Harold & Kumar Go to While Castle (2004): starts off with a pretty dumb and uncreative opener. the movie is pretty much half baked meets dude where's my car. it becomes easy to pick out parts in the movie with who everyone is. i'm harold and ryan is kumar without a doubt. but mind you, i do believe that each of us have stereotypes about us, so these parts for us i think are the stereotypical characters of us. oh, and jeramie is the hippie businessman. and i should just note that some guy in the movie used the term "tard" which is what i've used for years now thank you very much. the movie was hilarious though. i found, what seemed like, many homage’s to deliverance. towards the end, the plot because so unrealistic and gets way too corny. but there are a million amazing moments that make up for its corniness. neil patrick harris stole the show by the way. worth seeing for him alone. there are a few predictable moments, absolutely terrible special effects (so bad that i couldn't even bear to watch), and was hysterically funny for the first thirty minutes, then kinda dumb the rest (much like high school high). a rare comedy though actually worth buying. and i want to start an extreme club now. those guys rock.
Lolita (1962): peter sellers is so freaking funny. i can't believe how sexual of a movie it is. it was obviously way ahead of its time. doesn't have the best acting or cinematography (good, but not the best), but the story is so unique and the greatest ever. it is interesting to look at this movie in the eyes of someone living today vs. someone living in '62 when the movie came out. just imagine how people then must have felt. again, its one of the most sexual flicks i've ever seen (strange that i thought that for the professional too), but there is no nudity and you hardly ever see stuff go on between lolita and humbert. it all comes down to one thing: kubrick is a genius. finally, a huge, sweeping score puts a great touch on it. buy it.
The Upside of Anger (2005): i guess what i liked about this movie is how real it seemed. if anyone has had his share of crappy family moments in life then its me. they conversations and ways they would act towards each other was so believable (for the most part at least). i also think that i was able to relate to every character in the movie which was kind of odd. it’s a quality film for the whole teen and up family. so tack on another baseball movie for kevin costner and tack on another dvd for me to buy. oh wait. my only real complaint is that the four daughters are all way too hot. they could have toned it down a tad during casting. it was just a little distracting through the movie. final, final note...there is a crazy surprise ending that will have you thinking about for days. worth it just for that.
was gonna wear my volcom hat this morning but something told me not to so i wore my black quiksilver one instead. turned out being a good morning decision because i saw a guy walking by me today at school wearing my volcom hat. hurray for intuition!!!
i hate people who blast that popular green day song from their car. none of these people actually own the album. while listening to their adult john mayer playing "rock" station, green day comes on and everyone likes green day this year so its so cool for me to blast it because i'm totally down with green day. i hate them. the people. not green day.
when people think of quality musical icons in our history i think a select few will always pop up. such as hendrix, cobain, morrison, marley, beatles, stones, elvis, etc. (this is not a final list, so no one criticize me putting this list on. i realize that this list may include more or less. and there are many other peeps out there deserving of the list that aren't huge mainstream acts like those above, like the new york dolls or a ton of other genres. but just go with me on the list above.) well my question is about the musical times we live today. ten years from now, will we look back on today, or basically any point in time between maybe 1996 and today, and say, "wow, that band is immortal and will live on forever because of their greatness." and again, i'm not talking about bands that will make history like backstreet boys and nsync for starting the brief, but popular boy band revolution. i'm talking about bands or singers who have such a high quality of musicianship and creativity that they change the scope of the industry. they put a huge ripple that will never be forgotten. these would be the most influential groups out there. has there been anyone like that from the late nineties up till today? i don't have an answer, i guess i'm just putting the question out there.
i'm gonna be starting a new and hopefully long lasting addition to the blog. not sure what i'll call it, but basically i'm gonna ask a cop at my work a question about the law. i'll post my question and his answer on the blog and basically we'll go from there. doesn't sound very interesting, but then again, the current state of the union of this here place isn't very interesting. we'll see how it goes. i'm sure i'll forget about all of this by tomorrow anyways.
i really haven't talked much about the pope on here, so i guess here are my thoughts. i'm not going to say the pope was a wonderful person and did so much for peace and blah blah blah. we've been getting enough of that crap on the tv so go there if you want to hear it. what i will say is that i am all for events in history that brings the world together in a peaceful fashion. the olympics, or paying respects to the passing of life, or certain endeavors, including war. its good to see that. so for that reason, the pope john paul II was a good man.
one of the things that its made me realize is how different the world is from 1978 till now. the media has ballooned into something that most 30 years ago could not even fathom. i wonder how big of an event it was in '78 compared to how big it is now. you don't really learn growing up about the world event of the pope dying in '78. what's going on now seems like such a huge event that it will be spoken of as such for years to come. the reason for all of this i believe is the media and that just goes to practically prove that the media has an effect on people. for example, prior to him dying, i honestly could care less about him. i'm not saying i didn't think he was a good man, but i think a dying good man is the same as the next dying good man. but the second the news took hold of the coverage of his death i became interested and started to feel so close with the whole situation. this, all being contrary to my thoughts a few weeks prior. which all leads me to this: we are all who we are because of things that have influenced us over the years, which may or may not be the media. but how much would i lean in one direction or another living my whole life with it and without media's presence?
Oasis' cover of Heroes is heaven.
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