I was really looking forward to this movie when I first heard about it, the first book I read voluntarily was called “The Life and Death of Superman”. That book moved me so much, I felt extremely sad when Superman passed away and the build up of it was amazing, I didn’t know before that how much words and a book could move you. And this animated movie was about the same story, but it was such a disappointment.
I’m happy I watched the animation because I got pulled into the story, but it had no depth to it. With this original story there was a huge build up to the death of superman and there were so many superheroes, so I was disappointed how they shortened the whole story. And I have gotten used to the animation from Justice League unlimited which was extremely well done, but in this movie it felt like they didn’t fine tune any of the graphics and animation which showed the quality of work. I was looking forward to a good story and amazing animation, but what I got was a butchered version.
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I have always been a fan of Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) in the movies, I always like the attitude he brings to the movies and the characters he plays. And this movie is no different, I enjoy football and The Rock plays a football player for the Boston Rebels. He is the star quarterback of the team and he is also full of himself, as things were taking off for him he finds out that he has a daughter and things go differently from there. The movie is very entertaining and light hearted, you keep enjoying the moments, and Roselin Sanchez is in the movie and she is one beautiful Latin actress thats an addition to this movie. The situation progresses and The Rock finds out the truth about his daughter, and before he realizes it he is a changed man. A heart warming movie, and a great movie to watch.
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When reading the story on the cover I thought this would be an interesting story to read. Its about a woman who is a wraith and wraith have the ability to be invisible, she is trying to avoid using these abilities to remain as human as possible. She has to do something with her wraith powers to save her brother so she affects the life of Bastian. They live in time which is somewhat tied to magic, yet it isn’t completely normal but they know of magical creatures and they try to avoid them. This movie jumps into the Fantasy genre then as the story proceed there are parts in it which becomes a bit slow, then it picks up speed as the action comes into play and book is hard to put down. The main issue I had was that it was very inconsistent, there were which were fast and some there were slow, the author tried going into the fantasy genre then the romance genre and it just feels that there is one main idea that she wanted. The ending was a bit expected so there was no surprise and nothing really to remember the book, the book is ok but I wouldn’t recommend anyone to read this there are a lot better books out there.
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This is a different story about Elizabeth the Virgin Queen played by Cate Blanchatt and Clive Owen playing Sir Walter Raleigh. I knew that Cate would be playing an amazing role since she always does an amazing job with her roles, and I enjoy Clive Owen in all the different characters he plays. Even though this isn’t the usual movie I see I really wanted to see what this movie was going to be like since its more into conflict period of her rule.
The movie shows the intelligence of Elizabeth and the difficult she faced against the larger Spanish Empire. The story starts off really well and she faces people within her country and those outside her country who wish to harm her. Then she is introduced to Sir Walter Raleigh who she finds to be interesting since he is different then all the people she usually sees. The movie picks up pace, but there is a lot taking place while they are trying to concentrate on matters of the court and their is the part about waging war. Overall I liked the movie, but I think they hurried through a few parts of the movies to make sure they finish up the story line.
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The first time I heard Gym Class Heroes was a couple of months back, and then I started searching for the CD but it was sold out at every location I checked. I managed to find their Album was available as MP3 download (DRM-Free) so I got that for only $9.99 which is worth it for this Album
I managed to download their Album, I listened to the music the first time and I thought it was fresh. Its really different and I really do enjoy the combination of the beats and songs, they seem true to what they do and the music is mixed between hip hop and rock. There are a lot of good songs, just depends on what you want to listen to. If you are looking for something different then this is the music you should check out.
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Plot Summary: One stormy night, Nangou is playing a game of Mahjong with the local yakuza. Soon, he finds himself on a losing streak. If Nangou loses, he will have to pay with his life. Suddenly, a young teenaged boy, Akagi Shigeru, barges in, drenched from the rain. After watching a couple of games, he offers to replace the struggling Nangou. At that moment, a new legend was born.
I was honestly surprised when I stumbled upon this man, it revolves around Akagi Shigeru and his capacity for being a genius. He lives his life by challenging everything he knows and making sure his life is on the line every time he does something. The mental capability of this person is nothing short of insane, the game they play in Japan is called Mahjong, it is a complex asian tile game which he has mastered by playing right away. He is able to read deep into people and he has no boundary and aims for death, with his capabilities he takes out the best of the gamblers, the yakuza, and other people. He doesn’t do it for the money, he does it for the thrill of putting his life on the line and taking the life of the person in front of him, his nature in these situations is nothing short of a Demon. If you liked Death Note then you would love this anime, the animation is a bit crude but the story is fantastic.
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I kept hearing about the meat factory for the past 6 months, so I had a chance to go visit The Meat Company on the last day. It turns out to be a South African chain and they had a choice of African or Australian Beef to choose from and the Australian was of higher grade. I wanted to try the riblets they had and I was going to have the Ribeye as usual to see how good it is.
For the starter we had the riblets and that got very messy very quickly. It was very tasty but the portion isn’t that much but tasty. Then for the main course I got my Ribeye in medium rare to see how it would taste. It looked really good when I got the steak, but I was disappointed as I was eating it. It wasn’t cooked right, and it was dry in a few parts. They have good steak but the Rib Room has high quality beef, you can tell that by the grade of the meat they are using. Overall I think its pretty good, but Rib Room is better.
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This has been the long awaited animated movie with an old story which has been given a new look. I like what they have done with the animation, there have been times I tend to think the character in front of me is the real thing. The story revolves around a monster terrorizing a town and then Beowulf comes to rescue the town, but he does something which he doesn’t expect to become a great warrior. The action is good, and the animation is amazing, they have revitalized a story but I was expecting a little bit more. Angelina Jolie is in this movie and she seems life like in the form they have made her. I do recommend that people who want to see someting different should see this movie, but its not something I would watch again.
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Its story about Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) who became the biggest importer of Heroin in the 1970s, he worked for bumpy who controlled a part of Manhattan when he passed away he wanted to continued what Bumpy was doing as well as expand their empire. To skip all the middle men he went directly to the Far East to get the purest Heroin and sell it for a cheap price and taking over the market and he builds his fortune from there. With all this going the police were the most corrupt at the time, everyone was taking a piece of the pie and very few were clean, and those who were clean were alienated by the rest. Detective Richie Roberts (Russel Crowe) is one of the few clean cops on the force and he is facing an uphill battle, and he also wants to take out the source of all this Heroin. Roberts slowly puts together a team of men to track down the source of all this Heroin and he has to watch himself from other criminals and police officers. This is an amazing true story with Denzel Washington and Russel Corwe making it that much better. They do an amazing jobs playing their characters and this movie is worth every minute, the ending is unexpected. A very well done criminal movie and showing things were at the time.
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This is a real interesting movie about the lives of soldiers and what they go through after they have served their time in military that is at war. And these American soldiers are the ones in Iraq who have only a few days to go home and they are ambushed on that one last mission that which will affect them more them the rest of their lives. It is an amazing and heart felt story about how these soldiers feel after the war and it shows how they can relate to each other how distant they feel from their normal lives. Jessica Biel, Samuel L. Jackson, and Brian Presely play the perfect roles of these soldiers and each having gone through their own issues, some of their friends day in Iraq and some of their friends die at home because they can not change what they saw or felt when they were fighting the war. It is a moving story and worth seeing with really good actors.
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