Wednesday, January 14, 2009
I'm going to close this blog
I've grown quite fond of Wordpress over the past week. Given that as the case, I've decided to close this blog. Meaning, I'm not necessarily going to cancel it. You'll still find the content here. But I am not going to post anything new here after this. If you are reading this and are interested, go here: aaronflux.wordpress.com and subscribe there.
That is all.
Friday, January 09, 2009
Wordpress
Hey all five of you who read this.
I'm experimenting with a Word Press blog. I've imported all the entries from here over there. I kinda dig them more. I may stop writing in here, not sure.
Check it:
aaronflux.wordpress.com
Monday, January 05, 2009
The Wrestler
I grew up on wrestling. I was a Hulkamaniac. I had the dolls, the memorabilia, the wrestling wring, videos, etc. I thought Hulk Hogan was a real life Superman. I was also a big fan of The Ultimate Warrior, Andre The Giant, Jimmy Superfly Snooka, and Jake The Snake to name a few. When the concept was first told to me that wrestling was fake, I got really offended, then defensive, then just hurt. I remember seeing a slow replay of Macho Man Randy Savage pinning someone and he never touched the guy when he flew off the rope.
I find it all nostalgic now. The Wrestlemania where Hulk Hogan body slammed Andre The Giant. It all makes me teary eyed thinking about it. This was, of course, back when wrestling went national. It was around the same time that Cable Television was introduced to the public.
All this being an integral part of my childhood, I was quite fascinated with this idea of a movie about a professional wrestler. Plus being directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Mickey Rourke...well....I had to see the movie.
I have mixed feelings about the film. It's not a happy story. It's gritty and the character of Randy "The Ram", I can see being influenced by a few real people. The true stories I've heard about drug addiction, suicide, and other sad things regarding wrestling is touched on in this film. The stand out aspect of the movie was Mickey Rourke, hands down. I think it was one of the best performances I've seen all year.
I've also gotta say that Marisa Tomei has been impressing me recently. I wrote her off in My Cousin Vinnie....the same movie she won the Academy Award for which I still think was a lame decision on the academy's part. But she really does a good job. Not to mention....she has a pretty nice body to look at since she is hardly dressed in the majority of this film.
Overall, it was worth the trip to the theater and I hope Mickey Rourke gets more good work out there.
3 3/4 stars.
Slumdog Millionaire
This was one of those instances where I went to the movie theater with the plan to see a movie but unsure which one. I walked up to the ticket guy and made him pick. I'm glad I did. I had no idea what Slumdog Millionaire was about. The only person involved with the film that I was familiar with was Danny Boyle, the director.
From the very beginning of the film, all the way to the end, it had me. The style, the music, the story. It was very engaging and I really enjoyed this movie a lot. A LOT. I would even go so far and say if it were up to me, this movie would get Best Picture for 2008.
Seriously.
I got to give it 5 stars. I rarely do that.
Monday, December 29, 2008
X Files: I Want To Believe
I'm not even going to justify this review with a picture or video of the trailer. I heard from a few people how bad this movie was but I got it on Netflix and figured I'd give it a shot.
Holy Fuck A Cactus, was this movie horrible. I couldn't even believe how bad this movie was. Horrible. The plot was very lacking and you can tell this movie was thrown together just for any possible profit it could have made since it was done right at the beginning of the writer's strike. Just pull this script off the shelf. Californication had gone into hiatus and Duchovney needed work.
Christ in a corn field, this movie is not worth sitting through. I could barely sit through it. I'm trying my best to not list any spoilers for anyone still interested in seeing it.
Gah!
1 star...and I'm being nice.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Common - Universal Mind Control
This is going to be short.
I just picked up the new Common CD "Universal Mind Control". Even though it's a bit of a different direction from his previous work, it's still an amazing piece of work. A lot of the songs are more dancey club style songs but still with more style than most of the shit on the radio.
Go take a listen...the whole album is available on his MySpace.
Common's MySpace
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