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The die hard francise has got to be one of the greatest action movies ever. I must of been only around 6 years old when I saw the first one. I obviously had no idea what was going on or cared much about the actors, but even at the age of 6 I enjoyed it for what it was, a shoot'em up action movie.

This francise is pretty much what launched Bruce Willis's career, I personally loved all 4 of them. The writers and directors did a great job in incorporating humour into action and at the same time still made the movie insanely intense.

Bruce Willis's career has had it's ups and downs, but no matter how many movies he's done he'll always be known as John McClane from Die Hard, the lose cannon cop that always ends up saving the day.


When "Live Free or Die Hard" came out I was somewhat skeptical about it, and was wondering if Willi's can pull off another one at his age, and by gosh he definetly can. Live Free or Die Hard was just about as good as all the other die hard movie.


So recently I picked up the Ultimate Collector's set which includes all 4 movies with some very kick ass special features all in a 8 disc set. The set itself I have to admit was quite expensive but I thought it was totally worth it for me And honestly, being such a film fanatic I can spend all week just watching the special features.


This movie is a great stress reliver, I can always fit something like this into my busy work schedule.


well... back to movie...

back

wow it's been forever since I posted here.

don't know why I stopped, but I think it might because I got a job as a real critic and didn't have the time to make new entries. I'm still a critic but just not full time now. The last movie I critiqued was "Twilight", but I'm not going to talk about that here, if you want to read my review go check my facebook notes. To make things simple, I hated the movie. =)


What made me came back to this blog is the fact that I've been pretty impressed with the movies of Summer 2008. Where to start? let see:


Iron Man: Good movie, but I was somewhat dissapointed, There was too much hype surronding the movie so I went in there with very high expectations. Robert Downey jr. put on a great preformance as Tony Stark. I was glad that they put an actual villian (Iron Monger) from the comic books in there, I feel that one mistake a few superhero movie made was that they had no real villian, for example "The Punisher" with Thomas Jane didn't really work because The Punisher didn't have an enemy, they just put some random mob dude played by John Travolta in there. Another example would be "Superman Returns", Superman didn't really have an enemy, his enemy was some giant rock that for some reason took him over half an hour to lift. But enough about other superhero, back to Iron Man. The movie overall was good but I guess I was expecting more action. What made it dissapointing for me was that I realize Iron Man's suit was never at 100% in the movie, I mean come on, he went in to his last battle with Iron Monger at like what? 57%? Fans of the movie will be happy to know the sequel is already in the making. One extra thing, if you stayed to the end of the credits, there is a scene where Nick Fury (played by Samuel L. Jackson) shows up to talk about "The Avenger's" short scene, but worth staying to the end.



The Incredible Hulk: Suprisingly enough, when I first saw this I enjoyed it more than Iron Man, probably because I went with lower expectations. I was so glad that they didn't follow up with the 2003 one with Eric Bana, I thought that movie was completely garbage. What made the 2003 one very bad was the fact that they made The Hulk look more like a villian than a hero. Ever realize in that movie the only thing The Hulk does is smashes things? the only heroic thing he did in that movie was save that Jet Fighter from crashing into the bridge. The other thing I found funny was that in the 2003 version, whenever The Hulk jumped, it took him forever to land, this isnt suprising since the director was the director of "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon". And again "The Hulk" didn't have a real enemy from the comic books.

The 2008 version of "The Hulk" beats the 2003 version in ALL aspects. And plus Edward Norton was a great choice. The action in this movie was actually done very well, and Tim Roth gave a good preformance as "The Abomination" (The Hulk's enemy from the comic books). props to the director Louis Leterrier (Transporter 1, Transporter 2, Unleashed) for the action sequences.


The Dark Knight: okay, if you haven't seen this movie, GO SEE IT!, if you haven't seen this movie, then you have no life. I cannot think of any negative thing to say about this movie except Maggie Gylenhaal, I personally didn't like her . Christian Bale which is one of my favourite actor was just amazing in this movie. Heath Ledger (The Joker) was even better. In some areas, I thought Heath was better than Jack Nicholson, but then I guess you can't really compare since it's different views on the joker.

There were some reviews saying the plot was hard to follow, I really didn't see how hard it can be since it's pretty much a good guy vs bad guy movie. This movie pretty much had everything that makes an action movie good. Plus I like how Christopher Nolan added a lot of darkness to the movie.


Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: This movie wasn't the greatest movie of the summer, and would say the worse out of the 4 Indiana Jones movie, but still entertaining. The plot was weak compare to the other Indiana Jones, but I felt the action and humour was well made. Harrison Ford's carrer hasn't been going anywhere lately, I think this must of been his best in recent years. This movie proved that Harrison Ford at the age of 66 still has something in him. The movie wasn't all that bad, it's worth checking out.


The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian: I went in this movie with again low expectations, and kept telling myself "I'm probably not gonna enjoy it since it's a kid's movie" but I did end up liking it, even though I hated "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" but I say Prince Caspin was a big improvement, espscially the battle scenes, I was kindda suprise how much some of the actors/actresses aged though.

This movie was another fun movie, I guess if you like fantasy movie with good battle scenes, this one is for you.



I think that's most of the hollywood movies I've seen in this summer, I might of missed some.

some movies I DO NOT recommand though is:

The Happening
Rightous Kill

and that's all I can think of..


until next time.

Ultraviolet

meh. haven't updated this in a while.. not because I haven't been watching movies.. just that I wasn't sure if anyone actually read my reviews, but someone told me that they did and asked me why I didn't update anymore...

anyways.. the latest movie I saw was "Ultraviolet" it's a decent movie.. great action but poor everything else.. lol... acting was bad, screenplay was bad, graphics were mediocre.. but great action though... if anyone is planning to watch this movie I recommand them to watch the movie "Equilibrium" first... by the same director.. that movie was better.. but this movie is still worth watching if you like those movies with senseless violence and nothing else.. haha.. I sure enjoyed this movie


Plot: et in the 21st century. a subculture of humans called Hemophages has emerged who have been genetically modified, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence. To the governments's dismay, more and more of the population are being transformed, and they have set out to rid the world of this new subculture that they deem menaces to society. One rogue warrior is bent on protecting her race - and seeking revenge on those who changed her life forever. With fierce fighting skills and chameleon-like abilities, Violet (Milla Jovovich) sets out to destroy a governments-designed time bomb that will eliminate all Hemophages. To Violet's surprise, the deadly device is a nine-year-old boy, who was raised in a laboratory and goes by the name Six (Cameron Bright).

Sin City ( Recut, Extended)

this is probably one of my favourite movies of all time. It's violent, it's got a very dark storyline, and very big names like Bruce Willis, Jessical Alba, Elijah Woods, and a lot more.. the blood was awesome. and the action was just hardcore.. way better than the theatrical version. I could watch this over and over again..I would really recommand this if you're an action fan.


plot: A collection of interweaving stories all based in the corrupt, crime infested hell-hole that is Basin City. Heavily influenced by film-noir, the main storylines concern a hulking brute called Marv (Mickey Rourke), who is seeking the murderer of a beautiful woman who was killed while asleep in bed with him; an ex-photographer called Dwight (Clive Owen) who accidentally kills a hero cop and has to cover it up; and a soon-to-be-retiring policeman called Hartigan (Bruce Willis) who is incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit. All based on the brilliant graphic novels "Sin City", "The Big Fat Kill" and "That Yellow Bastard", written and illustrated by Frank Miller.

Infection

Another horror movie.. yep... this one was very creepy too... it' from the makers of "The Grudge"... I hate watching horror movies by myself but everyone told me this movie was good, and they weren't lying cuz it was good.. but just sitting alone in the dark at my dorm watching this was just hard to handle.. hahaha... where is Sophy when you need her to sit through a horror movie with you? lol...

anyways, If you like horror movies this one is excellent.. I say that for a lot of movies but this one stands out a lot.. I wouldn't be surprise if Hollywood does a remake... it is that good. It gets hard to understand at times but the dark eviroment and the characters makes the movie very creepy.

plot: 'Kansen' means Infection and the story revolves around a strange little hospital with weird patients and even weirder staff. Part 1 of 6 J-Horror Films. Death is just a breath away in this horror film from Japan that is set in a horrifying hospital whose overworked staff is busy covering up their own malpractice until one patient exhibits gruesome, and deadly, symptoms - and then disappears.

Emma Watson Gets Tons of Bibles

'Harry Potter' star Emma Watson is being sent Bibles by furious Christians who believe the magical movies are a work of evil.

The screen beauty, who plays the boy wizard's best friend Hermione Granger in the series, is building up a collection of the holy books from religious viewers who think she needs "guidance". The 15-year-old confessed: "I have a collection of about 20 in my room. People think I need to be guided."



Clem's Opinion: Ok, first thing's is first, I don't hate christians. I am a christian myself.. but seriously I think some people really needs to chill out. I mean what is your problem? just because this movie talks about people with magic it is considered "evil"? I swear some people take things too extremely. I don't see anything about the movie "Harry Potter" that can be anti-christ. I think this is just another family movie which everyone can enjoy.

what's more is, how do you people know that Emma Watson needs guidence? by sending her all those bibles you're actually causing her more stress than helping her. you're basically forcing her to be christian, which doesn't work at all. I don't think Emma watson has done anything wrong, the kid has a good future ahead of her and she doesn't need all these christian frantics bugging her all the time

I have met Emma Watson twice. Once at the sci-fi convention and once at the Toronto Film Festival... spoke to her twice. and I don't find anything satantic about her. Emma Watson could be one of the most nicest person in the world and to my knowledge she doesn't need guidence at all.


as for the people that thinks this movie is anti-christ, GET A CLUE!!!! there isn't one part in the whole Harry Potter series that says "Trust in Satan" or anything.... everything is done with special effects, the movie doesn't really have much of a msg to it. Yeah it's got a little "magic" in it, but doesn't all sci-fi movies? so what? now you're going to try to ban all sci-fi movies?


Enough said.

Is Latest Potter Film Posted Online?

it remained unclear Monday whether Internet pirates had succeeded in breaching Warner Bros.' elaborate security defenses and posted copies of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Prior to the release of the earlier installments, there were numerous reports about poor-quality copies being posted online. Forbes magazine reported Monday that it had found 1,500 AVI and 500 MPEG versions of the movie available for download on peer-to-peer file-sharing sites. Nevertheless, a spokesman for Warner Bros. told the magazine, "We are 100% sure that these files you have found are not going to be of the Harry Potter film" -- a statement that suggests that the studio itself may have posted decoys in an effort to confuse -- or perhaps even trap -- illegal downloaders.