So I'm thinking of this for a new title/subtitle. Let me know what you think.
Also, three gold stars if you recognize the quote.
4.24.2008
Blog News
The Office -- Night Out
The Office is back to good form from a bit of a slump. Once again this proves Kelly is the best character. Why? She only had a few lines in this episode (hilarious, they were). Well, because she wrote this episode. Also, love The Temp.
So many good moments, but my favorite was probably Pam throwing the ball and hitting Meredith in the head. Or, when Creed actually knew the security guard's name. The latter only funny because he mentions him by first name a season or two earlier.
What a great show.
In Theaters April 25
Is it summer yet? It sure feels like it -- though in Florida it starts to feel like summer mid-February. At least we're getting some big name movies in theaters April 25th.
Baby Mama || IMDb
I wanted to see this until I realized it wasn't written by Tina Fey, it just stars her. Mean Girls and 30 Rock, great. SNL, not too bad these days. Baby Mama... pass.
Rating: Rental
Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay || IMDb
The first time I watched the original, I didn't like it. A month ago I bought the DVD. It grew on me (though some scenes still just make me cringe). Though this sequel is bound to be a bit inferior, same writers translates to a solid experience. That is, if you enjoyed the original.
Rating: Opening Weekend
Deception || IMDb
Interesting trailer, but bound to flop. Just take my word for it. Sometimes you just know.
Rating: Download
Jon's Pick of the Week: Harold and Kumar
DVD Release of the Week: The Savages
Side note: One Missed Call has a 0% on Rottentomatoes after 65 reviews. Hilarious.
4.23.2008
Top Chef -- Improv
What's the best part of every Wednesday? Well, it was Big Brother until the smart people were evicted and the morons made it to the end. Now, it's Top Chef.
The Quickfire Challenge this week was to make a dessert. How about that excessive product placement of the new Top Chef cookbook? Either way, all those desserts looked delicious. I'm sure even the 'bad' ones tasted good. I mean, no matter how you mix bananas, chocolate, and sugar, how could it taste bad? Richard wins immunity again -- yawn.
Thank God they didn't have the chefs go up on stage and do improv themselves at the comedy club. That is what the preview made it out to be. Improvising with food, that's okay. Chef doing improv comedy? Yikes. I really don't like Lisa for being like, "Well, even though they gave us Polish Sausage, I'm not doing it, we're doing something else." Grow up. You're in a competition with rules.
About Yellow Vanilla Love, "I would lick my bowl if we weren't, in front of camera." Oh, Padma. I think we need a 'greatest Padma hits' Youtube compilation. I can't be the only person who'd want that, am I? Someone more technology-savvy needs to get on that. That way I can watch the video to pass time until I marry the real thing.
I do like all the weird techniques Dale has, from his homeland or wherever. I also like that he cusses a lot and is kind of a jerk. Go, reality TV.
I'm kind of annoyed Dale and Richard won the elimination challenge -- granted their dish was good but they've both won before, so I wanted to see Spike win one. Also, since he made a soup, him winning with that and rubbing it in Antonia's face would've been amazing.
Chef Tom is awesome, when Antonia said, "Well from now on..." and Tom says, "If there is a from now on." Putting contestants back in their place is fantastic.
Also, I like how you can tell what will happen in reality TV by the editing. Mark and Nikki were barely in this episode, so I knew they would not be in the top or bottom, but the middle where they don't show up later.
I almost had a heart attack when Stephanie was in the bottom two. Well, maybe that is a hyperbole, but she's my favorite to win and her going home this early would ruin my predictions! I'm glad Jen went, also because that means I don't have to keep hearing, "I'm doing this for Zoi" twenty times per episode.
Well, we'll be back next week.
P.S. I hope next week we get both Ted and Gail. I don't like their absence.
4.20.2008
Movie Marketing
The other day I was at Wal Mart browsing DVDs. There was the new release of P2, and on the cover it has a quote by Ebert, along with a 3 star rating.
3 stars. On the DVD cover. Did the marketing team not get the memo that movie ratings go up to 4 stars? Or, was there not a single 4 star rating of the film? Am I the only one who thinks someone messed up?
4.17.2008
In Theaters April 18
We are in for a slightly better week at the movies this time around. There can only be so many bad movies made per year, right? One could only hope, but I don't think that's ever been proven true. Nonetheless, here is what is in theaters for April 18th.
The Forbidden Kingdom || IMDb
I can't tell whether this is supposed to be a parody or the real thing. I'm guessing the latter. Not really too much to say here -- if you like martial arts movies you will enjoy this, if not, then you will not.
Rating: Dollar Theater
88 Minutes || IMDb
Early reviews on Rottentomatoes show this one to be very bad, which confirms my assessment from the trailer that it will be very bad. Unfortunately not even Al Pacino can stop this train wreck. I think we need Keanu Reeves. See what I did there? I made a 'Speed' joke. Because Keanu was in 'Speed' and it was about stopping a vehicle. And that goes with my train wreck analogy.
Rating: Download
Forgetting Sarah Marshall || IMDb
I am really, really over the '40 Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up' hype. Any time I see those mentioned as a selling point in a preview I immediately go flaccid, which is saying a lot since this movie stars Kristen Bell and Mila Kunis. Let's be real -- it will be amusing, have some eye candy, but ultimately fall short of memorable. I think I'll just watch 'Knocked Up' again.
Rating: Dollar Theater
Jon's Pick of the Week: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (sadly)
DVD Release of the Week: Juno!
4.16.2008
Top Chef -- Tailgating
Top Chef -- what a night. A Quickfire Challenge pairing food with beer? How could one go wrong? Kind of frustrating seeing Jennifer win, avenging the elimination of her girlfriend. When people succeed and get revenge it's so disappointing to me. I like to see failure. Spike said it best, though. "Yah, lesbians!"
The tailgating at the Bears game was a fun concept. It was disappointing to see the drama dwindling down, though now we all know Spike is gay for Mark. I mean, seriously, what straight guys take bubble baths together? Also, very funny when Ryan admitted to being a pretty metro boy. It brings me joy when reality TV characters confirm my suspicions.
Of course, Ryan ended up going home. What a joke. Sure his dish wasn't traditionally tailgate food, but at least he didn't, A) lick his spoon then continue serving with it, or B) run out of a main ingredient. This annoys me greatly.
Stephanie was in the top for both the Quickfire and Elimination challenge, again. She is still a favorite to win. However, I think the judges purposely try to divide up who wins, because people are consistently up top and the best, but lesser people win to discourage monotony. Sad.
Also, what the HELL at the poll? "Who would you rather play touch football with?" Padma, Tom, or 'Myself.' I was predicting about 89% Padma, and 11% Myself (which is coincidentally how I imagine my kids with Padma turning out), but Tom got 50% of the votes. The only explanation is a majority of women viewers and him being the default choice.
Padma in a jersey with gloves and a ponytail = lovable.
And I haven't said this before, but, I like Gail. She's a good judge.
Also unsaid previously, I'm going to marry Padma Lakshmi.
4.13.2008
Post 300 and Rock of Love 2
First, this is the 300th entry for my blog. I think that's a good landmark, and to celebrate I'm going to show how awesome I am at life.
A long time ago I was watching The Bachelor finale with some friends, and despite what all of them thought, I went against their opinions and guessed correctly. You can get a full recap here.
What I've realized is that if you watch just the finale episode, or even the last half hour, you get a much clearer view than someone who has become tainted by the whole season. Tonight I walked in on the last twenty minutes of Rock of Love 2, which my cousin and his girlfriend watch religiously.
The last two contestants were Ambre and Daisy. Both of them wanted Daisy to win and were sure of it. Of course anyone who watches the show knows Ambre won. Here was the easy way to tell:
A) Editing is everything in reality TV. Before the commercial it showed Bret saying lots of negative things about Ambre. This is easy to see coming.
B) Bret talked a lot about the mistake he made last season. I didn't watch it, but one can assume he went for the typical rock 'n roll girl and it didn't work out. That's Daisy this season, whereas Ambre is more 'real.'
C) Ambre doesn't have all these ugly tattoos, and is more of a compliment to Bret than an addition.
D) Daisy was naturally 'hotter,' I mean she was a stripper, but Bret slept with her, so time to move on.
And for those four reasons, the winner was fairly obvious to me. Reality TV isn't too hard to predict if favoritism is swept aside and you look at it objectively.
Ridiculous
According to this list, Miley Cyrus made $18,000,000 last year.
Am I the only one who thinks that it is absurd that the number of millions of dollars she made in one year is more than the total years she has been alive?
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