Are You Here (2013)

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Are You Here is the story of two friends, one is a T.V. weather man (played by Owen Wilson) that for some reason hides what he does from his friend, and the other is a guy that basically lives as a shut in. (played by Zack Galifinakis) Owen basically spends his time bouncing from woman to woman and tossing Zack money when he needs to so Zack can live his life.

One day Zack shows up at Owens work and is mistaken for a homeless man and informs Owen that his father has died. After a road trip and the weird purchase of some seafood to save its life, Zack discovers he just inherited a little bit of money. Around two and a half million dollars worth of a little money.

This starts a small family feud and some seemingly strange plans, and the realization that Zack may have some sort of mental issue that needs to be taken care of. While not the comedy I was expecting but it was still a great movie. I didn’t expect these two to play such a great serious role but they pull it off, and I hope this isn’t the last time we see it. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you greatness.

Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer

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Of the three cinematic iterations of Fantastic 4, only the 2005 film was successful enough to get a sequel two years later…and here we get one of the worst villain reveals of the last decade, but that’s for the end. And yeah, I’m going to spoil it.

So the Fantastic 4 are world famous celebrities and superheroes, and the world eagerly awaits the wedding of Reed Richards and Sue Storm. While everyone prepares, Reed is knee deep in research on a set of strange occurrences happened around the globe. Random points around the world experience drastic environmental shifts after a mysterious comet like object races past them. Meanwhile, in Latveria, a deformed and pissed off Dr. Doom searches the source out himself, finding a man like silver creature on what looks like a surf board. They have a altercation and Doom gets served by it’s energy blast, but miraculously the creature heals him. During the wedding, the creature appears. Johnny chases him but the surfer catches him and something weird happens to Johnny; if he touches another one of the group, he switches powers with them. When Reed and the military are at ends to capture the Silver Surfer, Doom comes into play. Sue makes contact with the surfer and she discovers he is but a herald for a much greater danger, his master Galactus…

I’m going to say Galactus kills this movie. One of the greatest foes in all of Marvel is reduced to a storm cloud- Shame on you. The cast does ok and the effects are pretty cool at times but overall it’s just as forgettable as the first, but I can’t say its terrible. Worth a crap bin hit or Netflix. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Talladega Nights

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Oh Talladega Nights. I’m not even sure how to explain this movie except to say this is what happens if you let to idiots learn how to drive really well, give them really bad advice and then they earn millions of dollars. Seriously I don’t know how these two didn’t die.

Basically Ricky Bobby one day has his dad show up at school for some sort of bring dad to school night, after having not seen him in ten years. His dad is stoned as hell, causes small ruckus, tells the kids if you aren’t first you are last and gets tossed out never to be seen again. Well not until later in the movie.

The movie is admittedly hilarious, like all other Will Ferrell movies not for everyone. It is silly and nonsensical at times and really many of the jokes are just downright head shakingly silly. It is absolutely worth watching tho, best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Fantastic 4 (1994)

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For years I’ve heard this movie was an unwatchable train wreck- the worst Fantastic 4 adaptation and one of the worst superhero movies of all time. At face value, it seems so but I can definitely say don’t judge a book by it’s cover here.

It begins with a college aged Reed Richards and and Victor Von Doom trying to capture energy from a space anomaly called Colossus. Reed and his best friend Ben Grimm live at Mrs. Storm’s Boarding House with her and her two children Sue and Johnny. The experiment backfires and even after Ben tries to save him, Victor seemingly dies. Ten years Reed has founding to go into space, and assembles a crew of his friends to take on the mission. They get hit with a cosmic power and crash unharmed but changed, hunted by a foe Reed knows too well.

Ok, this movie isn’t a gem but doesn’t nearly deserve the hate it gets. There’s a strong B Sci-fi movie element to it, but for much of the Fantastic 4 lore is B movie material. The group has better chemistry than the big screen renditions and importantly I have to say, this movie touches on there origin but actually has the 4 do real superhero stuff like Johnny saving New York from Doom’s laser. I actually got really pissed watching this because it blows my mind that a movie with a 100 times less the budget than three other iterations had more heart and did more justice to the 4 and got pissed on so bad. Overall, I recommend it if you like B movies or are a Fantastic 4 fan and it’s on Youtube for free. Best Wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory…Flame On!

Spiders (2013)

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This one was a bit weird. Not really bad, just weird. The basic story is back in the 1980’s the USSR (of course) found a crashed spaceship in the arctic that was thousands of years old. Inside was some DNA that they of course tried to splice with everything on earth safely in space. As we know the USSR eventually goes belly up shit gets lost and all these years later it falls to earth. One small issue.  The only thing they successfully spliced it with were spiders. Huge freaking spiders. They also happen to be very smart, build a colony and have a queen that builds silk that can be used for all kinds of things.

The problem with these alien spider hybrids is they are still spiders that protect their territory that happens to be a subway tunnel. Between that and the US military attempting to keep them hidden to use their silk things get pretty ugly pretty fast.

The movie is pretty neutral honestly. It isn’t bad or good, it simply is. I really can not say I liked or disliked the movie. It wasn’t for me, but you guys may enjoy it. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

New Pokemon in Pokemon Go

Pokémon GO players have already managed to catch more than three billion Pokémon during the first-ever Pokémon GO Global Catch Challenge, which officially kicked off last week. All Trainers can now earn double XP, Lure Modules are lasting for six hours and more Pokémon are appearing all over the world. In addition to the Bronze Tier rewards, all Trainers can now earn double Stardust and even more Pokémon have been […]

via Farfetch’d now appearing around the world: Over 3 billion Pokémon caught during the Pokémon GO Travel Global Catch Challenge — Pokémon Blog

Jumanji Preview (2017)

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Now I won’t lie, when I first saw this was being remade I thought this was going to be dumb as hell. Hell some of you reading this I am sure know me personally are going to read this and say hey didn’t he say this was a dumb idea?  Yes. I said this was a dumb idea. I still think its a dumb idea.

However having seen the trailer with The Rock and Kevin Hart in action the movie will at least be fun. Here check it out.

Now the idea of people stuck in a game is pretty played out, and the original Jumanji was a work of greatness I thought as a kid and I hope this one is equally as good, I have my doubts but I do have to admit, it looks fun.

Star trek outline (2nd opinion)

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In the end, I’m not a huge MMO fan but this game is pretty damn cool for FREE. Seriously, who doesn’t love free?

Pretty much you play as either Federation, Klingon, or Romulan and go on space adventures with your crew in your very own star ship. Gameplay splits between Mass Effect 1 style ground combat and space combat with your ship.

In my experience, the game is repetitive but fun as hell when you are in the mood.  I prefer space engagements, which are pretty damn sweet and look amazing. If you are a Trekkie, you’ll drool over all of the lore and familiar faces. There are times the game was a pain. Like I had a mission where the damn objectives glitched so I had to exit out but next day it went just fine. It’s pretty easy to level up in and there’s no game breaking microtransactions which is awesome. If you want to try a good, epic free game, definitely try out Star Trek Online. Live long and prosper.

The Fundamentals Of Caring (2016)

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The Fundamentals of Caring is the story of a young man named Trevor with a muscle disorder I won’t even try to spell that has a pretty demented sense of humor, and his personal care giver on his first ever job that is going through a divorce after a personal tragedy.

As the story progresses you will slowly realize this comedy is hiding a very serious story. What starts as a simple story of a man caring for a a disabled young man while his mom at works changes into a story about a road trip that would change the lives of everyone involved. On the trip they will pick up a young hitchhiker named Dot, and she will help change Trevor in ways he never thought possible. They will also pick up Peaches, a pregnant woman. Honestly I am not sure why she is here besides her small part in the ending and to even out the numbers.

The story has many twist and turns and bounces between hilarious and deeply thought provoking. From finding Trevors father, to practical jokes the movie will keep you guessing. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Sweet Virginia (2017)

Wow. Virginia’s an angry place. Who’da thunk it? Sam (Jon Bernthal) is an ex-rodeo rider who has seen his better years go by. After a career-ending injury, he’s been managing the Sweet Virginia hotel, where instead of riding on top of bulls, he’s riding on top of guests for being too loud or not paying. […]

via Sweet Virginia (2017) — Dan the Man’s Movie Reviews