First and foremost, I went into this movie with a mindset of keeping it a separate entity from the animated series. I tried to imagine the movie as a different way of telling the same story (more or less), rather than an adaptation. But even without comparing this movie to its animated series, Avatar: The Last Airbender was a complete let down of a movie.
Clash is a visually stunning action-adventure/fantasy movie, and I quite enjoyed it. However, perhaps because of all the hype it received, it didn’t quite meet my expectations. But regardless, I would still recommend you go see it on the big screen.
Here at Professional Procrastinators, we’re no strangers enjoying films, good or bad. And 2010 is destined to be one heck of a year for theatrical releases. Remakes especially. A whole bunch of movies coming out this year are bound to draw attention: The A-Team, The Last Airbender, Nightmare on Elm Street, Footloose, Death at a Funeral, Tron Legacy, Robin Hood, and Alice in Wonderland (to name a few). But, we’ve voted and I’ve compiled the Top 5 films my fellow procrastinators and I just can’t wait to see. Read on to see our countdown!
If you have ever studied Japanese culture you’ll quickly realize they have the ability to make the ridiculous rather awesome. Our latest bit of evidence … RoboGeisha! I am almost certain this movie makes no sense … but it looks really really really amusing. And how can you not love the voice over!
*WARNING* This is pretty graphic in parts, aka blood spurting and obscure means of death. Not really for the squeamish.
Ok. I know i am a complete dork for looking forward to this, but i really hope this turns out good. If nothin else the effects and art look like they will be fairly solid. Let me know what yahall think.
Star Trek, a beloved franchise by many, has been in a sharp decline of quality for far too long. Both the last film (Star Trek: Nemesis in 2002) and the last series (Enterprise) were a shattering dissapointment to many a fan (myself included). The franchise was dying and desperately needed new life breathed into it. Well, the wait is over. Star Trek, the brand-spanking new film by J.J. Abrams (creator of Lost, Alias, and Cloverfield), gives the Star Trek franchise the righteous kick in the pants it deserves. Read more…
So, I grew up as a kinda geeky kid. My sport of choice (like most of my fellow geeks) was soccer. I don’t know why it attracted so many of us geeks. I know its a demanding sport and 300 trillion fans worldwide can’t be wrong about it’s macho prowess, but i’m American. Unfortunately this causes me to look down on European sports as kinda girly for no good reason. Sorry European sports. I guess its a cultural thing. Now i do realize that i am getting pretty off topic here, but bear with me. I swear my stream of conscientiousness is going somewhere… maybe. SO, back to me being a soccer kid. Being a group of kids that were geeky and too smart for their own good, a rumor quickly got passed around that every time we did that hitting the ball with your head thing, we lost a few brain cells. Geeks are very concerned about becoming stupid, so most of us made it a priority to learn the chest bumping thing instead. The group of true soccer jocks on the team ignored it, but i’m willing to bet i’m smarter than them today because i was cautious about headbutting a ball coming at me at mach 2. Hopefully i’m smarter than them. It doesn’t seem to have helped my ability to stay on topic, because this is a Wolverine Review. Read more…
A review of Sleeping Beauty? Yes! I have a deep and abiding love of animation, as I think I have stated before. So when the billboards went up saying that it was coming out of the vault, well I snapped it up. I have very fond memories of this film, and despite not having seen it in years, remembered quite a bit of it when I watch it last night. Read more…
DID I REALLY JUST SEE THAT HAPPEN!
So… Seems like that is the big thing in all of the Coen Brother’s movies. Well i guess that’s not all of it… Usually there is a ton of humor that tries to sneak in just under the radar, then that OH MY G… moment where everything changes. Burn After Reading is no exception. You do need to go in with certain expectations though. To see a Coen Bros. film you need to know if they have your sense of humor, then you need to know if you are open to seeing the subject cast in a that humorous light. That said, i guess i should get to the subject. Read more…
I have recently fallen in love with zombies… hmm, ok maybe not recently but my love for them has reached new heights. I have always been a fan of zombie movies (good and bad) and I have always really enjoyed video games with zombies or zombie ‘like’ creatures in them. But I (with the help of my friend, Gamin) have recently uncovered two zombie gems that may have been overlooked by the majority of the populace. The Peter Jackson film “Dead Alive” aka “Braindead” and the video game “Siren: Blood Curse”. Read more…