It Might Get Loud. You either a love it or hate it. I've heard a lot of comments from those that hate it say how "boring" it is or that nothing much comes from having 3 generations of guitar players in the form of Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White sitting around ruminating about the past and their influences. I am not one of those people that has a problem with this. I actually enjoy listening to people talk about what drove them as musicians to pick up the instrument and create music.

If you love the guitar and music in general, I think this is a great film. Sure, it would have been nice to see the 3 of them jamming for 90 minutes on as many songs as possible, but that's not what this film is about. This isn't a wank fest to show off their guitar chops. If you want that, then just stick to any one of their Live DVD's to fill in what you are missing here.

But I will say this, the moments when they all do jam together, it is the crown jewel for me as a fan. And I got a huge kick out of seeing The Edge and Jack's eyes literally popping out as soon as Jimmy started playing Whole Lotta Love. The look of sheer excitement that came across their face is equal to being a kid and opening the biggest wrapped present, knowing full well what's inside. Seeing The Edge jump up and moving closer to Jimmy to see exactly how he was playing the riff shows that even the biggest Rock stars on the planet are still just kids at heart wanting to learn as much as they can.

I think the best thing about this film is that as you are watching it, you really feel inspired to pick up an instrument, be it a guitar, bass or drums and just play something. Anything. If a movie can get you to create something out of thin air or to jam with other musicians or a group of fiends, then I think it's definitely a success as a movie.

One thing I found myself thinking about when watching this is why such and such wasn't also in the movie. The longer the film went on, my laundry list of guitar players that should have been included got longer and longer and ranged from: Joe Satriani, Brian May, Steve Vai, Jeff Beck, Billy Gibbons and on and on. This led me to think that this would have been a cool documentary style series where each new episode would have guest guitar players sit in and share their stories. Well, so much for wishing, huh?

I highly recommend this to any and all fans of guitars and music. A definite Buy.

Inception is either a Love It or Hate It proposition. There really doesn't seem to be a middle ground when it comes to this movie. I for one love it and find everything about it to be near perfect. This movie is the brainchild of Christopher Nolan, the man behind Memento. If you've seen that one, then you have a pretty good idea of what to expect here. This is not a dumbed-down story for mass consumption. You have to really pay attention to the small details to fully understand and get the movie. If you take your eyes off the screen, you are bound to get lost. And I think that's where the other half, those that Hate It, fall into. I hear the criticism from those that complain that it's confusing or doesn't make sense.

Everything about this movie is amazing, from the cast (Leonardo DiCaprio once again, knocking another one out of the park, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe and Ellen Page ) to the incredible Sound FX to the Special FX and of course the story. I get more out of stories that I have to actually think about and keep up with because at the end of the day, there is a sense of accomplishment in being able to watch something that's considered "confusing", which I never felt one bit that it was.

Anyway, this is definitely a Buy.

You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried is kind of a "biography" about John Hughes, the creative genius behind the best teen films of the 80's. But it's really about the movies themselves and the influence that Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, Some Kind Of Wonderful as well as other movies like St. Elmo's Fire and Say Anything had on both pop culture as well as those touched by them. It also goes into detail the lasting legacy they have had over the past 25 years.

Even though a lot of the book is devoted to John Hughes and his movies, a sizable portion is dedicated to both Joel Schumacher and Cameron Crowe, as both St. Elmo's Fire and Say Anything get dissected in ways I've never thought of before with a lot of background stories, which I found very interesting. But as the cover of the book alludes to, the majority is about John Hughes films.

I thought I knew most of the background stuff regarding pretty much all the movies associated with Hughes. Boy, was I ever wrong. The most revealing stuff had to do with Some Kind Of Wonderful and all the turmoil behind the scenes during the making of that movie. I never knew that Eric Stoltz and John Hughes almost came to blows during the first day on set during the table read.

The other eye opening info had to do with how Hollywood in a way "corrupted" Hughes. As he became more and more powerful in Tinseltown, he started to change, and not in a good way as he began to alienate those closest to him as his head began to get bigger and bigger. Even though we get a lot of dirt about the man, it's doesn't go into great detail about his life. I won't fault the book for this because it's about his movies and their impact and not about where he came from.

Also dissected is how the Brat Pack moniker came to come about and how it affected those saddled with that label and how careers and friendships were ruined because of it.

I may be a bit biased, but because I'm a huge fan of all his movies and enjoy reading about them, giving the book 5 Stars was easy.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft - Stephen King

Well, it looks like things are finally shaping up and Die Hard 5 is back on track. Although I'm excited to see a new installment in the franchise, I'm not entirely sold on the idea of the story taking place in Russia. I was hopefully that it would take place at an amusement park where John McClane would punch out a park Mascot.

This isn't schedule to hit theaters until 2013. I just hope that it's better than that of Superman Returns. It's not that I hate SR, it's just that it didn't live up to the hype surrounding it. I haven't watched it since picking up the DVD and that was a few years ago. I guess I should watch it again and see if time has softened my opinion of it.