Double Review

Today I think I will review 2 amazing movies from the year 2007: No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood. Let's start with the latter.

The film is set mostly in the early 20th century and focuses on Daniel Plainview (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) who is an oil man. It follows his exploits in the oil industry. Daniel Day Lewis is amazing in this and clearly shows the characters arrogance and greed. Overall, this deserved all the positive reviews it got, because it is an amazingly done film.
Up Next we have No Country For Old Men:

Another amazing film from 2007; Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin. The story is a man finds money and gets relentlessly pursued by an assassin who wields a shotgun with a silencer. It is amazingly done and like There Will Be Blood, It deserved all the awards it got. Javier Bardem perfectly portrayed Anton Chigurh as the heartless man he is.
But that's me, let's hear your opinion.

College

I am a student at Adam Smith College and I'm currently in NCMPR (which is the reason I am doing this blog).
At some points it can be good and you could feel like this

However at other times you can feel like this

But all in all, it is good fun and is an introductary course which shows you certain aspects of media (including Graphics, Radio, Video, Blogging and Multimedia). I admit that it can be a little bit... em..... TEDIOUS, especially with the paperwork (like in media analysis).

All in all it is a great course,

Ha Ha Ha

What has NO lips, white skin and green hair?
A Joker.
I'm sorry about that

But yeah anyway so the Joker is classified as one of the greatest comic villains ever, however there has not been an amazing adaptation on television or cinema, however In the animated series he has been well portrayed.
So in the 60's TV series they had Cesar Romero:

Cesar Romero: Still had a moustache

In the movies he was portrayed by Jack Nicholson

And Heath Ledger:

In the animated series (as well as Arkham Asylum and in Arkham City) He was voiced by Mark Hamill

Personally I have no care for the Heath Ledger adaptation for the reason that it is mostly different to the comics. The Joker was formed through falling in a vat of chemicals and had his lips burned of, hence the smile, Heath Ledger's adaptation was formed through Self-mutilation and child abuse. Most notably the Glasgow smile he donned. He doesn't have the humour of the original Joker (such as the way he kills people) and he is just a psychopath.
Personally I feel that the Heath Ledger is overhyped and is not as good as people say he is. He is alright.

The Bane 2

So the first picture of Tom Hardy playing Bane has officially been released

And I must say he looks badass. Now most poeple wonder about the tubes that pump venom into Bane but there is a slot for the tubing to be inserted so venom is easily accessible. Also I think it can be taken off for repairs (just like in Knightfall part 1 when Killer Croc breaks it with his arm cast). Part 1 and 2 are complete: part one being Tom Hardy buffing himself and part 2 being looking badass. Part 3 is Bane being intelligent (hopefully).
In other Bat-news: The Penguin has been confirmed for a boss in Arkham City:

So what'll happen? Will he use an umbrella gun which fires umbrella's? (Enter Yo Dawg Meme here).
And that is all.

Edward Norton - Underappreciated?

Now, I'm a major fan of films and another one of my favourite actors (apart from Bruce Campbell) is Edward Norton:

He's been in so many good films and here are a few of his films:

Fight Club
American History X
Primal Fear
25th Hour
Red Dragon
The Italian Job
The Incredible Hulk

Personally, I think his greatest role was as Derek Vinyard in American History X - a White Power, Neo-nazi skinhead who is reformed after going to prison.

But that's just me. Give me your opinion.

Is Supernatural Getting Excessive?

For the past 6 years now there has been a hit TV series from America called Supernatural. I have been a fan  for 4 years though.

The plot is 2 brother's hunting monsters, ghosts and demons and is now on it's 6th season. But should they stop at season 6 or should they develop it further. To be honest I think it will end up being like a soap themed thing or just be as confusing as Lost, so I say no. But if you have an opinion please say.

Ughhhhh.........BLOGS

Now this will be a comparison-to-the-comic-book-series-which-was-amazing review about the hit American Series: The Walking Dead.

TV

Comic

The plot is this essentially: Rick (main character) wakes up from a coma - due to a gunshot wound - in hospital, he finds it empty and discovers that there is a zombie apocalypse which shocks him (although this is also possibly because he heard Rebecca Black's Friday on the Radio):

Rick's reaction to Rebecca Black

He gets helped out by some people and believes his family could be dead, he is told that they could've went to Atlanta, Georgia - which is like this safe zone where the military is protecting people. He travels there to find his wife and son. When he arrives he finds it empty (with the exception of the zombies)

He is saved by a man named Glenn, who takes him to a group of survivors on the outskirts of Atlanta where there are more survivors, including his wife, son and friend Shane and I'll finish off there, I don't want to spoil the rest.
Now the good thing about The Walking Dead is that it is the first legitimate TV series about the zombie apocalypse (apart from Channel 4's Dead Set which was more like a mini series) and because it was never done before: WITH DEDICATION!!!! However, I must admit the comic series is superior to the TV show in every single way regardless of how you think about it.
If you did see The Walking Dead and you're in doubt about the comics then trust me, still give them a chance, because it is better than the TV show. But then again comics are always better than their live action counterparts.

The Bane

Now this is Bane, one of Batman's greatest enemies. The only villain to successfully break the bat, however I'm doing the exact same thing as usual: ranting about how bad Joel Schumacher butchered Batman.
Now Bane in Knightfall is badass, he broke the inmates out of Arkham Asylum and waited for Batman to exhaust himself out and then break him, like so

So why did Joel Schumacher have to make him a mindless henchman? Because he has brute strength and intelligence, and that would not be acceptable or is it because Joel Schumacher is such a moron that he had to butcher one of the greatest and deadliest foes to ever face.

Damn you!



So Christopher Nolan is using Bane in the next Batman film and here's the actor who is playing Bane:

Tom Hardy

You can tell he will have to buff himself up back to what he was like in Bronson:

As long as Nolan sticks tp the comic he'll be fine.

Doomed To Walk The Earth As Slaves Of The Living Dead

Now in a previous blog I discussed Black Metal and why I am a fan. Now I would like to look at the mockery of Black Metal imaging. I mean for instance:

Immortal - kings of  Black Metal posers

Can you take them seriously?



Immortal's Africa tour

Or Burzum:

He likes his dance



He is very happy: Why?

This is why



Now for miscellaneous Black Metal stuff:

He feels hard

Cake Ist Krieg

So there you go, the entertaining side.

Horror Doesn't Mean Blood And Gore

As an avid movie fan, I was originally only a fan of horror's assuming that blood, gore and nudity was horror when it actually wasn't. For instance an excessively gory horror film would probably be Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead series.

However, horror movies were not all about blood and gore, it was about producing legitimate fear and the suggestion that something is there when there isn't anything whatsoever. For example 1942's The Cat People

Now in modern horror the basis is blood and gore or (in the case of American cinema) a butchered remake of a Japanese classic. Now there's something why do the American's feel the need to ruin Asian movies. For instance:

So why is this? Is it because they are different or is it because they are extremely desperate so they therefore have to remake good films into bad ones

Panzer Division *pause* MARDUK!!!!

Ah Black Metal, the sound of a regurgitating demon who is getting sexually assaulted by a goat is by far my favourite genre of metal. My reasons, well, as an image I seen said: "I like my coffee black, just like my metal", I enjoy atmosphere and I enjoy listening to songs that are anti-religious (I'm sorry to my friends who are religious but I enjoy it). At first I was in doubt about it, however I did pretentiously assume that Cradle Of Filth were Black Metal and I liked them. However they are not.

Cradle Of Filth - Not Black Metal

Gorgoroth - are Black Metal

When I did discover Black Metal and listened to it for the first time I was worried my face would end like this:

Reaction to Black Metal



Now about my favourite Black Metal bands: Marduk, Mayhem, Emperor and Burzum. Burzum is just because of this man:

Varg Vikernes: Definitely Black Metal

I think that is all really. Oh yeah here's some Black Metal for you:

Enjoy.

Now You're A Man, A Man Man Man

"what makes a man, is it the power in his hands?
is it his quest for glory?
Give it all you've got, to fight to the top.
so we can know your story"

DVDA is one of the most under appreciated bands ever and I think people should know more about them.
They are an amazing band and have done songs for Baseketball, Orgazmo, Team America and South Park - but this is because DVDA has Trey Parker and Matt Stone in it.

In fact this guy loves it

But then again he is cheered up by this

and there you go
in fact here's one of their songs

Yaow



The most excessively used scream known to man is The Wilhelm Scream; which is, as you already know, the most cliched scream in cinema history and has been used so many times, most notably in the Star Wars. That's all.

In other news Bin Laden is dead, I wondered if he screamed like this:

This man must be happy about it

and Obama must be feeling like him right now

Oh yeah Barrack Obama got 2 Xbox achievements because of Bin Laden's death