The 2nd summer of movies
The summer of 2001 Brent, Dev and I went to a new movie every single weekend in summer. I almost skipped going to The Fast and the Furious but in the end I ended up going and with my super low expectations it turned out to be one of the best movies of the summer. Anyways, this summer has been almost as bad for going to new movies each week. Last night Rach and I went to Ratatouille which was pretty awesome. Like all Pixar films there was a short film at the beginning of the movie (called Lifted) that was really good too. Earlier this week I went to Transformers which was just what I expected it to be. Awesome. It wasn’t epic or anything but it was an awesome action flick. Live Free or Die Hard was a decent action flick but I recommend Transformers over it. And the last movie I haven’t blogged about is 1408. Brutal. Do not goto the theater for this movie. I wouldn’t even recommend renting it.
Do you like Lost? Alias? Angel? Buffy? Well J. J. Abrams (responsible for Lost and Alias) with writer Drew Goddard (wrote a lot of the best episodes for Lost, Alias, Angel and Buffy) are making this crazy movie that has no name yet (codenamed Cloverfield). Not to much is known about the movie but a cryptic trailer is played in front of Transformers. I don’t think there is an official site with the trailer online yet but there is a bootleg copy on youtube. It looks like it’s going to be Blair Witch Project and Godzilla or something like that. I’m excited for this one.
I’ve been playing God of War 2 on PS2 for the last week or so. This game is so good. It’s so polished. If you liked Prince of Persia (the new ones) or the first God of War you are doing yourself a disservice by not playing this game yet. As for TV I’ve been watching The Shield. I’m about half done it so far and it’s been pretty good. It’s not the type of show that I would actively push onto friends and stuff but if you are looking for something good to watch over the summer drought then this could be the show. Oh and if you haven’t watched the new Doctor Who, what’s wrong with you?
Not much else is going on. Michelle and Sean are staying at our place in Montreal for the next 2 months (yah extra money for us). Rach, Renny and I are heading up to my parents cabin in Meeting Lake next weekend. Originally we were suppose to help with the new deck but my Dad finished it off already so it sounds like it will just be a relaxing weekend.