Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2.5/4 stars)

While I don't regret going to this movie at all, I am hard pressed to find things I can actually say were really good. The movie uses the typical action/adventure formula with goofy sidekicks, witty dialog and obvious story line (think The Mummy). So with that said, Spielberg disappointed me. Fortunately for him, this formula still works decently and made for a film that I enjoyed overall.

There were a couple of scenes that ruined my enjoyment however. To me, I separate the supernatural from the natural and when something in a movie that is supernatural occurs I am willing to believe it for the movie's sake. But when something natural happens that just couldn't happen, I have trouble getting past it. For example, in this movie Indiana takes cover in a refrigerator at a nuclear test site right before it is blown to smithereens. He then flies over a mile in the air and drops down without a scratch. These type of things ruin movies for me because they are just way too unrealistic.

Another scene was when Shai's character turns into Tarzan and is one with the monkeys. Sure monkey's are cool but this whole scene could have been removed.

It wasn't all like that, most of the action was fun to watch and even sometime funny. Overall I wasn't expecting much and it exceeded my expectations, but I was still expecting more from Spielberg who I have been slowly loosing faith in as a Director that can do something new and unique.

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Teeth (3/4 stars)

I expected this to be horrible, but it is actually a really good comedy. The idea of the movie is interesting enough, but the acting and dialog was just awkwardly funny. I laughed aloud throughout the whole film and even though it wasn't a great story and you could see what was going to happen a mile away, it didn't really hurt the movie.

If this movie knew the plot was retarded and they exploited it and there is nothing better than a movie that makes fun of itself. As a horror, it isn't really there, though it did make me cringe a few times.

If you don't take this too seriously, you will laugh your ass off.

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Rantings.... from Facebook to 2008 Election

Recently more than a few things have been pissing me off. What happened to all the things I used to enjoy. I used to like wasting time on Facebook, following politics, driving and knowing what size clothes I wear. Now I find that the simple things that I enjoyed are in jeopardy.

Facebook

Facebook has gone all wrong, what used to be a nice clean interface that was easier to use than myspace, has gotten cluttered with application and friends feeds. I can't figure out what the heck is going on anymore. So I took some time off, when I logged back in I had 16 friend requesting me to partake in their applications. Some of them sounded interesting but did I really want to "turn on" the application to see what the heck it is? No! So I end up spending 90% of my time clicking the "ignore" button rather than chatting with my friends like it is designed for.

Politics

I always viewed myself as a die-hard democrat until recently. After the Obama v. Hillary race for the white house I have a bad taste in my mouth. The white house was the democrats for the taking, yet we find ourselves in April and they are still beating the crap out of each other. I realize they both really want the job, but for the sake of the American people, try to show that you can work together. The democrats can't get out of their own way, how the heck to they expect to win that way.

It has gone on long enough. From the wise words from the movie Zoolander: "I feel like I am taking crazy pills.” They are the same person, except one is black and one is a woman. Other than that they are going to do the same thing -- sit on their elitist chair and watch as America continues to try and please everyone, thus pleasing no one.

Gas Prices and Road Trips

My driving enjoyment has been hit of late. With prices around the $3.50 range I recently calculated how much it would cost me to drive home. It is a 1500 mile journey (each way) and my car is a Scion xB, so I figured I have done this many times before and it wasn't that bad. It is going to cost $350 bucks to get there and back. That is outrageous!

Clothing Sizes

Why is it that I go into one store and I can’t fit into the same sized cloths as another store? This is especially frustrating when I am buying jeans. For god sakes the jeans are measured by inches not by some arbitrary size that each brand has.

I would like to walk into a store and pick stuff off the shelf without trying it on and have it fit. Apparently this is too difficult and to achieve such clothing standards would make the world implode. Maybe I should just say “screw it” and wear nothing but sweats and XL tees from now on.

New Comedy Site, KillerCondom.com

Ever wonder if Chuck Norris would kick Rambo's butt?

If so, Killercondom is a new site is for you. It will tackle the important match ups and pose some interesting questions.

Some match ups are:

Hillary vs. Obama

James Dalton vs. Johnny Castle

Snuggles vs. Poppin' Fresh


It will be updated weekly and is dedicated to matching up people and fictional characters.

World Trade Center (2/4 stars)

I wasn't sure what to expect with this movie, but I thought I was either going to love it or hate it. I can't honestly say I "hated it" but I was bored by it. I also couldn't help but think that if this movie wasn't about a real event that affected so many people around me that I would have probably turned it off.

The way Oliver Stone went about introducing the characters and their lives was ordinary and didn't every build anything up. They went into the building, they got trapped, they stayed their a while and they were rescued. The whole time I was hoping someone would rescue me from the movie.

If there was a silver lining with this movie, it was the emotional and heart-felt moments. I thought most of these were performed excellently by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Her performance was great.

I can’t see myself ever watching this movie again.

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Million Fag March

Sunday, March 30th 2008 Topeka held the first "Million Fag March". It was a protest against Fred Phelps and his hate mongering church. For those of you that are unfamiliar with the Phelps here is a very quick rundown:

•He is a racist

•He hates gay people

•He hates America

•He hates our soldiers

•He probably hates you

They get headlines by protesting funerals of our soldiers and more recently Heath Ledger. The million fag march was started from a friend's brother, Chris Love. He had gotten fed up with all this nonsense and wanted to put together a protest against them.

He gathered over 400 people from all sexualities and races and we marched around a park near their church. Freedom of speech is what protects their right to do what they do, and this protest was not trying to make them stop. It was simply a protest saying "these are the people you hate and there are more of us than of you."

For the local story about the march take a look at KSN.com

For info about the organization and be kept up to date about the next event visit Millionfagmarch.com

Doomsday Movie, So horrible it almost made it awesome, but didn't (1/4 stars)

There were so many problems with this film. It was way, way, way over-the-top much in the same way Mad Max and Escape from NY was. Except with this film, I don't have the fond childhood memories that are the reasons I think those movies are so entertaining.

The plot was weak, but I am not going to knock it too much because of that. Because anyone going to watch this film isn't watching it for good acting or a plot. They are watching it for action and more action. As far as the action went, this film delivered as promised. So why such a low rating you may be asking?

My problem with the movie was there were so many things they could have done better. They have a country full of people who are trapped inside the walls yet no one on the outside has looked in close enough to realize there are people everywhere until 25 years goes by. Seems a bit shady. Also, people have become canibles after just that many years? I almost understood this part because they said they had no food, yet there were cows everywhere, why didn't they just eat the cows.

Another part of the movie where I was like "this is way too much" was when they entered a time warp. Basically, they travel a day north where instead of cities they have a castles, peasants, executioners and a gladiator pit. A bit far-fetched to me. Then to make matters worse they escape end up finding a beautiful 2008 Bentley in a fall out shelter. Miraculously, the car is in perfect running condition and they drive off charging a 25 year old cell phone that they use to call the motherland. So how is it that they can call out on an old cell phone with no towers yet the people that were trapped there were cut off entirely? It was things like this that urked me because they could have done so much better just leaving out a few things.

Even the car chase seen was dumb. The car crashes through a bus that blows up and it doesn't even have a scratch. Stupid. Escape from NY was much more believable which is why this film sucks so bad.

Don't waste your money unless you have drank a substantial amount first, then the movie may be quite funny.

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