Movie Review: The Lookout

Ok guys, one of my favorite movies from last year. Surprisingly not a whole lot of ppl saw or heard about The Lookout. Its a definite steal if you can find this movie cheap.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Chris, a promising high school hockey player, who on prom night gets a little wild with his friends and they have a very serious car accident. The accident leaves Chris with severe brain damage and he has trouble remember the most simple things. So he carries around a notepad and writes everything down. His life has spiraled downward and now he is living with his blind friend Lewis, played by Jeff Daniels (great job), and gets money from his rich father.

Chris can't have a real job so he works as a night time janitor for a bank in the middle of nowhere. Simple things for his struggling, simple mind. He meets a guy named Gary at a bar that basically befriends him and promises him everything that he has lost. A girl, friends, money. Sooner or later Gary tells him that him and his friends are gonna rob a bank. Chris realizes that that's what he is there for, a way in. Chris hesitates until Gary gives him a short talk about how Chris could be independent if he had his own money. Chris agrees to help them.

During the robbery, Chris' conscience kicks in and the meat of the movie ensues.

The Lookout is a great movie for those who have not seen it. For everyone reading this, take my advice and at least see this movie once.

Called For Duty And My Duty Sucked!

Ok so i went to my fiancee's house for a cookout today. Her brother has a 360 so that's where I get some time to play it until I get my own. Well we played mostly CoD4, and I tell ya I used to be pretty good, but now..god. I freakin stunk it up on live. It was embarrassing. It was so bad that her brother was ashamed to let me play on his gamertag because I was dropping all of his stats. Yea. Anyways, I sure hope I get better. I love to play the game, but I guess I had some rust to work out. I hadn't played in probably 3 months so...theres my excuse.

I have totally not had anything to blog about lately so if you guys have some suggestions, plz let me know.

Later

It's A Girl

Well guys...It's a girl. We just found out this morning. Actually we are totally surprised. My entire family is ALL boys except for 3 girls. So needless to say most were assuming another boy. It's actually better this way, its something new in the family. But great now I have to be the hugely over protective father, ha. It's a hard feeling to describe, I mean we have known that we are having a baby for a while but to finally know what it is takes it to a whole new level. I gotta say when I found out she was a girl (she now, no more "its", Yay) I smiled so much that it hurt. Its an amazing, indescribable feeling.

Hard as it is to believe, the doc said that she isn't sucking her thumb, so explain that one to me. That's her, my daughter, September 4, that's when shes here so can't wait.

Note: Shep, did you feel the earthquake any today, this morning? I can't remember where in Ohio you live and was wondering if you were close enough. Anyways, I was, bout near knocked me outta bed at around 5:30 ha.

Alright guys that's all for me today, been a crazy, crazy day, I'm beat. Later

Another Note: Sorry about the white border around the pic, I should have trimmed off the white area, but oh well.

Movie Review: The Mist

Ok guys, The Mist. Now before I had even seen this movie I heard mixed feelings. And still now I hear mixed feelings. All I know is that I actually really enjoyed The Mist. Now I have the book but have yet to read it, so I can't compare them yet.

The movie starts with David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his family getting into their storm cellar after a freak storm passes through their small Maine town. After the storm is over a freak Mist is seen in the distance, but they think nothing of it. Drayton and his son go into the city to get groceries to stock pile up for the lack of electricity. While in the store a man runs into the store and yells a somewhat cliche' sounding line of "There's something in the mist." And so begins the drama. The trapped shoppers split into 2 camps: those who believe it is an act of a vengeful god who demands human sacrifice and those don't. A crazy lady played by Marcia Gay Harden preaches that God is angry with how the human race has acted and needs sacrifices. Most don't believe her at first but then more into the movie, the things that happen coincide with what she is saying. The division between the two groups of people turns violent on more than one occasion.

All I know is that I never was bored or restless during The Mist. It kept my attention and to me was surprisingly good. I was terribly afraid of how they would make the creatures look because I knew that if there were horrible that that would be the end of the movie to me. But they never bothered me very much. This is a scary movie but has a light comedy feel at times. I found myself laughing many times during the movie. The end was great to me. My fiancee HATED it but I really enjoyed it. I think she hated it because it wasn't a typical movie ending that we are all used to, but that's exactly why I loved it. I never saw it coming. This is definitely at least a rent for you guys. I will have this in my collection soon. Give The Mist a shot and you may just be like me, someone who was somewhat interested but had heard a few negative things and actually turned out really enjoying the movie.


Note: Again I'm gonna take the time to thank Shepdawg25 for his ustream last night. We all knew he was tired but he got on anyway. Really appreciate it man.

Ramble, Ramble

Movie Update: I bought I Am Legend and American Beauty.

I may do a review for The Mist next for Sixty while the movie is still fresh on my mind.

I've gotten back into reading a whole lot more lately. I've always been a big reader. I bought 2 new books: I Am Legend and I wanted The Mist and found it but found Stephen King's Skeleton Crew which had The Mist and 21 other short stories and 2 poems and it was only a dollar more so that was a no brainer. I love to read and I can read VERY fast (swear it runs in the family) but sometimes I feel that all the books that I say are my favorites are all the same genre, some even kiddy. Oh well, like what you like right?

OK so two questions I have for you guys. First, do you like the books better or the movies that portray them? And Why? I ask this because I read Stardust two days before watching the movie and the book was SO much better. The movie was good and all but I LOVED the book. So much was left out of the movie. But as far as I know that's how every movie goes, leaving out so much.

And second, I was sitting and wondering the other day what makes a great game great to me? So I wanna know what makes a game good to you guys? I love games where you can grow your character (Oblivion) and also depth is a must for me. So let me now your guys opinion.

Elite

Hey guys, I'm looking into buying a 360. I found an absolute steal. A Xbox 360 Elite, brand new factory sealed for 340 dollars. Just trying to round up the money and hopefully..finally I can start doing game reviews or playing with some of you guys on Live. I'll keep ya posted with the news.

So the last week I've watched quite a few new movies. I just watched Ocean's Thirteen. I've seen Sweeney Todd (very good), Enchanted (with fiancee..eh), The Mist (actually really enjoyed it), and Superbad. I was kinda disappointed in Superbad to be honest. It was funny and entertaining but the whole trying to get laid thing is so old by now. I loved Knocked Up and was expecting that from Superbad. Still, I'm glad to have it in my collection. I know alot of ppl like it so Oh well to each his own I guess. HA doesn't make us not friends now does it?

Anyways I really have nothing else to talk about....OH, I have been reading a new book. Hitman. Its a really good book. I love the games, and haven't seen the movie yet. The book is a very good read for all the readers out there. Later guys

New Movies

Hey guys, I got a few new movies. I'll update my main DVD list if you wanna refresh your memories. Anyways first off my cousin gave me Full Metal Jacket. Never seen it but oh well, a movies a movie to me. My fiancee bought me Big Fish. I have been dying for it and for some reason its been really hard to find actually. So ha totally love her. Also I bought Stardust, Superbad, and Ocean's Thirteen today. So there ya go. Have a good one.

Finally Have Time

Hey guys, this is my first chance to sit down and make a new post in like 3 days. I've been hella busy (shep..ya know) Anyways my fiancee's family had a yard sale on Saturday. I really wanna sell my drums and I really thought someone would buy them, I had a few close calls with them but no one was willing to pull the trigger so I'm still stuck with em. Ha this was my first yard sale that I had a ton of my own things in and I made 200 dollars. Not to bad for a first timer eh? Anyways I'm going to bed I'm beat. Later guys

Adsense?

Hey guys, what is Adsense? Is there a catch? Seems kinda simple, would it be a sellout to do that? Getting paid (prolly very little) always sounds good to me. Anyways what are your guys thoughts? Do you know something that I don't?

UFC: Fight Night

Hey guys, I just watched the UFC Fight Night on Spike and man it was awesome. There were knockouts (great ones) and every fight was very good. I think that its the first time that there was not one fight that was boring. Anyone else into the UFC? ha i think its a guilty pleasure of mine. Anyways, if you guys have any questions or would like my thoughts on really anything, music, gaming, movies, paranormal, just send me a question. Later guys

Movie Review: Inside Man

Alright guys, Inside Man. Now I found this movie at Gamestop for like 4.99. I had never heard of it and honestly thought it was just another ho hum bank robbery movie. I was dead wrong. Spike Lee did a amazing job in this one.

The movie is about 4 people dressed as painters who hold up a bank in Manhattan. Detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) is a negotiator and has his own skeletons in his closet at the time of the movie. Clive Owen plays Dalton Russell, the leader of the robbers. Owen plays a game of cat and mouse with the police and delays them from doing anything to stop the robbery. The 4 robbers have about 50 hostages and use them in VERY useful ways. Jodie Foster plays Madeliene White, a sort of Mrs. Fix-it to certain situations. She is hired by the owner of the bank to retrieve something hidden in one of the lock boxes inside the bank. So she tries to convince the police to let her in the bank and "resolve" the situation.

This movie really surprised me. It was so smart at times, and even as a viewer it kept me off balance as to what exactly was happening. Clive Owen was very good in Inside Man. The mixture of real time moments mixed with moments in the future keeps you guessing the entire movie. I recommend this movie strongly, especially if you find it for 4.99 like me. you will most likely go into watching this movie expecting one thing, but at the end it completely flip flops on you. Go buy it..and enjoy.