Saturday, December 16, 2006

Eragon: Why finding the Fountain of Youth is Bad.

First, let me set the scene. A group of fantasy and sci-fi loving individuals, myself included, walking into the theatre to experience a children's bestseller on screen. And afterwards, I walked out of theatre, wondering: how that book make the bestseller list, and for weeks at a time? My only guess is that the main audience was young children and new to the genre of fantasy, looking for a fix that seemingly was appropriate to their age. A child cannot exactly pick up, say, Game of Thrones, and enjoy it. Way too much racy content. The movie itself was awful, and in any case, the entire mess started with Chrisopher Paolini. The poor fool. Humiliated by his book in front of readers, and now, in front of movie critics. The world knows now that he was nothing more than a boy of fifteen. Right? He was fifteen when he wrote it. Eternally, Paolini found the Fountain of Youth, and now, is encased forever as a fifteen-year old genius who produced an excellent fantasy novel(s). Well, rotten excuse. Apparently I was not the only one avidly watching The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Obviously, it was as important to another fellow. And it shows up blatantly in his appalling film. Yes, I understand it is wrong to blame him entirely for the disaster of the movie, but quite frankly, the boy started the mess. Personally, that is an outright sign of decadence, ripping content from literary classics. But remember, he is a fifteen-year old genius. Encased in his golden book. To understand why this film was so bad, first one must realize that the book was written by a kid. It was bound to be a failure from the start. Simply, he did not have enough experience. It seems as though he took his first attempt at writing a fantasy novel, and threw it at editors (who, mind you, knew him and his parents...), and then tried to clean the book up as best they could before unleashing it to the world. And it shows glaringly. The script and acting are as stinky and foul as sour milk. To be honest, the only reason I gave the film two stars was because I laughed so hard through it. Yes, you heard me. I laughed. And harder than I have for any other fantasy movie which proved to have a lack of seriousness involved because of the cringe-worthy script. Dragonheart, or many of Sci-Fi channel's original movies, such as a take on famed Ursula Le Guin's books. Eragon was far worse. So as to leave a final message concerning this film. If you are a fan of Lord of the Rings and/or Star Wars, then kindly leave this film. Trust me, it is not for you. Watching it will only make you want to write angry letters to the author. And for less sophisticated individuals, punch him.

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Exausted.
I'm so silent. Listening to Oh Mio Babinno Caro makes me feel better.

And Winter Break sounds so good right now. Just need to sit next to someone and listen to them play piano. I'm easily wooed by music.
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Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Final Standing
Poll Results:

1st: Yuna (with four votes)

2nd: Auron (with three votes)

3rd: Tidus, Lulu, Seymour, Rikku, Wakka (with one vote)

Grand last: Kimahri (with zero votes)
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Friday, November 24, 2006

Just curious...

Favorite Final Fantasy X character?
	Tidus
	Yuna
	Seymour
	Lulu
	Auron
	Rikku
	Kimahri
	Wakka
pollcode.com free polls

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Saturday, November 18, 2006

Gaming status: finished.
Has anyone here played through Dirge of Cerberus? Welll, I just completed the game and apart from the extremely stunning graphics, I was terribly dissapoined with the game. Fanbase=ruined characters. Need I say more?



A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.

-Leopold Stokowski
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Thursday, November 16, 2006

So this isn't in English, but nonetheless, I wrote it.
Cambio


Maderas que crujen la tormenta del invierno
Mañana animal del invierno del grito
El reír temprano de los niños del rocío
Floración de la flor del alcohol de Tranquil
Bandera descolorada de la quemadura del viento del otoño
Los niños Ebbing del mirth se descoloran
Griterío del cristal de la estación que cambia
El morir del verano del copo de nieve que viene

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Tuesday, November 7, 2006

WTF? I know. Crazy, huh?

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