Mini Review: Sabotage

            About a week ago, I got a call from one of my friends asking if I could write a review for a couple of his friends. At first, I was a bit nervous. I didn’t know if I could write a review on their videos because they are only a few minute long. So, I came to the conclusion to write what I call a “Mini Review”.

           

            Derrick told me that I would get a chance to meet them if I promised to write a review about their latest video, “Estate Sabotage”. I told him I would get back to him as soon as possible because I had a busy week and didn’t know if I could fit it in my schedule. He sounded disappointed on the phone and I can’t stand disappointing my friends. As soon as we ended our conversation, I looked Leatherjacketstudio up. Let me tell you, I loved what I saw.

            “Estate Sabotage” was split into two parts. Part one introduces the main characters: Razor (Joel Dik) and The Boss (Dan Lotz). Part Two is where most of the action is. “Estate Sabotage” is about a black ops operation to take out a high profile terrorist… That is all I am willing to give away.

Personally, I would rate this ‘PG’ because there is some violence, but no fake blood or swearing or anything like that.

So, I called Derrick the next morning back the next morning and told him that I watched the videos and that I would write a review for them anytime and that I couldn’t wait to meet them. Derrick was thrilled! He told me he would call them and we could meet at some point during the week.

Derrick set us all up for lunch and I met Dan and Joe (Locust). We talked about their movies and other Action movies. We all had a good time. They are really nice and I can’t wait for their next video to come out!

Here are the links to their videos: part one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WylpfXSSFDw
part two http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnkjrBwuI2w&feature=related
and a link to their channel http://www.youtube.com/user/Leatherjacketstudio?feature=watch

These Are Two Of My Favorie Things

I’ll be quite honest with you; I’m a total sucker for a good Romance movie. These are rare to find, now a days. The qualities of a good Romance are hard to come by. “What are the qualities?” You may be thinking. Well, a good Romance movie has the following:

• The first is the meet cute.  “A meet-cute is a situation in which a future romantic couple meets for the first time in a way that is considered adorable, entertaining, or amusing” (Definition off of Wikipedia.com). Every good Romance movie has one.
• Second is, as always in my book, the amazing storyline. If the movie is boring from the start, it rarely gets better.
• Last, but DEFINITELY not least, action. All good Romance movies have a knight in shinning armor or some kind of hero who must find his love, maybe even a fight to the death.

I came across all of these in the movie “Knight and Day”.

I was fast asleep when I heard the sound of gunshots, screams, and Tom Cruise counting to three coming from the living room.

My mom told me what the movie was and I sat down and joined her. I was instantly taken in—probably because I love the trill an action movie can give me. Unfortunately, I missed the beginning, which I watched today.

“Knight and Day” is about June Havens (Cameron Diaz) who meets Roy Miller (Tom Cruise), a super-spy gone rouge, on a nearly empty flight to Kansas City. Roy realizes that she is no longer safe and that she must join him on his mission to find Simon Feck (Paul Dano).

I love this movie. It’s one of my personal favorites right up there with “Source Code” and “Captain America: The First Avenger”. “Knight and Day” is rated ‘PG-13’ because of violence and language. Action/Romance movie lovers would enjoy this movie, though I think everyone should watch it.

NOTES FROM CRYSTAL: Next week I am starting a special 7 day blog post where I will be posting a new movie every day for a week. What the movies will be is a surprise! I’m excited; I hope you are, too! J

Suprise! It's a Musical!

     What do the movies “300”, “The Phantom of the Opera (2004)”, “How to Train Your Dragon”, and “The Bounty Hunter” all have in common? If you guessed Gerard Butler being a main character in all of them, you are correct!

                                            

     The movie, “The Phantom of the Opera” starred Emmy Rossum playing Christine and Patrick Wilson playing Raoul. Gerard Butler starred by playing the mysterious Phantom who wreaks havoc at the “world renowned Opera Populaire”.

     I first saw “Phantom” with my sister a few months after it came out on DVD. I was too young to understand why Katrina enjoyed listening to the never ending songs.

I mean, really, what was so great about it? Some crazy masked man is trying to take over an opera house? What kind of story is that?!

     The next time I saw “Phantom” was about a year ago when Katrina had returned from New York City with her fiancé. We were shopping and she was on the prowl for the CD of “Phantom” (The Broadway Show). When she had found and bought it, she made me listen to it with her. When it was over, I was a changed girl. I was on the prowl for the movie so I could watch it and take in the awesomeness of The Phantom’s mischievous way and the romance that blooms between some of characters. It took me forever to find the movie. I spent most of my time, outside of school, listening to the CD and deciding who my favorite character was. I was sure that I would like Christine.

One day, while shopping at Target, my search ended. I found “The Phantom of the Opera” for about $10. What a steal!

I watched it and was shocked to find that I didn’t care for Christine, and love, love, LOVED Phantom. If I hadn’t hated Raoul before—which I did—I hated him now. To me, he was a controlling, snob that really needed to take a chill pill.

One of the many times I was watching it, Todd walked in and asked if I could believe that the glorious voice of The Phantom was Gerard Butler. I hadn’t even realized that it was him, he was so skinny. I asked Todd why he looked so buff now, to which he replied, “He had to do insane workouts for his role in ‘300’.”

     “The Phantom of the Opera” is rated PG-13 because there is a sword fight and some other violent acts. I recommend this movie for everyone above the age of 13. Anybody younger then that, really wouldn’t understand the epicness of “Phantom” because you’re not really matured enough at that age. For those of you, especially men, who may be watching this movie for the first time, I asked that you watch it with an open mind. Any closed mindedness will make you automatically hate the movie.

An Old West Comedy

     I've been in love with movies since before I can even remember. I love all the genres, except Horror. If I must, I will watch it, but don't expect me to write about them... Sorry.
     A few days ago, my brother, Todd, and his girlfriend, Heidi, had come over for a movie night. Heidi had never seen my personal movie collection of 10 maybe 15 movies... Not as many as the word "collection" might imply, but, when I showed it to her, it made her say, "Wow." She scanned through a variety of titles and said she didn't see any that caught her eye, so I brought her to our front room where our TV is located.
     When we arrived back in the living room, dad and Todd were having a debate between which movies we should watch. I pulled open the doors to our entertainment center and showed Heidi the insane amount of movies we had so she could pick something. However, while she was looking, I saw our Mel Brook's Films collection and it hit me!
"Hey guys, why don't we watch 'Blazing Saddles?'"

     "Blazing Saddles" is a comedy based in the late 1800s after the slaves were freed. The main character, Bart, becomes the sheriff of an all white town and must face the trials of winning respect in the town, Rock Ridge... And a few other villains, as well.

     It's a great movie! Mel Brooks is one of the best comedy screenwriters/actors of the time. We all gathered around the TV and watched 'Blazing Saddles". Unfortunately, my DVD Player wasn't working right, so we had to suffer watching it with subtitles. It turned out to be even funnier that way because words we missed or thought were different were shown correctly, for the most part, underneath the picture. I say, "For the most part" because all the western slang was shown as the proper way to pronounce the words or phrases, which also added to the story.

     I recommend this movie to anyone who loves to watch hilarious movies... Mind you that it is rated 'R', and I don't think children under a certain age should watch it as it does have some racists jokes.