Happy Halloween

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Well everybody thanks for stopping by my blog for Halloween. Or as they say in Mexico "Los dia de los muertos" or "the day of the mentos." Or that's my guess, but all I know is they love their damn Mentos in Mexico, "Mentos, las fresh maker" Enough with the spanish lesson and on with the blog...


So out of no where, I remembered a movie I used to watch when I was little every Halloween called "The Halloween Tree"...does anyone else remember it? For the longest time I could only remember bits about this movie but never the title, it got to the point where I thought maybe I made this so-called movie up, until I remember the name out of nowhere. Classic halloween movie that used to really scare me when I was younger (not now of course, I'm quite tough---AHHH! Nevermind it was just my shadow.) Phew. Anyway, I looked up the movie on the Tubes of You and found that you can watch the entire movie (Here's Part 1) it is really well done.

If you haven't seen it I would recommened it. It's a cartoon that tells the story of a group of trick-or-treating children who learn about the origins and influences of Halloween when one of their friends is spirited away by mysterious forces (aka they are looking for their friend who is dead). It's based off a novel by the same name by, Ray Bradbury. Leonard Nimoy is the voice of the children's creepy (*level 3 possibly?) guide, Mr. Moundshroud. It first aired in 1993.

This is a long blog entry, but when your looking for something for years and finally find it you must write about it. Like, love. (Hmm..'children's halloween movie' and 'love', wow, great analogy Chris.) But really, it's worth a watch. I have the movie's audio playing in another window and it brings me back. I'm remembering it being good but it's weird, when something creeps you out when your little it stays with you kind of. Another great point of the movie is the artwork and musical score is also really well done.

Well, that's it! Have a fun and safe Halloween.....BOO!!!!!! - don't be scared I just wrote that not a ghost. - or was it??


(*I'm sure he wasn't a level 3 of course, also Los dia de los muertos isn't the same as Halloween)

Coming Soon: "The Final Destination"

"The Final Destination" is coming out in August (that's alittle vague)! This is the 4th installment of the "Final Destination" series. You can tell this because they added "the" to the title. As opposed to "The Fast and The Furious's" 4th installment that took out all the "the's" = "Fast and Furious". It seems no one knows the proper way to show it's the forth movie (hint: add the number 4 or IV.) I digress...

I actually enjoy watching the Final Destination movies, they aren't amazing but they are fun to watch, so I will probably end up seeing this. I would however, argue that as the series goes on, every film can't be the final destination. Technically they should be renamed.

Final Destination = "Welcome to Flight 180"
Final Destination 2 = "On Your Left, a Terrible Highway Pileup"
Final Destination 3 = "Our Next Stop: The Amusement Park!"
The Final Destination = "The Final Destination"

Just a thought.

All this Final Destination talk has me scared. Should I be worried about the box of knives, rusty screws, and broken glass, that's held by a rope that is about to break above my bed? Nahhh, it's just a movie, right?...

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Star Trek Thoughts

So I saw Star Trek last night and let-me-tell-you...it was OUT OF THIS WORLD!! No, really...it was in space.

I will say it was a good movie though. I thought the casting was excellent - I was afraid the actors would try to mimic the original cast, but they didn't, they made the characters their own which was nice. It blended slow dramatic parts with action sequences well. Overall I recommend the movie. It was another fun summer movie in the line of movies coming out. It seems to have brought new life back into Star Trek which will make some nerd quiet happy. I highly recommend seeing it at the IMAX rather than a traditional movie theatre, the huge screen and the rumble seats were cool. (It's the "Verizon IMAX Theatre" now, but will someone please start a company called "CL" and buy it from Verizon - that was it would be the "The CL IMAX Theatre!" Childish, but funny)

I give it 40 our of 50 stars.

Just a thought for the people who saw it, every time the bad guys were on screen I expected Mike Tyson to come strolling out from the back room.

Seperated at birth?

Transformers 2 Advertising Tips!

So in keeping with the sequel poster theme today I bring you the poster for "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen," which comes out June 24th. This is the real poster which I saw while I was surfing the web. It's a really nice poster, definitely looks epic.

I can only imagine the meetings they had to decided on how to advertise the new movie. They probably spent days deciding on what advertising company to use. I bet they racked thier brains deciding what colors and imagery was correct to bring in a huge audience for this highly anticipated movie. Designers probably jumped out windows from all the stress trying to create a unique and powerful poster. And finally, using the most sophisticated software - and lots of money - the masters of the advertising world produced the poster above.

It's not bad, really, it does look nice. But I hate to break it to them but in a couple of minutes, for free, using simply Microsoft Paint I think I came up with a poster that would to bring in a huge audience too...


What do you think, wouldn't this make you see the movie?

FIRST LOOK: The Official "IRON MAN 2" Poster

You know that "iamchrisventura" is the number 1 place for all your movie needs! You didn't know that? Ok, maybe it's not, I'm sorry for the lies.

HOWEVER I do have the first official movie poster for "IRON MAN 2: RISE OF THE STARCH"** Robert Downey Jr. is definitely returning as Tony Starch aka Iron Man. You may question if all this is official, but I assure you I get all my information from a very reliable source. By "reliable sources" I mean I may, or may not have, made some of this info up.

Other possible title possibilities:

"Iron Man II: The Attack of the Pleats"

"Iron Man and The Chamber of Wrinkles"

"Iron Man & The Temple of Dry Cleaning"

...COMMENT if you have any more title ideas?

**THANKS NICK P. FOR THE "ATTACK OF THE PLEATS" IDEA!**

Poster Analysis: "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past"

So I went and saw "Wolverine" last night (which I enjoyed - not a bad way to start the summer blockbuster season) and when going into the theater I saw the poster for "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past."

Here's my analysis, from what I can tell from the poster:

So this movie looks like your standard Matthew McConaughey film - cute, romantic, fun...awww how sweet...but look closer!

It is clearly about a man who is haunted by the ghosts of 3 ex-girlfriends, who he killed. The tagline reads "You can't always run from your past" which leads me to believe that he has been trying to forget about these murdered exes but can't because he forgot to take down their portraits that hang on the wall of his apartment. Then in steps Jennifer Garner, who is the cute new detective in town, who is on assignment to find him and strangle him with his own scarf.

Now I haven't seen the commercial for this film but I'm almost positive thats the plot. Right?

In Theaters: "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"

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Extremely Current Movie News!

Well, ok, maybe if it was 1993 this would be a new release but I was just talking about this movie with some people and a couple of thoughts came to mind that I didn't think about as a kid watching the movie.

1. That kid probably shouldn't be standing under a 36,000 pound (aka 18 tons) (aka f'ing huge) whale while it does a flip over a rock barrier mere inchs above him. Back then it was epic and heroic, now I'm like just watch from a safe distance my friend you ain't going to catch Willy if he doesn't make it.

2. There were 2 more movies made. "Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home", and "Free Willy 3: The Rescue." Back then I was excited to keep getting more Free Willy's. Now I'm just wondering why Willy can't stay out of trouble. If I had to name the movies they would been "Free Willy 2: Dammit Willy Not Again!" and "Free Willy 3: See Ya. You're On Your Own Buddy."

3. "The most rousing family adventure since E.T." is the movie's tagline. Back then I would have had to look up "rousing." Now I just read that picture above and though it said "The most arousing family adventure since E.T." which almost made me fire up the ol' VHS player and see what I must have missed before.

Who needs thoughts on current movies like Wolverine or Watchmen when you can read about a movie thats 16 year old. (Yes Free Willy is eligible for its drivers licence. Now if only that damn whale could fit in a car.)

Text with Misspelling

I just received a text message that said

"Fat and Furious on Sunday let me know if u r interested."

Now it's clear the person was asking if I would like to partake in the viewing of the cinematic feature entitled "Fast and Furious" starring that gentleman Paul Walker and the Vin Diesel (as grandma would say).

It amazing how the absence of the letter "S" in a word can make the upcoming sunday night go from a movie night watching 4Fast4Furious: Africa Drift (I assume) to a night of watching angry customers at a McDonald's Drive through during the busiest hour of the day - when they are out of Big Mac's - now that's Fat and Furious!

Poster: "Where the Wild Things Are"

Continuing the movie poster theme...

This is a poster for the upcoming movie (based on the famous children's book), "Where the Wild Things Are" which doesn't look frightening at all...nope...well maybe alittle...ok maybe I'll be bringing a grownup with me, jeez.

Anyway I'm very disappointed because the poster is not informative at all, it doesn't tell me where even one wild thing is never mind multiple "wild things".

This I feel would be more helpful:

Much better.

"Is Anybody There" Poster

The movie's title is, "Is Anybody There" but is it me or does this look like "Michael Caine: Is anybody there?" Michael Caine is a great actor and all but I don't think the actor's name should be bigger than the movie's title.

On a side note I recently shot a movie called "Michael's Cane" the gripping drama of a man's relationship with his cane and the struggles he has when he comes home to find the cane wittled down to mere toothpick. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll leave the theatre before it's over. Compelling stuff.



(Yes, the first real post is about some movie poster starring Michael Caine. Random? Damn right.)