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Zack and Miri Don’t Really Get It Done

Gabriel Mercado — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:08:19 +0000

Ok at the end of my review, I'm supposed to basically say how the saving grace of this movie is the soundtrack. But I'm saying it out now because I want to post a vid of my fave song from it (the pixies' 'hey') just before I put on the 'keep reading' tag. So here it is and an awesome live version at that:

and now the 'keep reading'..

.. followed by my review, which goes like this:

It sucks.

Well, some of it anyway. Elizabeth Banks is her usual gorgeous self, but Seth Rogen is given waaaaay too much lines. He's talking up a mile a minute it seems at every scene. In fact, he's probably talking 90% of this movie, and it gets ingratiating after a while.

There's a funny cameo by a very gay Justin Long, and the black guy has his moments, but most of the fun attempts fall flat. It actually became a strain for me to watch it after a 3rd of the way, and I stopped midstream and went to work. Now that NEVER happens to me, so this is a big deal.

Anyway, this post really is an excuse to talk about the excellent soundtrack and post videos about them, so here's a second one from Jesus and Mary Chain.

Oh and as if the fact that I never stop movies midstream (no matter how bad it is) isn't a big deal enough, another sign this movie didn't rock my boat is the fact it has both Katie Morgan and Traci Lords in it, and I still didn't like it.

Great songs though. Really beautiful stuff. Downloading them as I speak.

Lost People

Gabriel Mercado — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:01:26 +0000

After watching this,

It just irks me, it just absolutely disconcerts me how Mac Fanboys can call their fanaticism a 'social movement around a computer'.

Especially because I know exactly what a worthwhile social movement around a computer should be, and that this unflinching and misguided loyalty to a man and his company has only succeeded in making them purchase, zombie - like, anything it produces with nary a care as to quality or ability, can only lead to disillusionment.

And in their pursuit of its products, how the only culture they are producing is one of absolute consumerism. In fact, an even worse kind, because it does not even care to look at alternatives and blindingly adheres to the beliefs of just one company.

And that again, it's such an intense waste of time and money, when their efforts could be more effectively applied to said worthwhile cause.

Sigh.

I can't wait to watch this.

I Am Kong

Gabriel Mercado — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:14:34 +0000

I think I know why I decided to look for this video of King Kong whipping 3 t-rex's butts. Check out the 1933 vis a vis the 2005 version:

Can you dig the awesomenesity of that scene? Fucking A right?

Anyway, T-Rex 1 (any one of them, since they all look the same), is problem number 1. T-Rex 2 is prob #2. And T-Rex 3 is, you guessed it, prob #3.

And me? I'm Kong. I'm gonna whup their asses by tearing apart their jaws all while protecting my girl.

This is the Day When Things Fall Into Place

Gabriel Mercado — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:22:31 +0000

Fridays are a respite. Friday has a way of sticking its middle finger up in the air as if to say the rest of the week can suck all it likes, but it's still a Friday, and Friday is a good day. And so I searched in my head for a song I associate Fridays with, and came up with this:

Still waiting for that day actually. But until then, Fridays will do.

I Still Get Excited Over New Kicks..

Gabriel Mercado — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:36:40 +0000

..even in my (lets admit it already) advanced age.

it has something to do with a post I wrote on BallEx the other day, where I put this pic up of Ginobili.

Aren't those shoes cool? And the way it looks like its built for the Spurs? I know mine aren't the same but they work out anyway.

At any rate, I also like the term 'Up Tempo'. It reminds me of one of my fave Fat Boy Slim songs: