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Posted : 9 months, 4 weeks ago on 12 January 2009 03:05 (A review of Resident Evil: Degeneration)

Finally a Resident Evil movie which is like the game and not those awful live action movies with fake characters like Alice.

Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield most known from there appearance in Resident Evil 2. Leon S.Kennedy in one of my favorite of the Resident Evil games number 4. The story is pretty much what you would expect from Resident Evil in my opinion it is best that you go and Play Resident Evil 2 to understand this movie.

People have said that the animation is bad I'm guessing they are blind because to me it looked fine and it some parts it looks beautiful. The only problem is when the people speak it's a bit out of sync. People have said the voice acting was bad well 2 things is Claire Redfield has the same voice as she did in Resident Evil 2 and Leon S Kennedy voice is the voice from Resident Evil 4. Paul Mercier does Leon and Alyson Court does Claire's voice.

I quite liked the new character which was Angela Miller she was good in the story plus to see a build up on Leon and her throughout the movie was good. Though Leon seems to have no expressions and sometimes he does look like he wasn't interested.

The movie needed more zombies and the violence and blood did seem to be toned down, anyone remember Resident Evil 4 where you die you get your head chopped off it would have been great if someone like that happened. I have been a fan of Resident Evil since the start and if your a fan your going to enjoy otherwise your not.

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The last days of Craig Ewert

Posted : 11 months ago on 11 December 2008 03:51 (A review of The Suicide Tourist)

The Suicide Tourist otherwise known as Right to Die? to us in the UK the program was controversial as it shows assisted suicide of Craig Ewert was 59 year old he was a retired university professor who had been suffering from motor neurone disease. Motor Neurone Disease there is nothing they do with it and he had already many things that he could no longer do and it would paralysis his whole body. I have respect for Craig and I believe that no person should live in pain and that if it's there choice to die then it should be only if the person is terminally ill. Craig Ewert and his wife traveled to Switzerland he was assisted by Dignitas NGO. The documentary shows you the last days of Craig and it also shows you his death where he drinks the killer drug which eventually kills him.

The show was the first assisted suicide to be broadcasted in the UK and was shown on the channel Sky Real Lives. People were against the idea broadcasting this show but this is life and you can't hide it plus Craig Ewert had a right to die he was terminally ill and pretty much as he said he didn't want to die a painful death. I did feel bad for Craig as he did want to live his life longer as he wanted to do other things.

The documentry also shows another couple husband and wife I wasn't sure if he was terminally ill but they both wanted assisted suicide. The thing was this couple didn't look ill she definitely didn't I do thing if your healthy why kill yourself when people who are dying wish they had a longer life.

I found this documentry heartwarming as Craig really did sound as a nice person which it was sad to witness what he was going through. This was interesting and the documentry was put together really good I did feel that it was right to broadcast this on UK television because if you don't want to watch it you don't have to nobody is forcing anyone.

I'll leave you with what Craig Ewert did say on the show as I found this words what he did interesting.

"I've got two choices,". "I go through with it or I say, 'You know what? I'm too scared right now. I don't want to do it.' If I go through with it, I die as I must at some point. If I don't go through with it, my choice is essentially to suffer, and to inflict suffering on my family and then die! Possibly in a way that is considerably more painful and stressful than this way." "The Christians never say, 'We have to stop organ transplants. We have to stop helping premature babies.' No, then it's all right to play God."

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My Thoughts on The Marine

Posted : 11 months, 3 weeks ago on 14 November 2008 03:20 (A review of The Marine)

I finally seen this movie you know I bought it on DVD because I collect WWE DVD's and you know I wish I left this on the shelf it was boring and dull. This makes out that Marines are like cyborgs John Cena is always close to death even in explosions he gets out and survives but really it would never happen.

This movie is way over the top to many explosions which look pathetic the bad guys are a joke I feel sorry for Robert Patrick is a legend from the Terminator 2 movie now starting in this horrible movie. WWE films have produced better movies Stone Cold in The Condemend and Kane in See No Evil now I recommend watching those because the wrestlers act better and it's not over the top. As for the comedy in the movie it's not funny it's just stupid the bad guys don't event seem smart they don't even seem bad laughing and joking all the time.

I respect John Cena just this movie is awful even the soundtrack sounds bad this movie is like a B-Movie. John Cena pretty much acts like the same old thing as he is in WWE I guess Vince McMahon wanted him to be that way in the movie.

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All this movie did was make me Yawn

Posted : 1 year ago on 19 October 2008 04:18 (A review of Stay Alive)

Stay Alive is about a video game which comes to life you play the game and you die the same way you were killed in the video game. The story to the movie is actually really good but the down fall to me is the acting and the death scenes could have seen far more interesting instead they do look a bit cheap. The video game is based in the 17th Century the women is known as The Blood Countess. The gamers who are playing the game no nothing about it as the game features no information on it what so ever. I am guessing the people in this are teens and all they want to do is just play the game which leads them to beating the game and finding a way to defeating The Blood Countess. A lot of people may have enjoyed this movie and found it interesting but to me it's nothing special at all and to be honest this movie could of been a whole lot better. As for the DVD I bought of it featured no DVD extras at all.

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Not as good as the 1st but still not bad

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago on 15 August 2008 09:58 (A review of Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay)

I really thought this movie was going to be better then the first but I don't think it is. The story plot was not to bad but some of the comedy in this movie seems like it's already been done before. It just was not as funny and the jokes by Rob Corddry just did sound to retarded to be even funny. The best parts in this movie are with Neil Patrick Harris he does a great job in the movie. I just hope another Harold & Kumar is made cause it's just going to repeat the same thing but in a different scenario.

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Bad Sequel

Posted : 1 year, 2 months ago on 11 August 2008 07:37 (A review of XXX: State of the Union)

xXx is a great movie but this one State of the Union also known where I live as The next level was just bad. The storyline is boring Ice Cube plays Darius Stone a gangsta type person this is what really makes it bad and the effects just are not as good. As in xXx that combines action with extreme sports thats what made it enjoyable also the fact of Vin Diesel's character in that movie was great.

I just wish this one would not of been made I really did think it was completely boring and not entertaining at all.


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My thoughts on From Dusk till Dawn

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago on 8 July 2008 09:10 (A review of From Dusk Till Dawn)

I had this movie on DVD for ages I just never watched it until a few days ago I never thought how good this movie was going to be but I did enjoy it. Quentin Tarantino plays the best part how friendly he can be then all of a sudden he's crazy it's just a shame he's not in the movie all the way. George Clooney he was decent but Quentin should of been the main character. From the start it just seems like Quentin's usual movies then like half way zombies come in it really kind of make it more interesting and just some parts are too funny.

I don't even think I need to explain what this movie is about it is a popular movie and loads of people have seen it. I thought it was great.

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The Rock in his best movie yet

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago on 13 April 2008 05:28 (A review of The Game Plan)

I am a big fan of The Rock and this was a movie i had to see a comedy with The Rock. This movie is was not disappointed with i really enjoyed it the acting was spot on.

The story is like this The Rock plays Joe Kingman an American football player who is one of the best and who loves himself. Joe's life is so great until he finds out he has a daughter called Peyton played by Madison Pettis who Joe will have to get along with and also with him not been used to kids.

This movie was great it was funny The Rock is really in a good part for a change he really needs to do more movies like these because he's more of a family entertainer.

I don't care if people class this as a kids movie i like it and i found it funny and entertaining which i am also a big fan of The Rock. Madison Pettis is 8 yeah old when this movie was movie and she really plays a great part which surprised me as i had a feeling this movie may have been bad.

This is one worth checking out a great movie for the whole family. I have to say if The Rock was not in this movie i would of never have seen it.

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Not Bad could of been far better

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago on 10 April 2008 07:12 (A review of Drillbit Taylor)

Drillbit Taylor was a decent movie but should have Owen Wilson in a bigger part. The movie offers a few laughs and the kid actors in the movie were OK the fit one was funny the other with the crazy hair he was so so the little kid he was annoying but a little funny. Josh Peck plays one of the bullies which he also does a good job. Overall though this movie could of been better but instead but it filed with wannabe gangsters in parts which does get annoying

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A comedy made well

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago on 10 April 2008 07:10 (A review of Superhero Movie)

I enjoyed this movie it was funny and a whole lot better then Meet The Spartans the thing is this movie has a real storyline. I disagree though with Regina Hall only getting a small part as she is funny and should have had a bigger part. Drake Bell really makes it good been the main person in the movie and really proves how good of an actor he really is.
Wolverine should of been used because it only had a really and i mean really small part you blink you would miss him. The movie is short but better quality and better acting then Meet the Spartans this is worth checking out. Trust me the jokes are not bad they were actually funny.

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