Updating

I have finished a couple of writing projects. These are stories that are near and dear to me. I am looking into getting them published. As soon as that happens, I will let everyone know. I have a few projects that I'm starting up very soon. That is it for now. I will try to be more long winded next time.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is the fourth installment of the franchise starring Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. The story this time centered around finding the Fountain of Youth.  The government for both England and Spain are competing to find it first. As Jack gets entangled into the search, he runs into every side hunting that spot down. There is Angelica(Penelope Cruz), his former love that he spurred before. His old rival Barbossa(Geoffrey Rush) is now working for the British government and helping them lead their search. Jack has a run in with Blackbeard(Ian McShane),whose looking for the fountain to avoid a prophesied death. Mixed in with all of this is a subplot about mermaids that could scare some children at first. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is a fun addition to the Pirates franchise. Johnny Depp is awesome in it as usually and the rest of the cast is great too. The movie is directed by Rob Marshall(Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Nine) and it is the first Pirates film under his helm. While the movie does miss Gore Verbinski(director of the first three Pirates movies), Marshall does well most of the time of not letting us know the difference. It's not better than the first but it is less bogged down than the second and third film. Please advise, just like the first three, to stay after the credits roll.

Review-Rio

Rio is an animated movie about two birds that are brought together to save their species. Blu(voiced by Jesse Eisenberg) is a sheltered bird who lives with his owner Linda(voice by Leslie Mann). Linda is told that there is another like Blu but they are the last of their kind. To have the birds mate, Linda and Blu must go to Rio with bird expert Tulio(voiced by Rodrigo Santoro). It is in Rio where you meet Jewel(voice by Anne Hathaway), the bird Blu is suppose to meet up with. She is a little more street smart than he is. Before they can give comfortable with one another, they are kidnapped and force to escape to save themselves. That is when the fun begins. Rio is fun, sweet and charming movie that people of any age can enjoy.It is a good fish out of water story and has a romantic element to as well. It reminds me of The Little Mermaid in parts of the movie. With actor/musicians Jamie Foxx, will.i.am and Jemaine Clement(from Flight of the Conchords) providing voices, the music for the movie is great and will have you dancing in your seats.

The convenience has ruined the experience

I have always enjoyed the experience of going to the movies. It was like being transported to another world for a short period of time. As the years have gone by, technology has wanted to emulate that movie theater experience at home. If you have the right amount of money, you never have to leave your home to see a movie unless you really want to. I salute the person/family that has that ability. The problem is that people have lost the ability to enjoy a movie without feeling like they are at home. Before the movie starts, it tells you to remain quiet during the movie and turn your cell phones off. Those warnings seem to fall upon deaf ears.  I'm not saying that people did not act stupid in the theater before. It's a little more noticeable and blatant. A group of people act more like they are having a  party for a sporting event than watching a movie. People yelling at the screen like it was no else around(more than the occasional "Girl, DON'T go in there" in a horror movie) is ridiculous. There is a moment in the movie Thor where a character says "This is madness". Some already know what happens next. There was the group of guys that screams "THIS IS SPARTA"(thank you, Zack Snyder for forever tainting that phrase). If I want Mystery Science Theater 3000, I'll watch it at home. Nowhere on the sign did it say Now Playing Thor(Rocky Horror Picture Show style). Viewing stuff at home never meant being rude to others. There are some people that just do not know when to STFU(in case the kids are reading too). Fifteen minutes after the movie Paul started, this couple kept talking like there was no movie playing. These are moments where you wish there was tasers built into the seats. That would not have helped in my last example. In the middle of the same movie, a baby starts to cry over and over again. That would be understandable in a movie that's geared towards kids. This was a R rated movie at 10:30pm on a Sunday. No matter how much the audience screamed to take baby out, that parent refused to. Has the convenience of home entertainment ruined the movie going experience or is it just people losing the ability to know how to act in public? I don't know but I hope it gets better before it gets worse.