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Doom (2005)
Best video game to movie translation yet.
Doom is based loosely of the video game with the same title. The movie is about a problem on a research facility on Mars. And a group of marines are sent in and contain the problem. Easier said than done.
The movie starts off slow and builds itself up. You get to know the names of the marines and what they are about and thats about it. This is no Godfather and don't go and expect that either. This movie is not suppose to be "deep" its about blowing some **** up, which it does. Very good performances from everybody, especially Karl Urban (Reaper) and The Rock (Sarge).
Now with a name called DOOM you would expect guns, F-Bombs, blood and gore. Well you got that in this movie. Lost of action and blood and gore, heads are gone, arms are decapitated and more! The atmosphere of the game is in the movie and looks just like it. There has been people complaining about how it looks nothing like what it should, but it does. Don't listen to those people.
The problem is that its just like what happen to Timeline. The book was awesome and had a lot of science to explain whats going on. Well when they did the movie, they gave it to Richard Donner, and he doesn't do "science." Same thing happens here, they try to write science but its just there for plot purposes, and if your really big on that sort of thing, you might get mad about it. Which lead to the second problem that people had, is that there is no hell, like in the game. Its genetic mutation, and for me that all right, cause with the new story it works with the film. Leave your brain at the door and just watch this movie for fun, because thats what it is fun.
The FPS scene is just pure greatness and work really well with the film. The BFG is also here and just look cool, could have used it more but I'm not complaining.
So if you want to watch a movie thats better than the other games to movies that have been out (AvP, Resident Evil, Laura Croft, Super Mario Bros.) then go watch doom. And I'm hoping for a unrated director cut on DVD. HAVE FUN!!!
The Sandlot 2 (2005)
So....Wheres the baseball?
ABC Family was playing "The Sandlot", so I haven't seen it in awhile and I watched it. Still a great movie, but during a break they said that "The Sandlot 2" was coming on, well, I wanted to see what would happen if I'd watched it. Wow bad things happen, the movie is just the same as the first, except with girls and switch the baseball of the first with a Space Shuttle. I mean WTF?? The kids are stupid and un-funny, there are some "special effects" I guess to bring out the movie, but it dosen't work at all, there's also a strange romance thing that I guess is suppose to me like "Squint" and Penny. And also there is no baseball, 90% if the movie. So if you watched "The Sandlot" and liked it, stay away from this one by all means.