I <3 Will Ferrell

I just have to say again that I really plan to see Blades of Glory ASAP. Or maybe I'll wait for Brew 'n View... Decisions, decisions..

Constant Gardener

Well, it took multiple nights, which is a bad sign for me watching movies on weeknights, but I finished Constant Gardener.

I'd have to say that overall I really liked this movie. It had a very strong Brazil vibe in the well meaning but oblivious and completely inoffensive Sam Lowry character completely falling for a strong minded activist that pokes the wrong giant in the eye. So it was funky seeing these characters pulled from 1984/Orwell type dystopia to African/Big Pharma dystopia..

The cinematography was great - this story was told in an interesting way and managed to use non-linear sequencing well. I really loathe when they can't tell something out of order properly. I'm interested in seeing City of God now, considering how well this director put things together. Perhaps I'll add it to the SuperQueue.

Last of all, I really love movies that don't have happy endings. It's a relief when I can slump down with the characters and empathize with their tiredness. The most recent other example of that was Children of Men - supremely good movie that left my physically exhausted at the end. I can't wait for that DVD to come out this Tuesday.

Overall - Constant Gardener 4/5

Up tonight - Inside Man, Descent(I can't resist the term 'spelunking horror'), and Jack Daniels

If only I were a little asian guy with insane upper body strength..

Then maybe I could be on this show.

All I have to say is that this show makes the American Gladiators look like palsied little paraplegics.

I had a dream.

I had a dream the other night where I was attending a reunion for my 8th grade class. The problem was that nobody could remember my name and I couldn't remember them. It turned out that I was Wolverine(an unknown past!), which explained not remembering them. Maybe they didn't think I was in their class because I was walking around selling them ice cream.

Mmm.. Addictive flash game.

I'd have to say Desktop Tower Defense is a pretty quality way to burn some time.

Note that I normally loathe flash games.

I feel like an idiot for not thinking of this.

How it should have ended - Lord of the Rings - would have been a lot shorter if they haven't walked the entire way..

They've written new endings for a ton of movies.

I get the feeling these are the same guys that do movies starring rabbits in 3 minutes.

GameznFlix

Cancelled my GamezNFlix subscription last night. I had one free month and one paid month from the service.

I have to say I was really dissatisfied with the service. It was 4 or 5 bucks cheaper than the other online rental places for 3 movies but it had the theoretical advantage of offering games as well. After having multiple evenings go down the drain from movies dying in the middle due to read errors I just wasn't going to take that crap anymore. Add to that the slow and unhelpful website and the 4 day turnaround time for getting new movies and they're fired. The games aspect of the service ended up as a bit of a wash because I just don't spend that much time playing games anymore. :-/

There's a reason the company's stock trades for $.0008 per share.

Don't try this at home.

I want to hang out with Steve Carell drunk.

Complete the series.

Elf -> 70s News Anchor -> NASCAR Driver -> Figure Skater?

I'm there.

Also, Jenna Fischer and Amy Poehler.

die luke die

I'm not that awesome.

Once I recalled this my loins became shrunken and frigid.

I'm awesome.

I feel an odd tingling in my loins that I beat EPA highway estimates on my trip this last weekend. THIRTY SIX POINT FIVE, BITCHES.

Courtesy of Lauren

5 most unintentionally funny albums of 2006

re: Mars Volta - "16-minute epics of squealing bullshit."
I vehemently concur on the shittiness of Mars Volta. I saw them open for System of a Down and I literally(not metaphorically or euphemistically) fell asleep.

re:DragonForce - This is what I want to blast from my car driving through Maywood. Just behind 8 bit covers of Kraftwerk

Memo to myself

Memo to myself - don't run the sprayers on your windshield with sunroof open.