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300 and Ghost Rider (possible spoilers) + Okami
19 years ago
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Well, first off, if you haven't seen 300, or Ghost Rider, do not read any further. This journal may contain elements that will spoil things for you.
Anyway, went and saw 300 today. Awesome flick. Have to agree with others that it was a very impressive movie. Was rather cool, seeing them use a phalanx pattern, as well as a hedgehog later on in the movie. Effects were really well done, the whole thing was somewhat stylized, but very well done. The main villian, Xerxes (or however his name's spelled) was quite impressive. Specially since the movie made him a giant. Stood at least a good several feet taller then King Illonious (yes, i know i'm murdering the spelling of various names here :P ) The fight scenes were amazing, and very graphic, lots of blood and limbs flying. The Spartans going up against various elements from other lands was pretty impressive as well. The charging rhino and elephants were rather well done. This movie's definatly something i'm gonna be getting when it comes out on DVD.
Now, went and saw Ghost Rider. Decent adaptation from comic book to Big Screen. Again impressive special effects, specially the bike...man that's a sweet looking ride :) Villains seemed rather pathetic though. They didn't really give Ghost Rider much of a challenge. Not even the main villian, BlackHeart. I mean come on...least they could've done is some cool fight scenes with property damage and so on. Isn't that bread and butter for comic books? :P ah well. Best scene in whole movie was when the old Rider and Ghost Rider were racing down a desert road. Managed to find a pic of that scene and put it up as my desktop. Love the flaming horse going up against the flaming bike.
Looking forward to seeing TMNT when it comes out, as well as the Last Mimzy, FF2, and Spiderman 3.
On the video game front, been playing way too much Okami, beaten the game once already and working on second run through, trying to get all the skills and such this time around, didn't realize how close i was to beating the game till i actually did it. Ah well, will give me a chance to finish off some of the sub-quests and such i didn't get a chance to the first go-round. I really love the way they did this game, though the brush controls do take a bit of getting used to.
Well, that's about it i guess. Don't think i put too much in way of spoilers in my impressions of the movies, but figured i'd put up a warning to be on the safe side...
GryphRaptor
Anyway, went and saw 300 today. Awesome flick. Have to agree with others that it was a very impressive movie. Was rather cool, seeing them use a phalanx pattern, as well as a hedgehog later on in the movie. Effects were really well done, the whole thing was somewhat stylized, but very well done. The main villian, Xerxes (or however his name's spelled) was quite impressive. Specially since the movie made him a giant. Stood at least a good several feet taller then King Illonious (yes, i know i'm murdering the spelling of various names here :P ) The fight scenes were amazing, and very graphic, lots of blood and limbs flying. The Spartans going up against various elements from other lands was pretty impressive as well. The charging rhino and elephants were rather well done. This movie's definatly something i'm gonna be getting when it comes out on DVD.
Now, went and saw Ghost Rider. Decent adaptation from comic book to Big Screen. Again impressive special effects, specially the bike...man that's a sweet looking ride :) Villains seemed rather pathetic though. They didn't really give Ghost Rider much of a challenge. Not even the main villian, BlackHeart. I mean come on...least they could've done is some cool fight scenes with property damage and so on. Isn't that bread and butter for comic books? :P ah well. Best scene in whole movie was when the old Rider and Ghost Rider were racing down a desert road. Managed to find a pic of that scene and put it up as my desktop. Love the flaming horse going up against the flaming bike.
Looking forward to seeing TMNT when it comes out, as well as the Last Mimzy, FF2, and Spiderman 3.
On the video game front, been playing way too much Okami, beaten the game once already and working on second run through, trying to get all the skills and such this time around, didn't realize how close i was to beating the game till i actually did it. Ah well, will give me a chance to finish off some of the sub-quests and such i didn't get a chance to the first go-round. I really love the way they did this game, though the brush controls do take a bit of getting used to.
Well, that's about it i guess. Don't think i put too much in way of spoilers in my impressions of the movies, but figured i'd put up a warning to be on the safe side...
GryphRaptor
