Well, it's been over a year since I've updated, but now I'm back to do some ranting. So, what would prompt me to update a dead blog I only wrote to satisfy my boredom? A cure for cancer? Proposed world peace? I got a job? NOPE! It's Kick-Ass, a horrible, horrible movie! Yay! NO! NOT YAY! I'm so late with this review that everyone's already suffered through it, some I'm not sparing anyone the pain here. Still, I feel I must say something. To begin, let me define "suspension of disbelief." This is a literary term that describes the ability of a reader to suppress the desire to call bull when reading a story because the storytelling is so good or the themes are very relevant to real life. I think I lost my suspension of disbelief right before the third act. "Oh, but it's a superhero movie! It's supposed to be a fantasy!" is what I'm sure you're saying. Well, that's all fine and good, but I can believe movies like Spiderman and Iron Man because they are well done. Peter Parker is an everyman that the viewer or comic book reader is supposed to be able to relate to and he lives in a New York City that is obviously WAY different from the real one. Tony Stark is a genius with more money than God and, once again, lives in a world that is WAY different from the real one. Kick-Ass, on the other hand, is set in PRESENT DAY NYC (as the various NY news teams that lost their credibility I MEAN MADE CAMEOS in the film let me know) and I have a really hard time believing that a little high school moron can ride a jet pack without burning his ass off and BURSTING INTO FLAMES. There's a reason we don't have a jet pack store, people. But, maybe I'll let the stupid tech fly. Somehow Kick-Ass got a jet pack, big whoop ("wanna fight about it?"). BUT, and I'm about to spoil some things but I don't care, Mr. Ass somehow gets the girl in the end by breaking into her house and revealing he's Kick-Ass. Now, I get that he's supposed to be the everyman here, but not only did he lie to her that he was gay (and then she let him rub lotion on her bare back because, you know, he's gay so it's cool! Whore) but then he breaks into her house. Does she kick that ass out? NO! She just does the off-camera nasty! How pleasant movie! And then, BOOM! They're a couple! I understand this is supposed to be an underdog movie, but if I was the girl, I would stab him in the crotch. I guess that's why I'm not a whore. Of course, I came into this movie thinking it would be a parody of superhero films, since the trailer makes all the "heroes" look like losers. But then, we get the troubling backstory of Hit Girl and Big Daddy, Red Mist betrays Kick Ass, and the movie just takes itself WAY too seriously. I would explain who all those characters are that I just mentioned, but I don't want to take this review NEARLY as seriously. Really though, the movie starts trying to be like The Dark Knight with all the character revelations and night scenes. I realized that the movie intended to be a tribute to all the superhero movies before it, throwing in references to Spiderman and Batman, but it just fails miserably. A movie about a high schooler deciding one day to just be a superhero should ONLY be a parody. There shouldn't be dark themes and soul searching and revenge epics. No. No. No. In the first ten minutes of the film, Kick-Ass goes on his first mission and gets stabbed in the stomach, then hit by a car. He really should've been dead, but he lived and I believed it. Throughout the movie, this kid got so beat up, he shouldn't have been able to WALK. He should've been at least a bit crippled from the first accident. Not even a limp? Screw you, movie. And really, after his first mishaps, I thought this was going to be FUNNY. Not Kid Batman. If this movie had just been about Hit Girl and Big Daddy, it would've ruled. Seriously. Hit Girl was actually a sympathetic character (Chloe Grace Mortez has quite a career ahead of her) and Big Daddy was just so campy, he was awesome. It was this camp that should've filled the movie, like a channeling of Silver Age comics. Plus, Nicholas Cage put on this great William Shatner voice when he was in costume: an obvious spoof of the gritty voice Bruce Wayne puts on as Batman. Cage's costume even looks like Batman, and this was referenced in the film. Big Daddy was that camp character that was kind of lost in this Sin City for Teens. Hit Girl borders on camp, as well, so it makes me wonder if their original intention was to create camp. Why they didn't do it is beyond me. I must admit, I've never read the original comic and I'm actually very happy that this movie made sense without that prior knowledge (I'm looking at you, Watchmen). But, I just couldn't get over how stupid this movie got. If I wanted to watch The Dark Knight with Teenagers, I'd put on The Dark Knight in one room and Twilight in the other. It just doesn't work. Trust me, I love superhero movies and I never expect The Dark Knight when I see one (I was quite pleased with Iron Man 2, which was ENTERTAINING). I just like to watch a movie and say, "You know what? I believe it." Or at least have bloody FUN! Don't we all?
I've really been into Russian literature and art lately. For example, I was on the Wikipedia page for the Islamic Angel of Death Azrael and one of the provided pictures was a painting depicting him by the Russian Symbolist painter Mikhail Vrubel: I love his paintings because they look like someone broke stain glass and then tried to reassemble it. Here's another angel painting: He was also very much into painting demons, especially after having a mental breakdown (he's Russian, so I suppose he was obligated to have one of those). I also went out and bought a couple of Fyodor Dostoevsky novels: "Crime and Punishment" (the standard) and "Notes from Underground:" That's actually the translation I bought. They say it's the first example of an existential novel and boy were they not kidding. I've started reading it and I'm only past the first section but what a mind-f**k! So far, my favorite quote is thus: "Maybe man does not love well-being only? Maybe he loves suffering just as much? Maybe suffering is just as profitable for him as well-being? For man sometimes loves suffering terribly much, to the point of passion, and that is a fact. Here there's not even any need to consult world history; just ask yourself, if you're a human being and have had any life at all. As for my personal opinion, to love just well-being alone is even somehow indecent. Whether it's good or bad, it's sometimes also very pleasant to break something." It's crazy, man. Lastly, I had a wonderful time reading Leo Tolstoy's novella "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" a year ago and even got an A on a paper I wrote comparing the title character to Doctor Faust. It's basically a meditation on death and just such a great story. I recommend it to anyone who loves to read: Oh, those crazy Russians! How I love them!
I recently saw a special on MSNBC about Charles Manson that was hosted by the incomparable Keith Morrison. You know: Oh yeah. Well, Bill Hader does a great impression of him on Saturday Night Live. Observe here:
and here:
He's so exaggerating, I love it. It's as if ol' Keith has an orgasm every time someone mentions a murder or some other terrible thing. He's just TOO into his job. Definitely seek out the Charles Manson special (It's called "The Mind of Manson" and is an analysis of Manson's 1987 "Today Show" interview, where he was "unshackled and unapologetic") not only because it's very interesting but also because Keith is just so entertaining. He's got this smile on his face like he's relishing in the whole thing. He's awesome...for more SNL clips, here's a link: http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/ And here's "The Mind of Manson," for all interested (broken into five parts): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMQ9uipjqpk This is all I got...was such a slow day for me, I didn't post this until it became the next day!
Good God that looks so low budget...hello! Here is the wonderful second part of my grueling task of pointing out the mistakes made by "Dragonball: Evolution" and its makers. This is still not a review but an airing of grievances, so don't take it as a Critic's Corner kind of article. I'm just angry:
YOU SON OF A BITCH! YOU LIED TO ME! YOU LIED TO ME FOX! YOU TOLD ME THIS WAS DRAGON BALL! YOU LIED TO ME! I'LL KILL YOU! AS GOD IS MY WITNESS I'LL KILL YOU! ...now, onto the characters section (I can't feature pictures of all the characters so you're better off hunting them down yourself): WARNING: SPOILERS GALORE ARE COMING! But, again, don't see this movie. 1) Son Goku - A complaint I've been hearing quite a bit about movie-Goku is that Justin Chatwin is not Japanese, so he doesn't work. I didn't have a problem with that because Goku is not Japanese, he's a Saiyan, so he would of course be different from everyone else. My problem with movie-Goku is that he is not a Saiyan but some vessel of Ōzaru (I think...he looks human but I don't think he is...). Also, everyone knows that Goku started out as an unruly child but took a tumble down a waterfall, slammed his head on a rock, and became the perfect child. This is never mentioned and it's important because it distinguishes him from the evil Saiyans and also establishes the long-running gag of Goku's hard head. Aside from all of this back story negligence, Goku remains a good person, although not nearly as naive as he is in the anime (probably because he's older and goes to high school, which is fine). His character is okay, but they destroyed his back story. 2) Gohan - As stated before, he's still alive for a good amount of the movie and is killed by Piccolo instead of Ōzaru Goku. Honestly, I thought Gohan was just fine. He was kind, sweet, and strong, and he obviously loved Goku. The problem with him is not his character, but his demise. Thankfully, there were a few characters that weren't destroyed. 3) Chi-Chi - Chi chi is a Spanish term for breasts...this seems irrelevant, but movie-Chi-Chi was nothing more than a walking pair of breasts. She was probably the most destroyed out of all the characters. She's a bit older and in high school, like Goku, but this is not the bad part of her character. She's not obsessed with Goku like she is in the anime and her parents are never seen (nope, no big fat Ox King). She's now a hand-to-hand combatant who doesn't seem to be afraid of anything, as opposed to in the anime, where she just had a cool head-blade thing and was kind of a bitch: I know, I know, she DID compete in the Tenkaichi Budokai, but Goku didn't even hit her and he won. She's NOT a fighter. She has pretty much no personality in the movie, so what's left? Breasts. Boobies. Fun bags. Dusty Gozongas: God, she was in high school and her boobs were hanging out the whole movie! Put those away! In "Dragon Ball," her skimpy outfit was cute because she was kind of chubby and it was a joke. There was nothing funny about movie-Chi-Chi. Fail. 4) Bulma - Bulma stayed pretty much the same except Piccolo stole her Dragon Ball and she ends up mistaking Goku's for hers and almost kills him with a gun. She tracked it down with her Dragon Radar (as Goku calls it), then promises to help Goku find Roshi if he'll help her find all the Dragon Balls. She doesn't find out what they do until Goku tells her, but instead was simply experimenting on the one she had (she called it a something-crystal or orb, I can't remember). She decides she'll wish for money instead of a boyfriend. These are all not big changes and movie-Bulma was just as arrogant but good-natured as Bulma. All the panty jokes have been removed (it IS a PG movie) and she's been toughened-up a bit (like Chi-Chi, but not irritatingly so). She's also a bit older (twenties, so she can be older than the teenage Goku), which is fine, and she still uses capsules (thank God, they kept the capsules). She's a brunette in this movie, but the makers put a light blue streak in her hair I guess as a reference to the anime. Like Gohan, she's not bad. And yes, her last name is still Briefs. Yay. 5) Master Roshi - While everyone else grew older, Roshi seems to have grown younger (or, at least, less gray). He's missing his turtle, his nimbus cloud, and his tropical island, and instead lives alone in a city on some big patch of land surrounded by a crater...I think...it was dark in the theater and Roshi's house (not Kame House, unfortunately) was a dark scene. Forgive me. He still has his girly mags, though (they're swimsuit magazines, you know, because it's PG), so there's that. He also still has Hawaiian shirts and he's still a crazy old man. Basically, he's Chow Yun-Fat overacting. He's actually relatively entertaining and he accompanies Goku and Bulma in the Emperor Pilaf Saga-inspired scenes (finding a Dragon Ball, getting caught in a trap set by Yamcha), so that's charming. I'm not sure if he trained Gohan or trained with him according to the movie, but that really doesn't matter. He's also killed trying to use some spell to seal Piccolo that his master Sifu Norris (some old black guy...I don't know) taught him and wished back to life with the Dragon Balls. That's fine, too. He's charming, that's really all I can say. 6) Yamcha - Yamcha's a blonde now! And he's Korean! He's still a desert bandit but he no longer wields a sword and there's no Puar by his side (tear). He's pretty arrogant and kind of annoying in this movie, which works because he was arrogant and annoying in the anime. The biggest change is that he isn't the one who stops Ōzaru Goku, but Goku regains control himself. Because there's no Puar, he doesn't have a sword to use to chop Goku's tail off. I could go on, but you get it. He captures Goku, Bulma, and Roshi when they fall through a trap he set into a pit. Roshi jumps out of it with ease and tells him to help them because there's a Dragon Ball under the pit. So, he uses some mega-drill to help them and accompanies them from there. Not bad, really. He hooks up with Bulma, too, just like in the anime, and Bulma agrees to give him a third of the money she receives. Joon Park is kind of a sub-par actor, but that actually works because, come on, it's "Dragon Ball"-era Yamcha. 'Nuff said. 7) Piccolo - Alright, onto the baddie. He's still a Namek although now the Namekians are evil or something. "Daimao" has been taken out of his name and he's no "Lord Piccolo." No mention of Kami so I'm assuming Piccolo is all evil, all the time. He's been sealed by a bunch of monks and somehow released (not sealed by Mutaito and not released by Pilaf). He's not an old man but seems pretty young enough and he's gathering the Dragon Balls to destroy the Earth. He's really not that bad, but his character should have been explained further. Also, WHERE ARE HIS OFFSPRING? You know, his ORCHESTRA of children (get it?). In the movie, he's just got some mystery girl whose name is never mentioned ("Mai;" more on her later). Plus, James Marsters? Really? In the end, he's assumed to be killed by Goku's Kamehameha, but is actually only wounded and nursed back to health by some girl "Mai" almost killed. NO PICCOLO JR. EGG. Whatever. All I know is this: that last scene set up for a sequel. God help us all. 8) Ōzaru - I'm sure you've noticed by now that movie-Ōzaru is nothing like Saiyan-Ōzaru. I really have nothing else to say about him that hasn't already been said above and in part one. It's really a shame that Goku isn't a Saiyan in this movie because THAT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF HIS ENTIRE CHARACTER IN "Z" AND "GT." 9) "Mai" (Piccolo's mystery girl) - I'm assuming this is an original character, but I had a thought I didn't have when writing part one: Mai, the more intelligent of Emperor Pilaf's hench-people (the other being Shu, a ninja dog), could have been the inspiration behind movie-Mai: Alright, alright, not bad. The only problem with this is that the movie never explains who this woman is (I had to find what her name was on the internet, which is why I put her name in quotes). If she's a human, why is she working with Piccolo? What's her relationship to Piccolo? WHAT'S HER NAME? The grave mistake of not including Emperor Pilaf defeats the purpose of having Mai in the movie. It was as if the movie makers said, "You know, we have a few elements of the Emperor Pilaf Saga in our movie, so we better include one of those villains. How about we use Mai, but align her with Piccolo and defeat the purpose of her character?" Sounds great, guys. These are the important characters missing from the movie: 1) Krillin - I could go on and on and on and on about how much of an offense it was to not include Krillin, Goku's bestest friend in the whole wide world, but I'll refrain. You just come up with your own anger. I think I know why he was taken out: too much money to pay for the CGI nose removal. 2) Puar - Puar was never an important character, but he became the sword that Yamcha used to chop off Goku's tail and return him from his Ōzaru form. This was an important scene because it was apart of the revelation that Goku was the monster that killed Gohan and it also reveals how to defeat him. If Goku was still a Saiyan...well, you know. 3) Oolong - Another lesser character, but he provided much of the comic relief in early episodes and also saved the world by interrupting Pilaf's wish. I suppose, because there's no Pilaf, there's no Oolong. 4) Emperor Pilaf - What, Mai's here but Pilaf isn't? It was Pilaf who released Piccolo! Piccolo didn't just get out! Pilaf also remains a small thorn in Goku's side all the way up to "GT," when he wishes Goku were a kid again. I've always loved Pilaf and it would have been so charming to see him in the film. And, you know, correct, too. 5) Shu - Pilaf's other hench-person, he's a dog ninja. I think Mai was used and not Shu because she's human and it's cheaper to simply film a human than CGI a dog. Plus, Pilaf was absent, so I guess one hench-person had to be, too. 6) Piano, Tambourine, Cymbal, and Drum - Piccolo's beloved offspring were completely absent from the film. The only servant he had was Mai, which never made sense. I suppose it simply cost too much to CGI both Piccolo and four monster look-alikes. Plus, judging by the absence of Piccolo Jr. (we're almost there, guys), movie-Piccolo can't produce offspring. Shame, makers, shame! You just defeated the purpose of the rest of the series! 7) Turtle - Master Roshi's turtle is nowhere to be seen and that really sucks because he was the voice of reason on the island. I guess no tropical island equals no turtle. 8) Ox King - Chi-Chi's parents are never seen or mentioned. Ox King was trained by Roshi, but in the movie, he doesn't mention him and Roshi doesn't recognize Chi-Chi. Basically, he doesn't even exist. If Ox King DID exist, this would explain Chi-Chi's ki and her fighting skills, but that would make too much sense. The makers wanted its audience, "Dragon Ball" fans or not, to be completely confused. 9) Kami - As stated, I'm assuming Piccolo was always evil because Kami is never mentioned. This is another grave mistake that defeats the purpose of the series. Kami trains Goku to defeat Piccolo Jr., but since Piccolo Jr. wasn't born at the end, I'm assuming Kami still won't exist in the sequel. Shame. 10) Piccolo Jr. - Finally, onto the elephant in the room. There's no egg, there's no hatching, there's no Piccolo Jr. Who's going to fight Goku? Who's going to train his son Gohan? Who's going to kick ass in every single way? It's bull! It's just bull! This sequel better fix every problem the first one had or I swear to God...PICCOLO!!!!!! Well, I guess that's it. This was a rather long post and I don't want to talk about it anymore. Since I saw this movie, I guess I have to see the sequel...and hopefully, after that, there won't be another post like this (I'm not confident). A little more despairing news: Warner Bros. has acquired the rights for a live action "Akira" and Leonardo DiCaprio is set to produce. You read that right. I've said it before and I'll say it again: God help us all.
I've always loved that song...I just finished watching "Amadeus" in my music class and I really didn't know that it was more a serious dramedy (there's such a thing!) and not a farce like I thought it was. It's really a beautiful movie and it deserved all eight Oscars (!!!) it received. Observe this scene:
One of my faves. The scenes where Salieri burns his crucifix, the Emperor yawns during one of Mozart's operas, and the ending are great, too. I was rooting for Salieri, personally, but I always root for the villain...but, wait, who was the villain in this movie? Was it Mozart or Salieri? Mozart was an arrogant snob and Salieri plotted to kill him, so they're both not very decent men (although one can argue that Mozart's arrogance and condescension led the amiable Salieri to such a desperate act), but whose tale of strife was more worthy of compassion? A little tidbit for you all: in the spell check on this site, Mozart is considered correct while Salieri is considered a misspelling. It seems history has forgotten Salieri in a way that makes simple word processing have no clue who he is, which is huge considering his status during his time. Handel, Beethoven, Haydn, Bach, those are all in the spell check's dictionary. Not Salieri. Tragic, because I like his music just as much as any of those other guys' stuff. What an odd society we live in! It judges if one has "made it" based on Wikipedia and spell check. Thankfully, Herr Salieri at least has the former. Anyway, the cast was great, too. Tom Hulce (Mozart) and F. Murray Abraham (Salieri) were both nominated for Best Actor Oscars. It's very rare that a movie has two actors nominated for the same award. Abraham won, which is cool because Salieri was my favorite character (can't you tell?). I think it's awesome how he was always dressed in black and brown, while Mozart always wore lots of colors. Nice contrast. I loved Jeffrey Jones as Emperor Joseph II, too, and he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe, but he didn't win (tear). "I will speak for you, Father. I speak for all mediocrities in the world. I am their champion. I am their patron saint...Mediocrities everywhere...I absolve you...I absolve you...I absolve you...I absolve you...I absolve you all..."
It would be impossible to attempt to write a decent, unbiased review of this film because I grew up with the show it is based on and I am very attached to it. It would, on the other hand, also be near impossible to write a coherent, biased review of this film because my rage would distort it beyond understanding. Therefore, I shall simply point out all of the mistakes and offer my suggestion for how to make the sequel (yes, the ending set up for a sequel) better. I understand the movie makers wanted to suggest a new spin on the series (hence the word "evolution" in the title), but it was went about in such a way that can only be described as "wrong." Tackling the daunting task of suggesting ways they could have both changed the series a bit and made the movie good is far too overwhelming for me right now, so I will simply point out mistakes. WARNING: SPOILERS GALORE ARE COMING! But, seriously, don't see this movie. First up, the plot: I'm assuming that this film based itself on "Dragon Ball" (not "Dragonball," guys), which is the first series, and not "Dragon Ball Z," which is the second and, frankly, the more well known to Western audiences. That being said, it turned out to be a bastardized combination of the time before the series began (Gohan, Goku's grandfather, is still alive for almost the first third of the film) and the final saga of the series, which involved Piccolo Daimao (the first/old one, not the one in "Z"). Honestly, I think it's great they based it on "Dragon Ball" because that one was a little more realistic. However, they seemed to try to make it too realistic by placing Goku and Chi-Chi in high school. Oh, and they look like this: They're to the right. To the left is Bulma and some mystery girl in red that is never identified (more on them in the characters section). Here are the problems in the plot: 1) Gohan is alive but is killed by Piccolo - Fans of the series know that it was Goku in his Ōzaru form that destroyed his house and killed Gohan. I kind of like how Gohan is still alive, but his death by Goku's hands is very important for a number of reasons, particularly the realization that Goku was the giant monster that killed Gohan and he is, in fact, a Saiyan. This leads to... 2) Goku is Ōzaru, but Ōzaru isn't a Saiyan - Let me explain: Ōzaru is portrayed as a servant of Piccolo and not what a Saiyan transforms into when spying a full moon. Goku is Ōzaru and was sent to Earth to destroy it when the blood moon eclipses the sun. That's when Ōzaru will be awakened. I could go on further, but this is better explained in the characters section. 3) The elements taken from "Journey to the West" have been taken out - Toriyama Akira, creator of the series, based it on the famous Chinese legend. While this is really dominant only in the first saga (with Emperor Pilaf), the elements featured are important later on. These elements include the extending pole (Gohan has a pole in the film but it doesn't extend and simply disappears after he's killed), Goku's tail and transformation (Goku hasn't a tail but does transform), the Nimbus Cloud (this is completely removed), and shape-shifting (Oolong and Puar aren't even in the movie), to name a few. This is very tragic because while the anime was a humorous take on an old legend, the movie was a bastardization that didn't retain any of the charm. 4) The absence of Kami and Piccolo Jr. - Piccolo is the evil half of Kami that was expelled from his body and contained in a rice cooker. He was released by Pilaf and used the Dragon Balls to restore his youth, but was killed by Goku. Before dying, Piccolo spits an egg across the world and it hatches into Piccolo Jr. (the one in "Z"). Jr. fights Goku in the Tenkaichi Budokai tournament but loses and retreats. Now, most fans already know that, but I wrote it all to state that none of it is true in the movie. The only part that comes close is his containment, but that was done by a group of monks and not Roshi's master Mutaito (side-note: Roshi's master in the movie is a black guy named Sifu Norris...huh?). 5) A Tenkaichi Budokai-esque tournament is shown, but is not elaborated on - Piccolo's mystery girl ("Mai" according to Wikipedia, more on her in the characters section) enters a tournament that Chi-Chi was entered in (oh yeah, she's a fighter now) to obtain her blood and make a disguise so she can steal the Dragon Balls. Apparently, when Roshi takes Goku to a "secluded place" to train him, it's now a training ground with a tournament...? That was never clear. Only one scene of the tournament is shown, making it important only for "Mai" to obtain the blood. It's hardly explained why it exists and getting the blood could have been achieved without the tournament altogether. Plus, where's the blonde announcer? This problem was just dumb. 6) In the end, Piccolo is not sealed or killed but nursed back to health by some poor village woman that "Mai" almost killed while looking for a Dragon Ball - Yep, that about explains it. That's the sequel set-up. No Piccolo Jr., but some villager who's never identified helping someone who ordered her village to be destroyed. Fair enough. Those are all the major gripes. The whole older characters and high school setting aren't very bad, but the stories of Goku and Piccolo should have been more by-the-book. Part two will be up soon, but for now, here's some memories:
I have no intention of discussing the swine flu since there is really nothing left for me to say about it. I just wanted to write that clever little title...been gone a while with a broken computer but now I'm back and I've brought my boredom with me. Not much new...saw "Dragonball Evolution" and let it take a big dump on my childhood (I suppose I had it coming for spending money to see that debacle). I'll post something about it soon, maybe not a review but a list of unforgivable mistakes the movie makers made (mistake number one: it's called "Dragon Ball" not "Dragonball"...get it right, guys). For now, I'll just post something I've wanted to post for a while: a video featuring a song from the game "Dragon Warrior Monsters 2" (known in Japan as "Dragon Quest") that plays when Prince Kameha and his cohort Warabou are encountered. This is kind of significant for me because anytime we would read an old English play in class and those comedic characters showed up, I would think of this song. Characters like Lancelet from "The Merchant of Venice" and Sir Politic Would-Be from "Volpone" should always be accompanied by this song. Just think of any of the characters described as "clowns" in a Shakespeare play and this song works for them:
"Monsters 2" is a great game, by the by. Kind of a knock-off of Pokemon, with the two different game packs ("Cobi's Journey" and Tara's Adventure"), but fun and unique in its own way. The first "Monsters" was just a single game and was fun, too. Not just for kids.
