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It was almost bittersweet going to see GOTG. My most hyped about non-Oscar movie, featuring a cast of characters I know nothing about by the director of an extremely weird 2006 horror movie backed by the biggest movie studio in the galaxy right now. I'll still go see  Thor 23 and all the other sequels but I love nothing more than seeing a new superhero movie, and this folks, is one for the books. Adding to the magic and mythos of this excellent movie was coupled with the fact that it was my very first film I've seen before the general release date...not a midnight movie (it was only 7:50) but wow it was a cool feeling buying those tickets online. I don't even think I've seen a movie opening day, but my friends and I decided it was simply the only way to go to see a movie of this caliber. Gleefully diving into the unknown, we got seats third from the front (get there early, boys and girls) and took in a deep breath as the last of the 80 trailers ceased playing. The l...

DVD REVIEW: 9: (PG-13) You'd be surprised how big of a cast this movie has even though it seemed like such a small little movie back in 2009. I have all the Oscar connections at the bottom of the page. 9 starts out as you see a little ( steampunk , is what the director Shane Acker calls it) being made, and the number on his back reads 9. Fast forward a few years, and you see this little guy come to life. He has no voice yet, so he settles out in the post-apocalyptic world that Earth has become. The viewer gets a glimpse at the awful world, full of rubble, filth, and unwanted disgust that everybody had tossed before starting something that the posters on the tattered walls call "The Revolution." Man had fought against Machines, but both had lost, due to the deadly gas the Machines let off. But, apparently, steampunks were not affected. Little 9 finds a fellow steampunk , 2, an older gentleman who is (shortly after their encounter) carried off by a large machine, k...