Spider-man 3

So I saw Spider-man 3 this weekend…. Well… I did not hate it, but I did not love it. So what was done right for me, and what was done wrong?

First the things that were good...
It had a good ending (I will not go into it, but it was good).
The problems that Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) was going though, was well done, and it felt real.
Thomas Haden Church, and James Franco AKA. Sandman & Harry Osborn both acted well.
The effects were amazing.

Now for the bad...
First off the story felt like it dragged.
They did not need both Venom, and Sandman, they could have cleaned up the story, by just having one.
This had to be the worst acting job I have ever seen Tobey Maguire do. There were parts in this movie were I felt uncomfortable watching him, and he looked uncomfortable performing them.

 
Oh well, on to the next movie.

4.5/10 Some will love this film just for being a spider-man movie, but it does not deliver, too bad.

 

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Vacancy

I really did not want to see this movie, well not in a theater anyway's, and if you know me you know that don’t handle horror to well; well all I have to say after seeing it, is that I’m glad I did.

This movie will be soon forgotten, and will not win any Oscars, and Luke Wilson’s acting was not too convincing, but the movie was a thrill ride non-the-less. I really found this movie intense, almost too intense.  For me there was no big surprise, and no big twist, it was just scary.

Kate Beckinsale was really good in this movie.

On Rotten Tomato's, the critics did not think much of it, however people seemed to like it.

7/10 It did what it set out to do, without the go gore.

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Blades of Glory

This weekend we wanted to something light and fun, and Blades of Glory seamed to fit the bill. Now I have to admit, that I was really in the mood for an over the top, funny movie. So I was looking forward to this one, and it did not disappoint. If you like Will Ferrell and his type of movie (like
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby ), you will love this one. There are quite a number of sex jokes (howerver not gay sex jokes, surprisingly), so some people might not want to take the entire family. Now you need to understand, the the story is really over the top, and some people will just find it dumb, but in this case, I feel that it worked. It will be the perfect renter when it comes out on DVD.

I also loved Amy Poehler in this movie, I want to see more of her.

7.5/10  I found myself laughing out loud at times

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Breach

Back to the theaters, to see a movie with some friends; the company was good the movie was just ok. The first thing I would say about this movie is that you don't need to see this film at the theaters, it was not that good. The Acting was good, the story was interesting, and it was told in a very realistic format, and I'm afraid that its realism was the problem for me. I found myself boarded, or just not taken in by the story; however I can't say what they could have done better. One main problem was that they told you the end, at the beginning, and that works with some movies, however with this one (for me anyways) it's took way the punch line. OK I did not love the film, however, most people did; take a look at reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

5/10 hmm.... I don't really know, good, but not good.

Dinner afterward was fun.

Weekend Stuff, To Vista or not to Vista?

Well I lost all my money at poker this weekend, crap! Oh well it was fun, and it was really good to see Rod again, it's been a number of years now. We are going to try and have a poker night once a month from this point on.

Final Destination 3

Saw the movie Final Destination 3, and it did what it set out to do, nothing more, so if you like the first two, then you will like this one. otherwise, don't go and see this one. All your going to see in this movie is gross ways for people to die buy strange accidence's. the plot is lame and the dialogue is bad, however it has a chezz quality that did not offend.
4/10 blah

I did not do too much this weekend, we got Frodo cut, and watched lots of TV; Oh ya, I installed a trail version of vista, on my computer. For some reason, I really would like to get Vista Ultimate, however I do not want to spend a lot of money on it. A friend downloaded it from the internet, and said that I can install it, just don't enter in a S/N number when it asks for it, then you can use it for 30 days, and see if you want it or not, and also see if it's worth it. So I, backed up my computer and partitioned my hard drive (using Partition Magic ) and installed Vista, on the new partition. Well what do I think of vista? Well it is way too much money, I'm not going to pay over $500 for a new OS, not even $260 for Vista Basic. I did was a clean install of Vista Ultimate, and it worked with no problems at all, and it found new drivers for my Dell XPS; I find the interface fast and responsive, and I really like the look of it. What I don't like is all the popups asking me if I want to run the program, that I just doubled clicked on to run! I know it there for security, it's just annoying, that's all.

Now yes, they did "copy" some UI touches from the Apple OS, but I Like that they have done that, the Apple UI is amazing, and I would love to see that UI on a computer that I can play games on. 

The problem is, I can only afford Vista Home Premium Upgrade, for $169.00 but I want Vista Ultimate, for $499.00 . So if I do get the Premium upgrade, I will have to see if I can still do the same stuff that I now do on XP. I have found out that IIS is not installed by default in Home Premium, but I just have to add it in after. I will also need the Remote Desktop client, witch it does have, so far so good. What do you think should I wait or just go for it?

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