POLARITY 173
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THE GOOD
Collateral Jaime Foxx really didn't deserve a nomination for best Supporting Actor in this film. Not because he wasn't fantastic, because he was-- it's just that this was Foxx's movie through and through, with Cruise backing him up (despite all the posters for the movie featuring Cruise alone). Michael Mann has directed a beautifully shot-- smooth, with watercolored hues and deep, thick blacks-- thriller with what is an undeniably hokey premise. A philosophizing, sociopathic hitman kidnaps a taxi driver and forces him to take him through a night of contract killings, and, along the way, cops assume the cabbie is the culprit and goes after him. Impossibly, however, Mann makes an incredibly deep, character movitated thriller that is unpredictable in its twists and turns. The real secret weapon, however, is Foxx's ability to be completely and utterly watchable at all times.
The Christmas Menorah This being the last POLARITY before Christmas, I thought I'd share a link to a t-shirt that I honest to God want to buy. Ordinarily I'm not really much for t-shirts that are offensive because it just seems so obvious, so fake rebelious, but this, this I want.
Madonna on the cover of December's Rolling Stone Honest to God, Madonna, even though she's like, 50, is one of the hottest women of all time. I mean, good Lord.
Those Jennifer Aniston topless photos I'm not actually a fan of Aniston. She's like a hot mom-next-door than the Grade A uberbabe so many people make her out to be. Still, having said that, the pictures are pretty nice. Not great, but definitely not bad at all.
The new promo pictures for X-Men 3 Dr. Frasier Crane as Beast? Fuck yeah.
THE BAD
Lil' Markie, singing Christian Freakazoid You have got to click on the link. Seriously. When you saw that eye-bugged, flame-spewing "Christian soldier" on Trading Spouses, you probably thought the depths of Middle American religious super-freakness couldn't get any scarier. I present to you a serious contender, Lil' Markie. If you click the above link (you'll need to turn your volume up as the audio is really low quality), you'll see a clip of a fat, jolly man singing praise to the Lord. Nothing wrong with that at all. Until Lil' Markie, not unlike some frightening split personality, unexpectedly emerges. Once you've swallowed that disturbing pill, give the MP3 "Diary of an Unborn Child" a click, and be sure to listen to it all the way through, just so you know how serious this guy's being. What the heck is in the water out there that makes people like this?
No updates for Words and Ramblings for about a week In case you were wondering why the site hadn't been updated, it's because bitterisataste.com (hey-- I just realized my blog has no link to my domain... I ought to fix that. Eventually.) went down, due to my not paying the bill for the domain. I was going to just keep updating as per usual, but then I realized my "archive" file is hosted on bitterisataste.com, meaning that whatever I wrote would be inaccessible whenever I updated my page, so I decided to just let it chill. Anyway, bitterisataste.com is back up, and I'm updating again! Hoorah!
Fall Out Boy on the cover of SPIN I swear, the day after I complained about them on last week's POLARITY, I got the new SPIN in my mailbox, and there they were, their grinning mugs staring up at me, as if specifically to spite me. Goddamn them!
Ipod Video I read somewhere that the Video's batteries last for 3 hours on one charge, whether playing music or video. Fuck that.
Star Magazine, "Jessica Finally Pregnant!" With an explanation point! Finally pregnant! This, just two weeks after announcing her seperation from Nick Lachey! Hooray! Hooray for another fucked-up kid growing up in Hollywood! Alright! It's about time!
with love from CRS @ 5:08 PM
Monday, December 19, 2005
THE GOOD
Collateral Jaime Foxx really didn't deserve a nomination for best Supporting Actor in this film. Not because he wasn't fantastic, because he was-- it's just that this was Foxx's movie through and through, with Cruise backing him up (despite all the posters for the movie featuring Cruise alone). Michael Mann has directed a beautifully shot-- smooth, with watercolored hues and deep, thick blacks-- thriller with what is an undeniably hokey premise. A philosophizing, sociopathic hitman kidnaps a taxi driver and forces him to take him through a night of contract killings, and, along the way, cops assume the cabbie is the culprit and goes after him. Impossibly, however, Mann makes an incredibly deep, character movitated thriller that is unpredictable in its twists and turns. The real secret weapon, however, is Foxx's ability to be completely and utterly watchable at all times.
The Christmas Menorah This being the last POLARITY before Christmas, I thought I'd share a link to a t-shirt that I honest to God want to buy. Ordinarily I'm not really much for t-shirts that are offensive because it just seems so obvious, so fake rebelious, but this, this I want.
Madonna on the cover of December's Rolling Stone Honest to God, Madonna, even though she's like, 50, is one of the hottest women of all time. I mean, good Lord.
Those Jennifer Aniston topless photos I'm not actually a fan of Aniston. She's like a hot mom-next-door than the Grade A uberbabe so many people make her out to be. Still, having said that, the pictures are pretty nice. Not great, but definitely not bad at all.
The new promo pictures for X-Men 3 Dr. Frasier Crane as Beast? Fuck yeah.
THE BAD
Lil' Markie, singing Christian Freakazoid You have got to click on the link. Seriously. When you saw that eye-bugged, flame-spewing "Christian soldier" on Trading Spouses, you probably thought the depths of Middle American religious super-freakness couldn't get any scarier. I present to you a serious contender, Lil' Markie. If you click the above link (you'll need to turn your volume up as the audio is really low quality), you'll see a clip of a fat, jolly man singing praise to the Lord. Nothing wrong with that at all. Until Lil' Markie, not unlike some frightening split personality, unexpectedly emerges. Once you've swallowed that disturbing pill, give the MP3 "Diary of an Unborn Child" a click, and be sure to listen to it all the way through, just so you know how serious this guy's being. What the heck is in the water out there that makes people like this?
No updates for Words and Ramblings for about a week In case you were wondering why the site hadn't been updated, it's because bitterisataste.com (hey-- I just realized my blog has no link to my domain... I ought to fix that. Eventually.) went down, due to my not paying the bill for the domain. I was going to just keep updating as per usual, but then I realized my "archive" file is hosted on bitterisataste.com, meaning that whatever I wrote would be inaccessible whenever I updated my page, so I decided to just let it chill. Anyway, bitterisataste.com is back up, and I'm updating again! Hoorah!
Fall Out Boy on the cover of SPIN I swear, the day after I complained about them on last week's POLARITY, I got the new SPIN in my mailbox, and there they were, their grinning mugs staring up at me, as if specifically to spite me. Goddamn them!
Ipod Video I read somewhere that the Video's batteries last for 3 hours on one charge, whether playing music or video. Fuck that.
Star Magazine, "Jessica Finally Pregnant!" With an explanation point! Finally pregnant! This, just two weeks after announcing her seperation from Nick Lachey! Hooray! Hooray for another fucked-up kid growing up in Hollywood! Alright! It's about time!
