The arrogence of the Pre-sequel or a sort of review of priest

Hey folks this subject is one of great concern to me and that is the Pre-Sequel. This is the act of writing a movie with intent of a sequel before the movie even comes out. This is stupid as if it makes no money we are left with a unfinished story and that's weak.



I recently saw the sci fi action flick ""Priest" which was if left as is a half a movie. This movie was guilty of a sin that is one of my biggest pet peeves right now and that is the "counting the sequel before it is made". This is cheap on so many levels one it allows for a underwhelming ending as why resolve anything when you can just have a pithy "it,s just beginning". That line if not followed by another movie is cheap and crap as now you as the film maker more or less made me pay to see not even the beginning of the conflict. This movie starts off fine enough with a load of exposition which is done with a animated sequence illustrating the set up of a alternate universe where we have been openly fighting vampires throughout history. this movie is based on a Korean graphic novel so trying to translate all of that info and mythos could not of been easy. The movie follows the exploits of one of priest who were the secret weapons of the church in the war. This is where the movie kinda coasts to the "this is just beginning" line at the end as they feel that explaining anything is a job for later installments to deal with. I mean it was ok otherwise the always great Karl urban was the main villain who in true BS Pre-sequel fashion escapes. I HATE that as now if(and when) this is the last movie we are left hanging on pretty much everything as no story was given closure at all. As long as Star wars looms as the point in time where arrogantly making a movie with the conceit that the story spans 3 whole movies there will always be Pre-sequels.

A Review of Thor

Hello folks its review time again and the movie we are reviewing is the mildly anticipated Marvel studios Thor. This movie is what I call the summer herald which is the first of the blockbusters and historically it is never as good as the mid summer stuff and never as bad as the late summer stuff. With all that said this movie did not deviate from that model much. The movie starts out in the middle of nowhere with Natalie Portman in a textbook "making payments on the house role" as a astrophysicist. She in a role that anyone could of done is tracking down proof of wormholes a sort of shortcut through space and in doing so runs over the newly banished Thor. This leads to the beginning and telling of how Thor was banished and what I believe was the biggest issue with this film. The Asgard(home of Thor and the asgardians) scenes where filled with great action and the story was very compelling. The father son story and the sibling rivalry was well played as well as the conflict with the frost giants. However when the story shifts to earth its grinds to a halt. First off the romance between Thor and Portman,s character was shallow and the action was too spaced out to be of any use. When they would zip back to Asgard you were reminded of what the earth scenes missed with a actual narrative that made sense and stakes that you invested in. All in together though it was not that bad as I said in the beginning of the post this was much better then what we will see in august and that's a fact. Some good things are the casting of most of the asgardians save Loki who I felt was a Emo band cast away and not the personification of malice and trickery the character is. I also like the care they are showing building the avengers up with every movie the adding a little bit to the puzzle and taking their time building it up. In closing I would say this is not daredevil or elektra but what is really? Should you spend money and time with this? I would say yes but if this choice is after June first and the much supiorior X men First class or Green Lantern is out then no. as always my email is danielcrudup@rocketmail.com for any questions or comments.