Gurren-hen

Firstly, I apologize for the sudden change in font; I had some random spacing issues that caused this font the change all over the place, and I ended up standardizing with this style. Anyway, I once explained the film I'm about to review with the following analogy: "Gurren-hen is to Gurren Lagann as Rebuild of Evangelion is to Neon Genesis Evangelion." It turns out I was a little bit wrong about that. You see, Gurren-hen in itself is defeated. Like Rebuild of Evangelion, Gurren-hen is meant to be an abridged retelling of a portion of the anime in a movie format. While Gurren-hen is this, it also isn't. It's kind of confusing, almost comparable to double-think or your basic contradiction.


In a much earlier post, I reviewed the first half of Gurren Lagann, a recent anime series about mechs, fighting spirit, and spirals. This blog post conveniently fits in between that and my review of the second half of the anime, because Gurren-hen, also known as Childhood's End, is an abridged version of the first half of the anime. However, that's almost too strong of a definition of Gurren-hen, because that's exactly what  most of the movie is: an abridged version, to a very, very, very high degree.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

This post was going to be about Lolkick Sims, but then my mood changed. So I thought, "Hey, Pirates 4 was AH-MAY-ZAH, so I'll review this instead." Yeah, seriously.

You could say that was a kind of thesis statement; the movie was certainly amazing. Going into the theater to see the movie, I wondered how the movie would be able to compare with its predecessor, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. I thought that movie was also AH-MAY-ZAH. I remember the epic battle at the end of it, the way the plot tied everything together, and the way that the fates of Will Turner, his father, Davy Jones, and Jack Sparrow all intermingled into a beautiful web.

I can easily say that On Stranger Tides lived up to the greatness of At World's End... but perhaps just that much.

68th Golden Globe Award Picks

Ah, the Golden Globes are here again. Just under the Academy Oscars are the Golden Globes, rewarding the best acts, programs, actors, actresses, and films of modern day television and film. Over twenty golden, foot-tall trophies of a golden sphere held up by a man of gold shall be received tonight by the peak of talent... right? Well, not for sure. The Golden Globes cannot please everyone, since not everyone wants the same nominees to claim the gold. So here, I'll show who I want to win the gold, the Globes, and the glory!

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Imagine a world in which you are not limited by normal natural environments. A world in which animals can talk, and you can come and go freely to enjoy or do battle. Throw in an iffy plot and some fantastic casting and you've got the Narnia film series. Many years ago, I delighted in seeing The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, an entertaining film that started all of these shenanigans. I skipped Prince Caspian due to not having ever gotten around to the theater to view it. Boo, having stuff to do other than watch movies and blog their reviews!

Anyway, I'm also a faithful reader of many series; Harry Potter, Pendragon, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and many more. However, a book series I am totally unfamiliar with is in fact The Chronicles of Narnia. In fact, I've had all seven books, but just never read them as a young'in. I'm sure that having read the novel incarnation of this story would have affected my stance on what made the movie successful and what didn't, but I'll let you be the judge of that, faithful readers of the Narnian world.