ackio

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"A Wannabe Elitest"

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Personal statement: I will not conform to the masses. Unless it involves money or my novel. I am completely addicted to Spout. It has ruined my sleeping schedual. I stay up till 4 or 5 in the morning every night because of this amazing creation. I am a huge movie buff. I just recently got back into my old movie craze. I have gone two years not spending much time in theaters or Holywood video. Now i am making up for the lost time. I am a Creative Writing Major. I enjoy learning and attempting to watch movies through multiple lenses. If you are intellegent and enjoy movies for more then just the cool action sequences, hot women, and watching things blow up, then i want to be your friend. Especially if you can teach me anything about film. I wrote a novel. You can buy it. I will sign the copy of it for free. I am that nice of a guy =)

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Interested in:Action, Adventure, Avant-garde / Experimental, Comedy, Comedy Drama, Crime, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Historical Film, History, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Science & Technology, Sports & Recreation, Theater, Travel, Visual Arts, War

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Vantage Point
By ackio in Final Cut
"As i discuss in my review of this movie, the ending is just plain rediculous. When the main antagonist swerves to miss the little girl while he is fleeing with the president, not only makes no sense from his characters viewpoint, but totally erases everything the movie created before that when it comes to character development and realism. For cryng out loud, he just killed hundreds of people in bombs and assasinations. Does he really care that much about one little girl? Hell no. Why does Americanize Hollywood think these horrible inconsitincies will go un-noticed. Agree? Disagree? " [More]

Vantage Point

Vantage Point Fails to Deliver
By ackio in ackio Blog
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"Vantage Point starts with a bang and delivers fairly through the first half of its running. However, after the initial cool factor wears off of the different view points from the same story, you are left with a lackluster thriller that fails to make any type of impact with its audience. I have some key concerns with the story arc of the movie, and although I applaud the plot device used for progressing the twists and turns any thriller delivers, it doesn't make up for the bland and flawed narrative. Let me argue for one second from the believability standpoint of the movies climax. Warning: this borders on potential spoilers, so if you have not watched this, you may not want to read any farther. If I am a villain who is a known assassin/terrorist, and through this narrative I am willing to kill 1,000’s of innocent lives to accomplish my goals, there is no damn way I am going to swerve out of the way of one stupid little girl who wanders onto the road, especially when I ha ... " [More]

The Brothers Solomon

One Half Hillarity One Half Lame
By ackio in ackio Blog
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"Here's the thing with The Brothers Solomon, when the humor is on, its hits a perfect bullseye. The problem is, when its off it totally misses the target all together. I found myself laughing hysterically or asking how certian scenes made it through the editing process. Thats the problem because its equally split in half between the two very far ends of this spectrem. Will Forte and Will Arnett remind me of a new aged version of Dumb and Dumber, but just can't quite live up to the precident set by Carey and Daniels. Its definitly worth a watch however, especially now that its out on DVD for rental. " [More]

Cloverfield

Reinvention of the mecha-monster!
By ackio in ackio Blog
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"Cloverfield was an intense thrill ride that manages to stay fresh throughout its entirety. I do have some personal problems with the overall story arc revolving the ending. I can’t help but to feel this type of ending is becoming rapidly clichéd, and on a personal level I’m getting tired of it. I don’t want to tread too far into spoiler alert, so we can leave it at that. Despite this notion, I still think the movie itself is a must see. The first person experience with the handheld camera works wonders with building up the intensity and overall gritty feel of the atmosphere that helps the movie suck you as a viewer in. I honestly felt as if I was there running through the streets of New York with a giant monster roaming about after me. It was definitely a unique experience that was handled with perfection. I really feel this movie took the tried and true monster movie formula and reinvented it. Kudos! " [More]

No Country for Old Men

No Country for Bad Endings.
By ackio in ackio Blog
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"No Country for Old Men is one of those movies I tell my friends that you’ll either love or hate. To be honest, I’m not sure how to go about writing this review. As a writer -and an avid movie watcher- I like movies/stories that take different routes, and aren’t afraid to take the road less traveled. I usually scream with joy when I see something unravel in front of my eyes that seem fresh and new. No Country for Old Men uses this technique when it comes to the overall story arc. The problem is, as a viewer who paid money to watch it, I feel cheated. Hell, I was damn right angry. Let me digress and explain, (I wont go into any details that will ruin the story for those who have not watched it {I hate spoilers}) but lets say you pay your hard earned money to follow a story arc about two people, and for some reason the story takes a sudden jerk from the conventional path (something normally I would praise, as conventional anything is just another phrase for s ... " [More]

Running Scared

Action Flick on Crack
By ackio in ackio Blog
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"Paul Walker? Seriously? Personally this guy is not one of my favorite actors. At least he wasn't until I saw him star in this action pact blood soaked thrill ride that is "Running Scared". I felt that same with Josh Hartnett before Lucky Number Slevin. I love it when these pretty boy actors get raw and dirty and prove their worth by breaking their cast-types, kudos for them. Now back to the movie. "Running Scared" has probably the most intense opening sequence I've seen in a movie ever. Unfortunately it draws itself thin at times, but this is minor and only slightly takes away from the over all experience. The movie follows Walker's character around as he tries to hunt down a gun that was used to knock off a few dirty cops. The catch is that it's tied to his son's best friend who has been abused and on the run. Find the kid and supposedly find the gun, this is the movies driving force in a nut shell. The story branches off from Walker to the ... " [More]

Grandma's Boy

A perfect no brainer comedy.
By ackio in ackio Blog
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"Maybe its because I am too a video game fanatic, or maybe its just the pure enjoyment I get from watching Allen Covert and Nick Swardson play their respected roles with perfection, but I can't help but to walk away from this movie every time with a huge smile across my face. Mark my words, its been a far too long a wait for Allen Covert to get his chance to step out of Sandler's shadow, and Swardson in my opinion has the talent to be the next Will Ferrell. Every scene Swardson is in is hilarious, its unfortunate to me that when Covert does finally get his chance Swardson steals the spotlight. Let's not forget another one of my favorite up and coming actors, Jonah Hill. Grandma's Boy is ripe with future talented actors and I can't wait to see where they go next. I hope Covert pulls a Sandler and at least keeps these two guys in with some form of cameo for his next flick. Now that I'm done boasting about the actors let me get to the goods. Grandma's Boy is ... " [More]

Stranger Than Fiction

Brilliant!
By ackio in ackio Blog
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"Stranger Then Fiction is a fabulous tale that is a must see for anyone who claims to have movie integrity. Will Ferrell shines with his role, proving he is much more then just a few hefty laughs, although I'm sure you will let out a chuckle here and there as well. I'm not much of a fan of writing synopsis' while I'm writing a movie critique, so I wont go into the plot details, I will say that I loved the meta-fictional technique used to pull this story along. It is witty, funny, dramatic, and inspiring, a perfect example of dramedy. The characters are flawlessly sketched out and I would find it hard to believe if you didn’t at least somewhat become emotionally attached to Ferrell's character. As a writer myself I can see a side of this movie that I'm sure the majority of its viewers did not. Often times when writing, especially longer narratives, the peoples and lives you create are not merely fictional, as they truly do seem to become "alive" ... " [More]

Doom

Surprisingly much more then a m ...
By ackio in ackio Blog
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"Let me start by saying I have only played a little of the doom franchise, most notably Doom 3. So writing this review I won't be heavily relating it towards the games, as I don't know that much about them to compare. I will say that I heard a lot of negative feedback about this flick and that I don't feel like it's getting the recognition it deserves. I also feel that once a game franchise is made into movies it more often then not carries with it an unfair disadvantage. Let me start by saying Doom is much more then just a sci-fi action flick, it touches on so many well rounded themes that really get over shadowed by the fact it is a "video game movie, staring a former pro wrestler". If you look into the story arc you will find a plethora of deep and intriguing elements. One of the most dominant themes in the story follows the concept of mans endless need for technology and science, which ultimately in this movie unlocks a hellish nightmare. There's a ... " [More]

Scotland, PA

Bland
By ackio in ackio Blog
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"Scotland, PA is a dull and uneventful rendition of Shakespeare's Mc Beth. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for new versions of such great tragedies like Mc Beth, but I really feel the whole "fast food restaurant" version was, in lack of a better word, lame. Seriously, I understand this was meant to be a dark comedy, but I found it boring and trite. I will give credit to Christopher Walken who lit up every scene he was in. I've seen much better versions of old classics done, if you want to see how this type of retelling should be done go rent "Brother Where Out Thou" an awesome remake of the epic tale known as Odysseus. " [More]

Smokin' Aces

Amazing
By ackio in ackio Blog
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"Everyonce in a great while comes a shining gem that reinvents itself in a genre. Smokin' Ace's is just that. This movie has everything, and i mean everything, epic soundtrack, awesome characters, brutal action, intense story, and a fantastic climax. I won't get too much deeper into this flick because i don't want to spoil anything. Must watch! " [More]

Eragon

Had Potential...
By ackio in ackio Blog
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"I've heard rampant rumors that Eragon is nothing more then Star Wars set with dragons. I'll be honest I have seen every Star Wars movie and thought little about them. Yes I said it, stone me if you must. I only bring this up to prove a point, I don't know every similarity between the two movies because I just don't care enough about Star Wars to sit there and pick apart its mythos. Also, if you sit there and tell me Eragon is nothing more then Star Wars I will just turn around and tell you to give me one day and I will find twenty different myths that Star Wars was derived from. It doesn't bother me to say "this movie was a lot like this movie but only different in said ways" because ultimately that’s the only thing we can produce. Don't believe me? Run down to your local library and look up Joseph Campbell's "A Hero With a Thousand Faces". Now granted I'm not saying originality is dead, because we can use these mythos as bl ... " [More]