Two Movies You Gotta See On Netflix If You Love Cartoons- I Know That Voice, In A World

If you’re anything like me the world of voice over is fascinating in its mystery.  I know almost nothing about it but I do know that I love cartoons and one of my dreams is being a cartoon.  On top of that I think everyone at some point has been told “you should do cartoons because that’s a really funny voice you do.”   That is one of the most infuriating things to be told because that’s what I would love to do and if it was that easy I would already be doing it.  But thanks to these movies there has been a tiny light shone on this industry so at least if you’re looking to get in you’re not just bumping around in the dark.

In my opinion you should watch “I know that voice” first because it gets you familiar with the business of voice over.  This movie brings out some of the (in my opinion) coolest of the cool in the voice over industry.  The only way it could have been cooler is of Mel Blanc (you know the voice of bugs bunny) himself would have been in it. I Know That Voice takes you thru the process of recording a voice and shows you the hidden art of coming up with a voice. I really thought that part was cool because in real life the voice you have is just the voice you have but when creating a character you have to take into account the type of person they are the things that they like to do and their personality (its too cool finding out how John Dimaggio came up with the voice of Bender from Futurama). 

Once you’ve watched this movie you can now comfortably watch “In A World” because you are no longer in the dark.  This movie follows the lead character struggle in the voice over world as a woman.  The movie takes place in the voice over world but the premise of the movie indicated by the title is the movie makers want to revive the trailer “In a world” voice over thing.  The usual guys throw their hats in the ring for it but now there is this woman that has a shot at it and it infuriates the contenders.  It’s a very interesting view of the voice over world and a very awesome movie.

Have You Heard About This Movie- As Dreamers Do

I’m always on the lookout for a new inspirational movie. When I say inspirational I mean inspirational to me as an artist or businessman.  I’m always on the look out and good movies are few and far between but I ran across another I cant wait to see but seems like its not getting too much exposure.  It’s a little indy movie called As Dreamers Do.

This movie is about the early days of Walt Disney. It seems to be about everything before going to Hollywood.  It shows him in his early days as a kid drawing and dreaming. The movie seems like a really sweet inspiring story and there is nothing I love more than an well done indy movie.  My favorite part of the trailer is when he is sitting at his drawing table feeding a mouse and he says "You know, since we're newly acquainted friends I should probably tell you, ima change the world. It all starts right here."

The trailer in itself is inspiring, I haven’t seen the movie yet but I’m planning on it.  So if you have seen this movie let me know what you thought in the comments.

Quick Review- Man Of Steel

There are so many things that I would say about this movie but the 1 word that comes mind when I think of the Man Of Steel is “Finally.” I didn’t think it could be done after it had been done so perfectly by Christopher Reeve. There is no point in comparing the performances between the Superman actors because the point wasnt to do it better than the old one the point was to make a fantastic movie…. Mission Accomplished!

I’ll try not to give out any spoilers if you havent seen the movie (stop reading this and go see the movie, ok finish reading this and then go see the movie). The first thing I liked about this movie is that they didn’t waste a whole bunch of time trying to put this movie in chronological order. Lots of his history was in the flashbacks which is perfect because they only hit the highlights and didn’t have to come up with boring in between parts.

They did get into the Krypton stuff and it wasn’t all crystals and pointy buildings, it was cool. The only part that caught me as weird is when the leading scientist Jor-El jumps on the back of a flying dinosaur thing and rides to wherever it was he was going. It just struck me as weird that he was riding a living thing while people are flying around in ships, I guess its like having flying cars and running from the cops on a horse…. Just kinda weird to me. That is mainly a personal thing because even that was pretty freakin cool. Jor-El and Lara are as awesome and as self sacrificing as you would expect Supermans parents to be.

I was a huge fan of Smallville the tv show that showed Clark Kent growing up and making mistakes while trying to balance who he is, who he wants to be, and who he’s going to be. There was some of that in this movie but bigger. If I’m not mistaken I believe Clark is supposed to be 33 in this movie (what is it with all the Jesus parallels, more on that later). Seems kind of late to be using your powers on the world stage but hey what do I know. Jonathan and Martha Kent were cast beautifully for this movie as well. I’m not saying the part where Jonathan Kent dies brought me to tears all I’m saying it that I can see how it could (to be fair I will admit that I almost yelled at the screen).

Henry Cavil as Superman has got to be the greatest choice since the original Christopher Reeve. Remember when there was talk for superman returns with Tim Burton directing and Nicholas Cage as Superman….. Hilarious and would probably make a great Saturday Night Live sketch but keep your hands off of Superman Tim! Henry Cavil was huge for this part, he was all chest and shoulders ( all this time I basically thought it was a padded suit), he looked like he just walked off of the pages of the comics. And the suit was awesome. The difference between the old Superman suit and new one kind of reminded me of the difference between the old Spiderman costume from the old tv show and the Amazing Spiderman suit, no contest and super cool.

The last thing I’ll talk about is the action…. Amazing! It reminded me of the game play on Mortal Kombat vs. Dc. It makes me think of the Matrix 3 and they way they tried to do what was done in this movie (if they ever make another dragon ball movie they need this guy…. Booo db movie). There is even one scene where Superman doesn’t even bother standing up he just floats up (doesn't sound as cool as it looked). Powerful action and powerful drama make this movie a high octane, balls to the wall must see, so Go SEE IT!

The final Man Of Steel Superman Jesus parallels-

Only begotten son of Krypton

Superman ascended into heavens at 33

Fights forces of evil

Heals the dying

Meant to save the world

….. I’m sure I missed some I just think its funny because they do it with every Superman movie

Dark Knight Rises- A Quick Review

HOLY CRAP! If you havent seen the other two movies watch them before you see this one. There were so many skeptics coming into this movie and I was kinda one of them but I still really wanted to see this movie. How could it possibly compete with The Dark Knight, right? Wrong, its not a competition, there is no reason to compete with it because they are all apart of each other. The Joker is a way different kind of cool than Bane is in this movie, so there isn’t even a comparison, its Chinese stars and Batarangs.

With that being said, Watch This Movie! I don’t like to give away endings in my movie reviews but I will say that the villain in this movie is so freakin cool! The way the movie is set up, is a few years down the road and there has been no sighting of Batman for years, you remember because he’s the “bad guy.” So now commissioner Gordon is getting crushed under the lie, Bruce Wayne hasn’t shown his face in public either and now there are Howard Hughes type rumors going around about him. Because this is a movie and not a comic book Batman cant be young forever, this dudes body is breaking down and Bane has just taken over the city under the guise of giving Gotham back to the people.

The characters they brought out for this movie rock so much without getting cheesy. The Story about being born in prison is so cool along with them showing the Batwing. The Character of John Blake as a hot head cop turned detective with a similar past to Bruce Wayne makes for an interesting gear in this machine of awesomeness. Catwoman also shows her face and I am not even very partial to Anne Hathaway as an actress but her portrayal of Catwoman is great.

This movie is a rollercoaster of emotion, unlike Michael Bay, Christopher Nolan knows how to seduce an audience with a characters and story to make you feel like you’re apart of it.

So all I can say to Christopher Nolan is, “You have been given Superman…. I‘ll vote you for you for president if you get it right!”

What’s In A Name- Sentinel Prime ?

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." -Shakespeare

I got to see the movie Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon yesterday, was it a cool movie, yes it was. I went into this movie with the hopes that someone awesome would show up that I didn’t know about. It happened, at the very beginning of the movie they show a quick shot of a red guy with a beard and I think, “No way I had no idea Alpha Trion was gonna be in this movie!” I was wrong Alpha Trion was not in the movie they decided to change his name to Sentinel Prime. This irked me for 2 reasons, first Sentinel Prime is a character from the animated cartoon, second this character already has a name and its Alpha Trion. I know this is a nerd concern and I don’t like to nit pick movies but COME ON Michael Bay, have a little creative respect for the fans.

I did love all the little shout outs to the old cartoon. The way the ship was crashed into the moon looked exactly like the way the ship was stuck in the mountain in the original series. Those ships they used at the end of the movie looked like Scattershot from the Technobots. But I thought the coolest one was the space ship that looked like Omega Supreme, I was sitting there with my fingers crossed that it would transform but I forgot that Michael bay HATES ME!!

All in all the movie was decent but it wasn’t mind blowing like it should have been.

Hall Pass - Review

Today, this is gonna be short and sweet. Today I saw a movie called Hall Pass. This movie is supposed to be a comedy, it has its funny moments but I would put this movie in a section called “ha ha we fooled you thanks for the money.” I don’t like to give negative reviews to movies but it has been a real long time since a movie has angered me so much. It seems like this movie was written by a man hater who doesn’t understand how evolution ever took place without a woman overseeing everything. Don’t get me wrong I am very equal opportunity I believe women are just as stupid as men, on the flip side I also believe that men are just as smart as women and I cant stand it when people imply otherwise. This movie craps all over men but not just being dumb, I know we’re dumb, but being weak. This seemed like a personal attack so here is what I think.

There is a scene in this movie where the men just got caught doing something stupid and are now sitting in the back seat while the mother figures sit in the front seats and stop on the side of the road and begin to yell at their child like husbands. I will try to be clear on my opinion about this, any woman that treats their husband like this, regardless if he deserves it, just needs to get divorced. There is never a reason to talk down to anyone, I mean come on who do you think you are. Now to the man who lets his woman talk to him like this, you need to pick up your skirt grab your balls and start acting like a man. A man doesn’t need to talk down to a woman to be a man but if he gets talked down to like a child you don’t get to call yourself a man.

After the guys get their Hall Pass they try to go out and get chicks and obviously don’t know where to go to find a chick to sleep with, what the hell. These guys are so pathetic they go to Applebees to look for girls, which is funny, but what guy in their right mind would ever do that if he actually wanted to sleep with someone. I understand that the theme of this movie is for the guys to realize that they really don’t want to sleep with someone else but it also has almost nothing to do with love. Its more like not wanting to ruin something that has been built. A real man never gives up this much power in a relationship, these guys have practically castrated themselves as an offering on the alter of their wives vagina. PATHETIC!!!

The greatest statement of prevention of any of this is something I heard a long time ago, the man said, “we have a deal, if she ever doesn’t want me around all she has to do is tell me and I will leave with just the clothes on my back.” That is a MAN.

I hated this movie it gets 1 smelly finger and I bet you can guess which finger it is!!!

Green Lantern - Quick Review

This movie had the potential to be really bad and there were a lot of people that were expecting it to be, I just might even have been one of those people. I was wrong. Green Lantern was a great summer blockbuster. There were parts that seemed a bit neglected but overall was a great movie. Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan makes a great Green Lantern. I love reading the Green Lantern comics but sometimes 2 hours just isn’t enough time to truly do justice to a character or group of characters that already have a very loyal fan base(but hey, I’m happy I got to see a Green Lantern movie)

The graphics were so amazing with characters like Sinestro and Kilowog(two of my favorites…. Poozer). Character design was something I was interested in seeing when I went to see this movie. We all know what the characters look like in the comic book but I wanted to see what they looked like when a computer animator was going for realistic, they did not dissapoint. I loved the way the Guardians, Green Lanters, and Oa looked. Hal Jordan training was probably one of the cooler parts of the movie, getting a chance to see Kilowog push around the soon to be great Hal Jordan. Sinestro even got his hand in there and destroyed the constructs of Hal and pushed him to the point of quitting.

The Green Lantern corps is always a source of inspiration for loyal fans, the basic idea is having an iron will creates infinite possibilities, and that’s something anyone, not just comic book nerds, can believe in.

PS - stay for the credits its really cool.

I give this movie 5 Smelly Fingers because it wasn’t the best acted movie but it’s a need to see for this comic nerd.

 

Comedy Heavyweights - Maria Bamford

This is my absolute favorite female comedian. She has got to be the craziest female comedian there is and the most innovative. She incorporates characters like her family and enemies while doing voices but its not the same cheesy thing that others do, this has its own special ring to it. She makes the characters come alive with facial expressions and voice. She speaks of real life from her unique perspective while making the most mundane observations hilarious. She also pokes fun a lot at the different types of females and the standards that society pushes on today’s women. I would describe her style as silly and cutting.

She was in the Comedians of Comedy where she killed it and made herself a stand out in a group of stand outs. Female comics have a hard time in their industry because like all of show business its all biased toward a certain type of person but Maria Bamford uses hilarity to break down the walls that might discriminate against her.

Maria Bamford is a bit of an unknown comic but she is someone that I hope can make her way into the mainstream. So if you have never heard of her I would encourage you to listen to her as soon as possible because she is one of the greatest.

Comedy Heavyweights - Bill Burr

This guy should go down as one of the greats. Bill Burr manages to do what almost no white guy can do and that is make fun of race. Anyone else that has ever attempted this usually crashes and burns. Bill Burr can talk about race and give it an angle that you haven’t heard yet and make it really funny. There is an edge to this guy that makes him not only cool but a bit dangerous. I don’t usually like comedians that talk about the difference between men and women but the angle that Bill Burr takes releases men as the monsters and calls out women on the truths that men aren’t usually willing to point out. It sounds a bit cliché but the way he pulls it off is unlike anyone else.

It is also nice to see a male comedian other than Joe Rogan to actually be a guy not just some feminine guy that would yell “I don’t know how to fight I’m a comedian.” Just like the others that I have put on my Comedy Heavyweights list Bill Burr doesn’t just lead you down a road of chuckles but he exposes you to an entire range of emotions all the while laughing your butt off. His take no prisoners style and fearlessness makes Bill Burr someone that you need to listen to if you have not yet. His dvds are hit hard and side splitting humor. The anger he holds in comes out in his comedy and gives it an extra dimension of hilarity. He also has a great pod cast called The Monday Morning Podcast where its pretty much just Bill Burr ranting into a microphone in his living room or whichever room he happens to be in, I only subscribe to about 5 pod casts and the MM pod cast is one of them. If you don’t know who this is check him out…. hurry go.
　
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Super 8 - Quick Review

Right out of the gate this movie is about some friends trying to make a movie and everything intertwines with an Air Force disaster. With that said this is a great movie and I personally loved it. This movie felt like an episode of the Twilight Zone. (the old black and white one not the crappy 80s version) It created such an aura of nostalgic longing for the innocence of childhood movie making. The characters were solid for being a child cast, finding this much talent in such small packages must have been real difficult. Each character had their own special thing but the main characters battle with strength throughout the movie reaches a place we all hope we can reach in times of crisis.

Other than the great acting this movie had to offer there was story and graphics. Don’t get me wrong this is no Michael Bay movie(in other words story isn’t sacrificed to the god of graphics) but all the explosions and graphics are for a reason and have meaning. I will not describe the train wreck just know that this part of the movie more than fills the “graphics” quota necessary to qualify for a cool summer movie. This movie carried everything that I love in an episode of the Twilight Zone.(and I love the Twilight Zone)

Overall 5 Smelly Fingers- Great Movie….. Normally would have been 4 Smelly Fingers but the Twilight Zone feel gave it the extra finger.

South Park - “Your Getting Old”

This episode was great, it touched on two subjects that I find very important in todays society. Moron Parents that don’t know how old they are and the completely cynical bastard that just has to destroy everything for everyone. Every now an then South Park has episodes like this one that just jump out at you because the show seems to get a little stale or complacent. I must say that this one really started to shake things up.

It all started with Stans Birthday, he got older and the hate for all things new kicked in when the hate for all things old should have gone away but didn’t. This thought, the person that hates everything and can let anyone enjoy anything at their core might be right but just hating everything is no way to live. I agree with the fact that sometimes you need to look through something to see its real effect but when you start doing that to everything you become the kind of person that needs to get hit by a car. Everything and everyone is full of crap that is a simple truth there is no debating that.

The dad in this episode is trying to show how young at heart he is but he doesn’t understand the music either. The writers hit this one right on the nose, dressing like an 18 year old over the age of about 35 begins to make you look like a douche. Trying to be something that you obviously don’t understand at such an older age is so sad but those guilty of this hilarious offense will never see themselves for what they really are….. Old.

I love this episode if you haven’t seen it, watch it.

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X-Men First Class- A Quick Review

The problems I had before are still the same problems but if there was something this movie showed is that this movie really isn’t about the students, its about the fathers of the mutant movements. I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of this movie, to be honest X-Men United was not so good a little too cartoony and compared to the other two just seemed kind of lacking and that made me afraid to watch this movie. The is a great movie but more than the acting the struggle between friends and ideals portrayed is amazing. What would you choose if you had to choose between a friend that’s as close as a brother and an ideal that could make the world a better place?

There is another dimension to this movie as well and that’s the struggle that every human has to endure and that is shown in two characters beast and mystique. These end up being the only two characters that hate their appearance which is something everyone goes through at some time or another and just a general need for acceptance. The X-Men have always been about social issues in our society and acceptance is a huge issue that affects all generations. I guess the X-Men just speaks to those of us that are “different.”

It was so cool to see the origins of Professor X and Erik Lensherr aka Magneto. When these two origins stories meet and the two of them become friends this movie takes a turn for the epic. The dynamic between these two is awesome and to know how good of friends they were is eye opening when they are also each others greatest enemies. Just might be one of the top 2 superhero movies EVER.

 This movie gets 5 Smelly Fingers and a “GO SEE THIS MOVIE ASAP!!!!!!!!”

Review of Priest- Vampire Killing Fun

This was a good movie, I didn’t go see it in 3d because I’m not a child I am a man with increasingly bad eyes. Unless you already know about this comic its about a specially trained group of chosen butt kickers called the Priests fighting a war against the vampires. The vampires in this movie don’t have eyes which is kind of cool and the entire movie is placed in a post vampire war time where the Catholic church has assumed power during war struggles.

The Church plays the part of big brother using safety as a reason to keep total and complete control over the people and it looks like a 1984 type setting both Post apocalyptic and futuristic but I think it plays well together. The people that did not choose to live under they tyranny of the church lives in the Wastelands where the people are open to attack. Part of the message this movie brings is following the will of God is not always following the will of the church but mostly the message is Power Corrupts.

This is a Summer blockbuster and as usual if you don’t like popcorn movies don’t see this movie. But if you’re a person that likes to have fun and knows how to enjoy themselves there is plenty of fighting and slow motion sequences to make you finish a whole tub of popcorn. The Priest is a butt kicking machine that was blessed by God to tear vampires apart. I’m not usually a vampire person ever since Twilight and the Sparkles but the blood and guts this movie brings is totally worth it.

I give this movie 4 smelly fingers only because I could have been longer but that’s just a personal preference.