Casual Day...

Decided I needed a break for myself and ended up watching TWO movies I wanted to watch for a while. "Monsters vs. Aliens" and "Wonder Woman" an animated movie produced by Bruce Timm (Batman Adventures, Superman, Justice League, Batman Beyond).

MvA was a real disappointment, it had some pretty big name actors, but the first half of the movie it seemed like half the scenes were specifically composed for the "3D" effect with some random objects flying into the screen, or panning in/out, etc. Sadly, it did nothing to me as I was watching on blu-ray and not a 3D screen. Which made me think every other set-up scene go "well, that was a waste of time" as it didn't add or subtract anything to the story or character development.

From the get-go things happen fast but because of a lack of character development, you don't feel anything for the characters and they seem seriously... two dimensional. I guess if you're a kid you might enjoy the graphics and be entertained nonetheless.

However, I did enjoy "Wonder Woman". I guess I'm just a sucker for anything created by Bruce Timm, although this movie is not part of the famous "DC Universe" created by Mr. Timm, it is nonetheless a very well developed, animated, and told story. It has a very short but good character development and you start to bond with Diana and Steve from the beginning and as the story progresses even more.

It has some very witty dialogue and comedy as well, like most of Timm's shows. My favorite part ***slight spoiler alert*** being when Steve starts by telling that he is not a very good example of a "man" to Diana, then apologizes saying that he is actually a pig and a womanizer and goes into a sad mood as he says that it is because he is afraid of being hurt and thus puts on a strong facade... he suddenly stops and says "why am I telling you all of this?" looks at his feet and realizes his feet is on top of the "Lasso of Truth" and he jumps back and screams "Oh Crap! I hope you Amazonians are never able to mass produce this thing!!!" (my paraphrase from what I remember) LOL.

This movie also has some big names as Alfred Molina (Dr. Octavious) plays Ares the God of War, a small part by Oliver Platt as Hades, and some others as well. As I was looking at the credits an old friend of mine caught my eye in the Storyboards: Sam Liu. Haven't seen or heard from him in a while but I guess he's still going strong in the animation industry. Last time was I think during my Anime Expo and OCAD days 10 years ago. How are you doing Sam? Good to see you are involved in good shows still.

I wish Bruce Timm would continue to produce "DC Universe" related shows but I guess the main audience is now too old, as most Bruce Timm fans would be around my age. But hey! We are the ones with money and can buy all the blu-rays!!! I want my Justice League/Unlimited seasons on blu-ray! That would be great!!! Who can forget that line when Wonder Woman is flirting with Batman, and Superman is clueless what's going on and Green Lantern says "For a guy with 20 different kinds of vision, you sure are blind!"

Anyhow, gotta go do my laundry and get ready to attend a Wednesday Bible Study in portuguese...