Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

After a very long time, another Indiana Jones film has come. Everyone thought that the Last Cruisade would be the last one. Well, here's the fourth.

This fourth installment of the series is more of a combination of quite a few legends, old and urban. Let's see; El Dorado, Area 51, Ancient civilizations (which is always the case)... You get the picture. The Nazis are no longer the antagonists considering that WWII is over. Now, the cold war. Vis a vis, Russians with their research on the paranormal as weapons (like the Nazis).

Ford still stars as Indiana Jones. It wouldn't be the same if it's not him. Shia LaBeouf, the Transformers lead man, also stars as Indiana's son. Yup, that's right, son. Kate Blanchett stars as the villainess.

The CGI of the movie is a wee bit overdone. I mean they could have at least made it look more "realistic" rather than CGI-looking. You know what I mean. But the puching sound effects sound like the old Indie films. Overall, the fans would love this new installment but I guess the geeks might not really like it. I mean they are so critical that they point out each and every detail that is out of place.

We'll see if there would be a fifth. Enjoy.

Oh my Tortillos

This entry is not really a review but more of a commentary. But then again, it is entitled Canned Thoughts so here are some of my thoughts.

Lately, URC has purchased the Granny Goose brand. That includes my favorite snack ever, Tortillos. Hey, I am a URC employee but I've been a Tortillos fan ever since I was a kid. There's no way I'm replacing that with a mediocre, Taquitos.

Now that Tortillos is owned by URC, what will happen to it? Will it get bad. I don't know. I sure hope not. If Tortillos does bad and would eventually taste as bad as Taquitos, then I'm sorry. I'm still not switching to Taquitos. I guess It's time for me to switch to potato chips. I heard Eaji Potato Chips are good.

Sorry URC, I may keep trade secrets but no way I'm patronizing mediocre snacks... I am for C2 though. That I like.

Iron Man

Iron Man. The latest Marvel Super-Hero to grace the big screen. Next up would be The Incredible Hulk. I think the Hulk deviated a wee bit from the first movie, with a new cast and all. But enough about the Hulk, we're here for Iron Man.

If you don't know about Iron Man, try the search engines. They'll give you a lot about Iron Man as a topic. Anyway, the movie is not really about how Iron Man kicks butt (and he does) but how Tony Stark's eyes are opened to the reality of what he has done. Reaping what he sowed. It's more of a self-realization kind of thing. It doesn't have that inner dark-self that Spider-Man 3 had.

As for special and visual effects... Pretty nice. It has the Transformers kind of feel; The shine on the metal.

The movie was witty for the normal movie goer. I'd recommend you see it.

Dexter in the Dark

I consider myself a fan of the Jeff Lindsay's Dexter series. It has a wonderful premise and it's witty.

In this third installment, Dexter kinda lost his "shadow"; the Dark Passenger. The Dark Passenger was scared out of its wits. Dexter lost his cool. He now felt emotions. He felt fear.

It was a little bit of a let down. Take note, I said a little bit. In addition to the first person perspective of Dexter, there were other perspectives in the novel. I think there were three; Dexter's, the Watcher, and the narrator, written in italics.

It also had a feel of the supernatural. It says that Dexter's Dark Passenger came from a supernatural entity and not psychological. Psychological would have been a lot better.

All in all, it was still entertaining.

PB Phils... see the pic

What can I say? I bought myself a copy of the Philippine version of Playboy; May 2008 issue. I can't say much about it. It pretty much bored me. It came short on the visual department, not to mention the content department as well, the lay-out could do some more work, too. It wasn't worth the Php 199 I spent for it.

FHM is still the better one.

Don't get all excited with the magazine title. There's not much Playboy Philippines could offer that FHM already has. But then again, they're still in their second issue. There's still a long way to go. Maybe they'll live up to their title come a year.

Mythbusters

The Mythbusters. A show on the Discovery channel that tests the validity of the stuff that's been going around. May it be a rumor, a belief, an urban legend, and other what nots.

This show stars Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, both special effects specialists.

I first saw an episode of this on one of my travels, in my hotelroom. Being that I don't have cable at home, I am only able to watch this during one of my trips. This one has become one of my favorite TV shows.

Give it a try and watch an episode. You might like it.

The Invasion

The Invasion stars Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.

I didn't see this on the big screen, just on DVD. A friend of mine told me that it got her scared. Scarier than I Am Legend. Well, I Am Legend was a wee bit disturbing but not all that scary. I watched The Invasion in the hopes that it is scarier than I Am Legend.

Anyway, the movie wasn't that scary. It was more of a combination of those biological-apocalyptic themed movies like I Am Legend, Resident Evil, 28 Days/Weeks Later, and the like. But its the melowed down version. It's more like the Bodysnatchers if you asked me.

All in all. The movie's not that bad. It's pretty much ok to pass the time when you have nothing else to do on a weekend and a little bit on the lazy side.