ShortCircuited

Gonna take a while to get back to the old movie-watching habits. My goal is to have seen all the notable 07 films by next month.

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It is pretty much understood that most independent films, particularly ones made by first time directors and writers, will not gather much of an audience. They may bring it around the festival circuit, or they may get a few open-minded fans, and if they’re really lucky, they can find a good distributor, sell enough tickets to keep the producers happy, and gather enough credibility to finance their next project. But every once in a while, such a independent film (usually a comedy) comes along and makes it very, VERY big. I’m talking about hundreds of millions in box office revenue and a multitude of media attention. In 2006, there was Little Miss Sunshine; before that, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and most recently, it was Juno.

Good luck exploring the infinite abyss, Braff. (I’ll explain how this is relevant)

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I saw one whole movie this month, but at least now I’m done with exams.

Southland Tales - It’s a movie staring Dwyane Johnson, Justing Timberlake, Seamm William Scott, Mandy Moore, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and half of the cast of Saturday Night Live. How can it possibly go wrong?

I’m just trying to get the word out on this online petition. The goal is 1 million names, a number is set by Uwe Boll himself. There are 140800 signatures so far, but considering that it went up from 101591 in about… 26 hours, I’d say that’s pretty good. Spread the news.

http://www.petitiononline.com/RRH53888/petition.html

I did not get a chance to see many films this month. :’( I’ll make up for it when I finish my exams.
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Here’s the second post on the series “Your Anime Sucks“, where I, someone who is unfamiliar with anime, casually share my opinion on a series recommended by Hikago or Eien.

The Twelve Kingdoms is adapted from a series of fantasy novels set in a mythical (and very symmetrical) world that lies on an alternate plane of existence somewhere west of Japan. This world is evenly divided into twelve kingdoms and is closely watched by its creators. The ruler of each kingdom is chosen by twelve holy unicorns (Yes. I said unicorns…), and the ruler rules the kingdom by the will of the heavens.

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Here’s the trailer for the new M. Night Shayamalan Movie

Here’s how it ends - they were killed by Shayamalan’s giant ego.

Now that you know, there’ll be no reason to see it. I just saved 2 hours of your life. You should thank me.

I’ve been a little busy this month, so the list is much shorter.

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This will be the first post of a new series titled ‘Your Anime Sucks’ where I will critique an anime that I just happened to have seen from Hikago’s collection. Sounds just like millions of other blogs out there? Well, here’s the twist - I’m not actually a fan of anime. I never watch anime, much less associate myself with them. It also doesn’t help that my impression of anime comes from Dragon Ball Z, Pokemon, and Naruto. The only decent series I’ve seen so far is Basilisk (because ninjas are freaking cool), and even that lost a lot of momentum towards the end.

For those who are not familiar with Honey and Clover, it’s about a group of college students, mostly in arts, and how they deal with romance, friendship, and misfortune. It seems like a promising premise with something that actually has something to say, and not, as hikago might put it, cater to the lowest common dominator.

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Here’s the second monthly Bitsize reviews, where I attempt to summarize the movies I’ve seen in 20 words or less.

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