Album and Movie Review Thread

[wrestlingfan66513]

I think it will be a good idea for members to post their thoughts and opinions on new albums and movies that came out in order to give others an idea on whether to buy it or not. I cannot count how many times I have seen people complain about seeing a bad movie or dropping some money on an album with only one good song on it. I hope this gets used and helps others.

Format for Album reviews

Artist name
Album Name
Genre
List of songs and song lengths with a 1-5 star rating
Verdict: Buy, Torrent, or Pass

Format for Movie Reviews

Movie Name
Genre
Director
Actors (at least 2 or 3)
Length
Short summary on what it's about
Rating: 1-10
Verdict: See, Wait, Torrent or Pass

[THEKEVINBRAND]

Van Halen
A Different Kind Of Truth (Released February 7, 2012)
Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Song List:
01. Tattoo 4:44
02. She's The Woman 2:56
03. You and Your Blues 3:43
04. China Town 3:14
05. Blood and Fire 4:26
06. Bullethead 2:30
07. As Is 4:47
08. Honeybabysweetiedoll 3:46
09. The Trouble With Never 3:59
10. Outta Space 2:53
11. Stay Frosty 4:07
12. Big River 3:50
13. Beats Workin' 5:02
The album is great from start to finish, Van Halen in my opinion intentionally threw us off when they released Tattoo as their lead off track. But it encouraged me to continue listening to the album. I highly recommend listening to China Town for a head bobbing song. They lived up to their heyday and King EVH is back on his throne! The only part missing is Michael Anthony`s presence on the album.
Verdict: BUY!!! 5/5!

[wrestlingfan66513]

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
Action/Adventure
Dir. Brad Peyton
Actors: The Rock, Vanessa Hudgens, Josh Hutcherson
94 mins

Review
This is apparently a squeal to Journey to the Center of the Earth (even thought there was never a book sequel to it).

The plot is simple with a minor twist towards the end. The story follows Sean (John Hutcherson) who is caught while attempting to access a signal broadcast that was too faint to pick up outside of the satellite research center. Later he discovers that the broadcast contains co-ordinates that would lead him to a 'mysterious island' which were hidden in three novels- Treasure Island, Gulliver's Travels and Jules Verne's Mysterious Island

Hank (Dwayne Johnson) Sean's stepfather & Sean now set out to discover this island because Sean strongly believes that the secret message was sent out by his long lost grandfather Alexander Anderson (Michael Caine). What follows is a series of events that ultimately lead these two and their friends on a not so incredible adventure.

Although the premise and cast of this film is good it fails at a few important levels.

Firstly the thrills aren't great the 3D doesn't help either. secondly the dialogue isn't very interesting tending to drag during most of the film. Thirdly the story line is very predictable.

Next the script is the cheesiest thing in the world. The acting was OK at best but nothing new or special in my opinion. The only good thing about the film is the CGI effects.

Overall the film should be enough for little kids to enjoy, but if you want substance in your movies then you should pass.

Rating: 5/10
Verdict: Pass

[eyehatecena]

Van Halen
A Different Kind Of Truth (Released February 7, 2012)
Hard Rock, Heavy Metal

Song List:
01. Tattoo 4:44
02. She's The Woman 2:56
03. You and Your Blues 3:43
04. China Town 3:14
05. Blood and Fire 4:26
06. Bullethead 2:30
07. As Is 4:47
08. Honeybabysweetiedoll 3:46
09. The Trouble With Never 3:59
10. Outta Space 2:53
11. Stay Frosty 4:07
12. Big River 3:50
13. Beats Workin' 5:02
The album is great from start to finish, Van Halen in my opinion intentionally threw us off when they released Tattoo as their lead off track. But it encouraged me to continue listening to the album. I highly recommend listening to China Town for a head bobbing song. They lived up to their heyday and King EVH is back on his throne! The only part missing is Michael Anthony`s presence on the album.
Verdict: BUY!!! 5/5!

Damn, I was actually gonna do this one. I pretty much agree with your review, but I think Tattoo is a horrible choice for the first single. Only other thing I would add in addition to your comments- Dave's vocals are great to hear again, Eddie actually sounds relevent again- best he has been playing in years- lyrically though- kind of odd at times- not sure if thats with Michael Anthony no longer around or what, but lyrically something is missing.

Verdict: 4/5 - Would be 5 if the lyrics were better. If you are a Van Halen fan- Hagar years or Dave years- buy it.

[eyehatecena]

Artist name Nightwish
Album Name IMAGINAERUM- special edition

Artist name
Album Name
Genre
List of songs and song lengths with a 1-5 star rating

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Taikatalvi"	Tuomas Holopainen	2:35
2.	"Storytime" (first single)	Holopainen	5:22
3.	"Ghost River"	Holopainen	5:28
4.	"Slow, Love, Slow"	Holopainen	5:50
5.	"I Want My Tears Back"	Holopainen	5:07
6.	"Scaretale"	Holopainen	7:32
7.	"Arabesque" (instrumental[66])	Holopainen	2:57
8.	"Turn Loose the Mermaids"	Holopainen,	4:20
9.	"Rest Calm"	Holopainen	7:02
10.	"The Crow, the Owl and the Dove" (second single)	Holopainen, Marco Hietala	4:10
11.	"Last Ride of the Day"	Holopainen	4:32
12.	"Song of Myself"	Holopainen	13:37
13.	"Imaginaerum" (instrumental[66])	Holopainen, Pip Williams[43]	6:18

This is Nightwish's second CD with their newest singer- Anette, who took over vocals when the band sacked Tarja(a great female singer). As much as I like Tarja's vocals I think Anette fits in with the band pretty great. In fact- her first CD with the band Dark Passion Play and this CD blows all other Nightwish cds away.
It starts off with a song sung in their native language- Finnish. Anette sings most of the vocals on the CD and the male vocals are done by Marco.
Its a concept album about an old composer on his deathbed looking back at his life. Each song on the CD are great as a whole or stand alone- you have some heavy stuff and some just really beautifal pieces like Turn Lose the Mermaids- Annetes vocals on that gave be the chills. I also read that they made a movie to go along with the CD, which I hope to track down.
Verdict: 5/5 Buy it dammit- if you are a fan of symphonic metal that is

and and the special edition comes with another CD- its instrumental tracks of the songs above- also 5/5

[THEKEVINBRAND]

Damn, I was actually gonna do this one. I pretty much agree with your review, but I think Tattoo is a horrible choice for the first single. Only other thing I would add in addition to your comments- Dave's vocals are great to hear again, Eddie actually sounds relevent again- best he has been playing in years- lyrically though- kind of odd at times- not sure if thats with Michael Anthony no longer around or what, but lyrically something is missing.

Verdict: 4/5 - Would be 5 if the lyrics were better. If you are a Van Halen fan- Hagar years or Dave years- buy it.

Oddly, I like Hagar's rendition of Jump when he was in Van Halen, and I agree Tattoo sucked at first but it grew on me lol. What are your favorite tracks from this album? Mine are China Town and Stay Frosty. Another thing I noticed but it could only be me, but at the beginning of the song "As Is" it sounds as if Alex Van Halen is saying 1-2-3-4, fuck Sammy Hagar!

[eyehatecena]

Oddly, I like Hagar's rendition of Jump when he was in Van Halen, and I agree Tattoo sucked at first but it grew on me lol. What are your favorite tracks from this album? Mine are China Town and Stay Frosty. Another thing I noticed but it could only be me, but at the beginning of the song "As Is" it sounds as if Alex Van Halen is saying 1-2-3-4, fuck Sammy Hagar!

Hagar kept Van Halen relevent when Eddie sounded like everybody else. My fav tracks- Stay Frosty for sure, Chinatown and BulletHead.

I still think Tattoo sucks, but maybe it will grow on me- The Trouble With Never sucks too- at least lyrically. Its a lot better CD than I thought it would be.

[THEKEVINBRAND]

Hagar kept Van Halen relevent when Eddie sounded like everybody else. My fav tracks- Stay Frosty for sure, Chinatown and BulletHead.

I still think Tattoo sucks, but maybe it will grow on me- The Trouble With Never sucks too- at least lyrically. Its a lot better CD than I thought it would be.

Oh yeah, but apparently it's a rehash of old songs

[eyehatecena]

Oh yeah, but apparently it's a rehash of old songs

Yeah, I had read that too. Still not bad for a reunion/comeback CD even though M.A. is really missed- his harmony vocals were a big part of their sound.

[wrestlingfan66513]

Great to see the tread being used and thanks for the tip on Van Halen. After the abomination that was Chinese Democracy its been hard to trust older artists comebacks