dvd run down

So there's some movies that I have gotten a while ago but for some reason haven't written anything about.

To start off I got Vanishing point a while ago, has to be over a month now. I found this movie to be rather enjoyable. It is a story about Kowalski who is transporting a car from Denver to San Francisco. He gets stoned from time to time and through most of the movie he is being chased by cops. shortly into the movie you get the feeling he really doesn't give a crap if he makes it or not. The music is great and Kowalski ends up talking to a magical guy through the radio. The radio DJ tell him the polices locations and where not to go. If you like just straight up joy rides check this movie out. For a 105min film I doubt Kowalski is even out of the car for more then 30mins during the film.

Now I watched this movie about 3 days ago. I was shocked to find this movie at future shop. They also have James Cameron's Piranha 2 but I didn't pick it up yet. I wanted to watch this movie because I think that you should always watch the original film before watching the remake. So with that you can tell that this film was made over 30 years ago. There are some plot holes and dumb scenes. When the piranhas attack it's pretty lack luster. Most of the attacks are what looks like a hunk of meat being attacked. My DVD is the Roger Corman version and has a wicked cover of a chick in a red swimsuit trying to reach the surface of the water while Piranhas try to eat her, It came with both covers. If you like old school horror films which I do check this movie out its rather enjoyable.

I also got the Ring on DVD which the film is not bad. But the main thing is that I found the sound effects like jump scare sounds are louder then them talking which I HATE! Reason is I turn it up to hear what the hell is going on and then they close a door and I jump 5 feet into the air screaming like a girl. Was the door scary no not really, which then makes all the other scares or jump scares meaningless. So I couldn't really enjoy the movie because of random sounds that kept exploding my sound system. The movie is about a women watching a tape and then getting a call telling her she will die in 7 days.

So when this movie came out I wanted to watch it because I thought the cover looked cool. A while latter I learned that this movie was dumb as hell also I watched a tiny bit of it on TV but something better came on so I never watched all of it. So I found it for really cheep I think $4 and wanted to see for myself and... ya this movie is crap. You end up not caring for anyone in this movie. There was only one person that I wanted to live and that was Thomas Jane because I liked him in punisher. I thought the part where all the animals are running to be cool not knowing what I was about to see. But when that worm thing showed up I thought okay this can be okay and then it just feel off a cliff...right when I saw the alien I thought really...that's it I was expecting a thing ripe off.

Back in the day horror films actually went for atmosphere rather then just having the sound that is so loud it makes you jump do all the work. I tend to look at films like TCM, Halloween, even Friday the 13th. Now I am not saying all jump scares are bad but a cat meowing shouldn't scare anyone or a dog barking. One thing that pissed me off about the new Friday the 13th remake was the dog scene. When the main character is standing at the door seeing if anyone is there all of a sudden a dog barks and attacks the door. So what the main character didn't hear the pissed of dog coming at him till he was already attacking the door?

I will say that everyone should check out Guillermo Del Toro don't be afraid of the dark movie it is looking really good (watch the trailer). Also make sure you keep tabs on Frankenstein which is another movie hes working on.

Chungking Express #453

So something last week I watched Chungking Express which is about two different stories around love and relationships. The tends to not give anyone a real name actually it seems they only gave the women names like May and Faye. The main characters are Cop 223 and may in story 1 and Cop 663 and Faye in story two.

The first story is about a cop called cop 223 and his girlfriend May who broke up with him on April 1st. Thinking at first it was a joke which he realizes it wasn't. He ends up buying a can of pineapple everyday with the expiration date on each can being May 1st his birthday. In the end he will either be rejoined with his love or that his relationship will have expired forever. While that is going on the story also follows a blond women that is trying to make her way in the drug world.

The second story which is my favorite and seems to be the main story. Follows Cop 663 who is also dealing with a breakup, this time with a flight attendant. On his lunch break he eats at a local snack bar where we met Faye who secretly falls for him. On cop 663's day off his Ex shows up at the snack bar wanting to give him a letter. Cop 663 not being there she gives the letter to the snack bar asking they give it to cop 663. Inside the letter Faye finds a set of keys to his apartment which leads to her breaking in to redecorate and "improve" his living situation.

When I went into watching this movie I forgot is was a Criterion film and was shocked for a split second that I had to read, missing the first few lines. I liked the first story even though I felt that it was there just to pad the movie out for the second story. making the movie 102mins long.

I really liked the second story though and would suggest watching this movie just for that story alone. Faye played by Faye Wong (I wonder if the same name is for a reason) who is just outstanding. You can't help but want them to get together. I found the parts where Faye is in cop 663's apartment to be outstanding. I found it so enjoyable seeing her try to make his life better. This music in this movie is great. I would actually buy the soundtrack to this movie and I tend to not like buying movie soundtracks. Faye Wong's cover of the song Dreams is just beautiful and addictive.

The special features are as follows:
*Commentary with Asian cinema critic Tony Rayns
*1996 episode of the British television series moving pictures featuring interviews with Wong and cinematographer Christopher Doyle
*U.S. theatrical trailer
*PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by critic Amy Taubin. Which the book is 6 pages.

There I finally wrote this now it is time to watch... REVANCHE!

Ufc 118 Results

So this was the card:
Lightweight Championship Frankie Edgar vs. B.J. Penn
MMA Vs Boxing Randy Couture vs. James Toney
Demian Maia vs. Mario Miranda
Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard
Nate Diaz vs. Marcus Davis

and this is what happened:
1) I thought Joe Lauzon will beat Gabe Ruediger via sub in the 2nd and
Lauzon defeated Ruediger via submission (armbar) at 2:01 of round 1.

2)I think Nate Diaz will beat Marcus Davis via sub in the 2nd and
Diaz defeated Davis via technical submission (guillotine choke) at 4:02 of round 3.

3Kenny Florian with beat Gray Maynard via tko ill go with the 1st and
Maynard defeated Florian via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28).

4)Demian Maia will sub Mario Miranda in the 1st and
Maia defeated Miranda via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27).

5) This one is hard because I really want to go with the long shot but I really think the Courture will be able to close the distance and take Toney down for a lame ass Tko finish do to James taking to many punches. If Toney  KO's Randy that will be devastating. I just want to watch Toneys post fight interview with Rogan. So I guess ill say Randy Courture will beat James Toney via tko in the 1st. and
Couture defeated Toney via submission (arm-triangle choke) at 3:19 of round 1.

6) I think Bj Penn will get his title back via sub in round 4. I like Edgar as well but I just think he will be getting a mad Penn. A Penn that feels like he needs to prove that Edgar shouldn't have won the 1st fight so we will see.and
Edgar defeated Penn via unanimous decision (50-45, 50-45, 50-45).

I would like to note that I did not like this card. The Joe Lauson fight was great, Nate Diaz fight was great only thing is the ref sucked. The KFlo fight was crap and boring, and the Randy fight was stupid he even got his black belt for subing a guy with no skill on the ground good job subing a guy that didn't know how to even tap...and the Bj Penn fight was boring as hell when there is no drama in a fight it is boring and after the 1st round I knew Edgar was going to win and so the last 4 round ended up just being him peppering penn with punches. So ya this figh card looked good but the night was just lame.

UFC 118 Thoughts

I am really looking forward to this card. I think the fights that are booked for the card are really solid. So with that this is how the car looks.
Lightweight Championship Frankie Edgar vs. B.J. Penn
MMA Vs Boxing Randy Couture vs. James Toney
Demian Maia vs. Mario Miranda
Kenny Florian vs. Gray Maynard
Nate Diaz vs. Marcus Davis
live on spike:
Joe Lauzon vs. Gabe Ruediger


and this is how it will go down:
1) I think Joe Lauzon will beat Gabe Ruediger via sub in the 2nd
2)I think Nate Diaz will beat Marcus Davis via sub in the 2nd
3Kenny Florian with beat Gray Maynard via tko ill go with the 1st
4)Demian Maia will sub Mario Miranda in the 1st
5) This one is hard because I really want to go with the long shot but I really think the Courture will be able to close the distance and take Toney down for a lame ass Tko fish do to James taking to many punches. If Toney  KO's Randy that will be devastating. I just want to watch Toneys post fight interview with Rogan. So I guess ill say Randy Courture will beat James Toney via tko in the 1st.
6) I think Bj Penn will get his title back via sub in round 4. I like Edgar as well but I just think he will be getting a mad Penn. A Penn that feels like he needs to prove that Edgar shouldn't have won the 1st fight so we will see.

World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 14 Results

1) Hatsu Hioki will beat Jeff Lawson via Submission and
That is exactly what happened Hatsu Hioki defeated Jeff Lawson via sub in the frist

2) Akihiro Gono will beat Narantungalag via Decision and
Narantungalag defeated Gono via Decision

While watching the show I started to root for Kazuo Misak before the fight so I hope he wins.
3) Jorge Santiago will defend his title agenist Kazuo Misaki via Submission and
FIGHT OF THE YEAR
and the winner is
Santiago with 20 seconds left they threw the towel in that sucks I can't belive that. The ending just sucks he should had won what a warrior!!!

StrikeForce: Houston Results

So this is how the night went down:
1) Chad Griggs beat Bobby Lashley via tko at 5mins in the 2nd. This is the frist time that Lashley has lost.
2) KJ Noons defeated Gurgel by KO of 4:19 of round 2.
3) Souza defeated Kennedy via unanimous decision (49-46, 48-47, 48-47).
4) Cavalcante defeated Lawal via TKO (strikes) of 1:14 of round 3.

World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku Raiden Championships 14 Thoughts

This card airs saturday (21) on HDNet at 11pm and there is 10 fights on the card. But I am only going to pick the main three fights. Reason is I don't know any of the other fighters and I really don't have a way to find out anything about them. and so with that heres the full card

Jorge Santiago(c) vs. Kazuo Misaki
Akihiro Gono vs. Narantungalag
Hatsu Hioki vs. Jeff Lawson
Taisuke Okuno vs. Nick Thompson
Kenta Takagi vs. Yasubey Enomoto
Motoki Miyazawa vs. Takuya Sato
Shintaro Ishiwatari vs. Kil Woo Lee
Takuya Eizumi vs. Shoko Sato
Tatsuya So vs. Wataru Takahashi
Hirokazu Nishimura vs. Jae Hyun So

and these are the fights ill be picking and heres how it will go down:
Jorge Santiago will defend his title agenist Kazuo Misaki via Submission
Akihiro Gono will beat Narantungalag via Decision
Hatsu Hioki will beat Jeff Lawson via Submission

Note that I really like Hatsu Hioki and hope he does good.