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On a scale of 1 – 5, with 5 being the highest recommendation…

• 5 - Buy It – You’ll want to own it and watch it over and over again for many years to come.

See this movie immediately, in theaters, if possible. An awesome experience, a great movie, perhaps worthy of an award or two somewhere down the line.  Tell all your friends to see it.  It’s THAT good.

• 4 – Watch It – See it in the theater; definitely worth the price of admission.

Fun, entertaining, worth the nine bucks, but it ain’t gonna win any awards, that’s for sure.

• 3 – Rent It – Wait until it’s out in rental stores.

Worth a rental, or catch it in the dollar theater.  Not a bad way to spend an evening.

• 2 – Avoid It – Steer clear if you can; not worth your time.

If it happens to be on, or if someone pays you to watch it, sure, why not?  Afterwards, you may regret losing two hours of your life watching this movie, but, hey, you were warned.

• 1 – Destroy It – You’ll wonder why it was made; it probably shouldn’t have been made.

Avoid this movie at all costs.  Tell all your friends to avoid it.  Even if they pay you to see it, don’t.  Destroy any copies of the movie you happen upon.

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For the record, here are the movies I’ve reviewed over the past several months (with links to the original reviews) and the scores I would’ve given them.

Balls Of Fury – 4

DOA: Dead Or Alive -3

28 Weeks Later - 4

Beowulf - 3

I’m going to try to avoid assigning half-points, as that seems kind of lame to me.

Later on, I may add a score prediction for movies that have yet to release.  AVP: Requiem, for instance, will probably score a 3 when it debuts.

People often come to me with questions about how to stay fit or get back in shape, that sort of thing, and I always do what I can to help them out, offering advice and suggesting ways for them to achieve their fitness goals, whatever they may be.

It’s something I enjoy doing.

So from time to time, I’ll be jotting down useful hints and tips, pointers, and answers to questions that come up frequently. 

One bit of advice I’d like to share with you as you embark (or re-embark, as the case may be) on your journey to improve your level of physical fitness:

Keep an extra set of workout clothes with you at all times.

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I’d been looking forward to watching Beowulf ever since the first few trailers began showing up online (you can read the earlier post here if you like). 

It just seemed like the sort of movie I’d really enjoy. 

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Heh.

A friend sent me a link awhile back to an article found on thecoolhunter.net about a series of fun and creative wall displays being used to promote the release of the Nintendo Wii in Italy. 

Featuring popular 8-bit video game characters from the 80s, the Nintendo Entertainment System-era of gaming, (Donkey Kong, Mario, and Link are pictured above) the displays are made up of brightly colored sticky notes with the words “Wii’ll not forget” printed on the back along with a description of the Virtual Console, a neat online service that enables nostalgic Wii owners to play old-school games originally released on earlier systems like the NES, Super NES, and Nintendo 64.

You can check out the original article here.