Review: SALT

To start off, I just want to say that action movies can be good, if they're done right. And by right, I mean good. There's some movies out there that just have explosions and unrealistic fight scenes and it makes the movie extremely unbelievable. A movie should make a person get away and become swept up in the film, not wake up when something stupid, or physics defying, pops up.
Now that I started it with that statement, I can comfortably say this: SALT wasn't one of those films. SALT was actually a descent film that had a plot. The movie reminded me alot of EAGLE EYE with curves and twists in the story and a final acceptance at the halfway point of the film. And at one point in the film, JOLIE was dressed to look like a SHIA LABEOF with a bad speech impediment.
Unlike EAGLE EYE, SALT relies on the media hype to further entice the audience. It's downfall is the previews. Every single preview has the same fucking scenes in it, it's just cut differently so you wouldn't notice. It pisses me off because all the good stuff is in the previews. Don't get me wrong, it was still good. There was a few times I looked over to my girlfriend and nodded in appreciation of the effect or JOLIE's stunt double's kick or punch.

A nice note: ANGELINA JOLIE's stunt double's name is EUNICE.

I hate how the previews give away all the good stuff. But I hate it more when there are exclusive clips in the trailer that are cut from the final film! It's annoying. There were a few scenes in the SALT trailers, ALL TRAILERS, that were excluded from the film and that bothered me.


SPOILER HIGH-LIGHT TO REVEAL: There was no sexy JOLIE sex scene in this movie like the trailer suggests. Not like I solely went to see the film just for a small glimpse of JOLIE's side boob. That's absurd!


Other than everything I put in; I suggest to see it. It's an interesting movie that leaves you guessing only half-way through the film, until you realize what's going on cause it's kinda obvious, but you still stay in the theatre because you wanna see how it turns out....and because you still have some popcorn left.

"Hello, I'm a MAC"

A debate that will most likely go on to the end of the universe and beyond. PC or MAC?

I have been a PC for over teen years of my life. I received my first PC when I was 8 and thought everything of it. I thought I could move mountains using the PC if I had the knowledge to utilize it. I soon found afterwards that the PC is a complex device that takes years of degrees to understand and to actually utilize it to its full potential.

In 2008, I worked on my first MAC. Within weeks after first working on one, I bought one because I loved it so much. My PC at the time needed to be upgraded with all the latest software, video cards, memory etc. So I just decided to replace it for a brand new iMAC.

Over the next two years of school, I worked more and more on a MAC and it soon dwelled on me. A MAC is so much better than a PC! But unlike some undergraduate sibling of a rich oil tycoon; I questioned  why.

In theory, a MAC has the same units and hardware in a PC, so why does a MAC utilize them so well? I decided to do some research around the web and find out both sides of the debate.

It seems that the debate is simple; MAC users believe that MAC is simplistic while PC is complex, and vice versa. From a technical aspect, they're both correct.

Within the debate, it comes down to media advertisement. MAC commercials talk about being sleek, cool, hip, fresh, and sexy. While PC commercials talk about getting the job done now and correctly.

A MAC can get a job done just as fast, and a PC can be cool and fresh.

Some PC users will argue that a MAC is just too much of a change and its far too confusing to understand. True. Being a PC user for most of my life now, I can understand and even co-exist with their logic; a MAC was difficult to use for the first time and it did confuse me. But the same could be said about the PC. Kids are learning about computers at a young age. Right now, kids, ages approximately 6-10, are going into a computer class, full of PCs, and learning the basics. At a young age, when the brain is most malleable for learning, using a PC up to a young adult, it would seem that the PC is easier. And a reason why young adults are so head strong against MACs would be because its simplistic to think that "If my school board wants me to learn basics of a computer, they would choose the easiest component software." But that just comes down to price.

A MAC is not hard to understand. It's actually exceptionally easy. I picked it up in an hour.

After receiving my MAC, I played around with everything for an hour, and what would have taken me years to learn on a PC; I learned in an hour. My family now considers me a guru for the MAC and come to me for advice when buying new APPLE products.

What the debate comes down to is just personal preference.

I'm not pushing the MAC on anyone. I'm simply just putting my two cents in on the debate. And I hope that maybe I can turn an eye of a PC user.

In conclusion; there's nothing wrong with a PC, they're just a BITCH to take care of.

And So it begins

The first post to the blog is probably the hardest to come up with. Like a film's first scene, the first post sets a tone for the blog. Either that or the next, most current, edition does. Anyway... I decided to start this blog when I realized that it would probably help my writing. You see; I'm a writer. Now doesn't that just sound odd? No, I'm not a writer. 

Not a successful one anyway.

That sounds harsh... I don't make money off of my writing... That sounds better.

And it's not because I choose not to. Trust me, any writer you find that says that they only write for the readers, what they really mean is: "I can't find a reader that's interested in my stuff long enough to invest their money into it." I love to write, I've always have since I could begin to read. I'm an unsuccessful writer because I have lost my inspiration to write. 

I'm nine chapters away from finishing my first novel titled; 'War's Fury". Sounds horrible doesn't it? It gets better... I think.

Everything is in my head! I know exactly what happens and as soon as I can get the will to write; I'll finish it and send it off to a publisher (If they'll take me). 

I also have another passion. I love films! NOT LOVE FILMS, like porn. I mean I love to watch movies. NOT PORN, you pervert. Stop thinking about porn! 

I recently graduated from Mohawk College, in Hamilton, for Television Broadcasting and I am slowly trying to trudge my way to making films one day. Until then, I see a movie almost every week. I try to see every movie that comes out, but we can't all be millionaires. popcorn is expensive.

Everytime I see a movie, I'll post my five favourite up on the side here. The last movie I saw was INCEPTION. More on that later...

I work as a video editor right now, using After Effects and Final Cut so I have the skills needed, and the knowledge, but I just need to work my way up, you know? Of course you do.