Arrow Episode 1: "pilot" review

Synopsis:

After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island.

While Oliver hides the truth about the man he's become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow - a vigilante - to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory.

By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be - flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle - while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel's father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city.

 Review:

 Despite the Batman parallels, including returning home to find that his ex-girlfriend has become a lawyer fighting for the little guy, Arrow actually does have a few significant differences from Gotham’s dark knight (besides being less rights restricted, I mean). For one thing, there’s a reason the Green Arrow of the comics has traditionally worn an outfit reminiscent of Robin Hood, and TV’s Oliver Queen looks like he’ll be taking on similar themes: when a corrupt businessman is robbed at arrow-point, he tells the police, “I’m not some grocer who got taken for his register. I go to the front of the line.”
So far, it looks like CW is setting up Arrow as a fighter for the disenfranchised. I don’t find his motives entirely convincing at this point, given that the man we have seen on screen only has experience as a castaway and a party boy, unless a weak parallel between Oliver’s father closing his steel plant, and the general fall in standards of living counts, but it’s pretty timely to see a super hero working against the corporate fat cats, rather than being one of them. By the end of the pilot we find that Arrow is willing to go to great lengths to share the wealth around.
Altogether, I am pretty optimistic about the show. There’s corporate intrigue and shadowy bad guys, there are corrupt businessmen getting what they deserve, and the show’s lead actor, Stephan Amell, is convincingly menacing to both his enemies and to unduly curious bystanders. The action scenes are dynamic and flashily choreographed, and surprisingly fatal for a superhero show. The stage is set for some growing tensions as the series progresses, with Oliver’s sister, nicknamed Speedy, falling in with a bad crowd, dark hints about the nature of the family business, and a hit list that could be the length of a small black book.
Green Arrow has been a fixture of DC comics for a long time, including successful parts in the popular Justice League, unlimited cartoon, and in the long running series Smallville. If the 4 million people who tuned in for the premiere are any indication, Green Arrow has a good chance of standing on his own.

Insatiable Need

A kaleidoscope of color  
danced on the floor that night,  
you were such a pretty sight,  
a whirling dervish of utter delight.  
I was memorized by your
strong, sexy thighs,  
hypnotized by your penetrating eyes  
that stole my mind and beating heart.  
Together we twirled with reckless abandon,  
without a worldly care, your thick curly hair  
flowed in splendor to the rhythm, the melodic beat.  
We were not discreet, moving our feet,  
creating heat,a joyful burning, searing our bodies.  
I could feel your endless energy,  
your sensual power.  
I knew I wanted your  
beautiful feminine flower.  
We floated, blew across the hard wood  
to the edge of the crowd and  
walked as if on clouds to the exit door.  
My core was on fire, my manhood rigid  
with desire, we did not go too far,  
against the car, you offered me  
your fine bottom,  
legs slightly spread to greet me,  
I dropped to my knees with eager fingers,  
pushing aside wet laced panties,  
my tongue quickly found your succulent mark,  
a delicious lady mixture of sweet nectar and saline.  
A wonderful tasty dessert, I lapped incessantly, but,  
with a delicacy that respected your moist gift, hooded sensitivity.  
On silent cue, I rose and slide my hardness deep inside your love nest,  
softly caressing your perky breasts, you sighed with content, again and again.  
I gently stroked your bent body to a fevered pitch,  
you itched with a yearning, a burning for my boiling seed,  
the wet sound of our perfect union echoed our lust,  
I sunk, I thrust , I unloaded my sticky warmth into you,  
a flood of reciprocation filled your swollen sexy place,  
our faces revealed the joy, oh, boy, mutual satisfaction!  
The attraction was complete as  
our flow streamed down our inner thighs,  
toward our dancing feet,  
we were not sinners.  
At that very moment,  
your specialness was

imbedded in my mind,  
sealed forever by true love,  
a kindness I’ve never found since.  
Always at night,  
I think of you and  
these succulent acts,    
I cannot sleep.  
I even weep in my empty bed,  
a lone tear rolls down my cheek,  
your meekness is sadly missed.  
I kiss the heavy air and cup my hands  
to smell your grace, visualize your rosy face.  
Indeed, as a matter-of-fact,  
I miss you very much, especially,  
when in incredible need.  
Like now and forever.

Film Review: Dredd

 

Synopsis: The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One- a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called "Judges" who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. Known and feared throughout the city, Dredd (Karl Urban) is the ultimate Judge, challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge - a dangerous drug epidemic that has users of "Slo-Mo" experiencing reality at a fraction of its normal speed.

Review: This was an excellent film, truly banishes the memory of the piss poor Stallone film. And ignore all that crap about it being a copy of the Raid, it was produced, written and filmed before that and its not trying to be the same film anyway. A superbly filmed action sci-fi movie that ain't for the faint hearted.  

Robert Downey Jr. Set to Become Nearly as Rich as Tony Stark

Robert Downey Jr. plays billionaire Tony Stark (Iron Man’s not-at-all secret identity) in the Marvel Studios movies, and he’s looking to make some pretty good money himself as a result of the phenomenal box office success of Avengers.

The Hollywood Reporter cites “multiple knowledgeable sources” that RDJ is looking to take home $50 million from the picture, which includes back-end compensation and bonuses. After the success of the first Iron Man, Downey’s reps negotiated a deal where he would make a percentage of the profits from any Marvel movie where he plays the character — with The Hollywood Reporter says could be as high as 5 to 7 percent, though no concrete numbers are publicly known.

As far as the rest of the cast, THR’s sources say that Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo will all make about $2 to $3 million from Avengers, with Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson making around twice that. Avengers currently sits at a worldwide total of $1,016,095,436, according to Box Office Mojo.

Movie Review: Ted

Synopsis: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane brings his boundary-pushing brand of humor to the big screen for the first time as writer, director and voice star of Ted. In the live action/CG-animated comedy, he tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish...and has refused to leave his side ever since.

Review: If you’re easily offended, then give it a miss. But you will be overlooking this summer’s biggest comedy hit, which has many hilarious moments. The central joke is that Ted may have started off cute, but grows into a disreputable, pot-smoking, lascivious layabout. Seth MacFarlane voices the bear like a Bostonian Danny DeVito, with a string of sexist, racially offensive, scatological gags.

For about half-an-hour, it’s a hoot to hear these things said by a  teddy.  It’s also fun to hear a plummy-voiced English narrator (Patrick Stewart) with an evident distaste for popular culture and Hollywood garbage like the stuff he’s having to narrate.

Wahlberg proved in The Other Guys he can do comedy, and — though he’s mostly the straight man here — he, too, has his comic moments, especially in a scene where he rattles off a list of white-trash girls’ names. The jolliest scenes are ones where Wahlberg and MacFarlane can forget about plot, and seemingly improvise riffs on their weird buddy-buddy friendship.

The relationship between Wahlberg and Kunis’s characters is far weaker. Kunis has to be a nag, which seems a waste of her natural naughtiness.

And the film is too close to the oeuvre of Judd Apatow in its fear and hatred of women. It turns into just another study of a middle-aged man trying to extend adolescence.

Writer-director MacFarlane made his name with animated TV shows (Family Guy and American Dad!). They favour gags over plot, and this lets him down in a feature-length film.

The plot starts moving in ever more conventional directions. The least gripping part is an attempt to kidnap Ted by a psychopath (Giovanni Ribisi) with a creepy, overweight teenage son (Aedin Mincks), whom Ted tastelessly addresses as Susan Boyle. This thriller sub-plot is charmless, ugly and unfunny.

Its only reason for existence is that it leads to a big chase that belongs in a different movie, and reinforces the suspicion that the screenplay has run out of ideas.

Yet underlying the poor plot  and questionable humor is a Spielbergian wonder that stops things being unpleasantly offensive. The bond between man and bear is almost as touching as the one between E.T. and Elliot.

Ted may be a one-joke movie, but the joke is funny, and the special effects are so believable you forget there aren’t such things as garrulous, debauched teddy bears.

There’s nothing fluffy or adorable about Ted, but — at least for the first hour — he’s fun to be with.

Avengers Review

Synopsis: Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow answer the call to action when Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., initiates a daring, globe-spanning recruitment effort to assemble The Avengers team to defeat an unexpected enemy threatening global safety and security. Despite pulling together the ultimate dream team, Nick Fury and longtime confidant Agent Coulson must find a way to convince the Super Heroes to work with, not against each other, when the powerful and dangerous Loki gains access to the Tesseract and its unlimited power.

 

 

Review: It was the perfect blend of action, adventure, and humor! They had the perfect actor for each character! It will be a while before anyone tops this movie!
It makes more sense (and is funnier) if you know the background story for each character, but even if you don't, you will still enjoy this movie. You won't even mind the new actor for the hulk.
It's fast paced and gets right to the point. You laugh and clap throughout the movie.

This is definitely worth every penny!

 

Managing this many famous characters without taking anything away from the other is THE HARDEST THING in the world and somehow Joss Whedon has done it perfectly. The humor through out the movie had Joss's signature humor but taken to a higher level which suits each character which was another thing that was done effortlessly. :) another thing was that Mark Ruffalo had to sell that he's The Hulk and he was flawless. Funny when needed to be, tortured, angry...just perfect. Do I even need to talk about the awesome special effects, fights, action, acting?? Oh and on top of that there are few surprises for Whedon fans that might be noticed after 2nd and 3rd time viewings. :)
I would DEFINITELY recommend this movie and give it an A plus for its awesomeness. :)

Marvel unleashes 'The Avengers' secret weapons

At this point Marvel really doesn't have to do anything to promote The Avengers ahead of its release next month. They have had us from day one, but why look a gift horse in the mouth?

Today's gift comes in the very shapely form of Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow character. You know, I was always curious what Black Widow brought to the table other than to round out the group and not make it such the proverbial boys' club.

Well, now I know.

For those of you, like me, who are able to look past certain bouncing assets you will see that Black Widow is a fiercely determined fighting machine that is capable of taking out three people while tied up in a chair. Or so they tell me.

For the rest of us, it's a nice 40 second clip of ScarJo tied up wearing an unnecessarily skimpy outfit that resembles lingerie more than an actual uniform. Yep, my job is tough.

The Avengers assemble in theaters on May 4.

Don’t stop chasing

I think that one of the biggest reason why relationships do not work out in the long run is because at one point, one side (or both) stops trying. Before one claims another person as their significant other, they would do anything to make that person happy. They would chase, they would flirt, they would be charming. They would send daily morning and goodnight texts every time you wake up or go to sleep. They would write corny messages and pick up lines just to make sure that there is a smile upon your face. But once they claim you as theirs, all of those things eventually stop. The 5 page texts slowly turn into 1. The constant calls turn into not calling at all. And the lovely endearments turn into daily arguments. In order for a relationship to work, don’t ever stop chasing. Just because the person you want is now consider “yours”, it does not mean they deserve anything less than the time when you’re trying to win them over.