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I just wanted to share this with you.
This is Stephen Colbert's wonderful interview of former First Lady, Michelle Obama the other day;
Make sure you hear about, how Barrack proposed to her.
Make sure you hear about, how Barrack proposed to her.
Galway
I watched a 2010 produced movie last night that was screened on TV called 'Jack Taylor' staring Iain Glen.
I found that it portrayed Galway as a very sad and dissolute place, I know it's just a movie but it does absolutely nothing to promote the city in any kind of favourable view. It goes on to describe Galway as being the a** end of Europe, the place where people go to escape reality to live their lives as drunken hobos, rougues, con-artists, violence or a place to commit suicide.
I believe there were also several TV series made, hope it improved its view towards Galway.
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I found that it portrayed Galway as a very sad and dissolute place, I know it's just a movie but it does absolutely nothing to promote the city in any kind of favourable view. It goes on to describe Galway as being the a** end of Europe, the place where people go to escape reality to live their lives as drunken hobos, rougues, con-artists, violence or a place to commit suicide.
I believe there were also several TV series made, hope it improved its view towards Galway.
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Bohemian Rhapsody - a review!
Last weekend, my mother asked me and my siblings, if we wanted to watch Bohemian Rhapsody. I immediately said yes, because I enjoy Queens music, and the trailer looked absolutely amazing, and full of the biggest Queen hits.
We picked today, and I pretty much just got home from the cinema.
So how is it? Would it rock me? Or would I go "another one bites the dust"?
In short: It was absolutely amazing!
The film stars Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, the legendary performer and artist, who sadly died at the age of 45. The promotion material started coming when I worked in the cinema, and the posters had an image of Malek as Freddie. I remember thinking "Hang on, is that the real Freddie?", because it really looked like him. But no, it was Rami Malek.
Other actors incluce: Lucy Boynton as Mary Austin, Gwilym Lee as Brian May, Ben Hardy as Roger Taylor, Joseph Mazzello as John Deacon, Aiden Gillen as John Reid and Mike Myers as Ray Foster.
So what is it about? In short: It is about Freddie's adult life from his beginning in Queen, to the now legendary performance at the 1985 Live Aid from Wembley Stadium in London. The run time on this biopic is 2 hours and 14 minutes, and it is a treat for any Queen fan, no matter the age. Sensitive people will probably look away as Freddie's bi/homosexuality is shown, but that is necessary to be shown, since it wouldn't do Freddie justice if it was left out.
How is Rami as Freddie? It's a tough man to play, particularly since he was such a flamboyant guy. I am happy to report, that Rami absolutely nailed the mannerisms and the look of Freddie. It is easily the best performance I have seen this year. I am blown away at just HOW much he looks like Freddie. Gwilym Lee looks exactly like Brian May, which is extremely scary to see. Ben Hardy did a great job as Roger Taylor, and Joseph Mazzello (yes, Tim from Jurassic Park) did a great job as John Deacon.
If you watch some live footage of Queen, and watch the four actors portray the four Queen members, you will see that they pretty much nail their performances.
Mike Myers is fantastic as the EMI record producer, who objects to playing Bohemian Rhapsody on the radio, as it was too long. But Queen got it their way, and it went on to be their biggest hit!
So, if you are a fan of Queen, or if you are interested in seeing what the hype is about, go see Bohemian Rhapsody.
I shall give this movie a 9/10. It is a wonderful movie, full of great music!
We picked today, and I pretty much just got home from the cinema.
So how is it? Would it rock me? Or would I go "another one bites the dust"?
In short: It was absolutely amazing!
The film stars Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, the legendary performer and artist, who sadly died at the age of 45. The promotion material started coming when I worked in the cinema, and the posters had an image of Malek as Freddie. I remember thinking "Hang on, is that the real Freddie?", because it really looked like him. But no, it was Rami Malek.
Other actors incluce: Lucy Boynton as Mary Austin, Gwilym Lee as Brian May, Ben Hardy as Roger Taylor, Joseph Mazzello as John Deacon, Aiden Gillen as John Reid and Mike Myers as Ray Foster.
So what is it about? In short: It is about Freddie's adult life from his beginning in Queen, to the now legendary performance at the 1985 Live Aid from Wembley Stadium in London. The run time on this biopic is 2 hours and 14 minutes, and it is a treat for any Queen fan, no matter the age. Sensitive people will probably look away as Freddie's bi/homosexuality is shown, but that is necessary to be shown, since it wouldn't do Freddie justice if it was left out.
How is Rami as Freddie? It's a tough man to play, particularly since he was such a flamboyant guy. I am happy to report, that Rami absolutely nailed the mannerisms and the look of Freddie. It is easily the best performance I have seen this year. I am blown away at just HOW much he looks like Freddie. Gwilym Lee looks exactly like Brian May, which is extremely scary to see. Ben Hardy did a great job as Roger Taylor, and Joseph Mazzello (yes, Tim from Jurassic Park) did a great job as John Deacon.
If you watch some live footage of Queen, and watch the four actors portray the four Queen members, you will see that they pretty much nail their performances.
Mike Myers is fantastic as the EMI record producer, who objects to playing Bohemian Rhapsody on the radio, as it was too long. But Queen got it their way, and it went on to be their biggest hit!
So, if you are a fan of Queen, or if you are interested in seeing what the hype is about, go see Bohemian Rhapsody.
I shall give this movie a 9/10. It is a wonderful movie, full of great music!
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When your Mother-in-Law blows the surprise ending to a mystery you are about to see you call her a .........
The Meg - a review!
Shark movies are always fun. Some are super stupid, like Sharknado, but generally they are extremely entertaining.
Combine a shark movie with the human fighting machine known as Jason Statham, and you have a surprise hit, that aims to chomp (see what I did there?) into the minds and fears of people all over the world.
Statham plays Jonas Taylor, an adventurer and expert sea diver. He experienced, according to him, a 70 foot shark attacking his vessel, forcing him to abandon his mission and half his crew. After being dishonorably discharged, he spent a few years getting over the incident, when he is recruited into rescuing a dive team that has had some sort of problem at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, the deepest known place on Earth. Once Jonas arrives at the vessel, it soon becomes clear, that what attacked this new crew, was the same as the thing that attacked Jonas' crew five years ago - a huge, prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon. The only problem, is that the Megalodon has been extinct for a million years - or has it?
That is the short recap of the story. Of course, lots of things happen, but I will not go into detail, just in case you haven't seen it.
In my first review of the movie, on a blog that I have elsewhere, I wrote that it should have been known as The Meh, but after re-watching it, I have changed my original opinion. It is a fun, no nonsense, adrenaline fueled popcorn movie, whose sole aim is to entertain with some fun shark action. One thing that I miss about the movie: It was rated PG 13 and not R. If it was rated R, I am confident that the movie would have been a LOT more gorier than it was. Of course there is blood in it, but not enough when you consider that it is about the Megalodon.
Acting wise, well there could have been some better performances. But it doesn't take away the fact, that this movie is just plain fun!
Other actors worth mentioning, apart from Jason Statham, is Ruby Rose, Rainn Wilson, Masi Oka, Bingbing Li and Cliff Curtis.
If you haven't seen The Meg yet, and are in the mood for some fun shark action, go see The Meg!
My original The Meg score was 5/10, but after seeing it again, I can safely give this an 8 out of 10!
Combine a shark movie with the human fighting machine known as Jason Statham, and you have a surprise hit, that aims to chomp (see what I did there?) into the minds and fears of people all over the world.
Statham plays Jonas Taylor, an adventurer and expert sea diver. He experienced, according to him, a 70 foot shark attacking his vessel, forcing him to abandon his mission and half his crew. After being dishonorably discharged, he spent a few years getting over the incident, when he is recruited into rescuing a dive team that has had some sort of problem at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, the deepest known place on Earth. Once Jonas arrives at the vessel, it soon becomes clear, that what attacked this new crew, was the same as the thing that attacked Jonas' crew five years ago - a huge, prehistoric shark known as the Megalodon. The only problem, is that the Megalodon has been extinct for a million years - or has it?
That is the short recap of the story. Of course, lots of things happen, but I will not go into detail, just in case you haven't seen it.
In my first review of the movie, on a blog that I have elsewhere, I wrote that it should have been known as The Meh, but after re-watching it, I have changed my original opinion. It is a fun, no nonsense, adrenaline fueled popcorn movie, whose sole aim is to entertain with some fun shark action. One thing that I miss about the movie: It was rated PG 13 and not R. If it was rated R, I am confident that the movie would have been a LOT more gorier than it was. Of course there is blood in it, but not enough when you consider that it is about the Megalodon.
Acting wise, well there could have been some better performances. But it doesn't take away the fact, that this movie is just plain fun!
Other actors worth mentioning, apart from Jason Statham, is Ruby Rose, Rainn Wilson, Masi Oka, Bingbing Li and Cliff Curtis.
If you haven't seen The Meg yet, and are in the mood for some fun shark action, go see The Meg!
My original The Meg score was 5/10, but after seeing it again, I can safely give this an 8 out of 10!
Venom - a review!
Yesterday was the day when I decided to go watch the new Venom movie. I saw the teaser trailer a long time ago, and I wasn't really interested. But then when the first real trailer dropped, it peaked my interest.
The story is pretty straight forward: An investigative journalist, Eddie Brock, comes across a plot to fuse symbiotes from outer space with humans. The result is unknown, but has the potential to create life that will be able to live on Mars or even on the Moon. Not a bad thing, if I am honest.
Anyway, back to the movie!
It soon becomes clear, that these experiments has a somewhat unfortunate effect on people, because it ends up killing them. But not Eddie. It somehow bonds with him, and it transforms him into the character Venom.
I will not go into more detail, since it is still running in the cinemas, so if I go further, I will just spoil the movie for you, which isn't cool to do!
Usually when I review movies, I have three boxes that HAS to be ticked, in order for me to enjoy it!
1: Explosions! And lots of them!
2: At least one fist fight.
3: Car chases!
Venom ticks all those boxes! It has plenty of fist fights, some amazing chase sequences and a lot of explosions! Like - a LOT! Kaboom! One of them in particular made my inner 5-year old come out and go "awesome!"
It is rated PG 13, which shows. It uses a fair amount of humor, particularly the scene where Venom talks to Eddie for the first time, and when Eddie displays Venom's appearance to a neighbor who plays the guitar just a bit tooo loud.
Regarding the acting, well there is really not anything I can say was bad. I am not a Tom Hardy fan, but I liked him in this one. Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed and Reid Scott also does a great job! I was particularly happy with Riz Ahmed's performance as Carlton Drake!
All in all, it was a solid, entertaining movie from Sony, and you can tell Marvel had a big say in this one. It said "In association with Marvel", but I bet that they had more to to with it than they let on.
If you haven't seen Venom, now is the time to do so.
I shall give this an 8 out of 10!
The story is pretty straight forward: An investigative journalist, Eddie Brock, comes across a plot to fuse symbiotes from outer space with humans. The result is unknown, but has the potential to create life that will be able to live on Mars or even on the Moon. Not a bad thing, if I am honest.
Anyway, back to the movie!
It soon becomes clear, that these experiments has a somewhat unfortunate effect on people, because it ends up killing them. But not Eddie. It somehow bonds with him, and it transforms him into the character Venom.
I will not go into more detail, since it is still running in the cinemas, so if I go further, I will just spoil the movie for you, which isn't cool to do!
Usually when I review movies, I have three boxes that HAS to be ticked, in order for me to enjoy it!
1: Explosions! And lots of them!
2: At least one fist fight.
3: Car chases!
Venom ticks all those boxes! It has plenty of fist fights, some amazing chase sequences and a lot of explosions! Like - a LOT! Kaboom! One of them in particular made my inner 5-year old come out and go "awesome!"
It is rated PG 13, which shows. It uses a fair amount of humor, particularly the scene where Venom talks to Eddie for the first time, and when Eddie displays Venom's appearance to a neighbor who plays the guitar just a bit tooo loud.
Regarding the acting, well there is really not anything I can say was bad. I am not a Tom Hardy fan, but I liked him in this one. Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed and Reid Scott also does a great job! I was particularly happy with Riz Ahmed's performance as Carlton Drake!
All in all, it was a solid, entertaining movie from Sony, and you can tell Marvel had a big say in this one. It said "In association with Marvel", but I bet that they had more to to with it than they let on.
If you haven't seen Venom, now is the time to do so.
I shall give this an 8 out of 10!
online today!
You must say these words: Klaatu Barada Nikto...
Halloween is upon us and hopefully there will be lots of Sy-Fy movie marathons. Of my favorites I would list "The Time Machine" Orson Wells version and the classic 1951 film, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" starring Michael Rennie (as Klaatu) and Patricia Neal (as Helen Benson).
The scary part was when Klaatu got shot and Gort (the protector robot) decides to melt his acrylic encasement (the military actually thought he was fused in there forever) and start on a journey of destruction until Helen recited those magical words... Klaatu Barada Nikto.
What an amazing memory that woman had. She said it once and nothing happened... that was a major "Ohshit" moment so she said it again and Gort retracted his Cyclops laser eye and all of humanity was saved!
I don't know about you guys, but if it were me, would need to write down Klaatu Barada Nikto phonetically on a sticky-note and practice it 20 times or so to get it right or chances that Earth would be reduced to a burned-out cinder would be 'pretty stinkin' high.
Bring it on bro...
The scary part was when Klaatu got shot and Gort (the protector robot) decides to melt his acrylic encasement (the military actually thought he was fused in there forever) and start on a journey of destruction until Helen recited those magical words... Klaatu Barada Nikto.
What an amazing memory that woman had. She said it once and nothing happened... that was a major "Ohshit" moment so she said it again and Gort retracted his Cyclops laser eye and all of humanity was saved!
I don't know about you guys, but if it were me, would need to write down Klaatu Barada Nikto phonetically on a sticky-note and practice it 20 times or so to get it right or chances that Earth would be reduced to a burned-out cinder would be 'pretty stinkin' high.
Bring it on bro...
Making animation
Making 2/3d animation is harder than making movie, i have taken a online film making course and have studied film making for long 4 years but, i found it is too hard to make a feature film(animation) in "blender" 
For those who missed it
Here are former USA president Bill Clinton & author James Patterson on The Late Show last night.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
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