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Where the Wild Things Are

aaron — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:57:20 +0000

I can’t tell you how excited I was when I heard that Where the Wild Things Are was being made into a movie. However, this wasn’t quite the same as the book I read so long ago. Looking back, I can see how I missed out on some of the themes such as a kid dealing with anger. But to me the movie put a lot more emphasis on dealing with emotions…well minus the dealing part.

I think you can take something from any movie, so here is the take home form Where the Wild Things Are: You can be a brat, act out, bite your mom and run away…and still get chocolate cake when you come home.

Enjoy

Live Free or Die Hard

aaron — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:07:30 +0000

I just finished watching Live Free or Die Hard (Die Hard 4) and I must say I thought it was a great movie. I mean I really liked the previous 3 Die Hard movies and have most always been a fan of Bruce Willis…well his acting at least. The movie over all was very good I thought. Good casting. Action throughout…thought this does lead me to thinking, “Have geeks become the new action star?” I mean I don’t mind but it deems most every film now has a “hacker” of some sort with these amazing 1337 skillz (Lord of the Rings didn’t have hackers, as far as I remember, but then again it had wizards so I suppose that would be a cooler skill). Just interesting.

I was wondering though if Justin Long would be doing all his hacking on a mac because of contract complications with apple, hmm…btw, I do hope you people get understand the term sarcasm by now. I did notice, in the movie, him say he had been “white hat” for the past few years but had been a black hat hacker in the past. Seriously though..is it just me or does pretty much every movie now a days have some 20 something-ish computer geek who can break in to the NSA’s network in just under the time it takes me to sigh and say “sheesh, this again.” ..but I really should digress.

Like I was saying earlier, very good movie. A bit predictable but then again you don’t go see most action films for the suspense, twists and surprise endings. Me personally, I watch actions films for guns, explosions, cheesy one liners (yes Willis did get to say “Yippi-kay-ay, motherfu -”), and absurd situtaions and stunts that could only happen in…well… a movie. Either way, definitely take the time to check it out. I don’t know if I could say honestly it was the best Die Hard of the 4 but it would be a close race.

Cheers for now

Favorite Princess Bride character?

aaron — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:03:41 +0000

So this weekend I was wearing my awesome Inigo Montoya shirt and and it got me thinking about what an awesome movie the Princess Bride is. I then began to wonder who my favorite character was and to be honest it’s pretty hard decision. I mean really. Inigo is very cool…”Hello, my name is…” but there were so many great characters. Westley, The Impressive Clergyman (classic), Fezzik, Miracle Max… on of my favorite lines is then the Grandpa (Peter Falk) says to the Grandson (Fred Savage), “Your very smart. Shut-up.” So what do you think? I have a poll..either here or on my sidebar asking the simple question “Who is your favorite Princess Bride Character?” I have a pretty lengthy list but if you want someone listed who I left out then let me know and I will be glad to take care of it. The quotes are listed purely for the sake of laughter and reference, so enjoy.

Comments are welcome and votes are appreciates.

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