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Speaking of the Antarctica, I never did see the move Happy Feet! Maybe I’ll rent it from Netflix.

Usually I don’t watch animated children’s movies. But I had to wait at my sister’s house for a couple of hours and my nephew was watching “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” on DVD.

The movie is about a kid who invents a way to make it rain food. He tries his whole life to accomplish something and make his dad proud, he is a geek and his dad wants him to be a chip off the old block. His dad just can’t seem to do anything but mutter fish metaphors and gently try to discourage his son’s endeavors.

It was a very imaginative movie. The raining food idea was just the tip of the story line. If you have a chance to watch this and spend some quality time with a youngster, I heartily recommend it.

I was cruising youtube and found this movie trailer for the new Ironman 2 movie! I loved the first one; I can’t wait for the second one! The trailer makes it look awesome!

I’m hoping that my wife and I can go see the movie Wolverine and Star Trek when they come out. I’m a big fan of science fiction movies, and my wife loves Star Trek, so I’m confident that she would enjoy at least going to see Star Trek with me. Maybe my step-son will go see Wolverine with me; my wife isn’t a big fan of the mutant movies. I think it’s just because she doesn’t really have the time to get interested in them because she spends a lot of time working. But I’d love to have her go to the theater with me and share a big bucket of popcorn and a giant soda. We’ve lived here for two years now and I don’t thinks she’s gone to the local theater with me yet! And that needs to change!

I heard that Morgan Freeman, one of my favorite actors, was badly injured in a car accident.  They had to use the jaws of life to cut him out of the car he was in.  I was reading about it on the Time.com website, but was a little disappointed in the limited amount of information that they had to date.  The article says that the car he was in was airborne and landed in a ditch, but did not say if any other cars were involved, or even if he was alone in the car.  They did say he is in critical condition.  I hope he pulls through!

I’m really excited about the upcoming movies that will be playing in the local theaters this summer. I’ve already seen Ironman, it was terrific. I’ve been a long time fan of the comics, and I went to see the movie with my step-son who only knows a little bit about Ironman. We both left the theater with the same impression; it was an awesome movie with plenty to offer for hard core and casual fans alike.
Indiana Jones is coming soon – I can’t wait! I have all of the Indiana Jones movies on DVD, and watch them frequently. I know I’ll love this next movie, and I’m sure I’ll be buying the DVD when it is released, too!
My wife and step-son want to see Narnia, it was released this weekend. I’ll probably take them to see it and tell them I’m only doing it to make them happy (trying to win brownie points) but I want to see it just as badly as they want to see it!
The Incredible Hulk sequel is coming out in about a month. I was personally disappointed in the original; however the sequel looks like it might more interesting. My step-son and I will probably go see that one.
I heard that the Sex in the City movie is coming out this summer too. None of us have ever seen the TV show, I don’t know if we will want to see the movie or not. I know it was a popular TV show, but with the price of gasoline, and the rotten economy, we might just wait for this to come out on DVD and rent it.

I’d like to buy a few of the movie posters that are for sale on the website http://www.postergods.com/movies-posters.html.  They have a great selection of prints and posters for these, and a lot of other movies for sale at that website.  They will give free shipping within the US if given the discount code BBM8.  

I can’t believe it!  They finally made a movie about Ironman!  I’m a big fan of Marvel comics and any movie that they make such as Fantastic Four, Spiderman, and now Ironman; I think it’s great!  The movie started Friday but my schedule will not allow me to see it until next week.  I pretty much stop and stare at the tv every time they show a clip from the upcoming movie.  I can’t wait!  My son even wants to go and watch it with me, which is good because we don’t watch a lot of tv together.  But we have seen several movies together and he enjoys it, which I am glad about.

I ran across this site called www.jokerooo.com.  It was showing a Video Fade-Out Example of transformer toys fighting with each other.  I thought it was pretty cool the way they dubbed in the sounds of screeching tires, the bumblebee sound, how the little guy used the “David and Goliath” approach.  They both continued to argue for several minutes and then the little guy commenced to beat on the big guy.

It really became quite amusing.  Finally the little guy beat up the big guy.  I suspect there is going to be a lot more of this type of video footage in the future! 

The following is a press release about Jokeroo:

TORONTO, Ontario–(BUSINESS WIRE)—-Jokeroo.com, http://www.jokeroo.com, one of the pioneers in internet video and entertainment, has premiered the video fade-out advertisement with the upcoming movie, Speed Racer. The new format was designed to attract marketers across the globe with an advertisement that’s high impact and engaging, while avoiding any negative impact on the user.

Although the campaign is still in its infancy, it has produced spectacular results posting a click-through north of 4 percent, which is much higher than eMarketer’s quoted preroll standard of 0.5 to 0.9 percent. “When coming up with the idea we were looking for something that offered great performance for the advertiser while keeping the user happy,” says Aleks Dugonjic, the President of Jokeroo.com.

The creative takes up the full screen outside of the video player environment, which avoids interrupting the user experience but allows the advertiser’s brand to go unnoticed. The fade-out can last up to thirty seconds until it slowly starts fading out and the Jokeroo.com webpage appears. A live example can be found here: http://www.jokeroo.com/funnyvideos/transformers_stop_motion.html

About Jokeroo.com

Jokeroo.com is one of the leading video entertainment websites on the market today, ranked in the top 50 by comScore in multimedia and 2nd in humor. The company currently hosts over 6 million unique visitors, 150,000+ community members, and has over 1 million active email subscriptions.

There seems to be little to enjoy at the movie theater these days. So much commercial hits for the mainstream. There has been little to stimulate the senses and open the mind to unusual perspectives the past few years.

I am looking forward to some of the independent films coming out however, certainly with all of this new and undiscovered talent there will be at least a few gems showing some unique angles of viewing things with a film crew that can capture you into the story with editing that makes you never lose focus.