2009 is going to be a very exciting for film fans everywhere. But which film can you not wait for?
Vote now and find out if others agree with you.
Plus if there are any films that I have left out let me know and I may just add it to the poll.
If I had to choose it would be between Transformers 2 and Watchmen.
I think Transformers is going to be the first film on crack basically. It won't need an introduction so there will be hell of a lot more action. Easily the family Blockbuster of the Summer.
Watchmen just looks very original and fresh. To me it looks like a cross between "The Dark Knight" and "Sin City" (two very great films by the way). It is obviously a very dark and serious movie that, to me, looks as if it is trying impose questions on how authority is dealt with in society, whilst being intergrated with a graphic novel twist.
Harry Potter could just be more of the same, or it could turn out to be a good sequel. After watching the fourth movie I couldn't wait for the fifth, but I was dissapointed by a boring drim movie. I hope "Half Blood" learns from its mistakes.
Wolverine will either be average or very good. I doubt it will be revolutionary or ground-breakingly different to anything "Marvel" has ever done before. It will be a more serious take on the X-men franchise, but as there are fewer characters to concentrate on, the focus on Wolverine should be a joy to watch.
Star Trek is the one that I'm not too sure about. J.J Abrams Cloverfield was so O.T.T. and predictable, but his creation of Lost is highly compelling and unique. I really cannot say whether the addition to the franchise will be rememberable or not.
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
I Stay In Love (just a short review)
I Stay in Love is Mariah's latest single. Its been compared to We Belong Together but just not as good. The fiddly piano rhythm mixed with Mariah's rapid fire lyrics do create a catchy contemporary ballad worthy of some recognition.
The chorus, of course, includes her famous adlibs. The song is very reminiscent of some of Mariah's vintage songs dating back a decade, before she did her R&B stuff. Mariah belts her heart out in the climax, which no-one in the industry can replicate. Due to lack of promotion and previous poor single choices it probably won't have much success.
Plus check out the video where Mariah dresses up as a Las Vegas Showgirl!
Real Reviewer Rating: 7.5/10
The chorus, of course, includes her famous adlibs. The song is very reminiscent of some of Mariah's vintage songs dating back a decade, before she did her R&B stuff. Mariah belts her heart out in the climax, which no-one in the industry can replicate. Due to lack of promotion and previous poor single choices it probably won't have much success.
Plus check out the video where Mariah dresses up as a Las Vegas Showgirl!
Real Reviewer Rating: 7.5/10
Need For Speed Undercover
Undercover is evidently a concoction of street racing (courtesy of the Underground games) with a dash of police evading (taken from Most Wanted and Carbon). This should have resulted in a near perfect racing game. Instead a pretty average game, with some major flaws, is the reality.
Everything in this game is done on a boastful scale. The 55 vehicles, the CGI cutscenes, the graphics are all extremely impressive, but the actual gameplay was all too repetitive and certainly not worthy what I expected. But nevertheless I'll focus first on the positives.
There are lots of cars available in the game. The first I chose was the Lotus Elise, I then quickly worked my way up to the Bugatti Veyron and the Audi R8 and other exotic cars. The handling of the cars are great although not entirely realistic, but this is not Project Gotham or Grand Turismo, and nor does it pretend to be.
The Cut-scenes do not add anything particular to the game. They are visually good to look at, and it does give a sort of glamorous effect to the game, but I feel that they were just added after the game was created to lenghten it.
At times the general graphics during the races are realistic, but the frame rate can ruin this at other times. This isn't too much of problem on the Xbox 360 but it is for the Playstation 3.
In terms of gameplay, the races are good but they become so repititive. Then I wasshocked as my two favourite game modes were missing from the game. These being the Drift and the Drag modes. If these two modes would have been incorporated into the game it would have been more varied and made it longer.
With this game think EA was trying to har to please. With Prostreet many complained that, whilst the gameplay was good, the lack of story and the change was not appreciated. So EA halfheartedly focused on the gameplay and paid most attention to the story and the cutscenes. Will the Need for Speed series ever reach the heights of Most Wanted again?
Real Reviewer Rating: 6.5/10
Everything in this game is done on a boastful scale. The 55 vehicles, the CGI cutscenes, the graphics are all extremely impressive, but the actual gameplay was all too repetitive and certainly not worthy what I expected. But nevertheless I'll focus first on the positives.
There are lots of cars available in the game. The first I chose was the Lotus Elise, I then quickly worked my way up to the Bugatti Veyron and the Audi R8 and other exotic cars. The handling of the cars are great although not entirely realistic, but this is not Project Gotham or Grand Turismo, and nor does it pretend to be.
The Cut-scenes do not add anything particular to the game. They are visually good to look at, and it does give a sort of glamorous effect to the game, but I feel that they were just added after the game was created to lenghten it.
At times the general graphics during the races are realistic, but the frame rate can ruin this at other times. This isn't too much of problem on the Xbox 360 but it is for the Playstation 3.
In terms of gameplay, the races are good but they become so repititive. Then I wasshocked as my two favourite game modes were missing from the game. These being the Drift and the Drag modes. If these two modes would have been incorporated into the game it would have been more varied and made it longer.
With this game think EA was trying to har to please. With Prostreet many complained that, whilst the gameplay was good, the lack of story and the change was not appreciated. So EA halfheartedly focused on the gameplay and paid most attention to the story and the cutscenes. Will the Need for Speed series ever reach the heights of Most Wanted again?
Real Reviewer Rating: 6.5/10
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