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New wes craven movie coming out, was not expecting this. If you did not know who wes craven is he made some iconic horror movies like Nightmare on Elm Street, Last House on The Left, The Serpent and the Rainbow and The Scream trilogy. His new movie is called "My Soul To Take", which to me sounds a little cheesy. But you should never judge a movie by its title (Dog Day Afternoon had no dogs in it!). I might check this one out because with Wes even his bad movies can be fun to watch like Deadly Friend and Shocker.

Horror has always got a bad rap for being very predictable, but no one seems to rag on romantic comedies for doing the same thing, I'll admit some horror movies have given the genre a bad reputation for just being torture porn. But there are really some great horror movies out there, so here is a list of some classics and new ones that I like (if you see a * then I also recommend the remake)

Jaws
Dawn of the Dead*
The Devils Rejects
Creepshow
Alien
The Exorcist
Halloween*
Friday The 13th*
The Thing
May
Phantasm
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
[REC]
The Vanishing
Let the Right one in
The Fly
An American Werewolf in London
Teeth
The Mist

I could have easily made this list a lot longer, but i just wanted to give examples of horror movies I like.

Its almost like cheating!

So much in Tv and Movie news has happened since my last update. Here is my thoughts on a few highlights.

The big recent news is that Toy Story 3 has just been released. Now I haven't been seen the movie yet, but i want to see it soon. I think the big selling point of the movie is the nostalgia that people get with seeing a sequel to a childhood favorite. I have high hopes for this movie, and from the recent reviews it doesn't seem to disappoint.

AMC is adapting one of my favorite comic book series into a mini series. The Walking Dead is a comic series that is more than just a gore comic that's nothing but zombie killing, its a drama about the people trying to survive the zombie apocalypses. In the situation of zombie apocalypse both the best and worst of people can come out. It is being adapted by Frank Darabont who directed The Shawshank redemption, the mist, and the majestic. While it will only run six episodes, im hoping that means that they will put alot of effort in making the episodes. It is set to be shown during Octobers fear fest.

Another big summer release is Predators. I do not expect it to be as great as Predator, for the sole reason that Adrien Brody is the hero of the story. How do you go from Schwarzenegger to Adrian Brody? But it is written by Robert Rodriguez so it could be great.

currently reading:
Finished: IT
Finishing up: Under The Dome
Up Next:The best of HP Lovecraft,The Stand

Listening to:
Incubus-S.C.I.E.N.C.E.
The Cure-Pornography
David Bowie-Diamond Dogs

Review: Watchmen

In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so discover a deeper and far more diabolical plot.

This is not a normal super hero movie, it goes a lot deeper into the whole masked crime fighter concept. It asks the question "What makes people want to wear costumes and fight crimes?". The heroes in watchmen all have flaws, they act like real people. The heroes all want justice, some more violent then others. You might even say that some of them are extremely disturbed.

The movie is like Forest Gump with super heroes, meaning there is a lot of pop culture references. It takes place in a alternate universe where the only heroes that actually has super powers ,Doctor Manhattan, is the only thing keeping America and the soviet union from nuclear war. They also play a part in united states conflict, the comedian and Doctor Manhattan are asked to blow up the Vietcong by Richard Nixon. These instances of history with super heroes thrown in is one of the many reasons I like this movie.

I cant review the movie without talking about mature theme of the movie. This movie makes the dark knight look like pretty in pink. The blood and gore can get excessive at times, same with sex. But it fits the movie, in a way the comic was way more violent.

I have to mention the music in this movie, its a almost exact collection of music that was referenced to in the graphic novel.

Watchmen may be a little to long for the average viewer, but it was made with comic book fans in mind. It is a amazing adaptation of a even better comic (they might of changed the ending but I can understand why).

I give watchmen 5 dancing nite owls out of 5

My top 5 movies of 2009

2010 is almost upon us, so im going to give my top 5 movies of the year. I tried to see as many of the movies that came out this year. So if one of the movies you liked isn't on here then it doesn't mean I hated it, it just means that i probably haven't seen it.

5.Drag me to hell
Sam raimi's return to horror was a mix of horror and humor. I liked the gross out effects and the camera angles for some old school horror.

4.Star Trek
I was never really a fan of the star trek TV show, but this movie seemed to make it more accessible to a wider audience. And I don't have a problem with that if it still makes a great fun movie. (unlike another movie that we wont mention)

3.District 9
Wow. Thats all District 9 left me saying after the firsttime I saw it. The effects were amazing, that cast of unkowns was great and the story was intreaging it had alot of social commentary throughout the film, which was the icing on the cake.

2.Inglorious Basterds
I've always been a huge terintino fan (his commentary on Reservoir dogs made me want to be a film maker). The scenes in Inglorios basterds can go from very funny to very tense. As with all of tarintinos movies the movie is full of Black humor. The Dialogue is witty, the action is brutal and I loved every second of it.

I'm not going to reveal number one until new years eve. It will be revealed in review of the movie.

News: Under the Dome

It seems Stephen King wrote a new book called "under the dome" about a town with a giant dome all around it. You say this plot sounds familiar? The Simpson's movie had a very similar plot. Thou according to King hes had this story for a very long time. His latest books have been very rocky with me, I really liked his short story collection called Just after sunset but never really got into Lisey's Story.

Im hoping to read the book over the holidays and post what I think about it. Being a long time fan of king, I feel obligated to read his "final book" as he said it. Some people say that king has lost his touch, I somewhat agree but im hoping he goes out with a bang with Under The Dome.



P.S.

I plan on seeing The Road and writing a review

Animals by Pink Floyd

Since i haven't written a blog all week I decided to talk about one of my favorite albums of all time. This is a very underrated album along with The Final cut and Meddle. These three albums are out shined by there 3 best selling albums Dark side of the moon, the wall and wish you were here.

Animals is a concept album that focuses on the world of capitalism in America. According to pink floyd there are three types of people. Pigs are people with the power and abuse that power, they are generally at the top of the business ladder. Dogs who are business men who do anything to get ahead of the pack, including betraying there own friends. Sheep who follow anyone who are in control, they are the blue collar workers.

There are only 5 songs, but some of them have the length of 3 or 4 normal songs. "pigs on the wing part 1 and 2" are the intro and outro songs. Both of the songs are acoustic and short compared to the middle 3 songs. "Dogs" is my favorite song in the album and it is the easiest to listen to. David Gilmour has a amazing guitar solo half way through the song. "Pigs (three Different ones)" is the second best song on the album. "sheep" is my least favorite song on the album because for me it takes too long to get into.

Also a little tidbit: without Animals roger waters would have never thought up the concept of The Wall.

Paranormal Activity

Paranormal activity the newest installment in the horror movies that have a "real" feeling to it. Movies like "Blair witch project" "[REC] or Quarantine" and "Cannibal Holocaust" (a small note on CH the movie actually contains real animal killings on camera, but ill talk about that movie later). Paranormal Activity is about a couple having some problems, paranormal problems as the movie's title states. They buy a camera and try to catch some of the activity on camera.

This movie felt like a really long episode of "Ghost Hunters" ,except something paranormal happens. Where as in Ghost hunters nothing happens most of the show, but i doubt the filmmaker that made this movie wanted to make a ghost documentary. The camera in the movie almost becomes a third character, where ever the people go they take it with them.

Some of the effects in this movie are very fun to watch, like the spirit leaving foot prints after the guy puts powder all over the hallway. I will admit the girl gets really annoying near the end of the movie with all the screaming , i think the screaming supposed to scare me but it just comes off as annoying.

I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes to stay up late and watch those history channel documentary's on haunted places.

or any real ghosts who wanna see a good movie

3 shaky cameras out of 5