Synecdoche n. def: piece of shit movie

Now I'm gonna tell you a little story. It's about a movie called Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. On a most likely rainy day in south Florida 2004, a close friend of mine said, "hey, lets go see the new Jim Carrey movie, Eternal Sunshine." Knowing absolutely nothing about it, I agreed. After seeing the film, I was blown away and thought it was one of the most interesting and one of the best films I had seen in a long time. And believe it or not, it was a film by Charlie Kaufman.

Now I'm gonna tell you a NEW story. It's about a piece of S-H-I-T movie called Synecdoche. On a cool night in Lost Angeles 2008, a close friend of mine said, "hey, a couple of my friends are going to see this new movie called Synecdoche." Knowing absolutely nothing about it, I agreed to go. After sitting through 2 excruciating hours of utter and complete nothingness, I thought it was the most pointless, useless, and biggest waste-of-time-films I had EVER seen, ever. And you guessed it, it was a film by Charlie Kaufman.

I would say that Phillip Seymour Hoffman is good, but that's really neither here nor there.

Don't ever see this movie, ever. And that's all I have to say about that.

Remember, Remember the 5th of November.

The 5th of November. A day reminiscent of one of my favorite movies V for Vendetta. It will also be the day remembered for America electing it's first black president. Today though, I'm gonna talk about the upcoming idea for the Superman franchise.

There have been rumors and speculations that the next Superman film will be going the route of the Dark Knight, making the character dark. Personally I think that is a load of bullshit. There is an old saying, "A hero is only as strong as his villain" and that is the problem with Superman. Lex Luthor is not a supervillian. And that is exactly what Superman needs, someone he can go round for round with, someone who can actually hurt him.

On the other hand, I do like the idea of starting Superman over like Batman Begins. Beginning on Krypton and finishing with the Last Son of Krypton being the last person on Earth as our sun dies and he loses his powers. But we can only hope right.

I did like this little image of Megan Fox as Wonder Woman, but I still prefer the shot of Elisha Cuthbert as Super Girl, better. All I can say is that I have always loved Superman and I hope they keep him the way he is, but build a story that will be dark and devastating.

This is the first time I've heard of this movie, and therefore seen its trailer. Judging by what I saw, I don't think it's going to be that great, or at the very least, as great as you believe it to be. Personally, I think it is going to be a combination of Far and Away and Pearl Harbor. Both were pretty average. Australia has potential of doing very well at the box office but I think the story itself is nothing new. Yes, it involves the bombing of Darwin, something even I didn't know about before heading over to Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of _Darwin_(February _1942). But despite the history element, I think it is nothing more than a stereotypical romance film, following the same route as other films of this genre: rich girl meets poor boy, rich girl falls in love with poor boy, poor boy dies saving rich girl from evil axis powers. And the climax scene will be the tear jerker that will nominate Hugh Jackman, and possibly Nicole Kidman, for an Oscar. Their performances will keep this movie afloat, because I really don't believe the story will do it on its own. I do agree that Australia will be nominated for a couple Academy Awards, but I would be floored if it won Best Picture.

Australia.

Every once in a while, a movie trailer comes along, where you just know it's gonna be nominated for best picture. There are only two trailers I have seen so far this year that qualify. Today I'm only gonna talk about one of them, Australia. If you haven't seen the preview, you can find it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05zTnDTpbHI&fmt=18.

I could not be more pumped for this movie. I have said for years that Hugh Jackman is going to be winning a Best Actor Academy Award and this is going to be his best shot so far. He is an amazing talent (save for that piece of shit film The Prestige) finally getting the chance to use his native accent. Nicole Kidman, to me, is nothing special. Only movie I like her in is Batman Forever and even there she doesn't really do much, which is why she's good.

Another note, having been to Australia myself and learning about the events that take place in this film justs ups the ante for my expectations. Though looking at the preview alone, it looks like Titanic, but instead of a big ass boat going under, it's the top of a continent being blown out of the water. Either way, this movie is gonna be sick.

Quote's from The Shining, Drew.

p.s. GOW 2, fuck yeah.

I'm not gonna hurt ya...

Thanks to my job with its painful hours as of late, I haven't been able to see any movies or do anything cool this weekend. That's right, I had to pull two weekend shifts. Intense shite. Anywho, I can't comment on the quality of Zack and Miri Make a Porno, but all I can imagine is if Kevin Smith did it, it must be good. Everything he touches is brilliant; the dialogue, story and characters are memorable years after his films were released. Has anyone forgotten the piece about The Empire Strikes Back in Clerks? I think not. Or the line, "What the fuck is the internet?". Say I have bad taste, but I even partially enjoyed Jersey Girl.

Craig Robinson is one of the most underrated actors of today. You can quote me on that. Just based on his performance in "The Office", one can see he truly knows what he's doing. Anyone see the most recent episode on Thursday, the 30th? Apart from a hilarious interaction between Dwight and Andy and a creepy, "Why don't we put a little smile on that face?" from Creed, the interaction between Darryl (Robinson) and Michael (Steve Carrell) in the end scene was Oscar worthy... OK, fine, Emmy worthy. Point is, the man can act.

According to IMDB.com, High School Musical 3: Senior Year was the highest grossing film this weekend with an estimate of $15 million. The user rating of this movie on IMDB.com is a 3.3. Second place is Zack and Miri Make a Porno with $10.7 mil and an 8.0 rating. Third is Saw V with $10.1 mil and a 6.0 rating. This means for hundreds of thousands of people, the only horror they saw on Halloween was 112 min. of Disney induced torture. The difference between Saw V and HSM3SY? Not too much. Both will churn your insides and make you want to look away. Make the smart choice and say "No" to High School Musical 3.

I haven't seen Hot Shots part Deux so I had to look that up. As for the other, I could only guess Big, The Goonies, or perhaps Peter Pan.

"Do you have the slightest idea what a moral and ethical principal is? Do you?"

Let Me Find Out.

It seems that I got my November movie month started out right with Zack and Miri Make a Porno. I'm gonna say that I am a Kevin Smith fan. You may hate him but he is a smart fucking guy. And he gets what movies are really about. The Story.

This movie was no different. The story was simple and it is in the dialog where Mr. Smith really shines. The interplay between Seth Rogan and Craig Robinson (aka the black guy from the Office/ funniest scene in Knocked Up) was hilarious. Jason Mewes was great taking a step away from the crass Jay and a step towards playing an individual who may be legally retarded. Elizabeth Banks showed her range from comedy to drama as her character really is the most interesting.

The best part of this movie is Justin Long's cameo. I thought he was amazing in Live Free or Die Hard, but this you just have to see. That being said...

I recommend this for anyone looking for some great laughs and quotable lines. This movie did seem to me as a partial autobiography for Kevin Smith, explaining why he is a filmmaker.

"Would you grow up?" - Name that quote. (hint: the title of this post is from the same movie)

I am not a Role Model.

November 1st. The day all the Halloween decorations come down and all the Christmas ones go up. Well I am not going to talk about movies coming out in December, well not today. Now that November is here, I must say that the the movie I am looking forward to the most right now is Role Models.

Most of the time, I don't rush to see questionable Comedy movies unless there is nothing better out that weekend. However, this movie doesn't look questionable at all. It may not be Judd Apatow, but a few of his cohorts are going to be in this movie. I can't remember the last good movie Sean William Scott was in but he looks hilarious. Paul Rudd is always great with his deliveries, and I feel that the two of them together are gonna be awesome. Not to mention Mclovin is in the movie, who will hopefully be as good as he was in Superbad.

Another plus is that it's rated R, which usually lends itself to a wider variety of jokes. To name that quote Drew, it's from Black Sheep. I'll leave you with one, "I loved you in Wallstreet."

p.s. no google allowed for looking up quotes.