Inglorious Basterds; An exercise in Alternate History!

Hello Everyone,

and a special Shout out to CANUCKITUDE, my one and only follower on my blog. Feel free to leave comments, questions, or topic suggestions. And thank you for reading my blog.

About three weeks ago, I saw Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds and attempted to do a video blog entry; it did not work out. I will attempt my video blog entries at a later date.

I was surprised that Inglorious Basterds was rated 14A (in Canada) because I assumed it would be pretty brutal and gory. It was not too gory, which is not necessarily a minus, just a surprised.

The cast was great; Brad Pitt was hilarious as Aldo Raines; his comedic performance fit in really well within Tarantino's film. Eli Roth as Donny Donowitz/"The Bear Jew" did very well; i was surprised because I had never seen him act before and only know him as the director of the movie that emotionally scarred my wife, Hostel. Christoph Waltz as the German Col. Hans Landa was excellent; a great movie villain.

I did find that some scenes seemed to drag a bit (i.e. the basement bar scene). I found that some scenes need a bit more comic banter to help deal with the longer scenes. I would have like a couple more action sequences, however the action scenes in the film were all very good.

This film is a signature Tarantino film; dialogue, swagger of characters, excellent casting and the uniqueness of the story being told. Definitely a top Tarantino film even though I only consider Jackie Brown as his only disappointing film.

I continue to look forward to seeing high caliber Hollywood actors in Tarantino's films in the future.

I hope all that have not gone to see Inglorious Basterds will do so in the near future because it was a very entertaining and interesting film.

Fanboy DAVE.

Video Blog Coming Soon

Hello All,

Just writing to let you know that I will soon attempt a to turn this blog into a video blog because frankly I am sometimes too lazy to type and i have a web cam that I do not use, so once I figure out how to get recording I will post a video blog entry. I just hope that I do not have a face for radio. Who I am kidding I know that i have a face for radio; oh well.

Take Care. You'll be seeing me soon, whether you want to or not.

fanboy Dave

P.S. Here's a picture of me playing guitar hero.

The Secrets of District 9

Hello All,

I believe that the secret behind District 9, before it came out is that it was (still is) a great F&*king movie. Do not ask follow up questions, just get off the computer, get in your car, obey traffic signals, purchase your ticket(s) and enjoy.

What I hear from some of my friends is that they film was made for 30 million dollars, which is almost unbelievable for how much you get for 30 million dollars; great acting from unknown actors, great special effects and a very interesting, exciting, intelligent humanist story.

After the film finished, I thought to myself that was a great movie and then I started thinking about how they could make a sequel and then how they could make this first film as part of a trilogy. Some of you may say that it would ruin the first film; so to that I saw they could do a really decent sequel and leave it at that. I hope that this happens.

The action in this film is also great; once the alien weapons start being used, prepare to be blown away. The film also has some dramatic elements to it that fit into the story and are not overdone; i will not elaborate because spoilers would ensue.

To summarize my blog; GO SEE DISTRICT 9. GO SEE DISTRICT 9. AND GO SEE DISTRICT 9.

Thank for reading.

faNBoy DAve

P.S. In the picture, my shirt says I love Dexter. I do love him. haha

P.P.S. The picture at the top of this blog entry is me; surprise; man I am ugly...anyway I am at TGI Fridays near the Walden Galleria in this picture. TGI Fridays rocks by the way.

G.I. Joe and Dumbfounded Moviegoers

Hello All,

My wife and I saw G.I. Joe yesterday. We arrived about an hour or just under an hour before the movie was to begin. In the last fifteen minutes before the movie started to about 3 minutes after the commercials start, dumbfounded moviegoers walked into the theatre with dumb and surprised looks on their faces; their internal monologue was probably saying, "Ohhh. What? There are hardly any seats. But the movie hasn't started yet". It is freaking opening weekend and these Re:tards acted surprised that it was sooo busy. G.I. Joe was probably in the top five for biggest kids TV shows in the 80s; along of course with Transformers and in the early 90s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Where have you people been the last 25 years? Under a freaking rock? In a tree? Ohh well, enough complaining for now..wait. Parents, take your kids to the movies when they are old enough to not ask you every 10 F$#king seconds what is happening. If they cannot follow the movie...maybe they should not be watching it. Okay...I am done now, although I am slowly becoming Paul Rudd's character from Role Models; hilarious movie; check it out.

G.I. Joe was awesome. Not too much dialogue; cause dialogue in action movies is not very good...anymore...well since like Lethal Weapon 2 and Die Hard; there are other exceptions but I do not have time to think of them right now. Thrilling action sequences, but not toppled onto each other to the point where it gets a little annoying; like in Transformers 2 [it was good, but not enough story]. Casting decent to great Channing Tatum, Dennis Quaid, Marlon Wayans, Rachel Nichols [HOTTTT], Arnold Vosloo, Sienna Miller [HOTTERRRRR], Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Ray Park F*&king Rocked and Rocks as Snake Eyes. The Story was actually better than one might have expected. I was somewhat surprised that it was as good as it was, but I did believe that it would be done decently.

Top Five Movies of the Summer (in no particular order):

Star Trek
The Hangover
Wolverine
G.I. Joe
Transformers 2

Thanks for reading.

Sincerely,

fAnboY daVe

P.S. I continue to watch The Watchmen but I am currently watching Pineapple Express.

I got a GRUDGE TOO,

Hello All,

I know that it has been a while since my last post, but I have been busy...; playing wii [lego star wars, guitar hero metallica], watching movies, reading True Blood novels [currently on book 7 of 9 (haha Jeri Ryan haha)] and other wholesome and unwholesome activities.

What is my grudge about you may be asking yourself? Well, after loaning a bunch of my horror movies to my friend Sharif at work, I finally asked him to borrow a movie (really the second time cause he loaned me Rawhead Rex; interesting movie), which was....you guessed it..The Grudge 2: No Closure (should be the subtitle for the film). I enjoyed but did not purchase/currently own the first film in the grudge trilogy (i know I did not know they made a third one till I saw a copy of it at one of my local HMV stores). I am getting really pissed of with these remakes of Asian cinema films (exception: Infernal Affairs remake The Departed; I should not have to explain why that is an exception to you and If I do, please stop reading my blog because you do not get it at all). Hollywood has run out of ideas for horror movies so they remake Asian Horror films, instead of just importing Asian horror films into North American theatres, which may in fact be a better idea if they are not going to make an effort with their horror films, however it appears that there is light on the horizon.

You may be asking yourself, what light on the horizon? I will answer that question by saying in Hollywood's current trend of remaking 80s films they have hit the jackpot with remaking 80s horror films; granted not all of them will be good but there are at least a few good ones. The Halloween remake directed by Rob Zombie was brutal, awesome, insane but I did really like it (i do not currently own it but plan to in the near future). The Friday the 13th remake featuring my friend Eryn's hunky crush Jared Padelecki, was not great but watchable and reboot this franchise has a lot of potential because a lot of viewers are familiar with the original franchise, so you have familiarity with the formula and the character types and the gore/content is not to a HOSTEL level intensity, alienates viewers but to an acceptable level. I was at first, very very apprehensive about the upcoming A Nightmare on Elm Street remake, but the casting of Jackie Earle Haley (great underrated actor; nothing short of incredible in Watchmen and great in Little Children) as Freddy Krueger has me thrilled and excited about this forthcoming film. I am also looking forward to seeing the cast (currently: Katie Cassidy [hot], Thomas Dekker [john connor himself], Connie Brittion [MILF from friday night lights], Clancy Brown [awesome evil preacher from late HBO series Carnivale] and Kyle Gallner [that's right Barry Allen [the flash] from Smallville]. For the record, I do not work for anyone associated with the production or promotion of this film...but I would like to. HINT HINT STUDIO THAT IS REMAKING A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET; I do not know what studio because I do not want to get imdb pro cause you know after a month you have to pay and I ahhh have to buy ahhhh...movies and games for the wii....so yeah.

I hope that I have reassured you readers regarding the state of Hollywood horror films. Now, that I have done that I will piss you off again by telling you that I have heard within the last couple of years that the Studios want to remake the following films; Hard Boiled, Red Sonja (that may actually work), Total Recall, Robocop (i expected this one to be good, but you never know), Tomb Raider (megan fox is super hot though and may or may not be in this), Arthur, They Live, Back to School, Metropolis (ohh yeah they remade this it was called BLADE RUNNER; well somewhat), Conan, The Karate Kid, Deathwish, Footloose, Red Dawn, Short Circuit, The Birds, Hellraiser, Poltergeist, Oldboy (LEAVE IT ALONE IT WAS A GREAT FREAKING FOREIGN FILM), Logan's Run, Child's Play, The Last Starfighter (great underrated 80s sci-fi adventure film), Near Dark, Barbarella, Rashomon (oh God; I have not seen it but I know that is sacrilegious), Highlander (LEAVE IT ALONE 2), Evil Dead (LEAVE IT ALONE 3), Escape From New York (LEAVE IT ALONE 3), and The Thing (they remade that with John Carpenter in the 80s; originally The Thing from Outer Space it does not need to remade again). I figure that I had infuriated your readers enough, so that is all.

Good Night, and Good Watchin'

FAnbOy daVe

P.S. I still Watch The Watchmen in case you were wondering.

P.P.S. The picture of our Jack Russell Terror...I mean terrier Teegan. She has a grudge too; she hates having her picture taken.