A notice for today. I'm back, and I am no longer going to just use this place for writing excerpts, but for everything. Reviews, thoughts, this will be a regular blog. I'll still include writings, but I'm going to use as a blog should be.

Two quick reviews:

The Golden Compass: Don't, I repeat, DO NOT go see this movie. I can't believe someone messed the book up so badly. In today's age of incredible Fantasy movies (Lord of the Rings, Narnia, a few others) Chris Weitz manages to kill it. He killed it dead. He messed up not only the interpretation, but left out a huge portion of the book. He also decided that the original order of the story (you know, the one that got the book proclaimed the last masterpiece of the 20th century?) wasn't good enough. He destroyed characters, ripped out plot points, and left out the original ending entirely. Oh, it was very pretty to look at, and the designers are absolutely brilliant when it came to creating the world, but the story was butchered. It reminded me of an anime that America got a hold of and screwed up (One Piece anyone?). Don't support the man. I don't want to see what he does with The Subtle Knife or The Amber Spyglass.

No Country for Old Men: One word. Brilliant. I couldn't believe that I hadn't seen this movie before now. I was floored. The original word by Cormic McCarthy was a great book, and to see it come to life was amazing. The Cohen brothers made a masterpiece, each character well thought out, each scene crafted with care, you could feel the intensity of the characters through the screen. All three characters were at once so different, yet so similar, it gave me the creeps. And I don't creep easily. The only difference between them was how far they had sunk into madness. A dark masterwork, the movie gave me chills at the end. I don't think I can say much more, or I'll give everything away. But it ranks in my top movies as of now. Go see this.

It's hard to believe that both these movies are book adaptions, but the quality and care given to the movies is so vastly different.

That's all for now, I'm going to try to update this thing with a regular basis, so anyone who reads this, more content will be coming.