Fedora wearing Biggins reviews The Time travlers wife

If you wait around long enough you'll see me disappear. let me start by saying I was forced to read this for my English lit class an would have otherwise never even thought of reading it. Now I've always loved the idea of an unwilling time traveler disappearing into the past or future and having to adapt to the situation at hand. This book provided me with the "chrono-displaced" traveler I had wanted however it also brought his wife. Now I am aware the book was called The time travelers wife and I knew before reading it that it was a romance. I had seen trailers for the film and so I knew the general jist but was not excited in any way about reading it.

As I have already said I loved the concept and as I read I really enjoyed the way the book was set out. It was not set out in your typical linear way, it jumped backwards and forwards through time sometimes with Henry sometimes to simply shed some light on what was happening by going back to hear a anecdote from Clare. The book switches between Henry and Clare as the narrator but is always in first person, occasionally you get the same extract twice from their respective views. The book in theory was very good (although I did want the first time Henry met Clare in the past.) My problem is with Clare as a character as i found her boring and repetitive as everything you need to know about her is in th prologue at the beginning of the book.

The book is riddled with subtle symbolism and Henry's character development is really quite impressive as well as interesting to read. The book at the start was fun and carefree but when it reached the half way mark it quickly became dark and really rather depressing which while made the book better was a bit of a downer im not really sure it even had a happy ending although it definitely was meant to have one. The ending was the most depressing thing I have ever seen, read or watched. purely because of the books layout and the whole concept of an unwilling time travler this book manages to get a 2 out of 5.

Fedora Wearing Biggins reviews Watchmen

Who watches the Watchmen? For the supposed "greatest superhero movie of all time" I was rather disappointed. The fights were kick ass and paid great attention to the little blocks and punches which most superhero films replace with punches through walls and breathtaking super powers. While I thought the fight scenes were great, they were also short and far too spread out. The plot while interesting was in no way original and took longer than necessary to explain.

The film featured many weird heroes two of which being Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) and Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson) who if combined would make an exact replica of Batman. Nite owl had the Batman type suit, gadgets and such and Rorschach had Batman's voice and detective skills. The two characters were interesting although Nite Owl frequently got on my nerves with his goody two shoes act but with out the backbone to back it up. Rorschach's gruff demeanor and especially his mask made him all that more interesting, the way he spoke made every thing he said seem ten times more important and vital. I also liked the Silk specter (Carla Gugino) as well as her predecessor the silk specter 2 (Malin Akerman) was an interesting comparison on the previous and current teams, it showed how the old team (the minutemen) had slowly been cut down in there prime. This was later shown with the current watchmen. I disliked Ozymandias (Matthew Goode) as I felt he was incredibly stuck up and close minded. Now we get to DR. Manhattan (the big blue naked guy played by Billy Crudup) I enjoyed his story line and watching him become slowly more and more detached from his humanity. The Comedian (Jeffery Dean Morgan) was one of those characters that you laugh at even though he is clearly completely insane and twisted.

The film was long, had three sex scenes starring Silk Specter 2, one attempted rape of the original Silk Specter, about eight decent fight scenes and a gazillion flash backs. It had an incredibly fluid plot and its flash backs which in some films are awkward and badly executed was preformed expertly and were my favorite parts of the film (not including the opening credits.) Also I enjoyed the soundtrack from the film which had some of my favorite songs in it such as "the times they are a' changing" and "hallelujah." The music fitted the story and the mood of the film perfectly. This film was not the greatest superhero movie of all time while I did like the idea of a alternate Earth where the U.S.A won the Vietnam war and Nixon got elected for a third term however films such as The Dark Knight and Ironman are closer to being the greatest superhero films of all time. Not because they are my favorites(I prefer Superman films and Blade) but the two that are truest to the comics. Watchmen was a good film but it wasn't perfect I give it a 3 out of 5 because it occasionally got a bit boring due to lack of action.

Fedora wearing Biggins review's Zombieland

Rule 32: enjoy the little things. Zombie land was fun, violent and freaking hilarious. Starring woody Harrelson as the kick-ass zombie slaying joker, who is funny all the way through the film but towards the end he does gain some emotional depth and his twinke addiction will have you in hysterics. Jesse Isenberg plays the average shy teenager with no social life to speak of until the zombie apocalypse that is. With his rather predictable love interest being played by the talented not to mention gorgeous Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin comes along for the ride too.

I love zombie movies theres something very compelling about the idea of zombies taking over the world and man kind having to fight to win the earth back. This film was a perfect zombie comedy. It centers around the four main cast trying to get to a theme park in LA and while that seems like a crazy idea (which it is) the journey to get there is to put it lightly epic! It was a somewhat predictable film it was a interesting film with an amazing opening title sequence. The music suited the theme of the film just fine but it was nothing that noticeable.

The film also has a surprise non zombie guest pop up half way through ( i won't ruin it for you though don't worry) providing hilarious results. The film is also filled with funny flash-backs my favorite being Columbus's (Jesse Isenberg) one. While this film isn't quite up to the standards of Shaun of the dead it is a great thrill ride comedy with many cool zombie killing methods that just make you laugh purely because they are so unexpected. A must see film 4/5.

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