Nic Cage was on Letterman on Monday night! Cory and I missed it, because we were drinking beer and playing ping pong. Which is definitely more exciting than watching Letterman.
HOWEVER, we missed this little gem. Lucky for us, the internet records it all...
nic ate shrooms with his cat
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Hey, where's that chocolate cake?
Sorry, guys. I know that posting has been slow lately. I'm sure you've all been on the edge of your seats, anxiously wondering whether or not we are watching movies anymore, whether we will ever finish this project and fulfill this site's promise or abandon it to join myspace for a slow death in the internet wasteland of neglected media.
I'm not going to lie, it's been really tough lately. We knew that we would hit a speed bump when we got to the 2000s, but we underestimated just how high that bump would be.
"How tough Can it be," you may ask, "I mean, you're just watching movies, right?" I'm telling you, it's Really tough. Sure, we hit some rough patches before (Amos and Andrew? Trapped in Paradise? Zandalee?), but those movies always seemed to follow or precede other more interesting ones, or at least we had never heard of them so didn't know what we were getting into, or there was Judge Reinholt, or Something. Plus, we were in Sober April so even at the worst of times we would usually just shrug, crack open another root beer, and carry on.
However, Sober April is long gone, so when faced with this situation: "Hey, we both have the night off! What do you want to do? So and so is playing here, or we could go to so and so's party, or we could go hang out with so and so at bar xyz...or we could just stay in and knock out The Family Man?" ...well, yeah.
But, never fear, we finally watched it. Because we are not quitters! (And also maybe because it was the end of the month and we were broke--I rented it with change.)
And, you know, it wasn't too bad.
The Family Man (2000)
Tea Leoni is so weird looking. I think that's why she's surprisingly endearing in this movie. You find yourself almost thinking she's cute, and then she makes this face and you're like, whoa, she is Weird looking. Is she in anything else? I don't know. But anyway, for what it is, I think this is a cute movie. Kinda more one that you would watch on TV when you have a hangover than one that is actually worth renting, but definitely watchable. I don't know, maybe we're getting soft.
Don Cheadle is some kinda angel or something, which is pretty lolz. And the little girl is cute. Nic's pretty restrained, which is a slight letdown, but there's no baby-talking Dana Carvey, so you pick your battles I guess.
And, also it inexplicably spawned this incredibly bizarre youtube video (thanks, Jill!). so...uh...there's that.
Cory sez.. I'm not sure why I liked it, but I kinda had a good time with this. I do not suggest actually watching it.
I'm not going to lie, it's been really tough lately. We knew that we would hit a speed bump when we got to the 2000s, but we underestimated just how high that bump would be.
"How tough Can it be," you may ask, "I mean, you're just watching movies, right?" I'm telling you, it's Really tough. Sure, we hit some rough patches before (Amos and Andrew? Trapped in Paradise? Zandalee?), but those movies always seemed to follow or precede other more interesting ones, or at least we had never heard of them so didn't know what we were getting into, or there was Judge Reinholt, or Something. Plus, we were in Sober April so even at the worst of times we would usually just shrug, crack open another root beer, and carry on.
However, Sober April is long gone, so when faced with this situation: "Hey, we both have the night off! What do you want to do? So and so is playing here, or we could go to so and so's party, or we could go hang out with so and so at bar xyz...or we could just stay in and knock out The Family Man?" ...well, yeah.
But, never fear, we finally watched it. Because we are not quitters! (And also maybe because it was the end of the month and we were broke--I rented it with change.)
And, you know, it wasn't too bad.
The Family Man (2000)
Tea Leoni is so weird looking. I think that's why she's surprisingly endearing in this movie. You find yourself almost thinking she's cute, and then she makes this face and you're like, whoa, she is Weird looking. Is she in anything else? I don't know. But anyway, for what it is, I think this is a cute movie. Kinda more one that you would watch on TV when you have a hangover than one that is actually worth renting, but definitely watchable. I don't know, maybe we're getting soft.
Don Cheadle is some kinda angel or something, which is pretty lolz. And the little girl is cute. Nic's pretty restrained, which is a slight letdown, but there's no baby-talking Dana Carvey, so you pick your battles I guess.
And, also it inexplicably spawned this incredibly bizarre youtube video (thanks, Jill!). so...uh...there's that.
Cory sez.. I'm not sure why I liked it, but I kinda had a good time with this. I do not suggest actually watching it.
of doppelgangers and throttle linkage
So I thought that Mark Strong (bad guy boss from kick ass) was also in Kiss of Death and It could happen to you. Turns out Stanley Tucci and Mark Strong are fucking twins! And Mark knows it! And he's sooo flattered:
(from this blog)
Do you ever hear that people think you look like Stanley Tucci?
Yeah! I’ve had not only Stanley Tucci, but Andy Garcia. It’s funny, isn’t it? I actually take that as an enormous compliment because I think it’s a mark of people starting to notice you. I’ve known other actors who suddenly do something that gets them noticed and the first thing that happens on this long journey of becoming a regular in the movies, people try to work out who you’re like. There’s also a football player in London for Manchester United called Dimitar Berbatov who’s Bulgarian. So what they’re identifying, I think, is that kind of Mediterranean, Eastern European thing. I take it as a huge compliment. Stanley Tucci and Andy Garcia are a couple of terrific actors."
Apparently, he also looks like this soccer player too.
I don't care what Prince says, the internet is totes useful.
Anyway, this:
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
was pretty entertaining, I thought. Fast cars! Pretty typical story...Nic (Memphis Raines) has given up his life of crime but then he is lured back into it for One Last Heist, to save his asshole brother, Kip, from getting crushed in a car compactor by the bad guys. Well, they're all criminals, so I guess he's saving him from the badDER guys. But whatever, really, his bro is barely worth saving at all, in my opinion. He just whines and gripes and screws everything up all the time, and is hardly grateful to Memphis at all. Lame. But, of course, Memphis still really lusts after the car thieving so it's not so terrible after all...plus he gets to hook up with his old flame, Sway, (Angelina Jolie w/ gross dreadlocks) and engage in some weird car-talky foreplay:
Sway: What do you think is more exciting... having sex or stealing cars?
Memphis: Having sex or boosting cars... Um, oo! Well, uh... How about having sex WHILE boosting cars?
Sway: Oh, that's a good line. Doesn't work on a lot of girls, though.
Memphis: I just blurted it out, I'm sorry... But, you haven't answered the question.
Sway: Well, you see, the problem is... how do you get over the shifter?
Memphis: Oh, oh right... because the uh...
Sway: 'Cos it gets in the way.
Memphis: Because you wouldn't want to disrupt the syncro-mesh... the throttle linkage... the clutch master cylinder... the overhead camshaft.
Sway: I can't do this.
Memphis: Straight inline 6, triple Weber carburetors, bolted to each other's body structures...
Sway: Well, it's time to work...
Memphis: Good brakes... good brakes, too!
ha.
(from this blog)
Do you ever hear that people think you look like Stanley Tucci?
Yeah! I’ve had not only Stanley Tucci, but Andy Garcia. It’s funny, isn’t it? I actually take that as an enormous compliment because I think it’s a mark of people starting to notice you. I’ve known other actors who suddenly do something that gets them noticed and the first thing that happens on this long journey of becoming a regular in the movies, people try to work out who you’re like. There’s also a football player in London for Manchester United called Dimitar Berbatov who’s Bulgarian. So what they’re identifying, I think, is that kind of Mediterranean, Eastern European thing. I take it as a huge compliment. Stanley Tucci and Andy Garcia are a couple of terrific actors."
Apparently, he also looks like this soccer player too.
I don't care what Prince says, the internet is totes useful.
Anyway, this:
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
was pretty entertaining, I thought. Fast cars! Pretty typical story...Nic (Memphis Raines) has given up his life of crime but then he is lured back into it for One Last Heist, to save his asshole brother, Kip, from getting crushed in a car compactor by the bad guys. Well, they're all criminals, so I guess he's saving him from the badDER guys. But whatever, really, his bro is barely worth saving at all, in my opinion. He just whines and gripes and screws everything up all the time, and is hardly grateful to Memphis at all. Lame. But, of course, Memphis still really lusts after the car thieving so it's not so terrible after all...plus he gets to hook up with his old flame, Sway, (Angelina Jolie w/ gross dreadlocks) and engage in some weird car-talky foreplay:
Sway: What do you think is more exciting... having sex or stealing cars?
Memphis: Having sex or boosting cars... Um, oo! Well, uh... How about having sex WHILE boosting cars?
Sway: Oh, that's a good line. Doesn't work on a lot of girls, though.
Memphis: I just blurted it out, I'm sorry... But, you haven't answered the question.
Sway: Well, you see, the problem is... how do you get over the shifter?
Memphis: Oh, oh right... because the uh...
Sway: 'Cos it gets in the way.
Memphis: Because you wouldn't want to disrupt the syncro-mesh... the throttle linkage... the clutch master cylinder... the overhead camshaft.
Sway: I can't do this.
Memphis: Straight inline 6, triple Weber carburetors, bolted to each other's body structures...
Sway: Well, it's time to work...
Memphis: Good brakes... good brakes, too!
ha.
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