Them God Damn Romanians killed John Dillinger

If you haven't seen Public Enemies, I don't think it's much of a spoiler that John Dillinger doesn't outlive the ending credits. However this may come as a more serious spoiler: It's those God Damn Romanians again. They're all over the movies ... running brothels, sucking blood, petting dragons, and mostly doing whatever lousy dirty business must get done in that movie. If I'll ever get my hands on of those ...
Anyway, back to the movie. It's another slow paced but very well done Michael Mann movie. The hand camera filming is there. The ear blasting shooting is there. It's Heat and Miami Vice all over again, and I can't say I didn't like that, although this seems even slower paced.

Acting is great, everything is great ... if only it weren't for them God Damn Romanians ...

Clio RS 200 Drive

I had a meeting last night with the new Clio RenaultSport 200. It was a real pleasure and I feel like sharing.

First things first, the driving position is perfect. Although I would have loved to test the recaros, which I found amazing in the Clio 197, the standard seats were absolutely superb. You get a deep driving position and very very good lateral support. The steering wheel is undoubtedly one of the highlights of the car. The gear shift ... top of the class with short and extremely precise travel. So, it seems we have all we need for a perfect drive, so let's take off.

I don't like hammering down a car the first time I get on board. I like taking the time so that we get to know each other before proceeding to a more intense relationship. So, I had the opportunity to get to see this in action as a normal every day drive car. It's such a lovable car at low speeds. It's not harsh, and it feels very comfortable. The seats are very comfy and it really is an easy car to drive. But enough is enough, and here we ... GO. Downshift, hammer down, and wheeeeee, the car MOVES, and it's a real pleasure to hit the GREEN shift indicator telling you GREAT JOB, keep it up! It's definitely not a breath taking acceleration, but if you get a good launch off the line, the car will keep you planted in your seat and give you a mild kick in the back on each gear change all the way up to 4th, where we kinda ran out of road. And then another one of the major highlights of the car came into play. The brakes ... which have absolutely amazing stopping power. They work so effortless. 90Ks/h and it just ... stops.

But, mind you, it's not all flowers and sunshine. The car I drove didn't come with the cup chassis and I really feel like it needs that. It felt a tiny little too woobly and understeery. I was expecting it to be like the lightweight planted lightning boxer, but you can feel the weight of the car, and it's not featherweight, for sure. The engine is great, but you really got to work together if you wanna make the relationship flourish . Below 5k RMP, it's flat, and even afterward you have to really push to make something happen. As I said, though, a good launch will keep you in your seat, so it's all just a matter of putting that revo where it should be and keeping it there.

As some may have noticed, I didn't blabber too much about how the car looks. The car looks great in person, but I still prefer the old 197 look although the differences are not that noticeable.

Probably a long term relationship where we would know each other much better would prove to be much more rewarding. I loved our brief affair and hope that maybe we will meet again ... but this time I hope it brings it's cup chassis along for the ride.

Got Candy?

Last night I attended what will probably remain the only concert Madonna will ever perform in Romania. Without going into some of the bigger problems like the dust and the overcrowd, I think the show was quite good. I certainly enjoyed the music, with all the house and rocky remixes. It was top notch from the sound quality to the blasting lasers, and it went from start to finish without any deviations from the very tightly established plan. And that was probably one of it's biggest problems. There was no real interaction between the public and the singer, and the atmosphere was pretty cold, or at least colder that it should have been. The moment when Madonna confused Romanians with Romanes didn't help either, as it brought up some massive boo-ing from the audience. All in all I think it was quite an impressive show.

And oh yeah ... Madonna is a muscle monster ... two hours and she didn't break a sweat ... geesh ...

And oh yeah ... Paul Okenfold was around too ... and he kinda sucked ...

Memento + Matrix = ?

Christopher Nolan is great. Memento, Batman reboot, this guy is top notch. I actually like Leonardo DiCaprio also, despite Titanic. So, naturally, I'm really looking forward to this movie over here:




I hope they use guns ... lots of guns ... get it?

Titanic in Space

About everyone who is more interested in movies and stuff knows that James Cameron, the man with a plan, the maker of the highest grossing movie of all time TITANIC, is currently working on a super secret epic project to be filmed in an all new never before seen technology and screened in IMAX 3D 10D mega surround with some kind of new glasses, and the project is called Avatar. After quite some time without any official information, a trailer has been put online, and it shattered one download record after another. Apparently the movie is some kind of Aliens with Night Elves, but more on that after the ... trailer:





The CGI appears top notch and I'm sure we'll be all impressed to awe by the technological progress of modern movie making, BUT ... the story looks so darn predictable and so we've seen this a zillion times before. I will go ahead and starting from that trailer spoil the entire movie for you: Sam Worthington reprises his role from the Terminator as the (unknowing) infiltrator, but the "twist" is that this time he falls in love with one of the targets and turns against his own creators and thus a big battle with lots of special effects takes place. Oh, and in the end he dies ... tragically. But this is not THE END because they are planning for sequels, prequels, spinoffs, videogames and lots and lots of TOYS! Darn ... I feel like I just told you exactly what happens in Terminator Salvation ...

Aliens with Night Elves ... that sounded pretty good eh? ... blah...

Master Drum and Bass Warriors

I love Stanton Warriors, they're like THE GREATEST! I remember them making a huge impression on me back in the days of the assido da bass remix, and I think they're still kicking major bongos.



More mayhem by following this link: LINK

Brunö

mmmmmmmmkay .... I found the courage to watch this yesterday. After reading some reviews, I was expecting either to throw up, close my eyes, or at least to smack the monitor in disgust(yep, bootleged version). I was expecting such a parade of Johnsons on the screen that I would believe it's the family reunion. Not being a big fan of Borat didn't help much either. Surprise, surprise, none of these things happened.

The movie starts out pretty strong, and the absolutely outrageous scene with the focus group is without doubt the best of the whole movie. The EXCLUSIVE interview with Harisson Ford really made me lol, and the Bruno Dance really made me lmao. The best thing about this scene is that it gets the desired results. The people in the focus group REACT to it. It all starts going downhill from there, and the end is truly pathetic. Bruno simply cannot create the REACTIONS he would like to. People are simply not that shocked or upset about his (outrageous) actions, quite on the contrary I would say. There are some finer humor scenes like when parents would accept their kids to play with napalm "as long as they get the job", but unfortunately it's too little too late.

The bottom line is that, unlike Borat (which I didn't even really like), this movie fails. It fails big time. It's down right boring and only 75 minutes long. That's got to be some kind of a record.

eRe - Aah - eMe - Ooh - eNe - Ee

Oh boy, I saw this crazy stupid movie last night, and it cracked me up BIG TIME. In the pic above you can see Ramone, who impressed me so much I had to name this post after him ... you simply gotta watch him throughout the credits at the end of the movie.


And now coming back to the main characters ... I like Ryan Raynolds very much. I mean, the guy plays Deadpool AND Green Lantern. What more could you want? I also like Sandra Bullock .. but then again, I can't imagine anyone doesn't. So, the movie was set to be entertaining. And surprisingly it really was. It is without doubt the best comedy I've seen in a long loong time. It's actually more a comedy than a romantic comedy, and that's probably why it's actually funny.

And before you go running into theaters to watch it (which I think you definitely should), take 5 and watch the following clip, you'll thank me when you see the movie.


Oh, and if anyone makes out what Ramone says in the end, please do tell...

1,2,3 ... Come to New York !

I saw this movie called The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 last night, and I think it is a very very good New York commercial. We get to see the very good and reliable metro, the impressive skyline, the feel of the streets, the top notch law enforcers, the bridges, and even that great helicopter ride, which you can do too for a reasonable price! The movie really got me thinking again about New York and how I would like to go there again sometime. It's just one of those places that stay with you, it has an unique appeal to it that makes it an unforgettable city.

So, not a bad movie, great cast ... yes, the commercial worked, I want to go there ... like now!

Coco après Amélie & Chéri

I don't know where this world is going ... I get bored at movies that have more special effects than Disneyland, I don't get bored at movies that have no explosions in them ... I'm confused ... I liked this movie more than I expected to, and I actually think it's maybe the best movie I've seen this year.

Amélie does a great role as Coco, but she still remains Amélie, no doubt about that.

And since we are talking about non-explosions movies ... I also saw this movie called Chéri earlier on ...

This was an even bigger surprise ... I was expecting to crawl out of the theater sleeping at the end of the movie, but the movie was pretty good, and Michelle Pfeiffer looks like really good. You gotta admire her natural appearance.

So much for boring European movies. I am so confused, I managed a rime up there in the title ...