Wednesday, July 2, 2008

63 Things We Learned from Wanted.

1. Cops will not continue to pursue the bright red viper missing two tires creating sparks along the road...for it has passed them...therefore it is invisible.

2. A "kitty litter" truck can keep up with a viper.."cuz vipers are slow"

3. A viper can get enough speed on 3 tires to be able to flip a 4 ton bus.

4. If someone hits your ankles with a car causing you to fall into the passenger seat, you will suffer no ill affects.

5. Jumping face first through glass won't cut you, or hurt you, in fact it makes for pretty face decoration. I say put glue all over your face and jump through a window, it will make for a pretty reflective mask.

6. Jumping 300 yards into a window is so effortless that you can get up, dust yourself off, run up 3-5 floors, and kill someone in 3.5 seconds

7. As long as you can speed your heart up to 400 bph, jumping between sky scrapers is no problem.

8. Regardless of "initial curvature", the flight path of the bullet will not change as it goes through objects (like 8 skulls).

9. Human bones has no effect on the trajectory of bullets apparently.

10. If you have the ability to curve a bullet around a round room, you probably also possess the ability to make the bullet adjust for height so that it can hit everyone exactly in the temple. So Common and Angie Jolie are the same height then?

11. it's normal for no one to move one bit when clearly everyone on the other side of the room is getting shot through the head with the same bullet, and it's pretty obvious it will eventually hit you

12. If you step on an X you can not move, even if you have enough time to verbally respond, you just can not move.

13. If you're standing in a circle with fellow assasins and you see them die one by one, you can't move no matter what (perhaps there are X's on the floor)

14. Curving a bullet around a room will still give you time to smile and throw a gun to someone else.

15. It is possible to shoot bullets and be accurate from miles away and go through soda cans and donuts, car windows and probably anything else. And it does not matter that you cannot see through the soda can to your target.

16. It doesn't matter how far the person you want to kill is -- you can do it from your apartment. The bullet will somehow reach its target, through building and cans and donuts and cars.

17. Even though you can kill anyone anywhere sitting in a chair while talking on the phone in the safety of your apartment, its better to just go out and do it the dangerous way.

18. The older the gun the further it can shoot.

19. even if you are on the brink of death with every bone in your body broken and all your skin cut up, you'll be as good as new in a few hours after lying in a bathtub full of wax.

20. Apparently its not creepy at all to watch your son for years from across the street while never communicating with him.

21. If your bank account goes from almost nothing to more than $3.8 million overnight, no one who monitors accounts will think it's suspicious.

22. Not knowing who you are is good reason to be an assassin.

23. If your real father leaves your ancient guns, don't bother bringing them because they will do you no good.

24. You can live with your self after killing your father, as long you kill every *beep* person involved.

25. the best way to save ur son who u love and care about is to move into a flat facing his and do nothing... at all

26. The best way to tell your son he's hanging around with a bad crowd is to shoot a lot of bullets at him.

27. Assassins that are assigned targets from a magical loom still manage to make millions of dollars.

28. The easiest way to kill someone is by standing on the top of a moving train.

29. James Mcavoy can run across a bridge full of cars as fast as a train goes under it.

30. Hitting your head on a concrete barrier on top of a moving train will only give you a headache

31. Being beat up, called a pussy, running along trains, and getting put in wax baths everyday is a better life than working in an office with a fat boss.

32. The above routine for six weeks will make you not only an expert assassin but an amazing stunt driver.

33. When you search Google for 'Wesley Gibson' and get no matches, don't question it, just become an assassin and kill your father.

34. Trying and failing to catch a shuttle moving through a loom at high speeds, may hurt a little, but will not break your hand...no matter how many times you do it.

35. No matter how many times you shoot a gun toward the end of a movie, you will never have to reload.

36. Even if you're in wanted in all the newspapers, no one will turn you in.

37. Rats can totally fill up an entire building within 30 seconds of being released.

38. Guys who ride in limousines are totally ambivalent to people shooting at them and don't show any concern at all especially when they have bullet proof glass.

39. If you are fast enough with your hands you can deflect bullets with knives.

40. you can shoot a knife out of a gun.

41. You can be a lethally powerful hitwoman even if you have arms as thin as spaghetti.

42. the fraternity has somehow completely ignored the possibility of assassinating Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc...

43. Thread can tell the future.

44. Rats are the ULTIMATE weapon of destruction!!!!!!!!

45. High blood pressure gives you super powers, not massive coronaries...

46. Some bullets are 'traceable' and can give you a persons name, and others are not, but you don't need a reason for either way.

47. Modern pistols are great for close-combat, but when you need to hit a target dead-center in the forehead from a mile away through several objects, a circa-1776 Musket is the only option.

48. A thousand years ago, everyone looked at their thread through a microscope.

49. If you run really fast then you can jump long distances across buildings. (Wait, we learned that in the matrix)

50. Old Black dudes make for cool teachers (wait, we learned that in the matrix)

51. Getting your ass kicked doesn't mean much, cuz when you wake up, you'll pretty much be fine (Wait, we learned that in the matrix too)

52. When you slow things down in your mind, you can react faster (uummm)

53. When your life is about to take a dramatic change, a beautiful woman will appear over your shoulder out of no where (Wait, didnt trinity do that in the matrix?

54. When tasked with killing the man who killed your father, he will turn out to be your father. (MATRI- no wait, that one goes to star wars)

55. Making a bullet in 4 pieces makes it fly farther without any extra propellant

56. If you shoot the wings off of flies, they will in no way be affected by the force of a bullet flying by they will drop to the floor and easily be found.

57. If you are an assasin and someone is hired to kill you, they will always shoot the Indian lady next to you, even though they could shoot you first, that would be rude.

58. If someone wants to deliver a message to you, they must shoot you in the arm with traceable bullet. A phone call is out of the question.

59. If you're shot while your blood pressure is 400bpm don't worry, your blood won't spray out of even the most minor injuries, and you won't have to worry about bleeding out in seconds.

60. A building full of the worlds best assasins cant kill their most inexperienced member

61. If a train breaks in half and half of it falls hundreds of feet below, there will be no bodies floating in the water below.

62. The most effective way to board a moving train is to drive a car straight into it.

63. You can kill one and save a thousand, even by crashing a passenger train.












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Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Wanted

What the movie is about.
The basic plot of the movie is the same as The Matrix one. I'm kidding of course...Wanted is based on a graphic novel by Mark Millar and the outline is something like this. Alright, Wesley Gibson (James McAvoy) is a normal office working guy who gets bullied by his boss almost daily. His life has been in a mundane repeat everyday and he is basically just your everyday loser. One day, he is approached by Fox (Angelina Jolie) and introduced to a gang of freedom fighters who call themselves the "Fraternity" and they basically get him to join them by telling him that his father was killed and wanting him to get revenge. From there, they train him and get him into shape to become an assassin. All of them can do spectacular Matrix-like moves such as bending bullets and driving cars like small aeroplanes. They supposedly have higher heart rates which makes them have higher adrenaline and thus, become faster, sharper and basically stronger. Without spoiling the story for those who haven't watched it, the plot twists and turns abit as Wesley digs deeper. That's the movie in a nutshell.

Who is in the movie.
Upcoming Brit James McAvoy is the main star of the show, playing Wesley Gibson. His character starts of as a wimpy loser but slowly grows to become a wimpy assassin with some cool moves. He is probably the only saving grace in the movie as he plays his part well. He provides comic relief periodically and the plot revolves around him.

Supporting cast include Angelina Jolie, who plays Fox. The woman is sultry and good to look at but dear god she can't act to save her life. Her face is that same sultry faraway look throughout the movie and that's basically her whole role. Morgan Freeman does alright as Sloan, nothing groundbreaking but an average performance by the movie veteran.

Why I disliked the movie.
First and foremost, I DID NOT watch the trailer to this so I did not have a preconceptions about the show. Based on reports by friends, it looked "awesome" and "cool" with bullet bending and stuff. With these rave reports, I went in hoping to watch a gripping action movie. Being based on a graphic novel, I expected some ridiculous moves but hohoho, as you will find out, Wanted takes this ridiculousness to a whole different level.

Does it turn out to be an action movie? Yes, I won't deny that it's action packed throughout. It's exciting at times and there are some spectacular scenes. If you can stop laughing to actually concentrate that is. "Superhero" movies such as Ironman, Batman, the Matrix and the works usually take us to a different world, with the actors doing things that normal people wouldn't be able to do. However, we don't find it ridiculous. Why? Because they have a good explanation for it. In Ironman, a rich guy build a MACHINE to do his bidding with him inside, this enables him to fly and shoot fireballs and stuff. In Batman, a rich guy builds a suit and some really cool toys to help him fight crime. However, movies like Spiderman give us a different explanation, he was infected and thats why he has powers. The Matrix tells us that it's in a different world, a computer one which enables them to have super powers.

What is Wanted's get out clause? NOTHING. It is based in the normal world, normal people, normal circumstances. The only thing these superhumans have is higher Adrenaline. Now, they make it sound special with hearts that beat 400 times faster than normal. Now.... What the fuck does this have to do with some guy jumping from building to building, while in mid-air, killing 4 people including one person who is hidden behind a wall? How in the world does a faster heart help you aim so you defy gravity and bend a bullet around targets. How does higher adrenaline help you flip a car with a punctured tire, 90' and land perfectly on the side of a bus, over a police barricade? You are almost surprised they can't dodge bullets. WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE! THEY DON'T NEED TO! They can just block bullets, WITH BULLETS!

The whole movie is like that, ridiculous moves that have little or no explanation and look cool. The whole movie is carried by the CGI and the plot if paper-thin. Based on comments by people who have read the graphic novel, the movie just pisses on the plot. The original plot supposedly has an intriguing storyline that's interesting, I can assure you that that's not the case in the movie.

If you want to watch Wanted, by all means go ahead. It's exciting at times and a summer popcorn flick. I didn't expect it to be deep, but I sure didn't expect it to be this shallow either. There's alot of eye-candy. Graphics, Angelina Jolie holding guns, nice cars, spectacular stunts. If you really want to enjoy it though, I strongly suggest that you leave your brain at the door.

4.5/10



Wanted







Other Ratings:

Fight Club: 9.5/10
Kung Fu Panda: 7.5/10

Monday, June 30, 2008

Laughter, the best Medicine

Just decided to change templates for a change. Heh. Also new updates include that you can now subscribe to this blog. Also, I've put in an ESPNsoccernet news ticker in the sidebar for football fans.

Just wanted to update the page. Since I've nothing much else to say, I'll leave all of you with some funny pics. As they say, Laughter is the best Medicine (well thats what Reader's Digest says anyway.) Enjoy. This week, if all goes well we'll have our Chick of the Week, Keira Knightly, and Sexy Footballers of the week. Also, the review of Wanted should be up. Hang tight, relax to some Jazz and hope all will go well.








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