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Top 50 Movie Characters
I'm assuming you're a broad, sattin. Good point. I could see Susan Sarandon or Gena Davis making it on the list from that road picture they did. John Lithgow from Garp should count, since he had a sex change in that movie. I'm sure some people would think Uma Thurman from Kill Bill...but those movies didn't do a lot for me. And anti...I agree. Slingblade is an amazing film.— December 17, 2008 4:28 p.m.
Only Women Bleed -- A Lady Stabs Herself
That lad may grow up to be bullied. Or, he may run the entire playground! He'll send hundreds and hundreds of playground kids, over to the kindergarten sandbox to play, while he enjoys being the leader of the 4 Square game. Yeah, I heard the story. A friend called me and said the parents wanted a birthday cake and the store wouldn't put the kids name on it. What a bunch of idiots (not the store). These people think that the store will get bad press from all this. I'm sure it will actually help business.— December 17, 2008 11:40 a.m.
Headhunters
update: i heard that someone offered this guy a million dollars for one of the shoes. insane. although, not that insane, when you think about the light saber Mark Hamill used in Star Wars, recently selling for $250,000!— December 16, 2008 8:01 p.m.
Judging Teachers
Yeah, good points. I think there are times, though, that I don't mind playing the political correctness game. Now, I remember during Bush's first term (on a side note: how in the world did he get elected to a second term?) A teacher in Chula Vista (maybe 4th or 5th grade, can't remember), was being told to take down a photo she had of him in the classroom. The schools logic was that teachers aren't supposed to "support" a certain candidate (I think the 2nd election was coming up). She said, "When I went to grade school in the 50s, two things were on the walls. The American flag, and a photo of the President of the United States. I'm not saying I support him in the elections, I'm saying he's our president. And he should be on the wall in my classroom." I totally agreed with her, and if Democrats had a problem with that, they were idiotic!— December 15, 2008 1:20 a.m.
Top 25 Movies of the Year
Daniel my brother....I gots to ask. Who doesn't like Beethoven? And, Debussy is crap (okay, aside from Nocturnes). But, movies are the one art form that I really don't think is open for intrepetation. Paints, yes. Music, yes. But not movies. Nope. Take a horrible comedy. A comedy that everyone agrees is just not funny. It might appeal to a 12-year-old with a learning disability. Would you be able to claim that it just depends on ones taste? Sure, a movie like Pulp Fiction might be to graphic for some. And some might find the comedy of a, say, Adam Sandler not for them. But if Sandler was in a great comedy (say...Tootsie, Some Like It Hot, etc...well, it would still be a great comedy, and one would sound foolish to disagree, no?) My problem with Brokeback was the extreme hype it got. Maybe it was the first movie to fully explore the themes it did. But, I think of it in the same way I think of Halle Berry winning the Oscar a few years back, and talking about how she opened all these doors for African-Americans (last I checked, Denzel and Portier, had won Oscars many years before her...and they're not even half-black, like she is!). But if she thinks she opened doors, and people were so moved by Brokeback because it was the first movie to really explore a love story between homosexuals, okay. Regarding everything being explained...I actually like when movies don't tell us everything (not in a contrived way, like in Lost in Translation when Murray whispers in Scarletts ear...that was just flat out lame, and didn't pack the punch for me that it did for some insane critics out there). I just saw the vampire movie LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. And, many things weren't explained. And I found that interesting (things like why the girl vampire had stitches near her private parts...why on older man that wasn't a vampire went out and retrieved blood for her, etc). And, I'd like to thank you for responding to all this. I've enjoyed reading all you've had to say on the subject. Your students are lucky.— December 15, 2008 1:16 a.m.
Cinema Valore - Zack and Miri Make A Porno
It's funny...when I attended SDSU, my speech class professor said my hand gestures were perfect. But I've found when I'm on one of the local news stations or something...I seem to rely to much on them.— December 15, 2008 1:03 a.m.
Sleeping During Nine Inch Nails
The sleeping is no reflection on Trent Reznor...who is a very talented bloke.— December 15, 2008 1:02 a.m.
Online Dating and Psychos.
Yeah...but she should give him MORE crap than she does. When he asks who called on phone, she should say "A guy that's a way better lover than you!" Also...what is with her friends pushing that relationship? I love how those idiotic friends hate this guy, yet make him the cake that he likes. It's the problem with society. Nobody has the balls to stand up to people that are idiots. Her friends should see her...but give that guy so much crap, he doesn't even want to be in the same room. (hey...how did you like that scene where you first realize the woman is blind? that's some powerful stuff)— December 13, 2008 11:18 a.m.
Judging Teachers
Johnny...thanks for the clarification. MsG and anti...I'm not saying if I was a principal, I'd make the teachers not hold hands. I'm saying me personally. For example, I have about 800 rock tee shirts. One being Janes Addiction, with two naked women with their heads on fire. I wouldn't wear that in public. I wouldn't even wear a shirt with a band that some parents might find objectionable. Because, at the end of the day...it won't kill me not to wear a tee shirt with an offensive phrase, photo, or band name on it. Same with holding a wifes hand. My stepbrother is a teacher. And when he was going to college and driving a school bus, a little black girl asked if Santa was black or white. He thought about it, knowing it could get ugly. He finally said "I'm not sure...but I think he's white." She said, "That's what I thought." He thought this was the best answer, since that's what all the photos show, and all the store santas are. Well, guess what? Parents called school complaining, and it became a big issue. So...instead of me worrying about what parents or students in public will complain about, I'll give them nothing. That means I won't EVER flip someone off that cuts me off, if I'm a teacher. I won't curse or yell at Charger games...nothing.— December 13, 2008 11:15 a.m.
Top 25 Movies of the Year
anti....you bring up some very good points. daniel...i actually liked the pacing of the film. it's the same thing that happened when i said Lost in Translation was so overrated. people thought i hated the slow pacing of it. that was one of the things I liked about Lost in Translation. i just thought it had other cliche scenes and jokes we've seen a million times, and other things that didn't work. i liked the slow pacing of Let the Right One In...yet it wasn't a great movie, as critics seem to think.— December 13, 2008 11:09 a.m.