07/30/2016: No title

My last few posts have been admittedly lazy, with my decidedly lackadaisical approach to posting on this blog recently. I'm really lazy.

So with that in mind, I've decided to rectum this problem. A brand new post! For all you bots and non bots to view! Keep in mind, my brain has been a tad addled.

Even now, I can't recall the last week all too well. Tomorrow, I actually plan to get some German food with a.. great friend of mine. Admittedly, his personality is one of the reasons I'm slowly going insane. It has been nagging at me in the corner of my mind, the way he tries to sound intellectual by using vocabulary outside of his comprehension to sound like a pompous aristocrat poo head.


Like yours truly.


Please stop 'pulling' your movie opinions from Rotten Tomato. I do not care to hear what they say in 'your' voice. I've already pulled up 'your' opinion at least once or twice. Lmao GG

Speaking of, my thoughts have definitely been on a darker side. I mean that with the least amount of edge possible. That's about as possible as my negative thoughts taking a positive turn. Holy shit, I could not be edgier right now if I literally cut myself from my existential angst.



ANYWHO

I watched Lights Out.

It's definitely a runner for the 'Disappointment of the Year 2016', up there with 'Day of Infamy' and the new Independence Day movie.


I even dragged my pompous movie going from to see it. Was it worth? It was okay.


The hugest downfall of the movie were critic reviews. I read one out of curiosity, and I usually go into a movie blind. I wanted to change that just once, just to see if my opinion would be affected in any way afterwards. The experience was practically ruined for me. Never again.


What stood out the most when I read the review was the theme of the movie. Here, let me spoil it for you, too.

Depression. Not just any kind of depression, but chronic depression.

Critics, right? I honestly did not think too much of it. The critics I've read tend to pound on very good points, but other times they also drive ones so benign right into the ground. It happens, everyone will have a different perspective on things.

However, this particular critique on the movie nails the biggest problem on the head.

What bothered me the most about Lights Out was not the theme itself, but the fact that the movie kept reminding you that the theme was so. Blatant, contrived to the point of it being obnoxious.

"Ghost, why are you haunting that girl?"
"To make her feeeeeeeellllll baaadddd"
"Ghost, why did you hit her??"
"Because she was feeelllinnngn betterrrrr ooooOooOooOoo"

This happens every five minutes.

The ghost appeared after the death of both the husbands of the wife who is haunted, child as well. The ghost haunts the child turned adult many years into the future after confronting her mother after so many so years. The ghost haunts the girl at the asylum, making her feel bad at every turn by hurting her. The ghost tells the haunted woman her thoughts and how the woman is a terrible person.

And finally, the finale.

Mind you, the movie is so blatant on the theme thus. How will we solve this dilemma called chronic ghost depression?

Fucking kill yourself.

What an answer. To save the girl from her own shadows, she points the gun to her head and offs herself. WHAT A FUCKING ANSWER.

Movies. No doubt they will always be fictitious no matter how close to reality they seem. However, they will always contain a dose of human element to bring an audience that much closer, relating and sharing an experience that could almost be called real.

HOWEVER, DO NOT TELL A POSSIBLE AUDIENCE AFFLICTED WITH DEPRESSION TO KILL THEMSELVES.

WHAT A FUCKING JOKE

IM DONE

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06/05/2016: Heroes

I am brought before you today to write this blog post today about this movie I just watched today.

Having been reminded of this through constant angst-city reminiscing, I remembered this certain movie through a certain someone praising it upon seeing it with friends.

Going through somewhat of a turbulence right now in my life, I thought I'd check it out to get some cool coming-of-agey thoughts out of the movie.

Holy shit! Finding a picture I can 'borrow' from the internet, and all I'm treated to is a wall of fucking facebook posts! I do not give a fuck! Hold on! Okay fuck it

I watched 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower." I know what you're thinking. Uncookedsooshi, are you actually a thirteen year old girl who posts lyrics on facebooks while hinting at her gnawing angst?

I had to look in the mirror myself to make sure I wasn't, but no I am a 23 year old male with neckbeard and an overtly large steam game collection trust me I am the opposite. I hope.

Anywho, the movie starts out with almost Michael Cera finishing middle school and entering high school where all the other almost-vaguely-resembling-adults highschoolers attend as well.

Ok, I'm being harsh. I actually like the movie. The dialogue was stiff, but I suppose that's the result of adapting a novel from the 1990's. Lots of memorable lines, resulting in tandems of tumblr gifs after another quoting the damn thing.

The film does a wonderful job with cinematography. The setting is never explained, but you can definitely sense a 90's jive, and if not, honestly the setting is so vague that it works out in it's own favor. Absolutely timeless, and virtually always relevant. I actually had a hard time pinning the time the movie takes place, but I started to think that it really does not matter.

I fell kinda hard for the music. The same way I did for the Nice Guys soundtrack even. I suppose it's a nostalgia thing, but I also downloaded the soundtrack for this movie, which is made up entirely of tracks pre-90's and a few after. Reminds me of my younger days when my dad popped in a cassette into his Sony Walkman and gave me a listen. I hated it back then, but now I can really jam with the best. That is to say, I'm just getting old.

Perks of Being a Wallflower is a wonderful coming of age story for anyone that wants to relive the 90s and experience the melodrama of youth. This sounds negative but the movie does a well job of reminding me that although I thought my younger days were super totally awesome, I actually really sucked back then and it's good to come out with it now.

If you'll excuse me, I have a good, lengthy facebook post to share with the internet, and you better believe they're filled with song lyrics and subtle hints at my quarter life crisis.

Oh and besides that, I bought Senran Kagura. I'll post about it later though, but have a piccy

Anywho
(x)I didn't get a chance to :p
(x)Still working on it lol
(x)Will go tonight
(*)Got it
(*)Signed up for ART at University of Houston

Next Week
*Go for some runs lol
*Talk to University of Houston Financial Aid Office
*Work on video

And that's it.
See you next week.

5/08/2016: In Depth Captain America: Civil War Review

It's good go see it.





Sorry it's Finals Week, I'll see you in a couple of days.

The Guest (Game Review) and More!

Here we go.
Again.

Banner sized picture.

Anywho, today I wanted to talk aboot The guest.

Actually before that, I'd like to recap on my week.

It was an okay week.

Okay, back to the review.

Actually, before that, I want to talk about Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice.

It was an okay movie. Just kidding.

This movie was poor. I can't believe it took me this long (a day) to decide on my own personal opinion on this, but my feelings were pretty negative. Honestly, I wanted to skip on this movie and just read rotten tomato reviews, but my friend dragged me along for the ride and boy was it a draaaaag. 
None of the scenes were cohesive at all. Transitions between one moment to another were a mess. Imagine shooting a movie, right? Cool, it's time to take it to post. Slap it in sony vegas tonight and call it a day, you've earned yourself a wank session. Come back the next moment and you find out that a toddler (Zack Snyder) has jumped on your computer and decided the movie's fate! And nothing makes sense!
Too proud is he to let you change it up! You just smile and nod and post it on Youtube for the world to see, regardless of the impending harsh criticism of your peers and strangers on the internet!

And that's what happened to my home videos and career as a director. 

But Zack Snyder then grew up to be an asshole! Who fucked up Batman vs. Superman! Wow man have some chill! 

Scene to scene, nothing lasts more than a minute. Really. Check it out. This is the outcome of stuffing anything and everything you could into a movie. The 'impactful' moments of the trailer? Snuffed. They had NO impact in the movie at all. Lex Luthor's character is absolutely poor. Who tries to come off as crazy becoming more crazy is just plain awkward. Jesse Eisenberg :( Shame on you. BUT Ben Affleck? He destroys Batman's character. Stern, decisive, and thoughtful, Ben was the opposite. I'm not sure what he thought of as Batman's character, but he decided to act like a plank for most of the movie. Also what the fuck, just throw in more DC characters why don't you. I get that Marvel is ahead of the game, but you really don't need to play catch up to be a great franchise. Still, there were some really good scenes. Batman's parents being killed? I am not being facetious, it was very well shot and the trauma on the kid's face was pretty accurate to how a kid would go about that scene. The ending was really good, too, where the whole team finally gets together for a pretty rompous fight. The banter was playful, and the fight scene was very well made. The rest of the movie is just gloomy and broody, like the other DC movies. Honestly, this would be a terrific direction to take these movies, I would not mind it at all. Too bad the rest of the movie just blew. Introducing Wonder Woman and the rest of the League later would have been better for me, rather than sprinkling them through out the movie. Please, if for the sake of the movie, don't forshadow the fucking sequel for two hours. Focus on the actual plot and deliver something memorable you fucking twat. 

WHATEVER

Oh yeah, the game. 

The guest is cool. 

The end.

Just kidding though. 

The game is basically a first person point and click adventure. Think of one of those escape room games in real life, and put it into a game perspective. If you haven't been to an escape room, I recommend it. It's actually pretty fun, and sometimes you get matched with a group of randoms. Making friends has never been this awkward and suffocating before!
Still prreeeetty cool.

Anywho, storywise, it's okay. Pretty neat things happen, and you wonder who you are the whole time. But you find out eventually. That's pretty much it.

Uh, soundwise, nothing really memorable. 

Gameplay, holy shit some parts were absolutely frustrating. Fucking forest dream maze bullshit, and some of the puzzles will need a walkthrough. And then some are so blatant and trivial. The difference between the difficulty ramps is frustrating at times. BUT, for the puzzles that are really difficult, solving them yourself feels so damn satisfying. I'll give it that.

Score? uh
7/10
Despite my heavy bitching, I view the game in a positive light. Really, I do. 

Goals
(*)Got my testing done! Yay!
(x)Uh, will do tonight I promise.

Next Week
*Will get back to working out, work out with gym guys at least once, and go running at least once
*Get college transcript electronically sent to UH
*Release a new video

yayyyyyyyy

As always, thanks for reading. With much love, Bryan out.
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