Tuesday, 22 of May of 2012
Interests and thoughts from three brothers
Thanks yet again to Comingsoon.net for sharing the trailer with us. It’s beyond amazing and I can’t wait to see this film in theaters. I’ve also posted up the new movie poster which is equally snazzy.
According to the Muppets’ Facebook page (yes I “liked” it), this is the Official trailer for the new Muppet movie. Enjoy.
And Disney….how about some collector’s glasses? Just sayin’
oh Keith......we want you, we want you
This one’s for Alan and Keith. We loved it as kids (well, not Keith) and I’m thinking this one’s worth a Derosby family field trip to the theater. Two of my kids have been “initiated”. I think it’s time for Izzy, Sofie, and Keene to become honorary f-ed up Derosby kids like their dads were….still are.
Guillermo Del Toro writing the screenplay and producing, how can we go wrong? Enjoy.
Follow the link to read Michael Bay’s take on this third film in the Transformers series. I’m feeling better about this movie than I did. Telling us about the obnoxious, foul-mouthed twins from ROTF “They’re not even in it. Not. Even. In. It,” only lent to the positive vibes. Bay isn’t out of the woods yet, but he’s following the right trail of bread crumbs now.
I don’t want to get sucked into this one like I did Revenge of the Fallen, but it sounds like Michael Bay DID listen to us, and may have learned from his mistakes (although he does make a few excuses during the interview).
Click on the link or the image below to read the interview. Thanks to Entertainment Weekly for the post.
Click on the image to read the interview with Michael Bay
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/04/15/transformers-3-details-michael-bay/
Catwoman is playable now? Looks like she’s as fun to use as Batman. The first game, Batman: Arkham Asylum was amazing and it looks like Rocksteady Games is on track to outdo itself with the sequel, Batman: Arkham City. I’m looking forward to villains like Two-Face, Black Mask, the Riddler, and Penguin slated to make appearances and join Mr. J and Harley in their fight against the Dark Knight and Catwoman. Click on the image below to check out the trailer.
I’d like to thank Dan from It’s a Dan’s World for acting as guinea pig and seeing this movie in the theater, because I certainly wasn’t going to after the last X-fiasco. You can follow the link or click on the image below to see his review. I’m strongly considering taking a trip to the theater this weekend after reading his opinions on the film.
Click on the image to read Dan's Review of X-Men: First Class
When the hell did I turn into Uncle Buck? Despite the fact that it’s a John Hughes film (it’s the only film from his pantheon of cinematic crap I can stand to watch) it’s one of my favorite non sci-fi or horror movies from the 80′s. Nonetheless, I had no intention of ending up like him. I certainly didn’t intend to look like a short, Lebanese John Candy, but 22 years and 3 kids later, here I am. I guess it could have been worse, I could look like Anne Ramsey (you know, Throw Mama, or Sloth’s Mom for those of you as old as us).
In this movie, the exasperated, long suffering girlfriend is an exasperated, long suffering wife. Like John Candy, I’m playing out of my league here. Like John Candy I’m not complaining. On TV the guy who looks like his career choices are limited to ringing bells and hiding in windmills always has a good looking girlfriend/wife. I was never sure how that worked out, but I can tell you it does. The three of us are living proof. I don’t argue with it anymore.
My kids have played along with this theme, despite the fact that none of the three of them have seen the movie. That needs to change.
The youngest one loves trading smartass quips with me and more than holds her own. She actually sometimes thinks Dad is pretty cool. That honor is reserved for anyone under 6. Anyone older than that realizes that I’m not cool, just a weird, sad little man.
The boy is fine with me most of the time but hates it when I get all “old people” on him or make fun of him glued to his cell phone or Ipod touch. I don’t think twice about asking “hey, can I see that?” when he’s right in the throws of a text, thumbs ablazin’. He cautiosly hands the phone to me and I quickly turn it off and hand it back to him with a “finish your homework”. Sometimes he loves the insult-fests. His friends try to join in too, only to find they’re no match. It’s best they learn these things now before they set out into the cold, hard world. I’m happy to help.
The oldest daughter is always late, stalling at karate class or dance class. She’s the first one in the locker room and the last one out. It drives me nuts and it’s caused more than one knock-down drag-out between the two of us. Then a few days ago I figured it out. The older daughter is embarrassed to be seen with me. This doesn’t help as I’m usaully transporting her to and from said classes in my rusting, filthy, dented, disintegrating POS car. The steam rolling out of the tailpipe and the assortment of ambient noises emanating from under the hood just add to the picture. She’s also the drama queen of the house, and it’s getting worse as we approach the teen zone.
There is an upside to this movie epiphany though. I’m really looking forward to the parts of the movie where I get to torture the guys that try to hit on my daughters. That’s proving to be pretty fun so far as it’s started already. Maybe living the John Hughes dream isn’t so bad after all. It beats hanging out in a library with a bunch of cookie-cutter High School social stereotypes. And Charlie Sheen.
I was long overdue to post something. It’s been a busy and productive few months at the Derosby ranch but I’m ready for a break here.
I thought I’d just wish everybody a happy and uneventful Friday the 13th. My plan is to finally see Thor tonight. We’ll see how that works out, as that was the plan every day last weekend too and it didn’t work out very well.
After reading Craig’s post on “Grave Encounters” I began to think a bit. Are the supernatural thrillers any good or are they a cut-out copy of the latest fad.
For those that do not know the story, Craig’s comment about being banned from picking a movie are correct. In 2006, we traveled to Scotland with a group of high school students. One night, when figuring out what to do, Craig mentioned going see a movie. He said that “An American Haunting” looked good so it was agreed that we would spend roughly 20 dollars per ticket to view the movie. End result? It sucked big time. While I tease Craig about this a lot, it wasn’t his fault. Movies concerning the paranormal are so hit and miss. The scares throughout the film are important but it is the final chapters that explain the film. If the hidden theme is lame, the movie becomes lame.
The latest “strike-out” movie is “The Last Exorcism”. It started out so well and I honestly thought the concept was good. A priest who has lost his faith sets up fake exorcisms in order to help families. He does not believe in them and refuses to accept the fact that God and the Devil exist. Unfortunately, things are turned upside down when the girl is “seemingly” possessed. The first hour and seventeen minutes rock out with your….well you know what I mean. If you decide to watch it, turn it off at that point. Accept the fact that you won’t know if the girl is really possessed or not. Because if you watch on, and I am expecting you will, it will turn crappy fast. The ending makes no sense and the director clearly wanted to make an ending which left the viewer thinking. And he got me thinking that his movie turned in to a steaming pile of crap.
The “Paranormal Activity” series were decent in the way they clearly drag you in to viewing the camera scenes as they happen. The stories make no sense and my worry is one day they will attempt to describe why the house is haunted. When they do, we will all think it sucks and another series is down the drain.
The “Blair Witch Project” was very good in its individualism, using the view of the main character as he/she goes through the motions. It allows the viewer to be scared along with the protagonist. But this is played…so played.
Craig is right to think I want to see this newest survival paranormal movie. It looks very good but random girls in white robes has been done before. Once I find out more about my Daddy and Baby Monster Hunters series, I plan on writing a story dealing with the paranormal. The reason I think it will be different is the stories are real. Whether you believe in spirits or not, my brother and I lived in a haunted house in the early 2000′s. While the backstory will be fictional, the events and hauntings will be real.
UPDATE: Saturday April 30th
One thing I was pondering as I was watching “A Haunting in Connecticut” was the fact that if a person has been a part of a haunting, he/she doesn’t experience what we see on the movies. Creaks, voices, shadows, footsteps: those are all part and parcel of living in a haunted house. But some of the movies seems to build off of unnecessary scares without realizing that a real person who might not believe in the paranormal might be afraid of small things.
Date: April 29, 2011
Categories: family, Film and Television, Horror, Stories, Supernatural
I know I shouldn’t get my hopes up, but this looks like it might make up for that last movie. You know, the one that transformed from a summer blockbuster into a multi-million dollar steaming turd right in front of our eyes.
You’ve got Autobots, Decepticons, planetary conquest, Laserbeak (jury’s still out on whether or not that’s a good thing), Shockwave (most definitely a good thing), and most importantly what appears to be a PLOT! What more can you ask for? How about not having to see Michael Bay soil himself onscreen after paying $25 for tickets for Boy and myself? Not too much to ask, right?
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