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You’d think they would leave it alone. You’d be wrong.

Warner Brothers have already bought the writes to make a sequel to the recently released I Am Legend starring Will Smith.

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If you’re a fan of the Final Fantasy series you may well already be famailiar with the storyline behind the franchise. Humans are living in cities after an invasion of an alien race known as phantoms. As with several other franchises, the transition from game to movie allows them to expand the back story quite considerably.

The film has ace animations and is well worth a watch for fans of the game. As a stand alone movie it doesn’t have quite such a strong appeal so it comes down to what kind of films you like - if you’re a sci-fi fan that enjoys films like Firefly then you will probably enjoy it. Otherwise, give it a miss.

Kevin Smith’s cult classic Clerks was a fantastic movie and goes as far as to get a sequel in the form of Clerks II. The movie sees the return of Dante and Randal working at a fictional fast food restaurant named Mooby’s. Jay and Silent Bob are also back as well as some fantastic jokes. If you loved the first one, you’ll love this one too.

(Randal walks up and find the Quick Stop burnt down)
Randal: Terrorists?
Dante: (shakes his head)
Randal: I left the coffee pot on again didn’t I?
Dante: (nods his head)

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I’m going to take some time out from the regular (ha, regular) features of news and reviews to share some thoughts.

Why is it that when a movie is on TV, it’s more attractive than DVD? For instance, last night Lord of the Rings: The Followship of the Ring was being broadcast on Channel 4. I really wanted to watch it but I had to work. But what does it really matter? I have it sitting on DVD on my shelf. I could be watching it now. But I’m not.

Aeon Flux is your classic small underground movement fighting against the futuristic totalitarian state which appears to provide a place of harmony. So basically think Logan’s Run. The storyline is that a virus killed most of the world. A man named Goodchild managed to develop a cure and created the last remaining human city which his dynasty ruled over, walled off from the outside world which nature had re-claimed.

It’s quite a good movie. The story is very generic but still not too obvious and stars Charlize Theron so you can’t really go wrong there. I enjoyed the movie and if you’re a fan of this whole sub-genre then it’s worth a watch. It’s also worth a watch for any guy who is a fan of Charlize Theron :p.

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Hmmm. I want to slate this movie. I want to really lay into it. But I don’t think I can. Because it’s a lot of the things Bond should be.

Let’s start with Daniel Craig. He was a good Bond. A very good Bond. Looking back I am becoming more and more impressed with his performance.

The bad guy? To be honest I didn’t feel there was a traditional bad guy. He wasn’t that bad, he was just a cog in the machine of evil, not the top of it like they are usually are. And he didn’t have some grand plan for world domination either, he was just some guy that helps terrorists.

The gadgets? They said they were missing from the film. They weren’t, though there were only a few of them.

What really annoyed me was that this was supposed to be the first Bond, back to the start. If so, why did they have k800i phones, TFT monitors and Sony Vaio laptops everywhere? It was stupid.

Plus sponsorship was a bit over the top. Lingering shots of the Ford badges on cars and Vaio engravings on laptops didn’t make the product placement the most subtle attempt ever.

So the bottom line is this. It’s an average Bond movies. Some of it’s better than normal, some of it is just bad film making. It averages out to be a fairly average Bond movie.

A lot of people have been slating this movie. I don’t know why. It’s funny and the music is fantastic. While some of the jokes are medicore, the songs in it are so good it makes the overall movie well worth it. It’s strange in that you will probably come out of the cinema thinking you have seen an okish movie but as time goes on you will start thinking it’s better and better. And be singing the songs for weeks.