Mulholland Drive

 

                 

                           I've seen parts of David Lynch's Mulholland Drive a while back. Now I decided in my finest hour of boredom to rent this movie on Google because, well you know, what the hell, I guess. And of course, I've read constant articles about critics stating that is was one of the greatest films of the new millennium. So, going into watching this trippy mystery of a film I have kept in open mind about it, now that I have watched the movie from start to finish how does this film hold up for me? Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhh, I meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan it's okaaaaaaay, I guess? Now look if you’re going to take offense of what I'm going to say please, just take a minute and think to yourself when was the last time you've watched the film and if you say that it's been quite a while since you've seen it then take time to watch the movie itself and say to yourself if any of the subplots make any sense to you, or any of the strange characters that appear make any sense to you as well. Because when I watched for the first time (in quite a long time), the main plot I understand, but it was some of the subplots and the strange characters in the movie I was just "okay what does this have to do with the film and for the love of God what just happened? So, anyway let dive deep into Mulholland Drive and why I say this is not the greatest movie of all time.

                            A dark-haired woman (Laura Elena Harring) is left amnesiac after a car crash. She wanders the streets of Los Angeles in a daze before taking refuge in an apartment. There she is discovered by Betty (Naomi Watts), a wholesome Midwestern blonde who has come to the City of Angels seeking fame as an actress. Together, the two attempts to solve the mystery of Rita's identity. The story is set in a dream-like Los Angeles, spoilt neither by traffic jams nor smog.

                            Now I get the main story line of the whole movie is in a sense of a dream during the first act of the film, and that the synopsis of the film is basically the somewhat the whole idea of wanting to live the more glamourous live but never happens at all plus the jealousy and betrayal to go along with it as well. Both Naomi Watts and Laura Elena Harring are exceptional actress and this was their big brake furthermore I must praise them for doing scenes that required them to break out of their comfort zones. With all of that being said what truly bothers about the movie is the subplot's during the first act of the movie, now sorry not sorry when I say that the first act of the movie is basically a dream through the course of the film, but what bugs me about it is why does this film require a subplot of Justin Theroux's character being threaten by the mafia for not picking a girl they want for the movie, and why do we have these insane, strange like characters especially the creepy old couple that for some reason become little tiny people for some reason like your high on drugs or meth. And, all these questions just prove my point because there is hardly any construction at all with the synopsis to the whole film. Even the movie trailers just show you the first act of the movie because they don't want to reveal how insane furthermore dumb founded of the second act becomes. Alright, now I really have to do a stopping point because the more I talk about this movie the more I hate it all together, but to all those people out there who consider this train wreck of a film the greatest movie of the twenty-first century, I challenge you to re-watch this film because I sure as hell know you haven't seen this movie in quite a long time and want to hear if this makes sense to you because the whole structure of the film makes absolute no sense to me, and stand by my views in say the film itself is okay and praise Naomi Watts and Laura Elena Harring's performances were grand to see moreover give praise for their bravery, but I will never say that this film alone is the greatest film of the twenty-first century, not by a long shot. And sorry not sorry to all of those who are traumatized or saying I don't know what I'm talking about but for a movie that's two hours and thirty minutes long of strangeness that happens every corner with no explanation I can't except that especially when it's directed by a guy who’s a complete nut-job of a man, and so in closing if I had a choice between Interstellar and Mulholland Drive I would choose Interstellar in a heartbeat because that movie makes more sense than this madhouse of craziness.

        

October Recommendation: The Clovehitch Killer

 

                 

                         Since where in the month of Halloween season I thought I would recommend a scary movie of my own. And no, we're not going back to some of the classics nor some of the weird scary/sequel's you call scary I'm talking about movies that give you the chills and gives you nightmares just thinking about. Now reluctantly I had two movies I was thinking about recommending but since this great chilling movie hasn't been notices by anyone, I think it's about time to fix that and recommend this great chilling movie about a perfect family who’s maybe harvesting some dark secrets. And that film my friend is The Clovehitch Killer, though granted I had to re-watch to make sure this would be suitable for a Halloween movie month and I got to say I had chills throughout this entire movie, furthermore if you loved the making of a murderer series that's on Netflix than you will defiantly love this movie. Also the poster speaks for itself I mean if you’re not terrified to have a psychopathic killer coming into your house I don't know what does well for me it's renting a crappy motel room for the night and then realizing it maybe a guy with mommy issues but hey we all got to be terrified of something, though I assure you once you watch this film it will terrify you too.

                        Centered around a pitch perfect/religious family, Tyler (Charlie Plummer) begins to suspect that his Dad (Dylan McDermott) was responsible for the murders of 13 women and young girls, after finding some disturbing images of BDSM locked in his father’s storage room. With the help of a trusted friend Kassi (Madisen Beaty), they begin to take steps into seeing the truth of Tyler's Dad is truly the Clovehitch Killer. Though the question becomes clear, if the truth becomes light what will happen to Tyler's family? 

                        I always try to view the Horror movie genre as what scares us the most. For example I always viewed the Alien from the Alien movie franchise as the scariest movie monster mainly because the fact that there's a creature out in the universe that can harvest from any human and continue to infect in an entire planet, furthermore having a facehugger force some kind of disease inside of huge and that's how the Alien grows from within your body, I mean the fact that something can inflect a disease like that inside you that to me alone is scary. Last one Psycho, what scares me to this day is wanting to stay at a shitty motel then come to realize that there could possibly be killer with mommy issues, though granted I doubt there's any of that kind but staying at a crappy motel with that possible feeling see that would be terrifying. So, with this film if I found one of my family members was a psycho killer I would truly be terrified especially when I begin feel disturbed that it's actually true. And that's what this film does best is that it captures that horror of what happens when you find something, you’re not supposed to see furthermore how with that affect your family. Now, I honestly don't know a whole lot of Dylan McDermott moreover his career but I do know that he does a fantastic job playing this down to earth Dad, but carries some deep and disturbing secrets but continues to fool the audience into believing he's not the killer when in doubt he really is, and see that's probably another thing I love about the movie is that it just through us a Clayton Kershaw curveball out of know where in believing that main suspect is not the killer when he clearly is the killer especially when you leave him all by himself so I got to give props for that slit twist by the filmmakers and also McDermott's performance in deceiving the audience through the course of second act of the movie. Charlie Plummer does a great job as well playing the son who feels that his own father is the Clovehitch Killer but doesn't want to believe it at all, though with this superstition needs to tell someone but no one will listen to him nor want to believe him, and I personally love his portrayal of a young kid whose raise a true Christian but is terrified that his own father whom he looked up to his whole life, might be a deranged killer but is reluctantly seeking the help of a girl he doesn't know but begins to trust. I don't have a whole lot of gripes or performances I find unbelievable but I do have one in a sense and that's honestly the actor who played Plummer's friend I mean sure, I get it we in movies like this we have to have a character that's so religious he's either not been out of the house his whole life or refusing to come out of the closet and granted I kind of think it's funny when he shares a scene but then he gets to the point of annoying I kind of wish we at least see Plummer's character beat him on in one of the scenes furthermore I kind of wished that the fight would at least be Michael and Dwight fighting in the season two of the Office where at the end Michael forces to spit in Dwight's mouth, but I guess you can't always get what you want in life god forbid. Alright, I know every Horror junkie has their favorites where it's either a classic monster movie or a sick deranged person whose enjoys all of Eli Roth's movies or someone who loves all the bad horrible slasher movie sequels. But if you really love the horror movie genre where you want to be scared then I would highly recommend watching the Clovehitch Killer, because this will give you nightmare for years to come and you'll appreciate the film from start to finish. Moreover since where still living in this stupid year where the dumb morons are running the world you might as well treat yourself with a scary movie for Halloween and if you have kids just take them on a long trick or treating walk so they become sleepy and want to go home then you can watch this great horror movie. Problem solved ladies and gentlemen.

Marvel's Avengers

 

                       

                      Marvel fans are you missing the original five Avengers since they all parted ways from the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Well, have no fear because there back with their first ever video game. Now bear with me when I say this, mainly because you might have some ups and downs with the game itself believe me, I had those myself especially when I had to find a replacement for my PS4. Though the story itself doesn't follow solely on the Avengers it mostly follows Ms. Marvel as she becomes a fan girl to a superhero. And though I wouldn't pick her to be my main character to tell an Avengers story, but I like the villain origin story to Modok which is kind of nice but were going to have leave it there. Now let’s dive deep into the enjoyable gameplay of the Avengers and why I'd suggest you way till the game itself goes on clearance sale at your local store.

                      At a young age Ms. Marvel always admired the Avengers until their demise from a nuclear disaster that killed a lot of people though granted some of them inhuman powers. But with the rise of AIM led by Dr. George Tarleton who's also transforming into an inhuman has banned Superhero's. Now at a grown age Ms. Marvel stumbles upon a conspiracy and goes out to find the help of the missing Avengers. Although they have differences on what happened prior the disaster, but as always, they find a way to work together and stop the forces of evil.

                      Now granted I actually thought it was enjoyable to play all the Avengers and I always loved playing the Hulk in being able to smash things but I kind of think the missions and character selections are a bit okay at times, because you really have to upgrade every time you go to the next level and also I hate the fact that every time you die it's like you have to wait constantly on a load up map of the Avengers stance that you've seen a billion times, like okay I'm somehow force to watch this every time I die, now that's just mean in so many levels. Now I'm not say I didn't like Ms. Marvel because she was fun just like the Hulk I love the fact that I get to smash things but during the first act I just felt like she was so annoying at times and then you slowly get to see her as potential and to me that's really not a good way to start a character off especially when he/she is the main character of the storyline. Nolan North I got to give credit did a fantastic job playing Iron Man, and before I go any further Nolan North did the voice of one of my favorite video games of all time Uncharted, for which is also being made into a movie, so yeah I'm already sensing a great disturbance in the force for futures to come. Anyway, North does a great job providing the sarcastic humor Tony Stark has in the Marvel Universe. So, here's the thing if you’re looking for a superhero game to play right now I would highly suggest waiting till it goes to clearance sale because really the game itself is enjoyable to play but it’s a real slow burn when it comes to playing the story mode and not even the easy level can help saving this game and sure you can play all the great Marvel character but only for a short while and when you do you can only play them on one of the side missions for which is a huge bummer kill. Now I'm telling you this for the bottom of my heart just save your money for something better to play and trust me when a game like this turns bad when it comes to sales it eventually lower the price, but as of right now I would play much better superhero games like Injustice Spider-Man or the Batman Arkham Trilogy.

 

                  

Ghost of Tsushima

 

                      

                            I wasn't all big in terms of Samurai films, though I do love the movie the Last Samurai, but I'm talking about old school Japanese Samurai movies they made back in the sixties and seventies. Mainly is because I'm very slow when it comes to looking at the subtitles and then admiring the great imagery, sorry but I can't help the fact that I'm ADD. But with this epic game only on the PlayStation furthermore developed by Suckerpunch.  This one actually captured my imagination moreover really felt emerged into the world of 13th century Japan, so if you’re not a big fan of the old school Samurai films I would highly recommend playing this groundbreaking game, because let’s face it, this maybe a long year of the lunatics' so we might as well make the better of it when it comes to gaming especially with this one being an open world game.

                         Jin Sakai goes on in journey of self-discovery after witnessing the brutality and ruthlessness' the Mongolian Empire wages on the countries they conquer. Trained as a Samurai his whole life, Sakai begins to see that the shogun code won't be enough to save his people from the savagery the Mongols use. With the help of some unlikely allies he comes to trust, Jin begins to use tactics that can possibly help his people defeat the Mongol Army. But shunned by the Shogun code moreover is Uncle, Jin must decide whether to follow the Samurai way or become the Ghost of Tsushima.

                        Hands down, this is one of the greatest Samurai games ever developed from the gameplay to the look and feel of medieval Japan, the game itself makes you feel like you’re a true Samurai warrior. Furthermore, the fact that I could go through all parts of the island fighting Mongols with different styles of Samurai swordplay is amazing such as I can deflect arrows ignite my sword on fire shot an arrow at a bee hive so it can kill some Mongols then I'm sold for that in about 2 seconds. I love the fact that we dive deep in the psychology of a Samurai, sure we always view them as this indestructible warrior with no emotions but what happens if you've witness the monstrosity and brutality your enemy shows on the battlefield, and that's honestly what got me intrigued in wanting to play this game because of the concept of a lone Samurai realizing that the ways of the Shogun warrior isn't enough to stop the Mongolian Invasion and through the course of the game you can find some new and unique ways to stop your enemies, which as always is cool to accomplish. The other thing I found amazing about the game was that it was based on historical events, so I got to give the developers credit going into the history books and picking out time in the history to when this event happens, and personally I think that if you want to do a historical fiction game you should take a note in Ghost of Tsushima because let's be honest here Hollywood pretty much killed that hopes in making movies in Ancient times or Medieval times. I think the minor pet peeve I have about the game is that whenever I decide to put a mask on or any kind of helmet it suddenly disappears when it comes to the cut scenes, which to me is kind of pointless to even have a mask because then it just suddenly disappears for some reason. For which again, is just a minor gripe so nothing that serious, moreover I still love the open world genre when it comes to games but it's still a pain in the ass of once you finally beat the game you still have more land to cover which is uh, especially when you have to do a side quest in taking a bath for some reason and yet that's something I can't really wrap my head around but hey, thank God for the easy mode right? So, yes, I'm sure the PS5 is going to be on everyone's Christmas list but for those who can't afford to buy one I would highly recommend the Ghost of Tsushima, it's one of the greatest Samurai games ever and you'll defiantly get your money's worth with this game. Also, I'd rank this up there with God of War and Uncharted in the top three video games of all time that and, well I'll have to work on Assassin's Creed but for now those three are among my top three favorites.

 

Friday Night Lights-Season 1

 

                     

                      You know that feeling you have deep inside where you realized that you have just when down the rabbit hole of insanity in your life. Well, this is officially, the lowest point in my life, when it comes to watching TV shows. The show I'm referring to is Friday Night Lights. And sure, I would think that this would be in terms a long and slow show with some good acting behind Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton but really hearing the young supporting cast is like a nail on the chalkboard plus having to scream into a pillow. Though yes, I'll admit this, is what teenagers usually act like just dull and has self-esteem issues, but holy crap can we at least give these kids so sense of humor at least especially when the first season consist of twenty-two episodes, TWENTY-TWOOOOOOO EPISODES, DEAR GOD. I even had to look on Wikipedia to see what happens in the next seasons and I had to decide for myself to get rid of this show once I passed through the last few episodes of the season and to be truthfully honest I can't even fathom the sheer number of people out there that consider this an amazing show to watch, but hey, we've all been addicted to shows like the O.C. and Smallville so I can't honestly complain about that. Anyway, let's talk about this train wreck that everyone loves.                                                                          Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) is the newly appointed coach for the Dillion Panthers HS Football team, a side from the town being double religious with their Panthers football, tensions begin to bloom when his star Quarterback is paralyzed after a tackle he made, along with training a young quarterback Matt Saracen the whole season becomes a long journey of getting to know his own players along with having to share their own pressure of being perfect.                                                                                       Okay, so once I finished the first season, well to be truthful I had to skim through the last episodes because it was really making me feel depressed on life. Though during watching the final episodes I had to go on Wikipedia and see what happens in the last seasons and I was just thinking to myself that's it I got to stop and sober up because this is so bad I have get this out of my mind, so thankfully I've been clean and sober after erasing this show out of my watch history.  I have no doubt Friday Night Lights is a great read moreover planning to read in the near future, but part of the problem I have with the concept of how big High School football is in Texas is just beyond my grasp of seriousness, for example the movie Hoosier to me make sense a side from the fact that Indiana is really the Basketball state of America, but it was also set in the early 1950's so obviously it makes sense to me that all of the townspeople is super religious in their Hickory Basketball since there really nothing to cheer for well, maybe they had College Basketball but I doubt it. But when it comes to Friday Night Lights, you can't possibly tell me that your super religious on High School football when there's College Football going on or hopefully the Cowboys are on a winning season or Texans as well, I mean stuff like this I find hard to believe no one would be talking about College or Pro Football. The love triangle between the star quarterback, Minka Kelly and Taylor Kitsch is just unbearable, and I get it Kelly's character is at first a disillusioned girl who hopes to get married because she believes her boyfriend is going to be a star but doesn't go well, so she starts to hit on Kitsch's character and then a fraction emerges once the secret comes to light between Kelly and Kitsch. But then hey, all ends well with Scott Porter (the star quarterback) who’s now paralyzed during the show gets back with Kelly only to at that last part of the season cheating on her with another woman, which is like mother of providence this show would be better off if this was on the soap opera channel. Strangely I kind of like the character of Matt Saracen whose bit of a loner and has his own personal flaws, such as taking care of his grandma moreover being the man of the house while his father is in Iraq, but can we at least give him at least a personality, meaning I would rather have the character not be so consumed with peer pressure and at least stand up to Coach, because even when he tries to be the big man on campus or having a chat with coach it just makes me want to scream out loud for having to see that. So look I should probably keep going but the more I talk about this show the more I want to scream in a pillow, bottom line the show itself launched some notable actors like Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton, moreover Taylor Kitsch, Minka Kelly, Adrianne Palicki and most notably Jesse Plemons who played Kevin Weeks in Black Mass for which that's how I recognized him during the show. But to be brutally honest this is one of these shows that I can't even bare to keep going furthermore this show made me depressed to even watch again, so do yourselves a favor and just avoid this show because you yourself will be depressed once you finished the first season, so now that I finally got this out of my system I'm going to sober up and find something else to watch that doesn't consist of both football and soap opera combined.