taken and friday the 13th...

well i should have gotten these up sooner but as always time is a precious commodity around here nowadays.

taken - 8/10 snaps - except for some idiotic moves on the american teenagers' parts [apparently they are that dumb] the film was riveting. lots of action. very worthwhile. liam neeson put in a stellar performance. i also appreciated that they took a good bit of time to set things up rather than just jumping right into the fray. go see it if you get the chance and enjoy a lot of action. a definite rental if it has already left your area.

friday the 13th - 3.5/10 snaps - booooo. i don't even know if this is rent worthy unless you're a huge jason voorhees fan and to tell you the truth i'm not sure that's enough. the film was disappointing to say the least. spoilers ahead, ye have been warned. let me start at the beginning...we see 5 teenagerish scalliwags with camping gear near camp crystal lake. they are there why? any guesses? yeah, to find some supposed stash of marijuana growing in the woods...does this sound completely idiotic to anyone else? i was happy when they died. do they make movies anymore where you're empathetic towards the characters at some point? there's some nudity and i think two sex scenes if i remember correctly. the only saving grace in the film was aaron yoo's role which as normal was pretty freaking hilarious. i was sad to see him and arlen escarpeta bite the dust because they were the only characters worth watching. the preview also shows how many people are murdered so once you hit that quota the mystery is kinda gone as to what's going to happen in the end.

eh enough about the crappy film. in other news i've caught up on naruto. i was thoroughly surprised to see they killed off asuma as he was somewhat a main character and not quite old enough to die yet plus his wife is pregnant. other than that the series has been pretty entertaining as of late. glad to see two more members of akatsuki killed although i think we'll end up seeing the immortal sadist again; hence the word immortal. it was also nice to see another jinchuuriki but she wasn't in the series long enough to get any kind of grip on how powerful other jinchuuriki may be.

i'll post later about research and life in general. i'm running late for my grant writing class!

have a most excellent day!

enjoy the silence...