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Brokeback Mountain

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steveo
on December 16, 2005
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Only once in a long time does a movie like Brokeback Mountain comes along. I couldn’t wait to watch the movie. The movie opened today at the Laemmle’s Playhouse 7. As I was buying my movie ticket, I noticed that the girl at the ticket counter was reading the book. The theater was packed…

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The Phoenix Has Risen

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steveo
on May 4, 2003
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Went to watch X2 with Quy and friends at the new Edwards theater. Despite the heavy rain and the lack of parking, we made it on time. The sequel is much better than the first. Probably the best part of the movie was the ending where you can see Phoenix in the water. I’m definitely looking forward to X3. I’m hoping the story line is close to the Phoenix saga in the cartoons. Those were among my favorite episodes.

Spider Man

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steveo
on May 18, 2002
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I still can’t believe that Spider-Man made that much money. The movie was alright, but I didn’t think it was better than The Matrix or The Fellowship of the Ring. It would be interesting to see how well Attack of the Clones do this weekend. I enjoyed Episode 2. Well, the special effects anyways. The light-saber battle with Yoda alone was worth putting up with the first 2 hours of the film.

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Brotherhood Of The Wolf

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steveo
on January 13, 2002
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Went to Century City again. It’s a nice city, pretty classy. My friend says parts of it reminds him of New York. Lots of good looking and well dressed people, which kind of reminds me of Old Pasadena.

We went to watch the Brotherhood of the Wolf. I thought it was a well made movie. Yet another good foreign film. I’m pretty impressed by the cinematography. The three years of French that I took during high school is starting to pay off since my view of the subtitles was obscured by someone’s head.

Why can’t they put subtitles at the top? This movie would make an excellent video game. Lots of hack and slash action, something like Devil May Cry.

School starts tomorrow, sigh. I need to add more classes.

Black Hawk Down

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on January 7, 2002
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I went with my friends to Century City to watch Black Hawk Down. The movie moved me. I nearly cried a few times during the movie. When I got home, I cried. I really think it’s the best war movie I have seen.

The sad truth is that this is the new style of war for the 21st century. We will no longer see large scale wars with tanks a-blazing such as during the Gulf War. The next war will be fought in the streets, among the office buildings and homes, against foes hidden in the darkness. The thing that got to me was seeing that little kid holding a machine gun. Too young to find true love but not too old to know how to kill.

I have great respect for the men and women serving in our armed forces. If the Navy would give me another chance, I would re-enlist within a heartbeat. God bless America.