New Blu-Ray Reviews and What I’ve Been Playing

The X-Files I Want to Believe

Fox Home Entertainment / 2008 / 108 Minutes / Rated PG-13
Street Date: December 02, 2008
List Price: $39.98

Movie :

If you enjoyed the TV Series and the previous movie you can’t really go wrong with checking this out, with that said you might come away a tad dissapointed. I won’t go into the plot points but in my opinion the story written for this movie does not stand up to the first film and comes off as more of a plot for one of the X-Files shows produced for television. If you go into the movie expecting a huge spectacle you’re going to come away dissapointed. With that said though, if you go into the movie expecting what I’ve written you will find a pretty interesting little story that will at the least keep you entertained just to find out what it is that’s goin on. So this isn’t a bad movie by any means, it’s just not a great one.

Blu-Ray Picture :

As for the transfer of the film it kinda came off a tad bit soft in spots but overall was sharp and vivid with deep blacks and nice use of color. This isn’t a huge special effects type film so it’s not in the category of  material you would use to demo Blu-Ray to friends and family.

Supplements and Extras :

Deleted Scenes

Audio Commentary

Featurettes

Documentary

Gag Reel

Trailers

Interactive Timeline  - featuring over 80 video clip segments from “The X-Files” archives

Video Commentary (Profile 1.1)

Online Game (Profile 2.0)

Digital Copy

D-Box Enhancement

 

Bottom Line - If you are a major X-Files fan this is of course a buy and for anyone else it’s def worth a rent.

 

 

 

Burn After Reading

Universal Studios Home Entertainment / 2008 / 95 Minutes / Rated PG-13
Street Date: December 21, 2008
List Price: $34.95

Movie :

The basic set up of the film revolves around two of the most retarded characters I’ve seen in a long time, 2 gym employees played by Brad Pit and Frances McDormand who think they stumble upon highly classified CIA documents that belong to a high up in the chain CIA Agent.  What follows next is their brilliant plan to blackmail the agent, played hilariously by John Malkovich, so that ultimately the character played by McDormand will get the money needed for her plastic surgery…….  Yep you read that right and that’s what in my opinion makes the movie so great, the complete absurdness of the plot. Of course there are other stories being told throughout the movie that involve cheating spouses, the Russians, spy games, and a hilarious disscussion throughout the movie of what exactly it is that is happening by two senior CIA officials.

Now not everyone is going to like this movie though, it is very random and quirky to say the least and if random and quirky aren’t your thing then it’s probably best to just stay away for it would end up being a waste of your time. If complete pointlessness is your thing though you will probably really enjoy this movie and it’s characters.

 

Blu-Ray Picture :

Not much goin on here worth mentioning as far as ” Holy Shit ” Blu-Ray wow factor talk. It’s pretty much what you would expect from this type of movie which primarily takes place in office buildings, apartments, and occasional bed room scenes. The outdoor shots of Washington DC look nice when you get to see some of the sourroundings but they play a very little role in the film other then being the backdrop for where the story is set.

 

Supplements and Extras :

Not much goin on here at all just a few featurettes.

 

Bottom Line :

I would like to reccomend this to everyone but I think it might just be too quirky and pointless for some to enjoy or ” get ” for that matter. This is one of those movies where you’re gonna love it or absolutely hate it and of course for the slow minded ADD crowd ” Shut the movie off 15 min into it ”. Personally I loved it and found it to be hilarious and recommend it for those who enjoy stories about pretty much nothing at all. Is it worth a buy? Probably not, but I felt it was worth adding to my collection. For those who aren’t into ammasing a Blu-Ray collection I would say Rent It.

 

 

What I’ve Been Playing:

Call Of Duty : World At War

 

I just picked this up over the holidays and while not a huge fan of the Call of Duty games I gotta say I’m pleasantly suprised. The game looks amazing first off which should be assumed since it’s running off the Call of Duty engine which runs at 60fps and I’m a whore for 60fps. I know everyone is pretty much burnt out on WW2 FPS’s myself included but Treyarch managed to so far craft a pretty fun game. I play the game on Veteran difficulty and while that can be brutally frustrating at times the fun factor and just spectacle at whats goin on all around you really make you feel like you’re ” in the shit “.

Last night I got to try the co-op campaign mode with one of my friends and again while playing on Veteran we were dying pretty much every 10 seconds on certain parts the whole time we were just laughing and having a blast. I want to try and get a full 4 player co-op campaign going sometime this week to see if that makes it any easier on Veteran and I can only imagine the hilarity that would ensue from having a room full of sub-par FPS players trying to go through together on Veteran.

I haven’t yet tried the multiplayer so I can’t comment on that but I def want to give it a shot this week. So if any of you guys reading this have the game add my gamertag so we can play.

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