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Someone, please stop me! I’ve officially seen Wall-E 3 times this weekend. I had to go to the midnight showing on Thursday, then with friends on Friday and with family today [Saturday]. I’m looking for any excuse to watch it again. I LOVE it. In exception to Cars and maybe Ratatouille, I’m a HUGE fan of Pixar movies, and this was really one of their best.

It seems someone at Pixar got the memo that I love robots and chose to make a movie just for me! Okay, fine, maybe not just for me– but we’ll keep that between us. I am completely satisfied with this film, and I really wish everyone would watch it. I did have some more thoughts, I suggest you watch the movie and then read– I’m not very good about keeping things spoiler free. [Photo taken by: Revlimit] (more…)

This lego Wall-E looks amazing and even has moving parts including the neck and arms and rolling treads.

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Disney announces that Nightmare Before Christmas is coming to Blu-Ray and Standard DVD this summer. The Blu-Ray version of course will have all the goodies of an HD treatment (1080p/AVC MPEG-4 video (1.66:1), English Dolby TrueHD 7.1 Surround). Both version will have all-new bonus features. This includes audio commentary with Burton, director Henry Selick and composer Danny Elfman, the “What’s This? Jack’s Haunted Mansion Holiday Tour” interactive tour of Disneyland’s Holiday Haunted Mansion, a “Tim Burton Original Poem” narrated by Christopher Lee, and “Introduction To Frankenweenie!” (a new un-cut version of Burton’s classic short). The Blu-Ray gets an exclusive introduction from Tim Burton himself. The Blu-Ray isn’t priced evil as it’s only 39.99. Sounds like it well worth it for the extras.

While not a hard core fan like saki. I do enjoy the art style and music quite a lot. So I will be picking up the Blu-Ray version. Though I’m not sure I had a choice anyway. I am sure saki would have demand the disc anyway- just beating her to the punch.

Source | High Def Digest

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Initially, when the wind blew news of the Speed Racer movie, my face lit up with glee. The excitement quickly increased when Christina Ricci was confirmed to play the role of Trixie and that was the end of that. The first trailer was up and I was less than excited. The style looked cheesy and over-saturated, therefore, when my Mr. made plans to watch Speed Racer with an old friend oh his, I wasn’t heartbroken.

Boy, did I regret my decision. My Mr. returned from the movies with raving reviews (and since I trust his judgement) we were off the following Friday to the IMAX theater to experience the thrilling races of a mega screen.

My previous concerns for the overly saturated look actually worked in it’s favor. The (what I’ve been referring to as) “psychedellic bubble pop” look made the movie much more reminiscent of the show. On a side note, I’m sure if I look back at the cartoons, that I’ll come to the realization that it was really bad– but I refuse to taint my childhood experience with reality.

The cast, which I was also concerned with, was amazing in their roles. I really appreciated the flashbacks of Speed with his brother, and related to him as a grown up refusing to let the world change him or his views. In addition to, he was quite believeable and respectable when he tried to help uncover the truth behind the “fixed” races and the people who fix them. Speed’s relationship with Trixie was also quite romantic in that young-innocent-love kind of way. Oh, and it should be stated that Chim Chim played his role quite great!

The plot and action were done quite great too. And though the colors are loud, you forget about that when cars are speeding through. And, unlike any other “racing” movie I’ve seen, it is the first time I experiece car kung-fu action. It is true that the movie is still quite cheesy, but it doesn’t take away from rooting for the good guys and wanting Speed to win the race. I say that if you had any reservations against this movie, that you let go of them and go see it! It really does deserve your $12.

[Image taken from David Horvath's blog]

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*Stop! Spoilers Included, you have been warned*

Last night, I met up with friends to watch Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the following are some of my after thoughts. Before seeing the movie, I refused to let my opinion be tainted by reading any reviews or spoilers. Last Sunday, I prepped for the newest addition to the trilogy by watching the first 3 films. Nonetheless, I have established that I was quite excited for the release. I wish the same enthusiasm applied after watching the film. (more…)

Am I super late on this? I knew that there was a plan for Transformers 2 since Michael Bay made the Blu-ray “woopsy” moment. But, has the poster been circulating the internet already. Doh! I know a lot of people, my Mr. included, didn’t like the first Transformers movie, but I LOVED it. I of course have a very biased opinion because I love robots in general, so if you’d named it something different I still would’ve loved the movie.

There were some cheesy moments, and then there were moments that made you question going to the movies at all– but I like giant robots. So, what do people think? Did you like the first movie? Are you excited about the sequel? Let me know.

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This weekend was the release of what I assume to be the most anticipated movie of the month, Iron Man! I originally wanted to catch the first show Thursday night but circumstances didn’t allow this to be possible. I did, however, manage to get to the theater with friends and family on Friday and “WOW!” is what comes to mind.

I have to admit that I barely follow the Marvel comics, therefore most of my thoughts will be based on the “general, non-comic book related” viewer thoughts. I know the beginning of Iron Man and a couple of other Marvel characters because my friends are really into the Marvel universe (I favor DC comics). My first opinion about the movie was that it really stayed true to the comic book. As we do with all movies we watch, we compared the film to others within the genre and declared Iron Man to be the best (I exclude Batman from this decision because Batman is a completely different type of comic book movie. It may have something with the general feelings the movies provoke, but it’s just different. Not sure if you disagree.) Anyway, in terms of an origin movie Iron Man achieved its goal.

The writers didn’t change the story by much. Instead, they took what was already written, and created witty dialogue. The casting department scored a perfect 10 from me. Choosing Robert Downey Jr. was fitting to who Tony Starks is. His growth from a massaginist, selfish “pig” to a caring, powerful humanitarian was believeable. I honestly felt his need to take responsibility for the weapons he created. The action scenes were believable too and though some considered it to be rather predictable, other than his magnetic plate, I didn’t expect what was being thrown at me.

In terms of alluding to a future movie. The possible intro of “War Machine” and Nick Fury is a clear sign that we’re getting more in the future. How much more? Not quite sure, but if the future movies are anything like this movie, bring it on! I say, if you haven’t seen it, its well worth your $12.