe seems to be way too many cooks in the kitchen but it worked well the story is of a young king Colwyn who on his wedding night his queen Lyssa gets kid napped by the beast who is a dictator from an other world. Well Colwyn wants to kick this dudes ass and with Help of his friends that he meets durning his journey this happens. Basically its a kick ass sword and sorcery movie from the 80s that you dont see made any more cause well hollywood sucks and they should make more movies I like.

Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter

This review is a little different from the others that I have done. This was done by request. I made a list of movies I have and submitted it to one of my best friends and let them decide which one i watched. Initially I got this movie simply due to the name.... JESUS CHRIST VAMPIRE HUNTER. With a name like that how could this be a bad movie. When I started the movie I was totally expecting a something completely different I thought it was going to be a complete let down due to the very student film look and feel to it but it worked out so incredibly well that I was impressed. It has a good balance of humor and Action albeit sacreligous but never really disrespectful to any religion. It has rather good punk music as the sound track. 

This movie is simply what the title says Jesus Christ Kicking Vampire Ass because sometimes The son of man has to be a vengeful god. and on top of things it was filmed in canada and Jesus Rides a scooter. It cant be any cooler than that. If you dont have a problem with Jesus being a bad ass and not being the weener the new testament portrays him to be watch this movie, It will make you laugh if you have a sense of humor. Its hard to say a lot about this movie with out giving a lot of plot elements away. Just find a video store that has it ... which is prolly next to impossible and watch it. 

The Father and Son connection An Addendum Gojira

I was talking with my father (the coolest guy I know and his prowess rivals that of Chuck Norris) and he shed some light as to the origins of Godzilla Here is the link http://www.radioheritage.net/Story32.asp its just kind of interesting tell me what you think

How the West Lost or How Hollywood Destroyed Something beautiful

I couldnt sleep last night so i did what any person of my disposition would do watch a movies untill they passed out so you get a Twofer today. I started off with a movie of grandiose proportions and very Lovecraftian where such a society doesn't exist the movie was Gojira not Godillza the original no Raymond Burr no english dubbing the original edit. I found this film to be much darker than its American counterpart. This film begins differently in its orginal vision with serveral ships being sunk by Godzilla a creature awakened by atomic explosions and sent from the depths of the sea. Then the real meat and potatos of the movie begins when Godzilla shows up on Ota Island and begins to wreak destruction on Tokyo. It has a moral issue to either destroy the beast or to find out why Godzilla even exists. Eventually destruction of Godzilla is decided much to the chagrin of Dr. Yamane who wanted to study the force of nature. It also has a sub plot of two people in love and trying to survive the catastrophe. If you are looking for light hearted godzilla this isn't one of them . It is bound togather by a chilling sound track and excellent cinematography. For being made in 1954 the scenes with Godzilla are amazing and much care was taken in the creation of models that were used while Godzilla is destroying japan and the like. I was extremely impressed with the film it really is a must see for every one.


After watching Gojira the original cut I decided to compare and contrast it with the American Cut of the film titled Godzilla King of the Monsters. This version of the film is much much weaker and less dark than Gojira. While watching it I realized the addition of the american character Steve Martin played by Raymond Burr really seemed to cheapen the film and brought a certian hokeyness to the film. I understand that it was to bring Godzilla to a market that didn't want a dark horror movie but the american horror market at the time was flooded with movies starring Bela Lagousi and Boris Karloff which was always a Happy endings. This version also seems much like a Readers Digest condensed version and Dumbed down Godzilla seems almost oafish in this version. Needless to say the original Gojira is truely King of the Monsters.

American Pop

Sorry It has been a while but I have come back with a movie review.... the Ralph Bakshi classic American Pop. I know its nothing like the rest of the movies I have previously reviewed nothing remotely spooky or scary nothing really supernatural to it. I love this movie though. Its a story about a family that each generation is bound by only one thing their love for music its like The Jazz Singer meets Godfather meets On the road. The music spans the whole 20th century up until the late 70s maybe early 80s. The movie was done in rotoscope so it is animation over actors an art that really died with the advent of cgi animation and has a very distinctive look that many of Ralph Bakshis Movies have. Its use of music evokes emotions in the right time and is never ill fitting or out of place with in the film. It is also a story of self destruction but also hope. If you enjoy music or Ralph Bakshi watch this film.

The X Files

I have been looking foreward to seeing the new X-Files movie so today I woke up early and watched the movie that came out in 1998. It is a continuation of the 5th season finale and ties up some loose ends in the events that happen in it and makes some new unaswered questions for the next season of the show. However as a stand alone film it is excellent but leaves out lots of things that you dont see if you arent a fan of the show. It is about a space alien conspiracy to colonize earth through a virus delivered by a bee sting. The movie is pretty much a 2 hour long version of an episode with out commercial breaks and delivers action just as well as the show does even better because of the higher special effects budget. If you didnt like the X-files tv show you probably not really be into the movie but its pretty good stand alone if you like action films.