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REVIEW: Deadpool

Posted on February 13, 2016February 17, 2016 by sokorra

Tonight I got to watch the film Deadpool. It’d a comic book based film, and probably one of the more well known of this year’s new movies.

It centers around Wade Wilson, a mercenary for hire who finds out he has terminal cancer. He is offered a chance at a possible cure and while he rejects it at first he ends up deciding to do it as it would mean more time with his fiancée. Things of course don’t turn out as planned.

The movie was hilarious. It is definitely not a film for children or people easily offended by swearing, some nudity ( of both genders) , or gory violence. It definitely deserved it’s R rating. I liked the more realistic reactions to situations by the characters.

I wouldn’t go to see it if you expect the same guy you saw on Wolverine: Origins. This one is less creepy and more like his comic character.

Rating: 4 stars.

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Star Wars

Posted on January 17, 2016January 17, 2016 by sokorra

I grew up with Star Trek, so I will admit I tend to go to that first, but I love Star Wars and since the movie recently came out (I have not seen it), I felt like writing a post about Star Wars.

I first saw Star Wars in sixth grade. IT was the tail end of Return of the Jedi and I thought that as Luke cut off the parts of the Robot dude that he was turning into the Robot dude. Obviously, some things need context.

So eventually I got the movies out on VHS. At that time Phantom Menace was just released, so I got that too. And I decided to watch in order, which meant PM first. Which, of course made a few things about the Original Trilogy not surprise me the way the original viewers were. I also think watching this way made it so the Prequel trilogy didn’t bother me as much as some of my friends who were introduced to Star Wars long before TPM came out.

I love all six movies, although Revenge of the Sith is the only one I only watched once. There were a few things that bothered me about the disconnect between the Prequels and what they tell you in the Original Trilogy. My favorite characters were Han and Obi-wan, followed by Mara Jade & Leia.

Star Wars as a mostly awesome extended universe in book form. I am kind of disappointed not more of it was incorporated into what I have heard so far of The Force Awakens.

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David Bowie

Posted on January 11, 2016January 11, 2016 by sokorra

I woke up to the news today that David Bowie died last night after a long battle with cancer. I wasn’t aware that he had been sick. It was only a few days ago a friend and I were discussing him because it was his birthday.

David Bowie was one of those artists where I enjoyed them but was never OOOOH MUST HAVE about when a new album came out. He was always in the background. He was an artist you had to respect even if you didn’t like his music.

I grew up with David Bowie music. His career spanned decades and ranged in style. He showed up on soundtracks often, and a few movies as well. I think part of me thought he’d be putting out new music for a few more decades. So today with his passing, it seems like there is a hole in the fabric of music.

One of my favorite childhood movies was Labyrinth where he starred as Jareth, the king of the Goblins. The soundtrack is also one of my favorites and he wrote most of the songs on the album if I remember correctly

Here are a pair of my favorite songs from the movie:

RIP David Bowie. You will be missed.

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Film Review (ish thing): Tron: Legacy

Posted on October 12, 2011 by sokorra

Grade: A

This was a good movie. It had a good plot, had hints of romance but didn’t over do it, had good visual effects and it was part of a franchise I happen to love.

The only issue I had with this movie was the computerized Jeff Bridges (Clu). When the character was standing still, it was hard to discern it was computerized, but whenever he spoke and you were in a close up or he moved in a close up there was this slightly inorganic movement that didn’t match up. It wasn’t anything major but it did remind you that this wasn’t completely Jeff Bridges. (Wonder what he thought of his CGI younger self). Although to be honest, this might just be on purpose to show that Clu was a program, not just a clone of Kevin Flynn.

Also, Tron has taken styling tips from The Stig. (Not really an issue just wondering if they ran out of a effects budget to create a CGI Tron)

The music was also good, and I like the improvement on the lighting effects (still has the idea that its not very bright in Grid-land, but

This isn’t a particularly good review, I realize that. Its just something to get me back into writing in this blog. As you can tell I haven’t posted since February (How is that possible?!?)

Next review I do will be better, I hope.

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Movie Review: Green Lantern

Posted on June 24, 2011June 24, 2011 by sokorra

I should probably start this off with saying I have never read a Green Lantern Comic. In fact till recently I keep getting the Green Hornet and the Green Lantern mixed up. My only previous experiance with Hal Jordan was as a secondary character in a Oliver Queen fanfic.

I enjoyed the movie. I’ll give it a B.

Cutting this because, well, SPOILERS.

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Lost In Austen (Movie Review)

Posted on June 28, 2010 by sokorra

I had Lost in Austen on my Netflix Instant Queue for several weeks, and last night my mother decided it was time we watched it. It was a 3 hour long movie about a girl named Amanda Price who has a doorway to the Bennet’s house in her bathroom. She’s got a mother urging her to marry, a boyfriend who wants to marry her but proposes when he’s drunk so she doesn’t believe him, and a flatmate who appears for about 5 minutes total in the movie so she is unimportant.

spoilers beneath. Apparently I have trouble explaining a movie without explaining the whole movie. But there is a lot I left out.

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Book Review: Fantastic Four (Movie Novelization, Peter David)

Posted on January 8, 2010 by sokorra

Title: Fantastic Four
Author: Peter David (Based on Screenplay by Mark Frost, Simon Kinberg, and Michael France, who were inspired by Marvel)
Genre: Action/Adventure, Movie Novelization, some romance
Summery: Reed Richards, Victor Von Doom, Ben Grimm, and the Storm siblings go up in space to hold experiments with a cosmic cloud. Things don’t go as planed, and the crew is hit by the cloud instead of being protected by the stations shielding. Suddenly Reed can stretch his arms further then natural, Susan can be invisible, Johnny can turn into fire, and Ben has transformed into a man made out of rock. Victor seems unharmed, but slowly he is transforming into a metal alloy, which turns to to be a bad combination with his mood.

Yeah, bad summery. You can probably get the gist if you watch a cartoon, or read the comic. I tend to stick to the film when it comes to Marvel stuff. And I should probably mention that there are slight spoilers here if you are a Fantastic Four newbie.

I have read Peter David novels in the past. He wrote one of my favorite Star Trek novels, Imzadi. That was slightly different then this, as Imazdi was based within that universe while Fantastic Four is based directly on a script. I bought this after watching the movie so I already had the characters set in my head as the actors. I liked it the first time through. I decided to re-read it for this year’s bookit 50, and liked it again.

There was one issue I had with this book this time through. Since the second movie hadn’t been out before I read the first movie’s novelization it didn’t phase me the first time, and I don’t think I even realized it till this time reading it. The novel has a Frankie Raye, which if you have seen the second film you know she’s a character in that film. One quite different then the one in this novelization. Although this does give me ideas for a fanfic where they ARE the same person (I doubt they are. I just think it was a matter of Peter David doing his homework and the writers of movie II not taking his novelization into account when they wrote it. Movie trumps book in this case)

Like with Willow, this book had some scenes that never made it to film or were cut during the final edit (and there are a few in the deleted scenes on the DVD). Some scenes were completely different. Like the scene where Reed and Susan talk about their relationship? Happens in a different location then in the movie.

I enjoyed it. Its a good novelization.

Rating: 4/5
Bookit # (2/50) of (1/52)

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Book Review: Willow (Wayland Davis)

Posted on January 8, 2010 by sokorra

Title: Willow
Author: Wayland Davis (based on the screenplay by Bob Dolman who inturn based it on a story by George Lucas.)
Genre: Fantasy/Movie Novelization
Summery: Willow Ufgood, A Nelwyn farmer (and aspiring magican), is sent on a journey to return a baby Daikini to its people. As always, this journey goes differently then planned. He ends up teaming up with swordsmen Madmartigan, two brownies named Franjean and Rool and a transformed Sorceress named Fin Raziel to protect the baby from the evil Queen Bavmorda of Nockmaar who wants to kill her.

Apparently for the month of January, my theme for book reading is Movie Novelizations. These are books derived from movies (as opposed as books on which movies are derived.)

I borrowed this book from a friend because I loved the movie. And I love this book too. It follows the course of the film nicely, and as with all novelizations, has scenes that were cut out of the movie. Many I wish had been included. Like Madmartigan’s back story. Or the back story of Bavmorda and Fin Raziel’s animosity towards each other (Not only is Bav evil, but she also stole Fin’s boyfriend!).

Anyway, The Pros/Cons

Pros

– Madmartigan’s Back story (he apparently was a weapons prodigy)
– Bavmorda Backstory
– The Nelwyns have more screen time

Cons

– The flashback style is kinda awkward
– It feels like it needs to be longer.

Rating: 4/5

Bookit # (1/50 of 1/52)

(I promise these will become better as I go. Its been along time since I did a book review that was more “Eh, it was good”, so I need time to learn how to do it again.)

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This week is theme

Posted on February 7, 2009 by sokorra

So, this week in Intro To Fiction, we are studying ‘Theme.’ Which always makes me think of “The Jane Austin Book Club” where Prudie goes on about “Jane’s Theme” and kinda gets on the nerves of everyone else there except for Grigg (who was uncomfortable as it was) and Silvia who was a little preoccupied with her own personal crisis.

I actually like the movie, but don’t like the book. Which is an oddity because usually its either equal status or I like the book better. I like to watch the film first because its like having deleted scenes when you read the book. But in this case, THey changed enough of the book that I much prefer the movie. Not to say there weren’t times I wanted something from the book in the movie, but generally the movie was better. Plus Dean was a steelers fan:)

Another book that failed to meet the expectations of the movie was The Wedding Date (or Asking For Trouble if you want to read the book). The book and the movie share a common plot…Older sister is going to younger sister’s engagement party and hires an escort to pose as her boyfriend. The big difference between the movie and the book is:

The book goes over a longer period of time, from the engagement party till after the honeymoon
The names are different and everyone lives in England
Sophie (Kat in the movie) lives with her best friend and friends brother and they take an active role in the story. This plot is not in the movie.
TJ is in the book, in the form of cousin Tamara who has a simular role, except she (and apparently 95% of the family) doesn’t like Paul (Edward in the movie AKA the fiancée)
The fiancée is a jerk
Kit (Jeff) and Bianca (the sister, forget her name in the move) actually stay together, they run off together after the honeymoon.
Josh (Nick) isn’t an escort. He was filling in for an actual escort, since his friend was running the company.

Now unlike The Jane Austin Book Club, Asking For Trouble is equally as enjoyable as the movie. Its just that they are almost two different stories. And if I had to choose, I’d probably choose the movie. If only because I hate that Kit/Jeff won in the end of the book and that Paul was a jerk. Edward is lovable in the movie (half because of the character, half because Its Jack Davenport.

I’m going to be posting again tonight to get my entries up to the correct number. I’m two down (one after this entry) from being an entry a day since I started.