Hope this is coherent...
I'm working on only 2 hours sleep, so pardon me if this post is a little wacky or doesnt make much sense.
Lately there have been a lot of things happening around me that have made me feel old. Like the other day I heard that the movie Independence Day came out in 1996. Holy Moley, how can it be that the movie is almost 10 years old? On top of that, we go to my niece Melissa's high school graduation tomorrow. It was like yesterday that she was this cute little chubby girl with curles in her hair. And now she is taller than I am, and graduating high school. Geesh. Then I have the whole problem with those damn "kids" at the movies, malls and in public in general. And when I say kids, I don't mean 5 year olds. I can tolerate them a little more because they don't know better. When I say kids, I mean the 16 year olds who think they know it all. Walking around with their freaky piercings, and their giant pants. Grrrrrrr. But on a brighter note, the other day when we were at Sears looking at washer and dryers, aparantly the girl who was the salesperson was flirting with me. I didn't pick up on this, but according to Rachel this girl was hitting on me. Who knew young girls were so into short guys with thinning hair. Must be the whole Costanza phenominon. COOOOO-STANZA.
Rachel and I watched Life Aquatic the other night. I love the Royal Tenenbaums, but this movie just didn't do it for me. I know the style of the movie is really dry humor, but this movie is like the desert of dry humor. So obscure, so miniscule, the comedy is almost not existent. But I was glad that Jeff Goldbloom has finally come to terms with his sexuality. And I know she was pregnant, but man Cate Blanchett was like super hot in that movie. I was never particularly attracted to her, but there were some scenes in that movie where she just looked amazing.
Oh and I think I finally figured out what happened to Owen Wilsons nose. It's become terribly deformed from repeatidly jamming his head so far up Bill Murray and Ben Stiller's asses. I'd say the same about Vince Vaughn sucking up to Will Ferrell and Ben Stiller, but at least Vince is funny and can hold his own. But it goes to show you that anyone can make it in Hollywood. I mean Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson play the same character in every movie. They may have wacky facial hair or something, but the character is exactly the same. But more power to them, as they laugh all the way to the bank.
Song Lyrics of the day...
Soldier Side by System of a Down
Welcome, to the soldier side,
Where theres no one here but me....
People all grow up to die,
There is no one here but me.
Lately there have been a lot of things happening around me that have made me feel old. Like the other day I heard that the movie Independence Day came out in 1996. Holy Moley, how can it be that the movie is almost 10 years old? On top of that, we go to my niece Melissa's high school graduation tomorrow. It was like yesterday that she was this cute little chubby girl with curles in her hair. And now she is taller than I am, and graduating high school. Geesh. Then I have the whole problem with those damn "kids" at the movies, malls and in public in general. And when I say kids, I don't mean 5 year olds. I can tolerate them a little more because they don't know better. When I say kids, I mean the 16 year olds who think they know it all. Walking around with their freaky piercings, and their giant pants. Grrrrrrr. But on a brighter note, the other day when we were at Sears looking at washer and dryers, aparantly the girl who was the salesperson was flirting with me. I didn't pick up on this, but according to Rachel this girl was hitting on me. Who knew young girls were so into short guys with thinning hair. Must be the whole Costanza phenominon. COOOOO-STANZA.
Rachel and I watched Life Aquatic the other night. I love the Royal Tenenbaums, but this movie just didn't do it for me. I know the style of the movie is really dry humor, but this movie is like the desert of dry humor. So obscure, so miniscule, the comedy is almost not existent. But I was glad that Jeff Goldbloom has finally come to terms with his sexuality. And I know she was pregnant, but man Cate Blanchett was like super hot in that movie. I was never particularly attracted to her, but there were some scenes in that movie where she just looked amazing.
Oh and I think I finally figured out what happened to Owen Wilsons nose. It's become terribly deformed from repeatidly jamming his head so far up Bill Murray and Ben Stiller's asses. I'd say the same about Vince Vaughn sucking up to Will Ferrell and Ben Stiller, but at least Vince is funny and can hold his own. But it goes to show you that anyone can make it in Hollywood. I mean Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson play the same character in every movie. They may have wacky facial hair or something, but the character is exactly the same. But more power to them, as they laugh all the way to the bank.
Song Lyrics of the day...
Soldier Side by System of a Down
Welcome, to the soldier side,
Where theres no one here but me....
People all grow up to die,
There is no one here but me.
8 Comments:
Well ya know Ben Affleck cowrote Good Will Hunting and I wouldn't really consider him scary talented. Apparantly smoking weed on the couch while Matt Damon wrote the screenplay counts as co-writing. But maybe Im just a little cranky because I've been up for like 16 hours. And you have to admit, Owen Wilsons nose looks like something Dr. Frankenstein would reject ;-)
But I am curious. I know you are a Wes Anderson fan. Did you like LIfe Aquatic as much as Rushmore and Royal Tenebalms? Or did you feel it was a little lacking as well?
I believe Owen Wilson and Wes Anderson who he writes movies with and so on grew up in the same area of Texas and that is how they are in one another's movies so much. Ben Stiller was the one who hopped on the bandwagon. Owen Wilson has had his nose broken three different times and that is why it is crooked.
I liked Life Aquatic, but it was very different than Rushmore and Royal Tennenbaums. It was a little darker than the earlier movies. But had a similar theme arc.
- talented person
- honors and awrads poured upon them
- time fades that shine
- self destruction
- resurection and redemption
I guess since Ben Stiller started a new genre of comedy with something about Mary, I associated Owen Wilson has being a bandwagon jumper. But it sounds like that isn't the case.
I liked Royal Tenebalms because it had a story and purpose. Things actually happened. Royal faked having cancer, Margot lost a finger, leaves her husband, Richie attempted suicide, Royal gets evicted, Etheline gets remarried. There's a story.
In Life Aquatic other than the pirates robbing the ship, not much happened. It reminded me of Lost in Translation where you expected something big to happen, but nothing really does.
Maybe I am just longing for the Bill Murray from Caddishack and What About Bob and Im not used to this melancholy Bill.
Did you see the movie with Billy Murray plays someone in the army. It also has Egon(I forget the actor's name now)from Ghost Busters, and John Candy. Niel and I saw a preview for it coming out on video and it was on this weekend but we didn't see it all the way. We're planning to rent it soon.
I think with Life Aquatic, atleast this is just me here, the movie was about Owen Wilson's character looking for a father, which he thought he could have in the Bill Murray character, and then they both fall for the same girl, the pirates, plus Bill Murray's character's quest to try to prove himself. But its cool if you didn't like it as much.
Oh do you mean Stripes? Very funny movie!!
Aah you have seen it. I saw a commercial again for it last night.
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