Miorry Nobitto

Funny People

Funny People (FP) is both amusing and touching at the same time. FP isn’t Judd Apatow best or funniest movie, but it certainly is his most personal film to date. It feels like a faithful nod to the stand-up clubs scenes of today. With a few glaring story structural flaws, the movie still manages to be better written than most of the family seasonal comedies that have come out recently. If you give this movie a chance, it will be rewarding to most.

The story focuses in on two comedians at opposite ends of the comedy scene. Adam Sandler plays George Simmons. Simmons is just another version of Sandler. He makes major motion pictures that aren’t exactly that good, but are popular and family friendly. His is a mixture between Eddie Murphy and Sandler. So, Sandler is playing himself here. The other character is Seth Rogen, and he plays the up-in-coming Ira Wright. Here, he is just playing himself as well. These two comedians find common ground and Ira ends up working for Simmons. This is because Simmons discovers that he has a life-threatening disease.

The stand-up portions of the film are some of the best scenes as are the Rogen and his roommates scenes. This is probably Sandler’s best acting job since Spanglish. Sandler’s character is a bit of an asshole, and especially the way he treats Rogen’s character. His character is a bit mean-spirited during the third act.

And, the movie partly jumps off the rails in the third act. Sandler ends up falling back in love with Leslie Mann. But her character is already married and has two children. This is where the film becomes very awkward and it makes George Simmons look like a total a-hole. While I liked that the movie does play around with the romantic conventions a bit, the third act of the movie is at its weakest here.

However, the movie as a whole is very rewarding to me. I am currently going through something very similar with a family member that is currently going through treatment, and I can now understand what both Rogen and Sandler’s characters are going through. With an unstable third act, the movie is still a better film than Knocked Up.

Grade: B+

I hate to say this, but Jonah Hill is getting pretty big. It is very noticeable in this movie.

Yes, this is Dr. Bruce Banner.

Funny People

Funny People (FP) is both amusing and touching at the same time. FP isn’t Judd Apatow best or funniest movie, but it certainly is his most personal film to date. It feels like a faithful nod to the stand-up clubs scenes of today. With a few glaring story structural flaws, the movie still manages to be better written than most of the family seasonal comedies that have come out recently. If you give this movie a chance, it will be rewarding to most.

The story focuses in on two comedians at opposite ends of the comedy scene. Adam Sandler plays George Simmons. Simmons is just another version of Sandler. He makes major motion pictures that aren’t exactly that good, but are popular and family friendly. His is a mixture between Eddie Murphy and Sandler. So, Sandler is playing himself here. The other character is Seth Rogen, and he plays the up-in-coming Ira Wright. Here, he is just playing himself as well. These two comedians find common ground and Ira ends up working for Simmons. This is because Simmons discovers that he has a life-threatening disease.

The stand-up portions of the film are some of the best scenes as are the Rogen and his roommates scenes. This is probably Sandler’s best acting job since Spanglish. Sandler’s character is a bit of an asshole, and especially the way he treats Rogen’s character. His character is a bit mean-spirited during the third act.

And, the movie partly jumps off the rails in the third act. Sandler ends up falling back in love with Leslie Mann. But her character is already married and has two children. This is where the film becomes very awkward and it makes George Simmons look like a total a-hole. While I liked that the movie does play around with the romantic conventions a bit, the third act of the movie is at its weakest here.

However, the movie as a whole is very rewarding to me. I am currently going through something very similar with a family member that is currently going through treatment, and I can now understand what both Rogen and Sandler’s characters are going through. With an unstable third act, the movie is still a better film than Knocked Up.

Grade: B+

I hate to say this, but Jonah Hill is getting pretty big. It is very noticeable in this movie.

Yes, this is Dr. Bruce Banner.

Quartz (transformers watch)

While listening to the Mighty Sabo podcast, they mentioned the old Quartz watches that transformed into tiny robots. I remember having two of these watches. I believe I had the black one. But, they came in different colors. What was cool with the watch was it was actual functioning watch, but was also a toy too.

I remember every boy had one of these watches. I would totally sport one of these watches today.

Zico made the ones outside the US/Canada regions. However, I do remember some kids having the Zico ones though. You can buy one on E-Bay for about 25 bucks give or take.

Man, this brings back memories.

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BTW, this picture of Megan Fox came up when I did a search for pics for this topic. I'm sure she is on the phone with her agent trying to get out of showing up for Transformers III.

Quartz (transformers watch)

While listening to the Mighty Sabo podcast, they mentioned the old Quartz watches that transformed into tiny robots. I remember having two of these watches. I believe I had the black one. But, they came in different colors. What was cool with the watch was it was actual functioning watch, but was also a toy too.

I remember every boy had one of these watches. I would totally sport one of these watches today.

Zico made the ones outside the US/Canada regions. However, I do remember some kids having the Zico ones though. You can buy one on E-Bay for about 25 bucks give or take.

Man, this brings back memories.

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BTW, this picture of Megan Fox came up when I did a search for pics for this topic. I'm sure she is on the phone with her agent trying to get out of showing up for Transformers III.

Changing my stance on Miley Cyrus...

I used to view Cyrus as no more than a prepackaged Disney product that only the masses of little girls found interesting. I never really gave her much thought and simply overlooked her as an entertainer. Now, she has my complete and utter support.

She hates Twilight and doesn't understand the appeal.

From MB.com,

(("I don't believe in it," said Miley in an interview.. "I don't like vampires. I don't like the wolf that pops out of the screen when I'm watching my TV at night. I don't like it. I don't want anything to do with it. I don't like the shirts. I don't like any of it." ))

I like vampires, but not emo ones that sparkle. Tell us how you really feel about the Twilight fans, Miley.

((“I think it’s a cult. I think it’s bad. I think it’s, like, just people get too [much] into it. I feel really lame because everyone is so excited and I’m like, ‘Don’t even talk about it,’” she blurted. ))

Great, she just compared Twilight fans to Scientology followers. I think it is a ballsy move because her fan-base is the same base that watches and reads the Twilight series. Part of me wonders if this is a measured move on her part to distance herself from the teen audience.

She probably does have point in that Twilight Fans will go after anyone that makes fun of their franchise in the same way the Scientology folks use the Fair Game doctrine. Is there really a connection there?

I never thought I'd say this, but, Miley, you're my hero. At least for today...

Changing my stance on Miley Cyrus...

I used to view Cyrus as no more than a prepackaged Disney product that only the masses of little girls found interesting. I never really gave her much thought and simply overlooked her as an entertainer. Now, she has my complete and utter support.

She hates Twilight and doesn't understand the appeal.

From MB.com,

(("I don't believe in it," said Miley in an interview.. "I don't like vampires. I don't like the wolf that pops out of the screen when I'm watching my TV at night. I don't like it. I don't want anything to do with it. I don't like the shirts. I don't like any of it." ))

I like vampires, but not emo ones that sparkle. Tell us how you really feel about the Twilight fans, Miley.

((“I think it’s a cult. I think it’s bad. I think it’s, like, just people get too [much] into it. I feel really lame because everyone is so excited and I’m like, ‘Don’t even talk about it,’” she blurted. ))

Great, she just compared Twilight fans to Scientology followers. I think it is a ballsy move because her fan-base is the same base that watches and reads the Twilight series. Part of me wonders if this is a measured move on her part to distance herself from the teen audience.

She probably does have point in that Twilight Fans will go after anyone that makes fun of their franchise in the same way the Scientology folks use the Fair Game doctrine. Is there really a connection there?

I never thought I'd say this, but, Miley, you're my hero. At least for today...

Ripper (1996) (Wiki Page)

Here's the amusing Let's Play of the game.

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Do you remember those “interactive” exploring puzzle games? They were all the rage back in the 90s. And the fuzzy FMV scenes were in many of the videogames at the time. Ripper was one of those games with an outstanding cast of actors, but it is clear that most of these actor are phoning it in.

Christopher Walken: He is just playing himself here, just a little sillier. I can’t believe they got him for this crappy videogame. He plays such a big role too.

Burgess Meredith: This one of his last roles before his death. You can clearly tell that he isn’t all the way there. He looks very sick, yet he sounds more like his character from Batman. Was this really the way people wanted to remember him?

Karen Allen: Yes, that Karen Allen. You can tell she isn’t happy about doing this role. I feel bad for her because her career wasn’t exactly on fire during the mid-90s through the 2000s. She certainly looks better in the last Indiana Jones movie than here in this game.

Ossie Davis: Why did Davis agree to this game?

Jimmie Walker: Yes, James 'J.J.' Evans Jr has a part in the game a hacker.

Paul Giamatti: He really phones it here too. Did he do this game as a favor?

Ripper (1996) (Wiki Page)

Here's the amusing Let's Play of the game.

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Do you remember those “interactive” exploring puzzle games? They were all the rage back in the 90s. And the fuzzy FMV scenes were in many of the videogames at the time. Ripper was one of those games with an outstanding cast of actors, but it is clear that most of these actor are phoning it in.

Christopher Walken: He is just playing himself here, just a little sillier. I can’t believe they got him for this crappy videogame. He plays such a big role too.

Burgess Meredith: This one of his last roles before his death. You can clearly tell that he isn’t all the way there. He looks very sick, yet he sounds more like his character from Batman. Was this really the way people wanted to remember him?

Karen Allen: Yes, that Karen Allen. You can tell she isn’t happy about doing this role. I feel bad for her because her career wasn’t exactly on fire during the mid-90s through the 2000s. She certainly looks better in the last Indiana Jones movie than here in this game.

Ossie Davis: Why did Davis agree to this game?

Jimmie Walker: Yes, James 'J.J.' Evans Jr has a part in the game a hacker.

Paul Giamatti: He really phones it here too. Did he do this game as a favor?

Steve Kragthorpe fired from Louisville

From the Courier Journal,

((The University of Louisville fired head football coach Steve Kragthorpe Saturday after a tumultuous three seasons.Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said he made his decision “mid-week” and met with Kragthorpe in the morning to tell him of the decision to terminate his contract, which had two years remaining.))

I’m no sports fan and this is neither a sports blog, but it should be noted that the big news to come out of Louisville is the loser coach Steve Kragthorpe has been fired from U of L. He was able to get fired from his job from sheer suck-ness and without any sex scandals or other issues.

I hate going to sporting events and watching them on TV, but even I knew that Kragthorpe was a terrible coach. (I haven’t seen a single game from his losing seasons.) When you get a non-sports fans attention, you must be doing something wrong. Part of me feels bad for him, but he just wasn't cutting it.

From the school sports director, ((“I felt we needed to go in another direction and get the program on the track we all wanted to be on,” Jurich said at a news conference.))

I'll willing to bet if I got fired, it wouldn't sound this nice.

Anyway, I heard Best Buy is hiring, Steve.

Steve Kragthorpe fired from Louisville

From the Courier Journal,

((The University of Louisville fired head football coach Steve Kragthorpe Saturday after a tumultuous three seasons.Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said he made his decision “mid-week” and met with Kragthorpe in the morning to tell him of the decision to terminate his contract, which had two years remaining.))

I’m no sports fan and this is neither a sports blog, but it should be noted that the big news to come out of Louisville is the loser coach Steve Kragthorpe has been fired from U of L. He was able to get fired from his job from sheer suck-ness and without any sex scandals or other issues.

I hate going to sporting events and watching them on TV, but even I knew that Kragthorpe was a terrible coach. (I haven’t seen a single game from his losing seasons.) When you get a non-sports fans attention, you must be doing something wrong. Part of me feels bad for him, but he just wasn't cutting it.

From the school sports director, ((“I felt we needed to go in another direction and get the program on the track we all wanted to be on,” Jurich said at a news conference.))

I'll willing to bet if I got fired, it wouldn't sound this nice.

Anyway, I heard Best Buy is hiring, Steve.

Chris Brown's Crawl

First off, the hot chick that looks like Rihanna is named Cassandra Ventura. She has the walk and look of Rihanna down in this video. I have to agree with the writer in the EW post, something is very uncomfortable about this video. Listening to the lyrics, it is certainly a 'love letter' to Rihanna. He talks about having “one more chance” throughout the song.

It feels like this is merely another PR move in order to save his career, but the song isn't that bad. I just can't get that image of Rihanna's beaten-up face out of my mind every time I see Chris Brown. Sorry, Chris, I can't forget that.

The actual video isn't that bad, but the Rihanna hairstyle is a bit much.

Notes:

-MJ Style: He even does a Michael Jackson tribute. But, I'm not sure if he's a Jumper, because he jumps from the wet streets of a nameless city to the middle of a desert.

-Did someone fool with the heating controls in his hotel room? You can see his breath.

-Chris Brown seems to have a heart condition, because his heart is transparent and a cartoon in the early portion of the video.

-What's up with the Malcolm X glasses?

Video Grade: C

Chris Brown Grade: F+

Chris Brown's Crawl

First off, the hot chick that looks like Rihanna is named Cassandra Ventura. She has the walk and look of Rihanna down in this video. I have to agree with the writer in the EW post, something is very uncomfortable about this video. Listening to the lyrics, it is certainly a 'love letter' to Rihanna. He talks about having “one more chance” throughout the song.

It feels like this is merely another PR move in order to save his career, but the song isn't that bad. I just can't get that image of Rihanna's beaten-up face out of my mind every time I see Chris Brown. Sorry, Chris, I can't forget that.

The actual video isn't that bad, but the Rihanna hairstyle is a bit much.

Notes:

-MJ Style: He even does a Michael Jackson tribute. But, I'm not sure if he's a Jumper, because he jumps from the wet streets of a nameless city to the middle of a desert.

-Did someone fool with the heating controls in his hotel room? You can see his breath.

-Chris Brown seems to have a heart condition, because his heart is transparent and a cartoon in the early portion of the video.

-What's up with the Malcolm X glasses?

Video Grade: C

Chris Brown Grade: F+

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths trailer

Well, that certainly looked entertaining. The storyline seems to be loosely based on the Crime Syndicate of America storylines that involve Earth-Three superheroes.

What is interesting about this new Justice League project is that it was supposed to be a set in the DCAU. The producers planned on having this movie as a prequel set right before the switch from Justice League to Justice League Unlimited. They took that script and removed all the DCAU info and made it a separate story outside the DCAU. That is a real shame because I still think there are still some stories to be told in the DCAU. I think this one and the Superman/Batman movies could have easily worked in the DCAU.

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths trailer

Well, that certainly looked entertaining. The storyline seems to be loosely based on the Crime Syndicate of America storylines that involve Earth-Three superheroes.

What is interesting about this new Justice League project is that it was supposed to be a set in the DCAU. The producers planned on having this movie as a prequel set right before the switch from Justice League to Justice League Unlimited. They took that script and removed all the DCAU info and made it a separate story outside the DCAU. That is a real shame because I still think there are still some stories to be told in the DCAU. I think this one and the Superman/Batman movies could have easily worked in the DCAU.

Get your freak on, Katie!

Random Thoughts

~Crocodile Tears: I am always amazed when I get referenced from a site or message board. It seems I am linked to a cool site that explains idioms in a dictionary form. You can see the link is connected to my post on the crocodile tears page. In 2005, I wouldn't believe everything that has happened to me because of this blog. I still can't myself. BTW, I will be using this site like I do with the urban dictionary.

~Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: I rented the first DVD and I have to say I am enjoying what I am watching so far. The series follows closely with the continuity of the first two movies, but resets the events in Terminator III, but doesn't exactly ignore it either. Here's hoping the show doesn't turn the characters too emo.

~My Life in Ruins vs. I Hate Valentine's Day: I ended up getting confused and thinking these two Nia Vardalos movies were the same damn movie. Nia even wrote both movies. Let’s call them My Greek Wedding II & III.

~Michelle Banzer: A friend of mine is a fan of hers on facebook and I have to say she is one nice looking woman. If people want to know the difference between hot and cute, Michelle Banzer is hot. This is one of those girls you say are way out of your league.

~Is it wrong for me to say I find Katie Couric Sexy? And, how exactly did these drunk photo pictures get out there? I personally think they're rather tame to me, especially when you consider of the there are far worst photo scandals out there. This is just an older woman having a little fun that's all.

Get your freak on, Katie!

Random Thoughts

~Crocodile Tears: I am always amazed when I get referenced from a site or message board. It seems I am linked to a cool site that explains idioms in a dictionary form. You can see the link is connected to my post on the crocodile tears page. In 2005, I wouldn't believe everything that has happened to me because of this blog. I still can't myself. BTW, I will be using this site like I do with the urban dictionary.

~Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: I rented the first DVD and I have to say I am enjoying what I am watching so far. The series follows closely with the continuity of the first two movies, but resets the events in Terminator III, but doesn't exactly ignore it either. Here's hoping the show doesn't turn the characters too emo.

~My Life in Ruins vs. I Hate Valentine's Day: I ended up getting confused and thinking these two Nia Vardalos movies were the same damn movie. Nia even wrote both movies. Let’s call them My Greek Wedding II & III.

~Michelle Banzer: A friend of mine is a fan of hers on facebook and I have to say she is one nice looking woman. If people want to know the difference between hot and cute, Michelle Banzer is hot. This is one of those girls you say are way out of your league.

~Is it wrong for me to say I find Katie Couric Sexy? And, how exactly did these drunk photo pictures get out there? I personally think they're rather tame to me, especially when you consider of the there are far worst photo scandals out there. This is just an older woman having a little fun that's all.

Shrek Forever After (Shrek IV)

Yes, that is the title for the fourth Shrek movie that's coming out on May 21, 2010. I'll admit that I liked the first movie and loved the second movie in the series. I thought those two movie combined were good pop cultural stories that gave a huge middle finger to Disney. The franchise hit the wall when they shoehorned in the third Shrek movie. It was by the numbers and not very funny.

With this supposedly being the last film in the Shrek main set of movies, Dreamworks can redeem themselves with this fourth movie. Though, I highly doubt it. Plus, I'm willing to bet this won't be the last one.

I would also like to point out that John Lithgow will be reprising his role as Lord Farquaad.

Is anyone really looking forward to this new Shrek IV?

Shrek Forever After (Shrek IV)

Yes, that is the title for the fourth Shrek movie that's coming out on May 21, 2010. I'll admit that I liked the first movie and loved the second movie in the series. I thought those two movie combined were good pop cultural stories that gave a huge middle finger to Disney. The franchise hit the wall when they shoehorned in the third Shrek movie. It was by the numbers and not very funny.

With this supposedly being the last film in the Shrek main set of movies, Dreamworks can redeem themselves with this fourth movie. Though, I highly doubt it. Plus, I'm willing to bet this won't be the last one.

I would also like to point out that John Lithgow will be reprising his role as Lord Farquaad.

Is anyone really looking forward to this new Shrek IV?

Hey! Why wait for Pixar! Check it out now! Asylum Studios, Traci Lords and Antonio Sabato Jr. have done it first!

I wish I were joking. God help us all, indeed.


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Twlight II makes a lot of money.

“$72.7 million...has the world lost it? I'm done with this planet.”

I wrote this statement on my facebook when I noticed the box office returns for the opening day to the Twilight: New Moon movie. I was bit angry with that, but someone from Film School Reject radio mentioned that this was essentially the female version of Transformers II Revenge of the Fallen. I realized it doesn’t matter what I think, because the unwashed masses will see it anyway. And, at this point, it really doesn’t matter because the damn movie has made $153 million.

The person I really feel bad for because of this sequel’s success is director Catherine Hardwicke. She was the director of the first movie (Twilight) and pretty much even the most hardcore fans hated the movie. (Yet, they made it a success.) I would hear how much they hated the movie but still loved the books.

Summit Entertainment I guess took this as a sign to fire her, so they did. The best part of this story is that the studio fired her from making the sequels when she was doing promotion for her first Twilight movie. That’s messed up.

Now, Chris Weitz has come in to fill the director’s seat and he gotten far better praise than Catherine Hardwicke. Even people that hated New Moon have stated, “Well, it’s better than the first movie.” Poor Hardwicke…

I guess I could go on about the extreme nature of many Twilight fans I’ve encountered over the years, but I’ll just mention a certain flame war that went on Facebook when a woman remarked how stupid the series was and the twilight fan ripped into the Twilight hater.

Edward Cullen: “Hey, you’re off in a rush. Don’t you want to sit down and watch me sparkle and glitter for a hour?”

Bella Swan: “Whatever! I’m trying to get home to watch True Blood.”