What Are You Supposed To Be? A Lion Tamer? No, I used to Be Indiana Jones.

Per my last post, here is my review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Dull Skulls.

There you go!

Seriously, I was disappointed. I went in with low expectations and came out deflated and empty. The action is anti-climatic, the dialog is tired and mundane. Then there's Shia LeBouf.

Not even gonna go there.

The only minutely enjoyable thing about the movie is Harrison Ford. It was nice to see Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood again, but the character is a shell of her former "I can drink more fermented yak piss than a mongol Yeti" self. Steven Spielberg's directing shows up for a cameo or two, but like an M&Ms dinner, it's enjoyable but too brief to satisfy.

Unfortunately, the movie reeks with the heavy hand of George Lucas. It's tragic that a filmmaker that I idolized as a youth has denigrated to Star Wars Ep. 1-3 and now Indy 4. It's time for the man to hang it up and retire with his fortune to Skywalker Ranch and pass the Force on to a younger generation (I won't fuck up Star Wars Ep. 7-9 George. I promise!).

If you are a die hard Indy fan, then you will see this movie in the theater. Nothing I write here is going to stop you and I understand that. I am a Indy loon. Raiders of the Lost Ark holds the distinction of being the first movie I saw twice in the same day in a theater (and the only film I have seen back to back). The only other movies I have seen twice in one day at a theater is Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (though not as good as the original, I loved the action scenes!), The Last Starfighter (is dead!) and Darkman (Sam Raimi baby!).

However, if you are just a passive Indy fan, skip this one or see it at home. I can't believe I just wrote that. Damn you George Lucas! Damn you to hell!

Giddy As A Schoolboy!

Guess what I'm going to see tonight?


Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull!!!!

Technically, I'm seeing it tomorrow since it's a 12:46am screening but who wants to argue semantics.

To herald the arrival of the first Indy flick in 19 years, Ray has created another fine banner for the blog.I'm going in with low expectations since George Lucas had a say in the script. I just don't trust him anymore. Ever since Star Wars Ep. 1-3, Lucas has been dead to me (if there are any fanboys reading this, please refer to my last blog post).I'm just hoping that Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg found a way to make magic despite George Lucas.

I will post my impressions on Friday. You can also subscribe to my twitter feed for a realtime update

If anyone else is seeing the film tonight, leave a comment or email your thoughts!

Gotta go catch an Ark!

Prince Caspian Second Verse Same As The First

I saw The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian last night. Here are my initial impressions.

• It was long, like the title. 147 minutes. It didn't take me that long to read the book.


• I definitely felt like I had seen the movie before. Trees coming alive to fight the bad guys. Evil horsemen drowned by a river that comes to life. Long movie with dwarves and men with long hair. Fantasy deja vu? Cinematic reincarnation?

Despite those impressions, I did enjoy the movie. The script did take some liberties with the book, but that's to be expected. I believe that a film that is adapted from a novel should be able to stand on it's own, like a newborn gazelle. You shouldn't have to have read the novel to get the film. I loathe fanboys who always praise an inferior picture(The Fantastic Four/Eragon) and defend it by saying "Well, if you read the comic" or "If you read the novel, you would understand."

To them I say "fuck you!" I shouldn't have to read something in order to enjoy a film. Unless it's a foreign flick and subtitled. That exception aside, fuck you fanboy! You deserve to be eaten by hyenas!

Wow! Where did that come from? No more blog posting before I have coffee.

See the film. See it in a theater with a big screen and awesome sound. It's magical! Especially, Prince Caspian's hair.

I am Iron Man!

I know it's been a long time since I posted. Almost a month!!

Sorry...been busy. Or lazy. Can't decide which.

This post isn't going to be too long. I just wanted to share the new banner Ray Raquipiso did for the blog.


Sweet yes?


I saw the movie on opening night and it rocked the house!

It inspired me to go home and try to make an armored suit out of Jiffy pop and Swanson tv dinner packages. My outfit wasn't nearly as cool and I smelled like salisbury steak for a week.

Ray also made me another movie inspired banner that I will be unveiling in a couple of weeks.

That's it for now. I'm going to try and post more pics on the blog for summer. Wait for it!