Jul 12
Toy Story 3
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Went to watch Toy story with my co-workers during lunch on opening Friday (yeah, movie lunch during work, I know) and I was really surprised with this movie. I have never considered myself a Toy Story super fan by any means; the original one had its impact on me certainly, and it sparked my interest in 3D, but that was it back then.

Having said that, this movie is really is praise worthy on a lot of levels. It presents us with a set of character that we know from before that have to deal with a lot of their issues and insecurities as a group and as individuals. They make you realize how much you actually care for what happens to these guys, and it makes the whole journey from the first movie worthwhile.

All I can say is that it really did nick up on me. Great, great movie.

Jun 6
Prince of Persia
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I saw Prince of Persia last week, and I have very mixed feelings about it. I want to like this movie, I really do. It is about one of my favorite franchises in games, it has good talent, good environments, good overall feeling, but…nnnghh… it just doesn’t have that good storytelling element/pacing that the game had. I think it is in part due to the editing, which i found horrendous, but there is more missing than good fight sequence cutting.

During the movie they are always trying to avoid some situation that will result in: a) the death of Farrrah/Tamina, b) the death of our hero, or c) the destruction of our reality/space time continuum, and in every instance someone says: “Don’t do that!  it will unleash the ___________ and destroy __________”, but in good hero fashion, he goes and does it anyways. The problem then becomes that in every single one of these instances, the problem gets magically resolved or nothing like what the movie told us would happen happens. Now it can be that everyone the prince meets (including Farrah/Tamina, is full of it or a compulsive liar, in which case good for him for not being gullible i guess :S) Still, makes for a not so enjoyable feeling during the film.

I might be over thinking it quite a bit, this is after all a movie based on a video game, but the narrative on said game was amazing! oh well, we’ll try again next time I guess. It will go into the archive as a cool reference film for when I need to animate acrobatics.

Apr 3

Oh Hai!

I decided to give my website a much needed face lift. My previous site was a bit hard to edit and to keep up to date, so here is to hoping I can manage this format in a better way.

In other news, I went back to EA this past Monday, and it has been amazing. I really love the people there. Its truly an experience to start working somewhere and know so many people already. It feels quite homey, so here is a big thank you to all you guys at EA especially the Sims division. Truly, thank you for making going back to the team such an incredible experience.