Well in my opinion....

Today I am going to review a very popular anime movie, one that we all should see. The creation of this movie rivals the end of world war two, the birth of Martin Luther King, and Columbus discovering America. I know what your all thinking, “No movie could be this good.” But you must remember, you are only mortal, and I know what I am talking about. The movie of course is “Spirited Away” by Hayao Miyazaki. This has been called his greatest work ever. On March 23, 2003, Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away scooped the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film at the 75th Academy Award Ceremony. This movie is about a little girl named Chihiro, becoming trapped on one side of a river after walking through a dark tunnel. She finds herself in a town normally invisible to humans, one in which various gods, from local deities to goblins and monsters, are quite visible. After she is trapped in this town with her parents, who are turned into pigs for eating the food of the gods without permission, Chihiro begins to disappear. She survives by getting a job from the witch Yu-baaba at a public bath for gods, which is the main attraction of this strange town. In order to receive her job, however, she is forced to give Yu-baaba her name, who then replaces "Chihiro" with the moniker "Sen."

A major theme is that of the existence of good and evil in the world. In Spirited Away we are taken into another world, one that comes beautifully to life in the hands of the animators. It is distinctly Japanese, and flows from that rich and unique folklore history. At its core, however, it is also a reflection of our world, and brings this movie into the realm of allegory. Chihiro's adventures in the public bathhouse is characterised by meetings with many types of gods, both good and evil. Through her wit and with the help of her friends, she survives. In the end, when the lights go on and the credits roll across the screen, the story is done not because evil was vanquished or the other world disappeared, but simply because Chihiro found the will to survive. It is in movies like this that we find ourselves wondering “What if….” At the end. This is an instant classic and Miyazaki’s next feature film “Howl’s Moving Castle” is guaranteed impress.~Ian

Well this is my first entry in quite a while if you haven’t noticed. I just wanted to take the time to tell you all about a movie called “Batman Begins.” For those of you who thought this movie was going to suck, you were wrong. I went to see this last night and it was nothing short of amazing! This is the one movie I didn’t want to end. I was captivated by it and not only does it have a good plot, but the end of it throws you right into the first batman movie by Tim Burton. Overall, I would give this batman movie an 8.5 out of 10. If you were comparing it to either “batman forever” or “batman and robin”, then it would receive a 10 out of 10. Besides the fact that those 2 movies sucked, (and George Clooney does NOT make a good batman whatsoever) but they were mostly aimed at little kids. The first two were dark, evil and directed by Tim Burton, which deserves a standing ovation in itself. Not only do you get an amazing combination with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicolas, but you also get the infamous Joker. (Did you know that Jack Nicolas received a percentage of the gross on the film, and due to its massive box-office took home around $60 million. As of 2003 it is still the single-movie record for actor's salary.)
This new batman is totally a rival to the originals and it would take something remarkable to defeat it as one of the greatest batman movies ever made. I think the order should go: Batman, Batman Begins, and then Batman Returns. Just my opinion though.

~Ian

"Freddie, we're lost again!"
"Don't worry, Daphne. I'll just stop by this old abandoned amusement park and ask for directions."
Fred, Daphne, and the rest of the Mystery Machine gang venture forth to the park. There they meet Mr. Withers, the park's caretaker. However, instead of giving them directions, Mr. Withers tells them about the recent mysterious deaths and sightings of hideous monsters at the park. Suddenly, from around the corner, two shadows approach.
"Zoinks!* The Monsters! H-h-h-here they come now! Run for your life Scoob!" Shaggy and Scooby tremble in fear and then run into the nearest tent. As the figures approach, it becomes clear that they are not monsters, but a professionally dressed man and woman.
The man flashes a badge. "Mr. Withers, I'm Agent Mulder, this is Agent Scully. We're here to investigate the recent mysterious deaths at this abandoned amusement park."
Velma exclaims "Hey Fred, why don't we also try and figure out what's going on here?"
Fred's eyes light up. "Velma, that's a great idea! We'll see if we can figure it out before the agents do!"
So fellow readers, who unravels the mysterious occurrences at the amusement park first?


The way I see it, two things could happen, and either way the X-Files (tm) pair win in a rout. Option #1: The mysterious occurrences at the amusement park are due to some para-normal, super-human, extra-terrestrial, and/or mystic force or entity. If that's the case, Scooby, et al, are completely out of their league. They can't handle real ghosts: Scoob and Shaggy would run, Daphne would scream and ask Fred to hold her close, Fred would pee in his pants, and Velma would try to explain what was really happening right up until she was eaten alive, melted, fried, and/or transmorgrified. Mulder & Scully, however, are old hat at stuff like this.
Option #2: The deaths and monsters have all been faked so that an unknown person, who has already been introduced as a character, may exact revenge on another previously introduced character and/or reap financial rewards. Since we've only had one character introduced, this would mean Mr. Withers is behind it all and stands to make a hefty profit from this charade. Either way the dynamic duo would beat out scooby and the gang in no time. Before Scooby gets his first Scooby-Snack (tm), Mulder has already run a background check and an all-too-extensive body cavity search on Mr. Withers. His ties to the owner of the park are discovered, and it's all over.
Plus I believe I have Rosalyn's support on this one.

I just saw the movie "a Series of Unfortunate Events" and I must say, that wouldnt have been much of a movie without Jim Carrey. The plot made no sense, the child actors were flat, and the background seriously looked like it was painted on in most of the scenes. Frankly, if you put Mr. Carrey into any situation your bound to have a good time. Unfortunatly for this movie that wasn't enough to save it. If you dont read the books (which I did not) then your bound for nothing but confusion, mild laughter and and a headache trying to figure out what the heck is going on. Overall, I'd give it 2 claps and a handshake. Thats equivelent to about a 5/10 on the best movie scale. (10 being one of the best movies ever; edward sisscorhands, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, A.I. Lord of the Rings, ect. and 1 being one of the worst movies ever; Jose and the pussycats, anything with hillary duff or jake loyd, ect.)

Well I couldnt go on without mentioning the latest craze in America, Star Wars Episode 3. Of course everyone and their mother had to go see this movie or else the spirit of George Lucas will haunt you forever as a poorly generated apparition, wondering why you didn’t spend your money on him. The movie itself was overall great. The action was good, the story was good and Obi-Wan Kenobi was awesome yet again. The only problem came with the acting ability of Anakin Skywalker. I know everyone out there will hate me for this but it was like watching a piece of wood act. His lines are flat, his voice is annoying and quite frankly, I hate him. Ok I don’t hate him but it wouldn’t have killed him to take some lessons or something. It was ok though because I enjoyed seeing him get his legs and one arm sliced off by Obi-Wan. Not only that but he did it in one cut! Now that’s just amazing. And then to add insult to injury, he catches fire! What a crappy day indeed. Oh well......
I have more to say about star wars but I will save it for another day. Until then, adios.
~Ian

As the title says, this is all about my opinion. I bet my firstborn son that nobody cares about my opinion but i decided to make this anyways. As my first opinion I must say, this is very wierd and it will take some getting used to but I am sure i will fit in eventually. Whoever invented "blogging" or whatever its called must have been a genius or something. He was probably crazy though, and now that i think about it, it was probably a she who invented this. Who else would want other people to share their feelings on the internet? Not a guy thats for sure. Well This must be short because I am tired of typing already. Later.
~Ian