Cowboy Bebop

Bang. The unarguably greatest of Anime of all time has gone on sale. What is usually around $150, is now under 40 bucks on Amazon. I do not want to go into detail about what Cowboy Bebop is exactly, you have Wikipedia for that. I will tell you though, that this is the greatest Anime of all time. You cannot go wrong in buying this. It is available here for pre-order on amazon. It is available on both the Canadian and American sites. You may notice that it says “remix” in the name. All that means is the audio is remastered to 5.1 surround sound. If you have not bought this yet, what are you doing? Go pre-order it right now. It is due to ship out on February the Fifth, so you can get it on your doorstep as early as next week.

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Movie Review: Runaway Jury

Gentlemen, trials are too important to be left up to juries.

This is one of the most memorable quotes taken from the movie, Runaway Jury. As you may tell from the quote, this movie is a Drama/Thriller. Is it ever thrilling. Let me tell you, it kept everyone guessing until the last second. This movie is so deep, you could watch it a hundred times and keep learning, after each viewing. Again I will try and leave spoilers out of this review. I would like to add, this movie is based off the novel “Runaway Jury”, written by John Grisham.

Basically, this movie is about a court case, in which, there is jury rigging going on. Also, both the prosecutor and defendant, are trying to be bought out by someone in the jury. Meaning that person will sway the jury votes to the highest bidder. This is portrayed superbly. As the movie goes along, everyone has difficult choices, of which they need to make. By making certain choices, they need to live through the consequences. That is about all I can say about the movie, without spoiling anything. And let me tell you, I could write for days, about spoilers in this movie. I will say again that this movie is very deep, so prepare to think.

I recommend this movie to everyone. It takes you through an unforgettable experience. There is no major downfall to this movie, that I can think of. Due to all of this, I give this movie:

Overall
4.5/5

Movie Review: The Simpsons

Let’s face it. Everybody knows The Simpsons. While everybody may not watch, or appreciate for that matter, their stylistic approach to humor, many do. I for one, appreciate the show, and the jam-packed humor inside of it.

Recently, I finally got my hands on their feature motion picture. There is so much I can say about this movie, I don’t know where to start. However, rest assured that there will be no spoilers in this post, it will merely be my opinion on the movie.

The Simpsons Movie, combines slapstick humor and meaningful content fairly well. It weighs a bit more on the humor side, as any Simpsons media does. The movie has good animation, great voice acting, and some hilarious content. Homer bringing home a pig is absolutely priceless. There is definitely heavy symbolism in the movie, which only enhances the experience. Now let me warn you, there is a brief scene of nudity in this movie. Yes, nudity in an animated movie, yet alone The Simpsons. But nonetheless, they managed to make a joke of the scene. This was really the only downfall to the movie in my opinion. I feel that this could have been left out, with other more meaningful content put in its place. This is a movie, which I feel I can watch a few times, then never have a need to see it again. It is not an epic movie of all time, and not one that I will want to watch over and over again.

My Rating

The hilarity in this movie definitely deserves a 5/5. However, due to the slight lack of meaningful content, in comparison to the humor, I rate this movie:

Overall
4 / 5

I do however recommend this movie to you. If you enjoy the type of humor which The Simpsons bring, then this movie will not let you down. I will say though, it may be worth it to rent the movie than to buy it, due to the lack of re-watchability.