On Monday when I got home I found out that Dell finally got my new monitor into the shipping stage. Of course they didn’t bother to email me and tell me that until Tuesday, but like everyday since I ordered it I went to their site to check my status. Now I just have to wait and hope the people that are responsible for shipping it don’t fuck something up. As far as I can tell they are telling me it should be here by tomorrow, but I’m guessing Monday. Luckily it’s not the post office delivering it or it would be delayed another day for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
I’ve been watching movies lately. I’ve watched a few of mine and then I’ve been renting as well. Off the top of my head I’ve watched The Village, Without a Paddle, Wicker Park, Surviving Christmas, Mystic River, Radio, Starsky & Hutch and I’m sure a few others. Oh shit, now that I’ve mentioned the movies I watched and since I have a forum to speak to the masses I guess I’m obligated to give my opinions on the movies. Fine, you’ve talked me into it. Oh, and if you haven’t seen the movies just be warned I don’t give a shit if I give out the ending or not, so if you’re a big puss that can’t stand reading what’s going to happen before it does then go surf for some porn then. Now, where were we?
The Village: This was a good movie. The way it was portrayed as a nail biter and shit of that nature really didn’t pan out. There were probably two parts in the whole movie that would get a response and one of them was when the blind girl fell into the big hole. So much for being a scary movie. Even Signs had more suspense that scared you than this one. I also looked at the movie in my opinion to represent religion. The people of the village make up something scary to prevent everyone in the town from going out of its boundaries; much like religion tries to. If you go outside the boundaries then something very bad will happen to you and people will die. Yep, sounds religious to me. Would I watch it again? Yes.
Without a Paddle: This was pretty funny. Basically four childhood friends make a pact that they are going to go in search of DB Cooper’s lost fortune. When one of the friends dies, the remaining three go on the adventure to find the treasure. I thought it was pretty funny, some of the gags I’ve seen before but all in all I think the movie pulled off what was intended of it… to make me laugh. Would I watch it again? Yes.
Wicker Park: Wow, what can I say about this movie? I liked the story; I thought it was good and all… I understand the director trying to go for a unique presentation and all, but I was totally fucking lost until there was only about 30 minutes left in it. I read the back and when I saw the commercials I thought it was going to be one of those either psycho movies or some spiritual haunting kind of shit, but um, it wasn’t. I knew that the guy had the love of his life and lost her, so when I see the guy in the restaurant with his fiancé I just assumed that she would be disappearing and then he starts thinking about this hot little reddish blonde haired girl and I wasn’t sure if it was flashbacks or just imagination. Once I got all of that shit cleared out and understood what the fuck was going on I liked it. Would I watch it again? Yes, in fact I probably will so I can actually understand the damn thing.
Surviving Christmas: You have to go into this one knowing that it has the shortest span from being in the theater to being on video. The shortest (like less than nine weeks.) As far as the movie goes, I did think it was funny, but unfortunately it just seemed to play out like a B movie to me. It was very predictable but I did watch it until the end. There were parts that I did laugh at and there were parts where I would watch knowing what would come up next. Let’s see, he’ll take Kelly Bundy to the park and the tree will be iced. I bet his girlfriend is either coming over to the house or she’s already sitting outside. Damn I’m good… too bad the movie wasn’t. Would I watch it again? No, once was enough.
Starsky & Hutch: Honestly, I’ve NEVER watched the original television series or ever caught it on reruns so I had no basis to compare this movie to. I just took it as another movie with Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller since I like most of the stuff they’ve been in. It had its comedy and quite a bit of it was predictable but still enjoyable. I would have to assume that the old farts in the end of the movie were the original actors from the TV show making the god awful cameo that original stars sometimes make hoping to spark a little bit of nostalgia. Anyway from everything I saw it was a pretty decent movie. Would I watch it again? Yes, hey it was better than Zoolander.
Mystic River: This movie was weird. I definitely liked it since it was kind of had the detective elements of movies like Se7en except I didn’t see Morgan Freeman in this one. I do have to say that either Tim Robbins has really let himself go or he was decked out for the part. I knew he was in the movie but I didn’t even recognize that as him until about a third of the way through the movie. All I could keep thinking about the Dave character was that he looked like Ron White on a bad day. I think this movie played out rather well although I still don’t know why the dude from Footloose had such a freaky ass wife and why he took her ass back in the end. Other than the last five minutes I thought the movie was kick ass. Would I watch it again? Yes.
Radio: This movie was pretty good; especially considering it was based on actual events. Sure they were spiced up for Hollywood, but it was based on a real person. Besides, you really can’t go wrong with a good retard movie; especially if you’re trying to get laid that night. Throw this or I Am Sam into your DVD player and she’ll cry herself into position. Back to the movie I guess; everyone gave pretty good performances although I thought it was kind of cheesy at the end how the people that didn’t like Radio suddenly took to him. I can see eventually but not because the football coach gave a speech in some barber shop. I guess that was the Hollywood effect. Would I watch it again? Yes.
So take that Siskel or Ebert, whichever one of you isn’t dead yet. Any schmuck with a keyboard can watch a movie and tell people what they think of it. How’d you fuckers get a job doing that? Some people slave away and all you do is watch a movie and point your thumb up or down depending on how good the popcorn was when you were watching. Well that’s all from the balcony… see you next week. Or whenever I feel like coming back.