The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary 'Imaginarium', a traveling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. Long ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr Nick, in which he won immortality. Many centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his first-born reached its 16th birthday he or she would become the property of Mr Nick. Valentina is now rapidly approaching this 'coming of age' milestone and Dr Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr Parnassus promises his daughter's hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles - and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all. And just in case you're wondering, this was the last film Heath Ledger did before his untimely death early last year. Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrel joined the cast to finish his role without pay. The money went to Matilda, Ledger's daughter.

The Dark Night

OK, so me and a friend went to see the 12am showing of the Dark Night this morning. We were sitting in the theater for sometime before everyone in there started to notice that the movie was late. Long story short, the projector in that theater was messed up, we had to move to another, and someone made a joke about fashioning a noose from the theater curtains [never say anything about a noose around Black people]. The movie didn't start until after 1am.

But anyways, THE DARK NIGHT IS THE SHIT!!!!!!!! Seriously, its one of the best movies I've seen in a while. For all 2.5 hours of the film, I actually believed in these characters. The script was phenomenal, the stunts were ridiculously stupid [that means good], and HEATH LEDGER PUT IT DOWN!!!!!!! This dude played his role! Seriously, his performance rivaled Johnny Depp at his best! I was watching the red carpet premiere for the Dark Knight earlier this week, and everyone was going on and on about how Heath deserved an Oscar for his role as the Joker. I thought they were just saying that because he was dead [no offense], but this guy actually might deserve one. I really believed he was a crazy man running around the streets slashing peoples faces. All the suspense nearly killed me!
The only problems that I had with the film is one; too many black people died for no reason. At first I was like "Hey, Batman has Black people in it!" But, to my memory, the majority of the people who died were Black. The other problem was that Maggie Gyllenhaal took over the role as Rachel Dawes [formerly played by Katie Holmes]. This Maggie Gyllenhaal is UGLY! Great actress, but ugly. So ugly I just couldn't get past it!
Overall, the Dark Night is the movie to see. It combines action with horror and some serious drama. Best movie since Fight Club, and I'll probably go see it again.