Christopher Nolan -All About the Story

“It’s all about the Story”
- Christopher Nolan

Few people understand how important a good story is to a movie. Sometimes, we only notice the sick action sequences, or the insane visual effects that are presented to us on screen, but we forget other important things like direction, acting, and storyline. You can have Oscar-winning actors and actresses in a film, but if the story sucks, you are good as dead. With this said, today we’re gona review the work of an awesome director we’re all familiar with by now, one that has won our acclaim and respect with just a few, but great films.

When we say Christopher Nolan, the only thing that comes to our minds is “The Dark Knight”, and I don’t blame any of you for it, because that film was pure perfection, but it is not the only good film he has made. His earlier films have gone under the radar, but that doesn’t mean they’re not good. For instance, his second film, Memento, is now considered a cult classic. It didn’t do that well at the box office at its time of release, but did you know that the screenplay written by him and his brother Jonathan gained them an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay? This was good enough to get top dogs like Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hillary Swank to work with him in his third film Insomnia.

Every great writer/director tends to have a certain genre that makes them unique in a sense of style. Being the gifted filmmaker he is, Nolan has written and directed all of his films, and produced most of them too. He has developed a flawless craftsmanship in Psychological Thrillers, a genre that can be seen in all his movies.

With few good well directed/written films, he convinced Warner Bros. Pictures to revive the Batman franchise. His work in Batman Begins was bound to change the Comic Book Movies forever. I’m gona take a few moments to talk about how stupidly awesome this movie is. As you all know, Batman movies were so shitty in the past that we thought no one could revive the super hero anymore. Tim Burton is a great director, and you can say his 2 Batman movies were good, but not as we would’ve liked them to be. Then comes along Batman Forever, which was not that bad, but it was still flawed by all the neon shit at the time, and it was exaggerated at some point. And let’s not even mention Batman and Robin. I mean what the f@!*k!! Did you saw that movie? Not only was it a waste of film, it completely buried Batman and left him for dead. We thought that was it the dark knight, until Saint Nolan came and raised him from the grave.

With a more realistic and darker set and story based on the characters created by Bob Kane, Batman Begins meant the dawn of a new era for comic book movies. The origin story that Dave Goyer and Chris Nolan wrote linked the audience into the deeper roots of Bruce Wayne. The use of fear and control are some of the themes that are well used in the story to complement its darker tone. Not to mention the amazing design of the new batmobile, batsuite, and the more realistic Gotham that was created for us (not like in the other movies where it was exaggerated with giant statues and shit).

Nolan did it again with another psychological thriller, The Prestige. Based on a novel of the same name with a screenplay written by him and his brother, it introduces us into the world of magic and illusions. During the whole duration of the movie, it plays with our minds and makes us wonder what’s magic and what’s not. As you reach the end, you realize that the whole movie, the whole thing IS the PRESTIGE.

And now, let’s review what I like to call “The Greatest Comic Book Movie of All Time”. The Dark Knight was not great, it was perfection. This time, Nolan gave us something way more than what we saw in Batman Begins. He gave us love, purpose, hope, corruption, and madness. The story in this movie is flawless, the action is perfect, the direction is above any level, and the acting was Oscar-winning. The Joker that he created for this film is the Joker we all wanted to see, a madman with no reason or purpose to cause the sickest messes around Gotham, ruthless and with no mercy. Heath Ledger gave us a performance that all of us will remember forever. He even topped Nicholson’s joker, and that alone is an accomplishment. The use of IMAX cameras in some action sequences is the beginning of a new approach in direction. I can go on all day long describing how fantastic this movie is, but let’s move on shall we.

Sophisticated, simple, and visionary, Christopher Nolan is just starting to dazzle us with his genius. His next film will be Inception, which will feature a great cast that includes Dicaprio, Marion Cotillard, and Ellen Page. Thankfully, they have not given out much information about it, so I’m looking forward to seeing it, cause hey, Nolan wrote it, so it must be good. It is said the that third Batman movie will began filming next year for a 2011 release, and I know Nolan is not stupid to make another Spiderman 3. I have faith the third film will be as awesome as The Dark Knight, and I am really hoping that Johnny Depp can be casted as the villain, Depp and Nolan together would be magic.

PS: I know Nolan will win an Oscar one day, what do you think?

Michael Jackson is Dead, Get over it.

I hope Jacko Molests You from the Grave!
-Rant-

I was planning on telling MJ(from now on Jacko) fans not to read this, but for their sake they should. I don't know about most of you, and when I say you, I mean people who still have some brains and decency. Didn't people go overboard with this Jacko death thing? I'm sorry about his family, although none actually liked him, we all know he did not keep in contact with them. Nevertheless they aren't stupid and took advantage of the spotlight.

It's ironic that I'm writing about the Jacko deal getting too much coverage, and by doing so I'm covering it myself. At least I'm trying to talk some sense into idiots who paid over 9 thousand dollars for tickets to his funeral. Free tickets I might add; and the body was probably not in the golden casket. Oh and did I mention that his funeral cost over 4million dollars? And that the tax payers in L.A paid the bill because the city volunteered to run with the costs. I think no one told the city mayor that his albums had gone through the roof and his estate was worth a lot more than when Jacko was alive. The family could have easily covered the bill.

His Legacy
I know he was a great performer, I acknowledge it. But did he truly give SO much to the world? Why are millions of people over the world crying over it, making big scenes? They call him the greatest performer that ever lived. Funny thing is he was broke, probably because the same people which love him right now, didn't buy any of his albums while he was alive. I bet if those people were asked before his death, who they thought was the greatest performer he wouldn't have been number 1. Names like Madonna, Spears(before she became a total lunatic) and other names would come before him, hell, even Hannah Montana and the Jonas brothers would top him.

Why Paying tribute to him is stupid
Correct me if I'm wrong. Jacko spent most of his life and money building his Ranch Neverland, so that he could host party with little children. With the excuse of not having a real childhood, so his next best thing were sleepovers with 10 year olds. I am not making this up, he said it in "60 Minutes", that there was no greater feeling than cuddling with kids. I don't know about you, but I find it odd for a 40 year old man to be sharing his bed with children. Specially a guy who went to court because he was accused of molesting a child, yet he pay the family off. I'm just saying, pretty weird.

Either way, I don't know how these people can say with a straight face that he was an incredible man, he was talented, but he was not a great person. Yet those people cry rivers for him, but for some reason do not give a damn for their soldiers who are fighting and dying for their country. I mean come on, on one side we have soldiers willing to defend their people at all costs on a daily basis, and on the other side we have a JUNKIE, that is what he is. A darned drug addict, nothing great or inspirational about it.

CNN
I dislike CNN, I'll be honest about it. They try to sell any kind of crap they can. I don't mind them trying to get a few bucks out of ignorant fools who make the death of a pedophile an incredible thing, but there should be a limit. CNN interviewed anyone who came in contact with Jacko. It was ridiculous, people who had barely known him were having their 15 minutes of fame, saying stuff like "..and he told me "nice dress", then walked backstage". WTF. Is that some information you couldn't live without?

Then, to protect his image, they came up with a story about "MJ had a secret girlfriend". Do they think people are really that stupid? Well some are, but not most of us, please CNN save us some dignity. They kept the girlfriend story for about a week, however no names ever came up and the only witness was a bodyguard. We all know he didn't like girls, that is not a big mystery, not even his kids are his. They are white for God's sake, which comes into mind that he is probably a racist, Jacko could have easily used a black guy, but no, he wanted them white.

People Dancing Thriller all over the World
Do humanity a favor, if you, or someone you know went out with thousands of people(idiots/freaks) to dance Thriller, put yourself/them to sleep. Isn't there anything better in your life than dressing up like a Zombie or a Child Molestor and dancing under the sun, trying to break a world record of "Amount of People Dancing Thriller"? They should change that name to "idiots paying tribute to junkie/child molester."

The End
I better quit talking about him, it's getting on my nerves. There is a list of over 100 deceased men and women who gave the world way more than Jacko did, it's a disrespect to them to have all these idiots wetting their panties over a sick, degenerate pedophile.

I'm sorry if this became a rant, I can't stand it anymore, every time a flip a channel I see something about him. I know I'm not alone on this one, many of you have noticed it too.

To MJ fans, I really don't care if I have offended you in anyway or form. Like I said, I don't mind if you enjoy his music, but don't take it overboard, there are more important things in life to be looking at. Like how Obama is screwing up the U.S. but that is for another day.

Leave a Comment, even if you're a Jacko supporter/lover/victim.

Disney Pimps: A Weekly Series

By Jack Poe

Oii mates. I haven't been writing lately, and that's because, like Ivan18 said, we prefer to search and write good stuff other than writing nonsense. Anyway, I have some pretty good things to write about planned. For instance, my fellow readers, we will take a journey into the underworld of Disney, where more corrupt young stars are appearing with frequency, taking over our youth, and hypnotizing young boys and girls acroos the planet. I, Johnny Jack, take this mission and will infiltrate this whorehouse as I give you a close up on the targets: The Disney Pimps. Make sure to check out this blog every day so you won't miss this series.

Ps: if you like hanna montana and highschool musical, you might get pissed.

(And yes!! that's Hannah Montana freaking pole dancing, but don't worry, we'll get her)

Targets (a.k.a Dinsey Pimps)
Week 1: Hillary Duff
Week 2: Lindsay Lohan
Week 3: Miley Cyrus
Week 4: Vanessa Hudgens

In case you were thinking this will not be about trashing or bashing these young girls because honestly, I dont give a hell what they do with their lives. My point will be how Disney, a supposedly Family company can get away with all these things without ever getting smashed by the media or other groups.

Why Johnny Depp deserves an OSCAR

By Jack Poe

Oii my mates, Johnny Jack here. Now, we all love movies. We all love to go to the theatre, sit down with our popcorn and nachos, and watch 2 hours of excitement and humor. I consider myself a big, no, a HUGE movie fan, but I’m also a serious movie critic. I tend to observe every detail of them, things like direction, the acting, the script, storyline, dialogue, music, editing well, everything. All these things complement each other to make a good movie. There are tons of movies out there that are good, but don’t receive quite enough love from critics. Movies like Transformers 2 are being smashed by critics, and that’s mainly because some critics are more into drama shit than good action movies, but that’s a topic for another day.

Same as movies, there are actors and actresses in the business that have not yet received the recognition they deserve. So today, I’m gona give you an actor that has left us dazzled with every single performance: the great Johnny Depp.

Some of you know him as lonely misunderstood Edward Siccorhands, others might know him as demonic revengeful Sweeny Todd, and most of you know him as unpredictably amazing Captain Jack Sparrow. With every role he takes in the big screen, Johnny Depp has not only brought life to some of movie’s most memorable characters, but has left us a legacy like no other.

Yeah yea, I know what some of you think; you think that most of this is because of director friend Tim Burton. You see, the thing is, Burton might give Depp the roles, but it is Depp who performs them so natural that he becomes the character, bringing him to life so all of us can a enjoy a perfectly acted performance.

Whether it is comedies, dramas, musicals, adventure, fantasy, or horror films, this guy has done it all. Tell me who saw Cry-Baby and didn’t like it? Or who saw Finding Neverland and wasn’t inspired? Who saw Secret Window and didn’t believe he was a psycho? And you have to be honest; all of us went to see all Pirates of the Caribbean films because of Jack Sparrow. His eccentric characters are some we won’t forget, and on top of that, his portrayals of real life figures like director Ed Wood, detective Joe Pistone and 1920s gangster John Dillinger are amazing and have gotten him critical acclaim.

He was won several major awards including a Golden Globe for Sweeny Todd and a Screen Actors Guild award for Jack Sparrow, but the Academy is getting real tough on him despite his good performances. He has been nominated to the Oscar 3 times already: one for Pirates (of course) the other for Finding Neverland, and the last for Sweeny Todd, but he hasn’t won yet! Hmm, now that sucks.

Why is such a great actor being robbed of his well deserved price? Well, like a said, the Academy loves drama. So when Depp was nominated for Jack Sparrow he was up against Jude Law, Ben Kingsley, Bill Murray, and Sean Penn. Penn ended up taking home the Oscar for playing and angry, sad father in Mystic River. Don’t get me wrong, Sean Penn is a real good actor, but his role in Mystic River was of a desolate father, a role that we have seen TONS of times in movies. So, you tell me, who deserved the 2003 best actor Oscar, a crying angry man screaming to the top of his lungs, or an unpredictable eccentric pirate you don’t see every day?

I’m not saying Depp deserves an Oscar for every performance he has given, but he sure is deserving of one for quite some time.

This summer we saw him playing John Dillinger in Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies”, and even drama-loving critics agree that his performance as a gangster was one that no one had seen. I think this guy deserves another shot at the Oscars next year, I hope he gets nominated and wins, unless we have another actor playing a crying father or a handicapped person when Oscar Season starts later this year (those 2 roles always end up taking the awards).

If you haven’t seen the trailer for Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, you should check it out on youtube, you’ll see another character that you’re gonna end up loving next year.

R.I.P Rock N' Roll

By Jack Poe
Oi mates, it’s Johnny Jack again. Today you’re gonna get educated in today’s music, if that’s what you wanna call it, cause I don’t. We all have different music tastes. Some of you like pop, others prefer techno, a few of you like rock, and no one likes reggaeton (yeah right). Well I love music, but my favorite type is rock, and when I say rock I mean all types of rock, cause some people think that being “rockero” is just listening to heavy metal and hard rock. I like mostly every type of rock, but the way that today’s “rock” music is coming out, I’m getting disappointed more and more every year. I gotta point this issue because, as a rock fan, I seriously think rock music is dying because every single band that’s coming out has this emo-wanna-be-poppy-sound. Yeah I said it. Before I dig in deeper into the roots of rock n roll, if you are a fan of today’s music, you might wana stop reading..no? okay, let’s play some music.

Rock n’ roll music goes way back to the 40s and 50s, it came out of styles like blues, country, and jazz. Since its beginnings, it has revolutionized the world in different ways. Bands like Jimmy Hendrix Experience, The Beatles, Elvis Presely, Johnny Cash were the fathers of a movement that would continue to change.

Each decade is different in rock music. You have the 60s with psychedelic (Pink Floyd), you have the 70s with the beginnings of hard rock and punk (Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Sex Pistols, The Clash), the 80s with their glam (Bon Jovi, Poison, Whitesnake) and the 90s with grunge (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden). For the 2000 decade, rock has been murdered slowly every year of it.

You guys have to admit; today’s rock is gayer than Elton John (no offense to gay people or Elton, who is a great artist by the way). All the bands are sounding the same, dressing the same, talking about the same, and even the lead singer’s voices of some are the same. Perfect example of this is Panic at the Disco and Fallout Boy. If they wouldn’t have different names, I would think “Thanks for the Memories” was from Panic, and to be clearer, I think they suck. Yeaah I said it! Now I’m gonna point out their styles, the emo-poppy shit every band has these days, so if you are a fan of that, I suggest you stop before you want to kill me for insulting your favorite band…no?, sure? Ok.

Nowadays, everyone’s wearing black and covering part of their faces with their hair, a thing that the cult would call “emo style”. With that said, I have to say something that everyone wants to say: You DON’T look cool dressing that way! Being emo doesn’t mean you have to wear tight black pants, pointy chains and bracelets, and put dark make-up on all the time.

Little bands like Metro Station are coming out thinking they’re the hottest shit in rock, and I guess they are considering everyone listens to them, but let’s be honest, they all look like My Chemical Romance wanna-be’s. But, to people that know rock and appreciate good music, we ask ourselves, WHERE IS THE MUSIC?, Where are the long guitar solos?, Where are the unique beating of drums? Where are the loud basses? Where are the different voices that lead singers are supposed to have? Like I said, it’s gone.

Not only this is happening, the worst is that bands that used to be the shit are now changing their styles in a bad way. For instance, as a Linkin Park fan, I was expecting “Minutes to Midnight” impatiently, and when it came out, I wanted to shoot myself. They need to go back to their Hybrid Theory days. Then, one of the world’s greatest bands, Korn, is losing their senses since See You On the Other Side. Even freaking Green Day is going gay with their new 21st Century Breakdown.

Thankfully, we still have bands like Metallica, Oasis, and Slipknot that are staying true to their styles and roots, but the rest are changing in bad ways. Some people would call me an old soul for this, but when older people like our parents tell us that the good music was that from their time, they are truly right. There is never gona be an Elvis Presley again, or an Eric Clapton, or a Led Zeppelin, or a Pink Floyd, or a Kurt Cobin, or a Michael Jackson. Like I said before, every decade in rock music is different, and the 2000 decade is about to end, and maybe, just MAYBE, the 2010 decade can see the dawn of a new rock generation that brings back it’s true meaning.

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Vampires: Today's New Trend

by Jack Poe

We all know that society tends to have quite a few trends. For example, we had a time when VON Dutch hats where something that everyone had to have on their heads, which kinda sucked for the hair gel cause it was replaced for a while. Then came the polo shirts, which are still used a lot but it decreased when the Abercrombie and Hollister shirts came to our city. And how can we forget about the Puma shoes. Everyone had like 2 or 3 or 4 pairs of those. I’m no fashion critic; in fact, I don’t know anything about fashion, but sometimes I feel I’m in a bad clone movie with everyone dressed the same. Oh well, I guess originality is hard to find these days. Everyone watches the same things, hear the same things (reggaeton) and even read the same things.

With that said I’m gonna point out one trend that’s sucking everyone’s blood, literally. Yes my friends, whether you want to accept it or not, VAMPIRES are today’s new thing. Before I continue, for those of you who are obsessed with Twilight, you might wanna stop reading this right now, no? you sure? Ok..let’s keep on then.

Yes, vampires, my mates, are hypnotizing teenagers all over the world, hmm well, mostly girls. Since the beginning of books and movies, vampires have been popular figures in the media. You have classic novels like Dracula and really good early movies like Nosferatu. We all loved to be terrified by these creatures and hear their tales. They have always been movies and novels about them and they were forgotten for a while, but until recently, they’re becoming quite a huge deal among young people. So, why this sudden love for vampires? I guess the answer has one name: Twilight.

Since the book series came out, it has sold tons of copies and made a successful movie. Sorry girls, but just cause it did well at the box office does not make it a good movie. Now I’ve seen a lot of vampire films, and I tell you, this is an insult to all of them. First of all, Vampires are deadly creatures who use their sex appeal to get their preys, suck their blood, dry them out, and most importantly, THEY BURN IN THE SUNLIGHT!!! I don’t know if Stephanie Meyer ever read Bram Stroker’s Dracula or Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, because what she made of vampires in Twilight, does not seem very vampiry to me. Yeah, she gave them super strength and speed, and also made them pale white, but she forgot a very important thing and that’s that they BURN IN THE SUN. But no, Edward Cullen shines like a freaking diamond when he’s exposed to sunlight! If you think I’m done with explaining why this movie sucks, and if you’re a twilight fan, you better stop reading this. No? ok, you’ve been warned mate.

There are a lot of things wrong with this movie, first, the incredible bad acting of all the characters. Yeah I said it. That girl that plays Bella is so freaking emotionless that it’s like watching a statue and Pattison’s performance is not great either. Sorry girls I know you all are in love with him, but he didn’t act well in this one. I also have to point out the cheap dialogue and storyline. The story goes by too fast, one day Edward and Bella know each other, the next they’re in love. Now that’s romantic. Not to mention the cheap lines that Edward says to Bella: “I can read everyone’s mind but yours”..Oh Come on!!!..Couldn’t the screenwriters come up with something better than that? What a cheap ass line. And I know most of you went aaaaawww with that one, but let’s be honest, it’s not original. Then there’s the direction. I’ve seen better effects of super strength and speed on Smallville and other television shows. The effects in this movie were so cheap that a 10 year old could’ve done them. I don’t see how the fight scene could win Best Fight at the MTV Movie awards, but then again, it’s Mtv.

There are still some things I have to say about how this movie is a disgrace to all vampire cult films, but I might not finish. Yeah yeah I know what you’re gonna tell me, “the book is much better than the movie”, well I hate to break it down to you but books are only longer than movies, so thank god they didn’t put the whole book on screen. I don’t get it how this crappy movie became so popular when you have way better ones like Underworld and 30 Days of Night. Now those are real vampires.

Twilight is a big part of the recent vampire trend, but it’s not all. You have shows that are getting more popular every day, like HBO’s True Blood.

It’s a good show, I’ve watched it several times but be careful dudes, it’ll have your girlfriends wanting you to become vampires because they’re sooo sexy to them. Unfortunately there are still 3 more twilight films, so I guess this trend will be in for some time, but one thing I’ll tell you, if Count Dracula lived, he would kick Stephanie Meyer’s ass for destroying the vampire and he would also show little Edward Cullen what it’s like to burn in the sun. Well, that’s it for Johnny today, see ya mates. Oh and if someone’s asking themselves why did I watch twilight and I hate it so much the answer is that I needed to watch how shitty it is so I can have a list of Worst Movies Ever.

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

Game of the Week.

It has been a very boring day today. Not much to do so I decided on getting a new WWII war game. I made some research and picked this one up. I dont know much about the game, only that it had great reviews, its a series of 3 games. It was released in 2005 so don't expect the graphics to be top of the line. I read that it had fantastic game play and some go as far as to say that it is more realistic than Call of Duty. We'll have to find out.



I'm also looking for a good movie to watch, I haven't seen one worthwhile in quite a long time. If I find one I'll let you guys know. It seems that all Hollywood can create now are remakes of great old movies, nothing original. They rely on and old script and idea and they add lots of special effect. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but I would like to see something new. That reminds me if you want to watch a good sci-fi movie go with Knowing. Very good story line, it has its flaws but it's forgivable, great performance by Nicholas Cage.

Come by tomorrow and if you know of any good movie or game please post it. Night everyone.