DVD of the Week: The Fourth Kind

Week Nine of my DVD of the Week Post is....

Alien Encounter of The First Kind: Sighting
Alien Encounter of The Second Kind: Evidence
Alien Encounter of The Third Kind: Contact

And Alien Encounters of The Fourth Kind.... Abduction.

So, before I watched the movie, with my friend Kayleah, I posted on Facebook "Opinions on The Fourth Kind, anyone?". Other than the one "like" I got, there were two comments, and they were partly opposite of one another. One friend of mine said that the movie is "scary as f$@!" and that she "couldn't walk out the door" after watching it. So, my thought was oh no, mixed with awesome, cause horror movies and I don't go way back. The other friend said the movie was "dumb but pretty creepy". Which I tried not to let get to me, cause most of the time I won't ask opinions on movies until after I've already seen it, or else I start worrying if the movie is going to be lame or not and that usually ends up ruining the movie for me. 

Well, this movie wasn't very dumb. I found the storyline to be quite interesting and intense. I absolutely LOVED how they did the whole split screen with the actor and "real person". That made the movie much cooler, and quite unique. But it was not scary at all, just EXTREMELY creepy. Near the end, my palms and feet were sweating, but there was not a single point in this film I actually jumped. Kayleah did though xD

"This film "purports to be based on actual events occurring in Nome, Alaska in 2000, in which Dr. Abigail Tyler(portrayed by Milla Jovovich, of the Resident Evil franchise) uses hypnosis to uncover memories from her patients of Alien abductions" (Wikipedia). But it was later found out to be untrue. Universal Pictures just did what was done with Paranormal Activity, make it seem like it is based on actual events to draw in a crown. Cause, in all honesty, before I Wikipediaed the film, I believed it actually happened, which made it even more creepier. So, Universal had the right idea.

I CHALLENGE THEE

I challenge thee....TO A DUEL!!! I wizard duel that is!! So, it is exactly 25 days until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows PART ONE comes out into theaters (part 2 comes out in 3D in 263 days).

And my challenge for my dozen blogger followers (3 of those followers are probably me), is to watch each and every(six) Harry Potter film up until the release date on November 19th. You could watch one every 3 days from now. You could watch one every day, starting on November 13, leading up to that Friday. Or you could start at 8 a.m. on November 18th, my 18th birthday, just fyi, and watch all the films nonstop, with an hour for driving/eating time, so you can make it to the midnight premier.

Personally, I'm probably just going to watch them at random times and random dates on spaces of the timeline up until then. Most likely, just when I feel like it. I'll probably start tonight, cause I kind of feel like it. But oh well, I'm going to watch them. And that's all that matters.

For you stupid people...the films are as follows, and in this order...

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

So get out of here and go watch 'em before I Avada Kadavara your ass. O.O

*Photos are in order of films...last one being the newest poster for the HP7pt1*

Who knew?

Apparently, the Savoy 16 has a free fall matinée every Saturday and Sunday at 9 & 10 a.m. until the fourteenth of November. Just found this out, wish I would have know about this sooner(since it starts mid September). Yes, I know...it's a tad bit early to get up and go to a movie on a Saturday/Sunday. But you know what....IT'S FREE..and nothing's better than Free. These do have 15 minute intermissions, probably cause it's so early and people need some move-around time.

October 30th and 31st: The Last Airbender...and i'll probably end up going to see this for my dad's birthday since he hasn't gotten to see it...it'll be my third freakin time seein this.

November 6th and 7th: Ramona and Beezus...which I have yet to see yet, so I may force the little ones to go with me to see it.

And the last one of the season is November 13th and 14th: Despicable Me...which is an AWESOME movie!! Love this movie so much, I kinda want to go see it again just because it was that awesome. And for a few giggles from my limited readership..."IT'S SOOO FLUFFY!!!!" :-)

Yes, these aren't brand new movies. But who care. FREE!!!

DVD of the Week: Steamboy

Week Eight of my DVD of the Week post is....

This is the most expensive full length Japanese film to date, and was in production for TEN YEARS. The film revolves around a young 13 year old James "Ray" Steam( English voiced by Anna Paquin) living in an altered form of Manchester, England. It mainly takes place in a warped science fiction 19th Century London. His main objective throughout most of the film is to protect the newly invented(by Ray's Grandfather( English voiced by Patrick Stewart)) steamball. It's mainly just a back and forth of who's the bad group of characters in the book. First you think the dad is bad, then the grandpa, then just blah! Idk. 

The movie has a good storyline. And the historical fluctuations dealing with all the machinery and technology take overs was pretty cool. But suggestion before watching: take a nap. Even though the film is a only a little over 2 hours, it seems to go on forever at points because two hours is two long for an anime movie. I paused it multiple times so I could walk out of the room and take a break. And about the half way mark, I did fall asleep... but all-in-all, the film was a good watch. Especially the last 30 minutes or so, so much action and destruction, VERY INTENSE stuff!! I would highly recommend it. 

And my life begins to crumble.

About two minutes ago I got the dreadful, unofficial(all the actors have pretty much said that they aren't getting their contracts renewed), news.....that my favorite summer television series of 2010 was cancelled after only one season. The Gates. Oh, ABC...why? why do you do this to me? I am a faithful follower of many of your television shows, and yet you keep punching me in the face. First Eastwick, now this. Hey, here's a suggestion....STOP AIRING SCIENCE FICTION SHOWS THAT I WILL GET HOOKED ON, WHETHER I LIKE IT OR NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! Leave that to the Sy Fy Channel or even The CW, they seem to be doing an awesome job with it.

And the worst part is....their season(err...*tear*....series) finale was epic and amazing and crazy....and a horrible cliff hanger that will forever be unresolved. Ughh. One of the worst feelings in the world is when one of your favorite shows gets executed. It seems to be happening a lot to me. First TV show with a succubus as a main character, and it gets cancelled after 13 episodes...this sucks arse...

How the hell do you end a show with...
Mom: What did you do to my son?
Witch: I told you I could bring him back, I never said he would be the same..
**Roll End Credits**

I'm now going to go do what the Crimson Chin did when he found out he was a fictional character....go lie on the floor in the fetal position... :'(

R.I.P. The Gates June 20, 2010 -  September 19, 2010

I'm not your mom...

Ok kiddos....I am just a simple minded ginger here....I am not your mother. If in one of my blogs you are reading, and do not know of the movie I am blogging about....there are a few sites you can go to to learn about movies...cause I'm lazy and really don't feel like explaining the plot and crap every single post. Wikipedia.org, IMDB.com, amazon.com, and I'm sure if you just Googled it you'd find something on it. Just felt the need to tell ya'll this, cause some of you aren't very bright...

****THIS HAS BEEN A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.....brought to you by cheez-its(not really)****

WITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In English we are reading The Crucible by Arthur Miller, and now that we've finished the book our teacher has so kindly allowed us to watch the 1996 film version of the play. This movie probably hasn't been properly reviewed in over a decade, so this is what I'm here for...

The film stars Daniel Day Lewis(There Will Be Blood) and Winona Ryder(Mr. Deeds). And the actors cast for these roles are.....perfect. I was absolutely p*ssed at Abigail the entire movie and for the people being hanged/hung/whatever I felt deeply trouble(especially because of the horror and upset on Rebecca Nurse's face at the end...*sigh*). Also....Mary Pat Gleason....one of my favorite non super famous actress, who mainly just guest stars on shows/films...but it made my day when I realized she was in the film. The actors really brought emphasis to how crazy and extreme this event of the Salem Witch Trials was. This film has one of the greatest casts I have seen.

One thing I noticed from the very start of the film was how great the score(the music) was. There is nothing more annoying than a movie with a score that does not fit, like an intense war seen with teen pop music playing in the background...NO. And the score to this film fit perfectly. It was dark and dreary when something bad was going down. At times it made me nauseous and just made me feel like I wanted to punch someone in the face.

And like the cast and the score...the setting too was perfect. Just outstanding. I actually felt that this is what Salem could have looked like. And the setting also made the mood much darker.

Gosh, I'm pretty much just repeating that this movie was perfect and awesome. Every aspect, name something and I'll probably say that it was perfect in this film. Cast? Check. Score? Check. Setting? Check. Directing? Check. Check. Check. Check. Check.

This is an extremely intense movie. And 100% my favorite movie that we have watched in English class for all four years of high school so far, actually...probably my favorite movie of English class of my educational life. There wasn't one point where I was nodding off, which is usually what happens...and that is a HUGE accomplishment, in my book, for a decade old movie. I usually prefer fresh, new movies. And this movie did seem fresh and new. If Ms. Fultz would have said it just came out on DVD a few weeks ago, I probably would have believed her. This is a movie I could watch over and over again, even though I was deeply depressed by the end...

TWO HUNDRED!!!!!!

Oh, Smallville. I think Clark Kent's super speed has caused the time to fly by ( I was going to use the whole "Superman can fly" pun, but you know what....HE HASN'T exactly LEARNED TO FLY YET.)


Last night was Smallville's 200th episode. And the past two weeks I've been reading pretty much everything I could on it cause I've been uber excited!! And the one thing I read was that there was going to be a Clois(Clark and Lois) moment at the very end. And...IT HAPPENED. It was an amazing moment for Smallville. 


The episode starts out with Clark and Lois heading off to their Smallville High class reunion. I was very disappointed that there were very few(one, other than Clark and Lois) students portrayed in the early seasons to return. 


But the one student that did return was one of the most important ones, the first person with meteor rock powers that Clark put away on the show. In episode 2 of the show, a guy by the name of Greg Arkin gets in a car wreck with his bug collection. The bugs, which unknown by Greg, are meteor rock-enhanced. The bugs get loose, bit him, he turns into this bug monster dude, he wreaks havoc on some people(including Lana), Grey supposedly crushes himself to death by falling machinery. He returns to the reunion, and ends up telling Lois to tell Clark thank you for putting him on the right path at the end. And that Clark is Smallville's  small town hero. This is a turning point for Clark, and ultimately the show, since it shows Clark that not all of his past is bad and that he actually did good.


James Marsters, who last played the evil Braniac in season 5 and 7, returns after a 47 episode absence as Braniac 5.0 to show Clark who he needs to become. Clark takes a little trip to the past, visiting his father's funeral in episode 100 and also learning that it was not his fault his father died even though he changed fate in episode 100 to save Lana's life, to the present, seeing that his friends are struggling without his help and he is needed especially by his best friend Oliver who just revealed to the world he was the Green Arrow, and to the future.

The second he appears in the future, he is carted off by Lois who quickly forces him to put on those famous glasses. And this Lois knows of his powers and jumps at any chance to help Clark keep his secret. And then Clark runs into.....his future self. Who apparently knew Clark was going to take this trip to the future. They meet up in the elevator of The Daily Planet, Clark is told he is in the future to see who he needs to become, for the sake of the planet, and that his assistance is needed on the roof of the Daily Planet. There is an explosion, future Clark super speeds out of the elevator...and then we get to see the red and blue blur of the Superman suit as future Clark flies off into the sky. Clark ends up saving future Lois, as the explosion Superman flew off to ends up causing the helicopter future Lois was in to crash off the Daily Planet. 

Clark returns to the present, but at a bad time. As he takes Lois to go dance with her, since he was on his little timeline trip for quite awhile, the dance ends and everyone leaves before they get to dance. Clark makes it up to her by meeting her in his barn later that night. Clark lights up the disco ball, turns on the music, and they dance. Romance moment for Smallville. And then....it happens.....the moment Smallville fans have been waiting for.....due to Clark's realization of what he has to do, and that his future is bright, and the calmness/romanticness of the mood......HE FLIES....CLARK KENT FLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!....only problem is, I don't know if he realized this or not. Lois was standing on his shoes they wouldn't step on each other's feet while dancing, and then he just starting going up. Then end credits rolled and I yelled at the television >.<


It was an amazing episode. Definitely now one of my favorites. It lived up to my expectations, and I cannot wait until the next episodes. Apparently they writers have the whole series mapped out until the very last episode now, I just wish they'd tell us how the series is going to end. -_-


And some good news to end with....This episode brought in 3.18 million viewers!! The highest it's ever been since Season 8 episode 21!!!!!!...maybe with all the higher ratings this season is bringing in, the CW might change their mind and go on to an eleventh season!! finger's crossed!! :) :) :) :) :)


>>for reference: this is not technically the 200th episode. In the last season, two episodes were filmed back to back for a TV movie for Smallville. This is technically the 199th episode, however it IS the 200th episode produced, since the episodes that were filmed as one were produced as 2. So the producers do consider this the 200th episode of Smallville<<

DVD of the Week: Rugrats Go Wild

Week seven of my DVD of the Week post is....

I absolutely love shows that have crossovers. Especially when it comes to two of my favorite shows. The Fairly Oddparents and Jimmy Neutron had multiple crossover episodes. Many crossover shows spun off entirely new shows, like Grey's Anatomy had a crossover episode that eventually led to it's spin-off series, Private Practice. Crossover shows are also a great way to boost ratings, someone may not be a fan of one show, but they sure will watch it if it's going to be featuring characters from their favorite shows.

Now, Rugrats Go Wild...if you couldn't tell right away, it's a crossover movie with Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys. This is the one and only movie of Rugrats that earned the horrible pg rating. Oh No. 

Stu Pickles convinces his family and friends, all the characters from the original Rugrats cast minus Susie's parents, to take a cruise. Little did they know is that the cruise was on a rickety old boat Stu rented that would end up leaving them stranded on a deserted island. However, it wasn't quite deserted. On the far side of the island was the campsite of the Thornberry family, who were in search of a clouded leopard for Nigel's TV series. The babies end up finding their way into the jungle, and end up at the top of the leopard's lunch menu. Elisa's power to communicate to animals gives us one new AWESOME detail...what Tommy's dog, Spike,'s voice sounds like. And it sounds almost exactly like Bruce Willis's voice. In the end, the babies are saved, and Debbie Thornberry gets her wish that her overworked parents finally take them on a cruise, and a real cruise with the Pickles family and friends.

The only problem I have with this movie is that almost exactly one year later, and only three days apart from one another, both The Wild Thornberrys and Rugrats were cancelled by Nickelodeon. :( :( :( This movie marks the end of both The Wild Thornberrys and Rugrats film franchises. Hopefully, since next year marks Rugrat's 20th anniversary, they may do some reunion thing. We can only hope, can't we.

DVD of the Week: Spongebob Squarepents Season One

Week six of my DVD of the Week post is....

This is, without a doubt, the greatest season of Spongebob Squarepants. This is when the creators actually had good, original, hilarious ideas. This is the one season where most of the episodes became quotable and many are used on a daily, at least weekly, basis. Like the very first episode of the series where Mr. Krabs says, "That smell. A kind of smelly smell. The smelly smell that smells . . . smelly', I can't count how many times I've used that line.

This season also had the best songs of the series. Like "Ripped Pants" and "F.U.N."...F is for friends who do stuff together, U is for u and me, N is for n-e where and n-e time at all down here in the deep blue sea. =)

Of all the seasons of Spongebob Squarepants I would chose this one to have with me on a deserted island. I'm not saying that the following seasons are bad or anything because THEY'RE NOT...anything dealing with Spongebob Squarepants is amazing....I'm just saying that season one is the best. End of Story.

So, what's your favorite Spongebob Squarepants episode? favorite song from the show? Or what's your favorite quote, cause I know you got one. Leave words down below my jellyfish friends. 

TEA Time with Tyler

This week I'm starting a new series of blogs called TEA (ThEAter) Time with Tyler. As soon as I see a movie at the theater, I'll come home and tell you about it. Hopefully all my reviews will be good, because there is nothing worse than a bad movie experience. But not once have I ever walked out of a movie, which I guess is a good thing. Now that I'm starting this series of blogs, maybe I can use it as an excuse to go to the movies more often. :D we'll see. =)

First up to bat is You Again. I absolutely adored this movie so much. There were so many amazing actors/actresses in it, like Kristin Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Kristin Chenoweth, a cameo by "The Rock", and the outstanding Betty White.

Quick plot summary from Wikipedia...Marni (Kristen Bell), discovers her brother, Will (James Wolk), is about to marry her high school rival, Joanna (Odette Yustman), and sets out to expose the fiancee's true colors. The plot thickens when Marni's mother Gail (Jamie Lee Curtis) meets up with Joanna's aunt Ramona (Sigourney Weaver), and it is revealed that Gail and Ramona were also high school rivals.


This does seem more like an old lady movie, however. And critics aren't liking this movie at all. I'd give this movie a B because it stretched out too many parts that should have been quicker, but the audience in the theater I went to was loving it, got many obnoxious laughs from a bunch of people. But the concept of the movie was well thought out, and Betty White and Jamie Lee Curtis made this movie much better. And not once did I look at my cell phone to see if the movie was almost over, which is saying something since I even did that during Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Also, the Cloris Leachman guest appearance at the end was epically awesome. Her and Betty White together was amazing.


If you're going to see this movie...do what I did, and take your grandma. It's not really exciting enough for the kids. But it does have a little spark for the teens.