‘Battleship’, yes I saw’ Battleship’. Let’s get this part over.
‘Battleship’ tells the story of two Navy Brothers one a successful captain (Alexander Skarsgård) and one rebel(Taylor Kitsch) who is forced to join by his brother after an chicken burrito stealing incident gets tazerd. However this fateful chicken burrito stealing incident also gains him the affections of the young daughter (Brooklyn Decker) of a Navy Admiral (Liam Neeson). This is quite a chicken burrito! Whenever I eat one all I gain is indigestion. Not a hot girl and an officers commission in the Navy!
This story is interrupted by aliens! That attack for no other reason that I could tell than ‘just cuz’. Wash, rinse, repeat. I could go into the story but who cares. It’s a story that’s been told several times before. Aggression from a foreign invader but our earthly pluckiness is too much for them to bear. And throw in a badass one liner (Mahalo Motherf—explosion!) It’s a dumb turn your brain off action flick. What do you expect?
Apparently people expect more. I haven’t seen a more indignant audience in years! How dare they make a movie based off of a board game? Personally I don’t see this as any more of a stupid of an idea than Transformers, G.I. Joe, Smurfs, or any other of these nostalgia dripping flicks that seem to swell up the summer movie box office.
I didn’t particularly like this movie. It’s not my bag. As much as I enjoy seeing Liam Neeson in anything he’s not enough to save this one.
Overall this movie’s biggest downfall is being based off of ‘Battleship’. Other than one scene is showing the familiar firing grid, and the aliens using ammunition that us ‘Battleship’ veterans will recognize as the white and red pegs used in the game there is very little connecting it to its source material. This feels like a script that was retrofitted to fit a franchise rather than written from the ground up as ‘Battleship’. But to be fair if they were 100% faithful to the game the entire flick would be a static shot of two fleets shooting at each other until there was a victor. And it seems like people would prefer it if that is what we got.
This isn’t a movie that I enjoy. I don’t hate it. I nothing it. However I am different than most in that not only do I not scream ‘why is this piece of crap being made?’ I completely understand why it’s being made. It’s a studio reaction to all of the nostalgia laden flicks I mentioned earlier. Studios see box office success for movies like that and try to repeat the success. So you don’t have to like this movie. Just understand if you’ve bought tickets to any of those movies then you are complicit in movies like ‘Battleship’ I’ve accepted that fact. So if you hate movies like this then all you have to do is not go. It’s really that simple. movie studios react to silence much more than righteous indignation.
Join Us as we discuss what Aaron mockingly refers to as ‘Ethan Movies’ yes it’s action flick! one of the most popular genres come the ample summer months! and we are joined by ‘fresh meat’ friend of the Show Jeramie!
Joss Whedon’s Avengers is already on the path to box office gold having earning over twice the box office receipts in its opening day that his previous theatrical directorial effort (Serenity) made in its entire run.
I’m not going to waste time here and go over the plot and characters. You’ve already seen it. If . . . → Read More: The Avengers
I’ve been taking a class this semester on Alfred Hitchcock, and I wanted to share my final essay on his work. During the last weekend the class met, we watched some of my all-time favorite Hitchcock films: North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds.
Contrary to popular belief and the implications of the title of this podcast Ethan and Aaron aren’t Movie snobs. It’s a tongue in cheek kind of title. Ethan is a fan of the Transformers movies and Aaron is a life long George Lucas apologist. these aren’t the actions of movie snobs. We are movie fans . . . → Read More: We HATE these movies!
FRESH MEAT!!! Yes Ethan and Aaron are joined by a newbie. friend of Gamershaven podcast Jason Hunter! this time we look at Super Hero movies as a genre and the differences between these and Comic book movies.
A superhero film, superhero movie, or superhero motion picture is: action, fantasy and science fiction film; that is focused on the actions of one or more superheroes, . . . → Read More: Super Hero Movies
It’s just Ethan and Aaron this time and we decide to dip into the well this time and right a few perceived wrongs and re visit our favorite directors of all time. as well as a long needed apology for two directors that we overlooked last time….
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film . . . → Read More: The Directors
Join Ethan and Aaron as we are Joined by friend of the show Ed Douglas! This time we discuss Ed’s favorite Genre Documentaries! and we don’t discuss The Green Lantern this this time!!!
And we name off the newest inductee in the zone of ruthaz!
Documentary Films strictly speaking, are non-fictional, “slice of life” factual works . . . → Read More: Documentaries
We’ve talked about them in passing, and even mentioned a few on the show, but we are joined once more by our unofficial third host, McG, Christopher McGlothlin to talk about movies that we consider to be guilty pleasures!
It’s a diverse range of movies, and a totally subjective look at various genres and movies, . . . → Read More: Guilty Pleasure Movies
A few weeks back, we got together to record our Oscar Special. Due to some real life stuff, we weren’t able to get it posted until now.
In this episode, Ethan and Aaron talk about their Oscar picks for the 84th Annual Academy Awards. They give you a run down of the nominees, and try . . . → Read More: Oscar Special
My New Year resolution this year was to review every new movie I watched in 2012. Believe it or not, this wasn’t out of laziness it was because I find most movies don’t require an actual review.
I’m not one to call myself an expert on film, let alone what is known colloquially as “Chick Flicks.” I would fall under the kind of guy who went to this movie because of his girlfriend/fiancee/wife.
So I’m not one to expertly dissect and analyze a film like “The Vow.”
It’s just Ethan and Aaron again this time, but join us as we read off the results of the pop culture movie show down, Ethan rants about “Tree of Life,” and we list off our favorite performances of all time!
Join us for a content packed show! We plug Ruthaz, announce the winners of the first round of the first annual Movie Pop Culture Showdown, and we talk Genre Bending films With none other than Jess Hartley!
It is said that in the myriad of stories that have been told, all have fallen into one of the following categories: man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. self, and man vs. supernatural.
I’m not one for a lot of survival movies, harkening from an age where one says, “Plane Crash” and “Snow” in the same sentence, thoughts immediately turn to 1993′s “Alive.”
So, upon first viewing the trailer for “The Grey,” my first impulse was that it was a plane crash movie, in the snow, with wolves.
It’s January 25th, the day after the 84th annual academy awards nominations were announced, and since we are both confessed Oscar lovers we decide to be topical and discuss our favorite best winners of all time. As an added bonus we are joined by Sound-Man Chad, our editor for many broadcasts!
IT’S BACK!!!! Equipment failure and a huge back log of episodes caused The Order of Ruthaz to be put on the back burner, but it’s back with a vengeance! Join us and the Bagged and Bored Cast boys as we fight about who’s the most awesome of our choices!
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No characters from comic book movies. Comic books have a long and rich history that will undoubtedly color the judgment of voters. If we limit the selection to movies only, and only from non-mainstream comic book movies, this should help limit that problem. Therefore, no Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, Hellboy, etc. . . . → Read More: First Annual Movie Pop Culture Showdown
It’s finally happened, we’ve decided to address the elephant in the room in the world of films today. Remakes and Reboots! much to the Chagrin of our Guest Christopher McGlothin. plus geekly happenings runs a little long as we two tangents break out and we make impassioned pleas.
‘Battleship’, yes I saw’ Battleship’. Let’s get this part over.
