Gord's Comic/Graphic Novel Blog

Reviews of graphic novels and comics

Friday, August 21, 2009

My 8 minute review : Murder By Numbers

Im only 8 minutes into a movie " Murder by Numbers " and I already rank Sandra Bullock contender for least convincing detective/cop EVER.

Its like having Stiffler as a FBI agent in a serious drama. It works like Ellen Degeneres doing heterosexual romantic comdies.

I have no idea what the rest of the movie is like but I cant take it seriously as long as Bullock is the lead cop.

UPDATE: we finished it.. it was stupider than this sentence.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Rant: Why Jeffrey Ou should not feel guilty

I dont really follow America Got Talent nor do i care about these two people but there is a bigger issue at hand. Jeffrey Ou , an asian-american pianist upset Bri whateverhernameis , a teenage female white pop singer/performer in fan voting. They both got talent , Bri was probably better , Jeffrey beat her out probably caz he dominated the asian vote and there is an uproar among the tards.

Now , Jeffrey , do not feel ashamed or guilty that you beat a white girl because of the popular vote amongst asian-americans. Its no different than white america watching a show caz some pretty white people are on. They dont know shit about talent , why do you think Shitney Spears , or Asthon Kutcher are so popular? you think Asshat Kucher is a great actor??? fuck that shit.. he gets the popular vote caz he's a pretty white boy. Take that hypocrite stick and shove it back up your asses , white america.

Back to Jeffrey Ou.. if he wins this caz "Asian Americans" are uniting to do what white americans have been doing for centuries.. and thats promoting some jackass based on the colour of their skin.. dont feel guilty Jeffrey Ou. There are millions and millions of asian american boys who feel shitty about themselves caz they aint a pretty white boy and you are giving them hope that pretty white people do not set the standard at anything. Notch one up for the bad guys , eh white america. KISS MY FLAT NOSED , BROWN EYED , BLACK HAIR , ASIAN ASS , FUCKTARDS.

BTW Jeffrey Ou had a techinical difficulty that messed up his performance , all he got was a "good luck kid even though its our fault". On 'Britians Got Talent' , some little white girl screwed up , started to cry and they let her redo her act later in the night... wow. Imagine if Jeffrey Ou was a pretty white boy.. do you think he would get a redo?

Monday, August 17, 2009

Gordy90210

I periodically google myself including my various screen names like "Gordy90210". There's two others now out in the cyber world.. one in the UK and one other faker.. Im the ORIGINAL GORDY90210 since '98.

These other wannabe's are not me. I have no beef with them , caz I have nothing but love for fellow Gordys but the moment they try to A) steal my online identity and/or B)accuse me of stealing their name .. the gloves are off!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Review : Shaw's Extreme Speed INternet...

Apparently I've had this service the last month for free , I didnt even know. I guess I should actually read their notification emails. Anyhoo.. the point being , I noticed NOTHING.

Excuse my french but Fuck it. Bullshit. ALl this time I had extreme speed internet.. I seriously didnt notice squat shit.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Book Review: Million Little Pieces by James Frey

So I've neglected my reading in the last 7-8 years so I figure I should get my brain back into reading mode. Last week I borrowed a book " A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey. Yes the infamous James Frey but fortunately I forgot who he was so I read this book with an unbiased and open mind. When I finished reading the book , it was Incredible emotional rollercoaster ride that you really latch yourself onto from the opening page.

The story is written as a memoir of the author when he was 23 yrs old and entering a rehab clinic in Minnesota. It opens with him on a airplane , destroyed physically and mentally on route to this clinic and the reader is hooked. You go through every thought and struggle James experiences and before you know it , its as if its the memoirs of the reader.

Now , when I finished this book there were moments when I actually teared up and moments when I reemed with excitement , by the end I was in such a surreal state of mind. Then I looked up James Frey to see an update now and maybe see pics of the characters... then the whole James Frey "controversy" story came back to me. James Frey was accused of fraud and exaggerating his story and confronted by Oprah herself. It all came back to me but I wasnt as upset as Oprah was when I discovered certain parts were fabricated or made up. I took it for what it was worth , i looked back and I sought through the questionable tales and endured the truthful journals.

In the end , i was disappointed that this was more a based on a true story rather than a memoir YET it contained enough truth to it that its close enough. As George Stroumboulopoulos said "everybody bullshits in their memoirs".. very true. I recommend this book , especially now that the hype is dead and the controversy has been put to rest.. its still a great read and an outstanding journey of a man rediscovering himself and the world he lives in.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Random post

I use to be a regular blogger but I lost track of this last summer when I got a little busy *woof woof woof* (ode to Arsenio Hall).

I dont know what to post about , but just wanted to type something to shake the rust and dust off this blog.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Dark KNight Review

2 months later my review ..... but I didnt want to get caught up in the hype and give a bad review. I watched again today to see if I still think this is the best movie of the decade .....

I think it is. What this movie is what Empire Strikes Back was to the Star Wars franchise... the Dark Knight is to Batman and comic book movies overall. The story is fast paced and intriguing enough to keep you on the edge of your seat and yet not too complicated to bore you.. there's a reason this movie will make 1 BILLION dollars world wide.

This movie depicts Batman to its truest form ..... I would even say its so damn good it adds to the Batman lore of the comics. Its *that* good.

Performances:
Maggie Gylenhal is a way better Rachel Dawes than Katie Holmes , she has that Kristen Dunst , realistic look to her. I still think the character seems a little immature to be the top DA in Gothem but thats knick picking.

Christian Bale is easily the best Bruce wayne w/o getting sentimental with Adam West. They didnt go middle aged guy or proven star.. Christian Bale when casted was a no name. He owes his career to Batman like Harrison Ford owes his to Star Wars.

Heath Ledger.... absolutely brilliant. The. Best. Villian. Ever. Easily best villian for comic book movie ... maybe a contender for movie villian ever. Truly is worthy of Oscar nomination.. my favourite scenes were anything with the Joker... enthralling. I cant say enough about Ledgers farewell perfomance.. he out does Nicholson and its not an impression. He gives the Joker a new life that I wasnt expecting. The expectations to play the most profilic comic book villian in comic book history is extremely high and Ledger met them.. and superseded them. Loved every single scene he was in.

Aaron Eckart. Fits nicely into the movie. Cant say anything bad about his performance as Harvey dent/Two Face but cant say he stole any scenes either. Cant have too many chefs in the kitchen so its not a bad thing he didnt steal any scenes. This movie was all about the Joker.




Result:

This in my opinion has overtaken Spider-Man 2 as the best Superhero movie of all time( notice both are sequels). Its abosultely brilliant. The cinetography , the action sequences , characters , story , performances.. its beautiful. Batman has entered my exclusive realm of geek worthy movie fandom. Meaning I will buy the DVD and watch this movie 50+ ties in my life to memorize every intriquette detail.



as of Sept 2008 , The Dark Knight is my pick as 'MOvie of the Decade'.

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My name is Gord and I blog comic and graphic novel reviews for Horror Happy Hour. Im just a passionate fanboy since the glorious 80s. Im not a writer as you can tell with my butchering of the engrish language just love geeking it up with comics. Horror Happy Hour is a devoted group of horror enthusiasts started on Facebook , website to come.. and I do the comics commentary. Woot woot