The Departed / Infernal Affairs

Big cast, big director, a good story taking from a good movie ( Infernal Affairs ), so was this a good movie? Was it as good as the first movie Infernal Affairs? I would say yes.

Infernal Affairs, with Andy Lau Tony Leung Chiu-Wai and Driected by Wai Keung Lau.

A friend told me to watch this movie, he said I would love it, however took me a long time to take the time to see it but when I did, I loved it. I loved the concept, of the story, and all the crap that the characters had to go through. I was a story that I have not seen before, and it felt fresh and new. When watching it, I found myself stopping and pausing to read all the subtitles, and take it all in. If you do see this film, do not watch a dubbed version.

I did find some things hard to understand, but don't let that turn you off, this is a vary good film and a well told story

8/10. I really nice surprise, a fresh new story that I have not seen before

Now For the movie The Departed with Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin and Anthony Anderson, Directed by Martin Scorsese. With all this star power behind this film, how could it go wrong, and it did not go wrong, it was a really good movie, long but good. But why remake a movie that was good in the first place? I don't know, however I enjoyed both. However there were some thing that were changed or added to the story that was not need, and took away from the original story. There was a love story that was put in, that was not need and did not fit. Also some of the scenes were not necessary, but did not take away from the movie as a whole.

Some of really good things about this movie; the Mark Wahlberg character, for me he was the best part of this film. also I like the ending of this film a little better then in the original one.

7.5/10. In the end I like and appreciated, Infernal Affairs just a little better, but this film was very well made.

Just Friends

This was a forgettable movie, that did not say too much, however I enjoyed. Anna Faris and Ryan Reynolds were ok, but I don't think they were anything special. Reynolds plays high school over weight geek, turned hot music executive, and tries to get back with Faris, but things just keep going wrong. For me the real star of the movie was Anna Faris, of Scary Movie fame. She plays an over sexed pop star, that Reynolds character has to baby sit. In the end, this movie had a number of scenes that made me laugh, so if you want to see a movie that does not have too much depth, but not to dumb to turn you off, this just might do it for you.

6.5/10. Made me laugh for what it was.

My New Windows Mobile 5 Phone, O2 Atom

Anyone that knows me, knows that I have been waiting for an all in one device, that is a phone, for a long time. I first wanted a Palm phone, however, after using a Palm for a few years without a phone, it just became a toy, a toy that was taking up space in my pocket. Also it was not convenient to use; like moving files from my computer to my Palm, using it on the Palm, and them moving them back to the PC, was not seamless or strait forward. So now I got a new Windows 5 enabled phone with WiFi, the O2 Atom from Europe; it looks like the all in one devise that I have always wanted. It’s a phone; it’s an MP3 player; it is a video player; I can read eBooks on it; it can send and receive emails; I can take pictures; I can brows the web using WiFi. And because it is using Windows Mobile 5, I can install almost any program I want on it, to do almost anything, I should be jumping for joy, however I’m not.

Microsoft did not deliver with the new Windows Mobile 5 OS. Some of the problems I have had with the phone are:

• The number one complaint that I have is that you can not use the phone with one hand. I can open and run programs with one hand. However if I want to close the program, and the program does not have an exit option in its menu, I have to use the “ok” or “x” button in the top right corner. I should be able to navigate up to this button using the hardware navigation buttons, but I can’t. (I had to go into the hardware button setup and change one of the buttons, to do this for me)
• I find myself rebooting all the time. Programs hang, or the system starts to really slow down, a lot. This did not happen to me with the Palm.
• Some programs interfere with the phone. At one point, I was always getting disconnected from calls after one minute. I thought it was the phone; however I found out that it was not the phone, but a program that was disconnecting me. What made it even more baffling was that program did not have anything to do with the phone functionality.

There just seems to be this list of little things that keep giving me problems. But The one main thing that really bugs me, is that Microsoft does not have a good RSS reader, that will download text, video and Audio files. I love to read news on my phone, and I have really gotten into listening to podcasts. What I have to do today, is get the podcast from iTunes, then move them into my play list in Windows Media Player, then sync it with my phone. After I have listened to it on my phone, I delete it from my play list in Windows Media Player, sync again, and then delete it from iTunes, I hate doing going though all those steps, however if I want to listen on to the podcasts on my phone I have to do it. If I had an iPod, I would just have to sync. but I want my all in one device, not just an MP3 Player.

I really hope that Microsoft has some major updates in the works for Windows mobile 5; updates that I can just download. I don’t want to have to get a new phone, just to get some new features. I still really like the phone, and it does all the things I want, however, it just not ready for people that aren’t tech savvy.

The Sentinel

Ok what was this movie about? I just did not get it; no I just did not care. This was so boring, and I just did not care, I just want to say don’t watch this, watch the show “24”.
The only thing I like about this movie was that fact that part of the movie takes place in Toronto, and they had a nice fly over of the city.
But really; I don't know why they made this movie, it looked like a poor mans 24. The story felt like it was done befor; Kiefer Sutherland was just playing the same person that he plays in 24; Michael Douglas did not feel like the big hero (I don't think it was his fault); and Eva Longoria did not really matter. On the other hand Kim Basinger did play her role well, for what is was.

3.5/10 This movie sucked

Olbermann's special commentary on Clinton vs Fox

This is something that we all should watch, get someone else take on the whole thing