Movie and Book Review

I’ve decided to acquiesce one of my followers, who wants to know what I’m reading and watching, so here it goes:
There may be spoilers in the content..LOL!!!

Rio (x7): Yes that 7 times I have watched this flick. It’s an animated film about a Blue Macaw who is raised in Minnesota in a white suburban lifestyle as Tyler Blu Gunderson.  He is set in his ways and is not willing to change his lifestyle for anyone; he is socially awkward.  He can’t fly, never needed to learn in his comfy confines of a bookstore in Minnesota. He is the last living blue Macaw and must mate with a fiery and spirited bird named Jewel (also a Blue Macaw) in Rio de Janeiro. Throughout the film they are chained together by would be poachers who plan to sell them.  His inability to fly hampers most of their attempted escapes. They make bird friends along the way who aspire to assist them in their escapes; meanwhile these friends try to make Blu understand that Jewel is the “one” for him. In the big finale her wing is broken and she is unable to fly out of a pilotless plane that is about to crash. Blu finally understands that his life would have no meaning without her and he must get over his inhibitions quickly in order to save her life. He flexes his wings and takes a huge leap; of faith and rescues her. Classic tale of- guy should know a good thing when he has it.

District 9: I’m a sucker for Sci-fi.  Aliens land on earth; specifically Johannesburg, South Africa, they become stranded because their mother ship needs repair. They live on earth for about 20 years and of course multiply. They are segregated by the humans in their own alien slum community. The main human character Wikus becomes infected by one of their concentrated liquid enzymes and begins to transform into one of the aliens. He eventually turns into a full form alien which humans call “prawns”.  Poor Wikus.

Moon:  A psychological trip for the protagonist Sam. He works on a space station on the moon which harvests Helium-3. The Helium-3 is sent back to earth as an energy source.  Sam is led to believe that he has a 3 year tenor with the company Lunar Industries and that once his contract expires he will go back to earth. In truth there are hundreds of (Sam) clones buried within the space station in stasis. Once the 3 year contract is up, each Sam clone has a psychological meltdown and begins to die. In this case a new Sam is awakened prematurely.  Both Sams discover Lunar Industries clone plot and that they will never really return to earth. Gerty the artificial intelligence assistant aids in one of the Sam’s escape back to earth to expose this conspiracy.

Jackie Brown: starring Pam Grier, need I say more. Hot mama outsmarts a two bit gun dealer who is smuggling cash in from his shady dealings in Mexico. She gets the last laugh in the end- and the money.

Stephen King’s, Full Dark, No Stars: 1922, The Driver, Fair Extension & A Good Marriage.
 This is a short story collection with the usual Stephen King signature; people whose ego makes them do futile things. They pay for their misjudgements in the end.

The Walking Dead graphic novels.
Volume 1-Days Gone By: We are introduced to Rick the main character that has awoken from a coma only to realize life as he knew has ceased to exist. His family has disappeared and the world has been infected by Zombie like beings.  He begins his quest to find his family and meets survivors along the way.

Volume 2-Miles Behind Us: Rick is reunited with his family, they have gathered in a small RV with some other survivors. Rick takes on the leadership role within the group and we start to witness the perils the group must endure for survival. They occasionally lose members of their group to the Zombies. However as they roam they discover there are other survivors.  There is a constant struggle for leadership and a dismal testament that people will not always band together but selfishly risk the lives of others for their own gain.