Tuesday, March 31, 2009
This is ok.
This guys makes all of these Marvel/DC parodies of the Mac/PC commercials and I they're short and sorta funny. This one is one of the better ones.
There's one with Rorschach that's good too.
There's one with Rorschach that's good too.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
What?
I just watched Jackass 2.5, the b-real of Jackass Number Two, which is basically an extra hour of footage they shot which they didn't use in the movie. There is one scene where Wee Man is a little matador and a little bull comes out at him. He gets rammed by the bull and the camera cuts to Ehren McGehey (or however it's spelled) and Dave England reacting. This is what the camera sees.
What?! What is that? I never took the Jackass guys to be actually clever. I think that was the hardest point I laughed in the entire movie because I was like "What?" and had to rewind it to verify that there was indeed a dog with his paws covering his eyes.
What?! What is that? I never took the Jackass guys to be actually clever. I think that was the hardest point I laughed in the entire movie because I was like "What?" and had to rewind it to verify that there was indeed a dog with his paws covering his eyes.
Ouch.
On this blog I talk about how bad TNA has gotten since it got a TV deal with Spike, however, in the early days of that even there was still a lot of awesome things going on. For example, this match between Sabu and Abyss is so ridiculously insane I cringe every time I've seen it, and I've seen it several times.
And that wasn't even the main attraction!
And that wasn't even the main attraction!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Live music is always fun.
There's a point where Chuck asks the crowd to help Flav with the words, I thought it was because he clearly lip synched his entire song,. but it was just the simple chorus he really needed help with.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
On Point Review: I Love You, Man
I liked the style I used for the Watchmen review I did, so I am going to reprise them with my second ON POINT REVIEW, this time of bromantic comedy, I Love You, Man!
I Love You, Man director John Hamburg
PROS
-I laughed a lot. I judge comedies on two levels, 1 is the basic critical outlook, you know "Is it an original story? Good performances?" etc. etc. and 2 is how much I laughed, because generally I don't laugh out loud even during some really hilarious movies (I only laughed twice during Wedding Crashers). This movie had me chuckling several times, often for the entire run time of a scene. So that's great.
-Paul Rudd and Jason Segel have great chemistry together, while this is no surprise, making them the leads is awesome, as their brief scenes together in both Forgetting Sarah Marshall and their very short exchange in Knocked Up were both hilarious.
-The women are funny too! Rashida Jones, Jamie Pressly and Sarah Burns are really good at weighing this comedy down from being a total testosterone trip. While it's not as relevant as it is in Knocked Up, the girly comedy is a nice touch. No homo.
-There are several supporting performances that make this great, Andy Samberg, John Favreau (he directed Iron Man????), Human Giant's Aziz Ansari and Rob Heubal, J.K. Simmons, Thomas Lennon and the indian guy from Broken Lizard all pop up for a few laughs. Oh and Lou Ferrigno is hilarious too.
-The soundtrack! While it's not over the top, there are always funky tunes playing in the background from the likes of Vampire Weekend and Cake. And not to mention Rush is a big part of the movie, similar to KISS's involvement in Role Models.
-It tones down the raunchiness which is almost necessary at this point. We've all seen the dicks (literally in Walk Hard and Sarah Marshall), and the stoner/gay jokes got pushed a bit too far in the Apatow flicks. Not to say they are bad, it's just good to step away from that. And it's not like it's entirely clean, it's jut not going to get that raunchy label all the other ones get.
CONS
-The plot is entirely cliché. You can almost pinpoint exactly when each tone change is going to happen. While that's not entirely bad since it's a comedy, it kind of takes away from the impact of the events.
-You kind of forget Rashida Jones amidst all of the Jason Segel/Paul Rudd fun times. She is really good and she deserved more screen time as did her friends.
-Some of the run on jokes run on a bit too long. Paul Rudd's awkward silences keep coming back again and again and by the last time they're not all that funny.
-I feel like it tries a bit too hard at some points to be a blueprint Apatow comedy.
Okay that's it. My second TNA rant is on the way, about halfway done.
I Love You, Man director John Hamburg
PROS
-I laughed a lot. I judge comedies on two levels, 1 is the basic critical outlook, you know "Is it an original story? Good performances?" etc. etc. and 2 is how much I laughed, because generally I don't laugh out loud even during some really hilarious movies (I only laughed twice during Wedding Crashers). This movie had me chuckling several times, often for the entire run time of a scene. So that's great.
-Paul Rudd and Jason Segel have great chemistry together, while this is no surprise, making them the leads is awesome, as their brief scenes together in both Forgetting Sarah Marshall and their very short exchange in Knocked Up were both hilarious.
-The women are funny too! Rashida Jones, Jamie Pressly and Sarah Burns are really good at weighing this comedy down from being a total testosterone trip. While it's not as relevant as it is in Knocked Up, the girly comedy is a nice touch. No homo.
-There are several supporting performances that make this great, Andy Samberg, John Favreau (he directed Iron Man????), Human Giant's Aziz Ansari and Rob Heubal, J.K. Simmons, Thomas Lennon and the indian guy from Broken Lizard all pop up for a few laughs. Oh and Lou Ferrigno is hilarious too.
-The soundtrack! While it's not over the top, there are always funky tunes playing in the background from the likes of Vampire Weekend and Cake. And not to mention Rush is a big part of the movie, similar to KISS's involvement in Role Models.
-It tones down the raunchiness which is almost necessary at this point. We've all seen the dicks (literally in Walk Hard and Sarah Marshall), and the stoner/gay jokes got pushed a bit too far in the Apatow flicks. Not to say they are bad, it's just good to step away from that. And it's not like it's entirely clean, it's jut not going to get that raunchy label all the other ones get.
CONS
-The plot is entirely cliché. You can almost pinpoint exactly when each tone change is going to happen. While that's not entirely bad since it's a comedy, it kind of takes away from the impact of the events.
-You kind of forget Rashida Jones amidst all of the Jason Segel/Paul Rudd fun times. She is really good and she deserved more screen time as did her friends.
-Some of the run on jokes run on a bit too long. Paul Rudd's awkward silences keep coming back again and again and by the last time they're not all that funny.
-I feel like it tries a bit too hard at some points to be a blueprint Apatow comedy.
Okay that's it. My second TNA rant is on the way, about halfway done.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Cool song!
I dig it when trios can be really loud and obnoxious. But when a duo can do it, even better!
It gets a tad odd in the middle, but the song kicks some rear.
It gets a tad odd in the middle, but the song kicks some rear.
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