Movie Review - Oblivion

Title: Oblivion

Series: N/A

Director: Joesph Kosinski

Rating :

What is it about?

A science fiction future where earth is at war with aliens who are bleeding the planet dry. After the big fight has ended two humans,Jack ( Tom Cruise) and Victoria, (Andrea Riseborough)have a  job is to scan the earth with technology tracking the planets resources and killing those that don’t belong.

Shannon’s Thoughts:

I was interested in this one more than the other sci-fi movie that came out the same time, which was After Earth.  My husband and I guessed the twist ending. Not quite guessing everything that happens but enough of the story.  I was just hoping it wasn’t a twist I had seen before such as Matrix and I got what I hoped but, there was some elements of the Matrix and 2001:Space Odyssey.

It was okay.  The ships, motorcycles and other tech was cool.  There were some big explosions, some over the top. I was very reminded of Tom Cruise’s Top Gun character with all the flying was done in Oblivion.  If I am being honest I would have to say I am glad that I did not pay $10 for a movie ticket.  I wasn’t really surprised by anything that happened but did enjoy the characters.

Website:

http://www.oblivionmovie.com/

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Anime Review - Ranma 1/2

Title: Ranma 1/2
Series: Episode 1 Season1
Creator: Rumiko Takahashi
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What is it about?

A young teenage boy falls in a spring that curses him to change into a girl when wet.

My Thoughts:

This was the first anime I ever watched.  I thought it was weird at first and then the more I watched the more I was hooked into the characters and the story.  It is so funny.  It still my favorite to watch.

This first episode can be strange even for those that have seen other animes.  The boy switching into a girl but still really a boy.  The girl , Akana, that has a attraction to boy and girl Ranma.  The fathers who seem more like little boys including Ranma’s father who is cursed to change into a giant panda bear.

I believe this anime to be the one that influenced the ones made after like Princess TuTu.

It has a lot of sexuality and sometimes nakedness so that is probably why they have not featured it on the any network.  I would like to see it on adult swim.   One can hope.


Website:

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Recipe - Pea Pickin Cake

PEA PICKIN' CAKE  

1 golden cake mix
1 sm. can mandarin ranges with juice
1 1/2 c. cooking oil
4 eggs

FILLING:
1 lg. Cool Whip
1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple, chilled with juice
1 sm. vanilla instant pudding

CAKE: Beat all ingredients together until well blended. Use 3 greased floured round cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
FILLING: Combine pineapple and pudding; fold in Cool Whip. Spread between layers and on top of completely cooled cake. Refrigerate.






* On Side Note I had only 2 cakes and a lot of filling left over. I also messed up the filling because I used Cook and Stir pudding instead of instant. It still came out pretty. This a very sweet cake though. Hubby likes it but it amazingly 2 sweet for me.*--

Anime Review - Princess Tutu : Epsiode 1 Season 1

Title: Princess Tutu: Epsiode 1 Season 1
Series: Princess Tutu
Director: Shogo Kawamoto, Junichi Sato
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What is it about? A young girl in ballet school tries to function with her clumsiness, a crush and strange dreams or are they dreams.

My Thoughts:

I thought this to be strange and sometimes cute.   It also put me in mind of another anime Ranma ½ because the main character changes into an animal.  The strangest part was the ballet teacher. I couldn’t figure out if it was a Japanese reference to a joke or just plan silliness when the teacher would threaten them with marriage to himself.

I am not sure if I will keep watching because the first episode did seem a little slow moving.

Website:

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Sunday Sharing - Geek Comes Out

Something I can’t wait to come on YouTube is this series that will feature Felicia Day.  It is called Geek & Sundry http://www.youtube.com/user/geekandsundry.   I just started watching the episodes of The Guild I missed (for those that don’t know it is a web series by Felicia Day)  And to make me completely geeky I also joined a book club she is in called Vaginal Fantasy Book Club which is actually on Good Reads.

So that is what I am sharing with you this week.  DFTBA (Don’t Forget To Be Awesome)

Movie Review - War Horse

Title: War Horse
Series: N/A
Director: Steven Spielberg
Rating :




What is it about?

A strong will horse and young man find a connect with each but are then separated during World War I.

My Thoughts:

When I first saw the commercials for War Horse.  I really thought this was going to be a movie I cry at, mostly because the horse and his friend were pictured with so much emotion.   

Sadly watching the movie I had felt no connection or just not enough for the horse and the boy.  That does not mean the movie wasn’t good it was an absolutely beautiful movie.  Some of the scenes were so beautiful I wish I could paint them. It just seems like that director focused more on the imagery then the story.

Website:

Official Movie Site
http://www.warhorsemovie.com/

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Movie Review - Monsters

 
Title: Monsters
Series: N/A
Director: Gareth Edwards
Rating :


What is it about?

A photographer try to find a big story on monster while trying to get the boss’s daughter home before they get killed.

My Thoughts:

Very much in par with Cloverfield, this film has well done camera work and lesser known actors who do a pretty good job of keeping you enthralled.

The storyline of aliens taking over part of the U.S. and Mexico is not of course a originally thought but the way this is done is.    There is a way that the people living with the monsters are just there like nothing is really going on they are just living there lives.   This to me is very realistic to what something of this world catastrophe level would happen.  First people freak but then eventually you have live your life.   You fight, you struggle just as the characters in the movie struggled with there own lives and dissociation from the aliens unless they came into actual contact with them.

Eventually as you get to the end of this movie it drags and then picks up.  Then it story end so abruptly.  At least that is way I remember it now but I also remember that in a artistic way it made sense the way it ended.   There is a part of the chemistry between two aliens and then the end chemistry between the actor and actress that seem like a beautiful dance.

I don’t watch much Sci Fi.  I do prefer fantasy more but movies like this can be entertaining for those who are more interested in people drama then having it completely about aliens.

Website:
Monsters the Movie Official Website
http://www.monstersthemovie.com/


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