Monday, May 10, 2010

New Lindsay! It's about time!

If you haven't heard, Lindsay Lohan tracks have been leaking left and right. I've heard a couple of the other but I didn't like them as much as this one.

Lindsay, we're still waiting for a third album. Get back to work and stop being a drunk whore! But I mean that in the nicest way.

Check out I Wanna Be Bad below.

Family Guy is Getting Serious. Too Serious.

Warning: Spoilers.

Tonight's episode of Family Guy was entitled Quagmire's Dad and we are introduced to Quagmire's father for the first time. Hence the title.

His father, in the latter part of the episode, has a sex change and becomes a woman. He then, unknowingly to both of them, sleeps with Brian.

That's just the summary. And Quagmire's father having a sex change isn't the point of this blog entry. Once Quagmire learns his father slept with Brian, he goes crazy again and beats the shit out of Brian. The tone of the show at this point is very serious.

This goes back to an earlier episode when Brian takes Quagmire out to dinner because he thinks Quagmire hates him. Then, Quagmire bitches him out and rants about why he hates him. When I was watching that, I was waiting for something to turn funny. But nothing ever did. It was dead serious and I was rather frightened.

During this episode, they kind of go back to that hatred and just add to it after thinking the dinner scene was just a one time thing and their fight was over. I hate this seriousness of the show. Last weeks epsiode was serious, but it was good. It was funny and then was about a very serious subject. This week's episode was just serious at the end and it didn't even end on a funny note; Quagmire kicks the shit out of Brian and walks out of the Griffin house, then Brian shouts out at him, "Hey, I fucked your dad!" and then just ends. Yeah, the last comment was rather funny, but after the seriousness of the fight, there was no way you could laugh.

Family Guy is one of my favorite shows, if not my top favorite. It is the only show to get me outmof a bad mood. But this is getting just a bit too serious! :/

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Movies I Love to Hate #2: The Godfather

I HAVE NOT seen this movie. Let's just throw that right out there.


I'm just like Peter Griffin in that one episode of Family Guy where they're locked in the panic room and it's flooding and he spills that he hated the Godfather and couldn't even watch the whole thing. That's me.


I watched the first fifteen minutes, had absolutely no idea what was going on, so I turned it off. It didn't hook me. So yes, I gave it a try and couldn't do it.


I also don't care for Marlon Brando. What an asshole! This is what it says about him playing Jor-El in the first Superman movie on Wikipedia (and this is legit!):


"Brando then portrayed Superman's father Jor-El in the 1978 Superman: The Movie. He agreed to the role only on assurance that he would be paid a large sum for what amounted to a small part, that he would not have to read the script beforehand and his lines would be displayed somewhere off-camera. It was revealed in a documentary contained in the 2001 DVD release of Superman, that he was paid $3.7 million for just two weeks of work.


Brando also filmed scenes for the movie's sequel, Superman II, but after producers refused to pay him the same percentage he received for the first movie, he denied them permission to use the footage. However, after Brando's death the footage was reincorporated into the 2006 re-cut of the film, Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut."


What a conceded asshole! Excuse me? You're no Anthony Hopkins, Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, hell I like Orson Welles more than this douchebag! I laugh everytime he appears in Superman Returns. They had to wait for him to die to put him in another Superman movie! Good for them! DUMB!!!!!!!

You're Going to Doggy Hell!

Miley's 'Can't Be Tamed' Single Cover & Release Date

I'm like officially Miley-obsessed and I have no clue why. I was never like this before, but I love her new song!

Above is the cover of her first single. It will be released on iTunes on the 18th of May and her album comes out on the 22nd of June! I might by the actual album!

And for those of you who are idiots and haven't seen her new video, watch it below. It's amazing!


Won my first game of Monopoly

Tonight I played my first full game of Monopoly and won. I ended with around $13,000. And I owned most of the little properties (most of which had hotels). Like all normal people who play, my grandma, Erik, and I made our own little agreements and trades. It was a lot of fun.

And then we played Rummy and BS. Haha. Yeah, my grandma played BS.

And this is a second test of my new Blogger app. Lol. It's really nice!

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Movie Review: Iron Man 2

There are very, very, VERY few sequels that live up to their predecessor and this one does. Not like Batman Begins -> The Dark Knight, but more like Spider-Man -> Spider-Man 2. Make sense?

I thought this one was a great continuation. It's always hard to make a sequel to the first in a series. The first in a comic-to-movie movie series is always about that hero and how they get their powers and defeat an easy bad guy. Then, the sequel has to have it's own original story because the hero has already been introduced. If you do it right, you get Iron Man 2, The Dark Knight, and Spider-Man 2. If not... you get Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Anyways, I thought this was a fun movie with a lot of action, and as many laughs as the first. I love Tony Stark.

IN DEPTH DISCUSSION (MAJOR SPOILERS):

Now, let's talk about the good and the bad. I'll first state that I do not read the comics and I'm not familiar with things that have happened in the comics. I don't know bad guys, I don't know skills, etc. Just what has been in the movies.

I enjoyed Mickey Rourke. I loved this prison escape although it can never beat the Joker's escape from jail in the Dark Knight. My only problem with Mickey was that I couldn't understand him very well. Very hardcore Russian accent.

I also enjoyed Don Cheadle as the new Rhodey. He was much better than Terrance Howard. I wish that either they started with Cheadle as Rhodey or kept Terrance Howard. I hate it when characters are replaced with other actors like Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes to Maggie Gyllenhaal) in the Dark Knight. We finally got to see him as War Machine though which was cool.

Scarlett Johansson was a treat. She kicked some major ass. Many times I was afraid that Tony and her character would get together. I was like "uh, no Scarlett, he's Gwyneth's." Haha.

Sam Rockwell's character just pissed me the fuck off. And same with that stupid senator. Go fuck yourself. Dumb.

Samuel L. Jackson. Sir, you need to go away. Why must you appear in every god damn movie. I'm so sick of you. I was also confused with his presence; I understand that he's creating the Avengers or whatever, but do you really need to confuse me when I'm trying to get my Iron Man story straight? Like, they're making an Avengers movie, and they're making an Iron Man 3 and Tony Stark/Iron Man/Robert Downey Jr. will appear in both. I just don't know where they plan to go.

Then, the ending after the credits. The introduction of Thor. We're watching Iron Man 2! Not Thor! Thor has his own movie coming out in a year or two, AND he's also going to be in the Avengers. They're all tying together and it's just confusing me. Like I said, I didn't read the comics, so I don't know what to expect.

In the next one, I'd like to see the bad guy not be a robot. Mickey Rourke wasn't a robot until the very end when Iron Man and War Machine team-up against him. Mickey was wearing one of the suits. I'm tired of robots fighting robots. But, as I said earlier, I'm not familiar with the bad guys in the comic books. We'll see what they do next!

To conclude, it was a great movie and I suggest you see it right away. You'll love it.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Transracial adoption? Okay...

This is just plain stupid.

I was just on CNN.com and I saw an article on how Sandra Bullock's PEOPLE Magazine cover, which features an exclusive picture of Sandra and her new adopted baby, has ignited debate on transracial adoption. Her new son is African-American.

Okay, since when has transracial adoption been seen as a deviant act? Isn't that mostly what adoption is? Don't most people adopt children from other cultures. Ya know.... Brad & Angelina... Madonna... HELLO! Since when is this a feud. People are saying how it can effect the child growing up with parents of a different race.

I understand the extreme feud with gay couples adopting (which IS okay, BTW), but transracial adopting? I think that is extremely dumb. People make me sick!

I say, good for Sandra. Leave the poor girl alone. She's been through enough. She doesn't need this bullshit.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Movie Review: The Blind Side

Warning: May contain spoilers. You've been warned.

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

This movie was beyond amazing. It was heartwarming and touching and almost the perfect movie (Titanic's a perfect movie ;)

First, I'll lay down the story for you. Basically, Michael Oher (real life Football star) was homeless and this wealth, all-American family took him in and he became a part of their family. Michael was a shy, quiet person with a shady past. That's pretty much the story in a nutshell. All you need to know, that is.

Now, let's talk about Sandra. Ever since her first on-screen appearance in the film, I knew she deserved that Oscar... hands down. The first shot of her was her in her blonde wig, talking on the phone with her hick accent. You knew she was going to be red hot during the entire movie. And she was.

I also enjoyed Tim McGraw's presence. I'm not a fan of his music or anything (because country sucks), but he was good with his character. As well as Kathy Bates and the little boy who played SJ.

It was a very sad film and I wanted to cry, but didn't. Haha. The ending was one of those 'so happy that you cry' type of endings. But it is a very good movie and I recommend it to all. You'll fall in love with Sandra every time you watch it. 5 out of 5 stars. :)

P.S... It was so nice that the family that was portrayed was invited to the Oscars. So Nice. Leigh Anne Touhy must've been so happy to see Sandra win for playing her in real life.

Movie Review: Sister Act 2

What can I say about this one...?

The other day, I posted a review for the first one and I thought it was fun and I couldn't believe I've gone through my whole life without seeing it. This one wasn't that amazing, but it was still decent.

What I think I enjoyed most was that almost all members of the main cast returned for the sequel. That's rare, and in such numbers too. I mean Miss Congeniality only had 4 of it's cast members return (Benjamin Bratt not returning is a huge minus). But for this movie, even the AMAZING Maggie Smith returned! MAGGIE SMITH! I love her.

I think the story line was a total cliché. 'I want to sing, but my mommy won't let me.' Boo-hoo. But then again, this was released in '93. Movies with that storyline are VERY common today, but, back then, I can't be sure.

It wasn't as funny as the original either. And, I'm sorry, but why do all of the students need to be gangster-like. Just because you're from a poor and struggling area doesn't mean you're all ghetto and what-not. But, once again, it was the 90s, so I don't know.

Overall, I enjoyed it. The first one was by far the best. Just some minor stuff that got to me.

Lego Star Wars!

This is really creative. Bravo.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Driving Lesson #2

This is something that I've preached many times to people and it still doesn't catch on. I remember learning it in driving school, but no one ever follows it. Naturally, I began to doubt myself and then I turned to my friends over at KGB (you know, "Text your question to 542 542") and they backed me up.

Please remember the following: It is unlawful in the state of Illinois to have your windshield wipers on without your headlights.

Let me rephrase for you slow learners...

IT IS ILLEGAL TO HAVE YOUR WINDSHIELD WIPERS FLAPPIN' AROUND WHETHER THERE'S SUN OR RAIN WITHOUT HAVING YOUR HEADLIGHTS ON.

This morning it was raining and everybody had their wipers on but no headlights. It was dark too! If you don't want me to run into you because I couldn't see you, then turn them on.

Thanks!