How long can you make one explosion last? Well Micheal Bay can apparently make one last a little less than 3 hours. It is indeed an impressive feat that a studio will allow any director to create a summer blockbuster longer than 2 hours, but i guess Micheal was just too attached to all of them to let any go. It seems that Optimus Prime spends more time in the sand than Tom Hanks does in Saving Private Ryan, but there doesn't seem to be any need for a lot of it.
Many of the sequences in the movie really don't need to be there and would benefit greatly from a little more work from the editor.
While I joke that Bay does use a lot of special effects he has clearly mastered the skill. All of the fight sequences and chase sequences in the movie are well done and awesome to look at. But there are only so many different things you can do with these impressive skills.
As long as you go into the theater and go in there expecting a lot of visual excitement and a few cheap laughs than you'll be able to enjoy the movie. And its not just the explosions that are visually exciting. Bay knows what he has with Megan Fox and takes the camera away from the dialogue so the audience can see Fox taking off her clothes. Clearly the right priorities, none of the men in the audience will complain as they will also be privy to a lot of slow motion running for Fox.
The plot of the movie for anyone who is interested (which you shouldn't be) is basically that some of the cube from the last movie survived and in order to revive their old leader they are going to need it. They then need to find more of the power which is again hidden somewhere on earth and once again Shia LeBouf is the key to finding the energy source.
It's an enjoyable movie and perfect for the summer movie audience just make sure you have some time on your hand.
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Up/The Hangover
So me and the boys did a double movie showing and saw 2 movies this afternoon. We'll start with the first one.
Up
This is a great family film. Pixar does it again and proves how this studio can get away with making one movie a year. A very touching story featuring a widower and a young boy and moving on. Its very easy to tear up at many of the emotional moments in the movie. The movie moves well and there is hardly a wasted frame. The first 10 minutes, which lays out the emotional back story, is sure to pull you in as a viewer. Ed Asner does a fantastic job voicing the lead to this movie, Carl Fredricksen. It is sure to rake up big numbers in the box office and we will no doubt be hearing from this movie later as it is sure to be yet another movie nominated for best animated picture.
The Hangover
Quite a different movie than "Up" this movie was curtailed to my age demographic and hit the nail on the head. There is little doubt as to why this movie destroyed Land of the Lost in the box office. The ensamble cast of Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis pulls the movie together. Galifianakis ttakes away many of the laughs with his slapstick style and one liners. Cooper maintains his type-cast role as kind of a d-bag; yet this is one of the first roles where he is able to play a protagonist and its nice to be able to root for him. Ed Helms does a fantastic job being neurotic. Each actor feeds off each other, and make the movie work. Any frat boy can relate to this movie as they try to piece together the night and figure out why they are joined by a tiger, a chicken, and a baby and are down a groom. The jokes in the movie keep coming which is a tribute to the writing. The laughs come to the very end as a picture slideshow caps off the movie. For a some good belly laughs you will want to check out this surprise success
Up
This is a great family film. Pixar does it again and proves how this studio can get away with making one movie a year. A very touching story featuring a widower and a young boy and moving on. Its very easy to tear up at many of the emotional moments in the movie. The movie moves well and there is hardly a wasted frame. The first 10 minutes, which lays out the emotional back story, is sure to pull you in as a viewer. Ed Asner does a fantastic job voicing the lead to this movie, Carl Fredricksen. It is sure to rake up big numbers in the box office and we will no doubt be hearing from this movie later as it is sure to be yet another movie nominated for best animated picture.
The Hangover
Quite a different movie than "Up" this movie was curtailed to my age demographic and hit the nail on the head. There is little doubt as to why this movie destroyed Land of the Lost in the box office. The ensamble cast of Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis pulls the movie together. Galifianakis ttakes away many of the laughs with his slapstick style and one liners. Cooper maintains his type-cast role as kind of a d-bag; yet this is one of the first roles where he is able to play a protagonist and its nice to be able to root for him. Ed Helms does a fantastic job being neurotic. Each actor feeds off each other, and make the movie work. Any frat boy can relate to this movie as they try to piece together the night and figure out why they are joined by a tiger, a chicken, and a baby and are down a groom. The jokes in the movie keep coming which is a tribute to the writing. The laughs come to the very end as a picture slideshow caps off the movie. For a some good belly laughs you will want to check out this surprise success
Monday, June 1, 2009
Dave Matthews Band: Live from Beacon Theater/Conan's First Night.
The new Dave Matthews Band Album is coming out within minutes of this post. So to commemorate the occasion the band decided to put on a very intimate show at a small venue Holding about 2000 seats. For those who could not get in the people at FUSE and HULU decided to put the concert on for free. So that people like yours truly would get to watch the event.
The concert was a great success. The group is one of the best live performers out there currently I have been so lucky as to see them 6 times live and will be going for my 7th show this summer, but lets focus on this show.
The crowd was obviously into it the entire time and you could tell the band was feeding off that especially Carter Beauford on the drums. Dave was into it as well. He even got into a little dancing spree which he later revealed to the crowd that he threw his back out while doing. His interactions with the fans were great. Always making them laugh
But possibly the best moment took place while talking about the late LeRoi Moore. As he alluded to many times during the show this album was for him. The first track off the album is dedicated to him and Dave announced that the song "Why I am" is for LeRoi. Several chants of his name went off through out the whole show.
He led off with 'Funny the Way It is" which got the crowd into it and and then went onto 5 straight songs off the new album. The band was very excited about the new album. Infact Dave Matthews was quoted as saying if people will only listen to one of his albums he hopes its this one. I especially enjoyed Time Bomb and Alligator Pie.
They are much better live then they are on album so whether the album will be as good is yet to be seen.
All the fan favorites were well recieved including The Dreaming Tree, Everyday and Too Much. He wrapped up the first set with Two Step.
I would've loved to watch the encore but I felt compelled to watch Conan's first broadcast.
He opened up with a great montage of him running across the country from New York to Las Angeles.
His opening monalouge had him appear very greatful and included jokes about his new life in LA. And an exceptional joke about going to the Lakers. I'm excited to see what Conan can do with this time slot.
Thanks for reading. Stay Safe Out There
The concert was a great success. The group is one of the best live performers out there currently I have been so lucky as to see them 6 times live and will be going for my 7th show this summer, but lets focus on this show.
The crowd was obviously into it the entire time and you could tell the band was feeding off that especially Carter Beauford on the drums. Dave was into it as well. He even got into a little dancing spree which he later revealed to the crowd that he threw his back out while doing. His interactions with the fans were great. Always making them laugh
But possibly the best moment took place while talking about the late LeRoi Moore. As he alluded to many times during the show this album was for him. The first track off the album is dedicated to him and Dave announced that the song "Why I am" is for LeRoi. Several chants of his name went off through out the whole show.
He led off with 'Funny the Way It is" which got the crowd into it and and then went onto 5 straight songs off the new album. The band was very excited about the new album. Infact Dave Matthews was quoted as saying if people will only listen to one of his albums he hopes its this one. I especially enjoyed Time Bomb and Alligator Pie.
They are much better live then they are on album so whether the album will be as good is yet to be seen.
All the fan favorites were well recieved including The Dreaming Tree, Everyday and Too Much. He wrapped up the first set with Two Step.
I would've loved to watch the encore but I felt compelled to watch Conan's first broadcast.
He opened up with a great montage of him running across the country from New York to Las Angeles.
His opening monalouge had him appear very greatful and included jokes about his new life in LA. And an exceptional joke about going to the Lakers. I'm excited to see what Conan can do with this time slot.
Thanks for reading. Stay Safe Out There
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