Movie: Valhalla Rising

this movie was really weird. it had a good bit of bloody violence, lots of confusion, and a completely mute main character whose purpose and history are never explained. the characters, a bunch of vikings, get on a boat and get lost in the fog, and wind up somewhere in canada, i guess, where basically they all die. there's some impressionistic artsy editing, and red-tinged flash-forwards, and the music is all ominous and noisy.

i liked it! recommend!

Music: Man Man

MusicSix Demon Bag album. since the good Mr. Allen dropped this band into my lap i was bitten. the best way i can think of their sound is a well put together lunacy, doo whopish madness, and jazzy as hell.

Recommendations- if you love music that will induce happiness, rump shaking, and spontaneous instrument pick up then give them a listen. Also i got their other albums as well and highly recommend too.

TV Show: Life On Mars

NOTE: This review is for the BBC show; there was an American version, which flopped after 1 season and is supposed to be fookin' terrible.

Quotes from show:

"You have amnesia, Sam."

"I'm in a coma, Frank."

Recommend?

Yes, I do! Unless I'm in a coma, in which case, my future sensibilities my not recommend this. Unless I'm not in a coma, and it really is 1973...in which case, maybe I recommend it. Unless I have amnesia. But what if I'm a time traveler?

Book: "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Ok, when someone describes this book to you, you think, "That's totally a rip-off of Battle Royale with a dash of The Long Walk thrown in." And then you read the book, and it kind of is like Battle Royale with a dash of The Long Walk. But it's totally exciting, is well-written, and has good characters.

Recommend? I just read the sequel and am now eagerly awaiting the final book!

80's flash backs!

well as much as id like to not admit it our generation is now the target demographic for trendy retro pop culture. i found out a few days ago they are remaking the old excalibur(same director, WTF) movie along with red sonjia(rose mcgowen will be sonjia, sexy machine gun leg and all), nightmare on elmstreet( with the actor who played  Rorschach and stared in the bad news bears movie), and i know there's something else that is in the remake but totally forgot. My feelings are not so hot on these, i kinda feel why remake a great or b- movie. if it was a classic don't mess it up and if it was crap the first time just leave it buried. anywho that's my two cents leave a post and let me know your thoughts or if you know of any remakes. throw them out there.
Clash of the titans is the one remake that i know is soon to be released. im a fan of the classic, but i gotta say the monsters i hope they are tied in kinda better to the story cause i watched it recently and they just felt like a final fantasy encounter. like whoa there's a monster lets fight! sorry to ramble.

Book : Bram Stoker's Dracula

I was supposed to read this book in high school, but I didn't. 15 years later, however, I found the novel to be a total treat. I read it at night, in the dark, on my Kindle, with a spooky blue LED book light as illumination, and the experience was complete.

Recommend? Yeah, after 100 years or so, it's one of the spookier stories I've read in a long time. Plus, everyone in the story is so polite!

Movie : Paul Blart Mall Cop

Why did I think this was going to be a good movie? I could have sworn someone, or some review, said that this was a good movie? How were my perceptions so off on this one?

Recommend? The best part was that it was barely over 90 minutes, for those of you who will sit through an entire movie just to see if there is at least one good part before the end, like you could have sworn the reviews said there should be.

Movie : There Will Be Blood

This movie isn't big on conversation, but it's very intriguing. Except, I felt totally unsatisfied at the end.

Addition: having slept on it, I perhaps feel my satisfaction filled.

Recommend? I honestly don't know.