Archive for July, 2005

I think I now have the hottest eye doctor ever.

I’m currently watching: Comedy Central Presents: Rudy Rush

Wedding Crashers

Better late than never. Saw Wedding Crashers on Saturday. Very funny. After the first 5 minutes, I was pretty scared that it was going to suck. It sure seemed like it was headed that way, and that the whole Vince Vaughn thing had run its course. After about 15 minutes, I was dead wrong. I cracked up harder during this movie than I have in a long time. My only beef was that there were too many slow parts in between all the hilariousness. But I guess the unexpected nudity makes up for that. And that bedroom scene was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on screen, period. And the women were gorgeous. Man oh man. Rachel McAdams whom I’ve never had the pleasure to meet until this film, was very nice to look at. Kristin later told me she was in the Notebook, but there’s probably nothing on the planet I could care less about than the Notebook. And then her sweet, sweet, sister Isla Fisher. Man was she perfect; i.e. bedroom scene from above. Well at least from that role she was. And then of course there’s always that MILF Jane Seymour. 54 years old. I mean I definitely loved her when she was the 42 year old Dr. Quinn, but nothing’s changed in 12 years. But back the funny factor. This movie was friggin hilarious. It seemed to run a little long, but that’s probably because of the slow parts that seemed to arise all too often. But I still can’t wait for this to come out on DVD. There was so much funny stuff that I know I probably missed a lot of other things and forgot even more. Hilarious.

I’m currently watching: NFL Live

Reality TV

Man, this reality TV stuff is so friggin old. I just got my DVR 2 weeks ago and I have nothing to tape because it’s all reality TV and who cares? There’re only like 1 or 2 nights a week where there’s something to record, it’s rediculous.

Can’t wait ’til Stealth comes out this Friday at a theater near you.

I’m currently watching: Baseball Tonight

Grand opening,

Grand closing.

What I’m listening to: Silence

After dentist snack.

I went to the dentist last probably around May or June of 03. After that dentist visit, I promptly left and hurried down to John’s for a nice steak sandwich. Mushroom cheesesteak with fried onions, sweet peppers and sauce. Perfect way to treat your perfectly clean teeth. Today I made my first visit to the dentist since that day. Now I’m home after being there for 2 hours and I get to look forward to eating probably a peanut butter sandwich while watching Surreal Life. How much does that suck?

I’m currently watching: Surreal Life

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Well I certainly didn’t expect this. This is one apple that fell so far from the tree, I’m not sure if it’s still an apple. And I’m not saying that in a terribly bad way. Just in a Tim Burton didn’t make a remake, he came close to making a new movie altogether kind of way. This version was not bad, but it wasn’t close to the original in greatness in my mind. Most remakes aren’t, but the original Chocolate Factory is one of my favorite movies of all time. I had hoped this one had a chance, but reality soon set in, and it really didn’t. A lot of people get weirded out by the original and those oompa loompas, but I never had a problem with em. The remake was one of the strangest movies I have ever seen though. Every aspect of it was creepier than the first. I think Burton did an amazing job differentiating this movie from the original in a way only he could. The original was a children’s movie, but I’m not so sure about this one. And Johnny Depp… what can I say? He sure was interesting in this role. He seemed to over act in a lot of places and it made everything even more weird. I did enjoy the fact that this took place in modern times though. The scenery was amazing. I guess the production was just great. But what was with these oompa loompas. This was probably the part I was the most unhappy with. I didn’t like the one guy doing everything. And I didn’t like their songs. They weren’t catchy at all. Most of the time I couldn’t even understand what they were saying. Those songs were such a big part of the first one. That’s what everyone remembers. These oompa scenes just tried too hard. This whole movie just might have been too weird for its own good. It’s just so hard to do a remake, I wonder why people keep trying to do them. If you do it exactly like the first, it’ll probably never compare. If you change it, it’s upsetting. There’s no good way to do it. Producers and writers must just love the challenge of trying to pull it off. Burton did an ok job at this one, but I’d still choose to watch the original 9 out 10 times any week. In fact, I’ve probably come close to watching the original 9 times in a week before. I definitely want to see this one again because I think it can grow on me, but I’m really not sure if I’ll ever see this one 9 times in my lifetime.

What I’m listening to: The Grateful Dead – Candy Man

What on Earth is possibly wrong with ‘Say You’ll Be There’ by the Spice Girls. I played it on a jukebox tonight and I got nothing but strange reactions and people questioning my sexuality. Hey… If I’m masculine enough to play the Spice Girls in front of a room full of people, leave me alone. I think there are too many people who need to come to terms with who they want to have sex with. Me on the other hand know exactly where I lay. I can’t believe you don’t shut up!

I’m currently watching: National Lampoon’s Van Wilder

Hall-worthy?

Not a big fan of Skip, but I like his Hall-worthy article. I don’t agree with everything… longevity has to mean something, because not everyone can be even very good for 20 years. However, when it comes to the hall of fame, it should be much more than stats. I like his fear argument. No one wants to pitch to a Ted Williams or a Willie Mays. No batter wants to face Grover Cleveland Alexander or Roger Clemens. I don’t think anyone ever said “Shit, here comes Raffy.” I think Raffy should be in the hall because I think very good for a long time is pretty great, but then you have to think about how he brings up the 22 homers in ‘92, then he meets Canseco and becomes a yearly 40 homer contender. I’m not saying anything, but that’s saying a lot. When you go from average to very good during the steroid years, it makes you wonder. And he’s still only a .289 career hitter. Griffey was a .290 hitter during his great years but still no one wanted to face him. There’re a lot of factors. Raffy was just turning 28 around the time he started hitting the homers which is a pretty normal, but to almost double your homers? I’m sure Raffy is gonna be in the HoF on the first ballot, but sometimes you just gotta think. Cooperstown is for baseball’s elite. The voters have to start being very careful who they’re letting in the doors from the last 2 decades, or we’re gonna end up having nothing but a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame situation with U2 sitting next to The Beatles. That’s just not right.

What I’m listening to: Silence

Note to self:

Go to The Pancake House this weekend.

What I’m listening to: Bruxellisation – Yewknee: Summer Starter – Electric Soft Parade

Damn the man!

I swear, the friggin man is watching us. I went to put my last two movie post posters into my Terententen image directory when the Constantine poster catches my eye. So I say to myself, “Constatine… that movie was good. I wonder when it’s coming out on DVD. It seems like it’s been a while since it came out.” So I decide to find out when exactly this movie is coming out so I go to Best Buy’s site and search it. Then BAM! A Constantine commercial comes up on the TV. The first time I have seen it and it pops up less than a minute after I look when the DVD comes out. Life’s just not that convenient. I’ll never get to sleep now.

And wtf is up with this new Dodgeball Unrated DVD bullshit. Yeah, I said bullshit because I’m angry. With the Lord of the Rings movies, we knew the extended ones were around the corner so we could hold off on the theatrical versions. However now every comedy movie has an “unrated” version that comes out like 6 months after the original. Just put the damn stuff on the first one. You already had the footage. It’s a comedy movie. Just put it on there in the first place. It’s all just wrong.

I’m currently watching: MAD TV