Reviews by Idhren

All reviews - Movies (5) - TV Shows (1) - Games (1)

Genious

Posted : 4 months, 3 weeks ago on 5 July 2009 08:15 (A review of The Secret of Monkey Island)

This is so great and fun to play. This is what a really good game is about - it doesn't matter if the graphics are badly dated, it work, you get the idea, and the story is hilarious. Once you get the idea, it's really easy to play, and though it doesn't offer that much of challenge, it's enjoyable to discover what the storyline and the surroundings have to tell you. The sequals are a different story... They are totally crazy and really hard, I needed online guides to get anywhere...

You get to play as Guybrush, a pirate-wannabee that sets out to adventures while trying to save a governor and stop the evil pirate-ghost that's haunting the town. You solve puzzles as you go, interact with the npc:s and discover the secrets behind Monkey Island.

It's a blast, I totally recommend it. It might be a bit of a cliched experience, because it has given so much to the popular culture of portraying pirates and pirate adventures. I was screaming Pirates of the Caribbean at my computer screen all the time.

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Visually stunning movie with a good premise

Posted : 5 months ago on 2 July 2009 05:40 (A review of Sunshine)

Sunshine isn't something to be marveled by it's plotting and characters nor even the acting, it's all vague and even kinda stupid at times. What is great about this movie is the premise of Sun being on the edge of shutting down, thus killing all the life on Earth, and people trying to re-ignite it with a nuclear weapon. A good idea and highly entertaining. As expected, everything goes terribly wrong and here we go again.

The movies's visuals and sound effects are something else though. They exceed the regular scifi movie level, and Sunshine is beautiful to look at. If you can't appreciate this, you'll certainly be bored and confused. Otherwise it's an experience you probably won't regret.

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Adverts and stupid plots

Posted : 5 months ago on 2 July 2009 03:11 (A review of Sex and the City: The Movie)

This movie is plain stupid. It's filled with product placements and adds, the plot is horrible and totally nonbelievable (even in the Sex and the City universe that is), the characters are at their worst's and it's way too long. Watching the series was an enjoyable blast, this was yawing and freakin horrible. I never want to see this movie again.

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Kinda cute, kinda stupid

Posted : 5 months ago on 2 July 2009 03:05 (A review of Gojira vs. Mosura)

I'm not gonna waster too much breath on this one. Mothra's real cute. Godzilla is hilarious. Battra is weird, but turns out pretty good. The movie is one big "wtf lol" experience, but atleast you get to hear some weird nordish songs performed by the Universe (or two tiny fairies). The effects are funny and the story telling is weird. If this happens to be on tely, check it out, just because of Mothra.

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So bad it's hysterical

Posted : 7 months, 1 week ago on 27 April 2009 03:10 (A review of Eight Below)

Horrible acting, overly humanized animal characters, melodramatic plot twists and an ending so sugar coated it makes you wanna throw up. Eight Below is so bad that it makes you laugh - that's the best thing this movie has to offer. Plus the dogs are very cute and well trained, if you can get over the fact that they are just a new bunch of Lassies.

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Inspiration for a kid

Posted : 7 months, 1 week ago on 23 April 2009 06:02 (A review of Contact)

This review is pure sentimentalism, so if you're not into that, skip it.

I watched this movie as a kid, around 10 years old, and I got instantly sucked into t he world of stars, planets and space - and exploring it. I was already a dinosaur geek (thanks to Jurassic Park), and this was a somewhat natural next step. The following years as I grew into a teenager this film carried with me, inspired me to loo for knowledge, study maths (which in I always sucked, by the way) and be generally interested in science. I love this movie, because it gave me a huge push towards the way I am now - still fascinated by science and nature, outer space and stars, and learning for more.

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Funny and provocative - for a while

Posted : 7 months, 1 week ago on 23 April 2009 05:17 (A review of House M.D.)

House is a blast. He's mean, he's direct, he doesn't seem to like anyone nor does he have to. He's a genious who solves EVERY case you could possibly throw at him - you know each and every time that this guy scores it. Not his collegues, but him. It's always him.

This routine covers every episode of the show. No, serisouly, it does. From the beginning right to the end credits, you know how exactly all of this is going to play out - some weird disease, some funny dialogs between characters, some weird patient of House's, more of that weird disease, "What IS this, what COULD it be? Let's do tests" and in the end when the patient is having a bunch of near death experiences, House gets in the way with some nifty solution he discovered while picking his toe hair from his coffee. Patient saved, end credits follow.

It gets pretty old after a few episodes. Can't believe they've made so many seasons of this same weird-funny-mean-deep-inside-warm-old-genious -stuff.

For the while it lasts, it's all good.

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