Predators

A group of eight individual people from a variety of different backgrounds end up on this planet, they all seem to have either woken up on the planet or fallen from a plane. A marine named Royce (Adrien Brody) falls from a plane to land on the planet. Royce slowly accompanies Edwin (Topher Grace), Isabelle (Alice Braga), Stans (Walton Goggins) and a selection of others. The group try to find a way off the planet but run into group of cyborg monsters known only as the predators. Royce proposes that they destroy them,which also puts the group in more danger that they are already in.

The film is good on terms of its hack n slash content. It shows gore at times when you are not expecting it to happen, and even in those slow-motion moments. It also takes pride in producing over the top blood, guts, and violence.

This content goes into a fair bit more detail since the original, the excessive amount blood, the refined costumes of the predators (especially the headgear). And the scenery. The scenery and landscapes are what make this film great. Like Avatar, it features some wonderful environments and landscapes of horizons, trees, forests etc.

Where the film loses its touch is with the story. It’s far from what the original was like, it takes too long for us to see any notion of the predators at all. And when we finally get interaction of the predators it left with out any action until a while later. There are jokes tossed around which are funny but distract from the main intention which is to find the predators, or at least avoid their violent interaction.

The film is not at all worth a watch if you want a fully action packed story. Although there are good things like the gore, the landscape etc There is the story element missing, and that can piss off many viewers. This obvious why it didn’t too do well at the box office, even though it came in within the top 10.

2/5 Rubber Chickens

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Firstly, I’d like to apologize if this review isn’t as good as usual. My brain is fried because I spent like an hour trying to translate something from Japanese to English. Japanese is not my strong suit, e Portugues é nao…nao…frick what’s “either?” YEAH, PORTUGUESE AIN’T MY STRONG SUIT EITHER.

Anyway, this Saturday I’m reviewing Japanese pop, of course; but I’m taking a different direction. They’re not under Hello! Project (a habit I will one year break), they’re not a group, they’re legal in the US (waaaaaaaaay legal), and they’re not even female (sorry Em).
I ended up getting my hands on an album that is apparently so rare, the only way I got my hands on it was to Google the title in Kanji and download it off of Windows Live from a Japanese blog.
That’s also why I’m not entirely sure on the romaji characters of all but three of the songs. I think I read it right, but any corrections are welcome. (I’ll provide a link to the album at the end of my post, and this time it’ll be an actual link instead of my promising a link and not giving one, like in my single review. I keep meaning to edit that…)
I know what you’re thinking. You’re shouting at your monitor “DM, SHUT THE HELL UP AND START REVIEWING! EVEN IF THERE AREN’T ANY GIRLS UNDER EIGHTEEN!”
Okay.
This week, I’m reviewing Inoue Kazuhiko’s “Kaze ~Hey!~ Wa.”

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Edit: Ok that webcam recorded movie really didnt work, working on trying something else!

I will be back soon with better stuff than this but until I get a proper mic and Video Recorder I dont want to put crap content like this up!

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Perfect! I get the spoiler done in the image. That is from the final battle! Right before Ganon gets stabbed in the head by Link with the Master Sword and buried under the ocean with the rest of Hyrule. There. That is most of them.

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Comedy. It makes us laugh. It makes us sigh. It brings us tears. It makes us have accidents down below. And more importantly, it’s one of those genres that we cannot forget about. From the times of Shakespeare to today, Comedy still reigns with; comedians such as Russel Brand, and Robbie Williams; TV programs like South Park, and Dlibert; and many other comedic acts. So it’s obvious that comedy will be a big part of life no matter what.

Get Him to The Greek tells us the story of Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) who is a big time rock star, loved many, and anyone would do anything to get on stage with him. However, his recent song of African Child has plummeted down the charts, and he has become the most controversial rock star; making headlines in newspapers with the paparazzi, and other famous rock stars like Pink. Having an obsession with drugs and alcohol, and dealing with the issues of his current relationship. A guy who works for a music industry, as a manager named Alan Green (Jonah Hill), pitches to the group that it get them a lot of money to have Aldous back for another concert. Alan is given 72 hours to get Aldous to the Greek Theatre for the one night only concert.

The sense of humour and comedy can be seen as a give or take thing. The sense of vulgarity, and  raw jokes are shown for that comedic aspect, and that its one of those completely obvious things that can be recognized by many Russel Bran fans. This can be seen throughout the lyrics of his songs too. It is good to see such comedy, which in some aspects, is aimed at the adult audience. Then again, some things which are obviously supposed to be comedic, aren’t funny or laughable.

The theme of relationships is strong. It has educational value, even if showing average issues that couples face at some point in their lives. These range everything from arguments, to break ups, to confusion, and even the uncomfortable sexual side of things. Eeven though these situations should seem serious, this film is a comedy, and Russel Brand tries his best to make it look funny and awkward, or even embarrassing.

Yet at some points the dialogue gets messy, that being especially with the random appearances of famous British Celebrities like Tom Felton, and Pink. This is also considered some of the awkward and waste of time moments. Somewhat funny, it does seem that can be taken out and make the film run smoother. However this film is still funny in other sections and is worth a watch all in all.

3/5 Rubber Chickens

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