The Matrix Revolutions (4.3 of 5)

The Film itself gets a 3.8 but using all three films as I reference it bumps it up to one of the best overall trilogies to hit the screen. The final chapter does what it is supposed to do-wrap it up. In a truly tragic fashion, of the likes of Shakespeare, the story comes to a close the best way I can imagine. Hints were given throughout the trilogy on how it has to end, but to see them get there was wonderful and dynamic journey. I have read some reviews, and just like with the Original Matrix, I don-t think a lot of people-Got It- Some even were confused on what was the real world-and what was the Matrix-oh well. This installment is about the real-life war in the underground city Zion. The Machines decides to mount an offensive to kill all the humans. The battle sequences are brilliant and eye-popping. The humans use machine guns mounted on Mechanical Exoskeletons… ala-James Cameron-s ALIENS- The Matrix comes into play as Neo makes a pact with The Machine World to return harmony to the Matrix (sent into turmoil by a virus-like Agent Smith-see Matrix Reloaded) if the machines call off the attack on the humans of Zion. In the matrix there is a Hallway fight (Good-but Matrix 1-s was better) and the Final battle with Agent Smith (Superman style), which was amazing, but black suits fighting on a rainy night makes it a little to hard to follow. But like I said before-a great ending to a great trilogy.
So why isn-t it a 5?…well the emotional ride of the first one seems to disappear in the sequels. These feel more like video games we don-t have too much invested in. Sure I still love-playing Half-Life-but it was nothing like the first time we played Death match at the WDA Offices-that was almost magical. You care about Neo, Trinity and Morpheus-etc, but not nearly the same as the first film.
Trilogy Overview: The overall journey is a simple one, A rebel is enlighten to the plight of oppressed people (including himself) and is encouraged to join the fight. He is the one that stops the entire war and saves millions. Sparticus, Jeff Goldblum, Bruce Willis-.it-s been done. Now add some biblical subtext and shoot it like an Anime come to life and you have a trilogy with some of the best eye-candy and-ohhhhhh- moments in history. The cool factor comes in when you find out that machines are using human bodies as a power source and created a virtual world called the Matrix to entertain their minds and to keep them alive-. cool huh? While The LOTR trilogy is a beautiful and epic trilogy the wiz bang award goes to Matrix with its no holds barred R-rating. Another great point is the fact that not a lot of people get it, and it-s kind of fun to explain to them because they look at you like you are from another planet. Bravo-W- Brothers-take a year off-.you guys earned it.

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After the game, he asked her how she liked the experience. “Oh, I really liked it,” she said, “especially the really tight pants and all of the big muscles, but I just couldn’t understand why they were killing each other for 25 cents.”

Dumbfounded, her date asked, “What on earth do you mean?” “Well, I saw them flip a coin and one team got it and then for the rest of the game, all they kept screaming was: “Get the quarter back! Get the quarter back!”

Well, the Escrow and Loan paperwork are all signed and in the mail. Escrow is set to close on November 13st. The seller’s new house went into probate so our move-in date has moved back to December 14th. The seller is going to pay our rent till then so all is good. On a side note the ‘Big M’ will not be leaving the family as Phil and Jenn (and maybe Andy) have shown interest in moving in after we are gone. So despite the fact the local fires are making us cringe because our Hazard insurance has not been signed yet (Loan must be in place before our insurance company even gets the request) All seems to be falling into place. Next up on the hit parade is figuring out what to set my deductions at so I can pay for these digs. Look out Money 2003…here I come.

The current Anti-Piracy adds playing at the theaters for some reason seem a bit odd, then Deborah pointed it out. The-PAINTER- is wearing a Skull and Crossbones on his hat-A PIRATE HAT-I sense a mixed message here. My take on piracy is a bit different-if you get caught with the contraband-you pay the people you stole it from-that-s it-so don-t get caught. Also-painter- is a Union job-so I don-t know what he is bitching about-he he.

Fires:
What were you thinking living in a canyon surrounded by brush with a wood shake roof-how the hell did you even get homeowner insurance? That being said-can the perp firebugs that started all this be burned on live TV?-that would be cool.
We are at war people-all safety measures must be taken, you cant just hope and pray that bad things wont happen. Boy Scout your life-then you can be comfortable.

Mike Moore:
Finally saw Bowling for Columbine. More or less it takes a look at the gun culture of the USA. A member of the NRA and sharpshooter as a child, Moore shows us what the gun culture has done to families involving the Flint Murders, Columbine and the Oklahoma Bombing. All having ties to Michigan (betcha didnt know that!!). And in his very entertaining way shows how dumb white people are in this county. Not really sure where Mike stands on this stuff, but there is a reason people want guns, and a reason white people fear blacks and neither was really examined. He just chalked it up to dumb white people. He gets K-mart to stop selling handgun ammo and almost gets Charlton Heston to say the truth about why there is so much gun violence in the US (Canada has the same percentage of guns and only 30 deaths a year, if you are real smart you could figure why on your own…hint:It’s a color that is not in the rainbow). Bowling was an entertaining film but his first film-Roger and Me- was better overall .-Roger and Me- is about the demise of his hometown of Flint Michigan when GM decides to close the Car Plant that kept the city alive. Politically I was against his views…but he has a way of making the film entertaining none the less.

Out of Time (1.5 of 5)
Denzel/Florida/Dirty cops intriguing story-why only 2 stars? cause it was BORING!!!. It gets 1 point for being in focus. I went to the theater to see The Rundown, which despite what Yahoo Movies said, was not playing at my local theater. So Deb and I decided to see the next available movie. We have skipped over our normal theater going schedule to work on securing our new house, so 90% percent of the films playing we have not seen. I knew the film was a Elmore Leonard wannabe with a sub par film crew and uninspired performances throughout-but I knew it was going to be better than Good Boy. Well it just wasn-t worth it. Most of the time was spent ripping apart what was on screen: GPS-s working inside cases, shoddy police work, and god only knows what was in Denzel-s hair in that one scene. All the Episodes of Cold Case/CSI/Law and Order etc-were better than this 9 Dollar film. We figured it out way too early. The only laughs in the film wouldn-t even have registered in any other film. Ahhhhhhh it was almost like paying to see an Indie!!

The days were turning cooler as the embers of early battles througout the land erupted like a boiling caldron. And as the armies of the many lands raged, the Legion held strong in its homeland.

The first incursion came from the Red Desert Warriors of the Southwest. But the proud SpiralHorns fought valiantly and, at days end, the invaders were demoralized and routed.

Then, with many eyes throughout the land watching, the Legion met the Dark Falconers of the Southeast. But this old foe proved no match, and the homeland remained secure.

Rejoicing was brief as word came that the Emerald Bay Brigade was marching on the homeland. Many minds within the Clan of SpiralHorns regarded the impending battle as the first true test of the Legion in its recent defense of the Homeland.

And so, AvengerRam spoke unto the Legion, and said: “Sound your battle cries, my friends. We shall defend the homeland once more, and destroy our attackers as they come. And we shall then march forth and show the armies of the many lands that it is the Legion of SpiralHorns who stand ready to put fear in their hearts!”

The wind blew from the North. The Emerald Bay Brigade would arrive soon.

Kill Bill (3.4 of 5)
Where to begin-.In Quentin style-the middle. The marquee piece of this film is the Battle at the house of blue leaves. A series of extended crane and stedycam shots that followed the whereabouts and fighting of some 80 participants. Shots that put Scorsese to shame and made the Disney execs cringe with the over all amount of blood loss. The dynamic colors of the entire film are wonderful, but in the middle of the biggest fight of them all- Quentin goes black and white. Can-t place the homage he was going for here. And it irritated me more than style was probably supposed too, here I was salivating at what would become a Technicolor blood fest, and I was bounced back to Seven samurai!!!. Only other cheese-out to me was the beeping whenever-The Bride-s- name was mentioned, She was supposed to be Eastwood-s-Man with no name- but come on-. just cut it out. The real power of the film was the ability to bring Hardcore Anime to life, much in the same way that The Matrix did. Oh yea , Lucy-s life was explained using Anime, and it worked very well indeed. Not a lot of Tarintino dialog, but the cool factor still permeated through the entire film. Uma was great and her journey is intriguing to follow. Limbs fly off people like Nerf rockets, so be forewarned when taking the squeamish to the film. The truly bright point to me was the scenes with Sonny Chiba. He had a style and class that raised the bar from a grind house pic to something a little more lasting. I am going to hold judgment on the Power Jew-s decision to make the film two parts when I see Volume II in February. But so far there were a few places that could use a trim in Volume I.

Had a wild day yesterday. Voted for our next governor of Callefornea…along with 3,567,754 other like-minded people. The next 6 months are going to be a wild ride. I also added another challenge to my life by putting a bid on a house. Your transformation to adulthood is almost complete, young padewan… Commence balding and stress NOW…too late.

Here is one more reason to separate Norcal and Socal to separate states:

Just wanted to chime in on the recent Rush resignation. First off, Rush is too good for Disney and the fact that he says things that people don-t want to hear, he is a bit to harsh for commercial television in general. All REAL football fans agree with Rush. I tivo-d ESPN Sunday just so I could hear rush argue with the jocks, just like all of us would if we were in there. All 4 weeks were great. Rush was wonderful, every argument was fun, accurate, and scared the piss out of Irvin and Young a few times when they found out how much really knew about football. And when he said the statement below, boomer and jocks agreed Donovan was held to far too high a standard.

Rushes Statement:- I think what we’ve had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn’t deserve. The defense carried this team.”

What everybody heard:-Because he is black, we are trying to hard to like him-

The Truth as I see it: If you take the exact situation and insert a white guy-let say Trent Dilfer or Brad Johnson, both average quarterbacks with great defenses. You would see that the top 5 status the Donavan constantly gets in the media is puzzling. Trent and Brad are not top 5 quarterbacks-yet both have rings. The fact that he is black in a predominantly black market is the reason he garners so much attention. Is he an average (race not withstanding) quarterback in the NFL?-well look at his stats for the past 5 years-.and you will see that he is. The slump in the one thing that made the Eagles great, the Defense, has had a direct connection to Donavan-s poor play as of late. And why is that-. because he is average-he is not a Brett Farve or Steve McNair, that can lead a sub-par team to the promised land. . Rush knows Donovan belongs in the NFL and is a good quarterback, but Donovan has not shown anything in his entire career that warrants this much attention or the media and fans holding him up to a bar he was never at in the first place.

In Closing: Rush needs an environment where everyone knows it is commentary, and Disney is not it.-Best Damn Sports Show- on FOX would fit him better. But alas Rush is far too classy for that show. I guess it is nice to see that ratings don-t mean that much anymore-since he was on-Rush gained that show 12 points. Disney must be becoming a more personal company to allow him to leave-.snicker.

Rams looked unstoppable-albeit it was against the cardinals, but all the cylinders were firing and the luck factor fell our way many times. We punted once, and the weak link was actually Bulger. He had a 272/2 touchdown day. But was a total of 10 feet from a 380/5 touchdown day. The O-line looked-Superbowl- and kept Bulger clean for the entire game. The D was on fire, 70% of the blitzes worked and the Cardnial-Super Rookie- WR was never heard from. Now we have a bye-and return full throttle with return of WR Curtis and FS Sehorn in two weeks.
On a side note : the ass-ripping dismantling of the 49ers by Minnesota was almost as satisfying as Rams Game. The 4th Quarter collapse of the Chargers was the only thing that kept the Haas Tri-Fecta from coming to fruition.

Arnold: Agreed with McClintock on most issues and attacked Davis and Cruz Bustamante for their failed programs and fiscal policies.

Camejo: Attacked Bush-It-s a California campaign!!…idiot. and said corporations get away with too much. Left Davis alone and attacked Arnold and Tom. Came off as a Socialist…good luck with that one.

Huffington: Attacked everyone (Bush Included) except Camejo. And didn-t bring up a single solution except take out corporate loopholes-. Great idea-charge businesses more-Oh that will keep them here. Made personal attacks on Arnold and Cruz….she really is the ultimate Ex-Wife.

McClintock: Has a long line of solutions, but was too much brain and not enough personality, and doesn-t look like he can bend enough to get things passed. And he didnt confront Arnold at all. Tom is a great man in the wrong state.

Cruz Bustamante: Took most of the attacks in stride but in a truly-You don-t understand- condescending way. Only solutions were more spending on colleges and Latinos-huh?

Who am I voting for: Arnold
Why am I voting for him: He is the one that can cater to both sides, but still stop the spending. Fiscal health is his number one priority.

1. Your right…minorities ARE to stupid to vote, thank you 9th court and ACLU for pointing this out.
2. Davis: Illegal immigrants need to learn how to drive…yea in their own county lets drive them there.
3. Busta’mencha’ is fiscally the same and socially worse than Davis…And he is winning the polls…way to go CA.
4. Union Problem Number 1…when the state suffers…they don’t.
5. Union Problem Number 2…70% of Union workers are Raider Fans.
6. As I start to feel sympathy for the Palestinians and Islamics, all I have to do is watch those planes take out 2500 innocents…then I have no support for people of that mentality. Thank God for anniversaries.
7. Ok…just to clear it up…We were attacked…Islamic Terrorists were to blame…We asked all the countries to help us kill all the terrorists…2 countries said ‘Fuck You’… both have new governments now…The next country to hinder us from this plan…will have a new government too.

A full report on the wedding and honeymoon from both Deb and I will be posted soon. Including all the TableCam pics and professional pics too. So keep checking the gallery for updates.

In other news: Rams – Game 1 – Lose
Well the season started poorly for the rams, but I still have a positive outlook on the season. The interior of the O-Line failed and Warner got knocked silly, even getting a concussion in the second. After the headache wore off in the fourth it was too late. The Third wide receiver McDonald fell and ran incorrect routes all night. And Marshall seemed to be able to do nothing with the ball. NY-s Defense was on fire-. but so was ours-. holding their offense to 17 points-and every point was a struggle for them. Warner is out for this weekend against the 49ers. But I have a good vibe that Bulger will tear them up. All the problems are fixable and our 20th schedule should keep us on top till the end. Having Sehorn and Curtis back after the fifth week bye will be like hitting the Nitro button.

One day she was challenging her father on his beliefs and his opposition to taxes and welfare programs. He stopped her and asked her how she was doing in school.

She answered that she had a 4.0 GPA but it was really tough. She had to study all the time, never had time to go out and party. She didn’t have time for a boyfriend and didn’t really have many college friends because of spending all her time studying.

He asked, “How is your friend Mary.” She replied that Mary was barely getting by. She had a 2.0 GPA, never studied, but was very popular on campus, went to all the parties all the time. Why she often didn’t show up for classes because she was hung over.

Dad then asked his daughter why she didn’t go to the Dean’s office and ask why she couldn’t take 1.0 off her 4.0 and give it to her friend who only had a 2.0. That way they would both have a 3.0 GPA.

The daughter angrily fired back, “That wouldn’t be fair, I worked really hard for mine and Mary has done nothing”.

The father slowly smiled and said, “Now you understand, Welcome to the Republican Party”.