So I've been noticing this happen in quite a few movies lately, which is the movie starts with a certain tone and half way through that tone completely changes and you feel like your watching a different movie.

There are a few that stand out Looper, Hancock, Brave, Transformers 3, and there are also some that do that but are less  noticeable like Spider Man 3, Prometheus, and arguably others like Inception and The Hunger Games.

So I'm wondering is there a reason why I'm noticing this, Is this a coincidence, or dose this happen often and I just notice or is this a thing that is cropping up or all just a coincidence?

Thoughts?

WIth then Oscars just around the corner, and the nominees now posted, I have been trying to see what best picture nominees I can. Most recently I saw Life of Pi (3D).

    I think it's important to note that I have never scene an Ang Lee film (except a few scenes from Hulk) so I really don't know anything about him as a film maker. So I had no prior expectations, hope's, or fears going into this movie, and as Far as the movie itself goes, I just didn't get it. Not literally, but in the scene of, I don't know why you told me that story, and in that regard I might sound a bit subjective here, but let me attempt to explain.

    So the Plot of the movie is, a man named Pi gets stranded at sea on a life boat with a full grown Killer Tiger, and must survive The Dangers of the sea, Starvation, and thirst, all wile avoiding being eaten by the Tiger. This is probably where my biggest problem with the film is, Beyond that, nothing really happens. Right from the beginning of the film we know that Pi survived his ordeal at sea, so the only thing at stake in the film is never at something we have to worry about because we know he is going to survive anyway.

    Another aspect that doesn't work for me about this plot is that a tiger is not going able to offer the same type of push pull character development as another person would. This again is a bit more subjective but hopefully this next question will help you understand how I feel on the matter. In which of these two situations would you be more likely to learn about yourself? Being locked in a room for a week with a person you've never met, or Being locked in a room for a week with a house cat.

    One big problem I had was how this movie was structured. The first act is adult Pi talking with the guy who sought him out and explaining his life before the incident. At one point the guy is listing to Pi said exactly what I was thinking. What does this have to do with anything? To be fair they explain a few necessary things like Pi and the Tigers names, but it docent take 40 minuets to do something you can sum up in 10 at most. Anyone who has seen The Hobbit knows what I'm talking about as Bilbo doesn't leave his house for like 40 minutes.  Anyway that all happens with the narration and once that ends, old Pi basically says ok lets begin the story, and then proceeds to tell the actual story which starts in the second act which has no narration at all from older Pi until the third act where he narrates parts of it. The point is that there is almost no consistency between the 3 acts and I feel thats rather alienating to an audience.

    Most of the other problems I had were mostly nit pick stuff. I thought the Island was just stupid and the people wanting another story at the end as forced and totally pointless, but hopefully now you can understand the roots of the troubles I had and where they expand to.

With that said there is some great stuff in this film. I honestly never thought a trapped a sea movie could be cinematically engaging, but damn it was Epic. It should also go without saying that VFX are top notch. One of the few things I thought even best fx guys couldn't get quite right until recently was live action fur, but Life of Pi had me questioning my sanity because the fx where good.

Not sure what else to say about this one. I would recommend giving it  a watch for the visuals but I don't plan on watching again anytime soon. 3D Take it or leave it, It didn't do much for me.

Spoiler warning for anyone who hasn't seen every aired episode to date of the Walking Dead.

Before I get into my points on Season 3, let me say, no I haven't read the comic the show is based on, and that I am a fan of the show.

So season 3 of The Walking Dead is halfway over, and while I really don't know what anyone else is saying about this season so far, but I personally am less then impressed, and after the disappointing mid season finally I've gathered my thoughts and now will convey them in an orderly fashion.

1. A lost sense of direction.
Since the beginning of the show, the thing that really got my attention other then just a zombie apocalypse TV show, was that Frank Darabont was spearheading the project. Frank of course is all about the screenplay and convay a real compelling story in his writing. Clearly the thing Frank payed the most attention to is also the best thing about the first season is the love hate triangle between Rick, Lori and Shane. Now with that driving force completely gone from the death of Shane and Lori, It's like they don't really know what to do in the long run. It seems really apparent that without that in place, there's no long term tension or arcs. Were really just waiting the entire first half of this season for Rick and the group to cross paths with the folks at Woodbury. I don't know if this was do to Franks absence or bad writers who think they understand the material but really don't or maybe Rob Kirkman is to heavily involved in the writing process. Whatever the reason, this season thus far has been a dud to me.

2. Michonne
Fuck Michonne. There I said. Ok ok let me explain. We are now half way though S3, and even though she has been featured in almost every episode this season, SHE STILL IS'T A CHARACTER. We are are 8 episodes in and we haven't learned a damn thing about this person other then she can swing a sword around. Seriously, it's like a bad joke, she just stands around places not saying anything, or just cutting guys heads off. And don't tell me, that's her character, because unless your a mute, then I'm guessing you talk to people and have conversations with them. So how are we suppose to feel for a character or relate to them if we don't know anything about them, and what we think we know just keeps changing. Take for instance the scene with Glen and Maggie pulling up to get the baby formula. Michonne just watches as the two get kidnapped. The audience is probably wondering why she isn't doing something like when Andrea was about to be eaten by zombies. It just seems out of Character.  And honestly it wouldn't be that hard to fix this problem. I can except her being quite around people and such if there was a reason, and the two zombie guy's she had following her was golden opportunely. Just have a quick seen where Andrea tells the Governor that during their months alone, Michonne told a few stories to Andrea that explain why she acts the way she acts. Perhaps that she feels sadness and guilt but keeps it locked up in fear of loosing someone else she cares about.

3. Woodbury.
When the Governor and Woodbury came into the picture this season I was never really interested in him or what was going on in Woodbury. That started off as just a personal thing but I think it's become more of an objective problem over time. You see early on, what I felt they were doing with Woodbury was that it's a place of salvation on the surface, but really there is something more sinister going on. All the elements were in place for that but after they revile what's going on, it's all just confusing. For instance they killed off the militia once they found out where they were, I guess to be the only piece on the board but then why do they take prisoners? Why where they willing to let Andrea and Michonne leave? Why did Michonne feel so threatened by Woodbury that she started hunting, even though she was allowed to leave? ect.

4. The Governor
Like Michonne, the Governor lacks a character. It's no where near as bad but still a problem. I think the first problem came from just a poor casting choice. I haven't seen David Morrissey in anything so I don't want to judge him as an actor, that said I just don't think he was a good choice to play the Governor. Looking back again to season 1, the casting of Jon Bernthal was superb for Shane. That Character was clearly someone who had two sides to him which got worse overtime and Jon was able to portray each side so well. I think that is kind of what their doing with The governor but David plays everything so modestly that I don't feel like there is suppose to be something off about him. Granted the writing is probably not as good as it was in season 1 but still. The second thing is that he really hasn't done anything thus far. I'm sure that will change in the second half, but as for the first half he just stood around places telling Andrea that everything is fine.

5. Rick
Rick as a Character has gotten worse and worse. I feel like he's just there now and doesn't add anything to the series. The Idea that zombie apocalypse has taken it's tole on him is fine, but the idea that he is batshit crazy is completely ridiculous. If he is crazy then you can't take him seriously and he's the fucking lead character. I don't know who's idea it was to have Rick mentally meltdown but it's one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen. O and let's not forget the bullshit Phone call episode, where the audience is waiting the whole episode to find out who's calling Rick and then to just say, ha ha it was all in his mind you stupid fuckers, was just the biggest middle finger to the audience they could have dropped.

There are still many more smaller things that I disliked in this season, and maybe I will discuss them in more detail later, but hopefully you have gotten the gist of my rant. I would like to know what you think and how your opinions compare to mine.