Monday Movie Marathon Wrap-up

Good morning everybody! It’s Monday morning and the week has barely started but I’m already in high spirits for it! It’s going to be a good one. And I hope you feel the same way?

 

How was your weekend? Did you check out very-european.com? Well if you always wanted a Claudio Hoodie, long sleeved shirt or are a girl waiting for a girl shirt, that’s the place for you to go! of course I also have regular shirts for sale.

 

Heidi, Roger and Simon already have theirs, so now it’s up to you! You’ll also be able to pick one up at the CHIKARA show this Sunday at the Arena in Philadelphia.

 

So what did I do last weekend. Yes I dank coffee. Yes I ate a cookie or two and I watched a whole lot of movies!

 

And I’m going to talk about them in a minute. During the weekend I was thinking about joining NetFlix. I like RedBox, but they don’t have the movies I want sometimes and that’s annoying. Well actually it’s also kind of good because it makes me pick movies I wouldn’t have picked in the first place.

Man that sounds complicated. Maybe it’s in my writing style. But I just blame Netflix for it.

 

Dragonball: Evolution

 

I was ready to hate this movie. I actually didn’t even wanted to rent the movie because I figured I’d dislike it so much that I was going to miss my dollar I spent on it.

 

But I actually liked it! Well the last ten minutes were kind of eh, but the rest was actually quite good and I hope they make a sequel (so that I can see Vegeta).

 

Admitted I never watched Dragonball when Goku was a kid some of the stuff in the movie that I didn’t like might be true to the comic/TV series I just didn’t know. I started watching Dragonball with the Cell Saga and then went back and watched the whole Dragonball:Z stuff. Yes all 291 Episodes including the grueling Sayaman stuff in there. Actually if you watched the Sayaman stuff this movie will be awesome (mainly because it’s so much better than that).

 

I also though Goku should be jacked… Maybe down the line.

 

 

Defiance

 

In case you don’t know, I think Daniel Craig is awesome. And so is the dude who played Sabretooth in Wolverine. I just found out his name is Liev Schreiber btw.

 

This movie is great and the fact that it’s based on a true story is even more amazing. It’s about a group of Jewish brothers in Belarus and how they survived the holocaust. Not only that but they helped over 1000 others to do the same.

 

I like history movies and stuff about WWII and this was a great piece. The movie runs very long (two and a half hours) but the time flies by and you don’t even realize it.

 

A great piece of history conserved in a tremendous movie. Check it out.

 

Great movie.

 

 

Race to Witch Mountain

 

I love the Rock. Well you know on a platonic level. He’s awesome and is still the most electrifying man in entertainment. He just stopped doing the sports part of it. Well at least the one we know. He’s still in great shape and funny as always.

 

Unfortunately he didn’t rise his eyebrow once in the movie, but that’s a thing of the past and I see that. The movie is a kids movie and the ultimate Sunday morning, while eating cereal movie.

 

That’s what I did and I liked the movie a lot. Great entertainment where you don’t have to think that much (and sometimes shouldn’t). I found out that a cab can drive for over 1400 miles without getting gas. But that only works if the Rock drives it. And if he does, who cares!

 

I should refer to him as Dwayne Johnson. I didn’t really care about the female co-lead that was introduced about 3/4 through the movie but that’s a subjective opinion.

 

The movie is about an hour and a half but it would be a lot shorter if they would have found out to whitch mountain they have to go earlier… No? Nobody… Whitch Mountain? Get it? I though it was funny…

 

Check the movie out for some good kid friendly entertainment and a dose of Dwayne!

 

 

Then Sunday came. I went to the grocery store and got me some goodies.

 

Swiss Coffee Game which one did I try? (it’s easier than the Mexican Hat game I know…)

 

Part two of the riddle… which one is mine? (that one should be even easier!)

 

  So exiting! It’s cookie in cookie! It’s like a half moon cookie and there’s a second one underneath it! Double chocolate cookie on top and Macadamia Nut White Chocolate cookie on the bottom!

 

Then I returned the above mentioned movies to red box and guess what happened? I got suckered into renting some more!

 

So I got Coraline and The Da Vinci Code.

 

 

Coraline

 

Well I wanted to watch it but the disc was so scratched that it wouldn’t play! Scam! And there’s nobody I can complain to. I hope I’ll see the movie eventually because the first  minute looked good (yes that’s all I was able to watch).

 

The Da Vinci Code.

 

Liked it a lot! I haven’t read the movie and I don’t know if I would be smart enough to actually read it. It' looks like a whole bunch of information that I wouldn’t get.

 

But the movie was awesome and the riddles were great. I was thinking about writing a little church rant but decided against it. Now before anybody jumps on me, it’s NOT against religion, I said church (the Vatican part of it).

 

It also made National Treasure look like a total rip off and cheaper version of The Da Vinci Code.

 

If you like history and are into art and that kind of stuff you should have seen this movie already. Even if you do not and just like good movies, you should watch this.

 

Like Defiance the movie is two and a half hours but flies by and never lets you out of it’s grip. Special bonus is Jean Reno who’s awesome!

 

People who read the book told me the movie is not as good as the book, but since I haven’t read it I can’t give you my opinion of that. So you just have to take my word for it that it’s good.

 

And that’s it for today!

 

I shall talk to you soon again!

 

Claudio