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Visual Perfection

You go back and look at presidents that we elected prior to TV, and presidents we elected after TV, and you will notice a huge difference. Do you think a bloated president could win? We had plenty of fat-guy presidents. Do you think one could get elected today? There's not a prayer! ....The campaign is Mitt Romney versus Hillary Clinton in our quest in this country for visual perfection, hmm?

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_121707/content/01125114.guest.html.guest.html

MOVIE REVIEWS - 2 FOR 1 SPECIAL!!!

I had the opportunity to pull a doubleheader on Saturday, and had the pleasant surprise of seeing 2 very good films... (To be honest, my lover chose the movies - and she did a very good job. Her track record isn't perfect, but whose is? Remember, I had the privilege of watching "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon" and Alec Baldwin's "The Shadow" in the theater. So I know a little about bad choices)

No Country For Old Men: I have been waiting on two of our reporters to get off their Hillary Duffs and give me some feedback on the film that is likely to garner the Coen brothers a nom or two - but to no avail. Ol' Blood and Guts' mother died (he would have reviewed the book) and who wants to leave the best Coen in years to a mungchung who names himself FritoP.? No Country has already received the highest praise from critics - and while the film is reminiscent of some of their earlier work, watching this movie is a truly unique experience. If you have seen Fargo and Blood Simple, you know the Brothers have a thing for hard-boiled crime stories replete with unsterilized violence and uh.... lots of blood. The plot is a simple one, drug deal gone bad - innocent bystander takes off with the money, and a psychopath is tasked with getting the money back. Obviously inspired by their professional idolatry of Milius, the Coens trot out an impressive array of weapons and the bloodletting commences. For me, the brilliance of this flick was its ability to maintain an incredible amount of tension over the span of two hours - without resorting to outrageous bullet spraying shoot-em-up scenes. The border town setting brought a great deal - from the beautiful desert scenery, to the lawlessness of the frontier, to the constant danger and fragility of life. The acting is beyond excellent. I can't believe how much I like Josh Brolin - give me another actor who in the space of one year has cranked out three unforgettable roles like Brolin has in Planet Terror, American Gangster and No Country. Not only has he done well, who else has worked with RobRod, Ridley and the Coens? You will hear the most talk about Javier Bardem - and rightfully so... He is everything you expect.... unless you want a foaming at the mouth psycopath. Calm, methodical, sinister, insane, indifferent, single-minded, obsessed and effective.

Control: I was taken to this movie without any idea what it was about (sometimes the best way to go). I guess I had been lazy, and to be honest it blended in with the countless other black and white indie movies that come and go so fast every year... It is a biopic of Ian Curtis, the lead singer for English misery rock band Joy Division. Okay so misery rock isn't fair, but if you don't know them - trust me they are anything but bubbly. Being a New Order fan, I know the story has a happy ending but the majority of the film is spent chronicling the misery of a 23 year old famous rock star (heard this one before?). Yeah, we have all seen the rocker suicide bit before, but Ian isn't bedeviled by hard drugs - it was just way too much for this 23 year old to deal with. The actor that plays Ian Curtis does an excellent job... One of those performances that will taint my memory forever - I will always think he is Ian Curtis (It helps that he hasn't done anything else). A little bit o' research tells me Sam Riley was in a band before he began acting (shocking, him being British and all). Sarcasm aside, you can tell he knows his way around the stage - I found myself wanting him to perform again and again. Mesmerizing.

Ugh Somebody Took My Idea!!!

I am not going to be home for Christmas until this weekend... and my Dad doesn't have any reindeer... but still - this is criminal and clever all at the same time!

Police: Coach Turned Holiday Displays Into Porn
Group Reportedly Put Reindeer In Sexual Positions

MARIETTA, Ga. -- A coach faces charges and awaits a court date after police said he led a group of students on a lewd Christmas prank in Marietta.
Police said John Hayes, 46, loaded several middle schoolers into the back of his pickup truck, and drove them around after dark as they damaged Christmas displays.
The group even made several homeowners’ displays X-rated, police said, including placing reindeer in sexual positions. LINK

I heart Tom Brady

Just getting ready for Sunday. Some funny stuff...

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-thegameface121407&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

Fast Food Nation

I just finished watching one of the worst movies ever (talk about wasting an afternoon off from work). Greg Kinnear, Patricia Arquette, Bruce Willis is in it among others: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460792/maindetails#comment.

I won't go into details, not worth the trouble. The funniest part of the movie, no, not the cow-killing scene at the end....Avril Lavine plays a college student.

Strike Site Comparisons

After hearing about the lame mock amptp.com site (trust me it isn't funny, so don't waste your time because I already did it for you) I decided to view the real amptp.org site. Not only is it more interesting than the lame jokes it is also a far better designed site than the wga.org site. Also the AMPTP site is far easier to navigate and search for facts. If this were an election the AMPTP would have my vote because I gave up trying to figure out what it was the WGA's facts were. One page on the AMPTP site that I really apreciated was the Dollars & Sense page. I encourage anyone to find a page on the wga.org site comparable to the simplicity of this page. The problem is, since this is not an election no one will visit the AMPTP site but instead visit the amptp.com site (which like I said is not funny). I will post the link for the AMPTP.org site once more here

Fact quote "In 2006, the average MPAA film cost over $100 million to produce, market and distribute in the domestic market, and approximately another $40 million if released overseas."

Again this is how much it costs and has nothing to do with the paycheck that the "Moguls" make. In fact that $140 million has to do more with the talent and their paychecks.

http://www.amptp.org/index.html

Elf Yourself!!

We love uncle David!!!! He's the best....and here are his little elves!!
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1358073151

Huckabee Hucks Up?

In order to win, Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee could no longer afford to sit on the sidelines and rely on the "nice guy, harmless" vote. As his numbers begin to rise he has to take steps to be taken seriously and look to engage the national frontrunners in some kind of debate that will distinguish him from the rest of the pack. Instead, he takes a cheap shot at Romney, in an effort to attract the uninformed masses that populate certain segments of the Republican Party. I think this is big mistake on his part, and if he continues to snipe at those who can win, his campaign will derail and he will be on the outside looking in once the primaries move west. Come on, Huck - give us something to believe in other than distrusting Mormons! There is plenty of that going around.

Huckabee Questions Mormons' Belief

Dec 11 10:23 PM US/EasternBy LIBBY QUAIDAssociated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, asks in an upcoming article, "Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?"
The article, to be published in Sunday's New York Times Magazine, says Huckabee asked the question after saying he believes Mormonism is a religion but doesn't know much about it. His rival Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, is a member of the Mormon church, which is known officially as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The authoritative Encyclopedia of Mormonism, published in 1992, does not refer to Jesus and Satan as brothers. It speaks of Jesus as the son of God and of Satan as a fallen angel, which is a Biblical account. LINK

Letdown

Being a proud member of the "Indy" generation (Post Star-Wars) I am a bit offended by this piece of crap poster they have just released for the new Indy flick. It looks amateurish and animated....

Thoughts?