Archive for the “movies” Category Awesome . . . Frakking Awesome Yesterday I finally got to see the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace. I’ll hold off on any deep review because I hate spoilers as much as the next guy. However I will say that it has taken Bond films in a whole new direction. Quantum is really unlike any other Bond movie you’ve ever seen. It does not feature a visit to Q branch, there really are no gadgets (even his beautiful armor and smoke bomb less Aston Martin gets badly beat up before the credits), there is no Money Penny, and not even an order for a vodka martini. Yet as someone who has been watching Bond movies as long as I can remember I have to say I loved it.
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Bond, James BondPosted by: TardisCaptain in Awesome, Doctor Who, James Bond, Star Wars, movies, pranks My name is..... Why are geeks interested in the James Bond movies? Duh!! 1- Girls 2- Gadgets 3- Guns 4- Spanish Inquisition (whoops, sorry I didn’t expect that) 5- Style James Bond is a badass. He’s a badass that has kewl toys, gets the girls and blows up a lot of things in style. One moment Sean Connery has a duck on his head swimming through the water, the next he’s in a tuxedo. And that tuxedo probably has more devices imbedded in it than my cell phone. Tags: 2008 movies, A View to A Kill, Anthony Daniels, Daniel Craig, Goldfinger, James Bond, Moonraker, Quantum of Solace, Rickrolled, Roger Moore, Sean Connery, The Spy Who Loved Me2008 is pretty much over in terms of movies. Sure, we have the holiday rush to get as many family oriented ones out as possible, but there’s nothing any of us are actually looking forward to (except Quantum of Solace, can’t WAIT). Thanks to this lull, and to the insane “time to home video” capabilities of the movie industry, we’re now able to view the ones we might have missed in theaters relatively quickly. And you know what? 2008 was a pretty good year, in terms of movies! At least, the big ones.
Recently the film Righteous Kill was released in theaters. Now let me start by saying that I’ve not yet seen it, I’m planning on it, but not yet. It stars two actors you may have heard of; Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. These two are widely acknowledged as two of the “greatest” actors of our time. Since this movie was announced I though, “Yeah they’re good, but are they really the greatest?” I’d have to say no. As I write this I have IMDB open in another window and am looking at their filmographies. While both have some truly brilliant films in their repertoire; Raging Bull, Serpico, Godfathers 1-3 (yes I count 3 as brilliant), Awakenings, and Scent of a Woman etc etc. I probably didn’t list some that you may enjoy, but between the two they’ve acted in round about 100 movies. However while they have many great films, there are lots of bad movies among the list where they both seem to only be playing themselves, or some variation on themselves. I realize that many actors, in fact many of my favorite actors regularly play the same character over and over again. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but if we are going to call someone “Greatest” then they should really earn the title. Tags: Al Pacino, batman begins, fifth element, filmographies, Gary Oldman, Harry Potter, movies, raging bull, righteous kill, Robert De Niro, scent of a woman, SerpicoI love comic books and I love movies so naturally, I’m a big fan of movies based on comic books. There is no doubt that this summer was enough to make many a geek wet themselves with delight.  Talk to the hand The summer started off with a giant crimson and gold bang as Iron Man dominated theaters to the tune of $318,219,154. Not too bad for a movie about a dysfunctional millionaire with a really cool suit. Despite the fact that I think that Tony Stark is a giant douche bag in the comics, especially after Marvel’s Civil War, there’s no doubt that Robert Downey Jr. was flat out amazing. Throw in a nice cameo by Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury that set up the upcoming Avengers project, and this provided much geek glee. Tags: ang lee, batman, cameo, Captain America, chronicles of narnia prince caspian, comic books, dark knight, DC Comics, douche bag, DVD, Edward Norton, epileptic seizures, geek, george lucas, glee, iron man, Justice League, movies, movies based on comic books, Nick Fury, Prince Caspian, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, speed racer, Star Wars, Thor, Tony StarkI know that some of our readers and contributors are parents. Obviously we’re all geeks of one form or another and so our children are doomed to have inherited some of our geeky genes. Is knowing that they’ll likely be geeks, causing them to be tortured by the “cool” kids, a bad thing? Would you prefer your child to know that the answer to life, the universe, and everything is 42 or would you like to see them run a 4.4 40 and hit a baseball 500 feet? These are questions that I’ve debated for a while and I’ve determined that my kids can choose their own path. My eight-year-old daughter thinks I’m the coolest guy in the world and wants to be just like me. Lately she’d rather play video games or watch a movie than play outside. My wife hates it but what can I do? I turned out OK. Tags: back to the future, chitty chitty bang bang, dark crystal, geegy, Ghostbusters, goonies, Gremlins, Harry Potter, harry potter and the sorcerer's stone, indiana jones trilogy, last starfighter, lord of the rings trilogy, movies, my neighbor totoro, my neighborks, Princess Bride, Star Wars, time bandits, UHFYou knew this was going to happen. If you say that you didn’t, then you’re either a fool or a liar. I just found this on StarWars.com:
 Own the saga on DVD November 4th. Found a great article detailing a radio interview with Kevin Smith and a movie he may or may not have seen. Of course, NDA’s would forbid anyone from giving anything (or nothing?) away about a movie he may or may not have seen. That is, if this theoretical NDA were to be somehow connected to a theroretical viewing of a movie . . . that he may or may not have seen.
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