I know like 3 people read this blog, so it should be skewed, but here's the question. Feel free to weigh in.
Josh Hartnett: Hollywood golden boy, or Massive Tool?
It's that damn Hansel, he's so hot right now. Hansel.
Another comedic favorite of mine. Go nuts.
I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach. He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
I was looking for something the other day, and I came across some CD's I burned a while back. In July of 2003, Lacey and I took our first ever road trip to visit my parents (this is when we lived in Louisiana). I took the opportunity to impress her by crafting two of the finest road-trip CD's ever. I may post the tracklists here some time, but suffice it to say, there were some great driving songs on there. It was fun to revisit those, so I dug a little deeper and found my Spring 2005 and Summer 2005 mixes, basically what I was listening to at that time (a la Cameron Crowe). My question is, could Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out be a more kickass song? Anyway, here is a list of a few of the albums I've been listening to recently:
Rachel Yamagata - Happenstance
Imogen Heap - Speak For Yourself
Ray Lamontagne - Till the Sun Turns Black
Audioslave - Revelations
The Last Kiss Soundtrack
David Gray - Life in Slow Motion
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
System of a Down - Toxicity
"Just when I thought you couldn't be any dumber, you go and do something like this...........AND TOTALLY REDEEM YOURSELF!"
If you don't know what this is from, and/or it doesn't give you a little chuckle, take your pulse, you might be dead.
Lacey and I saw this the other night. We have been looking forward to it for a while now because we really like Zach Braff, having been turned onto Scrubs and loving Garden State. It's really our kind of movie, kind of a romantic comedy, but with an interesting edge to it, you know, for me. And of course it has a great soundtrack, which I've already elaborated on.
Anyway, the movie was pretty good overall. It's no Garden State, but they are two very different movies. It looked great, sounded great, had solid acting performances and funny, witty dialogue at times. My problem? The main characters (4 guys who are best friends) are pussies. I know that sounds vulgar, but it's completely true, and there is no way else to say it. Zach Braff's character is attached to a long time girlfriend who he knocks up, won't marry, and then cheats on her because he's scared of the future being all planned out. Awwww, how PATHETIC! Never mind that she's perfect. Never mind that you get her pregnant. She wants to buy a house, so you screw around. He does realize his mistake, and that's why the movie works (Tom Wilkinson, the girl's Dad, is wonderful), but I just get irritated seeing all the crap laid out by the guys in the movie. Another friend (Casey Affleck) had a baby with his wife to bring them closer, it didn't work, and now they fight all the time. He's miserable. She ends up apologizing, says they need to work harder, and what does he do? Leaves her. Oh, I'm sorry, he still wants to be the kid's father and help out. Whoop-dee-doo. He's a punk. The other two friends are a little better, I guess. One got dumped by a long time girlfriend and freaks out about it the whole movie before going to South America with the other friend who sleeps with a different girl every night, and when one of the girls wants him to meet her parents he wiggs out and decides to flee the country.
I don't want it to sound like I hated the movie. I quite liked it. There were great examples of what NOT to do, and some great quotes like (and I'm paraphrasing) "any asshole can say I love you, it's what you DO to the people that you say you love that matters". I just grow weary of punk-ass men on film. But I guess it's par for the course, and I shouldn't expect much more. Hey, at least Zach Braff's character goes through a lot after he screws up and perseveres to win her back. That's saying something, right?
Ok, so has anyone else seen the trailer/preview for Mel Gibson's new movie, Apocalypto? For those of you who haven't, I'll summarize:
1.he's not in it
2.it's about the end of the mayan civilization
3.it has no big name actors
4.it comes out in december
Everything else apparently is a mystery (which is not a bad thing since too many trailers give away the kitchen sink) because the preview is absolutely terrible, and makes the movie look AWFUL. Combine that with the bad pub Mel's been getting and this film could be one HUGE flop. Then again, who knows? Maybe it'll be the movie of the year. Everyone said Titanic was gonna flop. Yeah, I guess it didn't make much money, did it?
Ok, so I've been doing my best to avoid liking the band Death Cab for Cutie. First of all, the name sucks. Second, I always thought their songs were really boring, and from what I heard, they all sounded the same. Of course, a lot of times when I do things like this (avoid a band puposefully with no real good reason), I end up loving them. Good examples would be Dave Matthews Band and Smashing Pumpkins, who I hated in High School (cause everyone else loved them) and now are a couple of my favorites. Anyway, they always seemed too "indie" to me, like they were trying to be artsy and pretentious just for the sake of it. And that irritated me. I was kind of like Summer in the O.C.: "it sounds like a guy, one guitar and a WHOLE lot of complaining". And to some degree that's true. But I broke down and bought their album Plans for Lacey's birthday because we both love that song Soul Meets Body. And after a couple listens, I gotta say, I'm really changing my tune. What an album! It's beautifully written, with great lyrics and haunting, gorgeous melodies. Lacey and I love it, and suffice it to say, I'm now a fan. And the guys seem pretty cool and down to earth, too, which is a plus. Do yourself a favor and check 'em out.