Tron and other awesomeness

I went to see Tron Legacy (aka 2.0) at the pictures this week, and it's the first film I've seen in 3D. I was very impressed by the styling and it lends itself well to 3D, although it wasn't essential. I think they did a great job on the lightcyle and flying sequences. One flaw (and a small one mind you) was the 1980's CGI Jeff Bridges (a man who I always confuse with Kurt Russell, but never the other way round). It was quite well done, but there just wasn't enough movement on the face. Especially the brow. True, it was an infinitely better idea than the usual trick of dressing them up in 80's clothes and pretending they're younger, but it could have used a little work. But that's a minor quibble.

Towards the end (and I'll try not to spoil anything if possible) it got me thinking, is our world so perfect? With all the war, famine, violence, working for a living, why would you fight so hard to get back to it all. Especially since the hero of the film didn't have anyone at all to return to. Wouldn't the call of this new unexplored world tempt you at least a little? I just don't understand some people.

It also got me thinking about how lucky we've been with such a treasure trove of awesome films released over the past year or so. The Losers, A-team (highly underrated), Kick-Ass, Avatar, Inception, Star Trek, Iron Man 2, Scott Pilgim vs The World, Monsters vs Aliens, Toy Story 3, even Resident Evil 4 was quite good.

I'n 2011 looking forward to:

Green Hornet (14th Jan, am I right in thinking this is the first remake of a Bruce Lee film?)

Sucker Punch (25th Mar) looks amazing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dNEI4Kptrc

Pirates of the Caribbean 4 (20th May)

Hangover 2 (26th May)

Kung Fu Panda 2 (27th May)

X-Men First Class (3rd June)

Green Lantern (17th June)

Cars 2 (24th June)

Transformers 3 (1st Jul)

Captain America (22nd Jul)

Cowboys and Aliens (29th Jul)

The Thing (prequel, 14th Oct)

In 2012:

The Wolverine (TBA)

Deadpool (TBA)

The Avengers (4th May)

Star Trek 2 (29th June)

Batman 3/The Dark Knight Rises (20th Jul)

Lets hope that the planned Mortal Kombat film is based on the recent short http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs3ROFNxa5M

Robocop 3 leads to boredom

Evenin. So I'm sat here watching Robocop 3 and as with any mediocre film, my mind began to wander, so I thought I'd come by and say hello. Man I wish this was Robocop 2.

Anyway, I suppose I better get you caught up. We got married, had our honeymoon in Seashouses (which was nice), and organised my DVD collection. Other than that and playing WoW extensively I've not been that busy.

Ollie on the other hand has come on in leaps and bounds. He's walking all over the place, plays with you and tries to say some words. Still not sleeping through the night though, the little bugger. He's also got a little brother or sister on the way. Woop.

Back to Robocop 3 though, you can totally tell that's a different guy in the suit. They only had to get someone with a similar looking mouth and they couldn't even get that right.

So yeah, the family's all cush. Nothing to complain about.