SiCHris0517

When I first saw the cover of this anime I thought it was some kind of action/adventure type anime, and the "GTO" title definitely threw me off. It is in fact a comedy, about a reformed gangster turned school teacher Onizuka. The story basically revolves around Onizuka's early career as a school teacher and how he manages to overcome obstacles given to him by students and faculty members. I'd say its a light-hearted anime, with a few dirty jokes and sexual innuendos here and there. I definitely recommend it to any anime fan who wants to take a break from sci-fi (or hentai, whatever you watch more often) and is looking for a good laugh. I give this one a 10/10.

The movie is kinda confusing, I couldn't keep up with all the names the first time I saw it, but I thought it was pretty entertaining. It's like a Western, but in Eastern style. I think the characters are based on the anime Ninja Scroll, and so is the action (ex., blood fountains). If you are into samurai/ninja movies this might be a good one to rent, although some of the action scenes sometimes leave it up to the audience to figure out what happened, this is probably due to their budget which is why they lacked the wiring capabilities to show in detail how acrobatic the fight scenes were supposed to have been. It gets a decent 7/10.

I just saw HEAT last night on dvd and I was amazed with how entertaining this movie was. To tell you the truth, I was a little too young to remember when this movie first came out in the theaters in 1995, and then when it came out on video, I didn't bother seeing it with my parents once I noticed that it came in 2 video tapes. Now that I'm a lot older and have developed a liking to De Niro and Pacino's movies I thought about checking out HEAT. It's great to see on dvd, a lot more clearer and the camera angles used were perfect. The director did a great job on depicting the situation of each character, plus he also didn't put too much action so that it didn't seem too much like a testosterone fest (ex. Bad Boys 1 or 2). If I ever get a chance to start my own dvd collection this movie will definitely be in my list.