So a friend lent me the DVD for the movie, The Social Network, last week and I was able to finish watching it this weekend. The movie is a take on how Mark Zuckerberg started Facebook and the events that led up to its extreme popularity today. There were times when I really sympathized with… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Movies
Teamwork is not just a buzzword in The Forbidden Kingdom
Teamwork is a huge buzzword in many corporations today. Uniqueness and individuality are often displaced or even scorned. People who are nonconformists are “not team players” and everything spirals downward from there. Once it starts getting quantified and measured, it’s entirely lost it’s meaning. Below is my version of teamwork: Video by forbiddenkingdom . This… Continue Reading
My review of Ninja (because ninjas are awesome)
I first heard of this movie while reading the forums over at MartialTalk. Someone had found a preliminary trailer and so everyone was awaiting the movie and discussing whether or not it would be any good. I went ahead and stuck it in my Netflix queue and mostly forgot about it until it showed up… Continue Reading
The Bourne Conspiracy – Who is Jason Bourne?
Lots of action-y testosterone and CIA conspiracy in this trilogy of movies. What could be better? I watched the last of this trilogy over the weekend and I think it was the best of the bunch, really wrapping up everything nicely. I have no idea if any of these movies are like Robert Ludlum’s books… Continue Reading
Settle for Spectacular
Today I spent a good part of the afternoon in Everquest 2 on the Isle of Mara taking multiple screenshots of the scenery to use as a header for the character portfolio page I’m creating for this website. I wanted to capture the sky at just the right time, so I had to wait through… Continue Reading