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By Collin, on July 5th, 2011

Top Ten Movies Based on Video Games

By Collin, on July 5th, 2011

#49 We just watched this on Netflix streaming: Tetsuo: The Iron Man

 

The Film: Tetsuo: The Iron Man


This movie is only for the hardcore. I can’t say I can think of any body I know that I would recommend it to. I came across it when I was very young only because I’d heard it was a important part of the cyber punk movement. Whether or not I believe that now is is uncertain. However, it is a defining cyber punk movie despite how hard and fast that term is. If you’re a fan of Aronofsky’s PI, and I’m a mega-fan, then it Tetsuo is must see.

 

Why to watch it: You’ll never see anything like it. Ever.


And I mean ever. If you thought Pi feels fresh and innovative, you’ll watch in awe as a man with a robotic penis tries to get his bang on. What an odd little movie. It looks a little bad on Netflix Streaming, but what are you going to do? This movie used to be really hard to find. 

Pay attention to this: The relationship between humans and technology.

The purpose of the movie is fairly clear. Director Shinya Tsukamoto wanted to explore the growing relationship between human beings and technology and how someday they would be one. I really don’t have much else to say about this one because what do you say about a movie that speaks for itself.  

 

 

 

 

-Collin


 

By Collin, on July 2nd, 2011

Top Nine Reasons Why the Transformers Movies are Bad.

This is a list I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. Every time a trailer came out for one of these movies I was fooled into think it is going to be good. The trailer for the 3rd film (the #2 trailer) might be the best trailer ever made. This article is a little bit of a troll by the way.

So let’s do this list! In the words of Human Torch: Flame on!


9. The ancillary characters are not needed.

What are ancillary characters you ask? Well, they’re characters that are added that don’t impact the main story. Transformers movies are loaded with them. Consider for a second Captain William Lennox (Josh Duhamel), what purpose does he serve in the overall story? Protecting Sam? Not really. He is there just to have a handsome white guy in the movie. However, he does deliver one of the greatest lines in movie history:

“Listen to me, you‘re a soldier now!”

Or, think about the role of Anthony Anderson, a brilliant comedic actor, who is given a weird hacker role that serves no purpose other than to let him scream at his mom. It is borderline offensive.

I’m not saying that Michael Bay shouldn’t have such characters in his movies — just give the characters something to do. When their weapons serve no purpose and don’t harm the Decepticons, then what possible point do they serve in fighting? I know there are arguements to be made that they would “fight because they’re soldiers”.  Stupid and I don’t buy it.

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