FLASHBACK REVIEW- PIECE OF CAKE

                Alright, guys. As I said, this specific review will be sort of a flashback from last year. So, this is the chance you have to see about the movies that you've heard about, but have never seen. This is your chance to see what those movies are about, and see if you wanna get them on Redbox, or see them on Netflix. So, I hope this helps with those movie decisions.

THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY

                That's right, folks! We're doing reviews on one of the greatest trilogies of all time. And, thanks to Christopher Nolan, such an amazing director, we will be going deeper into the story of Batman the way that Mr. Nolan wanted to tell it. We will tell you Bruce Wayne's story the way that Mr. Nolan interpreted it. And for those of you that never really understood how the story was meant to be told, well, this is your chance to find out in our FIRST FLASHBACK REVIEW!

BATMAN BEGINS

                As said in the title, this is the origin story of The Dark Knight. The story begins at Wayne Manor, around the time that Bruce Wayne himself was about 12 years old, give or take 1 or 2 years. Bruce and an old-time friend, Rachel, are running around the mansion's gardens.

               Bruce says to Rachel, "Rachel lemme see!"

               "Finders- Keepers. Losers- Weepers. I found it, it's mine."

               "My garden."

               Rachel opens her hand to reveal an old worn-down arrow-head, and Bruce snatches it from her hand and runs, yelling, "FINDERS- KEEPERS!"

               "HEY!" Rachel screams back, running after Bruce.

                Bruce successfully outruns Rachel and is hiding behind a pot, standing on an old and dry well's board covers.

               "Bruce?" says Rachel to the air.

                As Bruce smiles, he suddenly drops down into the well, and crashes to the bottom. Rachel hears the sound, and runs over to see Bruce. As soon as she sees him, she runs back to the manor to go and get her parents, and the Waynes.

              Bruce, while waiting, looks over into a crack, and sees something moving. He stays still, afraid of what could come out. All of a sudden, bats fly out, and in a terrified condition, swarm around Bruce, and fly out of the well.

             Bruce Wayne wakes up about 10 to 15 years later in a jail cell. Breakfast time.

Sorry I have to cut short, but this is pretty long, so I'll finish it up later! Thanks for viewing anyway!

TO BE CONTINUED...



My Birthday!

That's right, folks! My birthday was yesterday, and here's some pics of the Emmaus Theater in Pennsylvania and a little birthday cake for ME! Anyways, sorry I haven't posted, but my family is planning to go see Noah. So if I do see it, goin on the blog right away.


Thanks!

Apparently, I'm old

P.S. Since on the billboard thingy of the Emmaus pic there's the Dark Knight Rises, I'll do a flashback review in a little bit. Maybe like tomorrow. So... expect that!

Thanks!

SPRING!

Happy First Day of Spring, guys! I didn't know that I wouldn't be off of the blog this long. Well, NO LONGER!

I'm actually going to post some pictures from my Black Belt Test this Saturday. Wish me luck, and I'll post again soon!

Here's some music, too.

Saving Mr. Banks

              Saving Mr. Banks is the story of the woman who created Mary Poppins, one of the most popular films and most beloved Disney nannies of all time. Mrs. P.L. Travers is the main character, a woman who has placed a wall around herself because of her tragic past with her alcoholic father. She is portrayed as a stone-set woman who is never satisfied with anything, and is a very hard woman to please or move. 
              The story begins in 1906, when Mrs. Travers was a young girl by the name of Ginty. It shows her and her father, a loving man who wants the best for her daughters, but doesn't seem too focused on his marriage. Ginty and her family are moving from their rural Australian home to a far-away cottage out in the Australian country. These small snippets of Mrs. Travers' life are shown throughout the story to help explain why she is so stone-set.
              The story then moves to 1961, 55 years in the future, where Walt Disney is trying earnestly to buy the rights to Mary Poppins to make it into a film. Mrs. Travers hasn't agreed for 20 years, but with no money left, she has no choice. She flies to California from England, an 11 hour flight, giving way to more insight into her childhood. 
              The process of making Mary Poppins into a film begins, but progress is extremely slow, because Mrs. Travers is never satisfied with what Walt or her crew wants to do with the film. She is set on making it into a film that reveals to children the darkness that is awaiting them in the world, while Walt Disney wants to make it into a film that is happy and shows that forgiveness solves everything. 
              Mrs. Travers isn't happy about that. Because, you see, Mary Poppins' story isn't about Mary at all. It's not about the children, it's not about the Banks Family, not about Dick Van Dike's character, not anything in the film. The story is about her. Mrs. Travers' real name is Helen Goff, and her drunken father died when she was very young, scarring her forever. 
             As Saving Mr. Banks progresses, we see why the film is called so. Mr. Banks is Mrs. Travers' father, being portrayed as Jane and Michael's father. Mrs. Travers is trying to preserve her father in the pages and film of Mary Poppins. 
            Walt finally realizes this, and makes a promise... that Mr. Goff will live on forever in imagination, his memory will forever be preserved as Mr. Banks, and his memory will forever be honored to those who know the history of Mary Poppins. Walt fulfills his promise, and Mary Poppins is successfully made into one of the most critically acclaimed and most beloved movies of all time. 
           I would highly recommend this story to anyone who is a fan of anything Disney, and is interested in the history of Disney's films. This story is moving, and will bring you to the edge of tears, this is a story of forgiveness. 
            So the moral is revealed: With forgiveness, even the hardest person to deal with can be changed.
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RoboCop

                 Alright, this was an AWESOME movie, but before I get to reviewin', I wanna mention a few things. Okay, Thing 1: On a scale of 1-10 for family friendliness, I'd give this a 3, or maybe a 3.5.

                In the movie, it gets graphic, and there's blood flying all over the place. There's a brief sensuality scene in the beginning, and all throughout, there's swearing. So, don't even take your 8 or 9 year old to see this... in fact, any kid under 13 shouldn't see this movie; hence the PG-13 Rating.
               It seems like the movie-makers really took advantage of that rating, and *just* got off the hook with it. Any more of the crap, and it would've made it to R.

               BUT, for epic awesomeness (excluding the sensuality scene and all that) I'd give this an 8 out of 10 EM-208s. Why? Well, RoboCop, like I said, is awesome. But, it doesn't give you that feel that you had when you watched The Avengers for example. You felt that adrenaline rush, and you were on the edge of your seat, right?

               Well, in RoboCop, you sorta get that feeling at some points throughout the movie, but it's not constant, if you catch my drift. The movie has a great story-line and EVERYTHING essential to an action hero type of movie, but it doesn't *quite* deliver, ya know?

              While those parts are satisfying, you're left wanting more, but not receiving it until later on... MUCH later. Alright, to the review part.

                                                                        RoboCop

              Okay, we all saw the trailer, right? So, you know what happens to make him become the robot he is. He's blown up. Well, the reason he's blown up is because he's on a case that involves an extremely dangerous gun-dealer. And he's got cops on the inside of the force.

              This dealer realizes that Officer Alex Murphy (aka RoboCop) is hot on his trail. So in order to get rid of his threat, he tells one of his goons to do something; anything to get rid of Alex Murphy. And that's where you get the explosion. The attempted murder obviously fails as we see in the trailer.

             Now as a half-cop, half-robot, Alex is given the opportunity to prove himself as the new guy on the block in his robo-body. As he's going to be revealed for the first time in the public, the scientist (Gary Oldman- The Dark Knight Trilogy ) that gave him his robotic body attempts to give Alex ALL police records and uploads to video cameras and all that cool stuff by uploading it to his

 system.

            Does it work? Yep. But with a bummer. As it's uploading, Alex's emotional level goes up with the overload in his brain, which he still has. He still has a human brain, he's just inserted into a robotic body. So what the scientist has to do is take away his emotions...huh?

            Now RoboCop is just a robot with a human face, nothing else. With the stripping of his ability to feel emotion, he loses the care he once had for his family. All he cares about is ridding the streets of the punks that commit crime all over the place. But, he's not on the case that he once was as a man anymore. Instead, he's stopping petty crimes now.

           Here's where some violence comes in... with one drug-dealer RoboCop is going to capture, he tazes him to immobilize him. The man drops to the floor with a live grenade in his hand, and RoboCop just lets him explode. That's cold.
          Everything RoboCop does is done with no feeling, no nothing. He just does his "duties." I won't spoil anything else, but I will tell you that after this, there's a whole lot more blood, violence, and swearing.
          Then, RoboCop overrides the system, and goes after the one who wanted all this to happen, the character played by Michael Keaton. Alongside him, we got Gary Oldman (already mentioned) and Samuel L. Jackson (NICK FURY!!- The Avengers)

          So, with this cast, and story-line, RoboCop turned out to be a great film... but it coulda done better.

RoboCop

Epic Music

Hey guys! Alright, this is some AWESOME music, courtesy of "taylorlipari" on Youtube. Thanks, dude! Oh, BTW guys. Sorry I haven't done any reviews lately, I'm actually going to go see Robocop tonight, so expect that review pretty soon. Yea, thanks, and enjoy!

Valentine's Day!!

             Today is Valentine's Day! So I feel like posting a cool song about love! Here it is: Rhythm of Love.