Happy Cinco De Moes - TOM

Hell yeah

Cloverfield - Neill

Last summer, I went to the movies to see Transformers with a couple of friends. One of them, Joe, was talking about a trailer that was supposedly fantastic. He said I'd know what he was talking about once I saw it. So as said by Joe, the interesting yet ambiguous trailer was shown, leaving the viewers wanting much more. All the information given about the movie was the date of its release; "1-18-08"

Needless to say, I saw it when it came out, and it was SICK! I was obsessed with it for a bit. After some time, I forgot about it, and went back to leading already extraordinary life.

Until today...
Me and my brodude from Fordham, Tom H. (different Tom from the regular contributor), went to go get some Moe's. After we went to the mall to try and get some longboard wheels for me. Whilst gallivanting around, Tom bought Cloverfield. After unsuccessful searches for wheels, we went back to watch the movie at his house with his sister.

AND AGAIN IT WAS AWESOME.
I don't really want to give anything away, but it is kind of like Blair Witch Project meets Godzilla. It is kind of cool, because usually big monster movies are looked at on a grand scale, and people die like crazy, but you aren't really supposed to care or anything about it. However in this film, you see everything from the eyes of the victims. You go through the same thought process as the characters, because you only see and know what they know. It is done pretty realistically--as realistic as any monster movie can get. This is probably how the city would act, if there were attacks like this. There are some images reminiscent of 9/11, so if you're into that...

There are some pretty cool parts to the movie, and despite it being pretty serious, there are some funny parts. There are many little details that you should look out for to learn more about everything. The first time I saw it, I paid no attention to these details, and still found it awesome, so it doesn't really matter too much.

My school is right next door to a major scene in the movie (Beth's apartment). My schoolmates and I make jokes. They are hilarious.

Probably the best part of the movie is also the most frustrating: the vagueness of everything! You never are really given any back story. The movie prompts extreme fans (nerds) like me to look online for any back story. If you actually do the research, you find out some stuff through viral videos and forms of media like Myspace, but never really the things you want to know most. On the DVD, it gives you all the information, so there really isn't a point of looking it up anymore.

After it came out, everybody wanted to know if there was going to be a sequel. Supposedly, according to producer J.J. Abrams, there will be. I really hope that it is done as well as the first one, but I don't want a clone of the first movie. I'd like a whole new premise of the same idea. Hopefully some back story will be given as well. Whatever, I'll see it (and probably love it) no matter what.

Also...the actresses are really hot.

Overall, I give the Cloverfield phenomena a 41 out of 42. Not a perfect score, because it is kind of slow in the beginning and I felt compelled to do unnecessary work in order to understand the movie better.

If you like awesomeness and are quite bored (or even excited) with life, SEE THIS MOVIE!

Rockville State Hospital - TOM

My first RAW image, I love the way it came out. By the way, the bum is a punk rocker and his favorite band is DOA. He's also down for restoring the building into apartments.

PANDA ATTACK - TOM

Neill getting attacked by a panda at the local trashed aircraft factory. Mini review: I just started listening to TYR's Eric The Red (2003), pretty lame viking metal with clean vocals. I only tried these guys out because I saw they're on Paganfest with the amazing ENSIFERUM and TURISAS, I think it's too late to get tickets though. Judging from the first song, this album is pretty much forgettable I think.

La dia

-Neill

P.S. I am practically done with my freshmen year of college. There is no way sophomore year can possibly be worse than this one, so I'm looking forward to it.