This report says the report comes from the News of the World. So not a definitive source.
'Selfless'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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Mom caught a bit of Army of Darkness when I was tryign to get her universal remote to work... she liked what she saw, which is kind of weird...
And I still can't get this stupid remote to recognize the dvd player, she got it at Christmas and it was working but the batteries ran down. We don't have the documentation but I found a website thanks to Deena, but there aren't any codes for dvd players. In fact there's no information about dvd players at all, it's all just vcrs, cable boxes, and tvs. But there's a button that says dvd on the remote.
I've been trying to just search until the remote works but so far my attempts trying to work the dvd player have just turned off the tv.
I Netflixed a film he did called "Chopper" where he played this famous Australian inmate and I've seen "Troy" and that's it.
"Chopper" was in general, not my thing but he did do an excellent job as Hector in "Troy".
I stopped watching Chopper shortly after he whipped his dick out at the bar. I found I didn't like or hate him enough to keep watching -- just a bit of contempt.
Bana was good, though.
Today's features: Blade and Hellboy.
Blade was pretty good. It delivered vampires and violence and bad CGI. It's always interesting to see different takes on vampire mythology. Blade is a kickass enough vampire hunter to make we want to see the sequel.
Hellboy was pretty great, though. I liked all the characters a lot more in this one. Hellboy's got this wonderful dry sarcastic wit, and the Hellboy/Liz relationship works a lot better than, say, the Peter/MJ relationship. I don't think the story makes a lick of sense, but that's okay. It's very entertaining and a great comic-book movie. Here's hoping the sequel turns out to be a great movie, period. Also, now I definitely want to see the Blade sequel, helmed by Guillermo del Toro. Oh, and I also want to check out the comic.
Yahoo's source for the story was the APF -- which must be something like Reuters or the AP, perhaps? I don't know. I hadn't heard of it before tonight.
Polter-Cow - Don't get your hopes up about Blade II. It's really really awful. Horrible dialogue, poorly choreographed and filmed fight scenes, a completely silly, unengaging, and poorly-structured plot, plus really bad special effects that look like too much money went into making them without thinking about how they would actually look. And that one vampire chick couldn't act. I was glad when she died. Blade II is not at all similar to Blade I in tone, genre, or even mythology.
The first Blade is a great film. Blade II is one of the worst films I've seen. The only reason to see Blade II is because Wesley Snipes is cool. Yet I'm still excited about Blade III: Trinity, because David Goyer is directing that one.
The only reason to see Blade II is because Wesley Snipes is cool.
This I agree with, plus the idea of vampires that feed off other vampires is kind of cool, but very poorly done.
The only reason to see Blade II is because Wesley Snipes is cool.
There's one other: Kris Kristofferson. When Whister broke free and jumped into the air ducts, my immediate thought was "You only thought you had trouble with Blade running loose. Now the guy that's been killing vampires three times as long with NO supernatural powers is about to go Die Hard on your undead asses!"
I went to see Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle tonight. Utterly preposterous sequence of events, but that didn't keep it from being hilarious. Particularly the dream sequences. And when did Kal Penn become hot?