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| I just watched the movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (no it's not released yet, nor in english yet, don't inquire about how I got it).
It was VERY awesome. Mostly.
There was lots of great music, intense fight scenes, and lots of sword fights. There were also a lot of high speed chases (which were also sword fights).
Now, I wouldn't call this a realistic movie. More of surrealistic, lots of CRAZY stuff going on (including human experimentation and something to do with the earth spirit [called Mother in the movie, but will probably be called Gaia in the english version]).
However, the entire movie was understandable for the most part- just think of it as a post-apocalyptic movie.
HOWEVER this movie is a far cry from being given 5 stars. For people who are even the slightest bit squeemish about being spoiled, read no further.
Okay if you've gotten this far, then you're ready for my nit-picking.
First off, the movie jumps around a lot and there are times when you forget when the "present" is. It also doesn't help that the movie starts off saying "489 Years ago..." leaving you even more confused about what year they're in.
Next was the fight scene against that crazy uber-greco hellhound thing. I got shivers down my spine when I first saw it, and it was DEFINITELY not nice looking. It also had a very alien/demonic look to it. The movie up till now was pretty realistic, other than one scene where a guy (never caught his name) absorbs a materia.
But suddenly a guy jumps out of the crowd and his arm turns into some crazy weapon from the future. Followed by a girl who complains about her materia being stolen, a few other guys, a lot of Vincent, and a guy who wants to show off his new flying machine. Yes that's right, it's CAMEO APPEARANCE TIME!
But don't get your hopes up, after they all pop up, give off a cheesey phrase and then go start fighting, they all suddenly become extras. I could have handled this, despite it's UBER cheeseyness (like, I was gagging on the cheese). Next a little talking cat dude appears and is riding some hienna/dog thing that also talks. I never played Final Fantasy VII so I don't know their names. Now, the most annoying part about their entire cameo appearance is that unlike the other cameo people, they don't say a word until very close to the end of the movie, and even then they say a total of like, four words. My guess is that the developers wanted to make sure that players all got to see their favorite characters, but in the end I think it hurt the movie quite a bit.
But hold on it gets cheesier.
After all of the hulla-balloo about these cameo's and their utterly useless role in the movie, I expected the movie could only get further from reality. Boy was I right.
Soon after the battle Cloud flies.
Sorta.
Actually he jumps really high, and then people all along the buildings in the city reach out (actually they were all the cameo people) reach out their hands and throw him up even higher. The result is that he is literally flying in the air several hundred feet above skyscrapers.
Then after some spoiler stuff I won't expose, he falls.
No one even attempts to catch him, because he just lands on the ground totally fine.
After that the movie goes back to high speed chase scenes and sword fights.
Loved the movie, but mid-way through the movie took a MAJOR dive.
My rating:
3.5 out of 5
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| Got my new glasses and new coat.
My glasses were a bit larger than the "test" pair because of my perscription. So they look a bit more funky, and less kick-butt than I had planned, but nonetheless they look pretty good. They have no rims, and they're very rectangular. They also tint when I go outside.
And my new black leather trenchcoat finally came! ^_^ now I can scare people TWICE as much as when I had a green trenchcoat.
I'm going to the gym now, hopefully I'll get really buff and win all the ladies. But first.... I need to let my hair grow a bit. I got a haircut awhile back, and it's HORRIBLE.
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| Sorry about the last post, I was in a bad mood that day.
Anyways, life is better-ish.
On thursday my cat is scheduled to be put to sleep which SUCKS.
Next weekend we are moving to a new house.
Tonight I almost quit my job, but my boss talked me out of it.
I bought a new trenchcoat on ebay tonight, looks pretty snappy.
I get my eyes checked tomorrow, and get new glasses also! I'll finally be able to have the awesome kind!
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| I'm sorry to everyone,
But I fricken hate people.
that is all.
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| wow, so much for Sheridan.
First turn off was the WEIRD weather.
The following is 100% true, and weird as heck. Believe it or not.
We came into town and it was raining lightly. We drove a few blocks into town and stopped at the real estate office, where it was pouring down rain and puddles were forming lakes. We followed the real estate guy (Bob) to the first house where it was raining lightly (a few blocks from the real estate office). After that we drove to where it was pouring again to look at another house. Then we drove a few more blocks to where it was sunny and not raining at all to another house.
We went to 7 houses, and each place had its own unique rain pattern. Some places the rain was raining sideways, in others it was warm and dry. This town is probably only a mile long and a mile wide.
The other turn off was the fact that all the houses looked like they were ready to cave in from too much mildew.
So we decided to stay in central oregon. My dad decided to use the house money to pay off his bills and get out of debt and just rent a house. I decided to start applying at jobs like crazy so I'm not stuck in a dishpit the rest of my life.
oh and our house officially sold. :D
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