5 posts tagged “movie”
Idiocracy is a movie which says in the future, the human race will just get dumber and dumber. Here's the explanation through a case study, but be aware, there is some foul language:
Dumb title...nothing new. This clip is from The Heartbreak Kid. It is pretty funny, but this clip keeps coming to mind, so I thought I would put it on here. It's another one you can play over and over and it gets better and better...at least in my mind.
RL is real life. I blame my over-a-month-long hiatus on real life. Like the insurance company says, real life comes at you fast. Oh well, no big deal. What did I do? I was on a U.S. Navy ship for a joint military exercise. Here's a link to a video of what it's like to walk down the halls at night. Here's a picture of the ship leaving the port:
Feel free to check out the rest of the pictures on my Flickr site.
Also, in RL, Natalya & I went to Barcelona for her birthday & the long weekend. It was a great trip, but it wasn't as warm or as dry as we would have liked. I still haven't uploaded any pictures of that trip. Will do so soon.
And this weekend, we had a party to honor Natalya's birthday, since were out of town the previous weekend. I haven't got any pics of that online yet, either. Sorry.
Happy Birthday, Natalya!!!
Those are the highlights. I'm sure other cool stuff happened, too, but my memory is a sieve. Just last night we went and saw the latest Indiana Jones movie. We liked it. I thought it was over-the-top but in keeping with the feel of the series.
Hopefully, this breaks my hesitation to post and I get stuff on here on a regular basis from now on. Have a great day, everyone!
This clip is from Eastern Promises, which I finally saw. It's a great film about the Russian mob in London, it stars Viggo Mortenson, and it's from the same director that did A History of Violence. If one of those things sparks your interest, watch the movie. The clip is the funniest part of the movie, so if you haven't seen it, maybe you should watch the movie first. If the movie doesn't interest you in the slightest, or you don't care about ruining the funniest scene before you watch it, enjoy the clip!
I saw “The Number 23” this past weekend. I thought it was pretty well done. It was a bit scary, and bit thrilling, but there’s a point in the movie where it turns a corner from being goose-bump-producing to being curiosity-inducing and then flows fairly smoothly into bring-us-into-a-satisfying-ending mode, which it does, in my humble opinion. There are some people who can’t stand Jim Carrey, but I like him all right, and I thought he did a passable job in this role. It’s worth a rental and a couple hours of your time, if what I’m describing sounds good to you.
I also saw “Hot Fuzz.” If you’re not familiar with it, it’s by the same guys who did Shaun of the Dead, which I thought was very funny. This is the story of an outstanding police officer in London that does such a good job that he gets promoted to Sergeant and sent to a quiet little town with virtually no crime because he’s making all the mediocre police officers look bad. There are plenty of funny moments, and this one turns a corner from funny situations and light comedy to bad-boy-cop-movie parody; two completely different feelings, but both funny in my opinion. Once the corner had been turned, though, my fiancée couldn’t stand it, and left the room to do something else. If you haven’t seen Shaun of the Dead, watch a trailer of that and watch that first if you think you’ll like it. If you liked Shaun of the Dead, you’ll probably like this.
