Monday, March 9, 2009
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Thursday, February 26, 2009
Frustrated
So i am frustrated, i want your opinions, i want a battle, i want a challenge. For too long i have asked and got nothing, trying to pull honest opinions out of people is hard. Attempting to drag real thought out of you folks is like pulling teeth. Is it that hard? Most of you spout off about bullshit all damn day. I don't know maybe i am asking the wrong crowd. So you want to write for this site? You have an opinion? Share be heard! Ok now that i am done bitching i will share....
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Friday the 13th (2009) review and overview of original series
(Overview of Friday the 13th film series)
The Friday the 13th series was a staple of my youth. It was the first horror series I really remember watching and enjoying.
I was too young to see Parts 1 - 4 in the theaters but I saw them on HBO. I was so scared of Jason, particularly Richard Bookers portrayal of the character in Friday the 13th 3-D and Ted White's performance in Friday the 13th "The Final Chapter". Jason Voorhees scared the shit out of me as a kid but for some reason his exploits in the films kept me watching.
I think that when I stopped being afraid of Jason and started rooting for him was when Friday the 13th Part VI "Jason Lives" came out in August of 1986. That film has always been my favorite because it was a good script, it had excellent kills and Jason was such a bad ass in it. I loved his look and I thought the fact that he was now an unstoppable zombie was cool as hell. CJ Graham was excellent as Jason in that film. I had hoped that he would continue as the character in future installments. Unfortunately he did not reprise the roll.
As much as I enjoyed the films that followed Part VI, I was always kind of disappointed that the series never took better advantage of what "Jason Lives" set up in regards to the character. Parts VII introduced Kane Hodder to the series as Jason; he would go on to play the character for three more films. My problem with Part VII primarily has to do with the fact that the kills were bloodless, thanks MPAA, the telekinetic main character Tina was not interesting and the ending was kind of silly. I did love Kane Hodders portrayal of Jason and the film does have one of my favorite kill sets ups when Jason goes after the venomous Dr. Crews with a tree saw. I did enjoy Part VIII "Jason Takes Manhattan" more then most. I thought it was interesting to take Jason out of Crystal Lake and put him in a big city like New York. I wish the budget for the film had been larger so that more could have been shot in the famous city. But the majority of the film taking place on a cruise ship to New York never bothered me. I thought Kane Hodders performance in Part VII was even stronger then it had been in "The New Blood" and I felt that this film truly established Hodder as the ultimate Jason performer. I always thought that the ending of "Jason takes Manhattan" left some interesting possibilities for a part VIIII but unfortunately Paramount shelved the series due to the smaller box office returns for parts VII & VIII and when New Line Cinema acquired the rights for the film series in the early 90's, they decided to take the story in a new direction.
“Jason goes to Hell” The Final Friday was released in 1993 and I remember being really excited to see it. It was the first new Jason film in 5 years. Unfortunately, I was not happy with the film at all. First they decided to blow Jason to pieces at the beginning of the film .Then the rest of the movie is spent with Jason body hopping into his victims causing them to kill. It culminates in a battle at the Voorhees house where Jason is reborn, in his standard guise, through his long lost sister and the heroes of the film stab him with a magic dagger that causes demons from hell to pull Jason down into the earth. I know there are fans of this film but I have never been one of them. I respect the filmmakers for trying to do something different but it just does not feel like it belongs with the other Friday the 13th films. The best part of the film was at the very end when Jason’s mask is pulled into the ground by Freddy Krugers glove, setting up “Freddy vs. Jason”. Unfortunately it would take 10 years for “Freddy vs. Jason to be released. The next film in the Friday series would be “Jason X” which was released in 2002. This film would bomb at the box office and also would be the last film that Kane Hodder played the role. I actually really liked “Jason X” and thought it was a fun movie. I was at first not too keen to see Jason in space but it actually had some decent gore and action. I also liked how Jason became Uber-Jason in the film. The look was pretty bad ass.
2003 brought, finally, “Freddy vs. Jason” which next to “Jason Lives” is my favorite film in the series. This movie was balls out brutal fun pitting the two horror icons against each other. I was sad that Kane Hodder was not asked back for this film. I thought it was very unfair because he was the first actor to play Jason that really loved the job and he also had kept the character alive for many years, particularly during the dark years when there were fewer films featuring the character, by making appearances at horror film conventions. I thought Ken Kirzinger did a good job in the film as the character though.
(Friday the 13th (2009) review)
All of this exposition has finally brought me to my thoughts on the new Friday the 13th film that was released on Friday 2/13/2009. I absolutely loved it.
As I have gotten older I realize that sequels to films from my youth, if done right, mean so much to me because I remember what the originals meant to me growing up. This film was the best Friday the 13th since my all time fave “Jason Lives”.
As typical, I do not want to give too much away because I do not like to spoil the film for people who may not have seen it yet. So I will give a brief synopsis on the plot of the film and then some key areas that I thought stood out.
Synopsis: Clay Miller (Jared Padalecki) heads up to the lake side community of Crystal Lake against the advice of the local police and cautions from a few locals in the area. Clay is desperately searching for his missing sister, Whitney (Amanda Righetti) who has been missing for six weeks. On Jared’s quest he runs into a group of college kids, led by Trent (Travis Van Winkel), up for an all-thrills weekend at his family cabin by the lake. Jared befriends Jenna (Danielle Panabaker) from the group and she agrees to help him look for his missing sister. As they investigate the woods surrounding Trents cabin they stumble upon the abandoned Camp Crystal Lake. Little do they know that they have entered the territory of the legendary Jason Voorhees (Derek Mears) who has sworn revenge against all that enter his territory since the beheading of his mother 20 years earlier.
I want to make a note that Jason in this film is not played for laughs at all. He is a bad ass mofo, reminiscent of how he was portrayed in the earlier films of the original series. Derek Mears is the man and truly brings his own to the character. He really made Jason scary again and I hope that he is willing to continue playing the character in future installments.
Marcus Nispel followed his awesome Texas Chainsaw remake with this film and I think the guy is a great director for the horror genre.
The gore in this film is top notch and was not butchered by the MPAA like some installments of the original series. We get an ax to the back, stabs in the throat, burnings, arrows to the chest and some other really interesting kills. Jason does not hold back on his victims in this film.
There is also plenty of nudity in this film. Chelsea (Willa Ford) displays her assets during a memorable topless water skiing scene and the hottest of the bunch Bree (Julianna Guill) shows off her gorgeous body in a love scene with Trent.
To sum it all up, this film was everything I wanted in a Friday the 13th film. It had gore, sex, action and a good story. Given its box office take of over 45 million dollars I am obviously not the only one in love with this film. It is obvious that the character of Jason is back and finally getting some long overdue respect.
Bring on the sequels
Jason is back
The Friday the 13th series was a staple of my youth. It was the first horror series I really remember watching and enjoying.
I was too young to see Parts 1 - 4 in the theaters but I saw them on HBO. I was so scared of Jason, particularly Richard Bookers portrayal of the character in Friday the 13th 3-D and Ted White's performance in Friday the 13th "The Final Chapter". Jason Voorhees scared the shit out of me as a kid but for some reason his exploits in the films kept me watching.
I think that when I stopped being afraid of Jason and started rooting for him was when Friday the 13th Part VI "Jason Lives" came out in August of 1986. That film has always been my favorite because it was a good script, it had excellent kills and Jason was such a bad ass in it. I loved his look and I thought the fact that he was now an unstoppable zombie was cool as hell. CJ Graham was excellent as Jason in that film. I had hoped that he would continue as the character in future installments. Unfortunately he did not reprise the roll.
As much as I enjoyed the films that followed Part VI, I was always kind of disappointed that the series never took better advantage of what "Jason Lives" set up in regards to the character. Parts VII introduced Kane Hodder to the series as Jason; he would go on to play the character for three more films. My problem with Part VII primarily has to do with the fact that the kills were bloodless, thanks MPAA, the telekinetic main character Tina was not interesting and the ending was kind of silly. I did love Kane Hodders portrayal of Jason and the film does have one of my favorite kill sets ups when Jason goes after the venomous Dr. Crews with a tree saw. I did enjoy Part VIII "Jason Takes Manhattan" more then most. I thought it was interesting to take Jason out of Crystal Lake and put him in a big city like New York. I wish the budget for the film had been larger so that more could have been shot in the famous city. But the majority of the film taking place on a cruise ship to New York never bothered me. I thought Kane Hodders performance in Part VII was even stronger then it had been in "The New Blood" and I felt that this film truly established Hodder as the ultimate Jason performer. I always thought that the ending of "Jason takes Manhattan" left some interesting possibilities for a part VIIII but unfortunately Paramount shelved the series due to the smaller box office returns for parts VII & VIII and when New Line Cinema acquired the rights for the film series in the early 90's, they decided to take the story in a new direction.
“Jason goes to Hell” The Final Friday was released in 1993 and I remember being really excited to see it. It was the first new Jason film in 5 years. Unfortunately, I was not happy with the film at all. First they decided to blow Jason to pieces at the beginning of the film .Then the rest of the movie is spent with Jason body hopping into his victims causing them to kill. It culminates in a battle at the Voorhees house where Jason is reborn, in his standard guise, through his long lost sister and the heroes of the film stab him with a magic dagger that causes demons from hell to pull Jason down into the earth. I know there are fans of this film but I have never been one of them. I respect the filmmakers for trying to do something different but it just does not feel like it belongs with the other Friday the 13th films. The best part of the film was at the very end when Jason’s mask is pulled into the ground by Freddy Krugers glove, setting up “Freddy vs. Jason”. Unfortunately it would take 10 years for “Freddy vs. Jason to be released. The next film in the Friday series would be “Jason X” which was released in 2002. This film would bomb at the box office and also would be the last film that Kane Hodder played the role. I actually really liked “Jason X” and thought it was a fun movie. I was at first not too keen to see Jason in space but it actually had some decent gore and action. I also liked how Jason became Uber-Jason in the film. The look was pretty bad ass.
2003 brought, finally, “Freddy vs. Jason” which next to “Jason Lives” is my favorite film in the series. This movie was balls out brutal fun pitting the two horror icons against each other. I was sad that Kane Hodder was not asked back for this film. I thought it was very unfair because he was the first actor to play Jason that really loved the job and he also had kept the character alive for many years, particularly during the dark years when there were fewer films featuring the character, by making appearances at horror film conventions. I thought Ken Kirzinger did a good job in the film as the character though.
(Friday the 13th (2009) review)
All of this exposition has finally brought me to my thoughts on the new Friday the 13th film that was released on Friday 2/13/2009. I absolutely loved it.
As I have gotten older I realize that sequels to films from my youth, if done right, mean so much to me because I remember what the originals meant to me growing up. This film was the best Friday the 13th since my all time fave “Jason Lives”.
As typical, I do not want to give too much away because I do not like to spoil the film for people who may not have seen it yet. So I will give a brief synopsis on the plot of the film and then some key areas that I thought stood out.
Synopsis: Clay Miller (Jared Padalecki) heads up to the lake side community of Crystal Lake against the advice of the local police and cautions from a few locals in the area. Clay is desperately searching for his missing sister, Whitney (Amanda Righetti) who has been missing for six weeks. On Jared’s quest he runs into a group of college kids, led by Trent (Travis Van Winkel), up for an all-thrills weekend at his family cabin by the lake. Jared befriends Jenna (Danielle Panabaker) from the group and she agrees to help him look for his missing sister. As they investigate the woods surrounding Trents cabin they stumble upon the abandoned Camp Crystal Lake. Little do they know that they have entered the territory of the legendary Jason Voorhees (Derek Mears) who has sworn revenge against all that enter his territory since the beheading of his mother 20 years earlier.
I want to make a note that Jason in this film is not played for laughs at all. He is a bad ass mofo, reminiscent of how he was portrayed in the earlier films of the original series. Derek Mears is the man and truly brings his own to the character. He really made Jason scary again and I hope that he is willing to continue playing the character in future installments.
Marcus Nispel followed his awesome Texas Chainsaw remake with this film and I think the guy is a great director for the horror genre.
The gore in this film is top notch and was not butchered by the MPAA like some installments of the original series. We get an ax to the back, stabs in the throat, burnings, arrows to the chest and some other really interesting kills. Jason does not hold back on his victims in this film.
There is also plenty of nudity in this film. Chelsea (Willa Ford) displays her assets during a memorable topless water skiing scene and the hottest of the bunch Bree (Julianna Guill) shows off her gorgeous body in a love scene with Trent.
To sum it all up, this film was everything I wanted in a Friday the 13th film. It had gore, sex, action and a good story. Given its box office take of over 45 million dollars I am obviously not the only one in love with this film. It is obvious that the character of Jason is back and finally getting some long overdue respect.
Bring on the sequels
Jason is back
Sunday, February 15, 2009
StuntKid
Amazing artist and blog, you like beautifully abstract women? i know you do...
Go here and enjoy
http://blog.stuntkid.com/
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Favorite Friday the 13th film
As many of you know this coming Friday, 2/13/2009, will see a new Friday the 13th film debut in theaters.
I grew up on these films and with the exception of the awesome Freddy Vs. Jason I was not 100 % happy with entries in the series that were released by New Line "Jason Goes to Hell" particularly which I think sucks with the exception of the scenes at the beginning and end of the film. From what I have seen from the new movie looks awesome and is reminiscent of Paramount Pictures original run of the series from 1980 - 1989.
I will be running my review of the new film here next weekend.
Until then I thought I would rank my ranking of the current films in the series.
1. Freddy vs. Jason
2. Friday the 13th Part 6 "Jason Lives"
3. Friday the 13th "The Final Chapter"
4. Friday the 13th 3-D
5. Friday the 13th Part VIII "Jason Takes Manhattan"
6. Friday the 13th Part VII "The New Blood"
7. Friday the 13th
8. Friday the 13th Part II
9. Jason X
10. Friday the 13th Part V "A New Beginning"
11. Jason goes to Hell "The Final Friday"
Please feel free to comment with own ratings of films in the series.
I grew up on these films and with the exception of the awesome Freddy Vs. Jason I was not 100 % happy with entries in the series that were released by New Line "Jason Goes to Hell" particularly which I think sucks with the exception of the scenes at the beginning and end of the film. From what I have seen from the new movie looks awesome and is reminiscent of Paramount Pictures original run of the series from 1980 - 1989.
I will be running my review of the new film here next weekend.
Until then I thought I would rank my ranking of the current films in the series.
1. Freddy vs. Jason
2. Friday the 13th Part 6 "Jason Lives"
3. Friday the 13th "The Final Chapter"
4. Friday the 13th 3-D
5. Friday the 13th Part VIII "Jason Takes Manhattan"
6. Friday the 13th Part VII "The New Blood"
7. Friday the 13th
8. Friday the 13th Part II
9. Jason X
10. Friday the 13th Part V "A New Beginning"
11. Jason goes to Hell "The Final Friday"
Please feel free to comment with own ratings of films in the series.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
RIP James Whitmore
Sad News..........
James Whitmore, the actor that played Brooks in one of the best movies ever made "The Shawshank Redemption passed away Friday 2/6/2009. He was 87 years old.
The Emmy- and Tony-winning actor was diagnosed with lung cancer the week before Thanksgiving.
RIP James
James Whitmore, the actor that played Brooks in one of the best movies ever made "The Shawshank Redemption passed away Friday 2/6/2009. He was 87 years old.
The Emmy- and Tony-winning actor was diagnosed with lung cancer the week before Thanksgiving.
RIP James
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Dibiase--Up The Joystick
FIND THIS ALBUM, BUY IT, LOVE IT. Review over........ Na, ok, the guy takes samples from old video games and flips them over beautiful drums, the kind of drums that turn your neck into a rubber substance that is permanently nodding. This album is in a separate play list all it's own on repeat for a reason ya dig. GO GET IT!!! Support him. Great fucking beat maker, if i could figure out how to put a song up i would but i am slow and stupid for now but i will get his shit up here so ya'll can hear it or go to his myspace done deal.
http://www.myspace.com/diabolic1
Monday, January 26, 2009
God Hates Fags
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1873904,00.html---the article that sparked this.
I read this morning in the news that the Vatican is “slamming” Obama over his abortion policy throughout foreign land. It is in the threads of these ill natured men of power where our problem hides. People so stout in their beliefs that if they could crush us and start over in their image they would without a second breath. Fundamentals thrown through Jesus adorned windows long ago I believe as a people we are built to focus solemnly on one goal.
Why I cannot believe in what I believe in and stay in peace with the people around me is beyond me. My soul is very close to some of my conglomerates and if in they wind sensed I did not go through their motions, as they seem to only be doing, I would in their eyes be a baby killing race jumping boy kissing degenerate. Do I believe in god? In an easy non disputable answer no. Not in the traditional sense. No. Here as I am today I will in my greatest attempt at this, try to put to paper what it is I believe.
Let me Start by saying spiritualism was changed through my eyes going through counseling for substance abuse, I had always believed the word as any other word to be religious ugly and not for me. I learned through blunt truth of the matter that it is it’s own bludgeoning beast to every single person, and to each of us our beliefs change. That is why I hold the stance that organized religion is to me at least, is false for my purpose to believe. Spiritualism is internal belief, for my motivation I strive to hold a god of sorts inside myself to focus on when things tumble towards irreversible downfall, and I believe that is what most religions out there are kind of masquerading around.
For all the people that go to the house of the holy father and find true happiness in the savior, and do not turn back around to a converting recruiting mess of speeches, or an insane belief spewing cog in the hierarchy I applaud you. If by those words and his embrace you develop an honest peace inside you then please spread that smile and not your will. More wars have been started over that book and belief system than any other mongrel money motivated leader in this world and to be perfectly honest I think to impose your standards onto someone else and then hold them fatally accountable for their alternate abstract views is appalling and a crime against humanity as a whole.
As a nail in the coffin of this rant I think it is to be said that we all should at least develop a grander understanding of all other beliefs, and that is what I aim to do. Opening your spectrum to various pivoting beliefs is as close to understanding of yourself as you can get..
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Aesop Rock--- Pigs
This video is the shit, the song is even better, this is the hidden track on the back end of None Shall Pass. The artist in the video is out of san fransisco Jeremy Fish look his shit up he is an amazing artist Enjoy
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