rambo & whatever

My brother and I just watched Rambo the other day. What a fantastic movie. It's boring as hell during the first half with dialogue that is repeated over and over again with no meaning, but goddamn, when the action picks up during the second half, the movie just redeems itself. The violence is just so spectacular. Beheadings, limbs flying, torsos being ripped in half, heads being blown off, a throat being ripped out......it's just beautiful violence.

Watch it if you love action movies. The movie will not disappoint.

As for gaming, I'm still working on my reviews for my friend for her website. I'm still pushing through F.E.A.R Files and Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles. I think I've had it with the Resident Evil game and am going to return it tomorrow. I love the RE series, but that game is just pure garbage. The idea was handled with care since most of the RE light gun games were crap, but the Wii remote as a light gun is just awful. There is slight lag and you can't be precise at all. This is no Time Crisis. Hopefully I'll get No More Heroes or Burnout Paradise even if the status at Gamefly is "low".

I recently just purchased PixelJunk Monsters which is a bit unique. Most people have said that the game is quite like Desktop Tower Defense which I've never heard of, but I do know the idea. I haven't played it much, but it seems like a solid title.

As for purchases, I recently pre-ordered a bunch of PSP games. Patapon, God of War: Chains of Olympus, and FFVII: Crisis Core. Pretty sweet lineup of games for the PSP. Hopefully, I'll finish Metal Gear Acid 2 and Silent Hill Origins before the first of those games come out.

the orphanage

I recently just watched The Orphanage which was brought over by Del Toro (just like Tarantino with Iron Monkey). Wow. What a great film. It reminded me a bit of Poltergist and a bit of Japanese horror films. I even jumped a couple of times. I was even shocked during the ending (hell, my hand was over my mouth......I was that shocked).

What I love about Japanese horror films (and what this film does also) is the tension and suspense it creates throughout the film without resorting to jump scenes every five minutes, erratic camera movement, or loud noises after a period of silence. Every second of this movie has a point to make and it arrives to a beautifully captured climax.

Sidenote: There was this part in the movie that made one woman in the audience scream and everybody laughed in the theatre. It was hilarious.

I highly recommend seeing this film. I watched this over Cloverfield due to me being a big fat ass pussy going to Stratford. I know how to get there, but I'm always scared of being lost. I'll probably go later this week with Daniel if he hasn't watched it yet.

Daniel's coming back on Tuesday. It has been a long time in paradise for him. One month and a week of pleasure beyond his wildest dreams. I wonder if he got laid.

guitar is failing

I was trying to get Expert Guitar/Bass on I'm a Paranoid (Garbage) when my guitar started freaking out. I couldn't strum correctly as it seems like it was strumming indefinitely. Goddammit. Now, I ordered a replacement which is free provided you ship the other one back.

Dammit. All because I want those achievement points.

Nothing else to report. I'm thinking of doing another episode of The Drunken Gamer today because I finally figured out what was the problem. It was the updated version of ffdshow. It didn't like Windows Movie Maker. I had to use another XVID codec. This is the reason why there wasn't a show last week or the week before.

so yeah I think I like group gaming

Yesterday was Rock Band. Today was Buzz. I was actually thinking of purchasing this game when I heard about it on 1up, but never got to until Melanie said it was a blast. I said to myself, "Why the hell not. It's better than buying two Blu-Ray movies no one else is going to watch." And boy, that was the right decision. My mom, Ate Irene, and I had such a blast playing this trivia game where you have buzzers to answer questions. It's simple, cheap, and best of all: fun.

It's only $40. If you have a group of friends or a big family, be sure to get this. It's loads of fun. Just don't exhaust yousrself of the game. Only bring it out when there are a huge group of people like during a party or during the holidays.

quick update

Well, nothing has been happening much. I just finished Crysis for the PC. It's quite an impressive game. The only disappointing part is how generic it became towards the end. All of the open-endedness just disappeared. Of course, the first 3/4 of the game is so satisfying that it's a minor point in the course of my playtime with the game.

I finally got Sunshine on Blu-Ray. Goddamn, I fucking love that movie. It looks absolutely gorgeous, the story is top-notch (until the stupid horror aspect towards the end), and I just can't stop watching it. This is a Blu-Ray profile 1.1 disc, and it works like it should. HD-DVD has had picture-in-picture for a while, so it's nice for Blu-Ray to catch up.

I was about to buy Paprika and Robocop on Blu-Ray because Amazon.com has this insane Blu-Ray sale, but then I backed down because I think it would be a waste of money. And it is. Maybe when I pay off my tuition, it would be possible, but not at this time.

I can't believe I spent five hours at Jorge's place just playing Rock Band. That game is just amazing and proof that why group gaming is what sells. I can't believe Rock Band sold what it sold. I don't know the numbers on the top of my head, but it was quite impressive for a $170 product.

sunshine music

Now I'm pissed. I was watching The Amazing Race and all of a sudden I hear Sunshine music. I was like, "WHAT THE FUCK?" It was in the background during a Cloverfield TV spot.

IF THEY CAN PUT THAT IN A FUCKING TV SPOT, THEY SHOULD PUT IT ON A FUCKING CD AND SELL IT. PEOPLE WANT IT. GIVE IT TO THEM.

might as well keep you updated

I forgot to talk about Balls of Fury. It was a good movie. But it should be hilarious. The problem with this movie is that you don't know what kind of movie it is until halfway through. I would say that if you like Mel Brooks' films, then you'll definitely enjoy this movie. Other movies are Airplane, Spaceballs, and so on. From the trailer, you won't get that vibe. Another thing that I didn't like is how fast forward the film is. In the span of five to ten minutes, we see the training montage/Susie Q falls in love with him. Yep. Ten minutes or so. Yeah, I know. We have the three days in House of Flying Daggers, but goddamn, ten minutes, it's laughable. The only part in the film where I actually laughed out loud was in relation to the panda.

By the way, what the fuck happened to Jason Scott Lee?

I also watched Atonement. I didn't like this film at all. It's one of those movies were everything is recreated from the memories of one person like Titanic. The woman who is recollecting even says that she wasn't there to see what happened. Shit I say. Then she puts this entire facade that "I wanted to give them closure." Yeah, biography my ass. But goddamn is Keira Knightly fucking hot gorgeous.

Seriously, lately I'm finding women with normal shaped bodies very attractive. I mean, I used to be a big boob guy, but now, I don't like that. I like looking at women with a great body with breats that compliment it. Keira is thin (a bit of meat wouldn't hurt though) so big breasts is out of the question.

Melanie got me hooked on Paramore. Daniel commented on an avatar, "You know that is Paramore. You think she's cute?" Fuck yeah, she is cute as hell. To be honest, I find the singer of Paramore very attractive. She has a great voice (maybe I'm just horny, I don't know) and she has just, I don't know, a very cute *goddammit I wish I had a bigger vocabulary* look to her. Almost innocent. I'm not saying I like little girls that look like angels, but goddamn is looking innocent a huge turn on. It could be a reason why Jerry was confounded when he was going out with the nicest person in the world because there had to be something wrong. And he was right, the woman was a sex fanatic.

Eh, makes me more depressed that I haven't got into the whole relationship deal. But I shouldn't. Video games are my love, lol.