Wednesday, March 17, 2010
New Poll!!!!
Prove me to me that people actually read this blog and vote in my poll at the bottom of the site...Which Stallone movie should I watch???
Team America: World Police
Length:
In What room I watched it in: Bedroom
Who I’m watching it with: Myself
Reason I bought the DVD: This movie is hilarious, though kinda disappointed I didn’t get the extended version.
15 word plot summary: The world is at war and only one group can save it. The Team
Awesomest Character: Alec Baldwin
…no it’s not the real Alec Baldwin is a puppet of Alec Baldwin voiced by someone else. Why is he awesome, because he is constantly referred to as the greatest actor of all time and is the head of Film Actors Guild…or F.A.G. Though he ultimately is killed, he was the awesomest
Favorite Quote: “Matt Damon”-Matt Damon
"Matt Damon"
Random actor: Maurice LaMarche as the voice of Alec Baldwin. Random because he’s also the voice of Pinky from Pinky and the Brain as well as Kiff from Futurama. Oh and he’s also Toucan Sam
Do they say the title in the movie: They do say Team
Best Scene: The dicks, pussies and a-holes speech.
When will I feel the need to watch it again: Soon, funny funny movie
I'm so ronery
Best IMDB fact: Originally, Matt Damon (who Trey Parker and Matt Stone have admitted is really a "pretty cool guy") was going to be portrayed as intelligent and articulate, but when they saw the puppet, they noted that it made him "look retarded" and decided to portray him as such.
SpongeBob Squarepants the Movie
Length:
In What room I watched it in: Living Room
Who I’m watching it with: Myself
Reason I bought the DVD: Well that summer I didn’t have a job and had to kill time before camp started so I started watching Spongebob episodes obsessively as it was the only thing on. Logically the next step was to own this awesome movie.
15 word plot summary: Spongebob has to find King Neptune’s crown. Becomes a man in the end, sans moustache
Awesomest Character: Patrick Star, duh.
Words cannot describe what is going on in this scene
Patrick is always awesome. An hour and a half of Patrick is even awesomer. Between parachuting naked to Spongebob’s fake celebration, to eating too much ice cream, to costing Spongebob four days to rescue the crown, he just is the greatest.
Favorite Quote: Old Lady: [about Spongebob] NuckleHead McSpazatron!
Random actor: Alec Baldwin as Dennis, the villain.
Yeah way too random for
Do they say the title in the movie: Yes, yes they do…the pirate says it early on.
Best Scene: The Goofy Goober scene where Patrick and Spongebob get wasted off of ice cream.
When will I feel the need to watch it again: If its on TV, I’ll prob watch it.
Wayyyyyyyyytttttttttttooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
Best IMDB fact:. SpongeBob has worked for the Krusty Krab for at least 31 years, according to his 374 consecutive Employee of the Month awards. He is mentioned as a kid, but it makes sense because sponges can live to be 500 years old.Thursday, March 11, 2010
Ocean's Eleven
Title: Ocean’s Eleven
Length:
In What room I watched it in: Living Room
Who I’m watching it with: Myself
Reason I bought the DVD: It’s a really good. Plus you miss out on a bunch of the good scenes when it’s on TNT or TBS.
15 word plot summary: A bunch of famous people decide to rob a casino. In the end they succeed.
Awesomest Character: Don Cheadle as Basher Tarr. Why is Cheadle the Awesomest character when you have awesome actors like Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon, mainly because you have no clue what he is saying most of the movie and he has this ridiculous fake accent. The best part is that his name is not even in the credits. He’s a main character but yet managed to get his name uncredited. Randomly awesome.
"Without one we are in barney"
Favorite Quote: Reuben: If you're gonna steal from Terry Benedict, you'd better goddamn KNOW. This sorta thing used to be civilized, you'd hit a guy, he'd whack you, done. But with Benedict... at the end of this, he'd BETTER not know you're involved, not know your names or think you're dead because he'll kill ya, and then he'll go to work on ya.
Random actor: Jerry Weintraub as High Roller.
This guy is in every
Do they say the title in the movie: No, but they say it in the sequel.
Best Scene: The scene with Bernie Mac and Matt Damon arguing while Damon is impersonating a casino inspector. Really funny scene.
When will I feel the need to watch it again: A few months from now. This movie is very rewatchable.
Best IMDB fact: George Clooney had a keg of Guinness installed in his dressing room.
Monday, March 8, 2010
The Da Vinci Code
Length:
In What room I watched it in: Living Room
Who I’m watching it with: Myself
Reason I bought the DVD: Well I’m currently reading The Lost Symbol that is the Da Vinci Code’s sequel, so why not.
15 word plot summary: There are codes and hidden meanings behind everything. Even when it comes to Jesus stuff.
Awesomest Character: Mary Magdalene.
Sure not really in the movie, but everything evolves around her in it. She seems pretty awesome according to Tom Hanks and Ian McKellen’s convo in the movie.
Favorite Quote: Sir Leigh Teabing: “Did that old cannabis charge finally catch up with me?”
Random actor: Jurgen Prochnow who plays the banker Andre Vernet. Why so random? Basically I recognize this guy as the main bad guy in Beerfest. He’s also on this season of 24.
Das Boot!
Do they say the title in the movie: No, but they do say Da Vinci a bunch of times.
Best Scene: The best scene is the one where they are looking at the Last Supper painting and are learning all about the history of the Holy Grail. Interesting stuff.
When will I feel the need to watch it again: Maybe after I finish the book and after I watch Angels and Demons
Yeah, I'm watching you too
Best IMDB fact: "24" (2001) creator Joel Surnow thought that "The DaVinci Code" would provide a great storyline for the show's third season. Surnow asked his boss, producer Brian Grazer about acquiring the film rights to the book. Author Dan Brown had no intention of his book being adapted for a TV show, and rejected their bid. Months later, Sony Pictures paid $6 million for the book and hired Grazer as producer.
Star Trek
Length:
In What room I watched it in: Living room
Who I’m watching it with: Myself
Reason I bought the DVD: Well I just bought and was in the mood. Plus, what else do I have to do with my time while I apply for jobs.
15 word plot summary: Kirk! Spock! Older Spock! The
Awesomest Character: Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy.
I’ve seen Karl Urban in a bunch of movies as this really cool, tough guy character like in Doom, the second two Lord of the Rings movies and the second Bourne movie, but in this movie he plays an iconic character from the old Star Trek movies and television series and honestly makes you believe that he was a younger version of DeForest Kelly. He even says all of “Bones’” trademark lines and is so awesome that he beat out Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk as the awesomest character despite Kirk being awesome himself.
Favorite Quote: Scotty: Are you from the future?
James T. Kirk: Yeah, he is. I'm not.
Scotty: Well, that's brilliant. Do they still have sandwiches there?
Random actor: Two for this one, one is in the movie for like two seconds, the other a few minutes. First off is the quick random one. Bob Clendenin otherwise known as the swinging’ Dr. Zeltzer on Scrubs, in this movie he plays a character called in the credits, Shipyard Worker. He’s literally in the movie for less than 30 seconds as he walks with Kirk as he enters the training facility.
Better watch quickly or you'll miss me in this movie!
The most random would be Tyler Perry as Admiral Richard Barnett who is in charge of both of Kirk’s hearings at Starfleet. Why he’s in this movie as such a minor character is very random…Tyler Perry’s a big deal.
Tyler Perry did not dress as Madea in this movie unfortunately
Do they say the title in the movie: Nope
Best Scene: My favorite scene is when Kirk is taking the unbeatable test engineered by Spock and beats it. He’s so relaxed while eating his apple and the test ship is about to explode that it’s really entertaining.
When will I feel the need to watch it again: Probably sooner rather than later…I really like this movie as I saw it twice in the theater.
Best IMDB fact: The captain asks for crew with hand-to-hand combat training. Sulu volunteers, then later reveals his only real training is fencing. This is a tip of the hat to George Takei, who played the original Sulu from "Star Trek" (1966). Takei has admitted in interviews that he was so eager to keep his job that he falsely claimed to know fencing and was forced to learn it immediately for an episode.
Friday, March 5, 2010
District 9
Title: District 9
Length:
In What room I watched it in: Bedroom
Who I’m watching it with: Myself
Reason I bought the DVD: Previews freaked me out, heard it was really good. So of course I had to purchase this movie.
15 word plot summary: Aliens come to Earth. Live in
Awesomest Character: Christopher Johnson’s son. Christopher Johnson is one of “prawns” or aliens in the movie, but his son is somehow kind of cute even though he looks like a bug. This little character manages to fix a spaceship and holds down the fort in District 9 while his father and the main human character get what is needed for the ship. While his father is imprisoned, he helps the human character fly the small ship, or at least attempts to help. Pretty awesome character.
My son was the best character
Favorite Quote: “Could you go a bit slower with the clicks there, it sounded like you said ‘three years’.
Random actor: Well this is tough since the movie used a bunch of unknowns but I’m going to go a different way with this and say the main character Sharlto Copley mainly because this was his first acting role his second will be in the upcoming A-Team movie which looks awesome. Apparently he is one of the A-Team guys so that’s pretty random.
I'll be pretty random once my next movie comes out,
Do they say the title in the movie: Like every ten seconds.
Best Scene: The best scene is the rescue scene of the object from the secure bunker that will help fly the small spacecraft to the larger one. The alien, Christopher Johnson, and the main character are searching for this object while firing off these really cool alien weapons. It’s cool to see how they made this scene work
When will I feel the need to watch it again: Probably soon, I really enjoyed it.
I'll be watching you again
Best IMDB fact: "The language used by the aliens (clicking sounds) was created by rubbing a pumpkin."
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Animal House
Title: Animal House
Length:
In What room I watched it in: Living Room
Who I’m watching it with: Myself
Reason I bought the DVD: Going into freshman year of college and felt I had to. First time I watched this particular DVD was my first night at
15 word plot summary: College fraternity goes on double secret probation. Toga! Road Trip! Food King! Shout! Parade mayhem
Awesomest Character: John Belushi as John “Bluto” Blutarsky.
Every scene this guy is in is hilarious. Between the food fight scene in the cafeteria, his zit impersonation, dancing at the toga party, and his famous speech to fire up the frat, he is awesome!
Favorite Quote: “Was it over when the Germans bombed
Random actor: A Tie!!!! Kevin Bacon as Chip Diller and Bruce McGill as D-Day. Bacon is literally the last name in the opening credits. This is his first credit on IMDB and is the pledge for the rival fraternity who tortures the Animal House guys, he says “Thank you sir, may I have another,” while being paddled on the behind and at the end is squashed by a hoard of people.
Yes sir may I have another
Bruce McGill is random because he is in like every movie nowadays and is pretty recognizable. As the bike-riding D-Day he is a central member of the Delta house. You may remember McGill from such films as Black Sheep, Cinderella Man and Collateral. Pretty Random.
Me and my mustache are so random
Do they say the title in the movie: The theme song to the movie says Animal House over and over again.
Best Scene: There are a lot of them, but I have to pick one. I’m going to go with the scene where they want Flounder to shoot the horse with the gun filled with blanks and he shoots the gun in the air and the horse has a heart attack…hilarious.
When will I feel the need to watch it again: Usually watch this movie every few months…it’s so funny.
Best IMDB fact:. To prepare for their roles, the actors playing the Deltas went to a real frat party at the
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
No Country For Old Men
Title: No Country for Old Men
Length:
In What room I watched it in: Living Room
Who I’m watching it with: Myself
Reason I bought the DVD: It was up for an Academy Award and my friend told me it was pretty cool. Also it won the Best Picture Oscar
15 word plot summary: Man finds bag of money, hunted by insane bounty hunter, best scenes all off-camera
Awesomest Character: Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh
Look how awesome he looks!
The hitman hired to track down Josh Brolin’s character. All this guy does is goes around killing people because it’s his job and uses some awesome air weapon thingy. He just makes me nervous every time he is on the screen, like will he kill this person or let them live. He seems to be happier ethically if the person dies, which is something different in a character.
Favorite Quote: “Here last week they found this couple out in
Random actor: Stephen Root as listed on IMDB as Man Who Hires Wells.
"I'm gonna hire you!"
Root is in a million movies and is in this one for like 3 minutes and gets killed. He’s in most movies by the Coen Brothers and is in this one as well. You may remember him as the guy with the goggles from Dodgeball or Milton from Office Space.
Do they say the title in the movie: For some reason I thought they did, like in one of Tommy Lee Jones’ long rambling speeches, but nope, it’s not in there.
Best Scene: When Javier Bardem gets hit by the car and borrows the kid’s shirt. Awesome. He has a bone coming out of his arm and just walks away.
When will I feel the need to watch it again: Probably not for another year or so. If I’m in the mood to watch Bardem just being creepy as heck I’ll watch it.
Best IMDB fact: The Coen Brothers used a photo of a brothel patron taken in 1879 as a model for Anton Chigurh's hair style. Looking at its weirdness after getting the hair cut, Javier Bardem said "Oh no, now I won't get laid for the next two months".
I don't remember this happening
Monday, March 1, 2010
Being that it’s Academy Awards season I figured I’d start off my first week of this watching movies that have won a Best Picture Oscar or at least were nominated.
Title: Silence of the Lambs
Length:
In what room I watched it in: Bedroom
Who I watched it with: Myself
Reason I bought the DVD: Read the Hannibal Lecter books by Thomas Harris. Actually of the three original Hannibal Lecter movies, Silence of the Lambs was the last one I saw, even though it’s the most famous.
15 word plot summary: Clarice searches for killer, asks
"Hello, Clarice"
Awesomest Character:
Favorite Quote and when I’ve quoted it in outside life: “It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.” –
Try to use this quote as much as I can. Only fits though when people are talking about baskets or hoses or lotion. Get a funny look only when people haven’t seen the movie.
Random actor: Obba Bobatunde- Reporter on TV screen
While watching the movie I noticed this actor who looked very familiar. The reason is that I remember him from the movie How High as the snooty professor. While normally I wouldn’t remember someone like that, I know who he is mainly because I lost a bet that he was Billy Dee Williams otherwise known as Lando Calrisian on Star Wars. Of course I lost the bet. Also lost a follow-up thinking he was Apollo Creed from Rocky. No it wasn’t Carl Weathers either. Normally this space is for an actor that made me like the movie more, but in this case I just thought it was funny that I was him, though now I realized that he looks nothings like the other people. Also look for lounge singer Chris Isaak as a random police office random police officer
Do they say the title in the movie: Yup, said by Hannibal Lecter 1:12 into the movie
"Would you f#@% me, I'd f#@% me."
Best Scene: When Lecter escapes and takes that guys face and makes it his own…awesome!
When will I feel the need to watch it again: Maybe in another year or so, not the most rewatchable movie, but still very good.
Best IMDB Fact: “After being cast as Buffalo Bill, Ted Levine had done a lot of research into developing his character by reading profiles of serial killers. Levine later said that he found the material very disturbing. He also went out and attended a few transvestite bars, where he began interviewing patrons, as Bill was also a cross-dresser.” Pretty intense stuff
Wait, what am I actually doing in this blog
So basically I am taking a bunch of categories and posting my thoughts on it for each movie I watch. Pretty simple. Here is what I will be looking for:
Title: What the movie is called
Length: How long it is
In What room I watched it in: Where am I when it’s on. No I will not list what I’m wearing…if anything
Who I’m watching it with: Not all movies will be watched by myself. I will try to have some friends.
Reason I bought the DVD: I buy DVDs for millions of reasons, most of the time is because I enjoyed the movie in the theaters, other times I meant to see it but couldn’t. Though there are some weird reasons like it was only 5 bucks or it was so terrible that I couldn’t resist owning it.
15 word plot summary: Entire plot in 15 words. Though I won’t spoil the endings. Yeah, that’s fifteen words.
Awesomest Character: Every movie has one character that just makes the movie that much better. Could be the main character, could be a supporting actor, basically it’s someone who when they are on the screen you get really excited to see them and when they aren’t you are just killing time until they come back on. I call it the Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the
Favorite Quote: Something that I may have quoted at some point in everyday life.
Random actor: Love this category, basically if it’s an actor that is in the movie mainly before they were famous, or just randomly in another movie or something. Something like an “Oh crap, he’s in this movie!”
Do they say the title in the movie: This is a fun one and takes some paying attention to?
Best Scene: Basically my favorite scene.
When will I feel the need to watch it again: Can I watch it every few weeks, or just dust it off every year or so.
Best IMDB fact: Of course I go straight to this after the movie is over.