The first “Taken” film was great. The second one was just okay. This one looks pretty good. Of course, trailers try to make movies look good that’s what they’re supposed to do. I’ve seen the first two “Taken” movies in theater when they first came out and will probably see this one too.
Enjoy!
Kev
Before JJ Abrams got the gig to direct “Star Wars Episode VII”, David Fincher was one of the original directors to helm the next Star Wars film but he simply turned it down. The reason is ’cause he’s a huge fan of “Empire Strikes Back” and he would have made “Episode VII” more like that film. He also said that the reason he turned it down is ’cause he saw the Star Wars films as two droids being slaves like the first two and they stopped the droids being slaves storyline in “Jedi”. Fincher would have kept the droids being slaves story going.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/what-david-fincher-directed-star-736453
While Fincher is one of the best directors out there, I don’t he’d make a great fit either. Knowing how all of Fincher’s films are, he would have made the film too dark and too intense for families. He would have made the story too difficult for children to understand. I’m a huge fan of all of Fincher’s directed movies, of course, the only film he did I didn’t care for was “Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, that was the only one I didn’t like but all of his other directed movies were great: “Alien 3”, “Se7en”, “Fight Club”, “Social Network”, “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo”, etc. I also love his Netflix TV show, “House of Cards”.
I’m looking forward to seeing “Gone Girl”. That’s the next film I plan on seeing in theater.
Now here’s a question for Mr. Fincher, “When are you going to get around to getting ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire’ in the works?”. Come on, dude, bring back Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara for another Millennium film. His, “Dragon Tattoo” film was pretty amazing. That’s the best film he did, in my opinion. I wish he would get to the work on the sequel already!!! We’re all waiting for it!
Kev
Netflix have been doing their own original TV shows such as “House of Cards”, “Orange Is the New Black”, “Hemlock Groove” and others but it was only a matter of time that they are gonna start doing their original films. Their first original film will be a sequel to the 2000’s Ang Lee directed, “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” which is a martial arts action film.
Ang Lee will not return to direct but the film will be produced by the Weinstein Co. The plot is unknown at this time and it is also not yet known if any of the original cast such as Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun Fat and Ziyi Zang will reprise their roles or not.
The original “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” is one of my favorite films of all time and I’m a huge fan of martial arts movies so hopefully the sequel will be good.
I hope they’ll get the original cast to reprise their roles ’cause if they don’t come back, fans of the first movie won’t be interested. I remember seeing the original in theater in 2000 when it first came out and watched it on DVD many times… I still have the original film on DVD in my movie collection. It’s a great film and it’s Ang Lee’s best directed film, in my opinion.
I bet Netflix had to get some written permission from Ang Lee for the sequel so Ang must be cool with them doing the sequel without him. “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” really is a beautiful film, though, and I would recommend it if you have never seen it before.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/netflix-pushes-into-movie-making-with-first-original-film-1412081193
Kev
There are now reports all over the web that the White House fence jumper ended up getting pretty far inside the White House than revealed in the media. There are also a lot of talk that the Secret Service claims that the White House fence jumper just simply wanted to go there to warn Obama that the Earth’s atmosphere is collapsing, which I find a bunch of bull. The last thing you wanna believe are anything that comes out of the White House. That’s just according to the Secret Service.
If the guy wanted to warn the President about the Earth’s atmosphere collapsing, why would he have a knife and why would he have a bunch of weapons in his car??? I think the “Secret Service” is lying about the “Earth atmosphere is collapsing” part as a way to make people think that the fence jumper wasn’t planning to do something dangerous to Obama. Why would someone go through all that trouble just to warn somebody something? If he wanted to warn somebody something, he could have tried calling the White House or write a letter to them. Something like that. I just find the “atmosphere collapsing” part a bunch of crock, that’s just according to the Secret Service.
In reality, we would never know the real reason why the fence jumper entered the White House until Gonzalez goes to court for that.
Anyway, no matter what you think of this, other people are gonna try it. Just wait until those illegals from Mexico make their way to D.C. or wait until Isis gets over here. More mentally ill people in America are gonna try it too.
Maybe when some people who try to enter the White House doesn’t plan to do anything dangerous to the President? Maybe some just wanna see what it’s like inside?
I’m still standing by it that this is karma for Obama on how he’s been treating our country for the last 6 years. It’s just gonna keep happening to him more and more.
Since this Gonzalez guy is a vet, maybe he’s just upset at Obama of the way he’s been treating our troops for the last 6 years? Maybe it’s also a message that Obama should close the border and do something about ISIS. Something to think about for a few minutes.
Kev
Tony Iommi maybe suffering cancer right now but even that is not slowing him down. He is just going to keep playing music until he can’t. Ozzy says that Black Sabbath is planning one last studio album and tour in 2015. The album will feature Tony, Geezer and Ozzy in the line-up still. Will Bill Ward be on board for the final Sabbath album? Who knows. We’ll have to wait and see what Bill says. He’s probably still gonna say “no” until Sabbath gives him what he wants, a negotiable contract but anyway, even if Bill doesn’t want in… who cares. Sabbath have went through so many members over the years.
Anyway, the next Sabbath album will be considered the 20th Sabbath album and would be the 10th album w/ Ozzy as singer.
I thought Sabbath’s latest album, “13” was pretty sick but it could have been heavier and darker. Hopefully, the next one will be a lot heavier. “13” was still a great album, though.
Even with cancer, Tony is still a pretty amazing guitarist and he can still come up with badass guitar riffs and play ripping solos. I’m sure he’ll do the same with the next album.
Kev
Have you noticed that each time a female celebrity gives birth to a new baby it’s huge news all of a sudden? Celebrities like Kim K., Savannah Guthrie, Chelsea Clinton, Snooki, etc. Once these female celebrities get a new baby, it’s everywhere you look. You see it on TV. You see it all over social networking (believe me, this stuff is all over my newsfeed in facebook constantly) and the internet. Blah blah blah, you get the deal. I’m getting tired of seeing celebrity baby news all over the internet.
Don’t get me wrong. I like it when women and couples get children… i’ts a blessing thing for sure but why should we care if big stars get children? Why does the media have to be all over this stuff?
I can tell you exactly why the media is obsessed with celebrity babies.
It’s because that women in America in this day and age are obsessed with babies. Facebook/twitter is proof of that. The media knows this. Women in social networking posting personal photos of their babies when that stuff is usually meant to be for a private family matter for them to enjoy but social networking we have to get forced to watch families in the US live their lives and grow ’cause these people post everything they do.
The media posts celebrity baby reports ’cause they know that women will be all over that stuff… you know how women are like, “Aaaaawwww, how cute.” blah blah blah, you get the deal. The media reports this stuff ’cause they know it helps their business. Helps them get more website views, more paid subscriptions, TV ratings, etc. That’s why the media keeps shoving celebrity babies in our faces.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not bashing women and babies… I’m only bashing the media.
Why should America care about celebrity babies when we should be caring for our own families and children??? We don’t know these celebrities. Why are we celebrating their births when we don’t even know these people???
It’s insane how Chelsea Clinton’s baby is all over the place when she’s not even famous for anything. She’s only famous ’cause she’s Hillary’s daughter. I feel kind of bad for Chelsea getting her newborn child ’cause when Charlotte grows up, her grandmother is gonna end up in prison whenever she’s found guilty for not providing security for Benghazi. Just one thing to keep in mind, Clinton lovers!!!
Who cares about the freakin’ Clintons. When will people wake up that Bill and Hillary aren’t sweethearts???
Kev
People are always coming up with different Awareness Days but what about one for assholes???
At the top of my head, I can definitely name some people who deserve the asshole award and deserve the public recognition for it but I’m not gonna name names.
I find it amazing how people think it’s okay to treat me however they want to. Not on my watch. I don’t welcome assholes in my life. Wanna treat me like shit, I’ll just pretend you’re dead. It’s funny how people think they can talk all kinds of shit to me but I can’t do the same to them.
I don’t accept assholes in my life… online or offline.
The same goes with this blog… if all you’re going to come here for is to be an asshole to me, the comment will be removed and you will no longer be allowed to post.
There is no reason for people to be negative to me, they just do it ’cause some people are assholes… period.
You don’t need to listen to people who are assholes. Just ignore ’em completely, don’t respond to any of them and living life would be much easier for you. Trust me. There are assholes all over the place, everywhere you look. It’s a crazy world, man.
Kev
Dr. Ben Carson just announced that there is a strong possibility that he’s going to go for a President run in 2016. I think he would make a great president. He’s been my favorite conservative politician for a long time. I like his views and his thoughts on the way this country is going.
Since he is black, I can’t wait until the left start attacking his policies and right-wing views. That will be our opportunity to call liberals a bunch of racists, HA! This is will be our payback!
I haven’t read any of Ben Carson’s books yet but was meaning to start reading them soon. Ben Carson delivers the best speeches.
I wish he would have been our first black president instead of the madman we have now.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/23/ben-carson-likelihood-is-strong-i-am-running-for-p/
Kev
I thought this was pretty good. Jimmy Fallon singing Doo Wop music with Robert Plant. Seeing Robert’s reaction to the Ipad was funny shit… that had me crackin’ up. The way Robert reacts to the sample recording is funny too.
Guess Robert is still trying to figure out today’s technology, HA!
Keep in mind back when Robert was young like in his 20’s, there was none of this stuff. Back in the 70’s, there were no computers, internet, social networking, Iphones, Ipads, etc. So I’m pretty sure he doesn’t know anything about today’s technology.
Enjoy the video. I’ll be getting the new Robert Plant album soon. I really loved the “Rainbow” song.
Kev
Al Di Meola posted that cryptic photo above teasing fans that he maybe working on a new studio album. Notice how he wrote, “recording sessions” in the photo. That means he’s been in the studio recording again. Over the past year, Al Di Meola have been touring pretty heavily. Look like he finally wants to take a break and record a new album.
If he is indeed recording his new album, this will be his 24th studio album. Yeah, he’s been around that long. His latest album was his Beatles tribute album that he released last year.
I’ve been interested in this guy’s music for years and I’m just finally starting to get into him. I only have three albums of his on my Ipod for now but will try to get a lot more of his albums. I own his Beatles tribute album and it’s amazing stuff.
I got interested in Al Di Meola ’cause I’ve read so much about him through Guitar World magazine pretty much. Other musicians have talked about him and he’s done plenty of interviews with Guitar World. I’ve also been watching his live performances in youtube quite a lot so now I’m finally starting to collect his studio albums.
He really is a sick guitarist. He’s one of the best out there right now. He’s one guitarist who should get mainstream recognition and he absolutely deserves a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction too. Sure, he’s mostly jazz but if you listen to his music, he puts a lot of rock n’ roll and fusion into his music too. He counts as a rock n’ roll artist too. The guy can play just about anything.
He’s beginning to be one of my guitar heroes. I can’t stop listening to his music and I definitely want to collect as much of his albums as I can. I’ll be looking forward to his new one too! Bring it, Al!
Kev
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