John's Movie Reviews

In the spirit of Joe's Walk the Line review, I am interested in reviewing one of the movies we watched recently. So below is a list of movies, you can choose one and I will review whichever one of them.

1 - Tron
2 - Herbie the Love Bug
3 - Herbie Rides Again
4 - Care Bears the Movie
5 - Care Bears 2 (although this may be the same review as Care Bears the Movie)
6 - Extreme Sports Goofy
7 - Star Wars

Let me know.

Walk the Line (Review of Joe's Date last night)

Well it may surprise some of you but I went on a date last night and I went (with very strong recommendations) to see Walk the Line in theaters. The Date turned out well but I had mixed feelings about the movie. Firstly I think Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon gave excellent performances as J. R. Cash, and June Carter. I was amazed to hear the songs of Johnny Cash sung so well by Joaquin Phoenix, but yes they were fully performed by him.(no dubbing was used for him) I also enjoyed seeing such a complex movie but I was not sure what the screenwriter wanted to tell me. This movie dealt with many uncomfortable subjects, like adultery, Drug abuse, and the effects of such things on your life and how this impacts the lives of those who are close to you. It was difficult for me to watch this happen to him and try to put it into perspective. It's tough for me to watch a movie that discusses the private life of a famous person in intimate detail without them being able to talk about it(If you didn't know Johnny Cash is dead and he is not able to comment). So it was a tough movie to sit through for me but the performances were an A+. I hope Joaquin gets an oscar for this performance, because it was incredible.
For a date this wasn't the best of movies, but Walk the Line ended on a happy note and Ice cream at the end allowed the date to be good (as my roomate says, any date that ends with Ice Cream is a good date).

Great Mentors in Literature, Film, and History

Here is my list, add comments or your own. Thanks to Don for the picture idea

1 - Obi Wan Kenobi to Luke(just watched the scene in the bar in Mos Eisley... incredible) (http://www.geocities.com/xtrafiles/BenCantina.gif)
2 - Mr. Miyagi to Daniel LaRusso (http://www.americanphoto.co.jp/pages/movie/HE/Previews/Plans-38241.jpg)
3 - That Guy who trains Van Damme to fight blind in whatever movie that was... Bloodsport? (http://www.movie-montage.com/images/upload/898p.jpg)
4 - Mickey to Rocky (http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9709/10/meredith.obit/rocky.jpg)
5 - Gandalf to Frodo (http://img-fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/rivoche/frodo_and_gandalf.jpg)
6 - Yoda to Luke (http://innocentbystander.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/yoda.jpg)
7 - Norman Dale to the Hickory Huskers (http://www.americanrhetoric.com/images/hoosiersintroteam.JPG)
8 - Abbé to Edmond Dantés (http://images.hollywood.com/images/4_1102955.jpg)
9 - Morpheus to Neo (http://matrix.thescarymonkeyshow.com/images/morpheus.jpg)
10 -Athos to D'Artagnan (http://www.wineintro.com/movies/threemusketeers/athos.jpg)
11 - Baloo to Mowgli (http://www.etek.chalmers.se/groups/EKAK/historia/97/pics/baloo.jpeg)
12 - Mrs. Weston to Emma (http://www.pemberley.com/wdl/Images/westons.jpg)
13 - The Master to Grasshopper in Kung Fu (http://fusionanomaly.net/kungfudoyouhear.jpg)
14 - Master Splinter to Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo (http://www.animezu.com/Anime/cels/pics/Teenage%20Mutant%20Ninja%20Turtles/Splinter/splinter01.jpg)
15 - Dumbledore to Harry (http://www.pottersrealm.com/albums/Chamber-of-Secrets/BabyFawkes.sized.jpg)

Grandpa's Touch

 

William Discovers Chuck E. Cheese's

William attended Ashlyn Dahmer's 2nd Birthday Party 

More Cowbell!

Although overplayed, still incredible.

http://www.youtube.com/w/Funny-SaturdayNightLive-Cowbell?v=2qkI3oxTc_0&search=snl%20walken%20cowbell

Fight Matchups

Who wins?

Anthony Hopkins vs. Paul Scofield
Macho Man Savage vs. Hulk Hogan
Mike Holmgren vs. Andy Reid
Rik Smits vs. Detlef Schrempf
David McCullough vs. Joseph Ellis
Coach Waterman vs. Joyce Block
Snake-Eyes vs. Storm Shadow
George Clooney vs. Matthew McConaghy
Mr. Knightley vs. Colonel Brandon
Hermione vs. Ginny
Joan Wright vs. Jon DeJong

Bring it.