Jarod’s Den

06.06.06

Da da da dum…

Just thought I add some dramatics… The remake of the 1976 horror movie is upon us. What makes this movie so special is that the entire movie is made up of little special effects and is delivered by the actors fine performances. The script is well written and is an excellent, believable adaptation from the bible.

The prophecy is clear, the signs unmistakable: Armageddon is upon us.

The signs unmistakable. What signs? Come to think of it, is it refering to the recent disasters happening around the world today? Hurricane Katrina, Asian Tsunami, Kamchatka & Yogyakarta Earthquake and the soon to erupt Mount Merapi volcano are but a few recent ones.
I can’t help but notice that 3 of those mentioned disasters are from Indonesia. Is that an indication that the anti-christ is from Asia this time? OMG! An Indonesian devil…?!?! What’s next? A Chinese devil? Hmm…
06.06.06 can happen once every century. Which means the producers/directors will have a remake every century! Or the anti-christ have a chance on bringing armageddon every century. Perhaps next century it would be an Indian devil.

I only hope that this remake will live up to, if not exceed, its predecessor. I’m waiting to watch the movie.

Tags: armageddon, devil, omen, signs

X-Men 3: The Last Stand

I caught X-Men: The Last Stand with my friend last week. There were two reactions after the movie. My friend, who knows nothing about the X-Men universe enjoyed the movie. He was ‘wowed’ by it. As for me, I was totally disappointed. Somebody needs to shoot that Ratner guy.

[Spoiler warning: Continue reading at your own risk.]

In this movie, the entity known as the Phoenix force is now reduced to become Jean Grey’s split personality. Thanks to Professor Xavier.

Cyclop’s and Rogue’s characters is totally insignificant. Cyclop is killed off about 15 minutes into the movie. Rogue just showed her face here and there and disappeared until the end of the movie. Charles Xavier’s role is ridiculously pathetic as the mutant professor we came to love and respect.

This is Phoenix aka Jean Grey. I don’t have the picture to show but when she’s angry, she reminds me of the Elf queen Galadriel when tempted by the One Ring. She’s so powerful, she can literally disintegrate anything. Shouldn’t she be Dark Phoenix instead?

I was looking forward to seeing the new X-Men like Kitty Pryde, Angel, Colossus and Beast. Unfortunately, only Kitty and Beast has some significant screen time and dialog. I think Colossus only had 1 line of dialog. Angel only flies around.

Another thing I was looking forward to was the showdown between Iceman and Pyro. And again, another let-down. All they did was shoot at each other with their fire/ice blast and then in the end, Iceman just knock Pyro on the head and he crumbled.

However, there is one scene that I thought was pretty cool. That was when Magneto moved the Golden Gate Bridge over to Alcatraz. That was the only scene worth watching. By the way, I think it would be a good idea if San Frisco authorities can build a bridge from Fisherman’s Wharf to Alcatraz. That way, there won’t be any problem for tourists to visit the Island. They can just strolled over there in the cool weather instead of paying the ridiculously priced tickets for the ferries. Just a side point.

So basically Phoenix killed Cyclop, Xavier and a number of other mutants. Wolverine killed Phoenix. Mystique became ‘one of them’ (human). Magneto and Rogue lost their powers. Storm now runs the School and Wolverine continues to be cool. In conclusion, if you’re an X-Men noob, then you might enjoy it. As for the X-Men fans out there, I doubt they’ll enjoy it.

Oh, by the way, if you stay back after the credits, there’s another short clip implying that Xavier may not be gone after all.

I guess that means there’ll be an X-Men 4. I wonder what it will be titled as… X-Men: The Apologies?

Tags: disapointed, movie, x-men