Movies watched
Okay, so I actually made progress on watching movies this week! I watched three movies, all of which I'd been meaning to watch for a long time.
Queen of the Damned - Yes, I finally got around to watching this one. M-Go had sent an e-mail, informing customers that there was a $5 credit in their account. A few hours later, they sent another e-mail, saying that the previous message was sent in error, and was only intended for a small group of customers. A few more hours later, they sent another e-mail, offering a complimentary rental to make up for the error. At least they owned up to their mistake. So Queen of the Damned was the movie I rented with it.
Anyway, the movie was...interesting. I couldn't imagine anyone else other than Tom Cruise playing Lestat, but Stuart Townsend's performance was pretty good. But then again, he was in a totally different setting, thriving on being a rock star. I couldn't imagine Tom Cruise doing that. And then there was Aaliyah, playing the queen of the vampires herself. She had her sensual movements, all while setting vampires on fire with just a wave of her hand. And it was interesting to see the music from the soundtrack played in the film. Yeah, I liked that a lot. Of course, you can easily tell that it was Jonathan Davis from Korn doing the singing and not Stuart Townsend, with Lestat was supposed to be the one singing. It's a shame Jonathan Davis couldn't do the singing on the soundtrack album, though. But I enjoy it regardless. That perfect, creepy music... /chinhands
Hellbinders - I initially rented this one because it stars Johnny Yong Bosch. This was the first time I'd seen him in a live action role since his Power Ranger days. What I didn't know was that the movie also stars Dan Southworth, who played the Quantum Ranger in Power Rangers Time Force. Anyway, Bosch played an assassin named Ryu, fighting people who were possessed by demons. Southworth plays Tetsuro, a swordfighter who was possessed by said demon. Two other heroes joining Ryu in the battle were named Max and Cain, all with completely different backgrounds and abilities. Ryu was skilled with a katana, Max had the guns, and Cain fought with bare fists. What made the battle difficult was that whenever they killed people who were possessed, the demonic souls would just fly out of their bodies and find new hosts. Max, Cain, and Ryu were immune to possession for different reasons. Max was immune because he had died once before and thus had no soul. I don't think they explained how he came back to life. I can't remember why the other two were immune either. There were a lot of WTF moments, but I won't spoil them. The heroes managed to stop the ritual that would open the gates of hell, but Tetsuro never showed for that battle, so he still remains at large. Ryu still has unfinished business with him. Which means there definitely needs to be a sequel. I don't see it happening, though...
The Dragon Warrior - I spotted this one in Walmart and immediately had to have it because it stars Jason David Frank! He stars as a character who is only known as "The One Warrior," destined to battle the evil warlord Shoutaka. He was traveling with just one man named Brutus. There were fight scenes around every turn, where he battled flying swords, a giant, six samurais, cave dwellers, wizards, ghosts, etc. You can definitely tell that the movie was loosely based on a variety of videos games, lol. One thing I was curious about was, since the movie was in a fantasy setting, how it would affect JDF's fight scenes. I mean, I wouldn't think that karate would be a thing in that type of setting, so I wasn't counting on him using his awesome martial arts moves and stuff. Then again, there were samurai's in the movie, so karate could have been a thing after all. Still, JDF's karate moves were kept to a minimum, and of course, there were none of his karate yells that we've heard throughout the years as a Power Ranger. And the ending left me with, "What kind of ending was that!?" But again, I won't spoil it.
While I'm on a Power Rangers roll, I should mention this. Some time ago, I saw a video on youtube where ALL of the Power Rangers, past and present, teamed up to fight this huge alien invasion. This isn't the same exact video, but this one is similar, I think. The one I saw before was all Japanese, so I'm betting this clip was from Japanese footage as well. Well, I'm hearing that the final episode of Power Rangers Super Megaforce will have a huge Ranger team-up like this. According to the Wiki, it won't exactly have all the previous Rangers, but two or three from each of the previous teams. This is something I'll definitely want to see. XD
Queen of the Damned - Yes, I finally got around to watching this one. M-Go had sent an e-mail, informing customers that there was a $5 credit in their account. A few hours later, they sent another e-mail, saying that the previous message was sent in error, and was only intended for a small group of customers. A few more hours later, they sent another e-mail, offering a complimentary rental to make up for the error. At least they owned up to their mistake. So Queen of the Damned was the movie I rented with it.
Anyway, the movie was...interesting. I couldn't imagine anyone else other than Tom Cruise playing Lestat, but Stuart Townsend's performance was pretty good. But then again, he was in a totally different setting, thriving on being a rock star. I couldn't imagine Tom Cruise doing that. And then there was Aaliyah, playing the queen of the vampires herself. She had her sensual movements, all while setting vampires on fire with just a wave of her hand. And it was interesting to see the music from the soundtrack played in the film. Yeah, I liked that a lot. Of course, you can easily tell that it was Jonathan Davis from Korn doing the singing and not Stuart Townsend, with Lestat was supposed to be the one singing. It's a shame Jonathan Davis couldn't do the singing on the soundtrack album, though. But I enjoy it regardless. That perfect, creepy music... /chinhands
Hellbinders - I initially rented this one because it stars Johnny Yong Bosch. This was the first time I'd seen him in a live action role since his Power Ranger days. What I didn't know was that the movie also stars Dan Southworth, who played the Quantum Ranger in Power Rangers Time Force. Anyway, Bosch played an assassin named Ryu, fighting people who were possessed by demons. Southworth plays Tetsuro, a swordfighter who was possessed by said demon. Two other heroes joining Ryu in the battle were named Max and Cain, all with completely different backgrounds and abilities. Ryu was skilled with a katana, Max had the guns, and Cain fought with bare fists. What made the battle difficult was that whenever they killed people who were possessed, the demonic souls would just fly out of their bodies and find new hosts. Max, Cain, and Ryu were immune to possession for different reasons. Max was immune because he had died once before and thus had no soul. I don't think they explained how he came back to life. I can't remember why the other two were immune either. There were a lot of WTF moments, but I won't spoil them. The heroes managed to stop the ritual that would open the gates of hell, but Tetsuro never showed for that battle, so he still remains at large. Ryu still has unfinished business with him. Which means there definitely needs to be a sequel. I don't see it happening, though...
The Dragon Warrior - I spotted this one in Walmart and immediately had to have it because it stars Jason David Frank! He stars as a character who is only known as "The One Warrior," destined to battle the evil warlord Shoutaka. He was traveling with just one man named Brutus. There were fight scenes around every turn, where he battled flying swords, a giant, six samurais, cave dwellers, wizards, ghosts, etc. You can definitely tell that the movie was loosely based on a variety of videos games, lol. One thing I was curious about was, since the movie was in a fantasy setting, how it would affect JDF's fight scenes. I mean, I wouldn't think that karate would be a thing in that type of setting, so I wasn't counting on him using his awesome martial arts moves and stuff. Then again, there were samurai's in the movie, so karate could have been a thing after all. Still, JDF's karate moves were kept to a minimum, and of course, there were none of his karate yells that we've heard throughout the years as a Power Ranger. And the ending left me with, "What kind of ending was that!?" But again, I won't spoil it.
While I'm on a Power Rangers roll, I should mention this. Some time ago, I saw a video on youtube where ALL of the Power Rangers, past and present, teamed up to fight this huge alien invasion. This isn't the same exact video, but this one is similar, I think. The one I saw before was all Japanese, so I'm betting this clip was from Japanese footage as well. Well, I'm hearing that the final episode of Power Rangers Super Megaforce will have a huge Ranger team-up like this. According to the Wiki, it won't exactly have all the previous Rangers, but two or three from each of the previous teams. This is something I'll definitely want to see. XD