It seems to me that we’re well past the point where anyone is willing to defend 3D cinema with any real passion. You either choose to quietly like cinema’s latest supposed technological leap, or you choose to hate it vocally. Considering that I’m here talking about it all, you can guess what my feelings are on the subject. Frankly, I notice 3D’s effect on film more when I’m not watching it. A trip to the cinema for me usually involves sorting out which of the limited, awkwardly scheduled 2D showings me and my friends can make it to and sighing every time I see something thrown to the foreground of a scene.

Not especially enamoured with James Cameron’s storytelling, I haven’t seen Avatar, which in terms of 3D appreciation is a cardinal sin. How can I pass judgement over 3D Cinema when I’ve not seen its crowning glory? Perhaps because even if I’m willing to accept in theory that there is this one film that actually does this stuff right, the fact that two years of bad 3D films have followed just makes it seem that this supposed feat will rarely, if ever be repeated.
Read the rest of this entry »

Last night was another night for me to visit my local cinema, the Apollo Cinema in Rhyl, to check out the film Shark Night 3D.

Shark Night 3D, Jaws For The 21st Century!

Now I have to say that for most, including myself, there is only one good shark movie and that has to be the all time classic “Jaws”, but I went in to see Shark Night 3D in the hope for a few jumps and a bit of gore!

So the film starts with a shark attack which really reminded of the attack in Jaws, an homage possibly

Then we get to main cast for the movie the seven people that you know something nasty is going to happen to including Joel David More (Bones, Avatar) and Sara Paxton (Superhero Movie, The Last House on the Left). So we see them one by one getting attacked by sharks in a lakeside paradise, why are the sharks there? Well that’s gets answered later on in the movie, so I won’t spoil it for you

Gore And Shocks!

A lot of blood, but really not that much gore, must be the 15 rating, as for the shocks, I have to say I didn’t jump once watching Shark Night 3D, so I was a little disappointed there, though there were some jumping at some points during the film.

Read the rest of this entry »

If you have read Blazing Minds for a while you may have seen the review I did some time back for Final Destination 4, last night I got to see the latest movie in the franchise and in glorious eye-popping 3D, those who’ve seen it will know what I mean

So What’s Going On In Final Destination 5?

Final Destination 5 like the other ones in the serious starts off with everything going well and then going extremely bad with nearly everyone being killed, then quickly jumping back to show us that it’s all the premonition of one person.

This time it’s the turn of bus full of people on a suspension bridge which collapses and only a few get off before the bridge crashes down.

Then we know what happens next, each one is slowly hunted down by death and ticked of the list in some gruesome way or another.
Read the rest of this entry »

Four nations tied by destiny when the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction. Caught between combat and courage, Aang (Noah Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements. Aang teams with Katara (Nicola Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka (Jackson Rathbone), to restore balance to their war-torn world.

The Last Airbender Opens here in the UK on Aug 13th and I’m personally looking forward to seeing it

Yes I have been a busy little bee lately, not only have I tweeked the blog to show a handy little box when you hover over a twitter name in the comments section But, I have also started a Twibbon for those that like the blog so much they can show their support.

So how does this Twibbon work?

Well most of you have probably already seen a Twibbon in action, once you show your support a little “Twibbon” will appear on your Twitter avatar, in the case of Blazing Minds it’s a small version of the Blazing Minds Twitter avatar, it’s really that simple.

So if you do like the blog and would like to show your support which I’m really hoping you will, then please stop by the Blazing Minds Twibbon and show your support