The Muppets; Movie Review

Thanks to some optimistic motivational speaking, this blog is once again active. Well, the motivational speaking sparked it, but that's not the entire story. Mom brought up how I haven't posted on my blog, but it got me worried. M last post was the one where I stated it was inactive, but the catch was: I had posted a link to my YouTube channel. The last thing I needed was her finding about the channel, (which is flipping awesome btw) so I deleted the post. Then, I saw I had like, 8,000 pageviews, and I was like, "MOFO!!! 8,000 PAGEVIEWS!!!" And now my blog has been born again, and reimagined. First off, new ratings system. From fayul to fepic:
1. FAYUL!
2. SUCKS!
3. MEH.
4. PRETTY KEWL...
5. FEPIC
^^^^^^^^^^^ Pretty awesome if you ask me. So now, onto my first review in months. Of course, The Muppets. Going into this, the only thing I was familiar with Muppets was the "Mahna Mahna!" bit, which a genius accomplishment in cinema. (Teehee! Sarcasm!) Come to think of it, that was the only reason I went into this movie... <<< Scratch that. I wish I was cool enough to say that, but in actuality I was dragged to go see this on Thanksgiving. I was with family, and Harold and Kumar Christmas might not have been the best family movie, so we settled on this. The Muppets takes place pretty much in the real world where, like the real world, they aren't relevant anymore... BUT THAT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE!!!... or whatever. Now, let me tell you, I was a little disappointed. I was actually expecting this to be just overwhelmingly hilarious and original... and that BS. Hell, a tour de force for God's sake. Now, by no means is it bad. Just... fell short. IMO, it was, dare I say it, pretty boring until about the last 30 minutes of the film. The first hour is pretty much made up of puns and jokes only people who grew up with the Muppets would laugh at, and Jason Segel being a tool. (Which I'll get to later.) Don't get me wrong, there were a few things I loved in the first hour or so, but I only chuckled like twice. :/ My Mom loved it, considering she grew up with The Muppets. But I can't blame her. If they made an Invader Zim movie when I'm like thirty, I'll buy it blu-ray or Blu-ray 2000 or whatever the hell they'll have. I'll drag my kids to it, and condescend on them for not being exposed to the genius cartoons we had as a child. Another problem: Jason Freaking Segel. Nothing against him, but in this movie he pissed me off SO. FREAKING. MUCH. It feels like he's trying to be Mr. Rogers or some sh*t, and he can't pull it off.
Now that we've gotten all the bad stuff out of the way, or, in this case, the first hour of the film out of the way, we can move on. In the last 30 minutes of the film, they put on one big last show, and I can tell you it's hilarious. I mean, Zach Galifianakis makes an appearance, they rehash modern songs, OH! and Jack Black makes an appearance, and all the awesome stuff that should've been there earlier was here! And it became one of my favorite moments in cinema. I'm not even kidding.
In a nutshell, this movie has it's downs, but it certainly doesn't deserve a "MEH" so Pretty Kewl with be it's rating.
RATING: PRETTY KEWL!
-- Cheers, Cawub

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The White House Band - The Stimulus Package EP - Album review

Wow, one great EP. Usually when I'm picking up an EP from a rather underground band, I don't get the incredible quality of The Stimulus Package. Wasup kicks off the album with a great instrumentals throughout. This song makes it clear they're not messing around, they have something to say. After that, there comes Grown-Ups, one of my favorites on the album. The song starts out with the line, "And now I'm so grown-up now."Although this one had to grow on me a little, it became a favorite of mine. It's a little slower than others, but that chorus is, believe me, anything but bad. And here comes Stay, the third track on the album. It has lots of its mix of classic rock and rap influences throughout. For example, the chorus really reminded me of the Pixies, etc. It maintains a mellow-ish attitude throughout which has the potential to not sound good for a rap-rock band, but these guys pulled it off. The 4th track, entitled Thats My Ish, doesn't sound as produced as others, but it seems like thats what they were aiming for, anyway. It reminds me of Rage Against the Machine like the others on this album, but this one felt a little different. Sky-High comes in with a cool guitar and some old-school rapping. Half way through the song it picks up a more techno beat that is epically awesome, and makes sure you listen to the whole song. After that, the bonus track called Yea, I Know F. Lerix, which may be the most complex song on this album. Making references to Medusa and it has probably the best chorus and beats on the album. In fact, it became my overall favorite. After it's done, I'm blown away. Although it isn't too original, it is probably one of the best EP I've listened to in a long time. Before I listened to this, I thought I would want to just go listen to some more Rage Against the Machine. But I was wrong. I want to listen to The White House Band.

Make Me Wanna Die by The Pretty Reckless: Single Review

Surprisingly good female vocalist.

Usually I don't expect much from just another Avril Lavigne-like mean girl. Although, this single blew me away. There's just something about how her voice handles the music so well, and it helps give the song some attitude that should get separated from the Avril/Paramore crowd. This song felt very well produced, and I hope her first album, "Light Me Up" lives up to her potential.

Note: For those wondering, Light Me Up will come out February 8th, 2011.

True Grit: Movie Review

This is easily one of my favorite movies of the year. Superb acting and actors, action-packed, and all-around a well-made film. What else is there to say? Jeff Bridges is awesome? The only thing that bugged me was I didn't like the actor who played the girl. Chloe Grace Moretz would have done better in my opinion. (That's just me) B+

Little Fockers; Movie Review

It did what a third movie is supposed to do. Without sucking that badly.

    It's expected for third movie to do bad on its own. It's like, a movie trilogy's destiny. That some movies didn't have to follow. Toy Story didn't, Lord of the Rings didn't, Austin Powers... kinda didn't. So, is Little Fockers one of them? Or will it be thrown in the clearance bin along with The Ring 2? We'll find out. Meet the Parents was incredible. It had a cliche storyline and made it it's own, and proved to be hilarious. Then Meet the Fockers came and... it was fine. Just fine. And now here comes Little Fockers. It seems like they think that slicing a finger a finger open and letting it spray all over the family as "cute". Or maybe they think that the movie making comedy strategy, "It's not what it looks like." is an original story-telling technique. Even after all those things this movie still proves to be fun. Half of the jokes may be really stupid, but it made me laugh harder than any movie I'd seen this year. And that's saying something. I still think they could have survived without all the dirty jokes in the movie, because for me it went totally overboard. Overall, this is a FUN movie. It's not cute, or very smart for that matter, but it makes you laugh. HARD. B-