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Ethics (You know what I say, f' 'em)Lets Go Out With A Bang, Shall We...Or At Least A Minor Pop.

One day a teacher of my (I won't say his name because of the teacher-student confidentiality agreement….oh wait, there isn't anything like that…Prof Lehman, and don't get me wrong, I totally love the guy) told a story about his wife and him coming to an agreement about the atrocious act they had committed over the years. You may want to skip this part because it may induce vomiting and many other symptoms of unethical behavior…they have been recording other people's CDs to cassettes, and they had been doing it for a while. But one day their guilt of stealing the music industries living that they decided they had to come to a agreement. A couple of days later, they got all of their CDs into a pile and threw them all in the trash and watching them get crushed by the compacter of the garbage man. Whether this is you or you think their actions are completely ridiculous and not needed at all is not the point (Because, c'mon, let alone someone will post a comment on this blog, its not like I'm going to care what you say anyway….). The point is that people have different views on what is ethical and what isn't; I might be the most unethical and rude person you ever have on these nasty blogs, but I can still sleep at night knowing there is always someone worse.
This movie has been rated R, for Restricted. Does this mean that if I'm 18 going on 19 and love creative, genius, inspiring movies that I should not watch a movie because H.U. says its inappropriate, absolutely not. If a movie is good, or even if it is bad, and it is rated R, its ridiculous to think that someone who is 18-24 wouldn't be able to handle it or would be offended by the content of it. And what of the Christians that say, "Christians shouldn't watch rated R movies because it falls in the way of following Jesus." Well, aren't they just being open minded today, If Jesus were here today, I think he would watch every rated R movie that I have watched during my lifetime, even the horror movies and everything else. The movies with the gay sex, gore and people snorting lines of coke, Jesus would watch all of them, would these movies be part of the theme we would call least of these, because that is exactly what they are portraying. I don't know, this may not make any sense at all, but I don't really care that much anyway.

And like always, I agree with Candide. Jeez, Frik, Gosh, Dang, Darn, Heck, Shoot….
Jesus, Fuck, God, Damn, Damn, Hell, Shit….
(and by the way, I don't say these words, its just an example of how we are so hypocritical of ourselves...or something like that)
these are all just words that are prettied up by us Christians, but hey, its all just the same, that’s how everyone else sees it, when you say Jeez or Gosh, your still using Gods name in vain.

Know What, F*ck these Blogs.

(And guess what, putting stars in the word doesn't make it any better)

Some Movies (Pts. 9 of Many) (Ewan McGregor anyone?)

Velvet Goldmine (It makes me wonder what Priscilla: Queen of the Desert is like)

A story of Brian Slade and Curt Wilde. A story of David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

A very strange movie, not violent, not scary, not bloody, but everything else.
Drugs, Sex (All kinds of sex), Language (It’s a second language to the people on the screen, and disgusting acts (The Big M to a newspaper). This movie is first; about the story of Bowie and Pop during the glam pop phase of Bowies career, and second; about the sexuality of the glam pop era and how Bowie's statement of being gay was a turning point in England's society. It was a movie that was hard to watch, because of all the sexuality that was going on, with guys kissing girls, guys, and everyone else. There wasn't any sexual orientation, marriage didn’t mean anything important, girls and guys, they're both the same. Orgies, sex, and finding out who you actually are by doing stuff you probably shouldn't. The acting is very good in the movie, I wouldn't say it was amazing, but doing sex scenes with another man would be a very hard thing to do, in my perspective. John Rhys Davies, Ewan McGregor, and Christian Bale are the main players in this movies, and that is really all you need for an all-star cast.

Trainspotting (Literally, the worst toilet in Scotland)

Ewan McGregor stars in this '96 movie about heroin addiction. He is just a regular joe that has an addiction to heroin, and this movie documents his binging and purging and what he'll do to get another fix, then finally going cold turkey for good. During the movie all sorts of things happen, he gets off heroin, and gets back on, and robs stores and old people homes. The baby at the heroin house dies because everyone is too high to even realize they should have kept feeding it, and Ewan's character takes a crap in the nastiest toilet every to be seen in the world, I would think. The acting is typical of a independent type film, with no one except McGregor that you would know, but they are all good actors/actresses, showing every kind of emotion that comes with the death and life of drug addiction. A very good movie, one which Requiem for a Dream and many other drug movies got their inspiration from. Shows the horrors of drug use and why you probably shouldn't get into it in the first place.

Art and Church, now that is an interesting subject…but its not like I care that much if the church wants art or not. I'm going to make films and put them out whether supported by the church or condemned by the church, its not like it matters. I guess that’s just too bad for them.
So, if I could find out what that film was called, I would bash it to high heaven, but alas, I don't remember what the name of it was, darn! Well, what else is there to talk about…oh yeah, Terry Tate, I'll tell you what, he is a great actor and a funny man, I'll give him that. George Lucas was in love with his sister, did that really surprise anyone, and that the fact he didn't really think of any of the ideas fro the Star Wars trilogy, he just was surrounded by freaks all the time, rip off! They were both funny and positive things….Oh screw it! What the crap was up with that 20 minutes we watched, maybe my worst movie experience in my short lifetime, and I've seen a lot of awful movies, but they were at least movies, not messed up screeching acid trips like that, I wish I had some pot while I was watching that movie, then maybe it would have made more sense. It was like watching paint dry and listening to someone commenting on how the paint was drying, aaaaggggghhhhh. But, hey, I guess they have their audience, the "Leeper" type of people who explain this movie by saying, "This is my life." This aspect of looking at the film completely confounds me but again, I can see why Leeper likes it, probably because the majority of people out there wouldn't like it and find, at its deepest level, it to be very annoying. But for now, I will stop judging and give mercy to this "film."
"Call me Cathrine." Oh how I love the Superman movies.

Some Movies Pts. 8 of Many (Jason Statham Edition)

Crank

Starring Jason Statham
Directed By (Two Guys Without Any Prior Experience)

What a rush! When the preview says the movie is a non-stop action packed adrenaline rush, they are not kidding. Jason Statham is a assassin who has been poisoned by enemies and allies for letting one of his target go alive. And this poison is no ordinary poison of course. In the movie it is called a "Chinese Cocktail", which means that it has blocked receptors in his adrenal gland, and if his adrenaline stops pumping, he is going to die. So by the plot you know it is going to be an outrageous action movie. It follows Statham's character as he goes about finding who did this to him, and killing them while setting things straight with his girlfriend (Amy Smart) before he dies. While the plot is out there, the action is not, well choreographed gun fight mixed with chase scenes of every kind mixed with tense stand off moments give this movies a unique blend of action. Another thing that I noticed is the strange camera angles that I noticed, that I've never seen in any other movie, so some original creativity going on here. And all the while only costing a measly 12 million dollars, which, by Hollywood's' standards, is not hat much at all (i.e., The Transporter, cost around 27 million dollars to make) To top that all off, instead of bombing like most people think it would, it made 30 million dollars at the box office, almost tripling the money spent, very nice indeed.

Some Thoughts

Don't be extracted by activities that don't agree with you,
Do what you want to do,
Drop everything else that is bothersome and pointless,
Focus on what your soul feeds on.

Chaos

Starring Jason Statham
Directed By Tony Giglio (No background worth mentioning)

This movie pits Jason Statham and Ryan Phillippe against a vengeful Wesley Snipes while using the theme of chaos. Statham is a cop that was kicked off the force for an incident with a hostage situation where he accidentally killed the hostage. Now he is called back on to the force to deal with a bank robbery situation. After lots of plot, which I really don't want to explain right at the moment, Philippe suddenly finds that Statham is behind the whole thing, and he is a very tricky bastard. He gets away, and with 1 million dollars in police money, BAM. Good movie, not great, not crappy, but a good use of my rental money, even though I didn't rent it. If you like Jason Statham, then definitely get this one, because it is a good "twist at the end movie".

Oh Treasure Where Did You Go?

So what to say about the movie they call Treasure Planet. I'll tell you one thing, Michael Spooner is a fantastic artist, and I love that he is also a believer, it makes his work so much more realistic to me. Other than the fact that I'm not a animator and I can't draw worth crap, the exhibit was a bit interesting, more so than I thought it was going to be. To be honest, I just went to get blog points, I didn't really care one bit about Spooner or his artwork. But, oh, what can I say, I'm a live action man, I appreciate animated movies, actually, love em', and I love art, but art for animated movies that completely bombed at the box office, its hard for me to gain any interest for them.

Something Here

Don't be afraid of death,
It is only a part of life,
Live authentically for all your years,
Pursue purity and justice in your soul.

And Back To What I Like To Call Movies

Bond. James Bond. That’s all I'm gonna say about that. And that's all you have to say, because Daniel Craig (and he is not gay, by the way) is by far the best bond I have ever seen (excluding Connery, because he is the classic bond, but Craig definitely gives him a run for his money). That said, bum 8 bucks off of someone you know or spend 8 bucks of your own to see this movie, because it is going to be one of my favorite movies of this year, and my favorite bond movie of all time. Casino Royale, greatest intro sequence and theme song too. Chris Cornell is all you need to know.

Seven Shades of Shit

"If he's done that to me I'd have beat the seven shades of shit out of him!" This quote pretty much explains what Green Street Hooligans is all about. And what is it about… Elijah Wood is a Harvard student that is expelled for possession of drugs that aren't his, and so he leaves and goes off to London where he is introduced to the violent world of football gangs. Great movie, if you don't mind the language, which no one reading this should, and if you do, get out of DMA. In depth story of the life that revolves around the soccer teams in England and how they effects peoples lives. Thank you and good night.

Music videos and Animations

While talking about how amazing and cool the videos that we watch in DMA has gotten to be redundant and a suicide committing bore. But everyone has to get enough blogs to get a good grade, unless Leeper goes soft and gives leniency to those people who are stupid enough to not write enough blogs. Anywho, well, most of the animations sucked, but other than that, good job.

Bash

The video about the 3 kids growing up in different neighborhoods;

What didn't you understand about no talking in the PSA.
You could have made the theme more clear, I had no idea what was going on.
The Puppets, come on.

The video about the Half Life 2 addict;

Yeah, I play Halo, and now I'm going to go kill some people with my assault rifle.
That’s all a bunch of bullcrap, not worse than the Swedish fish though.

Swedish Fish don't care that they are eaten, they are sugary;

Random violence at the end, it’s a PSA people.
Why were the candies talking, were they happy they were going to get eaten.
Save the Swedish fish, I didn't think they were unpopular, oh wait, they aren't.
And I'm sure that if someone saw this, it would turn their life around. yeah.

The Sun loves the Earth, its not the battle of the planets here;

Sadly, there isn't a lot to criticize about this movie.
Except for the crappy jumpy animation.

Life of a Penny, too bad they aren't alive;

Sounds = Bad.
It did remind me of how unpopular pennies are.
Unrendered?

Squirrels in the bird bath of suck;

I'm sure squirrels love bird baths, but you sure milked that scene.
Good thing that the black was bigger than the mean squirrels.
So, don't be a racist and we won't kill you, that makes sense.
Music = corny and uninspiring.

The Invader Zim Noir Airport Animation;

Baby = no sound.
Music needs to be timed with the fat guards entrance.
I'm glad I could see the outline of the background.
Good use of photoshop at the beginning.
And do not, at all costs, take that gunshot out.

Cell Phone thingy;

Are churches actually like that.
Good use of sound effects.
Could've been better with all of the time you spent on it.
I say, always keep your phone on vibrate…in case of emergencies.

Ninjas verses the crappy Disney and cartoon characters;

What the crap?
Anyone could beat the crap out of Captain Planet and Jack Sparrow.
Change the ending text to, some people deserve to die.
Cool jumping scene.

The fat guy that couldn't fit into the doorway;

Props on the sounds.
Bonus footage for a PSA?
What does it mean?
More background noise.
What were those people?

Overall…pretty good.

Pfffirate

My second favorite short out of the ones we saw on Thursday, cute on to the point. It was a great idea, blowup vinyl everything, except for a sharp metal parrot, who is a douchebag. The mice were awesome, just scurrying around and fro some reason going to chew on the nipple of the lady on the front of the ship. The captain runs around on his ship trying to eliminate all dangers to his ship. How did the mice get on the ship in the first place? Did they come with the ship when he blew it up to get off the island? And how did he get a hold of the ship in the first place? These are questions that need to be answered, anyways… The parrot was a jerk, he knows he is sharp, and yet he still wants to land on the ship, why couldn’t he just go a little farther and land on the island? Because now that he has destroyed the ship, he’s really screwed now.

Work in Progress

I liked this one the best out of all the CG films we watched. I can see how Leeper might be creeped out by the “uncanny valley,” but I don’t have a problem with it, he’s just paranoid. I loved both Shrek movies and they didn’t make me feel all strange inside. The CG style didn’t make me have a heart attack or anything, because I know it is very good. The very concept of these two guys making animals…creatures, just experimenting, and then the girl coming in and breathing life into them is incredible. The animation was really breathtaking, it was an insight into another world, where humans (well, what I took to be humans) create, and are magical and supernatural beings, something of gods. Props to ILM for creating such a beautiful short.

Bunny

Like the majority of the CG films we watched, I found myself very confused at the end of this film. So the bunny gets annoyed at his mother moth…right, it keeps shutting it out because it is getting on the nerves of the bunny. At last the moth pulls the last straw and the bunny goes terminator on it; taking out a wooden spoon and smacks that moth right into the food he is making. He is so pissed that he doesn’t care, he stirs the mother right into the bowl and throws it into the oven and then sits back, out of breath. Suddenly a bright light comes out of the oven, and…long story short, the bunny crawls into the oven, literally burning himself alive, not a very good idea. But killing himself takes him toward the light with the moth, and then a bunch of moths. I didn’t understand it until a firend told me that the moth represented death and that it was beckoning the bunny to die and join his wife in heaven.

What makes a movie good?

(I am not responsible for any contradictions in the following text, and don't hate if I go off the subject, because I will)

This has been a question that has plagued me for the past 5 weeks. I am searching for the true meaning of the film and why it exists. Is it here to instruct us on how to live, showing us the meaning of our lives, and giving morals that we should follow. Did movies start out just as mindless pieces of entertainment or a iffy invention that didn't really work out. It was the latter, just so you know, and then it went from invention to entertainment. But of course the silent movies were so innocent compared to the movies that are released in these modern times. So should I go back to the roots and watch the pure movies that were created at the beginning of the movie industry. Of course not, those movies were absolutely horrid compared to the movies of these modern times.

So I find myself in a bind that will be a bit difficult to get out of, how do I sift through the "good" movies and the "bad" movies on the terms of the Leeper, or why should I. I don't because all that is a bunch of bullcrap, if I make a movie that is just pure violence with no meaning at all, I will love it and it will be entertaining, and I have no problem with it. Example, today I watched Reservoir Dogs, which has no moral values, or any other values when I think about it. So is this movie good, or even great, of course it is, I thought it was really good, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. So a movie doesn't have to have values to be a good movie, and movies that have values in them are often much worse than movies without them. This probably doesn’t make any sense, so I'll sum it up in a couple of coherent sentences.

First, a movie doesn't have to have values to be a good movie. Second, nothing is wrong with an entertaining movie, I love to go and see entertaining movies all the time, that have no underlying themes in them. Third, going to the theatre to just relax and fly off into a dream world is the reason most people go to see a movie. Fourth, although not all movies that make money are good movies, all movies that are blockbuster movies; that is, making lots of money at the box office; that is, more than 80 million dollars, are top notch great movies. and Fifth…how to say my fifth point…not really much of a point per say, but…I love movies that are just straight action all the way through, with just enough plot to make it a little bit believable, those movies are great.

Thank You.