It's All Right Here!! Jason Latorre's Blog

[Jason Latorre]

OK so I posted my first blog. Yes it's a bit of a long one. I take my reviews serious and I don't like to say something unless i can back it up. Check it out!

The Promotion & Son of Rambow reviewed.
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/627/The-Promotion-of-Son-of-Rambow.html

[Jason Latorre]

Here is my latest opinion on The Happening and M. Night's previous films.

The Happening reviewed.
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/646/An-M-Night-to-Forget.html

[Jason Latorre]

SO Spiderman pisses me off and I went on a rant here.
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/773/The-Unamazing-Spiderman-Franchise.html

Meanwhile in my roid rage I reviewed Bigger Stronger Faster.
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/790/I-am-a-realBIG-American.html

[Jason Latorre]

All I hear is Tarantino this and Tarantino that so here is my take.

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/844/Not-everyone-is-cool-Quentin.html

[coolasquentin]

Great blog there. I mean, look at the name I have. haha

Trust me, I feel the same way. I'm all for a Tarantinoesque type film, but he needs to go the next step as a filmmaker. I think Death Proof was the right direction for him, and if he goes all out with a war film and we get some Saving Private Ryan scale action, I think people will think a bit differently of him.

Most of the people I know tend to look at him as that indie director with the sick sense of humor. Not sure where they get the indie cred for him from, especially when his budgets have gone up throughout each film.

But I wanted to let you know it was an enjoyable blog coming from a fellow blogger.

[Jason Latorre]

The voice of reason backed by another voice of reason. Thank You.

On to the new subject at hand: Summer Movies or should I say lack of.
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/871/Where-have-all-the-Summer-movies-gone.html

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Pixar's new shining star is more then a great film. It's a change in direction for the better.
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/934/A-Pixar-Perfect-Change.html

[Jason Latorre]

Comic Con is approaching and with it they are showing a rough cut of Mutant Chronicles. I've seen it and this is what I have to say.
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/962/Mutant-Chroniclezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.html

[Jason Latorre]

In the struggle for brilliance these two movie forgot to even try. Here is what I have to say about Hancock and X-Files: I Want to Believe
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1019/File-the-X-File-and-the-Cock-under-Mediocre.html

[Jason Latorre]

When good comedies fall in to the wrong hands you get Pineapple Express.
Here's my review:
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1068/It039s-Called-A-Stoner-Comedy-For-A-Reason.html

[Jason Latorre]

Well Towelhead managed to offend me and here is why.
Here is my review:
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1141/Towelhead-Not-Racist-Just-Borderline-Pedophile.html

[Jason Latorre]

Here is a great recommendation for all those film makers out there looking to learn from example.

Paris Je T'aime
http://chud.com/articles/authors/177/Jason-Latorre

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Just saw Appaloosa and here is what I thought of it.

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1301/Appaloosa-is-a-nice-town-but-I-feel-like-I039ve-been-there-before.html

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Saw W. tonight and wrote a little something about it but don't bother looking for the WMD's cause they aren't here.

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1334/WTF.html

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Killing the hero just makes me feel better. Here is something I noticed about making statements in movies.

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1395/Someone-has-to-die-in-order-that-the-rest-of-us-should-value-life-more.html

[Jason Latorre]

Are good Science Fiction movies impossible today or maybe they just shouldn't try to be Science Fiction? Here are my thoughts on the matter.

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1411/Science-Fiction-shouldn039t-try-to-be-Science-Fiction.html

[Jason Latorre]

Looking for a good vampire movie, or maybe you want a good movie about youth and innocence? Let The Right One In has both. Luck us.

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1424/Child-Vampire-for-Adults.html

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If this is what it's like to be a superhero in real life then I will pass.

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1428/A-superhero039s-path-to-stardom.html

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Come visit Australia

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1429/I-come-from-a-land-down-under.html

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Kevin Smith takes a jab at Michael Bay for being as nic(h)e as him.

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1435/Your-movies-are-niche.html

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Liam Neeson and Luc Besson should be great right? Well only if you know why their relationship exists.

Taken
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1452/Taken-is-like-a-retired-version-of-The-Professional.html

[Erix]

In The Professional you need to justify the emotional connection between Leon and Mathilda because Mathilda is a stranger who waltzes into his apartment one morning and, before then, they were strangers to each other. And that is the emotional crux upon which the whole narrative spins.

In The Bourne Identity, a connection is formed between Jason and Marie as they share this emotional experience together and it blooms into romance. This is a standard in spy thrillers (the romance between hero and heroine) and it gives the back story necessary to justify the drive of Supremacy...

But in Taken... She's his daughter. In a 100 minute movie, meant to be a basic roller-coaster, that is more concerned with action beats and plot momentum than anything else - wasting time with establishing an unnecessary justification would only bog it down. The movie is not about why they are connected. That's self-explanatory.

Being a parent, I didn't need to know why Neeson wanted to find his daughter. That he's been an absentee father most of her life is irrelevant. It doesn't mean he doesn't love her. In fact, the one flaw I did find in the film is that it took too long to get moving precisely because they had to establish all this back story about the divorce and his controlling relationship with his daughter and it makes the first 20-odd minutes kind of slow. He's her dad. Some creeps have kidnapped her. That's all you need to know.

Why does he care? Because he's her father. End of story.

[Jason Latorre]

I agree that his being her father should be reason enough for him to go about his actions if it was clear he wanted to be a part of her life. From what the movie got across he disappeared for a very long time and only recently came back in to her life. That is an important action and for him to suddenly care is unrealistic. A father doesn't just suddenly care for a child he has had no relationship with unless something pushes him to realize he needs that relationship. I failed to see where that was established in the film. Yes it's about his trying to recover her but I don't get why. As far as the controlling aspect, that is also a little weird that he goes from not being a part of her life to wanting to control ever aspect. I get that he has seen bad things but then he should react that way towards everyone hence there has to be specific reason why he felt need to get back in to her life and be controlling. I don't think that just reasoning because it's his daughter justifies why he does all this because plenty of other movies people harm their children and not kill for them. What makes for a better movie is showing the audience somehow why they are that way/what brought them to that point. Besides not everyone relates to having a child so that isn't a strong enough connection for audience.

[Jason Latorre]

If you haven't caught my movie going experience in NYC to see Che and The Wrestler check it out here

Part I
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1505/Roadshow-Revolution-With-Che-amp-Mickey-Part-I.html

Part II
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1510/Roadshow-Revolution-With-Che-amp-Mickey-Part-II.html

[Jason Latorre]

JCVD proves not only to be a study in breaking down a character but also breaking down a human being. Check out what I thought:

JCVD
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1514/JCVD-Van-Damme-The-Man.html

[Jason Latorre]

Here's to the first awards show I have seen where 99% of the choices for film winners made me feel good.

Golden Globes
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1515/Golden-Feel-Good-Globes.html

[Jason Latorre]

Benjamin Button leads Oscar nominations but it looks like Forrest Gump already took top honors.

Benjamin Button and the Oscars
http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1534/Maybe-All-The-Good-Stories-Have-Been-Told.html

[Jason Latorre]

AFI Top 100 Movies plays like an exclusive list none of us will ever get to choose.

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1577/Q-What-are-your-top-10-movies-A-Go-screw-yourself-AFI-cause-you-don039t-care.html

[Jason Latorre]

This summer has many things to look forward to and if you are me they are all listed right here:

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1817/A-Man-Cannes-Only-Do-So-Much-This-Summer.html

[Jason Latorre]

If Terminator went against everything it stood for then you would get Terminator Salvation.

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1828/In-The-Future-Heroes-Are-Made-then-sacraficed-for-the-self-centered-human-hero.html

[Jason Latorre]

Up isn't just a state of arousal. It's a great Pixar film.

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1845/Old-People-Are-Fun-To-Watch-Get-It-UP.html

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3 rules to hopefully avoiding another summer of disappointing movies.

http://chud.com/articles/blogs/1996/The-Summer-That-Never-Was-and-3-Rules-to-Prevent-it-From-Happening-Again.html