Monday, July 29, 2002 10:31 PM

Why the hell does Guy Pierce look like a monkey in this adaptation of H.G. Wells' The Time Machine? No matter, I still enjoyed it. The picture quality was OK but the sound was great! I really enjoyed the special effects and the concept of how the Time Machine itself traveled through time. It was pretty darn cool. I won't give it away for ya. What made this movie really enjoyable to me is that nobody overacted. They all played their parts and no one tried to show-boat. Very refreshing.

Friday, July 26, 2002 0:52 AM

Just installed Windows XP Professional on my machine. So far, so good. Everything seems to be running faster. The main reason I installed it was because I was getting sick of Counter-Strike locking up on me due to the VIA/Creative conflicts. The problem is, I haven't been able to play CS long enough to see if XP has solved my problems. It has created another one though.

Now when I play CS, the mouse acts all weird. It seems like mouse acceleration is enabled no matter what I do. When I move my mouse slowly in CS, the my view moves very slowly; when I move my mouse quickly, my view moves very quickly. This means that either I aim very slowly when trying to make precise movements, or I make 270 degree turns when flicking my mouse the same distance. ARGH!! Gonna take me a while to get used to this.

Thursday, July 25, 2002 9:59 AM

Wednesday, July 24, 2002 2:55 AM

I am truly embarassed to say that I had never watched Invincible Pole Fighter until tonight. It was awesome! I was expecting the fight sequences to be just okay since this is such an old movie but I was pleasantly surprised. The pole fighting sequences are really awesome! They almost rival Jet Li's pole fighting sequences in the Once Upon a Time in China series as well as The New Legend of Shaolin. Furthermore, the main female character in this movie kicks ass!

Monday, July 22, 2002 4:58 PM

When I was younger, my favorite thing to do on the weekends was to stay at home and watch Black Belt Theater. I think it was on Channel 5 or perhaps it was Channel 11. No matter, I loved it. I never missed it. One time I woke up late and missed the first 15 minutes of what was one of the best kung fu movies I have ever seen! I never got the title of the movie but that was okay because it would show again. NOT! Black Belt Theater was cancelled! Arghh!! Anyway, after all these years, I found out the title of this mystery movie, and what is even better is that I now have it on DVD!

Invincible Shaolin stars ALL of the Five Deadly Venoms (actually, there are six but one was not officially a "venom") and is one of my favorite movies. The training sequences are awesome as well as the martial arts (for back in the day). The movie is about three Northern Shaolin teachers who accidentally kill these three Southern Shaolin teachers. The Southern Shaolin school sends three students to avenge the dead ones and are subsequently killed as well. Then the three best Southern students go through extensive training in order to defeat the Northerners. You really need to buy this movie and relive the days of Black Belt Theater!

Thursday, July 18, 2002 1:35 AM

Just finished watching The Devil's Backbone directed by Guillermo del Toro (Blade 2). What a great movie! I thought it was going to be a horror flick but it was actually a drama/thriller with a great story and nice character development. It just happens to have a few ghosts in it. Definitely worth a viewing. A couple of scenes even made me jump out of my seat.

On another note, I bought myself a karaoke system today. Got a Vocopro DA2200Pro mixer and a Vocopro VHF77 Dual Rechargeable Wireless Microphone set. Can't beat singing N'Sync and Bee Gees songs in nothing but a pair of boxers from the comfort of your own

Tuesday, July 16, 2002 11:42 PM

Amelie is an awesome flick. Totally, utterly, refreshingly, uniquely awesome. The cinematography and color palette are excellent as well as the main actor Audrey Tatou. The story is not what you expect and when you think you know what to expect, you are still wrong.

I missed Amelie during it's theatrical run so I am stoked that the DVD is now available. I was not bored once during this movie even though I had to read subtitles the whole way through due to my poor understanding of French. The picture quality is superb; very clean and detailed transfer. The audio has some suprisingly good bass and surround action given the type of movie this is. This is a movie worth owning.

Wednesday, July 10, 2002 7:00 PM

Ever since I saw the trailer for The Royal Tenenbaums, I have wanted to watch it. I crack up everytime I see the scene where Gene Hackman is running across the street with those two kids following him. Kristen saw it and said that it was alright.

Anyway, I watched it last night and it was OK. It wasn't what I expected and that was what Kristen said after she saw it in the theaters. She did however say she liked it much more the second time around. It is a decent movie and I am sure I will like it more with repeated viewings...sort of like Pulp Fiction; the more you watch it, the more you like it. I still cracked up during that scene; it is just so frickin' funny!

Tuesday, July 9, 2002 3:27 PM

I know, I haven't updated in a while. Sorry, been busy with other stuff and have neglected you fools. Speaking of neglected, Jimmy Neutron-Boy Genius was neglected by the general movie-going audience. I don't understand why; it is a great little flick with kickass animation and sound.

Jimmy Neutron-Boy Genius has a lot of funny moments for kids and adults. It reminds me of Toy Story and Toy Story 2 (which is a perfect movie), except it is not quite as refined as the Pixar flicks. Still, it is definitely worth a rental. In fact, I will be purchasing it because I liked it that much! Give it a chance!