COMIC REVIEW: HOUSE OF M AVENGERS
review by Phillip Seahorn
written by Christopher N. Gage (now who the hell is this REALLY)
art by Mike Perkins
colorist Laura Martin
letterer VC's Russ Wooten
Talk about old school in the new groove.
This is a series that is very unique in a major way: Luke Cage, as his "Hero for Hire "persona almost 40 years ago, plus him leading a very strange but familiar Avengers.
Now, I think, to enjoy this comic fully, one has to be my age, when I was collecting the original "Luke Cage" back in the 70's.
To see this version now, and the way that it is presented is indeed a new twist.
This is a very serious comic, with a lot of social message.
But, if this first issue is any indication, this should get very weird very quick.
I like this new "Avengers" title, and it should really really be picked up.
Art is also good.
I think this will be a very interesting run.
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MOVIE REVIEW: BEOUWULF
art and review by Phillip Seahorn
This movie is the deathknell of movies as we know them today.
They have been trying for ten years now to create what's called "photo realistic imagery" that
will make movies produced in CGI look realistic...that you could not tell the difference.
If you saw "Superman", a lot of what you THINK was Brandon Routh was in actuality a CGI.
Many people in Hollywood did not appreciate "Sin City" or "300".
With this new technology, set designers,production people,lighting,location scouts, and countless other jobs in filmaking will simply cease to exist.
It can all be done with computers.
"Beowulf" is the first of these movies.
It is a truly amazing testament to CGI in Hollywood.
It is a brethtakingly beautiful movie, which is what struck me about it.Now,Kevin Pierra of "Attack of the Show" refered to this movie as a cartoon.
The point in that is that it was not meant to be a cartoon, but a actual movie.The realism in this movie belies that type of comment about these types of film.
This film is unique in that it uses a combination of "Rotoscoping"(developed by Disney, in which they film the actors, then draw over the film) and CGI.
By combining these two forms of filmaking, you get "Beowulf".
The actors in the movie really ACTED, and this was a tremendous step in making this movie "lifelike".
With these elements, this movie, as stated in the beginning of this post, is starting the trend toward making more and more movies like this in the future.
Hollywood is faced with serious financial situations.The writer's strike is just one of these, as well as licensing rights and distribution fights.
To make a realistic movie with half the budget is always the beginning of a downsizing situation that will simply put a LOT of people out of work, and thus saving the production companies bottm line.
That is why writers are fighting for more money now, before everything is pretty much locked in.
I love movies and the history of movies.
I deeply regret that my love for computers will pull me towards wanting more CGI movies.
Why not?You can do ANYTHING now with movies.
But many people will loose their jobs in Hollywood once they start mass producing these films.
Why do you think so many Hollywood actors are doing voice work now?They see the writing, or the computer, on the wall.
Go see "Beowulf".It is a amazing experience, but the 3D aspect is rather cheesy, and cheapens the movie.Go see the regular showing, as they are offering both.
THE SEAHORN MOVIEMETER:"A+"
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MOVIE REVIEW: "AMERICAN GANGSTER"
art and review by Phillip Seahorn
I can't believe this piece of shit got "B+" ratings.
Maybe because it is the admiration of Denzel Washington as an actor that many reviewers gave him a "gentleman's c" type of thing, BUT REALLY, THIS WAS A PIECE OF SHIT.
First off, this movie was advertised as being some sort of gangster movie the likes of "Scarface" and "The Godfather".
Now, somebody has already put in a suit against Hollywood for false advertising in their trailers, but the advertising for this movie was just downright criminal.
THE TRAILERS PORTRAYED A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MOVIE!!!!!
Not only was this, in reality, a RUSSEL CROWE MOVIE, but it was one of the most boring gangster movies I have ever seen!
Denzel already gave us this gangster in "Training Day".It was an incredible acting experience, and Mr. Washington deserved the Oscar for this.
But in this movie, you can almost see, not only disgust, but sheer "phoning it in."Mr. Washington was obviously doing this for the money, and he knew it was a piece of shit.You could see it in his acting.
Now, tack on Russell"how the FUCK did he win a Oscar"Crowe in the mix, and the movie was just plain awful.
Many, many people were led to believe that this was a" DENZEL WASHINGTON MOVIE "(which people would come out to see in throngs), and not a Crowe movie, which his last few movies tanked!
Mr. "One Hit Wonder" ( and I'm STILL trying to figure out who the fuck they bribed to give "Gladiator" an Oscar) was a joke, he played a character that was a joke ( who the fuck would give back a million dollars in cash,unmarked bills), and his acting was just awful!!
Add in the stereotypical "country bumpkin black folks from the south who suddenly become seasoned gangsters", and you get a movie that I really should have demanded my money back.
There is even Oscar talk on this piece of shit!
Tell you what,folks, go see "Beowulf".
Why?
Because this movie is the beginning of the end for shit movies like "Gangsters", in which I will go into further when I review the movie in a later post.
THE SEAHORN MOVIEMETER:is there anything lower than "F"?
