Archive for October, 2006

stop the show

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

what’s with this song: showstopper by diddy’s girl band? i mean it’s horrible; why would it in any way warrant all this fucking promotion? and it’s not new so why is it on every promo and considered new music? it’s been out for months?

i guess diddy’s feeding major money into the promotion instead of coming out with a second single. very shrewd of him. but i’m sick as hell of listening to the fucking song. at least i barely ever listen to KDWB these days. just long enough for new evanescence, hinder, jibbs, and J.timberlake. as if that’s not shame enough.

sidenote: i’m sick of watching tv because every commercial break is filled with political ads. driving me nuts to have to watch all the attack ads when none of these bastards have a clue as it is. why not just be nice to each other and realize you’re a jackass without the opponent paying a couple million to tell you in a thirty second spot.

at least the pledge drive is over so i can listen to 91.1 guilt-free.

the terminal

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

hanks owes me two hours of my life back. this is the most worthless pile of shit i’ve seen. i’ve seen shitty movies. fuck i’ve made copies of shitty movies and have them next to some of the best films ever made and i’m not ashamed of it, but this is just ridiculous.

his accent is horrible. i don’t know where he’s getting his inspiration, but it’s not a country on this planet. the idea that he could do half the shit he does is beyond comprehension. zeta-jones is horrible as always, but doesn’t even pull off vixen roll she normally attempts. the love story is preposterous. i even feel sort of bad in referring to it as a love story.

tucci has done much better << see lucky # slevin >>, but has a shitty roll to begin with.

i realize this was supposed to be based on the true story of merhan nasseri, but it’s so appalling i feel even worse for nasseri. sixteen years in Charles de Gaulle isn’t as bad as 128 minutes of watching hanks flounder through this pile of shit.

oh… and i wouldn’t recommend watching this one.

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into the blue

Monday, October 30th, 2006

due to my mentioning it in the prologue i should refer to this one and at least explain my side. the plot is shitty. it’s completely implausible and absurd. the writing is absolutely mind-numbing and the acting is… well it’s walkeresque to be honest.

whoever wrote this << johnson: of torque fame >> should be strapped to a boulder for a vulture to eat his liver only for it to grow back the next day in time for the vulture’s return. or has that been done?

i see that walker’s trying to up his range. it’s almost adorable, but he fails miserably. then there’s caan who pretty much plays the same roll no matter what and still can’t quite get a finger on it. at least clooney can pull that sort of shit off sometimes. and in related news, caan’s great in ocean’s 11, because he’s barely in it. i don’t even know who the second chick is. what’s that? ashley scott? ah… whatever.

then there’s alba. she’s ridiculous. she’s probably a gigantic bitch in the real world. she has the personality of a beta fish. but i’m in no way holding this against her and i’ve burned a copy of this flick for myself. i’m not going to attempt to persuade you to watch this movie. i didn’t watch this one or burn it for the plot, but for the curves. she hasn’t shown this much skin since flipper and that was when she was too young for anyone to give a shit.

sidenote: she’s got seven films in the works. this guy’s stoked.

* << and only for the abs >>

the prestige

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

I don’t think my expectations were very high for this one because i was confused by the trailer. it was vague and had the feel of a flick that could swing from awesome all the way down to shitty in full-length. as p.fish would say, it looked like “batman begins again”. i was pleasantly surprised. the screenplay is great. time shifts and dual plot-lines drive the story and the twists are sweet.

Bale and Jackman put on a great show with a pretty sweet secondary cast. even Bowie takes on a money roll. Johansson’s good eye candy and Caine can always lay down a mint performance. the visuals are epic and the clothes seemed to nail down the period. there’s not a lot to say to down this flick because there were no stand-out shitty roles and no gaping holes or painful dialogue in the story.

The movie kept me guessing. it took a little while to catch wind of Bale’s secret and i didn’t understand Jackman’s until almost the very end. it sped the way to a dramatic climax and intriguing resolution. the rivalry between the two characters is intense. they’re dichotomous down to their handedness. the quest for Bale’s secret drives Jackman to great lengths and halfway around the world.

i should have expected more going in, but didn’t know Nolan had written it until i was on the way out. after memento, insomnia, and batman begins i should have known it would have been up my alley. he’s like M. Night Shyamalan when he worked with Willis.

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shitty mood all g’damn day [ content ]

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

so here’s my saturday.

* I wake up in a good mood. and by that i mean i woke up and got dressed in remote control and then upon realizing it was still dark out screamed “fuck!” off my stairs. the guy walking his dog put the effort into turning his head, but not enough to get a look at me. i guess he didnt want to know what just happened, just wanted to let me know he was curious about what just happened.

* i get to work and see i’m scheduled for ten hours. not too bad. the second move looks cake and i’m working with ax and tj. a bright note on a long day of moving after sitting on my ass in front of a computer for the last two weeks. i even get to hear stories of their bar-crawl from the day before.

* the first move is ridiculous. the whole damn house is going and then some random stuff she started throwing in toward the end. huge armoires and everything else big. there was nothing light for me to warm up with considering my atrophied forearms. i feel like a gigantic pussy.

* the move goes over by about two hours and it’s already three-o-clock. the paperwork for the second move appears to be three things. that looks shady and i don’t trust it, but still feel a sense of optimism. maybe that was the $30 tip the lady gave me too.

* the optimism is shattered upon touring the house for the second move and seeing that everything had to go. i’m physically stiff and fucking pissed. i guess i don’t understand how the end tables, night stands, queen-size bed set, dresser, armoire, two three-cushion couches, two loveseats, two armchairs, recliner, entertainment center, gigantic china cabinet, dining set, dart board, side-by-side refrigerator, wicker set, two bookcases, and two coffee tables came out of the three items listed.

* again everything is heavy and this time i can’t get my arms to work. my fingers start cramping and my arms cramp whenever i curl them up. scratching my ear became a painful experience.

* me and ax take in one of the three-cushion couches and it gets stuck. not like wedge stuck, but not-a-chance-in-fucking-hell-is-it-going-in stuck. luckily, instead of just leaving it outside to move at a different time the guy at the house suggests cutting a chunk out of his wall. and the lady showing us where to move things the owner of the house decides this is a good idea. decides is the wrong word… more like says “yep” without a thought or even flicker of doubt. fuckers.

* it takes them almost a half hour to get the wall sawed up and by then we have the whole truck ready to roll. we head down and get the couch in as well as the rest of the shit that was supposed to be down there and head back to the shop. at this point it’s nine-o-clock. i’m pretty pissed off.

* i get home to a bunch of costumed party-goers and grab a show. head back upstairs and realize my ride to val’s has left and i have to drive out there. not an option as i’m irrate and want to drink myself retarded. so i call ray and after some weird conversation i don’t necessarily remember because i was too annoyed to be fully aware i work out driving to her place and riding with them. things are looking up. i have a couple primos and have a ‘dog biscuit’ before heading out.

* then shit gets fun because val has an abundance of food. this being important because i hadn’t eaten anything in twelve hours. i was a douchebag the whole time because i was too tired and irritated from the day to filter out the shithead in me.

after about two beers i end up hitting a wall where the exhaustion catches up and i can’t drink anymore. i end up chill and half asleep, but drive ray home and then back to the lakehouse. i figure that some reasons for being so pissed off all day would be the consistency of heavy shit, my three hours of sleep, my hunger, my physical exhaustion and muscle soreness, and how all my days plans getting back and having a good 1.5 nap and a quick show before drinking a few with the roomates and catching a ride to val’s were shot to shit.

so that sums shit up. thanks to ray and val for a good time and the roomates for the hilarious fireside chat.

just a shitty mood all g’damn day

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

you know what? i’m too damn tired to do this. i’ll get to it soon though. holy shit. can’t wait to fucking cash in.