STAFF WRITER

Set in South America at
the time of the Aztec kingdom
just before the arrival of the
Spanish, Apocalypto is Mel
Gibson’s most recent attempt
at a thought provoking movie
based around a grey area in hu-
man history.

First of all, if you don’t go
to/rent/buy a movie to read a
novel, don’t watch this movie.
Responding to much of the
negative press he got from leav-
ing his Passion of the Christ
subtitled through the whole
film, he decided to follow suit
with Apocalypto. While this
can add depth to the movie, it
automatically classifies it as a
thinker, and not one that you
can add to your collection and
throw on in the background for
the sake of having something

PlayStation.

BULLY

“HAAKON SULLIVAN

2 STAFF WRITER

In Bully, a game made by
Rockstar Vancouver for the

going in the background. The
previews and reviews to this
point seam very misleading,
and while I don’t intend to give
away the movie itself, I would
like to clarify it a bit. The
movie itself is based around
one person, Jaguar Paw and
his journey, against his will,
to the Aztec “capital” where
the Aztec culture believes their
end is coming. Luck favors
Jaguar Paw and as hé escapes,
fulfills a prophecy, and this al-
lows him to fully embrace his
culture.

Personally I: think dinate
and writer Mel Gibson has tal-
ent, and that before he is done
he will release another epic
such as Braveheart, but neither
Passion nor Apocalypto is such
a movie. While better then The
Passion in many ways, espe-
cially in his more tasteful and
tactful use of gore, violence,
and other items of mature sub-
ject matter, there is still some-
thing missing from Apocalypto
that leaves the movie wanting,
for me it was what I believed
to be an anti-climactic ending

“that reminded’ me of Tolken’s
habit in The Hobbit but as I go
over the movie more and more
in my head I’m starting to ap-
preciate its place in the world
of movies more and more.-

To cap off this rant, I have
to give this move 3 sacrifices
out of 5 the first time I watched
it, but a 4 out of 5 after I was
able to think and analyze the
movie.

- AmpBeR L. RICHARDS
STAFE WRITER

Right before I got my ticket
for the movie, I was thinking
that I was impressed how a
movie like this could have great
actors in it and that the movie
was still number one at the box
office week after week. So I
was guaranteed to laugh after
the fact that it didn’t make me

laugh a whole lot. I don’t ever

recall Ben Stiller, Robin Wil-
liams, Owen Wilson and Dick
Van Dyke ever making hor-
rible films that no one would
go see. Admittedly, I wasn’t
really around to see some of
Dick Van Dyke’s movies since
I am still only in my twenties.
This movie, besides the
great comedians in it, has more

OVER THE EDGE

Movie Reviews

“This movie is one of those where you have to learn

January 26, 2007

lessons and try to change things to try to get things
- done.”

of a serious note than some-
thing that is trying to make me
laugh.

This film is a dramatic/
comedy. This movie isn’t like
a normal dramatic/comedy, the
main guy doesn’t get a girl at
the end: This movie is one of
those where you have to learn
lessons and try to change things
to try to get things done.

To learn at a higher level
to get things accomplished.
The movie is about a father
named Larry, played by Stiller,
who can’t seem to hold down
a job for very long. His fam-
ily, mostly his very own kid,
wants his Dad to get a job and
be proud of him. Larry then
goes to a job hunting place and
the woman there says to go to
this place, which is the mu-
seum. He is so desperate for a
job that he doesn’t care were
he works. But he’s questioning
the job, “Do I really want to
work here?” Before he knows

it, he is hired on the spot to...

be a night guard. The mu-
seum wasn’t making too much
money so they needed to hire
one guard for the night and had
to let go of three older night
guards. Larry wasn’t experi-
enced for this job but as long
as he did the chore list in order
and as fast as he can, he should

fideo Game Review
Welcome to Bullworth Academy

PS2, you play the role of a 15
year old named Jimmy Hop-
kins who has just arrived at
Bullworth Academy after be-
ing expelled from a bunch of
schools in the past. After being
dropped off, we quickly real-
izes that this school is like no
other and is quickly engulfed
into a chaotic mess of rival
cliques, crooked teachers, and
flirtatious girls. This year is a
year that will change his life
forever.

As soon as you start Bully,
you can quickly notice that
this game is very similar to
Grand Theft Auto. You can run
around doing jobs for cliques,
teachers, or .other characters

or you can just pick fights
with people. To do all of this,
Rockstar has given you an ar-
senal that any mischievous
kid would drool over which
ranges from stink bombs to
slingshots. With these tools of
destruction, you can do almost
anything like egging houses to
putting firecrackers down the
toilet. Going to class is also en-
joyable, as if you show up you
are rewarded with a mini game
that increases in difficulty each
time you pass. You also get
rewarded for completing class
successfully like getting a bike
from shop class and accuracy
upgrades from playing dodge-
ball in Gym. Other mini games

include bike races, arcade
games, and boxing matches all
of which are entertaining. As
well, you can also try to date
all the girls in the school, but be
careful as you can start a fight
between two of your ladies.
The story of Bully revolves
around Jimmy becoming king
of the school and protecting
the weak from the bullies. To
do this you have to win respect
from each of the cliques. Each
clique has its own unique at-
tributes and each have a leader.
The cliques are typical: you
have the nerds, the jocks, the
preps, the bullies, the greas-

ers, and the townies. Each also

has an enemy clique that they

be fine. When he is left alone
to do some chores; mysterious
things start to happen.

While ‘trying to do his

chores as fast as he can, he

realizes that -he learns a few
things about : history. Larry
was given advice by one of the
night guards, played by, Dick
Van Dyke, that when you start
working here, it is easier to do
your ‘job if you brush up on
your history. Larry also doesn’t
know half of the historians
either. Once he knows about
his history, his job. becomes
so much easier, to some point
anyways. Night after night, his
job: becomes easier and easier.

At the end, everything works
_out for him.

For the historians, living in
many different times in history,
everyone can work together
as one to get things done and
fight against the evil. He gets
to keep this job and his family,
including his son is very proud

of him; the night security man

at the Museum. My advice for
this movie is, if someone says
something to you knowing that
they look dumb and stupid, be-
lieve them.

For this movie, I give 4 out
of 5 popcorn pieces.

will want you to fight against.
For example, in one job I had
to rescue the nerd’s G&G char-
acter sheets from the bullies
who took them. You also get an
arch enemy in the game, who
is competing with you and a
friend of yours to become the
king of the school giving the
game a feeling familiar to a
high school setting.

To even begin describing
what you can do in this game
will take more than a news-
paper article to describe. Fight
your way through six chapters
and enjoy the quirky characters
and strange social network of
Bullworth Academy.