'Hero'... not the Greek Sandwhich

Well I'm through a week of grad school and I feel smarter already. Wait... thats the farthest from the truth. I'm makin it though. Already behind on reading I'm really not supposed to be able to finish in the first place...

Jacob came over last night and Megan too. Not only do they have that in common, but they also have that they both got their cars towed last night around 1AM. Woohoo. 120 bucks a piece. Good stuff huh? Anyways, besides that things are going good.

Going down to Austin this weekend probably with Ian, Megan and Sezen. Depending on the money situation... It should be a good time.

Got an IM from Lizz Brown and she is doing good. She broke up with Lagan and is hittin the scene in NYC. She says its a lot of fun, and is having a good time being single.

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Anyways thought I would post about movies real quick. I'll be doing movie reviews occasionally on here, because I really love to watch em.

-Hero-

This movie is actually a couple of years old and does not have much to do with Quentin Tarantino. So why is this faux new movie being released now? Simple b/c it carries a lot of cinematic themes from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon with it, and producers (wisely) didn't one impacting the other. This movie is one of the best movies I have seen in the last five years, if not ever. I saw and walked out of the movie theatre with a paticular feeling except for speechless. It truly awes the mind and the eye.

The premise behind it is: the main character Jackie Chan is a subject in this state in China. This is before the unification of China. In fact, the movie is about Jackie telling a story to the warlord that has dreams to one day unite China. The warlord is constantly worried that he will be assasinated by three assasins who are hell bent on destroying him. They are from neighboring warring states, and they all have a personal reason to kill this man. Jackie is telling the story about how he killed all three of the assasins and wishes to collect the bounty on them. This hardly begins to tell the plot; however, suffice to say it is fairly powerful. Coupled with this amazing story is how the camera work and the visual forethought put into this movie. In particular the director uses amazing colors in almost every scene. A different color for every flashback. For this feature alone, the movie is worth seeing.

I don't want to give anything away, but for me, it is a must see. You'll thank me.

P.S. 'Hero' is another great movie with a horrible title. Kinda like 'Collateral.'