Monthly Archives: November 2007

I have I hard time writing reviews longer than a couple sentences (good reviews at least). If someone gave me any writing tips (or general blogging tips) I would be very appreciative. These are going to be really short recommendations on comics I’ve recently read. So here it goes.

This was a fun comic to read. I was expecting a little more from Mike Carey who writes Crossing Midnight, but still a good comic by my standards.

I’ve heard great things about Usagi Yojimbo and I definitely enjoyed the first volume. Usagi Yojimbo is about a samurai rabbit. Just the premise would keep me reading. In the first volume the writing feels like something is lacking. The art is quite awesome though. I will keep reading Usagi Yojimbo because I’m sure it gets even better.

I know this is kind of old (Volume 11 was recently released) but I just started reading this. 100 bullets is about multiple characters who have had some kind of wrongdoing done to them (awkward sentence). A mysterious guy gives each character information about who ruined their life, a gun permit, and 100 untraceable bullets. The premise is very interesting is executed very well. If you see this at your library check it out (thats where I found it). I will absolutely read more 100 Bullets in the future.

This week has been all kinds of awesome. Mario Galaxy came out, Galaxy is the best Wii game and could be my favorite game this year (not sure if I like Galaxy or Portal better). Scott Pilgrim V.4 came out. I love me some Scott Pilgrim and this volume does not disappoint. I’m not going to do a very long review because all you need to know is that it’s awesome. The last great thing that happened was No Country For Old Men(See Review).

Scott Pilgrim V4

Scott Pilgrim is amazing. If you haven’t read the first 3 volumes buy them now. They are some of the best comics money can buy, and V.4 is no slouch. This is Scott Pilgrim as you know and love him and you can’t get much better then that. I don’t really have anything to say other then how great a writer/aritist Bryan Lee O’Malley. O’Malley pictures were always excellent, but here there even better.

I love the Coen Brothers. My favorites being Miller’s Crossing, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Blood Simple, and The Man Who Wasn’t There. Right now I would probably put No Country For Old Men in the middle of the above list. This an excellent piece of film making. I would love to see this again at the theaters to get even more out of it. No Country is a thriller, but this not an average thriller by any means. I don’t want to give anything away so I won’t. It’s not for everyone, but nothing good really is. Go see this movie at the Theater. It’s better then most movies that have come out this year, and I can see this being on of my favorite movies for years to come. I know this review is short, but I hope to sit down and write a in-depth analysis of the movie after thinking about it a lot and or upon watching it again. Bye for now.

The movie is about Lars (Ryan Gosling) who orders a life-size doll off the internet (who then becomes his girlfriend). If the premise of the movie sounds appealing, then by all means go see it but don’t go expecting a mean-spirited comedy. Lars is quite funny, but it is still the sweetest movie I’ve seen all year (It made me cry).  A big part of the reason Lars is such a good movie is because of Ryan Gosling (I don’t think I’ve seen anything of his before but I’ve been meaning to watch Half-Nelson) Gosling is excellent in this and I could definitely see him go on to great things. Lars is not everyone, but for certain people it is really quite enjoyable and one of my favorite movies of the year.