67 posts tagged “blackberry post”

Here's another Joker poster, this time at Times Square.

Here's a picture for the upcoming concert thingie for Stephenie Meyer at the Nokia Times Square on Aug. 1st. :)

Every morning, I had this routine. I would head out to work with my ipod and the first song in my playlist was "Every Day is Exactly the Same" by Nine Inch Nails. I've heard that song so many times, I practically know the words.

So when it showed up in "Wanted" yesterday, I couldn't help but smile. Perhaps I am the demographic for this movie. :)

"Wanted", based on the TopCow Graphic Novel of the same name, is the story of Wesley Gordon. Wesley is a regular guy, so caught up in work, he's not even Googleable (if such a word exists). He comes to find that his father was a great assassin and belonged to a whole fraternity of them. Basically, the movie is the first Matrix, just kind of reloaded. We go through Campbell's Hero's Tale:

1. Character lives hum drum life but dreams of more.

2. Events occur that introduce him to a mentor. (Luke had ObiWan, Neo had Morpheus, and Wesley has Sloan, played by Morgan Freeman)

3. Mentor tells Hero they're meant for great things, but Hero rejects notion ("I don't believe you." Or "I gotta help Uncle Owen on the Crops.")

4.) Another event happens that solidifies the Hero into starting on the Path. (Luke's family gets roasted, Neo sees the Pods)

5.) Training and more training.
6.) The Hero is Tested.

So on and so forth. Wanted has all of this, and it's done with style. Heads explode. Bodies fly, and it's like a ballerina act. I'd like to say that I can't remember the last time I said "Wow!" During a movie, but I'd be lying. I did so with Kung Fu Panda. Still there are moments where I leaned forward and applauded (even though I was the only one doing so - Sunday Morning). Despite the holes in logic (and there are many - like if you manage to escape a police roadblock, they won't bother to call backup because they were so amazed at the Awesomeness you displayed, even if your car looks like crap afterwards and is easily trackable), Wanted's one of those films you should see at least once, twice if you can. Take your brain out, put it in the chair next to you and just enjoy the Ride.

It was cool to see David O'Shea again. He is in the opening sequence. When I saw him, I said (to myself) "Hey, it's Steven!!" He played Stephen in Braveheart, the crazy Irish fellow who was 'the most wanted man on his island" (which is Ironic because O'Shea is Scottish).

Thomas Kretschmann(sp?) also has an interesting role as the villian. He kind of reminds me of Sean Bean. His character doesn't have a big role, but it's nice.

Angelina Jolie is good here. You can see facets of her pre-Oscar attitude (and some of that Charm from "Hackers" and Mr. And Mrs. Smith) but she's also become really skinny (though still cute), possibly from having lost her mother over the course of making the film. Here's hoping that she bulks up just a wee for her next outing. The Ambassador kicks some serious ass in this, though. :)

But this is James McAvoy's movie, by far. I will never call him "Fauno" again (which I picked up from seeing him as the Faun in The Chronicles of Narnia and then seeing Pan's Labyrinth sometime afterwards). He's honestly the most believable character in this, especially when having to fetch his pills for the constant panic attacks he suffers. I believe that if they cast anyone else in that role, it's possible that the movie wouldn't have done as well.

And then there's the music. I thought that after stepping down from doing the Spiderman scores, Danny Elfman would have taken a vacation. It seems like he went back to listening to some of his old Oingo Boingo tracks (he was part of a band in the 80's - he even sung the theme song to John Hughes' "Weird Science"), because the rock track "The Little Things" is pretty much a standout. I, being the geek that I am, bought the album off of iTunes (and because I already own Batman, Batman Returns and Edward Scissorhands) and am loving it.

Overall, Wanted's a fun popcorn flick. :)

Found near the Subway. Poor Heath. Movie should be good, though.

Here's two posters for HBO's "True Blood", Alan Ball's (Six Feet Under) take on the Sookie Stackhouse (sp?) Stories by Charlaine Harris. Anna Paquin (Rogue from the X-Men films) will be playing Sookie.

Looks like we have rain coming in...

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Section 3 - great view!!

Wow, I may be more excited about this one than I am for The Dark Knight or Twilight. :)

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I wants it....

I've been thinking about upgrading from my PowerBook for a while now. I've had it for about 8 years now (it'll be 8 in September), but it's more or less a decision between getting a MacBook or. a MacBook Pro. While the power of the Pro would let me run programs like Apple's "Aperture" Photo Editor (a program that Apple even recommends it be run on the Pro), I really don't expect to see myself needing that kind of power anytime soon. That and the size of it (15 inches) is just a little off putting. I'd like something smaller to carry around, not bigger.

On the way home, I stopped by a Best Buy to pick up "Indestructible" by Disturbed. If you don't know Disturbed, their "Down With the Sickness" was used in 2004's "Dawn of the Dead" remake. If you still don't know them, one of their songs are featured in Guitar Hero 3 (I think right after Slipknot's track). Anyway, it's good music if you're into the Rock/Metal theme (but it's at least Metal you can make out the words to- none of that "Roar Roar Roar / I'll eat your babies" stuff).

I'm veering off subject. At the Best Buy, I tried out the MacBooks. It's amazing how fast you think something is right up until you use something faster. Mind you, at home, it takes me a good 5 minutes for my machine to start and about a minute or two for each app I start. On the entry level MB with just a Gig of Ram: 1 second.

Let me repeat that. Just 1 second. Now, that might seem normal by everyone's standards,but for me, that's incredibly fast.

So for my needs right now:
- Writing. (And I'll get Scrivener the moment I can.)
- Web Surfing. (And Youtubing - which I do from the Wii these days.)
- Photography. (More pictures for DeviantArt)
-Music. (Because I haven't enough room for music anymore and I'm interested in what GarageBand can do).

And Xcode's still included, if I want to try my hand again at quasi Mac Programming.

Of course, the Pro would have a longer lifespan and that glow in the dark keyboard is alluring, but it's like buying a Ferrari to drive to and from work in New York during rush hour.

So, now it's just a matter of White or Black.