Bronson, Dogma and Thor

Something I've been meaning to mention on Our Morning Wood is the abundance of movies on Netflix that don't get enough mainstream attention. This weekend, I had the opportunity to sit down and watch 2009's Bronson: A film based on the true story of Britain's most famous prisoner, Michael Peterson aka Charles Bronson. Charles Bronson, Tom Hardy, was originally sent to prison for seven years for petty theft, but through a series of hostage situations and fights with guards and cell mates, he managed to extend his prison sentence to thirty-four years. He's spent thirty of those years in solitary confinement. I'm really pushing a lot of people to see this movie mostly because there have been talks about the possibility of Tom Hardy playing Bane in The Dark Knight Rises. Some of you might know Hardy from Christopher Nolan's Inception as Eames and for those that were hesitant about another Batman movie without Heath Ledger, I am confident in saying that Tom Hardy will prove to be as charismatic on the screen as Heath Ledger's Joker is. Hardy's commitment to a character can be seen in this training video in which he pushes to obtain Michael Peterson's physique. It also has a cool soundtrack to go along with the films exaggerated telling of the Bronson's life in prison. If you decide to watch anything on Instant Netflix, make sure it's Bronson.

Last week, I mentioned that I was able to retrieve my DVD collection from storage. While digging through the boxes, I decided to sit down and watch Dogma- a movie that I saw years ago as a preteen looking for a tit on cable television. Instead of tits, I stumbled upon this profound flick on Starz and really it was the first of it's kind that I had watched. The movie is about two fallen angels, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, that after finding a loophole attempt to return back to Heaven despite whether or not the implications that they are putting all of reality at risk for destruction by doing so. Dogma's director, Kevin Smith, mended Catholic religion, his signature dick and fart jokes and really great dialogues into this criminally underrated movie. 

His work in dialogue-whether it be in dyad or triadic groups- always feels organic. Lately, Kevin Smith has put practice to his talents in dialogue on Smodcast Internet Radio or S.I.R. for short. He has molded the Smodcast Network into a live internet radio cast. When I first heard of this project, I was blown away at Kevin Smith's work ethic, as earlier this year he announced that he would take his current movie, Red State, across America on his own dime to market his film to his own audience. For fans that like Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob or like talk radio and Star Wars and other pop culture talk need to check out his internet radio cast here.

I ended the long weekend by seeing Thor with my brother and girlfriend. This was my brother's second time seeing Thor and he was just as intrigued as he was the first time and I can see why. The movie is a great connector *Highlight for Spoiler* Jeremy Renner from The Hurt Locker as Hawkeye? Holy shit! *Highlight for Spoiler* to the upcoming Avengers movie and origin story and I can only anticipate this summer's Captain America.
I didn't like two things though and one of which had nothing to do with the movie. On the other end of the theater I heard a group of teens talking and giggling throughout the movie and it kind of makes me eagerly await the day when I can download new movies to my TV and enjoy a private screening of my own. The second was the scene at the end of the credits, which has been Marvel movie's literal signature for the past few years, in which I thought could have been put before the credits. The scene itself wasn't bad, but the studio could have pulled an Incredible Hulk and put the scene at the end of the movie, because it didn't reveal much. At any rate, the flick was damn good and took first place at the box office ahead of Bridesmaids- which I now kind of want to see after Judd Apatow was revered by all of Twitter. When Thor heard about his achievement this weekend, he was spotted celebrating in the woods,