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The Dark Knight [movie]

THIS IS NOT A BATMAN MOVIE, IT IS A WICKED AWESOME MOVIE ABOUT PHILOSOPHY OF MORALITY AND DOG METAPHORS THAT JUST HAPPENS TO HAVE A BATMAN IN IT SOMETIMES. PS. I GET THAT SOMEONE THOUGH THAT 'HEY BATS HAVE SONAR' AND PUT IN THE SONAR PHONE/EYES SUBPLOT BUT MAN DID THAT NOT FIT IN THIS MOVIE AT ALL, EVEN IF THAT HAD BEEN SOMETHING THE COMICS MADE UP 50 YEARS AGO INSTEAD OF A GIMMICK THIS MOVIE MADE UP I FEEL IT'D BE A THING THE MOVIE WOULD BURY, NOT FEATURE.

Troll Hunter [movie]

THIS WAS A PRETTY GOOD MOVIE BUT I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DECISION TO MAKE ABOUT A THIRD OF THE ENTIRE MOVIE JUST SCENES OF THEM DRIVING. IS IT THAT THING FROM OLD 1940S MOVIES WHERE THEY HAVE TO ASSUME NO ONE HAS FILM LITERACY ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE MOVED LOCATION IF THEY DON'T SHOW EVERY STEP OF DRIVING THERE? PS. THE PART THEY PUT THREE GOATS ON A BRIDGE TO GET A TROLL WAS DUMB AND THE FACT THAT HAPPENED MADE THE MOVIE SEEM DUMBER.

The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap [game]

LIKE METROID FUSION THIS IS ANOTHER AMAZING 2D ENTRY GAME IN A SERIES I LOVE THAT I BARELY KNEW EXISTED BEYOND HAVING HEARD THE NAME BECAUSE I SKIPPED THE GBA ENTIRELY. I THINK MAYBE ALL I NEED IN LIFE IS A BUNCH OF 2D ZELDA GAMES, THIS GAME WAS SUPER GREAT AND THE ITEMS WERE MOSTLY PRETTY INVENTIVE AND NOT JUST ALL VARIATIONS ON ZELDA STANDARDS. ON THE FLIP SIDE ALL THE UNIQUE SYSTEMS THING GAME HAD WERE ALL TERRIBLE: 4 SWORDS STUFF WAS JUST SHOWCASES OF BAD CONTROLS, KINSTONES JUST MADE IT SO YOU WERE NEVER QUITE SURE IF A PUZZLE WAS A PUZZLE OR IF YOU'D EVENTUALLY UNLOCK SOME PART WITH A KINSTONE THAT MADE IT DOABLE AND THE MINISH STUFF ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE IT WAS ON RAILS. PS. THE LAST BOSS HAD AN EYE-GINA.

Book of Eli [movie]

I ALREADY KNEW BOTH OF THE SUPER DUMB TWISTS BEFORE I WATCHED THIS MOVIE AND I BASICALLY JUST WANTED SOMETHING TO BE ON IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE I READ FOR A WHILE. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THE BAD GUY'S PLAN IS MAYBE THE DUMBEST PLAN I HAVE EVER HEARD EVER AND WOULD HAVE FIT BETTER IN A SUNDAY SCHOOL COMIC BOOK OR SOMETHING. PS. THIS MOVIE DID NOT KNOW WHEN TO END AND HAD LIKE 5 SCENES BEYOND THE POINT THE MOVIE SHOULD HAVE ENDED.

Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife [book]

THIS IS IT, WHEN I FOUND OUT THE POCKET IN A SKIRT THAT MARY TOFT USED WAS CALLED A 'HARE POCKET' I LAUGHED UNTIL I DIED, I AM DEAD NOW. ALSO I LEARNED THAT THE SUPERNATURAL CONNECTION OF INFRASOUND IS THAT EYEBALLS VIBRATE AT 19HZ AND THAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU ARE SEEING THINGS OUT OF THE CORNER OF YOUR EYE. PS. I LOVE THIS AUTHOR SO MUCH, BUT SHE ALWAYS MAKES ME WANT TO READ THE BOOKS SHE MENTIONS AND WHERE THE HECK AM I GOING TO FIND "THE OVARIES OF EVE"?

Another Earth [movie]

I CLEARLY AM WATCHING THESE MOVIES AS A THEME FOR THIS WEEKEND, IS THERE A THIRD? ALSO MAYBE THAT WAS THE WRONG WAY TO WATCH THESE MOVIES BECAUSE THIS IS CLEARLY A REALLY GOOD MOVIE BUT THE OTHER ONE WAS BETTER AND THEY ARE SO IDENTICAL IT MADE THIS ONE WORSE. PS: MAYBE IT MAKES SENSE THERE IS TWO SEMI-IDENTICAL BUT DIFFERENT MOVIES ABOUT THIS?

Torchlight [game]

I CAN'T EVER NOT LIKE DIABLO-LIKES AND I ENJOYED THIS GAME A TON BUT MAN IS IT FRUSTRATING TO BE LACKING THINGS LIKE NIGHTMARE/HELL PROGRESSION AND DOUBLE FRUSTRATING HOW STRONG PASSIVE SKILLS ARE TO THE POINT IT'S HARD TO EVER JUSTIFY ACTIVE SKILLS. PS. ON THE OTHER HAND PETS ARE A RAD SYSTEM AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU CAN TEACH PETS SUMMON SPELLS AND TAKE THE EXTREME EXCESS OF DIABLO TWO'S SUMMONER LAZYNESS TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL WHERE YOU FINALLY ARE FREED FROM PLAYING THE GAME AT ALL.

Metroid Fusion [game]

I GUESS I ONLY BARELY KNEW THIS GAME EXISTED TILL NOW, I THINK MAYBE I HAD SEEN ONE SCREEN SHOT OF IT AT SOME POINT IN MY LIFE BUT BOY THIS WAS A RAD GAME. ON THE OTHER HAND THE LAST BOSS WAS JUST A RIP OFF OF THE LAST BOSS OF SUPER METROID BUT WITH THE MURDER BEAM REPLACED WITH THE ICE BEAM AND THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF THE BABY METROID REPLACED WITH LITERALLY NOTHING. PS. OH GOD THIS IS TOO HARD TO PLAY ON THE 3DS, THERE WAS A FEW FIGHTS YOU HAD TO SHOOT CHARGED MISSILES AT THE BOSS AT AN ANGLE AND IF I HAD TO FIGHT THE BOSS A FEW TIMES I'D HAVE TO REST BECAUSE MY HANDS WOULD BE SHAKING TOO MUCH FROM HAVING TO HOLD THEM SUCH AN AWKWARD WAY.

Melancholia [movie]

THE POINT OF EVERY LARS VAN TRIER MOVIE IS THAT YOUR TERRIBLE WIFE WILL BECOME TOO DEPRESSED TO MOVE THEN BECOME A TERRIBLE MONSTER. PS. THIS MOVIE IS BASICALLY THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Mf2mp6fms