NEWS FLASH: Tony Scott dead at 68

UPDATE: It is now reported that Tony Scott was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer just hours before he committed suicide.

Sadly I am here to report that "Top Gun" director, Tony Scott, died in Los Angeles at the age of 68. According to IMDb, the Los Angeles Police Department's harbor division reported that the British-born filmmaker jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge near Long Beach, California. Tony Scott is known for directing such hits as, "Top Gun, Man on Fire, Spy Game, and others."

According to officials, the director climbed a fence on the south part of the bridge and leapt around 12:30 p.m. Police reportedly found a suicide note inside Scott's vehicle. The body was confirmed to Tony Scott's identity around seven o'clock p.m.

Tony Scott had been developing a sequel to his 1986 hit, "Top Gun." When I found out this news I said to myself, "Holy SHIT!" I was watching "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" at the time, and I paused the film to find out what the hell had happened. I am sorry to hear that he had taken his own life. It really does deeply sadden me because he is an inspiration to me just like every other director in the movie industry.

I would have liked to meet him. I am pretty sure any person would have. He made some great movies for all of us viewers to enjoy, that was his gift. He could take a script, and turn it into something everyone would enjoy! That is the gift of movie-making. All I want to say is, "Rest in peace Mr. Tony Scott. I may have never met you, but I will miss you, we all will miss you. You left before your time, but thank you for the time you gave to us. Rest in peace."

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present the second installment in the reviews of "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy." In "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," Frodo and Sam edge closer to  Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum. The now divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard.

So for this review lets start with the positives since last time we started with the negatives. Well I again really liked the acting within this film. I thought almost everyone did an good job. I really like Viggo Mortensen in this film. I thought he had gotten a lot better from the first film. Then there is Orlando Bloom, who I really didn't like to much in the first film, who does a way better job within this film. The chemistry between him and John Rhys-Davies is just great too. Speaking of an acting roles, I really LOVED Gollum (not really acting but you know what I mean). Andy Serkis does an amazing job with the voice of Gollum. Ugh he was just so creepy, and the voice for him is just done so well. I loved how they did the one scene where it was Gollum and Smèagol talking together. Oh yes it was extremely creepy but in a good way. Peter Jackson does a great job with directing this film. Yes the film jumps from a whole bunch of different plots within the film, but the way Peter does it, I just couldn't imagine it any better way. Then with the acting scenes, well done Peter. Well done. The music again was really good, I did like it a lot better in the first film but still was very good. Back to the visual effects, for its time they have had to been the best! I am impressed even in some scene today, after 10 years. As for the plot I really liked it, I liked it A LOT better than the first film. I am not sure why, I was just more interested throughout this entire film. It seemed a lot more interesting than the first, plus there was more of Gollum in this one, and I really like to hear his back story.

Now of course in every (well almost every) movie there has to be some negatives. For the second "Lord of the Rings" film I really didn't like how Gandalf was gone the whole movie. I mean I thought he was going to be a little more important, since I thought he had died in the first. I don't really know if it is a negative, but I guess I just thought he would have a little more to do than what he did. Then there was still Elijah Wood in this film of course. I still hated his acting in this film. He really isn't the greatest actor, but I guess it is better than replacing him. That would most likely have bothered me more (plus they filmed this movie as if it was one movie). Then there is still Sam Gamgee. I am still so annoyed with his character. His character is extremely annoying. Sean Astin does a good job at playing him, but the character he has to play is annoying. My last thing I will say here is, "Why is it called, 'The Two Towers?' "

So all-in-all, this movie in my opinion was way better than the first film in the trilogy. I enjoyed it much more, and I would say that it is worth buying, BUT only on DVD! I watched it on VHS, and I felt like I didn't need the Blu-Ray version of this film. There is no need to dish out the cash for that, but on DVD would be good, a lot better quality still than VHS (which they no longer make). As for a rating on the scale out of five? I would have to give "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" a four out of five rating.

Well thank you for reading my second installment of reviews for "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy." I hope that you are enjoying them. I seem to be enjoying these films more now than I remember in the past. "The Two Towers" ended really stupidly because now I cannot sleep without watching the last film. That wasn't originally my plan, but now I am going to have to. So stay tuned for the last installment in reviews for the "Lord of the Rings Trilogy." I also would like to say that, I will be working on the new tab tomorrow for the blog, so it should be ready by Tuesday for SURE! Thanks again for reading and stay tuned . . . for more.

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The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present you the first installment in the reviews of the "Lord of the Rings Triology." In "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" an innocent hobbit of The Shire journeys with eight companions to the fires of Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring and the dark lord Sauron forever.

For this review I will have to start with the negatives first because for this movie I have quite a few. First thing I want to point out is some acting that I really do hate in this film, okay no it really wasn't acting as much as it was some of characters the actors had to play. I do not like the character of Sam Gamgee. He was really annoying, I really did want to punch him in the face the whole entire movie. Ugh just an irritating character. Then there was actually some acting that I hated, and that was Elijah Wood. I always hate him as an actor (except for one movie). He just isn't that great of an actor. The next thing about this movie is that there is just way to much fantasy in it. I mean there is no realistic tone to it at all. Its just fantasy scene after fantasy scene. Then there is the fact that this movie is terribly slow. It just seems like it goes on forever and ever.

Now positives that come from this movie. Well it does have some pretty good acting within the film. I think everyone plays there part pretty well, they at least make you believe they are there character. Who I really love is Ian McKellen as Gandalf. He does an amazing job. I really love the one scene where he is like, "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" Oh is that badass, or is it badass? The visual effects for the year that this movie came out in are very good. Today they are a bit outdated but for the time amazing. Now Howard Shore, whom I have never heard of, did the score for this film and let me just say that I am (ASAP) going to buy the score for this film. I absolutely loved it so much. I feel like I have heard it before, but it must just be from listening to soundtracks on Pandora all the time. The direction of this movie was also very good. I did like some of the camera angles that Peter Jackson had incorporated within this film. They seemed to tell the story better, and keep me somewhat interested. A movie has to keep me interested and with this movie's over use of fantasy Peter Jackson must have done a good job to keep me interested in the film. Plus I loved the acting. I like fantasy, but only a little bit. The make-up (which I rarely talk about in a movie review) was very good. It seemed to real at some points. So good job to, Peter Owen and Richard Taylor. If I talk about make-up it had to have been really good.

So all-in-all this movie was good enough to interest me. Now I know people love LOVE THIS movie but not me at all. In my opinion you "might" want to buy this movie, but I will probably only watch them once so I would also give it only a rent-worthy rating because they aren't that good. I do recommend purchasing the soundtrack though because I know I will be doing that. For the rating on the scale out of five, I am going to have to give "Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring" only a three out of five. Most people would at least give it a four but not me.

Well thanks for reading this review. The reviews for the other film of the "Lord of the Rings Trilogy" will be coming sometime tonight so make sure you stay tuned for more. If you haven't yet though, make sure you subscribe by email in the sidebar, so you will be emailed when I upload another review. Make sure you also vote on the poll, I just updated it! Now again thanks for reading and stay tuned . . . for more.

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Friends With Kids REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to finally present another review for the motion picture, "Friends With Kids" which stars John Hamm, Kristen Wigg, and many others. This film is about the difficult parts of marriage with kids. It addresses what some believe that kids can ruin your happiness and love for the one you wanted to spend your whole life with.

For this review lets start out with the negatives that came with this film. Well firstly the whole film seemed to move along a path extremely fast. A better explanation would be that they would be doing this one thing and then BAM they are already onto the next part in the story. So I guess it seemed like the plot was a bit rushed. Then of course with every single romance (or romantic comedy) comes along the predictability factor of the movie. This movie is pretty predictable. I was like, "This is going to happen later on." Then guess what happened? What I had guessed. So yeah just a tad predictable, but using tad as an understatement. Then there is Megan Fox. As hot as I think she is, she really isn't a wonderful actress. She always uses the same tone for every single part she acts, and in every movie she plays the extremely hot but snotty girl. Can she even attempt a serious role?

Now we move onto the positives of this film. Well I actually enjoyed this movie a lot, it had me laughing pretty hard in some points. Then it touched my heart in some points. This movie did a really good job at explaining really what it is like with kids, and the other kind of relationships that are out there and how some fall apart. This movie takes a good look at being friends with married couples and how everything changes in any kind of relationship once there is a kid. Now for the acting in this film, well I really loved all of the lead roles performances in this film (expect Megan's of course). John Hamm, Kristen Wigg, Maya Rudolph, Adam Scott, Chris O'Dowd, Jennifer Westfeldt, and Edward Burns. I felt like all of the performances coming out of this cast did a very good job at making me believe that they were there character, which makes you enjoy the movie even more. Now I just looked to see who went and directed this movie and now I love when an actor/actress makes there own movie that they are even starred in, and even better when they make a good movie too. Jennifer Westfeldt directed, wrote, and starred in this movie. Every aspect of her involvement in this film was very good, except for the writing. She had a good story to tell with an interesting topic, just the plot could have been better. I am glad I decided to pick this movie to rent one day.

Which now leads me to the so all-in-all section here of this review. Well even though I did enjoy this movie a lot, it had a few problems with it. So I am only going to give it a rent worthy rating, along with my dat-night rating. It is a good movie to watch once with that special someone. Just rent it and cuddle up together. You both should enjoy it. On the scale out of five, I am going to have to give this film a 3 out of 5. It was an enjoyable movie but had a jumpy plot and that will bug me, plus a little bit predictable.

Well thanks for staying tuned here. I am sorry for lack of review and motion picture information (because there has been a lot in the past days). Just been busy here at home, promising to do my best at reviewing again more. Plus I am still working on a new tab for all of you to enjoy here soon. I just can't figure it out 100% yet. Takes some time. Now make sure you do stay tuned for more, I am going to try and watch some movies for review today. Thanks for your continued support and make sure you stay tuned for more . . .

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War of the Worlds REVIEW

The "Motion Picture Buff" would like to present a review for the remaking of a classic story, "War of the Worlds." This review, as you can see above, is for the 2005 film directed by Steven Spielberg. "War of the Worlds" is about how aliens planned along time ago to wipe out our world and now they are. This film follows Ray Ferrier (Tom Cruise's character) who is trying to stay alive, and also keep his two children alive with him.

Starting of this review lets talk about the positives that had come from this movie shall we? Well the visual effects were just amazing. They had gotten an Oscar nomination for it so I guess they are REALLY amazing! The sound effects were also great, and not just to my standards though too. Apparently the Academy thought so too. This film stars Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Tim Robbins, and Justin Chatwin. They all did a fabulous job I thought in this movie. Tom Cruise seems to do a good job in every film he is in, so good job. I can see how Dakota is like one of the greatest rising young stars of my generation. She played her part perfectly, Steven Spielberg must taught her a lot making this film. Tim Robbins, I never knew he could play a part like that so well. Just absolutely believable. Then there is Justin Chatwin, to whom I have never heard of, and still to this day never heard of. He did a good job I thought. Hopefully I will see him sometime in the future.

Well now we have got to get to the negatives, because for this film there were quite a few things that had bothered me. The story line is what had really bothered me. Ugh at the end of this movie I was just like, "Nope nope, they better not do what I think they are going to do!" Guess what they did though? They did exactly what they should not have done, TWICE!!! Ugh made me so ridiculously angry because it was a halfway decent film until the end happened and those two things bothered the crap out of me. Then there was how the movie rapped up, and I was like, "Um um um NOPE!" Lets just say (without giving anything away) . . . that it was to simple. Then there was the reason of why did the aliens want to attack us? I never heard in the movie why? There had to be a reason right? Those were really the things that had bothered me, and they were just really major things for each of them.

So all-in-all this film is decent, that is what I will give it. You will enjoy watching it once, but its nothing that your going to be to excited about after. I will give it a "Rent Worthy" rating, which means its only really worth renting. If you ever think about buying it . . . don't. Trust me, you will regret it. The number rating on the scale though, I will have to give this movie a 3 out of 5.

Wel first thing I want to do in my wrap up here is that I want to apologize for the lack of reviews and information in the past weeks. I was on vacation in Norway, and had no time what so ever to do reviews, but I am back and I will be reviewing movies like crazy again. I will also be doing more "Trailer Talks" and more information on the movie industry. I want to say thank you for your continued support here on the blog also. I would like to point out before the end of this post here that the "Trailers for Upcoming Movies" tab above is now gone, and I will be introducing something better SOON! Now make sure you stay tuned for more . . .