Recent Movie Viewings

March 14th, 2010
Green Zone
Short/Tweet Version? Green Zone: Jason Bourne forgets where he works, reports for duty at the US Army in Iraq.

Green Zone is the most fun Ive had at the movies in some time. No one does pulse-pounding non-stop, edge-of-seat action quite like Paul Greengrass (same director that brought us two of the Bourne films). The film is shot in his trademark “documentary camera” style and it fits here perfectly. The plot of the film is bigger than the actual action on screen. It dramatizes how US duped the world into believing Iraq had WMD, which it clearly didnt, even I knew that it didnt. But the US needed this made up “fact” to sell the world into this war. It also portrays how Bush idiocy and arrogance led to the Iraq insurgency. The Green Zone is the best war movie since The Hurt Locker, yet both movies could not be more different. I’ll be watching this movie again, its that good.

Alice in Wonderland [3D]
Confession: Growing up, I had never read the infamous “Alice in Wonderland” story. Yet, the Alice in Wonderland story is so engraved into modern pop culture that I felt I knew the story anyways, without actually having read the story. Maybe thats why I loved this movie, while mostly everyone I know thats seen it hated it. It was all new to me. And what better way to watch this Tim Burton and Johnny Depp tour-de-force than in a huge IMAX 3D? Solid visuals, solid performances by all, solid story.

Flickr: The Year in Color

March 13th, 2010

The above represents the colour of photos over the course of one year. Summer is at the top, winter at the bottom.

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I thought Republicans liked this sort of stuff

March 12th, 2010
Obama's Package

TRON Legacy Poster

March 11th, 2010

Are you Happy?

March 11th, 2010

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Bat in a Cage

March 10th, 2010
Batman in a cage

TRON: Legacy Trailer

March 9th, 2010

The new TRON: Legacy trailer is out now and its MASSIVE!




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