Nothing but the Truth
October 11, 2006
First of all, Tibetans have been shot trying to cross over to Nepal by Chinese Soldiers. And it was witnessed by climbers on Everest. Reminds me of the debacle a few months ago when whale watchers in Finland instead saw the beloved cetaceans harpooned in front of them. See the sad tale at: http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/11622/Tibetan_refugees_shot_dead_as_Everest_climbers_watch
I saw X-Men III this past weekend. I really hope Bryan Singer comes back and does another one so this movie can be forgotten. I keep trying to say to myself that it is an okay effort, but that is a lie. There are some decent actions scenes and Magneto is still a pretty lovable bad guy, but that is about it. The way three main characters are killed off is very disrespectful (one does not even get the courtesy of a death scene, he just disappears from the story with little explanation). Logan ‘loving’ Jean is off character (I know they have some history in the comics, but Jean ultimately belongs to Scott and Logan accepts this). We get teased about the Sentinel (and I HATE teasers). Mystique gets royally screwed. Calisto is NOT a speedster and I really want that one guy to be named Porcupine Lad. Do not get me started about Rogue and the Beast (who was decent at the start but slides downhill from there).
The X-Men get an awesome first flick, a second one that blows the first one out of the park and a last one that just sucks. At least it made money and with that comes hope that the Wolverine movie will be good and that another X-Men movie will be made to erase our memories of this one.
No Stars (but it was still better than Batman and Robin)
More X-Files this past weekend, with the conclusion of the seventh season and showing Holly the stand alones of the earlier seasons. Thee seventh season is generally a good season; it is just that most of the episodes had no right to be part of the X-Files. The worst of the bunch has to be the two-parter about Mulder’s sister. That just made no sense. Towards the end, there were some efforts to replicate the creepiness of the earlier seasons, especially the one with the snakes. The COPS styled episode was actually decent and I liked the one about the genie as well as the Hollywood AD one.
The one that stands out the most, and the one that impressed me, though was the episode written and directed by Gillian Anderson. It reminded me of a Wong Kar-Wai movie. Very nicely shot with an engaging story that really has no right to being an X-File, but unlike most of the episodes this season, the characterizations pull it through and it all makes sense in the end. Plus I like eastern philosophies and this one has them coming out the yin-yang (pun intended).
X-Files Season Seven: Three Stars
That Gillian Anderson Episode: A Billion Stars! Or something like that.
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First of all, Tibetans have been shot trying to cross over to Nepal by Chinese Soldiers. And it was witnessed by climbers on Everest. Reminds me of the debacle a few months ago when whale watchers in Finland instead saw the beloved cetaceans harpooned in front of them. See the sad tale at: http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/11622/Tibetan_refugees_shot_dead_as_Everest_climbers_watch
I saw X-Men III this past weekend. I really hope Bryan Singer comes back and does another one so this movie can be forgotten. I keep trying to say to myself that it is an okay effort, but that is a lie. There are some decent actions scenes and Magneto is still a pretty lovable bad guy, but that is about it. The way three main characters are killed off is very disrespectful (one does not even get the courtesy of a death scene, he just disappears from the story with little explanation). Logan ‘loving’ Jean is off character (I know they have some history in the comics, but Jean ultimately belongs to Scott and Logan accepts this). We get teased about the Sentinel (and I HATE teasers). Mystique gets royally screwed. Calisto is NOT a speedster and I really want that one guy to be named Porcupine Lad. Do not get me started about Rogue and the Beast (who was decent at the start but slides downhill from there).
The X-Men get an awesome first flick, a second one that blows the first one out of the park and a last one that just sucks. At least it made money and with that comes hope that the Wolverine movie will be good and that another X-Men movie will be made to erase our memories of this one.
No Stars (but it was still better than Batman and Robin)
More X-Files this past weekend, with the conclusion of the seventh season and showing Holly the stand alones of the earlier seasons. Thee seventh season is generally a good season; it is just that most of the episodes had no right to be part of the X-Files. The worst of the bunch has to be the two-parter about Mulder’s sister. That just made no sense. Towards the end, there were some efforts to replicate the creepiness of the earlier seasons, especially the one with the snakes. The COPS styled episode was actually decent and I liked the one about the genie as well as the Hollywood AD one.
The one that stands out the most, and the one that impressed me, though was the episode written and directed by Gillian Anderson. It reminded me of a Wong Kar-Wai movie. Very nicely shot with an engaging story that really has no right to being an X-File, but unlike most of the episodes this season, the characterizations pull it through and it all makes sense in the end. Plus I like eastern philosophies and this one has them coming out the yin-yang (pun intended).
X-Files Season Seven: Three Stars
That Gillian Anderson Episode: A Billion Stars! Or something like that.
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http://www.myspace.com/catterpillarboy
http://catterpillarboy.blogspot.com/
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