Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys; Album Review

When I thought My Chemical Romance couldn't get any better...
    Before I downloaded my pre-ordered copy of Danger Days, I had already listened to the album. The whole album was streaming live from Dr. Death's lab, (We'll talk about him later) on Youtube.  This was phenomenal for me, because I was so excited to hear this album. I felt like a total geek, staring at a computer for an hour watching Dr. Death's commentary and this amazing album. When I was done, I had know regrets. After that, I looked down at the comments, and it said 168 comments since you started viewing. (:|) I guess people were just as excited as me!
   After looking at the album name, you may be wondering what the killjoys are. The killjoys are Party Poison, Kobra Kid, and Jet Star. (The three band members) Dr. Death is the DJ who hosted that listening party and appears once in a while on Danger Days. In the Na Na Na video and the SING video, it features the killjoys defeating enemies. Which can be very cool and cheesy at the same time. And then there is BLI (Better Living Industries) BLI is the enemy for the killjoys. Basically what BLI is is that they are people who want you to live your life the way they want you to. And, as you may guess, the most common answer is, "Screw that, I'm with the killjoys."
    This was also a very important album for My Chemical Romance. They've matured. A lot. And so, instead of Gerard Way wearing all black clothing including his chin length black hair, along with crying about death, violence, and drugs, (Which proved to still be very entertaining) He is now an energetic classic punk rock band lead singer. Along with clown red hair, Han Solo boots, and an awesome costume. Instead of the usual depressing, dark, music, it's now an epic, absurd, fun, powerful, and exciting punk. Sounds great, right? That's because it is. My Chem has grown up. And no matter what you say, it's definitely for the better.
   And now, the songs.

    Look Alive, Sunshine- This is the intro to the Na Na Na video. You may have heard it.

   Na Na Na- Most My Chemical Romance fans have heard this one, and it's the same old sing along chorus with those amazingly intelligent lyrics! (I was being a little sarcastic)

   Bulletproof Heart- At first I thought this song would be aimed at screaming fangirls, but I actually really like it. It almost makes it way to sounding like a ballad.

   SING- Not my favorite, mainly because I thought it was pretty bland. I don't think this one deserved the single, but it's bearable.


   Planetary (GO!) - Has a cool intro and it's a really in your face type of song.

   The Only Hope for Me Is You - This song was released before the album, and it is definitely a highlight on the album. It has a great sense of hope, despite the song name.

   Jet Star/ Kobra Kid Traffic Report - A few words from Dr. Death

   Party Poison - This is a really energetic song and is one of my favorites. Really makes you want to jump up and fist pump like a champ.

   Save Yourself, I'll Hold Them Back - This one was released at the MCR website and reminds me of their older music a little. With all the screaming and chanting of "RIGHT NOW!" and "WHO CARES!".

   S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W - The best slow song in the album. At times the feel of the song can be a little depressing, but it's still pretty great.

   Summertime - The only song I dislike... listen to it for yourself. I felt like they were trying to redo SING a little bit.

   Destroya - My favorite song on the album. It is probably the most serious song on the album.

   The Kids from Yesterday - This one is fine, but not really a highlight. It still is fun to listen to it knowing it's about Gerard maturing through his music.

   Vampire Money - This one is funny and really good. It's probably the most fun on the album.

   We Don't Need Another Song About California - This song is only available on the deluxe edition, and it makes getting the deluxe version worthwhile.

   Overall, this is my favorite rock album of the year, but I think they could have done a little better. Mainly because I think the songs didn't flow together so well as they did in The Black Parade. But this one I still think is the most creative, and better, than most of My Chem's older music. No matter what fans of the older music say. A-

Edit: Here is the listening party streaming from Youtube.

V for Vendetta; Movie Review

First of all, let me get this out of the way. I am a huge Alan Moore fan. I haven't read much of his work, but after reading Watchmen, I could guarantee Alan Moore is awesome. And when I heard of this movie, I was super excited. But after watching it, I think I put my expectations a little too high for somethings, and other things I was surprised by. This movie IS dark. I mean DARK. But since it revolves around mostly the terrorist, V, the terror and darkness is nearly glorified. As in, blowing up a humongous building. You don't hear much about the cons of that, you hear all about the pros of that happening. "This country needs more than a building right now, it needs hope." I really expected this as an extremely violent movie, it   revolving around a terrorist and all, but it left out a lot of the blood and gore it could have easily had. I wasn't very impressed with the acting much, because Natalie Portman has played in a lot of other movies and she was great in my opinion. But this one, she wasn't that good. I was surprised at the cinematography, though. The ending was BRILLIANT how they had that all planned out like it was. Even after a few disappointments, this is a great movie. B+

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Movie Review

As a Harry Potter fan, seeing this was a big deal. The first part of the final chapter of the HP movies. It was all expectations for me. I haven't even read the whole series, but it didn't take much to guess that this was going to be a darker Potter movie. At the end of the 6th move, Dumbledore dies, Voldemort's back, and the trailer looks nearly as dark as a Twilight trailer. Without being obnoxious about it. As a result of it being darker, it's action-packed, emotional, and better yet, suspenseful. I'd recommend this to about anyone. A-

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth; Book Review

If you haven't read or heard of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, I recommend looking into it. It could also easily be one of the easiest books you've ever read. I read this book in roughly an hour, already excited for the next installment. Believe me, this is no Catcher in the Rye, but still one of the smarter kid comedies out there. I thought this book wasn't very important in the Wimpy Kid series, because nothing really happens that affects the series. I thought this was more of a filler for the series, but it still entertains. I don't recommend buying this book, unless you are looking into reading it over and over, because it takes more than a day to complete. Borrow it or check it out from a library. Still, worth a quick read. B

Hunger Games: Gritty?

I recently read an article about the Hunger Games movie being gritty or not. The article asks that the movie not be gritty. I disagree. The reason Hunger Games stood from the crowd is because it WAS gritty. It was a sci-fi young adult book that still managed to be gritty and realistic. If you remove the grittiness, you ruin the movie. Here is the article: http://shelf-life.ew.com/2010/11/05/the-hunger-games-an-open-letter-to-director-gary-ross/

Monsters: Movie Review

This is a lot different from other movies. No this is not an alien sci-fi slasher. And there is not much monster screen time. The thing is, it is about illegal immigrants. Don't believe me? There is an "infected zone" and United States of America has built a wall protecting the borders. The "infected zone" takes up most of Mexico. We treat the "monsters" like crap. So if you have high hopes for this being a horror, still watch, because it has an important message to all racist Americans. B

Raising Hope

This is a really funny show you guys should check it out. It comes on Tuesdays from 8-8:30 or 8-9

Three Days Grace: One-X

As Three Days Grace's sophomore album, there were many things expected from this album. Their debut album wasn't very good, and was criticized for being so simplistic. Thankfully Three Days Grace cleaned things up a little. The songs are less generic, and was overall a good album. It remains their darkest album to date, and you can definitely let your anger out to a beat you can tap your foot to. B+

What to Download:
Pain
Animal I Have Become
Never Too Late
On My Own
Riot
One-X

Nightmare: Avenged Sevenfold

Many Avenged Sevenfold fans were devastated to find out Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan died. This is their first album without him, and let me say, I think The Rev's death caused them to lose two points of awesomeness level. First of all, this album overall is great, but there are some really annoying songs on the album. First of all, I appreciate when bands try to go for slow songs once in a while. System of a Down did it successfully, and so did Three Days Grace, but what I've learned is that some bands just can't pull it off. The most annoying song in particular is So Far Away. I CANNOT stand it. Save Me was also a disappointment, and on top of that it was 11 minutes. Fiction was actually a slow song they could pull off, and it's about The Rev. Another complaint I had was the fact uses religious images in their music pretty unintelligently. They have a song called God Hates Us (hint hint) and in the song it states that God supposedly hates you if you sin. Hey A7X, do your homework by reading the bible a little.  God doesn't hate everybody who sins. Then they also have their famous Nightmare, which is in my opinion A7X's best song. They also showed off their heavier and darker side with God Hates Us. M. Shadows screams for the first time in like, what, 4 years? Just don't play this song in church. This album may have it's bad parts, but I think it's still worth it to get the whole album. B-

What to Download:
Nightmare
Welcome to the Family
Danger Line
Natural Born Killer
God Hates Us
Fiction

A Clockwork Orange Movie Review (May contain spoilers)

I read the novel before I saw the movie and I'm grateful for that. The book was so much better, but this movie is definitely a work of art. If you haven't heard of this movie, kiddies, it is the best movie of all time in my eyes. This probably isn't a popular choice for favorite movie for kids my age. The way that Alex, the main character, reflects on Beethoven's music is brilliant. You see, this young man is a fan of music, and is also an outlaw. Throughout the first half of the movie, he is killing and beating at his own will. He is then thrown into prison, and chooses experimental therapy. This therapy is based off of showing him violent movies to get him sick of violence. This works, especially after they use Beethoven's 9th Symphony in the score in one of the films. This makes him become very disturbed, as he bases his day around Beethoven. This movie was said to be very disturbing, which is true, except it doesn't live up to how they worded it to be. Unless you are sensitive to movies, of course. This definitely should be #1 on your Netflix queue if you haven't seen it already. Watch it. A+

Megamind Movie Review

I just recently got back from the movies. My family always sees the latest PG animated movies so you'll hear a lot about this kind of movie. This was a lot like other animated movies. Quirky, clean, occasionally smart, and a moral. I found it to be a lot like Despicable Me. (Bad guy being the good guy, hint hint) It also had a pretty good soundtrack with songs that related to the movie (Highway to Hell, Bad, etc.) I couldn't help thinking there should be Na Na Na by My Chemical Romance on the soundtrack. It had the same feel to a lot of the songs in the movie. Plus, it's about killjoys. Although it doesn't do anything very original, this is an animated movie that does things right. B