Narnia...

I had convinced myself for the past two weeks that i had no want to see that narnia movie all the kids are talking about. The previews and WOM (word of mouth) had made it out to be really bland and mediocre, and seeing that it was directed by the dude who directed shrek (he looks like eric stoltz from 'mask')i had no faith in it.
So, somehow last night myself and a bunch of old work friends went to see the Narnia. To sum it up, it was bland. Not bad, Not good. just kind of wonky, oddly paced, and claustrophobic, OH! and unintentionally HILARIOUS!!! there were so many times where i busted up laughing, usually at really emotional moments, when characters were crying, or there was lots of drama. Oh my god, it was so funny.
there's a scene where the bratty kid gets stabbed by a dwarf, which on its own is kind of funny, but when the dwarf gets shot by an arrow right afterwards, ITS FRICKEN GANG BUSTERS!!! i was hurting. And it was so bad because everybody is crying over this seemingly dead character, and im crying from laughter, and the drama of the situation just makes it so much funnier. i was snorting. Plus, you cant take a movie with talking beavers seriously, even when said beavers are dressed in chainmill its so funny. (there's this shot where the winter queen freezes a fox, and its all dramatic, and stuff but the look of the fox is so funny, its like when someone takes a picture of you with food in your mouth... and your jumping... and
constipated... and thinking about whether or not you left the oven on. everytime they cut back to this frozen in midair fox, i had to laugh... A lot.)

The movie has a bunch of problems, first, it suffers from the same problem the first harry potter did, medium shots and close ups. its a supposed to be epic, but you didn't really get that idea till the end fight, and that's pretty much like 9 effects shots. They cut allot of stuff. after santa claus visits the kids and gives them weapons, it cuts to the kids running, and a really tense dramatic score, and then WOLVES! WTF!?!? no transition just a huge jump in story and drama. not to mention Aslan's voice sounds like liam neeson narrating a car commercial. there is no integration between audio and animation, it looks like a lion is lip sinking. theres nothing about his voice which makes him seem physical, even when the actors are talking to them it sounds like they are talking to some dude in a booth. Plus Aslan looks like ass. If hes in sunlight they make him look out of focus to hide shoddy CGI, he looks fine in the night scenes or in flatlight, but if there's a highlight on him, he was crap. Theres a ton of little problems. If your not a fan, wait for it to come on TV.

I finally saw Shogun Assassin
its very good? maybe? i don't know.
I liked it as a violent samurai movie,
but Cub's Narration made it seem
like a better movie. Its strange.
I don't know what to think.
Its fun, but theres really something
about the Cub talking about his fathers actions
it creepy, and oddly emotional.
Its just strange.

Facets has thier warehouse sale. A bunch of oddities
on VHS and some good DVDs. The VHS movies were all 1.95-2.95
while most DVDs remained above 10.00
so i just grabbed odd VHS tapes.
I grabbed a Documentary on K records, The Stuntman, and
some 60's western revenge movie called "hot spur" i think
thats going to be an odd time.

anyways...