General notice

I’m sorry for the delay in posting some recent information due to “real life” taking up my free time as of late. Look forward to my reviews on “Night in the Museum,” “Cheaper by the Dozen 2,” and “Pan’s Labyrinth” in the near future among other things. Thanks for your understanding, and check back again soon.

Enjoy!

Movies: Eragon

Eragon- Let me start off with stating that I haven’t read the book, so I cannot compare the movie against it.  With that said, I thought the movie was pretty good.  I personally was interested in seeing how they portrayed the dragon.  Being a fan of dragons, I enjoy seeing how different artists view what dragons should look like and how they move.  The computer graphics used in Eragon for the dragon is blended well with the real environment, even at the points were the character walks up to and mounts the dragon in a single shot.

Movies page: Apocalypto

Apocalypto- Waiting a few weeks for the movie hype to die down some, I went to the theatres to see Apocalypto, and I must say I was a bit surprised.  For those who are not familiar with Mel Gibson’s new movie, Apocalypto is framed around a small Mayan tribe during the 1500s.  This tribe lives in the forest and is pretty much sheltered from other tribes or the large Mayan cities.  Due to hard times in the nearby city, raiding parties are sent out to capture men and women from these small tribes and bring them in to be sold as slaves or offered as sacrifices.  The tribe in this movie has been attacked, and the lead character is trying to escape from his captors to return back to his village to save his wife.

Movies page: Casino Royale

Casino Royale – As I have said before, I will not spoil a movie that is currently in the theaters, so if you are looking for the inside scoop, you’ve come to the wrong place.  However, I will tell you that this movie is great!  If you have any reservations against the movie due to Daniel Craig playing James Bond, you better lose them.  He pulls off the role quite well, and I am looking forward to him becoming the franchise actor for some time to come.

Movies page: Serenity

Serenity - If you are not at all familiar with the short-lived television show Firefly which Fox mishandled and cancelled prematurely in their first season, then Serenity requires a little explanation to fully understand the shows back-story and character relationships.  Joss Whedon made a good attempt at quickly catching up the viewers on the back-story with the opening sequences of the movie.  For those of you who have not seen either the show or the movie, here is a quick summary.