War is hell...or is it? Who knows...the weather man maybe?

Well, so much for blogging every day eh?


The best laid intentions of mice and men.

Anyways, I have seen a couple movies recently and just wanted to tell you about them. i can' recommend either of them because of content but at least one of them was good.

Jarhead, the new movie starring Jamie Fox and Jake Gyllenhal that is about the Gulf War back during the first Bush's presidency. i have to say all around, this movie sucked. To call it a war movie is to call Tommy Boy, intellectually stimulating. This movie was not even a propaganda fest. I was at least hoping for that. But nope, the bombardment of the military was quite minimal. So lets get to why the movie sucked. First off, you grow to hate the main character. By the end of the movie you will not care about him or anything that happened to him. His character reaches full development about halfway through the film, and from that point on, he is just stupid. Another reason this movie stunk, there was no story. I mean, the story wa about the characters, but the characters were cliched and stupid. I will admit, Jamie Fox did a great job with his part, and Gyllenhal's friend, known as Troy in the film, is also quite compelling. But in the end, you couldn't care less if they all got nerve gassed and died horribly painful deaths. Not to mention the incredibly harsh language and sexual content in the film. Yeah, all of that combined to make a terrible movie. On the other hand, the cinematography was great and the movie was a technical sucess. It just stunk. Instead of going to see that movie, give me $9 and I'll buy you dinner or something.

The Weather Man on the other hand, was excellent. Nick Cage plays a weather man who is caught in some kinda existential mid-life crisis. His kids are messed up, he screwed up his marriage, he feels no real passion for his job, his Dad is an incredible sucess, and to top it off, he gets hit with fast food items at random throughout the film. This movie was quirky, yet deep, yet ridiculous, yet passionate. The story focuses on Cage and how he is trying to get things reconciled between his job, family, and father. He's just a normal guy who wants to told hes good or valuable or to be comfirmed in som sort of way. The movie is basically a narrative from Cage's characters perspective. He tells his story to us, the viewers, hear his story. The downsides to this movie lie in the secondary characters. They are all in the movie fairly extensivly, but are left underdeveloped. Gore Verbinski(director, also directed Pirates of the Caribbean) gets away with this, because the movie is not about them. Its about The Weather Man. This overall depressing movie ends on a bitter sweet note and leaves you with a sense of accomplishment. On the low side, it contains lots of strong language including sexual dialogue and other sexual content. So yeah...can't recommend this one either.




Well as far as Hollywood goes, I would recommend Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for viewing. Its cheaper than the theater and better than whats out there right now. So yeah....