Casino Royale

Hallo, all, I'm the friend mentioned in last post, and this will be

my first post. Just to clear things up, my name is The Verderer. Don't ask me how I came up with the name, I seriously have no idea, but that's not important. the important thing is this is my first of many posts, and you'd better enjoy, or I'll send the bogeyman after you.

Casino Royale, compared to the other 007 movies, well, I guess it's not really like them at all. Still, It's pretty good, I mean, what could be better than seeing James bond beat poker experts at their own game, right? even though it's PG-13, I wouldn't recommend it to people 9 or younger. as far as a starred review, I'd have to give it a good 3 out of 5 stars.

9

Sorry for not updating in almost a year. I'm happy to say that I'm starting this blog up again. I believe a friend of mine will be helping me as well, but I'm not sure.

Anyway, for my new post, I'll be doing a review on the movie 9.

I think this movie was a lot of fun. I really like Tim Burton's stuff. It's about 9, a miniature creature made of fabric and mechanics, who wakes up to find the world to be one giant junkyard, where all the humans are dead and machines have driven the few others of 9's kind into hiding. 9 finds 2, and when they're attacked by a machine, 2 is captured. 9, with the help of 5 and 7, have to find and save 2. Things take a turn for the worst when a robot that is designed to build robots of all sorts is awakened. Now the group has to find a way to stop the machine, at the same time learning about what they are, and what their purpose is.

I can't say much else without risking giving too much away. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and would love to see it again. All in all, I give this movie 3 stars.

Rear Window

This is one of my favorites. What I like about this movie is that the point is the story, instead of the special effects. There's no explosions, and only a bit of violence towards the end, so if that's what makes a good movie for you then this isn't the movie for you.

Rear Window is about L. B. Jefferies (aka Jeff), a photographer who broke his leg and now spends his days in his apartment looking out his rear window into the other apartments. One day, when looking out his window, he notices that one man's wife went missing over night. Jeff firmly believes that the man murdered her, even though there was a witness who claimed to have seen her leaving the apartment with her husband, her husband claiming he's escorting her to the train she's leaving town on. Jeff wasn't able to get the police on his side, because his detective friend, Doyle, believes the wife left town. The only two people who believe him are his girlfriend Lisa, and his nurse Stella. The three need to gather enough proof to back up there story, but things just get worse when it appears the man they suspect for murder is heading out of town himself.

I'm giving this movie 3 stars for a story that keeps you on the edge of your seat!

Twilight: The Movie

In case you're wondering why I chose a photo of the Cullens instead of the actual movie poster, it's because I believe the rest of the Cullens need love, too.

Here's my review on the movie Twilight. Enjoy...?

Twilight:

I have to admit, I wasn't going to write this review in fear of scaring my readers. I was also afraid that I might get in trouble, and that my crime would be something like "writing more of a paragraph of complaints than a review". But, here it is anyways!

Just thought I'd let you know, I didn't have hope at all for this movie to be like the book. Okay, I'll just say it: Bella looked drunk and Edward looked like he really had to use the restroom. Also, there was so little of the other characters that I was surprised they weren't invisible! They left out so much that I actually expected something better than what it was, and that's saying something. They cast all the Cullens (the vampire family) well, except Edward. Luckily, there are a few things that I actually enjoyed! The baseball scene, for instance:

Bella was invited to watch the Cullens play baseball, and it was actually pretty good. I would have been happier with the movie if it skipped everything until that point, then stretched that one scene for the whole length of the movie!

My final word on this is that it's a 0 star waste of money, though the casting for the Cullens (minus Edward) gets 3 1/2 stars, because they were great!

Been Thinking...

I'm really sorry I haven't been posting! However, I can't use homework as an excuse because I really haven't had that much (at least not enough to take too much of my time away). I can't really give any excuse except that I've been distracted and this is the last thing on my mind these days...or months. Anyways, I was running through my old posts, and I noticed that I have different opinions on things now that I've thought them through. Not big changes, but I may have changed the rate I gave the book/movie when I first wrote the review (not always a bad thing! In some reviews, I changed my rate to a higher one). One thing I thought I should say about a change in one of my opinions:

I think I gave Twilight a bit more praise than I would now. I've thought it through and realized that I had pushed the love story out of my head because I was distracted by the vampire family (the only reason, I now realize, that I kept reading the series). I love the vampires in the books, though at times Edward's an exception (he seems to have the ability to tick me off...)

Basically what I'm saying is, if you look at the bottom of my Twilight review, you'll see the biggest change I've made in my ratings.

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

My new review is here. Enjoy!

Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy:

Skulduggery Pleasant is about...well, Skulduggery Pleasant, of course. Skulduggery's a detective with a twist: He's also a sorcerer and living skeleton! Skulduggery Pleasant was friends with Gordon Edgley, Stephanie Edgley's wealthy uncle. Gordon was a best-selling author of famous horror books, and when he died he left his fortune and house to his favorite niece, Stephanie. She spends the night in her late uncle's house alone, and in the middle of the night she's attacked by an intruder! He threatens her and demands her to give him "the key". Skulduggery bursts through the door (taking it off it's hinges in the process) and the intruder attacks. They get into a short fist fight, ending when Skulduggery throws fire at the intruder and the intruder runs away. Unfortunately, in the fist fight, Skulduggery's disguise falls off and Stephanie goes into shock when she sees that he's a skeleton.

This book is filled with action, and lots of humor, as Skulduggery and Stephanie investigate Gordon's murder. That's right, murder. Stephanie and Skulduggery believe Gordon didn't die of natural causes, but was actually killed by another sorcerer called Nefarian Serpine. Turns out there's a history between Serpine and Skulduggery, and Stephanie's just beginning to learn Skulduggery's past.

One of my favorite parts is when Skulduggery's talking to Stephanie, and says "See, I don't want them to view you as the 'innocent young girl'. I want them to view you as the annoying, insubordinate, rapscallion who has made herself my partner. Then, maybe they'll take pity on me." I give this book 3 1/2 stars, and I've already read the second book, Playing With Fire.