The rockn' keeps on coming. Similar to the 80's Encore that was released way back in the Guitar Hero 2 era, the Aerosmith edition takes the body of Guitar Hero 3 and gives it a new skin and setlist. Is this a bad thing? Half and half. While I would have never said I was an Aerosmith fan before, I can now say I have a fair respect for their music. But that's the great thing about these games, you get to hear music you probably never would under normal circumstances, or at least my circumstances. You get what you would expect. Great songs, decent multiplayer, and a les paul if you buy the pack. Not too bad, but...
This is just a skin of Guitar Hero 3. Don't expect to see anything new gameplay wise like you will in World Tour later this year. Also..since this is the Aerosmith edition, the majority of the songs do come from that band with some light others (Stone Temple Pilots..<3 style="font-style: italic;"> This post is in loving memory to my old x-plorer guitar that was broken during a game of Rock Band..damn you Metallica..u.u
Oh Hancock, what a great movie you could have been. Your star actor Will Smith is always so charismatic in every movie he's been in and we know he can do action movies. Bad Boys 1 and 2, I Am Legend, I Robot? All great action movies (alright I Am Legend was at least half decent..), so we know it isn't your fault. How about your co-star? Jason Batemon? No of course it's not your fault, you know how to play the straight man, just look at Arrested Development (a favorite show of mine.) Who could have possibly made a great idea like Hancock into such a disappointment? The female role played by Charlize Theron! You ruined this perfectly good summer blockbuster with your sappy drama!..Oh God! How could you?!
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Alright alright, obviously it wasn't her fault. She was just filling the female role, and for most of the scenes she was in she did a very good job. But of course this was all in the first half of the movie. The first half of this movie is exactly what you would expect from what the trailers (up to a week before they showed the new ones) were showing. I didn't even mind getting lied to in the movie. In the trailer you see a great scene where Hancock tosses a beached whale back into the ocean. A noble act..had it not hit a boat on it's way there. Now I thought this scene was going to be one out of many of Will Smith's antics as the once drunk superhero. But no, it's not. Instead the director Peter Berg (who made The Kingdom..a pretty good movie) decided that he would reveal these antics to Hollywood's new best friend...Youtube. God how I'm sick of Youtube or Myspace or Facebook or whatever showing up in movies. Har har. I get it. You know what idiots are into these days. Get over yourself and show me some good actions scenes.
Other than that little complaint the movie up until Hancock shows up as a sober superhero is just awesome. Everyone is doing their job great. That is..until the plot twist. Yes, the little twist that took Hancock and turned it into another wannabe movie. The audience finds out that Jason's movie wife Charlize has the same powers (if not greater) than Hancock. The movie's reason for this? Well you see, they were both Angels created long ago with many others, built in pairs to be complete soul mates. But you see, it isn't such a happy situation as it would sound. Because when the two are together they are no more powerful than any mere mortal. Leading to problems with people in society and after one such incident, Hancock was left half dead in Florida with the storytellers best friend, amnesia. The only way for Mary Embry (Charlize Theron)to save her destined love was to go as far away from him as possible. Maybe it wouldn't have been as bad in another movie, but this wasn't what I expected out of Hancock. The finale, for instance, isn't this big extravaganza that every other superhero movie has had already this summer. It's instead a weak showdown with the main villain (I guess..) of the movie, Red Parker (Eddie Marsan), who is just a normal bank robber that Hancock foils after he becomes sober(and he also takes his hand in a hilarious scene.)
This is probably the worst sin this movie could have pulled. Not having a main villain that is worthy of the superhero you're rooting for. Where is my Obadiah Stane from Iron Man? Where is my Abomination from The Incredible Hulk? Where is my Joker from Batman?!..
Sidd: "Where is my Lex Luther?!"
Sigh..this is sadly just half a movie and I can really say I only half enjoyed it.
Rating: 2/5 Pros: Great lead actor, some good action scenes, funny if anything else. Cons: The entire second half of the movie. Lack of super villain.
“Tomorrow, the day after today, what is in store for me, who will I interact with, what is going to happen, when will the event go for, how will it affect my life in the long run, where will it take me? The answer is simple, it’s the same as what I did yesturday and the day before that. What is the point of living a re-run for the next fifty years until death. Doesn’t anybody trapped in this cycle wish to be just a little…different? You go by, day by day, wishing for a change, an escape from this normal bullshit of a life.” ~ Sidd
Wanted, a film directed by Timur Bekmambetov. The story about a normal average grown up sucker by the name of Wesley Gibson who is played by James McAvoy.He has all the bad things pouring down on him due to his incapability to fight for himself. His job is frustrating to the edge of his insanity because of his boss, Janice. His beautiful girlfriend uses him to live in his apartment while his best friend has sex with her. The life of a true sucker, being pushed around and taken advantage of by anybody.
However, there is always a chance for every sucker to take a stand and do something for once. Wesley was given an opportunity to get control of his life back, but in a very dangerous way to which reveals his father’s identity as a great assassin that has ever lived. His father was in an organization of assassins, The Fraternity, the weapons of fate.
Wesley was picking up his medication as usual to notice a man lurking near the end cap of an aisle. He looks as the man clears himself from view, and pops out the lovely assassin, Fox, who is played by Angelina Jolie, reveals how his father died, who he was, and who killed him. Wesley smiled and took it as a joke and then directed her to where the liquor was.
Fox continued to explain the situation and announced that the man that killed Wesley’s father was right behind him, she pushes Wesley to aim and fire a gun at Cross, the villain of the story, who is played by Thomas Kretschmann.
And so after the incident at the store, he is taken to the Textile Factory, the hideout for The Fraternity, where he was told he has super natural abilities and is born to be a true assassin like his father, they also mentioned everything his father owned is now his. Wesley was afraid of what he was being told; he threatens everybody to stay away from him and to leave him alone. The next morning he wakes up to think everything was a dream, but ends up dropping a gun that belonged to his father. He checks his balance at the bank to reveal 3 million dollars.
At work he acts like a changed man. For once he feels he is in control. He snaps at Janice and tell her to go fuck herself and takes a keyboard and smacks his best friend in the face. Walks out the door and sees wanted ads of him and Fox. He looks up to see Fox waiting for him and he gets into the car and drive off back to the Textile Factory.
The story continues from there, don’t want to spoil the surprises in the film, its worth watching, not for children however, mature audience only. The reason for that is because some people may feel offended by the ending, but the message clearly states your status of where and who you are as a person. I personally thought it was hilarious. All in all, 5 of 5 stars. Action, Story, Suspense, Twists, Great Acting, and most of all, a message to the audience to make us think after the movie.
