There’s been a lot of Modern Warfare, WoW and Dragon Age prior to Christmas, during Christmas and as post-Christmas as close to February. It’s time to blow dust off this site once again and start with updating again. The design needs a few fixes, and I have hundreds of projects rotting away on multiple shelves all around the room, screaming for completion.

And yes, the NaNoWriMo story did indeed get finished. The 50,000 mark was reached five minutes to midnight the final day. Yay.

I’ve been waiting for this contest since december last year, which was when I first heard of this site. This year I will be participating as well, with a Sci-Fi story, which is a genre I’ve barely touched, even though the possibilities are endless.

I’d hate to turn this site into a blog, but I will publish newsfeed from time to time. This will of course mean that I will be quite busy the following month.

If you want to join in, sign up on www.nanowrimo.com. Time is running out, so chop chop.

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
+: A classic, yet modern dish from the second world war, with a good amount of Tarantino spice for that little extra touch. This is hands down one of the most amazing - and bold (filmwise) - releases I’ve seen the last years, and possibly only Tarantino himself could ever outmatch it. It might not be the best Tarantino flick ever made, but it’s still a near-classic.
-: Putting the positive sides aside, Inglorious Basterds still feels like something we’ve seen and heard before, only longer.
SCORE: 9/10

DISTRICT 9
+: District 9 came out of nowhere, but the impact stayed for weeks. The setting itself is good enough to give it a score way above average, and the superb USE of effects and camera strengthens it. The viewers don’t get to know much about language, weaponary - or mostly anything that has to do with the aliens at all. In my eyes, this is definitly a good thing, despite what the ignorant mass of moviegoers say and mean.
-: The plot line needs a face lift. The way the main character manages to barely slip out of danger when faced with certain death and extreme odds is ridicilous and annoying. The humour really is uncalled for.
SCORE: 8/10

THE HURT LOCKER
+: Never would I have guessed that the story of a squad of mine sweepers could create such a edge-of-the-seat entertainment. One literally gets blown away by the simple storyline that takes the viewers on a journey through a series of mostly unrelated events that rangers of the American army have to go through. As the toughest of the toughest, these hard-boiled veterans face death every day, along with the physical and psychological scars and marks that comes with the job. The simply perfect acting keeps the realism way up high. Maybe I’m being too nice with the numbers, but personally I think it deserves as much praise as I can give it.
-: The main character seems a bit unbelieveable to me, despite the great acting. Not much information is given about any of the squadmembers at all.
SCORE: 9/10

Good month.

ICE AGE 3
+: Far superior to its predecessors in terms of technology and digital art.
-: Basically a rollercoaster of recycled ideas, where the only thrill is the introduction of Buck, my favorite character in the series so far. Dumbing the film’s comedy level down to below kiddie-friendly and giving Scrat, the series mascot, even more screentime, makes this one ride not worth the money. Steer clear.
SCORE: 3/10

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
+: Dark and gritty, excellent use of camera and effects.
-: While the half-blood prince isn’t really one of the most exciting books you’ll ever read, changing several important factors is not a very clever idea. The director seems to have wanted the story to be more like he imagined, but it leaves open ends for viewers that have not read the book - which is what I recommend that you do before seeing the sixth addition to the Harry Potter film series. As a side note, I’d like to add that the acting is as bad as ever. And what’s up with all the love and stuff? Omg!
SCORE: 5/10

PUBLIC ENEMIES
+: An interesting crossover of modern filmatization and a classic story. It struck me later that there were little to none digital effects used. Superb acting…
-: …except for Johnny himself, as he seemed to be a little too… Depp-ish in this film. Also, Public Enemies was a tad boring in the long run. Dillinger’s life might not have been the best choice to make a film adaption of. They should most definitly have focused more on his fame instead of his infamity.
SCORE: 7.5/10

TERMINATOR: SALVATION
+: A well detailed action orgie.
-: Absolutely nothing we haven’t seen before.
SCORE 3/10

ANGELS&DEMONS
+: Well played, thrilling and exciting.
-: If there are plans being made about a possible filmatisation of the new book, for God’s sake pick another director who hasn’t seen too many action films. Either that or drop the idea.
SCORE: 4/10

TERMINATOR: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
+: Big robots… and … explosions and stuff.
-: It feels more like an MTV show co-starring giant machines from space. Remove the main character, remove his girlfriend (or make her DIE), definitly remove his parents, terminate the friendship between the transformers and the humans, get a better ending - and you would have a fairly average flick at best.
SCORE: 2/10

In other words, it’s been a good month.

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
+: The mutant fight scenes, Hugh Jackman.
-: Everything else.
SCORE: 3/10

HUNGER
+: Visually stunning, graphical and intense, top notch acting and use of both sound and camera is unique.
-: Very little story and character development.
SCORE: 8.5/10

Before I can do anything, I’m going to have to experiment a little with fraps first - and find the best settings to use for optimized viewing. Updates to come.