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Movie Review: Gamer

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On February 8, 2010

In Movies, Reviews

Gamer is about a megalomaniac (Michael C. Hall) who gives prison in-mates the option of participating in a video game controlled but other human beings in real survival of the fittest combat. Gerard Butler plays Kable, the best one to play the game. If the in-mates can survive for 30 games, they are given their freedom back. Michael C. Hall has hidden agenda’s that Butler is trying to foil with the help of his player, Simon.

Personal Review

I rented and watched this movie the same night I rented and watched Inglourious Basterds. If you are familiar at all with any Quentin Tarantino movie, he is often violent and grisly in his films. Gamer turned out to be much more violent then Inglourious Basterds, so consider that if you decide to watch Gamer. Now, I am a big gamer myself and my current preference is MMO games (Massively Multiplayer Online), so naturally the concept of this movie appealed to my gamer geek. The movie is an interesting concept but its not really a stellar film. The film is only 92 minutes, and that’s probably appropriate considering the quality of this film.

It has geek appeal, which is probably the biggest strength this film has, but definitely not something Gerard Butler should place high on his list of film acolytes. Honestly, I was a bit disappointed that he was in this film because I’m becoming a bit of a fan of a majority of his work.  If you are interested in seeing this film, its probably best if you are something of a gamer and you can acquire the film at minimal to no expense, then maybe take 90 minutes and see what you think, but don’t expect to be blown away. Otherwise, I wouldn’t waste your time or money because I don’t want to receive any blame for possibly having wasted 90 minutes of your life.

Movie Review: Inglourious Basterds

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On January 29, 2010

In Movies, Reviews

Inglourious Basterds is Quentin Tarantino’s latest film which takes place during World War II when the Nazi’s occupied France. A group of Jewish-American soldiers form a small task force whose only objective is scalping and killing Nazi’s. There is also a German soldier who has been deemed a war hero for having killed 300 enemy soldiers in 3 days from a bell tower; a movie has been made to commemorate this feat. The film is to debut in a small cinema in France with several high ranking Nazi officers, including Hitler, scheduled to attend. I will stop the synopsis here, I do not wish to unveil to many more details about the plot of the movie to avoid spoiling the movie for anyone who has yet to see it.

Personal Review

I am a fan of most of Tarantino’s work so I was anxious to see this film and I was not disappointed. I feel like this film is classic Tarantino from beginning to end. The biggest caveat is this film contains some grisly content so if you have a weak stomach for blood and gore you might want to avoid this film or turn your head. The gore does not dominate the film, in fact if I were to compare this to some of his other films, its mild. I’m not really a Brad Pitt fan but I did enjoy his role as Lt. Raine, the leader of the crew killing the Nazi’s and the only big ticket name in this film. There are a few cameo’s (I will let you watch the movie to find out who) but most of the actors in the film are unknowns but don’t let that deter you, the acting is very good.

I’m not a history buff nor do I know anything about specific events that happened during World War II but the movie credits said that the film was based on true events. Personally I feel that the only parts of this film that were based on true events was World War II. As you progress through the movie there are events that obviously do not depict actual historical events but that doesn’t, nor should it, take away from the film. I’d say if you are a Tarantino fan, or even if you are not, I would recommend this film; I really enjoyed it.

Blu-Ray

Taking the Multimedia Modern Leap

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On January 24, 2010

In Movies, Technology

Blu-RayWell, the day finally came when I upgraded to a Blu-Ray player. As is becoming my usual custom on Sunday’s, I check the new Best Buy circular to see what movies are on sale for the week. Transformers Revenge of the Fallen was on sale and at first I was excited (I missed last weeks sale) but that excitement quickly changed to lament when it was only the blu-ray version (the 2-disc too!) was on sale. After expressing my regret to my wife she and I discussed that eventually we are going to have to upgrade to a blu-ray player and we should consider buying movies that we want on blu-ray that are on sale (i.e. Transformers). We investigated the circular further and found that a samsung blu-ray and DVD up-converter was also on sale at Best Buy.

We felt the coincidence was fortuitous so we purchased a Samsung Blu-Ray player, both Transformer movies (2-disc) and all three Bourne movies (all of these movies were on sale for excellent prices). I have too many movies to warrant replacing all of them with their corresponding blu-ray version therefore only movies we feel worthy of the blu-ray quality will get replaced and the same would go for new releases.

We have already watched Transformers Revenge of the Fallen and we are extremely satisfied with the quality of blu-ray movies. I look forward to many more movies on my widescreen television and surround sound.

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