Reviews as of late...

Well, in the apt..i've found i have time to do things i haven' done in a LONG while. Watching movies and playing my xbox..which had significant dust on it..a sad thing. So, here's my reviews on what i've taken in lately:

XBOX: I played GUN first..which is a western shooter game (most of the games i play involve shooting..the first person shooters are my favorites). I liked this game for a couple reasons 1) Cool backdrop on the 1800's western front 2) It wasn't hard..no puzzles that you have to solve that make you frustrated cause you have no idea what you are supposed to do or where to go 3) VERY easy to follow and 4) It was quick. I plowed thru this game in less then a week with minimal time. My favorite feature of the game was the voice acting they hired to play the characters. Thomas Jane (from the punisher and one of the all time underrated suspense flix ever Deep Blue Sea) was the lead character Colt you, the player control. Tom Skerrit (picket fences and Alien)was your best friend and the immortal Lance Henrikksen (from AlienS..not Alien.and a jean claude-Van Damm flick i can't think of) was the nemesis.

Good game..solid B grade.

Next, I played Far Cry. LOVED this game. One of my favorite games i've ever played..set in modern times on a tropical island..your character (played by the diminuitive stephen dorf) is a charter boat captain..when all of a sudden, his boat gets blown out of the water and he has to survive on an island with a bunch of merceneries..he gets injected along the way with a syrum that morphs him into s a beast of some kind as well..so we, the player get the best of both worlds..great guns and shooting mechanics and the ability to clobber someone and send em flying 100 yards away. Overall, just a lot of fun to play..again, easy puzzles to figure out..never was confused where to go and the graphics were great.

GRADE: A-

Movies: Doom 3

I've always had and always will have a soft spot in my heart for the Rock. I just like the guy and if he's in a flick, i'll see it eventually...(besides Walking Tall..that just looks gay). So, at the video store it was between WAITING and DOOM 3...The Rock won out. This movie got slammed in the reviews and i had very low expectations of it..but i had played the game Doom 3 and liked it and ya know what? the movie really exceeded my hopes. It wasn't great by any means..but the story was good...the acting, cheesy, the monsters good and great suspense...Nothing remotely scary, just what you'd expect out of this flick and it worked. The Rock had a great twist at the end too...

Grade: B- a good renter

WAITING: Okay, i've only seen this flick about 3/4 of the way thru...but i can honestly say it's one of the best flix i've seen on dvd in a long time. It's hilarious. The story of what it's like to work at a mythical restaurant and what goes on behind the scenese...Ryan Reynolds and his mom have an especially hilarious discussion over dinner...Dane Cook is the dirtball chef..it's just a great flick..i can't wait to get home to watch the rest tonight. This is one of those flix that you see in the store and say "you know, that looked good when i saw commercials for it ontv...maybe if the video store doesn't have anything else, i'll check it out sometime.." Well, this should be number one priority to get.

GRADE: A