A Week In Movies - Monday: Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
This is a movie that I only first saw rather recently. It’s about a troubled boy, Donnie Darko, who awakes one morning on a golf course, which he slept walked to that night. Back at his house it turns out an airplane engine fell out of the sky onto his room. The rest of his family’s left unharmed but no one can explain where the engine came from. There was no plane to report such an incident.
Donnie soon discovers a light coming out from him and leading outside the room. He follows it to the fridge then sees in turn away. This is his fate path. He can change it.
There’s book exerts throughout the move that when read give you a better understanding of what’s going on and why.
This movie is very interesting and well written and will leave you analyzing and speculating. It’s definatly one of those movies you have to watch multiple times to really understand.
If you decide to watch this, and you should, ensure you get the director’s cut. It contains lots more then the original, plus the original barely makes sense.
What I think of Soul Calibur 4
Lachlan rented Soul Calibur 4 the other day which means it’s been on the tv a lot.
From what I’ve seen it’s a pretty good game. The graphics are nice, the gameplay and characters are balanced and solid and the announcer is as retarded as always. There are some problem, like some of the moves you’ve loved from the characters have been made harder to do or added to the critical finishes. (I’m speaking mainly about Taki’s jump attack where she lands on you and stabs.)
I found that I was not able to play with old favourites in the same way I used them in the past and I’m going to have to relearn all of Taki’s moves, a chacter I had previously mastered. That being said, button mashing characters like Seong Mi-Na are just as easy to play with.
From what I’ve seen and played it’s a really good game and I want to check out more of it. I have always been a fan of the series and this one lives up to the hype.
Just in case you were wondering, the Star Wars characters are pretty good but don’t belong in Soul Calibur.
