Showing posts with label Kool girls club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kool girls club. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
40th anniversary of Sesame street!
Today is an exciting day for anyone who has ever been a child (which is most everyone). Today is the 40th anniversary of Sesaame Street! Here's a pretty interesting interview with the cookie monster.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Whip it is a good movie
First things first: I don't like Drew Barrymore. You have to understand, this was her "directorial debut," which apparently has been a long time coming. And let me tell you, I could have waited longer. It's not that it was bad, in fact it was quite good, it just didn't deserve all the hype Drew Barrymore created. I quite liked this movie. I wouldn't go as far to say everything about it was great, because that isn't true. About half of it was great and the other half was mediocre. But the great parts made up for the mediocre parts. The movie centers around Ellen Page, who, I'm sorry to say, played an only slight differentiation of Juno. She goes to a Roller Derby game or race or whatever they call it and tries out and makes the team. The plot is pretty simple and formulaic, but it works. Ellen Page's character also meets a boy and starts dating him, and their relationship is supposed to be cute and romantic. I didn't like it. It was mostly Ellen Page's male counter-part I didn't like. I don't know if it was the character or the actor, but something didn't sit well with me. That was a mediocre part. The great part that made up for it was Jimmy Fallon! I know! What? Jimmy Fallon was good in something that wasn't his Late Night show?! It's true! If you remember though, he was in Almost Famous and was pretty good. His character was the commentator of the Roller Derby games and was one of the funniest characters in the entire movie. Speaking of bad SNL players who were in this movie, Kristin Wiig! and she was good! She played Ellen Page's team mate and mentor. Her mannerisms and speech pattern was identical to those of hers on SNL in many parts of the movie, but her character was very good. Another one of my favorite characters was the coach of the team, Razor. The entire time I saw him I was convinced he was one of the Wilson brothers. He sounded a lot like Owen Wilson, but his nose looked too normal. So, I figured it was Luke Wilson, but this man's face was too unlike Luke Wilson's for him to be Luke Wilson. Fianlly the credits told me the actor was Andrew Wilson, the under-appreciated, usually forgotten third Wilson brother! His character was great and he was the best Wilson brother to play the part. He hasn't been in anything since Idiocracy, which came out in 2006 and is much better than you might think. Watch it. Oh, by the way, Maeby played Ellen Page's best friend. So you should definitely watch this movie. On a logical scale, I would give this movie an 8/10.
Monday, August 31, 2009
The White Stripes are creeping
I've always had a problem with ranking The White Stripes in my top 10 favorite bands. (To be completely honest I freak out over ranking them after the top 3) I for some reason feel like they haven't done enough as musicians. Six albums seems like a lot for only 12 years (Radiohead only has 7 albums and they've been around since 1985), but I still, for some reason, feel like they're a band who is just bursting onto the scene with only a couple albums under their red, white and black belt. I love everything they do. I find Jack and Meg White to be two of the most interesting people ever who also happen to make fantastic music, but for some reason I can't place I don't feel comfortable ranking them where they deserve to be. It's probably because I think of them as a band within a story, rather than a story within a band. And much respect is deserved for creating that persona. The White Stripes really should be one of my top 5 favorite artists, but unfortunately aren't.
This video is one of the best videos ever. LOVE IT!
I know "Get Behind Me Satan" isn't a favorite among hardcore White Stripe fans but I love it. I'm a sucker for piano (Are you taking notes, ladies?) I have a girlfriend now. (Are you taking notes, ladies?)
P.S. This was originally going to be a post highlighting those two videos. I got really into it though.
Friday, August 7, 2009
Oops! Looks like Zooey Deschanel made another terrible movie.
Zooey Deschanel starred in a movie called Gigantic recently. It was on Netflix and I could stream it for free. The biggest mistake I've ever made when it comes to watching movies. At least most movies a laughably bad. Not this one. This is my live blog from facebook:
You should probably start from the bottom and work your way up, because of, ya know, spoilers and such.
Jake Scheidel It's finally over! Sorry I clogged all y'alls news feeds. Apparently you care so much.
Jake Scheidel WAIT! What the hell?!?! Zach Galifinakis just attacked Paul Dano who killed Zach Galifinakis who was never actually there! Paul Dano said "This has been going on for a while." WHAAA??!?!?!
Jake Scheidel I've gone completely numb, emotion-wise, during this movie.
Jake Scheidel Zooey Deschanel: Can we go have sex over there? Paul Dano: Do you want me to ask the security gaurd? That counts as clever in this movie!
Jake Scheidel You know this movie is bad when the stereo-typical cooky best friend is the best part.
Jake Scheidel John Goodman is a Goodsport.
Jake Scheidel OH Subplot (because the original plot is so coherent and interesting): Zach Galifinakis is trying to kill Paul Dano!
Jake Scheidel I'm pretty sure it's impossible for old people not to be great. Exhibit A: Ed Asner
Jake Scheidel Oh my god. The only redeeming quality of this movie (other than Zooey Deschanel's legs) is stuck behind a tree.
Jake Scheidel I think i'm going to quit within the next 5 - 10 minutes.
Jake Scheidel Zooey Deschanel: Do you have any interest in having sex with me? Paul Dano and every guy ever: yeah.
Jake Scheidel Also, the guy playing the doctor is a terrible actor.
Jake Scheidel "Bullshit. all that shit is fucking... fucking bullshit. OK?" UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUggghhhh! This script curses so superfluously! That's an actual quote from the movie!
Jake Scheidel FACT: Zooey Deschanel changes very quickly. It's a fact!
Jake Scheidel This movie gets points for the scene in which Zoeoey Deschanel is basically pants-less... Because she has nice legs... not because her vag is being flaunted... because it's not.
Jake Scheidel OK, I just laughed for real. at 21 minutes, if you ever subject yourself to watching this.
Jake Scheidel Aw.. cute piano music. That makes this sooo much better!
Jake Scheidel The sexual tension between Paul Dano and Zooey Deschanel is unbearably non-existent!
Jake Scheidel I admit, I laughed. But only out of pity. The joke was so obvious.
Jake Scheidel I'd never thought I'd yell at Zooey Deschanel to "SHUT UP!"
Jake Scheidel Zooey Deschanel's character is annoying. Paul Dano better not fall in love with her! oh wait.
Jake Scheidel I jumped the gun, I'm now 11 minutes in. Zooey Deschanel has appeared. Still no laughs. This comedy isn't very funny.
Jake Scheidel is ten minutes into Gigantic, still no laughs, still no Zooey Deschanel. The movie is a one and a half hour romantic comedy. They'd better hurry this plot up!
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No longer live, now taped blog.
So, the plot is this: Paul Dano works in a mattress store. John Goodman comes in looking for a mattress. Paul Dano sells him one. Zooey Deschanel is John Goodman's daughter, who falls for Paul Dano. But also Paul Dano is adopting a kid from China. Oh, and also Zach Galifinakis is trying to kill Paul Dano.
My last post before the final apology post was during a scene in which Zach Galifinakis attacks Paul Dano for the last time. The fight in an alley and Paul Dano eventually pulls a knife on Zach Galifinakis and stabs him to death. Then, two guys walk past and Paul Dano gets up, dripping blood and says, "You don't understand. This has been happening for a while!" The camera cuts from the two guys looking at Paul Dano to Paul Dano standing over a, presumably, dead Zach Galifinakis. But Zach Galifinakis isn't there. I thought that meant Paul Dano was imagining things and it would be revealed this was actually some crazy "Eternal Sunshine" type movie. nope. That was never explained. After the movie finished I watched the fight scene between Paul Dano and Zach Galifinakis again, to see if I just missed him running away after being stabbed to death, nope. Either I, and everyone else who saw that movie, missed some crucial plot point that wasn't introduced until the next to last scene of the movie, or the directing was terrible. or both. probably both.
Another problem I had with the movie was the title. I have no idea why it was called "Gigantic." It makes no sense. Is it because the baby was tiny and the writer thought that would be clever? Is it named after John Goodman's girth? maybe. Is it called Gigantic because Zooey Deschanel is ridiculously pretty? I don't think "giant" is a term of measurement when it comes to beauty. "Was she attractive?" "Yeah, she was gigantic!" In fact that sounds like an insult. What up with the title?
On a scale of 1 - 10, I'd rate this movie: BAD!
Alternate ending to this blog post:
On a scale of 1 - 10, I'd rate this movie: NOT FUN!
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