Opening this Week - Next and The Invisible

There are really only two movies I wanted to see this weekend (though I get to see neither of them) out of all the other movies coming out.

The Invisible with Justin Chatwin and Next with Nicolas Cage.

Ever since seeing the trailer for the Invisible I've been wanting to see it. Although it feels like the concept may have been used before in a movie, the trailer makes it look like an amazing movie... but I guess that's what they're supposed to do.

As for the movie Next, I'm always a little strange when it comes to action films. They inspire me in a totally different way than other movies. There's really less character development and more ass-kicking, which is ok if that's what you're looking for in the movie.

Nicolas Cage never disappoints me, being in some of my favorite films (adaptation and matchstick men to name a few) so seeing him as the star makes me want to see it regardless. Also, written by the screenwriter of Minority Report gives it a lot of credibility in my book.

Here's the synopsis from IMDB:

If you see the future, you can save it in Next, based on a short story by Philip K. Dick. Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage) is a Las Vegas magician with the ability to see a few minutes into the future. Seeking to escape government scrutiny, he lives off the grid, performing cheap tricks for meager cash under an assumed name. But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, FBI agent Callie Ferris (Julianne Moore) becomes determined to track Cris down and convince him to help stop the attack.

... and this trailer helps with the seeablness of this movie:

Spider-Man 3 Venom Footage

If you're like me, you feel like you've already seen Spider-Man 3 via trailers. I mean, they're all over the internet. One will focus on the Sandman, the other on the new Green Goblin... but what we're all waiting for... what I've been looking forward to since the first Spider-Man movie came out, is the appearance of Venom.

I first saw the trailer with Venom in it at the theater waiting to see Frank Miller's 300 and it made me want to skip 300 and transport all the way to May 4th.

Well, I couldn't resist when I saw this. If you want to see some more Venom action, go download this video from this video site. If you want to wait for the movie, then don't click on this link, but I just couldn't resist (as I've already mentioned).

You can find it here: Venom Footage.

Welcome to Film Geeks and How I Rate Movies

Welcome to Film Geeks.

I've been wanting to jump on this blog for so long and am finally able to do so. If there is one thing I love it's movies. They are only second to a good book and they're only getting better as time moves on.

So who needs another blog about movies. Aren't there enough out there. You'd think there is, but here I am, creating another one, another useless barrage of ideas from someone who thinks they know everything and has the right to criticize any film because his intellect is superior to that of the filmmakers.

But that's not what this is. I am no intellect, I didn't take a course in film critiquing, I have no idea how to professionally critique a movie (if there is such a thing). All I do is bring my honesty to the table.

If you really want to know how I review a film, I'll simply tell you. If a movie inspires me, if it's the type of movie I watch and it makes me actually want to write... write a movie, write about a movie, write a story... whatever... that's what makes a movie "good" to me. If something is so powerful, you want to create something that does that to people, I think a movie has done it's job. Not only of entertaining, but changing someone's perspective.

So that's what you're in for with Film Geeks. An honest review of movies from an honest person with no credentials thereof.