Monday, October 19, 2009

Where The Wild Things Are Movie Review


Although "Where The Wild Things Are" was a bit over hyped and some people may have been let down, it was overall a superb film which has many strong emotions, fantastic special effects and even some humor. Spike Jonze did a wonderful job directing this film and he definitely met expectations with the film. He did a very good of capturing the meaning of the book and of showing the emotions and problems kids go through when they are young. What amazed me was how he took a book that had only 9 sentences in it and expanded it into a full length film. The special effects and costumes were one of the best parts of the film. The costumes that the actors wore for the wild things looked very realistic. The faces were done by CGI but they blended in perfectly with the costumes and you couldn't even tell. Overall I think that the film was very good and I would recommend it to everyone. I would give it an 8/10.



Tuesday, October 13, 2009

The Top 3 Zombies!!!

The Top Three Zombies EVER!!

I will base my criteria these different characteristics:

1. Learning Ability/Intelligence
2. Killing Effectiveness
3. Legitimate Zombiosity (If it stays in the criteria of being a "Zombie")
4. Appearence



#3. Thriller Zombies
The Zombies from Michael Jackson's Thriller get number 3 on my list mostly because of their pure dancing skill. Clearly, because they can dance so well and in unison they must be quite intelligent. They also look quite "zombie" like. That being said, a true zombie craves brains and wants nothing more than to chomp down on someones cranium. These zombies truly lack these cannibalistic qualities. Therefore they are only number 3, because zombies simply cant dance.



#2. Night Of The Living Dead Zombies

One of the classic zombie movies of all time was definitely Night Of The Living Dead. The zombies in this film also perfectly matched most of the qualities a zombie should have. They were dead. They craved human flesh and stopped at nothing to get it. They also fit the physical requirements for a zombie. All this being said they are not as interesting as they could have been. Zombies that can run instead of lumbering around and are more intelligent are more effective in the killing department. This brings us to our number one zombie.

#1. Dawn Of The Dead Zombie's
For me, nothing beats the vicious, fast and terrifying as the zombies from Dawn of the Dead. They perfectly fit all the criteria of what a zombie should be: Dead, cannibals, scary and they've got the looks too. They are even faster than the classic slow moving zombie which increases their killing effectiveness. They are also quite smart and can adapt to things. Because of these reasons, the zombies from Dawn Of The Dead reached number one on my list.