Train: One hell of a Ride

I won't bore you. I created this blog to discuss movies that may or may not be suitable to be watched with Women/men you are trying to bed/bang/fuck. Once that's in the bag though I still want to steer you clear of bad horrible movies that may waste your precious time, and point you in the direction of movies that are definitely worth the time.

Let's face it, we watch movies to "escape" from everyday normal life. I feel bad for people who watch the same movies over and over again. That's really trying to escape lol.

Train is a film that surprised me. For one I rarely watch horror/slasher flicks in that they almost always seem to disappoint. The plot is usually whack and every cast member deserves to die, as do the filmmakers in most cases ;-P

So yeah, people/fans/horror film lovers started to get tired of this formula indeed. We've had a ton of remakes, some bad (Chainsaw massacre anyone?) and some good (The hills have eyes part 1, Rob Zombies Halloween anyone?). The "Saws" and "Hostels" started to pop up, setting a new bar in film making. I'm not going to argue if those movies are actually good (I haven't even seen any of the hostels yet lol) but the whole point of those films seem to shed light on "hey, horror movies can be original and smart, and uncliche etc. etc. etc."

Train (2008), though some may be to argue it to be "hostel on a train", seems to have gone out of its way to twist a new way of killing tourists and taking their body parts. The film is clever, the editing flows well and keeps you watching until the end. Decent acting, top notch Special effects, and a tolerable plot (When I read the synopsis I was laughing in my head...but they actually pull it off in Train).

Plot: A group of American wrestlers are in Russia competing in a tournament. After one such tournament they sneak out to a party which makes them late the next day for their departure to the next country. The rest of team has already left and the coach waits for them in anger. They end up taking an alternate Train. Except this train is different. It's got a crazy chick doctor and her cronies aboard who take tourists and hack them up, selling their spare body parts to the highest bidder.

Is it Hostel?:
Like I mentioned before, I never saw the Hostel films (which I may or may not check out soon...my attention span for such films is very very short). The only reason why I saw this film was because I was mad bored and high after a night of DJing and it was easy to press play. If a film doesn't do it for me in the first 5 minutes I stop watching it and move onto something else. The film had no name actors. The acting wasn't the best but I would say that there was enough chemistry between the characters to where it was pulled off. The cinematography wasn't the best but it definitely had a certain aesthetic to it that you had to appreciate.

Though I didn't watch Hostel I'm going to bet my money that this film is nothing like Hostel. I'm going to bet that Train (2008) is on a more original take. The film maker of Train is def talented and onto something.

For starters the film had me guessing who the main protagonist was going to be. Right when I thought the film would have sympathy for x or y character you see them getting tortured in the most brutal way imaginable.

Did I mention that the special effects had me thinking of running to the bathroom to hurl everytime someone was being tortured/maimed. Who ever did the special effects, my hats off to you. Seriously, there were scenes that made me feel like a helpless bystander. I assume this film went straight to DVD when it came out so in my book it goes straight to B-Movie status. For a B-Movie the film is pretty amazing.

I wouldn't have put thousands of words into this review otherwise. Any film that makes me shudder at a specific scene when I close eyes and remember what I saw when I'm trying to go to sleep is worth writing about.


Example: There's a scene when one of the more alpha wrestlers is hanging naked about to be gutted (unknown to us they have plans on taking his eyes). He's still conscious so he kicks the lady doctor and she tells her "machine" helper to "do something about it" so the "machine" dude gets a scalpel, slices the back of the kids neck where you can see this spinal cord, gets a tiny hammer and, hammers a flat blade into a section of the kids spinal cord to where he goes limp (paralyzed from the neck down). When I saw that I was like "HOLY FUCK....AHHHHHhhh." There are tons of scenes like this. The opening credits (which are well done) def set the tone for the film, where we see a shadowed figured gutting a whole human body, from skinning it to chopping it up with an Axe lol. The difference between Train and cheesy B-movies is that this looks real. Real to the point where I had to keep watching (that whole vibe where you know you can't watch anymore because its so horrific but you're eyes keep watching for that very matter).

The characters in the film are like any characters in a horror film. At the beginning of Train I found myself guessing which of the characters were going to get killed and which ones weren't.

This movie pretty much fucks with every single character. Especially the men. The guys in this movie got it pretty bad.



Who to watch this With:

This is a perfect film to watch with a girl (make sure she's into horrible films though, as this is not for the light hearted, and a very melon collie, negative film...this film succeeds in making you never want to travel outside of the US to a foreign place...it scared the living shit out of me...)

I would not watch this film if you want to feel cheery afterwards. This film is not good to watch if you're watching it with a girl you have not yet had sex with. Even if you watch it with a girl you've had sex with you won't want to have sex after seeing Train.

Train is disturbing and very very bloody. I found myself cringing during some parts and I haven't done that since I read Bret Easton Ellis' book "American Psycho" (great film btw ;-), yet that's what made me have to keep watching more till it ended. This film brings out the Sadist in all of us. Though we hate to see it, we cannot help but watch the two guys bashing each others faces in outside the pub, or the MMA fight where one guys face is beat to pulp bleeding from all angles yet he still fights....etc.

I couldn't help but think how in the end we are all just Meat and bones, blood and guts.

I'd refrain from watching it with a group of people, this film if def a guilty pleasure "watch by yourself" type film.

I wrote about Train because this movie (from it appearance and synopsis) had "Terrible movie" written all over it. But it wasn't a bad movie at all. Def a surprise diamond in the rough and I have no problems shedding some light to others about it. I've been watching alot of movies (new, old, popular etc.) and sure some were cool (G.I Joe had some great effects but it wasn't anything special....). Train def makes you feel a certain way (good or bad) and does make you question and value how one needs to live life to the fullest.

Though Train will make you think otherwise, the world is still a very peaceful place ;-)

I'm packing heat the next time I'm in a weird part of the Russian Peninsula, taking the Gza's Advice ...."I got ya back but ya best to watch ya Front, cause it the niggas who front, they be pulling stunts...I got ya back but ya best to watch your front..."


-A



-A

Funny People...Very Funny, and more importanly....Well Done ;-)

There comes a point in time where I write up a sentence like this one....saying something about how film makers haven't made a movie like x or y the way they used to back in the day...blah blah blah.

Funny People is a very interesting film because...1. It's actually very good...2. It has Adam Sandler in it (most of his movies blow)...and 3. Movies like this can be made in 2009, and that takes alot of balls.

I'm telling you: RIGHT NOW we're in a situation where people are not going to the movies any more. People are finding out ways to watch movies with out actually spending 10 dollars at the movie theatre. On my way to the subway you can see mad dudes selling boot leg copies of DVDs. China town Manhattan has every movie bootlegged before it even came out ;-)

Plus Movie theatres blow my balls. I'd rather catch the flu in my own home thank you very much. I'm not against sitting in a room full of 50 or more people but...it's true, movie theatres are riddled with germs and people that you would never let set foot in your own home anyway lol.

Seriously, you have movies like Ice Age 3 that are literally #1 at the box office for over three weeks in a row. Either that or their up at the top for mad long. WHY? Because their made for Children. And children have to bring their parents who have to also pay for the tickets to see it. Ingenuis. So Ice Age 3 is a shitty movie that only appeals to toddlers and stuff animals but since it's number one at the box office every week people actually think that it deserves an oscar.

As sad as it sounds, the soul reason to make films and release them is to get ASSES into Seats to watch them. I learned that from my Production professor, and even when he was saying that I couldn't help but think "what ever, people need to make films from the heart...not because they know it's going to make tons of dough."


But truth be told, not that many people are going to watch Funny People. It's amazingly written, performed and edited. Yes, it's about 2.5 hours long but every minute of it is mesmorizing. I watch alot of movies and not in a while have I been mezmorized by a film like this one. I won't go into the plot or even the names of the characters etc. because there's plenty of blogged reivews, that can explain it wayyyyy better than I'd care to go into.

My main thing is the feeling and the energy this movie emitted.


Who to watch it with:

You can watch this movie with practically anyone. Taking girls to see this movie is fine. Nothing is ever too mushy and parts are balanced out quite well. This is a comedic-drama. Not a screwball comedy.

Screwball comedies (bad ones like BrideWars etc.) are very very bias towards women (sure there are Bias men films too, but that's for another topic...). You've got scenes in screwball comedies where the guy looks like an asshole if he doesn't ask the girl to marry him. WTF. You're sitting there with a chick watching that movie and that type of scene comes up..."Marry me...blah blah blah..."

Holy shit, is it me or are screw ball comedies designed to promote Marriages and make a guy feel like a total dick if he appreciates the company of more than one women. Thank you social conditioning ;-)

Rest assured there is no booby "marry me, let's run away together forever" cock blocks in this film. Anyone who loves Rated R movies can definitely get through this one.

Upon reading some other reviews I couldn't help but notice how people started to rip on the editing or the length or the way the camera angles were set up. LOL

I usually get a kick out of these sorts of reviews. All of a sudden people who watch and review movies are literally film makers now who know "EVERY THING" about film making. LOL
As I scratch my balls at the thought....nope, that's like Roger Ebert saying he can direct better than Steven Spielberg just because he knows how to explain the way a movie was put together.

Look, the editing, the camera shots, the lighting, in Funny People "worked." The vibe of the film was beautiful and I have to say that had to do in part with the editing. To have bloggers state that the "editer" should never edit again in their lives after editing Funny People is pretty fucked up especially when they are professionals at what they do ;-)

"Give me the chance to edit, I'll make it way better...." Ah yes...Jealousy comes in a all shapes and sizes lol.

Funny People was already a pretty damn good movie and to try and say that it could have been better if x or y was done to it is just fucking pathetic. Appreciate the filmmakers decisions on why they left certain shots in etc. ;-)

Kudos to the makers of Funny People ;-)


-j

The Whackness is Mad Dope

Just peeped out a film called the Whackness. It's about a kid living in NYC in 1994. The Whackness follows Lucas Shapiro in the summer of 1994. He sells weed and listens to dope ass hip-hop. This movie speaks out to those who always felt like they weren't a part of the "popular norm."

From a Community perspective this film is a comedy, a very damn funny view on how young kids who start dealing with chics could feel things like "the end of the world" when they get their hearts broken. I've been there and this film had me chuckling at how young indeed I was in dealing with girls. Lucas (as did the rest of the cast, and director) did a great job at portraying that "innocent youth" persona who gets his heart broken and feels like he can't go on with life anymore. Depression can strike at any moment.


PLOT:

Smoking weed back then was def looked upon as a "You're going straight to hell" stigma, so you can only imagine how selling it would have multiplied that feeling (now selling weed is looked upon with more savvy, almost like making arts and crafts).

Notorious B.I.G's Ready to Die album just dropped and was recieving mad love in the Streets of NYC. Rudy G was busy cleaning the streets arresting everyone and anything (but he was cleaning up the streets).

Lucas is graffiti writing Hip-Hop listening loner who sells weed. He's a master at selling weed. One of his clients is a pychiatrist name Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Lucas trades Squires weed for time on the Shrink couch. At the begginning of the film we hear Lucas telling squires about his frustrations with not being able to "get laid" and other typical Adolescent issues that, to the older more matured person, sound so trivial and hilarious. But we were all there once upon a time, and it's probably safe to say, those people like Lucas who actually had someone as professional and sincere like Dr. Squires, were actually the lucky ones.

So true that saying: It's not about what you know, it's about who you know and what they know ;-)

Lucas lives the typical middle class up bringing: Single child of two loving parents who only want the best for him. We soon see that Lucas has his life more under control than his parents who don't ever seem to stop arguing about money and bills.

In his quest to figure out "life" Lucas starts hanging out with Dr. Squires (who is also having issues at home with his family...he has a wife who does not appreciate him....the love is gone).

Lucas aslso starts selling alot more weed in order to secretly try and help his parents from losing their apt in the upper east side of manhattan. The whole summer is spent with him walking around NYC with his makeshift icecream cart (which actually has tons of weed in it) selling to loyal customers.



The feel of the film:

The Whackness, though portraying a negative aspect on marriage and old age, is a very positive film. You can't help but feel that the world IS a very friendly and safe place (the best example is that Lucas never ever has any issues with the law fucking with him while he's selling or people trying to rob or steal from him....and that's a good thing because you can totally get that he's a smart enough kid to keep away from the bad apples....which is why is able to be so successful at what he does.)

All the people he sells to are normal human beings who have hearts and issues like everyone else.


Heart Break:

That summer of 1994 Lucas falls for Dr. Squire's step daughter Stephanie. And when you know about the community it's no surprise why. For starters Stephanie is part of the "cool" group in Lucas' high school. Lucas is part of the loners who have no friends. He only has access to the cool kids because of the weed he sells them, so they let him come to their parties. He's almost giddy and shocked when Stephanie tells him to take her number down so they can hang out for purposes other than weed. She ends up breaking his heart and in the end we see how much of a "good thing" that was. The whole point of this movie, I believe, is to get those adventures/experiences that one can only have through interacting with others. As in you gotta get out there and "fuck up" alot. Experimenting is all about...experimenting.

Society norms like to put a horrible look on Experimenting and they like to paint pictures of kids doing heroin and getting aids as form of "look what happened when they decided to experiment" but that's a huge exhageration which in turn makes kids pussy out and not try to get out there and experiment with life.

A great example of this is the whole "don't talk to strangers" saying. My parents used to always tell me this to where I simply thought that EVERY stranger was an evil person. It's a fine line to that and now I realize that every friend I have used to be a Stranger. If you're a responsible person brought up on the principles of Respect, honesty, and integrity then you'll understand which of those people it is that you want to spend your time and energy with. It's a fine line indeed.

Good points in the film:

- Lucas and Squires out at a bar kicking it.

You realize that life is all about interacting with others and having a good time.

- Cassette mix tapes
damn, those were the days (now I make podcast mixes...but there's something so romantic about the cassette tape...dope ;-)

- Hanging out with chicks, getting your heart broken, selling weed summer time in the park

Life really can be that simple ;-)



Community Lessons:

The Whackness does a great job at showing the Nostalgia of NYC in 1994. To this day you hear people talking about how dope those days were. And personally Hip Hop really was at its best back then (but that doesn't mean that Hip-Hop today isn't any good, it's just harder to sift through all the bullshit, but the good shit is still out there...and when you find it, oh what a joyful feeling ;-)

The dialogue in the film is genius. My favorite line is at the very end of the film:

Lucas is leaving Squire's place and runs into Stephanie who wants to talk to him. Lucas cuts her off in the middle of what she's saying and says:

-Do me a favor, Steph?
-Huh?
-Don't say nothin, ok? Just stand there til I leave. I wanna remember this. I've never done it before.
-Never done what?
-Had my heart broken.

Such a great way to sum up a movie. Because Lucas "gets it" now. He understands that life is about experiencing and learning lessons. When you lose don't lose the lesson and he, even though he's not ever 21 years old yet, gets it. He sees that Only he has control of his life. That you never get anything handed to you for free. He and his parents get evicted and must move to Jersey with his Grand Parents. Stephanie breaks his heart. The last image of the movie has him at the train station lighting up a joint and smiling at life. No telling where he's going but one things for sure...he's not letting any of these minor set backs fuck with his New York state of mind. He may be going back into the city to kick it or get more weed. But the point is that he's still out and about and using what he's experienced to add on to his pallete of amazing capabilities (we all have amazing capabilities that are waiting to be unearthed and utilized....whether it's being an amazing business man or a great leader, cook, etc.)


Wrap up:

This is a film that says: "go out and 'fail' and have a good time in doing so and learn from it to make both you and the world a better place. It's the best way to enjoy life." This is a great film to watch with anyone of all ages. With your female friends, guy friends, people who like Hip-Hop in general, weed smokers. You get sucked right in to the era of 1994 when hip-hop was dope, computers were only in rich peoples houses and house parties were the shit ;-)

-A

King Kong Review

Peter Jackson made this movie. It came out around 2004/2005. I wasn't a big fan of the Lord of the Ring series he Directed but any regular Joe can tell that the Man has talent from viewing those films. That being said, you are making a very big mistake if you're going to judge Jackson's genius by "only" the Lord of the Ring Series.

(Side note: I never read the Tolken books and I thought that troll characater who kept saying "precious" was more annoying than Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars Vomitted recent series...so my only gripe about those movies is that Jackson wasn't able to involve Audiences who weren't familiar with the Lord of the Rings books. Yes, I do believe he deserved the Oscars he won for the films but from an "entertainment" aspect I found myself falling asleep more than I found myself caring about the story/plotline)

If you also think that the LOTR series was what put him on the map to be able to do any project he wanted to you're only half right. Please watch his film "Brain Dead" to realize how much of an amazing film maker this man is. From story telling to character developement (I.E. he doesn't make 2d characters...but very complex and interesting ones with deep seated issues that any human being can associate with ;-) Jackson is what I would consider a very "Alpha" Director.

I mean "Alpha director" in that he puts the characters in difficult positions in where they must make very important decisions. And those Decisions will effect everyone and everything around them. The difference between Peter Jackson and Michael Mann or Tony Scott (two directors whom I love and who make movies that I consider to be top notch and gritty, plus that they are Rated R makes me appreciate Mann, and Scott for not giving a fuck whether or not "alot" of people are going to see it) is that Jackson is able to give you all that gritty hardcore character development with out them having to kill (alot) or yell fuck every five seconds. Basically Peter Jackson has a finess to film making that I would love to make aware right here right now.


KONG is KING:

Having been a fan of King Kong since I was 2 years old I was very very skeptical about this film. Critics ripped it apart when it came out (sort of). My peers said things like "boring", "whatever" , "nothing amazing." But the biggest thing I'd heard was that it was simply "too long."

Forget the fact that it was amazingly cast (Jack Black, Adrian Brodey, and Naomi Watts etc.), or that it had me capitvated from the moment I started to watch it or that life does exist on other planets. But seriously, most of everyone I talked too about it simply said it was TOO LONG. So I did what any other person would do in that situation. I forgot about it, went to more keg parties, watched other movies. But yes, that it was said to be super long did make me avoid it and never want to even dowload it. And all I can say RIGHT NOW is....WHAT WAS I THINKING!?


I remember watching an interview with Peter Jackson where he talked about his whole fascination with King Kong as kid and that he was honored to get to re-make it, and wanted to make sure that when he made it that it would have all the Amazement he felt multiplied by 1000. Having watched this movie in my mid twenties (just last night ;-) I can say that Jackson succeeded in that aspect from the minute the movie starts.



Plot:

The film starts off in NYC from what seems to be right in the middle of the great depression. People don't have money for food and jobs are very scarce (this being 2009 I believe alot of people can relate with that right now ;-). Jack Black plays a very slick and shady movie producer who is on his next project and having much difficulty generating the capital to get it made. The summation of Black's character is to never ever take "no" for an answer and doing what ever it takes, by any means necessary, to see his vision come through. This is a guy who sees everyone, except for himself, as expendable and bendable, shapable to his whim. In the short, instant gratification, way of it all, the way he seems to be treating those closest to him looks as if it's actually what needs to be done. But as the film unfolds we soon see that men like Jack Black's character eventually end up un-trustable and alone.

But it is easy to argue that men his Black's characters' drive and ambition do "get it done." When threatened to have the plug pulled on his project by his financial backers he gets all the camera equipment, not to mention all the key players, on this boat and ships off to find the mythical Skull Island, before the authorities can come to arrest him. Even before he gets everyone on the ship Black's character single handedly finds Naomi Watts to play the heroin (all conveniently before the ship leaves but Jackison's direction makes this all look very "believable" and "possible" through the sheer positivity and "never take no for an answer" attitutude that Black's character bestows).

Black's character is by no means the poster child for integrity or honesty. He's a hustler and is doing what he must to keep afloat. Though very pro active with getting things done he is also a lair and a cheat who uses those around him for his own benifit. Alot of guys in the "dating community" will def sympathize with Black's character, for he has many many imperfections that he tries to use to his advantage, while in the process burning many bridges and leaving many people to despise and loath him.

It reminds me of when I started out in "the game": I was (and still am) designing my "new self" and many of my old friends weren't down with this "dramatic" change. In the end I had to leave them and find totally new friends. I however started out as a liar, cheat, and a thief who is on a new path built on the foundation of Truth, Respect, Honesty and Integrity.


On the ship itself we see some very amazing alpha men. Second to the captain is this Black dude (amazing performance btw) who keeps the ship in order and drives the ship when the captain is off doing some black market shit. One thing Jackson doesn't hesitate to show in the film is how flawed everyone is. No one is perfect (and that is true in both this film and in real life). Everyone makes mistakes and must learn how to continue on with life from the lessons learned.

The captain himself is a man who has done his fair share of dirty deeds. As we watch on its revealed that he's in the exotic animal 'black market' business. If it weren't for the materials he had on board to catch exotic animals Kong would have never been captured. The captain and Jack Black's character are very much alike and it's probably the reason why the captain decides to keep trucking out to sea even though he doesn't even think Skull island exists. Though the sort of man who tries to live on the principles of honesty it is very evident that those principles become far outweighed by those of profit and greed.

Then there's a young dude who the black dude found as a boy and sort of looks after. He's young but very brave and willing to get out and explore. There's the cook who looks like the dude from the first Jaws film.
These are men you would want to have along side of you in a bar fight or fox hole.

Though these men play very minor roles Jackson's genius comes from making you feel for them without having to spend twenty minutes developing their characters (observe the cook, the black dude who's the captains second in command, and the Captain himself...they all have opinions that effect everyone's lives in the film).

Adrian Brodey's character, the writer, is probably the most metro sexual out of everyone there, yet he seems to be the one who is foundated with the principles of Honesty, integrity, and bravery (never backing down) the most. While all the other men are also brave they seem to only instill bravery to a certain extent when it befits them.

Naomi Watts' plays the heroin whom King Kong eventually ends up risking it all and eventually dying for. She is an innocent pawn in the whole scheme of things. The whole premise of why Kong "did it" was because of Beauty. Even someone who had it all (Kong lived like a King for christs sake, Skull Island, though very dangerous was ruled by him) fell victim to the clutches of beauty. Sure, when I think about it, the story sounds idiotic. For reals. I mean, really?!! A huge ass Ape is going to go all googly eyed for a chick that's the size of Tinker Bell in his hands?

Kong spends the rest of the movie fighting everything from Dinosaurs to large ass Bats to keep this beautiful blond chick in his clutches. Jackson does a great job showing this in great detail to where you find yourself captivated in this fantasy world of mythical islands and dinosaurs and large insects, and not carrying about how stupid it is that a big ass gorilla is going to want a tiny blond for a companion.


On Skull Island:

For those of you who LOOOOOVE adventure/indiana jones type films this part is such a treat.
When they find the island (which was exciting in itself) they visit and are, not surprisingly, greeted with an unwarm welcome. A tribe of cannibals almost kills everyone when the captain and his men get there in time and uses mad guns to quell the situation to get everyone to safety. At this point people start dying and you start realize that this is not disney land any more. Protect ya Neck.

But the tribe wants the girl for some sacrificial thing to appease the "giant Ape behind the large gate" so they sneak on the ship and grab her (who would have thought that these tribesman happen to be some of the worlds best pole-vaulters, go figure lol) .

Adrian Brody's character (the only smart witted one on the boat) does the math on this one and finds out that they've taken her. A search party is put together to get her back and this is where all hell and amazement breaks loose. Seriously, Jackson could literally have made the movie just about this island. Jackson is amazing at giving such a setting as Skull Island such richness and depth. The details he did on the island were much appreciated in my book.

We see dinosuars, large crabs, weird ass insects and crazy spiders. People die but most of all it looks very very realistic and while you're watching it you feel like "holy shit, they just might not make it back." It is no easy task to get that woman. After a voilent ass whooping by the things on the island and barely escaping with their own lives, Brodey's character (which was alpah all along, but not physically visible) sets out to get her as the others wait by the gate (with plans of their own apparently ;-).

Talk about brave. Seriously, Skull island is the type of place where if you place your hand on a tree theres four different types of predators competing to chop it off and eat it.

While watching it's amazing how all the fantasy and imagination I used to dream up as a kid for a fun past time (that's right, kids used to actually go outside and make believe all this crazy shit for entertainment) came back. It was so naustalgic. I used to dream of stumbling across an island like Skull Island and having to do crazy ass shit to keep alive, but also seeing some of the most amazing things while doing so, and being tested each step of the way. All the while having a crew of brave men and that "perfect woman" by my side who cattered to my awesome personality. She wasn't just beautiful on the outside but also on the inside. Only the strong survive, and that means making quick witted decisions and even if that means choosing death then so be it.
(the black dude knew death was coming for him and he decided in those short seconds to save everyone).


Off Skull Island:

Brody's character finds this chick and after some crazy shit goes down they get to the gate where Jack Black's character awaits with the captain to lay a trap for Ape so they can bring him back to America and not leave empty handed (the original intention was to shoot footage on the island and come back with a film in the can but the camera get destroyed and almost all the film crew is lost to the food chain of the island).

Kong puts up a crazy fight but gets captured in the end. He is brought to NYC to be displayed for others to see in Broadway show form.
Almost everyone who got back from Skull island wants nothing to do with Black's character or what he has done with Kong. Naomi Watt's character is off dancing for another broadway show act. She doesn't care about the money and is disgusted at how Black's character (who symbolizes capitalism) is trying to cash in off some body like Kong for his own profit.

Kong is still knocked from all the drugs they've given him but once he comes to, Kong goes crazy and paints the town red. He finds Naomi Watt's character, brings her to the highest point in New York City (Empire State building) and eventually dies by gunfire from air planes (or was it from falling off the Empire state building ;-)

We see Brody's character getting to Naomi Watt's character and consoling her, while down below news paper men are chattering about how dumb the ape was to go up there. "Didn't he realize what was going to happen?" one news paper guy blurts out. Jack Black's character appears (still not apologetic about the mess he's created) and sums it all up: "It wasn't the planes that got Kong...it was beauty."

And I personally couldn't agree more.




KING KONG is Tragedy:

I mean, for reals, this is a big ass Ape who had it all. He did what ever he wanted on his island and if anything or anyone tried to fuck with him he would "crush them" lol.

And he decides to give it all up for some chick that the local cannibals Skull island captured to sacrifice to him. If anything the cannibals are the smartest ones out of the whole film. They kidnapped this chick and then got Kong all interested in her to where he ends up getting captured and deported off the island. This is what the Cannibals wanted all along!! Genius.

From an Alpha Male perspective Kong leaving his island was like Deliala cutting off Samson's long hair. Kong had it all. And in a second, he lost it all. I see guys do this all the time with women. They've got a solid job, make good money, have options galore. Then they get with a chick who literally turns them into the most pathetic wuss bag this side of NYC. It's a damn shame. It boils down to them not knowing a damn thing about women. They know they want to bone them and suck on them but when it comes to understanding them they fail miserably, and pay heavily for the consequences.

For the record I am still learning how to Understand women. One thing is for sure. I really do appreciate them. I used to not appreciate them. I used to think they were evil and blood sucking vampires lol. King Kong had it all but in the end even he, king of the jungle, fell victim to powerful clutches of beauty. Lesson Learned.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

I was never a fan of romantic comedies. I always found them to too Cliche, too cheeky, and too bias towards women. And to a certain extent, this being 2009, most of the romantic comedies out today still are. But (and that's a big BUT) they seem to be raising the bar.

The romantic comedies I used to watch, don't ask how ;-P, from highschool till now (I grew up with two older sisters who were all about these movies...) were very very pro women. Now they seem to be smartening up and making well scripted ones. Still pro women, they aren't too horrible to get through. I'd say it's now 60 percent pro women 40 percent pro everyone else.

Ghosts of Girlfriends past is a great example. From a PUA perspective the film is def a must see.
IMO the first hour of the film is solid. For those who have not watched GOGP the film is about this dude, Connor Meade who is basically the type of dude who knows he's the shit with women. He's a player who has the perfect job/lifestyle. His little bro is getting married and it just so happens that Connors banged all the chicks at this wedding etc. So while he's at this wedding he's visited by three ghosts (A Christmas carol twist) who bring him back to earth from being the awesome player that he was. He ends up getting with his childhood sweetheart (this is where the movie goes whack...though it wasn't too bad, still entertainingly done well), and they live happily ever after.

My whole take on this film from a social conditioning perspective is this: If you sleep around with alot of women you will not be happy. If you don't find the love of your life and settle down then you will go to hell and suffer for eternity.

This movie will be a mind fuck for guys who watch it and don't know how to come to terms that IT'S ALL BULLSHIT. Do not fall for the message that GOGP promotes. If you don't take it too seriously the movie is fun and entertaining but, it's true, the more you surround yourself around this sort of message the more you actually start to believe it, bit by bit.


On Banging lots of girls:

The movie has some awesome moments with Conner and his Playboy Uncle Wayne (fabulously played by Michael Douglas) who takes him under his wing.

I highly recommened that everyone watch just the scene when Connor sees his younger self being shown the "ropes" by Uncle Wayne on how to game women. Pure genius in that scene.


Some qoutes from Uncle Wayne:

"If there is one thing you learn tonight, it's this. The power in a relationship lies with whoever cares less."


This qoute is sad but true. I believe that when one person likes another person more than the other person likes him/her then a misbalance occurs. It's the whole notion of "I have options" that I believe they are getting at. Because someone who has many many options comes across as wayyyyy more valuable then someone who does not have many options. The guy who already has a job and is looking for another one looks alot less needy than the guy who doesn't have a job and is looking for one. The best way to attract a woman is to sub communicate to her that you have many options, i.e are the type of guy who is being constantly pursued by women.

Conner Meade had that. In the first 5 minutes of the movie you saw girls being disgusted at how he treated them, but they put up with it. Why. Because they saw that he couldn't care less. His cocky confident attitude got him tons of ass. Sure the movie was made to prove a point: That you'll end up alone and lonely if you disrespect and don't have a heart for others.

I'm here to tell you that you can still hang out with tons of beautiful women and still be the lovable person you always wanted to be. The guy who helps others out. I'm trailing off here lol.





"Dames are like Horses, they spook easily."


When I heard that qoute I broke out laughing. Because how true it is. If you approach a women in a fucked up miscalibrated way she will get creeped out and she will get the fuck out of there asap.

One thing that Uncle Wayne does in the movie (when he gets slapped in the face) that I think alot of dudes will misinterpret to be a fuck up, is to display his ability to handle humiliation. There's a scene when he goes up to the girl right next to his "target" and tells her something to where she slaps him. Pretty much the way he handled that slap in the face was what got his oringinal "target" to get up and walk over to him (in a very hollywood type cheesy fashion, but still good none the less).

One thing I like about the movie is that they used all these cool PUA tactics without ever referring to the "game." The writers didn't use any terms like DHV or OBSTACLE (as they probably shouldn't have since the "pick-up" scene was set in the 70's) etc.


The film:

I like Matthew Mchoanahey and Micheal Douglas, so I thought they both did a fine job as did the rest of the cast in this film. The story flowed well and got you from point A to point B. My taste in movies is basic: If it's entertaining I'll watch it. If it sucks I'll stop the movie mid way through and never watch it again (no need to waste anymore of my precious time).

Though the Hollywood ending make this movie easily forgettable in my book, it's still worth checking out just for the one Uncle Wayne scene.

After seeing this film, and interacting with tons of women in the field, it's no doubt in my mind
that all women have the mindset of "settle down and get married." I truly believe that men are the only ones who want to bone tons of beautiful women, live it up for mad long...to then settle down with the "right one."

And oh yes, we know when we've found "the one."


I put this film in the "Watch by yourself" category. Don't fall into the trap of watching this film with a girl, especially if you like having sex with her on a regular basis.

You'll notice a trend here: The only films I am going to recommend to for guys to watch with women in the room are films dominated by very confident Alpha males who, though conflicted, know the path that they are on. The recent James Bond films are a great example of this. Also any movie with Clive Owen, Christian Bale, or Brad Pitt are also great ;-)


-A



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Drag Me to Hell too...after watching this movie of course (spoilers included).

Just caught the "Drag me to Hell" film by famed Spider Man director Sam Raimi.

In a nutshell this movie could have been an episode on Tales from the Crypt (the amazing HBO series that came out in the 90's). To be released as a feature film and have people pay $10.00 plus dollars (if you live in NYC) is a rip off for all hard working Americans who have better things to do with their time then sit there and watch Made for TV concepts.

Upon reading reviews on IMDB I thought this film was worth checking out. One guy even said that Drag Me to Hell was paving the way for new and interesting Horror Films. LOL.


Why you should avoid this film if you happen to be an Alpha Male in the Community who Lives for Pick-Up or a regular male for that matter who appreciates all that is entertaining and original:


1. This film is Pro Relationships, Pro Chode, very negative on life in general

For starters the main character's boyfriend is a total Chode. He buys things for her, pays for EVERYTHING any chance he gets. He's a really nice guy who still loves her for all her quirky insecurities. The dude is an aspiring doctor and may be dating this chick because his parents don't approve, but who knows.

The Main character is totally unlikable. Among being insecure she pretty much writes her own death sentence for simply "being herself." I don't even know what the moral of the story of this movie is...besides "Life's a bitch" or "don't be mean to old people."

The film is about Gypsies who steal, curses, bad luck etc.


If you're in the community you know that you can reframe anything that you want. Positive attracts positive and negative attracts negative.


- Very bad film to watch with chicks

Seriously, the whole vibe of this film is to GET MARRIED. Be in love and get married asap. If that's what you want to do then by all means watch this film. It's an awesome film for people already in long term relationships or happily married.

For me this film was a nightmare to watch. I had a female friend I've been hanging out with for a while over and she's starting to get a bit too close. Popping questions about relationships and friends of hers that are getting married etc. This movie didn't help with that either.

Why? At the end of the film the main characters boyfriend is about to ask her to marry him. In other parts of the film her and her boyfriend (or bore friend as my man Davinci likes to say) are talking about shit like "When was the first time you realized you fell in love with me." (to which he answers...."I fell in love with you the second I saw you..."

She's all in love with him and then she gets dragged into the ground by the demons etc. blah blah blah.

It was probably the best part in the movie, because it was over. Matter a fact, I think the demons actually did the boyfriend a favor LOL.

Unless you're looking to have a long term girlfriend avoid being in situations like watching this Film with a chick. Watch it alone (but you'll feel like you just wasted 1.5 hours when you do ;-)

Any movie you watch with chicks should be nothing like this one, especially chicks you like having sex with ;-)

I can safely say that this movie should be placed in the "Cock Block" category of movies.

Movies that are not in the Cock Block Category (movies you should watch with chicks): The Notebook, Children of Men, Gattica....



Likable characters?


The issue with the film is that almost every character you see if un likable. The movie makes the whole world out to the cruel and evil. Every man for himself etc. I can't stand movies like that. Movies like that make you walk outside with a frown on your face.

And don't give me that "but it's a horror film, it's not supposed to be happy or postive..."
An entertaining film is just that. Drag me to hell had me staring at my watch.





Raimi's Past Work:

I'm a huge fan of Sam Raimi's past work. The Evil dead series is genius. Darkman is probably his most underated film. Drag me to Hell was PG-13. Is the recession really that bad,even for the film business, when people are starting to make films that will broaden out to a wider audience (more butts in seats)? Before Spider Man almost every Raimi film I knew about was rated R. Not that it matters but I'm really starting to wonder if he's gone soft.