Tuesday, June 10, 2008

The Year 2145: Flashlights are the rarest commodity in the universe

I liked the first 5 minutes. After that, it all went downhill. 100 years in the future, apparently there was some kind of international war over small light bulbs, leaving only powerful governments and their elite military units with flashlights. Since they are so rare, the flashlight can't be attached to the guns, rather it must be held gently in one hand. Except when you use it to bash a zombied/possessed person in the head multiple times. You can't hold a weapon and a light at the same time...right. I understand they wanted to make the game frightening, but castrating game play to do it is ridiculous.
My other main complaint is that there is no strategy involved in the game, its just straight reactionary shooting. You walk around a corner with your flashlight in your hand and start immediately getting blasted by a zombied/possessed guy with a shotgun, so you switch over to your gun and start to shoot, of course by this time you've already been shot 2-3 times, you blast him with whichever firearm and then repeat that process over and over. No thank you.

Sunday, June 08, 2008

Do Ya Like Dags?



Guy Ritchie's piece de resistance, and possibly one of Brad Pitt's best acting efforts combine in this instantly classic Brit film. Of course this isn't my first time watching it, but since I've just started this thing I need to start somewhere, neh: So, I'll be reviewing and commenting on things as I experience them, not casting the looking glass backwards.
Back to Snatch. This movie spawned an incredible number of repeatable lines, not useful for everyday conversation mind you, but rather just great writing and delivery.
Still working our the kinks on how I'm going to do this, the one thing I know for sure is there will be no stars or any of that, just opinions. I'll figure it out as I go.
Simply put, if you haven't seen this movie, see it.