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Last night i bit the bullet and saw Transformers 2. Sure I noticed the reviews were less then favorable, but the first movie was not a great movie yet i found it to be fun and entertaining. So why not give this one the benefit of the doubt and check it out!

To form an analogy when talking about a players skills in baseball often times you talk about their “floor” the worst they could do and their “ceiling” the highest/best they could do. In Transformers 2 the bad portions of the movie go far lower in Transformers 2 then they did in the first installment, but the good parts of the first movie also extend higher then they did in the first. Quite a dichotomy.

Lets start with the bad shall we? In the first one it was filled with campy/silly/teenage driven humor. Magnify that in this one to the point of annoyance. It seems they wanted this to be funny on a scale that young film goers would laugh at. Sure enough some of the annoying teenage Alpharettaites around me ate it up. It unfortunately left me going who wrote this script a 15 year old?

The parents in this movie are horrible they annoyed me to no end. The overall plot and dialogue of the movie were tough to handle. An hour into it there was not a ton of action and I was to the point where I thought I might be wasting my time seeing this movie and considered leaving. It was that painful.

There is one other portion of the movie that really grinded on me but I won’t talk about that because it would reveal some of that paper thin plot that I rather not spoil for those so inclined to see it. Lets just say after you see it I want to talk about the SR-71.

That was the bad portion of the movie. The good stems from two main focal points. The first being the action sequences followed closely by Megan Fox.

Oh my do they ever maximize Megan Fox’s sex appeal. There is a nice scene in the beginning with her bent over a motorcycle and then her undressing right in front of your eyes… let me assure you I’ve had dreams like this before and everything looks as good as it did in my dreams. Her other best part of the movie is towards the end when she is running through the desert in a spaghetti strap top with everything bouncing so wonderfully on the huge screen. I had no clue what was going on in the movie i just kept screaming “bounce out” in my head. She has some other wonderful moments and the camera finds her more often then not and that helps many of the campy parts of the movie.

The other worthy portions of the movie are the robot battle sequences. There are lot I mean A LOT of robots and they look AWESOME. When they tangle with each other it is pretty damn bad ass on the big screen. One of my favorite parts of the movie comes about an hour in right when i was about ready to leave all of a sudden Michael Bay comes through with a big battle. It is Optimus Prime against Megatron, Starscream, and a couple other decepticons in the woods to save the boys life. Prime throws down and starts kicking Decepticon ass. It looks awesome and was probably my favorite part of the movie.

The robot action is again thrown into full gear at the end similar to the last one with an all out battle that is pretty good as well.

At the end they try to have a Saving Private Ryan serious moment. The problem is if you fill your plot and dialogue with teenage humor when you use slow motion and have people crying I just don’t take you seriously. It does not resonate with me. You can’t try to be Old School all movie and then get serious in the last 30 minutes of the movie.

So here is the skinny expect the worst and you can still have fun with this movie. I think for fans of the first one it is still worth seeing. Definitely worth renting and if you are a movie goer I think you could go into it and just make yourself ready to enjoy the action (and Megan Fox).

It bothers me because they could have made a better film. It could have some humor in it, but been serious enough to grip you. Oh well I’m usually pretty critical on these types of movies. As much as I liked the last one this one let me down.

The much anticipated martian spoof “Mutant Swinger from Mars” is set to finally see the light of day this summer at San Diego’s Comic Con! This spoof has been written about and rumored its roots began back in the 97/98 time frame, and features a cameo by the White Stripes/ Raconteurs/ Dead Weather very own Jack White!

Reports are there will be a taped intro by Jack White at this year’s comic con for the movie.  It was a low budget production (around $22,000) and from this trailer looks like it could be a lot of fun to check out!

Many publications pride themselves on their end of the year or mid year best of list. I am into that, but let’s look at something far more dubious the title of best album cover of the year! So far i have three on my short list for my favorites:

Neko Case- Middle Cyclone

It is Neko Case looking awesome with a sword, on a muscle car… What else do you need to know?

Dinosaur Jr.- Farm

Crazy Ent looking creatures that look high walking around carrying naked chicks? Yes. This is Good!

Major Lazer- Guns Don’t Kill People Lazers Do

I know nothing about this group, but this album cover is the dark horse in the race. It literally came out of no where and has turned what i thought was a two horse race into a full out sprint between all three. I mean this is classic modern day art!

So any that i missed you think should be in the running? Which is your favorite?

Getting ready for work today, I popped on the local news channel to see what the weather had in store for today.  Leading up to the forecast, I kept hearing this tease about how much cooler it was going to be today, and this week in general.

“Sweet,” I thought to myself.  “It’s really been hot.  I could use a break in the weather a bit to enjoy the outside and perhaps get some over-due yard work done.”

Then, after all of my waiting, the trusty weather guy shows up in front of his green screen.  “It’s going to be significantly cooler today,” he says.  And then the graphic pops up: Today’s high: 95 degrees.

Picture courtasy of National Geographic Magazine

WTF?!?  Significantly cooler = 95 degrees.  Sure, it may have been pushing 100 over the weekend, but I don’t believe that from 100 to 95 qualifies as “significantly” cooler.  It’s still hot as crap.

Would you say it’s significantly warmer today if the temperature went from -15 degrees to -10 degrees?  No!  You’d say, “it’s still cold as shit out there!  Bundle up or die!”

So perhaps a 5 degree turn to a weather guy is “significant.”  And perhaps it can be, but what the hell are you thinking telling me it’s going to be significantly cooler today when the temperature is still 95 degrees?! 

I guess it all boils down to the fact that I just don’t think like a weather guy.

The King of Pop is dead.  Lets pay tribute to him here on ZombieChatter by featuring the very best Zombie Music Video ever created.

Best friends in stories often play the most pivotal roles. Unfortunately, they are often the unsung heroes, so today I wanted to take the time to recognize these individuals that have single handedly held together some of the greatest books, movies and T.V. shows. of all time.

5. Watson & Holmes (Sherlock Holmes Series)- I mean come on… where would Holmes be with out Watson. How many mysteries would not have been solved? How many times would Holmes not made it out of a situation alive? nuf’ said
4. Indiana Jones & Short Round (Temple of Doom) - Who could forget ever forget the famous line… “Hang on lady, we going for a ride?” Short Round is awesome in Temple of Doom. He is funny, a bad ass and ultimately saves the day when he snaps Indiana out of his evil trance with a torch. I always have to fight a tear off in this scene when Short Round says, “Indie your my best friend.”
3. Chuck & Morgan (T.V. Show Chuck) - Morgan is Chuck’s rock. He is not the smartest or the best looking or the toughest guy, but he has heart. He is the perfect genuine loyal friend for Chuck in a world of deceit, spies and guns. My favorite Morgan moment is when he accidentally turns in his boss/Mom’s boyfriend to a bad situation and one of the funniest Godfather omage ensues… good stuff.
2. Old Yeller and Friend (Old Yeller)- They don’t call em’ man’s best friend for nothing. I had to include a dog in this list and what better dog than the original classic. Old Yeller was every boy’s dream dog growing up. He saves you from danger, he’s fun and always has the “crazy happy” love for his owner.
1. Sam and Frodo (Lord of the Rings) - Well being one of the greatest epics of all time I had to save the best for last. No character in the history of stories got crapped on as much by a friend that Sam. You have to give Frodo a break due to the whole evil ring deal, but still Sam put up with a lot. Sam is the #1 best friend due to this and the fact that he carried the fate of the world on his shoulders, literally, to save the day (which is the most memorable part of the series for me). Sam also gets extra credit for being a little guy.

This is for my Red Lobster fans….who likes cheese biscuits!!!

First to Worst to First!

Talk about bringing it! I unfortunately was not there last night so I have no details of the utter domination that team Snapple Caps unleashed on the world of Trivia, but talk about regaining our dignity and striking fear into our opponents! I’m sure they’ll be quivering when we show up next week!

Nice work & congrats!