Uncle Harry (My Uncle Buck)

RIP Uncle Harry

Today was my birthday, but lets put that on hold for a moment.  Today was a horrible day for the Dorta family.  My Uncle died this morning due to complications of diabetes, at age 57. 

This is the first real death that has me shaken, due to the fact that he was relativley young, and the amount of memories that I have had with him is tremendous.

I will always remember a man that:

Made me laugh
Did the best Bill Cosby impersonation
Told the best stories
Great musician
Great Sculputre, Painter
A sharp dressor
Was a great video game partner
Wonderful fisherman
But more importantly, was always in every aspect in my life, from New York, Puerto Rico, to Florida.

I will see you again Harry.  God bless you. 

This is the End

This is the End

This has been the best movie I have seen this Summer by far.  I'm not to big on comedies, but this one really delivers.  I am a huge fan of Freaks and Geeks, so I love the fact that Seth Rogan, James Franco, and Jason Segal, have all stood friends, and continue to collaborate with each other.  Their are also so many Judd Apatow cameos in this movie, that it gave me the feeling that these guys made this movie for their fans...  Na, who am I kidding, these guys made this movie for themselves, and that's why it works.  This is the End, is just a bunch of friends making a movie together, having fun, not giving a shit whether their movie wins an Oscar or not. 

This is it will go on my list of all time favorite comedies along with:

Anchor Man

The Hangover

Ace Ventura

Waynes World.

and a bunch of others I'm sure I've forgotten.

Saul Bass

Saul Bass was a genius. 

Exercise 5 (Rough Draft)

Hierarchy Assignment 

Apparently I am a being forced into being a Graphic Artist...  

Dream House Ideas

The Best VFX are the one's you didn't even know existed.

Boardwalk Empire Season 1

Random Picture of the Day:

Man of Steel Review

Man of Steel

I have been an avid Superman fan for the last 16 years, with that said, I have been waiting for a GOOD superman movie for a long time.  I know a lot of people enjoyed the Christopher Reeves version of Superman, but I found those movie to be to campy.  In 2006 Superman Returns primiered, and it was God awful.  Sadly, I must say that Man of Steel is one step below Superman Returns, and here is why.

Source Material:  A lot was changed in this movie for the sake of changing things.  Superman is such an iconic story, and I am all for taking creative liberties, but damn, so many rediculous changes to the Superman lore,  just for the sake of changes?

CGI:  I think its safe to say that if I am complaining about to much CGI, we have a problem.  Watching Superman fight in this movie, was almost like watching a cartoon or video game. 

Narrative:  This story was all over the place.  The Krypton scenes were a snoozefest, and it seems like they tried way to hard to make the  Krypton story much deeper than it needed to be.  The flash backs were out of the place, the pacing of the movie were even odder. 

Clark Kent:  Who?  Clark Kent in this movie was unrecognizable, instead we get a wooden, emo representation.

Perry White:  Irrelavent

This movie had no heart.

This script was fluff.

This is not Superman.

To say I am disappointed in this film is an understatement, and whats worse is, I'm going to have to hear how GREAT this film is from everyone, just like I had to listen to how GREAT the Dark Knight Rises was.

3/10  my worse rating yet this summer.