Backlog Quickie Reviews
I thought after the wedding I would be less busy, but I still feel like I have time to get nothing done.
Anyway, here are some quickie reviews of movies I've seen/games I've played recently.
MOVIES
Pirates 3: Omg, horrible. I HATED. Now I loved, loved, loved the first movie. Loved it. I liked the second one. But I thought the third was practically unwatchable. It had funny bits scattered throughout but overall the story was stupid and it was mostly long and boring. I know there were plenty of people who liked it, but I would never, ever watch it again. Oh, and the ending was downright awful as well. (4 out of 10)
Knocked Up: This movie was hilarious. Definitely done in the same vein of The 40 Year Old Virgin. I laughed a lot throughout the movie. It's a little, uh, graphic, towards the end and made me cringe a bit, but other than that it was a great comedy, definitely a DVD purchase. (9 out of 10)
GAMES
Mario Party 8: I have a love/hate relationship with the Mario Party series. I think I returned the 5th one to the store like 3 times before it stayed there for good. (That entry sucks, just so you know for future reference). I'm not a huge fan of the Mario Party franchise, but I think it makes for a fun party game and I like party games. I played the old ones a little bit, but mostly I've been playing the newer titles, since 4. 4 was good. 5 was bad. 6 was the best and I didn't play 7 because I heard it was hardcore awful. I thought the Wii would be a great system for Mario Party and I was right. Because the Wii controller is so flexible it makes the mini-games a lot more interesting. No more "just press A". The games offer a good variety. There are a few in there that are just plain hard, though. The boards are very good. I especially enjoyed the board where you invest your coins in hotels to get stars. It was kind of reminiscant of Monopoly. The freaky Star Carnival guy with his talking hat is scary as hell, though. I could have done without him and his posessed hat.
Overall, even Brian, who hates Mario Party, found this game enjoyable. I think it's the best one yet. (8 1/2 out of 10)
Anyway, here are some quickie reviews of movies I've seen/games I've played recently.
MOVIES
Pirates 3: Omg, horrible. I HATED. Now I loved, loved, loved the first movie. Loved it. I liked the second one. But I thought the third was practically unwatchable. It had funny bits scattered throughout but overall the story was stupid and it was mostly long and boring. I know there were plenty of people who liked it, but I would never, ever watch it again. Oh, and the ending was downright awful as well. (4 out of 10)
Knocked Up: This movie was hilarious. Definitely done in the same vein of The 40 Year Old Virgin. I laughed a lot throughout the movie. It's a little, uh, graphic, towards the end and made me cringe a bit, but other than that it was a great comedy, definitely a DVD purchase. (9 out of 10)
GAMES
Mario Party 8: I have a love/hate relationship with the Mario Party series. I think I returned the 5th one to the store like 3 times before it stayed there for good. (That entry sucks, just so you know for future reference). I'm not a huge fan of the Mario Party franchise, but I think it makes for a fun party game and I like party games. I played the old ones a little bit, but mostly I've been playing the newer titles, since 4. 4 was good. 5 was bad. 6 was the best and I didn't play 7 because I heard it was hardcore awful. I thought the Wii would be a great system for Mario Party and I was right. Because the Wii controller is so flexible it makes the mini-games a lot more interesting. No more "just press A". The games offer a good variety. There are a few in there that are just plain hard, though. The boards are very good. I especially enjoyed the board where you invest your coins in hotels to get stars. It was kind of reminiscant of Monopoly. The freaky Star Carnival guy with his talking hat is scary as hell, though. I could have done without him and his posessed hat.
Overall, even Brian, who hates Mario Party, found this game enjoyable. I think it's the best one yet. (8 1/2 out of 10)