MMT: I used to hate scary tv shows or movies when I was a wee lad and avoided them like the plague but around 16 or 17 I started watching them and horror has grown into one of my favorite genres of film. Far from being a horror expert, there's few movies I've watched where I thought, this is a little much for me. I love bloody, violent movies but jesus is this thing intense and brutal. On one of the bonus features, a making of type featurette of one of the kills, a guy says they used something like 5 gallons of blood every day (it may be more than that, I forget.) It's bleak, dark and very tense. I mentioned to a friend, it feels like you're constantly getting kicked in the chest (yes i know, send the bad metaphor gestapo after me.) Basically the movie is about Vinnie Jones killing people on the NYC subway and a photographer trying to capture the heart of the city slowly going insane as he gets deeper into the world.
Now 2 things that I like about this movie: -Unlike most movies, they don't cut away right before the kill is about to happen, most of the time at least. When Vinnie Jones cracks a girl in the face with a big hammer, you see the impact.
-The overall look. It's very drab and muted except for some parts in the subway which are accented by chrome like blue tinges.
Overall, if you're into horror movies, you should enjoy this one.
Yes Man- This is probly the best Jim Carrey to come out in recent years. He pays a negative guy who says no to everything, isn't interested in doing stuff with his friends or anything. He's depressed because his girlfriend broke up with him. A friend takes him to a Yes Man seminar. Where they teach him to say yes to everything. Doing this, he meets Zooey Deschanel's character and have lots of wacky hijinx. It's an entertaining, very funny movie. With surprisingly great music as well. Mainly supplied by a band called Eels but supplemented by a couple of songs by the band that Zooey Deschanel's character sings in called Münchhausen by Proxy. Go see it.
Hawksley Workman- Hawksley Workman played at the Roadhouse yesterday and it was frickin amazing. This dude can f'n play. Just about everyone did ridiculous crazy solos, including Workman, the other guitarist, the violinist and the piano/keyboardist. They also did jams in the middle and at the end of some songs which were unbelievably amazing orgies of sound. He's a funny bastard too this guy. Telling stories and making jokes in between songs and waxing philosophic about the neon signs for the guys and girls bathrooms and racing on the water slide at the hotel. J.D. Edwards was the opener and he was pretty solid. Some good straight forward acoustic rock and roll. See you 6 months from now when I get around to writing another blog ha ha.
4 comments:
you should write a blog 6 hours after reading this comment.
And Hawksley Workman fucking rules! I wish I could have seen him!
Great blog dude! That's what I've been saying though -- your writing style is awesome. You convey thoughts like no one in the history of the world has ever pondered that.
Nice work
Yes Man was definitely one of Jim Carrey's better comedies he's made in years, you're absolutely right about that. But overall it wasn't the greatest movie I've seen. I got my giggles out of it, and I didn't mind watching Zooey Dinglehopper or whatever her last name is, because she's very cute. Basically my recommendation is that it's funnier than the previews make it look, so if you're interested at all in seeing it you'll probably enjoy it. But don't expect the moon from it.
My big issue with the movie was when Carrey jumps on the Tempurpedic mattress with a glass of wine. Yeah, that does actually work, but you can't yank on the zip cover it's in or you WILL spill the wine glass. Also, he's not going to be as comfortable on that mattress as he would be on a memory foam bed with a quilted top of Quiltflex and some kind of temperature regulating fabric like Outlast.
You see, memory foam is thermo-reactive, meaning it takes your body heat and 'melts' to the contours of your body. While this provides the most comfortable sleep possible, it also means you'll be much hotter when you sleep. So you really need the quilted top. He should have purchased a Restonic Elite Rest or Celebrity. They have all those features, and more, and are made with higher quality foams, come with a fifteen year non-prorated warranty, AND cost less. That's right, it costs...LESS. Head to the Best Sleep Centre on the corner of 14th and Rosser in Brandon or Nairn Avenue in Winnipeg today and get yours.
Plus humping on a memory foam mattress is like fucking a pillow on a bed of sand.
Mattress Salesman out.
that's possibly the funniest thing I've read in a long time.
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