First movie of the year? Princess Mononoke on the big screen! Absolutely beautiful film.

[New note: Like other releases of Miyazaki’s, this was a limited engagement, where the sub and dub were in theaters for only one day. I saw the English dub, which I almost always prefer. There were cool intro pieces done by now infamous John Lasseter.]

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Just got back from seeing Miyazaki’s directorial debut! It was great to see it on the big screen and see the extras at the beginning and end. I will say though, I much prefer the Manga Dub to the original Streamline dub that they showed tonight, but still awesome either way.

[New note: For those who may be interested, a Japanese with English subtitles release was released a few days prior. These were one day limited engagements. Aside from the voice differences, Lupin was named “Wolf” in the Streamline dub, because of the Maurice LeBlanc estate who owns the rights to the Lupin name. This has been a point of contention in the history of the Lupin III anime for a long time. Also the pronunciation of Cagliostro as “Cag-liostro”, which was a flub line the first line he says it! Dubs have come a long way since then.]

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While most saw “Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens” on its premiere, I waited due to both work and well…”work” related faculties and man.

What else is there to say but simply, thank you Disney, thank you for giving me “a new hope”.

I won’t spoil anything for those who have seen it, but what isn’t there to gush about on this movie? I could gush about the use of the practical effects, or the amazing pacing, the characters, and on and on and on.

The one thing though, that this movie did, that Jurassic World got pretty close at doing, but this movie actually accomplished, was make me “feel” like a kid again, in a world mired by so many bad examples of corporate-fueled nostalgia or outright abuse of its fanbase, Star Wars felt sincere, literally, as so many have put it as “Star Wars: The Apology” well if that’s the case.

Then apology-goddamn-accepted Star Wars, I’m sorry there was ever anything between us.

Episode 7 gave me hope (nope not making the pun again) that not every venture is already “made”, that everything still has a “chance” to be redeemed, it just needs the right people, the right place, the right time, and the right care, thank you Star Wars, for chipping away at the abrasive cynicism that is all too easily gathered from years of disappointment in other fandoms and media.

With that said, if you haven’t seen Star Wars yet, go see it, because it was phenomenal and very much worth your time and money, and I will ABSOLUTELY, be at the premiere of 8.

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So I went and saw Jurassic World today with Dad and Julian, and I can officially say that I’ve seen every Jurassic Park movie since the original when it came out (yes, even the first).

This post is gonna be semi-long and semi-spoilery so for everybody who wants the nitty gritty, this movie is the second best of the Jurassic Park series without a doubt, and at times touched the seat of Zeus where the first movie sits, needless to say, I was more than impressed. Considering Goldblum being in the second, and the fact that no one is happy in 2015 (according to the internet), that’s a hell of a feat for me, and don’t take my word for it, the cynical internet also rated it the second best on IMDB, to coin a phrase from the film “It’s pretty legit”.

I’m not really one to go super in depth, and certainly not on facebook, but I will say that every time I thought the movie had shown me its full hand, it either sideswiped me (in a good way) or it one-upped itself into being a better movie each time.But lets not get this mixed up people, this movie has a pedigree to uphold, and I think it did it more “honestly” than a reunion of the original would have ever even come close to doing, and that’s coming from somebody who would love to hear the Goldblum snarl-laugh again.It was retro, while also being contemporary, nostalgic while also giving you that new toy feeling at christmas, and still somehow found a way to carve a niche for itself in the franchise that would otherwise be impossible. If you’re still here, I didn’t just think it was a great movie, I “enjoyed” the experience, and for, if ever so brief moments, was transported back into the feeling I had in the 90’s as a boy, but in a much better way than nostalgia.

Doctor Henry Wu (the sole returning cast member from the original) makes a very important point when saying (and I’m paraphrasing of course) that they were always creating monsters, since the beginning, and my god the writers and director nailed that factor harder than well, something, something Alderan.

It kept the dinosaurs in the limelight, but always with a mystique, and the predatory Indominus Rex a true horror, the trailer spot with the shark does this movie’s CG no justice, CG is CG, but I was able to forget that most of the time. Belief suspended, well fucking done movie.Is this a somewhat bias review? Sure, but I’m sick to death of everything being over-analyzed and torn apart and criticized when no one is willing to look at just how important and well done the good parts are. No numbers here, but here’s to the inevitable trilogy of Jurassic World movies and if 2015 is any indicator of the “90’s Nostalgia” era of film to come, we have absolutely nothing to worry about.

Now go watch the movie.

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[New Note: I broke the streak, I did not go see Fallen Kingdom because I had heard it was hot garbage. I am excited to go see the newest entry, however, which will feature Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. We’ll see if it holds up!]

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