Showing posts with label entertainment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label entertainment. Show all posts

Friday, June 13, 2008

That should hold ya.

In case anyones actually reading this, and isnt used to not seeing a post for weeks at a time, here's a list of movies to check out when you're bored...
My personal picks:
Action
The Warriors - classic, and oddly funny
Battle Royale - Gotta use subtitles with this one, but it's worth it. Crazy setting and plot, like many other movies on this list
District B13 - Another movie that you'll need subtitles with, unless you speak French... This film highlights the art of Parkour with all sorts of crazy chase scenes.
Leon : The Professional - A hitman takes a young Natalie Portman under his wings, reluctantly. A creepy/awkward relationship begins
Wasabi - Practically the same story as Leon, but this time, the main character has to take care of a 19 year old Japanese girl. Won't make you feel as dirty as The Professional will.
The Boondock Saints - Awesome vigilante movie, just check it out already.

Drama
The Mist - Wow, this movie really stirred up emotions. Just watch it and you'll see. Pretty much all the emotions are there: Fear, anger, despair. All but the good emotions.
12 Angry Men - The only black and white movie that I really enjoyed. And the only movie on this list that has almost no action of the violent variety at all. Bravo.
Comedy (stand-up: check em out on youtube if you can't find 'em anywhere else)
Mitch Hedberg - Awesome 1-liners with a very unique presentation
The Amazing Jonathan - Awesome magical comedy
Flight of the Conchords - Awesome musical comedy
Russell Peters - Awesome stereotypical/almost racist comedy

Well, knock yourselves out. I hope I helped someone find some new favorites.

P.S. if anyone's really bored, watch Donnie Darko. Then explain what the movie was about. Then realize you wasted 113 minutes of your life.
I don't understand what its about or why its rated so high on IMDB or why so many people say its their favorite. I would like to know... kthxbai

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Recycling is BS

Pretty radical statement in the title, eh? Well... that's because it's true, for the most part.
State your evidence, you say? That's good, that's what you should demand. That's exactly what I thought when I first saw Penn & Teller's Bullshit episode on recycling. Just as they do on all of their Bullshit episodes, they gave good evidence of their argument and showed the stupidity of people who disagree with their point of view, in a very humorous way. They also conduct semi-scientific experiments to show the how the average citizen falls for some real bullshit:
Most of their episodes are on YouTube, so I highly suggest you watch a few and get educated.

Things that are Bullshit (Things that I currently agree with Penn & Teller about):
-Feng Shui
-Profanity
-Gun Control
-Recycling
-Creationism
-Alternative Medicine
-End of the World
-Bottled Water
-Talking to the Dead

Things that I disagree with Penn & Teller about:
-Secondhand Smoke*

*They recently retracted their claim that secondhand smoke was a bunch of bullshit upon the discovery of new evidence.

Basically, they're never wrong. Although I already knew many of these things were bullshit before watching their show, the way they present their arguments just makes me more of a believer (in the bullshit-ness) I highly recommend watching their show however you can get your hands on it, particularly the episodes on Feng Shui, Gun Control, and Profanity.