POLARITY 181
this entry brought to you by avenged sevenfold, "bat country"
Meet the Fockers Certainly not an unexpected comedy, Meet the Fockers is the kind of sequel that, while no one really asked for it, still works well. If you've seen the original, you know what kind of humor to expect: Ben Stiller plays the impossibly named Gaylord Focker, who, like Ziggy, can't seem to do anything right. Robert De Niro (who, unfortunately, is never played up for laughs-- why?) plays his now soon-to-be-father-in-law, an unapproving, conservative ex-CIA operative. The real fun here, of course, is the titular characters, Focker's parents, who are played by Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand with manic aplomb. I ultimately preferred Flirting with Disaster, another Stiller movie with a "meet the hilarious parents" set up, but is much more sophisticated. Still, Hoffman is at his comedic best, and seeing Streisand (who looks really sexy in this movie, by the way, almost completely erasing how much I dislike her) with her boobs covered in whipped cream alone is worth the price of admission.
The Silent Hill movie To be completely honest, this is probably the kind of movie I shouldn't see. I've invested too much energy into it. See, I'm not into fanfic at all-- I find the idea of fan fiction embarassing, and I don't understand it much as a geek phenomenon. But I wrote a Silent Hill movie script, partially for the personal experience of writing a screenplay, and partially to prove that Silent Hill could be adapted in a relatively straight-forward fashion and still work very well. So I'm kind of emotionally invested in the movie. It's not just that I know what I want to see, like any fan, but I know precisely what I want, shot for shot, and from what they've revealed about the movie, there's already significant changes from the source material. Nevertheless, I read an interview with Christophe Gans, the director of the film, and not only is he obviously really, really passionate about the project, but it seems like there were logical explanations behind the deviations from the source material. So I'm looking forward to it. I'm what you would call cautiously optimisitc.
Hot pastrami sandwhiches at Subway Imagine my horror when I moved down to Phoenix and there were no Togos (my primary hot pastrami source up in Sacramento), and not one Subway sold pastrami sandwhiches! This pissed me off. Finally, just three months ago, someone told me that Blimpie sold pastrami. Problem is that Blimpie sucks, and their pastrami tasted like something I'd make at home. So I thought I was out of luck. And then, a miracle happened. I had previously asked the manager at my local Subway why I can't seem to find one with pastrami, and he told me it was because the corporation doesn't let its Arizona franchisees sell it. But this past week, out of the blue, they started selling it! And, unlike Blimpie, it is wonderful. Oh, how I missed pastrami.
Scarlett Johannson and Kiera Knightley naked on the cover of Vanity Fair I really don't need to say anything else. I was a little disappointed there wasn't a further pictorial of the two inside the issue, but seeing Scarlett's big, bare, white butt was enough to make my whole month. And Kiera Knightly sure is gorgeous, but there was an even hotter pictorial of her in Esquire the other month.
Avenged Sevenfold's "Bat Country" I don't like metal at all, and for all things considered, I shouldn't like this song -- I mean, that show-offy solo is very, very anti-Chris. And the video is pretty retarded, and the lead singer surprised me by being just a frigging fratboy. Nevertheless, I have a soft spot for this song. Show offery aside, it honestly rocks your socks off.
THE BAD
Sienna Miller I know the British tabloids can't get enough of her, ever since Jude Law boffed the babysitter, but every time I see her, I always ask myself, "Who the hell is this skinny woman?" Now, cheating on your wife is despicable no matter what, but the tabloids keep showing pictures of her and saying "Jude! How could you?" as if to say, Jude, how could you cheat on such a beautiful wife? Well, if an affair is judged solely on how beautiful or not beautiful a wife is, then I can't say that I blame him, because she looks kinda like a man. There's a topless picture of her in the new Vanity Fair mentioned above, and I was repulsed. I'd honestly-- and I'm not kidding-- rather see Kathy Bates naked, because at least that would be artistic.
The freak weather Last year we had two devastating hurricanes in a row followed by tornadoes. Now, in the middle of February, when winter is supposed to be going away, freakish snow is bombarding the east coasts (all the way up to Texas). Still think global warming is a joke, assholes?
Fast food For the past few weeks we haven't had time for shopping, so we have been eating fast food almost exclusively. And at this point, all unhealthy foods just look like vomit to me. We have seriously got to start eating real food. Now.
My cat peeing everywhere I don't know what's gotten into him. My cat that I had to put down last year, Newt, peed in one place: the hallway. But he had skin cancer (or something) and the box irritated his skin, so we couldn't really stay mad at him for it. Now that Sliver is 12, for some reason he wants to pee everywhere. And he used to be the kind of cat that would go in the box no matter how dirty. I don't know what the hell his deal is, and it's pissing us right the fuck off.
Osama Bin Laden telling America we'll never take him alive No, we probably won't. Not if we don't try. Which we aren't.
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with love from CRS @ 8:29 PM
Monday, February 20, 2006
Meet the Fockers Certainly not an unexpected comedy, Meet the Fockers is the kind of sequel that, while no one really asked for it, still works well. If you've seen the original, you know what kind of humor to expect: Ben Stiller plays the impossibly named Gaylord Focker, who, like Ziggy, can't seem to do anything right. Robert De Niro (who, unfortunately, is never played up for laughs-- why?) plays his now soon-to-be-father-in-law, an unapproving, conservative ex-CIA operative. The real fun here, of course, is the titular characters, Focker's parents, who are played by Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand with manic aplomb. I ultimately preferred Flirting with Disaster, another Stiller movie with a "meet the hilarious parents" set up, but is much more sophisticated. Still, Hoffman is at his comedic best, and seeing Streisand (who looks really sexy in this movie, by the way, almost completely erasing how much I dislike her) with her boobs covered in whipped cream alone is worth the price of admission.
The Silent Hill movie To be completely honest, this is probably the kind of movie I shouldn't see. I've invested too much energy into it. See, I'm not into fanfic at all-- I find the idea of fan fiction embarassing, and I don't understand it much as a geek phenomenon. But I wrote a Silent Hill movie script, partially for the personal experience of writing a screenplay, and partially to prove that Silent Hill could be adapted in a relatively straight-forward fashion and still work very well. So I'm kind of emotionally invested in the movie. It's not just that I know what I want to see, like any fan, but I know precisely what I want, shot for shot, and from what they've revealed about the movie, there's already significant changes from the source material. Nevertheless, I read an interview with Christophe Gans, the director of the film, and not only is he obviously really, really passionate about the project, but it seems like there were logical explanations behind the deviations from the source material. So I'm looking forward to it. I'm what you would call cautiously optimisitc.
Hot pastrami sandwhiches at Subway Imagine my horror when I moved down to Phoenix and there were no Togos (my primary hot pastrami source up in Sacramento), and not one Subway sold pastrami sandwhiches! This pissed me off. Finally, just three months ago, someone told me that Blimpie sold pastrami. Problem is that Blimpie sucks, and their pastrami tasted like something I'd make at home. So I thought I was out of luck. And then, a miracle happened. I had previously asked the manager at my local Subway why I can't seem to find one with pastrami, and he told me it was because the corporation doesn't let its Arizona franchisees sell it. But this past week, out of the blue, they started selling it! And, unlike Blimpie, it is wonderful. Oh, how I missed pastrami.
Scarlett Johannson and Kiera Knightley naked on the cover of Vanity Fair I really don't need to say anything else. I was a little disappointed there wasn't a further pictorial of the two inside the issue, but seeing Scarlett's big, bare, white butt was enough to make my whole month. And Kiera Knightly sure is gorgeous, but there was an even hotter pictorial of her in Esquire the other month.
Avenged Sevenfold's "Bat Country" I don't like metal at all, and for all things considered, I shouldn't like this song -- I mean, that show-offy solo is very, very anti-Chris. And the video is pretty retarded, and the lead singer surprised me by being just a frigging fratboy. Nevertheless, I have a soft spot for this song. Show offery aside, it honestly rocks your socks off.
THE BAD
Sienna Miller I know the British tabloids can't get enough of her, ever since Jude Law boffed the babysitter, but every time I see her, I always ask myself, "Who the hell is this skinny woman?" Now, cheating on your wife is despicable no matter what, but the tabloids keep showing pictures of her and saying "Jude! How could you?" as if to say, Jude, how could you cheat on such a beautiful wife? Well, if an affair is judged solely on how beautiful or not beautiful a wife is, then I can't say that I blame him, because she looks kinda like a man. There's a topless picture of her in the new Vanity Fair mentioned above, and I was repulsed. I'd honestly-- and I'm not kidding-- rather see Kathy Bates naked, because at least that would be artistic.
The freak weather Last year we had two devastating hurricanes in a row followed by tornadoes. Now, in the middle of February, when winter is supposed to be going away, freakish snow is bombarding the east coasts (all the way up to Texas). Still think global warming is a joke, assholes?
Fast food For the past few weeks we haven't had time for shopping, so we have been eating fast food almost exclusively. And at this point, all unhealthy foods just look like vomit to me. We have seriously got to start eating real food. Now.
My cat peeing everywhere I don't know what's gotten into him. My cat that I had to put down last year, Newt, peed in one place: the hallway. But he had skin cancer (or something) and the box irritated his skin, so we couldn't really stay mad at him for it. Now that Sliver is 12, for some reason he wants to pee everywhere. And he used to be the kind of cat that would go in the box no matter how dirty. I don't know what the hell his deal is, and it's pissing us right the fuck off.
Osama Bin Laden telling America we'll never take him alive No, we probably won't. Not if we don't try. Which we aren't.
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