07.09.07

The Legend of Zelda:Twilight Princess

Posted in Game Reviews at 1:26 pm by earl

 (9.75/10.00) Finally, after 45 hours of running through dungeons, fighting epic boss battles, and finally taking down Ganondorf on my first try, I am ready to review The Legend of Zelda:Twilight Princess. I know I usually tell the storyline, but I could spend a week typing up all the things that happened, so here’s the general jist: Link is a farmboy in Ordon, whose friends are kidnapped by creatures. He then gets kidnapped and transforms into a wolf, and soon is going through temples collecting tears of light, fused shadows, and pieces of a mirror in order to save Hyrule from the impending Twilight whic is being ran by Zant, a false king, who is being ran by Ganondorf, the big ol’ king of evil. Honestly, this is the most epic game I have ever played. I felt like I was playing through Lord of the Rings or something. Yeesh. Anyway, this being on the Wii, there is motion-sensing. Shake the Wiimote to swing your sword and shake the nunchuk to use the spin attack. You also use the Wiimote to aim certain weapons. Not only is there a main quest, but there are also mini little things thrown in. One of my favorites being the Hidden Skills:Seven sword techniques that a mystic swordsmen will teach you when you locate him. The temples, although sometimes annoying (9.75), are variative, and the boss battles are amazing. The ones with Zant and Ganondorf are the most amazing overall, having 4-6 completely different phases each. Overall, Twilight Princess is a gaming treasure and should be played by any Wii owner. 

Movie Previews-Harry Potter, Captivity, Talk to Me

Posted in Movies at 1:00 pm by earl

Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix-Harry Potter is back again in the third Harry Potter film, and this time Voldemort is doing something, there’s a pretty cool broomride, and there’s a new organization called the Order of the Pheonix. The movie looks promising, but I think J.K. Rowling should have done away with the wands and instead, use the magic like Force lightning.

Captivity-This Saw-like movie has two people chained together in someone’s basement, and they’re trying to escape. This movie sounds a lot like Saw. Hmmm…..That’s all I got for this movie that sounds like Saw. Did I mention that this movie sounds like Saw?

Talk To Me-This movie follows Don Cheadle as he plays a radio-show talk host during the turmoil in the 60s. This movie actually looks pretty proising in a flood of actio flicks. A rare gem in the diamond mine of summer… A…Oh forget it…

Evan Almighty

Posted in Movies at 12:45 pm by earl

 

(Grade:A-) This one was definitely better than the first. It tells the story of Evan Baxter in his new job of Congressman trying to follow God’s instructions of building an ark. Steve Carell does a pretty good job, not including a few moments. Morgan Freeman once again does a great job of playing God. The whole movie flows along smoothly, but there was only one problem I had with it. It didn’t quite follow the Bible all the way through. There were two doors of Evan’s Ark, and they closed it. They let other people on the ark, and rain didn’t cause the flood. One thing I loved about it however, was it’s family-friendiness, something not found in Bruce Almighty. Overall, this is a really fun movie for the summer.

Is Harry Potter “Evil”?

Posted in The Way Earl Sees It at 12:34 pm by earl

 

With the new Harry Potter movie coming out this Friday and the final book coming out the next Friday, the question comes back up: “Is Harry Potter evil?”. Well, many people have debated on this controversial topic, especially with the new book coming out July 13. I personally will be at home watching the Season Premiere of Monk and Psych, mostly because I don’t really care for Harry Potter and I would probably just end up making a lot of jokes about Harry Potter and end up getting thrown out of Books-A-Million. But back to the main question, “Is Harry Potter Evil?”. Well, what does the Bible have to say about it? Back in early Exodus whe nMoses was sent by God to set the Isrealites free, when he was performing his “miracles” you might say with his staff, there were sorcerers that tryed to pull off the same tricks. Yes, I know, the movie is not real, but I do think that it has had some influence on society, with more and more people going to Psychics or whatnot. No, I don’t think this is making people go outside casting spells on other people, becuase that’s pretty much the same thing as Spiderman. Overall, I  think that Harry Potter isn’t going to cause the downfall of society, I just think that this is just getting kid’s imagination going, but it could be somewhat of a bad influence in a wrong mindset. It all depends on how you look at it. Me personally, I’ll just stay home and watch Monk.