Book of Eli.

Last night I went out to watch the book of Eli staring Denzel Washington. It is about a man heading west in apocalyptic times. A war destroyed the world making the sun blinding.

You follow a lone character through his journey into a town that is run by a power hungry man. I wouldn't say the character was bad he was doing what was best for his town, and him. He sends people out to look for a book which he considers a weapon. Eli, Denzels character has the book he wants, but he wont let him have it. He even has the book memorized but will fight to the death for it.

In between the light dialog there is some action, but other than that it is just of a man walking. It is really not that good of a movie. When I was done watching it I felt as if I wasted my time. I was entertained a little bit but since the story was so slow it really got me bored and that boredom really wore me out. I didn't like the character Eli and his mystery reveal at the end of the movie. It seemed that they wanted to be a lot like the sixth sense but not as cool. I was like why didn't he just give up the book. And the book it self was the 'reason' the world ended as they knew it.

I give this movie 2 stars out of five. And would recommend to watch it when it comes out on tv, don't spend money for it cause it isn't worth it. Bad performance all together.

I am back in NYC

Yesterday I landed back in NYC, one of my favorite places. I came for the Miami Ad School portfolio review that is going on tomorrow. There are many different agencies that are going to come and check out our books. I am excited for it to happen. I hope they come look at my book but if they dont, I have their emails and their numbers that I can raise some hell. I am hoping some good will come of this but I just dont know yet.

Review of the Cleveland Show.

Seth Macfarlane has created another cartoon based television show after the hit series Family Guy. This one unlike the very lame American Dad is a spin off of the original. It uses the character Cleveland as he leaves the group to start his own show. He and his son that you haven't seen since the beginning of Family Guy go down to Virginia to start a new life. Well they get stuck in Virginia at least. Cleveland Jr, his son was a hyper spastic kid when he appeared on FG now he is just a fat slug.

Now for the review of the show. I wanted to wait to see two episodes before I gave my opinion, giving the show the benefit of the doubt. Premieres are always hard to do and only a few shows have done it right. I got the same conclusion on last nights show as I did the original, IT SUCKS. First of all why would you set a series on a guy that you used as brief comic relief. The house blows up and he is in the bath tub only to fall to the ground saying no no no no. Sometimes he had a funny part but not many times. Quagmire would have a way better series. Second the show is just not that funny. They try and do the same thing that FG does with the flashbacks and stuff and that is stupid, make it original. Cleveland isn't funny without the rest of the FG characters.

The only thing that I think is funny about the show is the little kid, and he is only funny one out of the five things he tries to say. The show is awful and I hope it gets pulled. I haven't been this disappointed since Macfarlane drew American Dad. I recommend not watching this show.

Blue man group.

This past saturday my girlfriend took me to the Blue Man Group. They were a lot of fun and I really recommend going to see them when ever you can. They are not just a musical group but they also do a lot of funny bizarre things that entertain their packed house. It is amazing how many marshmallows a man can catch in his mouth without swallowing them. He only missed two of them out of an entire bag, that in it's self was amazing. They where even rapid fire to him.

They were really cool I really suggest seeing them. They where really funny and really good at what they do. I recommend not coming late though they stop the show for you and video tape you getting your seat.

I didn't get to see it on a big stage like this only the stage that they have shows in chicago which is an awesome building, really wacky and cool.

I give it five out of five stars.

Benjamin Button

Last night I rented "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," and watched it with my girlfriend. I had been excited to see this movie ever since it came out in theaters, and last night was my first opportunity to do so.

I thought that the movie was ok, not something that was worth all of the hype they put around it when it first came out. I found the acting to be really cheesy and the story line way to predictable. I found myself filling in the blanks way way before the story was told. That made it boring for me. I don't like to sit there and guess what is going to happen only to see it happen instantly. To me the only thing that was interested was the guy that said he had been hit with lightning seven different times. I found that funny but really odd, it was like the man was always there for some odd reason.

Brad Pitt did ok in his role but it really wasn't that great of one. The character never changed throughout the movie, very stagnate. Moving from place to place and some how there was only one person that understood that he was getting younger. I dont know how that could be. The jumps of ages where ridiculous. I mean really at one time he looked like he was 70 then it was 50 then he was 30 for a long ass time.

The girl got really annoying, she liked him, she hated him, she liked him, she hated him, she loved him, she let him go, only to get back with him at the end. She had no depth as an actress in my opinion, she never made me believe. for a while she never aged it was ridiculous. She looked the same until the very end when she was an adult.

One thing I really didn't like about the movie as well was the time that it was set. They put no tension in it. No one seemed to care what color skin was on the other person, they where equals. Sure there was some moments of racism but that was for about five seconds when he was on the bus with the guy. Then they had a Cherokee Indian on the tug boat that made no sense to me. They would have never allowed that in the military at that time. He would be on the front lines cause he was part of the military code that was used at that time.

They introduced characters left and right but you never got to know any of them. Such as his sister fro Queeny. I mean she had one role and that was it. I dont even know if she is the one at the end who said he is with us or not. I think it would be but her character really fells short. I never got the connection of the characters other than the love which I also thought was week.

I give this movie 1 and a half out of five starts. I would recommend people stay away from it.

Movie review on Pixars UP.

Pixar has done it again! Another great movie by the best animated shop in Hollywood. Every movie they come out with is better then the last.

Last night I went with some friends to see the newly released Pixar movie UP. Which is about a old man that befriends a young boy on his way to an adventure. They find themselves in South America trying to put the old man's house on Paradise Bluff, which is where he and his wife dreamed about going for their entire life. They meet some interesting creatures along the way, like Kevin, a local exotic bird, and my favorite Dug, a talking Golden Retriever. Dug is one of the greatest characters ever, he is the character that everyone is going to want after they see the movie.

Pixar does a really good job about invoking every emotion you have when they tell the story. I dont know how they do it but it affects all ages about the same way. It is amazing that they make you feel in the movie no matter the age.

I dont really want to say to much more about the movie because I dont want to spoil it for you. But this movie is THE must see movie of the summer. It is amazing, check out the 3D like I did and you will forget you are wearing glasses. As I am writing this I am thinking about going back and seeing it again, it was that good. That is why I am giving it the highest rating that I possibly can five stars out of five.

"I know a joke, this squirrel went up to a tree and said, 'Hey I didnt store enough nuts for the winter, I'm dead.' I hate squirrels." Dug

Review on Angels and Demons.

First and foremost I really want to read this book. I have wanted to read this book after I finished the Divinci Code. I have even bought two different copies of the book to read. I always loose them right before I am ready to read them. I only find them when I finally move to a new place.

But anyways I went to the theaters on Tuesday afternoon. Got in and waited for the show to begin. I really can not believe how much it coast for just one 20oz bottle of water, they sold them at Century theaters for $3.50, that is theater robbery. It started off really scientificy at the beginning, in a laboratory where they are looking to create something called Dark Matter. They go on to explain latter in the movie that it is the same energy that they believe created the big bang. They have a priest at the location of where they ions come together to form this partical which they latter dub as the God Partical. It gets made and the priest is communicating to the people elsewhere saying that it worked. The main woman goes and says she wants to see it and will be down. He walks out of the room for some unknown reason. When she finally gets down there she notices that someone has stolen one of the containers that is holding the partical.

In comes Robert Langdon played by one of the greatest actors on the planet, Tom Hanks. I think I would see any movie of his, and I think I have. He again plays the role of the symbolist and the Catholic Church needs his help because someone kidnapped for of the high ranking Cardinals who are favorites to become the new Pope. He agrees and goes to the Vatican. Through his mass intelligence on how to decode ancient symbols and knowledge of ancient societies.

Another great role was also put in by another one of my favorite actors Ewan McGregor. He is always believable in all his parts. He played the part of the priest that is really close to the former Pope. He has some power while they Cardinals are choosing the next Pope, because he represents the former Popes want before they pick a new one. He plays a really complex character, very compassionate, loving and caring but he also has a wild side that emerges every once and a while. He did a really good job of speaking with a light voice throughout the movie, it really makes you draw to his character.

The story takes us on a goose chase through some of the most scenic places in Rome and the Vatican City. Very beautiful camera work when it comes to displaying the arts of a medieval period. Showing that they left secrets for only the people that know what they are suppose to mean.

This movie doesnt have the codes that the first one had. It doesnt have that cool feature where when he is looking to decode something he looks at it and it comes together for him. It is way more basic, following the way that the statues are pointing. It didnt start out that way when it first started he was looking at one of Galileo's books they had water marks of secret symbols and text that where in a riddle and he had to surpass it. This was to mark the start of the journey.

I found this movie had some ups and downs, but I always wanted to stay tuned. It doesnt ask for as much attention to detail as the first one did but it ended even better than the first one. It had you find these ancient statues and things but it had a quick get. Every statue was pointing a certain way and that was they way that they had to go to stop the next murder. It got old after a while, I wish they had descriptions to make you think more. It whole movie was on this premous that the church went out and killed Illuminati members in the middle ages, for their thinking different than the church's ways. Although the church didn't like people thinking differently than them they didnt go out and kill all of them like what they tried to do with the Knights Templar. Even though the movie had it's ups and downs and parts that I didnt like it finished it off with a great ending. One that you will never see coming or at least I didnt for not reading the book.

The acting was really good in the movie, you never knew who to trust and who to take seriously. The roles and scenery where really well done. Over all I give this movie three and a half stars out of five. It was good but not great. It is one of those movies that you see once and that is good enough.

I still want to read the book.

Origins of Wolverine review.

I must say I know a little bit about Wolverine and I feel like after watching this movie I know a little more. I thought that it was interesting to know where he came from and how everything was set in motion for him to become what we know him as. I thought the character was awesome. Jackman did a good job playing wolverine again. But he was over shadowed by the acting skills of Liev Schreiber who plays Victor Creed aka Sabretooth. He was amazing in his part, played it perfectly. Pretty much all of the actors played the roles really well. The only thing I would change was to have the person that played Remy LeBeau aka Gambit to have a cajon accent, other then that they casted perfectly. But he did a good job but it could have made my favorite character better.

Some of the graphics and sounds in the movie where ruff. There is a time that Wolverine first looks at his claws they look like shit. They look as if they didnt even spend the time to make it look realistic. It was like they just gave up on the situation or they ran out of money, or they where trying to get it out before it was really ready. Some of the sounds in the move where really off. They just made some really loud noises that didnt go with the scenes.

Other than some of the affects and sounds it was a movie that was worth seeing. It was good but not great so I give it three and a half stars. Go see it and you will be entertained from start to finish.

Sunday Night Eats at the Bakers St Pub.

Sunday April 19th was the first time that I ever went to the Sunday Night Eats Dinner Club in Boulder. I couldn't believe the massive turn, the pub gave us half of their restaurant.

As I walked up to the restaurant they have the old fashion red phone booth that you would see around the UK. Little did I know that it was going to be the start of many interesting things in the restaurant. Because as soon as I walked in I found the Irish Crest of the restaurant above the entry doors. It had everything from Unicorns to the Fleur de lis. But the coolest thing about the restaurant in my opinion was the sword that was above the tables. It was like the one that Frodo carried in "Lord of the Rings" except it didn't glow when goblins where present, or maybe it does and Bakers St Pub is a safe house from goblins which would be a good thing to know. Anyplace that has a sword gets mad props in my book.

When I got there the pub started to drop appetizers in the middle of the group. They started off with the bread and humus combination. They set it out really nicely, with all of the pita bread around the humus then covered the humus with grated cheese, green onions and red peppers. Not being a really big fan of humus I tentatively tried it, because I didn't think that It was humus when I started. It was actually really good, it didn't taste like a lot of the humus that I have had before, it had a little kick of chipoltle in it. I wasn't the only one that liked it, many of the SNEDC went up for seconds and thirds.

The second appetizer they set out was a bunch of mini summer sausages were in a brown cream sauce. I think that out of all of the appetizers this was my favorite. The sauce was a complement to the sweetness of the sausage. It wasn't the most beautiful dish that I have ever seen and it would never win any beauty pageants but great food never has to. It was kind of funny that they surrounded it by lettuce to bring more color to the plate because without it they just looked like little turds. Once you get past the sight of it and try it there will be an explosion of sausage in your mouth. It is highly recommended.

Unfortunately the last two apps where good but didn't really make the restaurant stand out. Sweet and Sour Chicken and potato skins really do not separate themselves from the rest of the appetizers. They were good but not great, nothing that other restaurants don't have.

I am new to Boulder and really don't know to many people. With all of my travels I have gotten use to eating alone, but it is never as fun as eating in a group. Everyone was really friendly and willing to start up a conversation. You cant really do that when you eat alone because the people at the other table will look at you like you are a weirdo, and that is coming from experience.

When it came down to order people picked many different things on their tasty menu. Some ordered a burger, fish and chips, meat loaf and shepherds pie. I ordered the meat loaf. They really give you a good size potion; two filets of meat that are as big as your hand. They had garlic mash potatoes underneath the meat loaf. I loved the mash because they left some skin and chunks of potatoes in it. To me that is always the best, it adds extra texture to it. They topped it all in gravy and onion rings. I thought it was good but it could have been better. I will give them the benefit of the doubt because I did a lot of talking when it was first served to me so it could have lost some of the flavor as it started to chill down. But I wasn't disappointed in it at all, it is something that I would go back there and have again, and for me that says a lot.

Roland told the table, "They have the greatest fish and chips here," before anyone ordered. So many of the people at the table went with his recommendation. When they brought it out they had 2 huge filets of fish, definitely the biggest fish and chips I have seen. Everyone around me got it and decided to make me jealous; I dont know why but I don't like to order what other people order. The fish looked really good and everyone around me said it tasted really good. I think I should go back there just on others recommendations just to try it, because I love fish and chips.

When everyone was done with dinner they where full, but not the full that oh my god my stomach is going to explode if I don't loosen my pants button. For as big as the plates where it really didn't seem like they took up to much space in the belly. But there was no room for the best part of dinner, desert. The good thing for me about this restaurant is that it makes me want to come back, so next time I could try the desert.