He Said: Heroes 05/07/07

I watched last night’s Heroes and kept waiting for the good part. I have to say that the episode was pretty much filler but I know that the last two episodes of the season should be packed with more action and we have seen so far. The Heroes are coming together for the fateful encounter in New York.

Will Nathan betray his own? Will Claire save the world? Will Peter/Ted/Sylar explode? Will Hiro kill Sylar, or will it be someone else? Will Molly’s ability actually be significant? And what of Nikki, Micah and D.L.? Do you really care? There should be answers for us soon to those and many more questions.

The part where Sylar visited his mother was very interesting. You learned much about what made Sylar the way he is in that meeting. And his call to Mohinder that was interesting because he doesn’t want to kill innocent people but yet he kills the other Heroes and takes their powers because in Sylar’s mind they are not worthy of the power.

And Molly is the little girl who was found by Parkman back in the 2nd episode, back before it got very interesting and when it was pretty gory. I wonder what Parkman read in Peter’s mind when they met tonight? We didn’t hear anything but the two of them probably communicated. And will we see the return of the invisible cranky man?

Basically I am awaiting next week’s episode and the one after that, then we will see some cool stuff.

Movie: Hot Fuzz

I went to see the movie Hot Fuzz today. This was from the folks who made Shaun of the Dead, a movie I have not seen. This is a British comedy that simultaneously mocks and celebrates with sweet homage to the buddy cop flicks like Point Break and Bad Boys II. There is also a send up to the “Bay Shot” – a shot where the camera circles in tight on the hero.

I loved this movie for the sheer hilarity of the situation. Here is this cops who is so good at his job that he is making the rest of the force look bad. His name is Nicholas Angel and he is reassigned to a sleepy town called Sandford. There he is partnered with the worst cop on the force and son of the chief.

But all is not well in this sleepy town, there are many “accidents” around and Nicholas eventually gets to the bottom of the mystery. I don;t want to give anything away but each accident is more and more graphic with large displays to spurting blood, the carnage is almost laughable in its over the top feel.

What really did it for me was that moment in every buddy cop flick where the good guys have had enough playing by the rules and they break out of their comfort zone and start to kick ass. The climactic ending was so funny that I could not stop laughing. I really liked this movie and thought I would but then had a sneaking feeling as I bought the ticket that maybe I would not like it, I am glad I stuck with the decision and watched the movie.

I really liked the transition/montages they moved the story along very well and it almost makes me want to see Shaun of the Dead.

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