Sunday, July 25, 2010

Junk and Stuff



I completed something yesterday! It's not important WHAT it was, in fact I think that for once in my life, I just stopped running my trap about what I was going to do and just did it. I gotta say....this shit feels great. I think I'll make it a habit. In the meantime I've watched a series of different flicks over the last several days. Always up for a good movie, here lately I've been a junkie. I wonder if other people go through episodes like that where you just get on a roll and can't stop?

The pic up top is from a nice little 80's "B" movie I found last night called "Rolling Vengeance". OMG, it is HILARIOUS. That rare gem that is so BAD that it's GOOD and nothing tops Ned Beatty as a Redneck strip club owner with a pompadour that would make Conway Twitty melt. Plus....Monster Truck revenge....uhhh...yeah!

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Then there was "The Book of Eli".

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Not bad. I enjoyed much of the fight choreography as well as some of the symbolism (Gary Oldman as the proverbial evil evangelist) AND it was nice to have the Hughes Brothers back in the saddle. I didn't realize it had been almost 10 years since "From Hell" which wasn't all that but it didn't tarnish my love for "American Pimp" or "Menace II Society". It's amazing that they were only 20 years old when they shot "Menace". My true and only problem with "Eli" besides the ending, which was a bit contrived, was the beautiful and talented Mila Kunis.

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She's so hard to buy in a dramatic role for "Family Guy" freaks like myself. Every time she spoke, I kept waiting for "Meg" to call Denzel's character a "fat son of a bitch." Guess she'll just have to settle for being a gorgeous, rich comedic actress. Boo-frickin'-hoo.

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Next, I was glad to open the mail box and finally receive "A Serious Man".

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Another Coen brother's classic. So much left to the viewer's interpretation which to me is what makes them king's in art of film making. I loved all of the insight into American, Jewish culture in the sixties as well as the point driven home. Life is random. If you live by a moral code, it should be because you choose to, not because you think it will get you anywhere. At least that's what I took from it.

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Also in the mailbox that day was an intense as hell British horror flick called "Salvage".

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Low budget for sure but original in a way that reminded me of "The Descent". Definitely worth checking out if you dig sci-fi creep-outs. All I know is that from now on, if I see a report on the news that giant, steel shipping containers have washed ashore missing their contents....Peace out.

Lastly, I stumbled upon an excellent little indie flick called "Visioneers".

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If you've ever wondered what would happen if people began to explode because they were unhappy, well this movie addresses that question. Such a wonderful take on how important it is to enjoy the small things. It falls apart a bit in the end but Zach Galifianakis is so much fun to watch for the majority that it doesn't really matter. I will purposely mispronounce the word "chaos" for the rest of my life because of this film.

T minus 20 minutes before the old man is out of the shower and we give the latest Netflix offering "The Warlords" starring Jet Li a whirl. Did I mention that it's hotter than the fucking sun in Atlanta these days? Could also be the reason I'm hunkered down in front of my laptop and DVD player.

6 comments:

  1. After reading your reviews of these films (many of which I too have seen and enjoyed)I have come to a conclusion.

    You have fantasticly good taste.

    I will follow future recommendations eagerly.

    I watched Book of Eli and the classic ZARDOZ!!! with Sean Connery within a few days of each other and experience enhances both films.

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  2. Heidi, I am shocked...shocked I tell you, to find that you have watched these films. Good show, what! No wussy films these. Flat out kick ass shit. Well, wait...Coen Brothers...hmmm. OK, other than that. What I want to confess to you is, I have wanted to slap, or kick Ned Beatty's ass for nigh on 38 years now. First for letting those cretins, well...almost rape him in Deliverance, and then for becoming so totally EVIL, from that point on. I mean, he is a no-good, low-down, piss on you, kinda guy.

    Good completion kiddo!

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  3. OPh and I am totaly with you on every time I heard Mila Kunis on Book of Eli if I closed my eyes I saw Meg.

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  4. Barnes-We are definitely cut from the same entertainment cloth. I too would watch just about anything you recommended. With Mila, as long as she sticks with comedies, the "Meg" thing isn't a big deal to me. Let's just hope they don't try an cast her in the remake of "Terms of Endearment" or anything. :)

    Jadedj- Thanks man! It was a pretty big deal for the old slacker to finally put something to bed. Feels awesome! Glad you find my taste appealing. I take my love of movies pretty seriously. And I agree, Ned Beatty needs to be pummeled with frozen hams "Paula Deen" style.

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  5. I'm too tired at the end of the day to get into a movie. Although I saw a pretty good one the other day, something like the Imaginarium of Dr. Pernassius. You need high-def to really enjoy it though.

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  6. Oh good Call Mr. C. I've been meaning to add that to my cue. I'm a huge fan of the writer Terry Gilliam who penned two of my fav. screenplays-"Time Bandits" and "Fear and Loathing". I know Hunter S. gets most of the credit for the latter but he gave the adaptation infinite justice.

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