“You were being a di*k, even (ole so and so) said so” - Ladyface
See what just happened there, do you see it, you done got played. If this were Super Mario Bros. your opposition just got a mushroom. How do you come back from that? I mean first you have to make the decision in your head if you actually believe that ole so and so did back up this argument. Now you’re doubting yourself, well if two people thought it to be then it must be true (always get a second opinion). Everything is falling down around you, my argument holds no water anymore, I'm so embarrassed I just want to throw myself out a window (and I wont be saved by a tree).
“Well let me talk to (ole so and so)”
BOOM (PING)!!!! Your move jerkass!! This is a frightening thought. I mean even if ole so and so did call me a di*k, I highly doubt they did so thinking that the information would be relayed to me. Now your opponent is back tracking:
“It doesn’t matter, I'm just saying, you were being a di*k”
Or
“You see, you don’t even care that I think you were being a di*k, I’m just saying I'm not the only one who notice”
(By the way, I kind of was being a di*k, but that’s neither here nor there)
What I'm trying to say here is, I don’t like getting EVEN’d. You automatically want to go on the offensive when someone adds in another character to the argument whose not even there (yeah, well David Bowie from Labyrinth thinks you are being a bi*ch). The advice I give is to keep your cool if you get EVEN’d (I’m not crying I just have something in my eye(s)). Quickly dispel this other character:
“(Ole so and so) is a drunk”
Or
“(Ole so and so) is a Goblin King from an 80’s movie”
Then go right back into the argument.
Now into some recent film screenings I have participated in. I will go in the order I saw them.
Paranormal Activity: If I were going to pick a setting for 98% of movies I see, I would pick a quiet theater that is not too crowded. In the case of PA I was very happy that Koey and I picked to see it at United Artist Imma Talk Through Dis Bitch. I know that some people hated this film, but I really liked it. I'm not sure if it was that every time something strange started to happen I’d here “You’s gotsta get outta dere”, or that a man behind us suggested that the evil entity was “dats Lebron James”, but it was the perfect balance of hilarity and scary. In the main scary scenes it was quiet and I think the build up in your head is scarier then the actual movie. But, like I said before, sometimes it’s the experience that makes the movie better then it is.
Marley and Me: Not gonna talk about it. Not gonna watch it again.
Drag Me To Hell: I’m biased on this one. Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness, all the movies in Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead Trilogy are just the cats meow (saying?) to me and my family (kind of shows you how messed up we are). I can remember Phyllis renting Evil Dead 2 from Blockbuster for me and my friends when I was in grade school. We even went and saw Evil Dead The Musical in NYC, which culminates in the actors pouring blood on the first 3 rows which are handed slickers in the beginning of the second act. So outrageous blood and gore mixed with a healthy dose of humor is right up my alley. This movie did not disappoint, as female roommate was curled up in the corner of the couch screaming and freaking out, I was laughing my shapely ass off.
Away We Go: I’m always worried with Sam Mendes. American Beauty, obviously great. Road to Perdition, one of the most underrated movies ever and in my top 10. Jarhead, ehhh. Revolutionary Road, I mean I liked it more for the performances then the actual movie. So a hipster romantic comedy, I was not sure how to feel. It was really good, a lot funnier then I thought it was going to be. John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph (the chick from SNL?) had great chemistry and did a very good job. Very good room-com
Saw V: As I said to girl roommate, I keep watching these movies because I'm impressed they keep putting them out same time every year. I never see them in the theater and I’m always a year behind (oh, SAW VI is out, I should see SAW V). I’m not very impressed with torture porn (actual genre) like SAW and Hostel, you get just as much gore in Drag Me To Hell but instead of feeling sad about it your laughing. So I’ll rank this as far as SAW movies go, and it was the worst one. I’m always excited for the climax of these movies, where the music comes in and they back track and show you how everything came together, SAW V was predictable and really had no climax. Skip this one.
New York, I Love You: This is an accompany piece to Paris, je t’aime, which I enjoyed. Both are movies that are made up of 7 to 10, 10-15 minute films that intertwine in the respected city. The stories in NY,ILY fell a little bit short in comparison to P,JT. Some of the stories were very good, and some kind of blew. I would recommend renting this baby, and renting Paris, je t’aime first.
Sorry this was so long (that’s what HE said), but I have not written in a while.
Also, Shout out to Ma Dukes who got in an accident during her and my fathers trip to Maui and ended up wheel chair bound for a couple weeks. I told Koey she was a "Wheelie" now and he assumed I meant the scary guys from Return to Oz.
