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I'm amazed at jingus' hatred for 'Sex and Death 101'. I'm not amazed that he hated it, I'm amazed that anyone else saw it. Just an awful, awful movie. The only thing holding it back from being one of the worst things I've ever seen is that I saw it on the same night as 'The Hottie and the Nottie' which is just just genuinely awful. For instance, when you have a movie about a guy trying to get with his hottie dream girl (I don't even have THAT much of a problem with it being Paris Hilton!) the guy should not be really annoying and as completely offputting as Joel David Moore is. Then *spoilers ahoy* of course he falls in love with the Nottie but you have to make a point of her becoming attractive before he can get with her, so you completely toss out the window any message of not judging a book by its cover because they never would have gotten together if they hadn't made her attractive. Also, in my initial discussion, I missed 'Glitter' which I've actually seen 3 times now. We rented it once as a joke because of how bad it was supposed to be (and is!) and watched it and made jokes, then watched it again with a different crowd and made jokes. Then I found a copy for $5 and bought it for my friend. Then his next birthday I bought him another copy. I believe he has 3 copies of it now. There's just so much to hate I don't know where to begin, honestly, but there is one scene where a character walks into a room and you can watch it and count the cuts and it's something ridiculous like 8-10 cuts for a character SIMPLY WALKING INTO A ROOM. How was that not a 1 or 2 cut shot?! How?!?!!?

Watched Rust and Bone and I will admit I watched it entirely because of the m83-scored trailer. The first thing you can honestly say about it is that it is definitely not one of those films where you watch it and sigh "Just another cookie-cutter plot!" Ali leaves Belgium with his son in tow and stays with his sister. Ali doesn't really know his son, who was used as a drug mule by his mother, very well and they have a pretty strained relationship but takes on a series of menial jobs to look after him: bouncer, security guard etc. While bouncing he meets Stephanie, a killer whale trainer who, shortly thereafter, loses both legs from the knee down in a training accident. Ali turns to underground fighting to support himself, while beginning a friendship with Stephanie. It might sound like I'm giving the film away, but that is just the first half hour or so! Anyways, Stephanie gradually begins to develop feelings for Ali, who just struggles to put it all together. It's really good and well-acted (Matthias Schoenaerts and Marion Cotillard are really really good in the leads, not sure how Cotillard didn't get a Best Actress nomination) but it's not an easy watch as Ali's a tough character to like, seemingly mostly/only interested in self-gratification. But, it has some gorgeous cinematography, good music and the effects work on Stephanie's missing legs is particularly amazing, prompting one IMDB user to ask if it was real (He's obviously not a big Cotillard fan).

I'm not the only one who shaved it into a Hitler mustache, am I?!

Was just reading about him today (re-reading Mick Foley's book) and how WCW tried to bring him in with Foley for his second run and Gilbert turned it down because he was so proud of his matches with Foley that he didn't want to tarnish their legacy. I think WCW probably would have eventually won him over. Or Vince would have thrown money at him when the roster got so thin and WCW was raiding their talent.

I got kinda into them after the song at the end of the movie 'Warrior' (I tend to stay away from bands that are really hyped up lately) and loved 'High Violet' but this one did nothing for me. I liked 'Demons' but the whole rest drifted by and I didn't remember any of it. My brother says it's awesome so I'm gonna give it another chance, though.

01. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories: Just a stunning album, really. A friend of my brother's thinks it's a concept album about a robot attempting to become human, and some of it seems to support his theory. Really, though ,it's just endlessly listenable. 'Giorgio' is a stunner, basically being an encapsulation of music from the 60s to 90s, then working in some Daft Punk goodness to point it toward the sound of the future. 02. Kanye West - Yeezus: The lyrics might be a little wonky in parts, but the production on this thing is incredible. I love the random stops that break into soaring melodies, or the way songs change completely from beginning to end. 03. Yo La Tengo - Fade: I first heard this and thought "Ah, that was a nice listenable little album" and then I just kind of kept coming back to it over and over and it's just a great album. 04. m83 - Oblivion: A soaring, epic m83 score of a really good film that nobody seemed to see. 05. Iron & Wine - Ghost on Ghost: I love I&W now that they've left the whisper-folk behind. They just sound like a good late 70s/early 80s AM radio band now. 06. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience: A great pop album. I love the way every song is basically two songs in one. 07. Phoenix - Bankrupt!: Maybe a step down from their breakthrough album, but the back half of this album just sails. 08. Mark Kozelek & Jimmy LaValle - Perils From the Sea: A little too long with a couple boring/morose songs but the best songs are terrific. 'You Missed My Heart' is amazing, sounding at first like a beautiful love song, until you listen to the lyrics and realize it's about a psychopath murdering his ex-girlfriend. 09. Jon Hopkins - Immunity: I'm not big into this whole house music/IDM revival, but this album is pretty terrific, veering from dance music to some gorgeous ambient stuff. 10. Jimmy Eat World - Damage: Was not expecting a 2013 Jimmy Eat World album to be as good as this was. It's nothing transcendent, just a good solid power-pop album. SINGLES 01. Phoenix - Entertainment: The album might have been a bit of a letwodn, but this song just soars, from the Asian-riff to the singing chorus that comes in toward the end of the song. Production on this is amazing. 02. The Killers - Flesh and Bone: My 2nd favourite song from my favourite album of 2012. This is just pure Killers anthemic arena rock at its best. 03. m83 - Oblivion: This is like a mix of earlier 'Before the Dawn Heals Us' m83 and newer 'Hurry Up We're Dreaming' m83 with the Kate Bush-esque vocals. Really amazing. 04. Ellie Goulding - Explosions: I came to Ellie late but this song is just an amazing power ballad. 05. Justin Timberlake - Tunnel Vision: 06. Justin Timberlake - Suit and Tie: I love the 20/20 Experience and these two are just amazing pop songs. 07. Sigur Ros - Brennisteinn: Wasn't expecting Sigur Ros to put out another album this year, and I REALLY wasn't expecting it to be a melange of Sigur Ros atmospherics and big crashing electric guitars. 08. Yo La Tengo - Ohm: My favourite song off one of my favourite albums. A 6+ minute song about appreciating life as we go with lots of guitar heroics. 09. Kanye West - New Slaves: Staggering machine-gun beat and genuine anger helps to offset some of the lyrical missteps. 10. Iron & Wine - Grace for Saints and Ramblers: Just a solid AM radio song. Whatchu got?

He's such a bad, bad actor, too, though. Like even when he says "We the people" it comes across as a dude saying stuff because he's been told to, unlike Colter and Cesaro who look like they genuinely believe it.

I'm bummed there's this much Peter Weir talk and no mentions of 'Fearless'! One of my favourite movies of the 90s (Watch it for the poll!). Jeff Bridges plays a man who survives an airplane crash and decides he must be immortal, then finds it difficult to interact on a daily basis with anyone who didn't face the same thing he did. That scene where he drives down the empty road and leans his head out the window while he accelerated is one of the best moments of pure joy ever set down on film. Plus, the crash itself is just harrowing beyond all belief. It's a good 'un.

I actually liked the Ziggler-AJ segment. Ziggler was funny enough ("There's this girl at the DMV who owes me a favour 'cuz when she had her leg up behind...wait, that's not PG..."). Also, I don't understand why people are upset about Ziggler not reacting, he had reasoning for all of it. It's like a little kid trying to take out revenge on an adult and failing poorly ("I'm gonna run away!") and it put Ziggler across as a cool guy, moreso than anything else. I was half-expecting AJ to bring out some embarrasing underwear, or dick-cream or something, so I'm pleased with the way it went. I loved the ADR-RVD thing because it was so out of nowhere. Christian looked fine, but I'm starting to think Jack Swagger might be the rest regular wrestler in WWE. He's just a poor, poor actor. Like sub-Sid Vicious when it comes to acting. There was one part where he was supposed to run into the corner and Christian dodged and he did it at half-speed and still had to stand and stop and wait to get hit. He's maybe just not cut out to be a pro wrestler. Sandow was on fire all night. I was happy to see that Henry didn't come out to the ring smiling and/or slapping hands. He was awesome with Booker T, too. I'm becoming a pretty big Fandango fan. The way he is just so into his own gimmick, never looking ticked off or like he's acting, but just selling every second he comes out of the curtain. Hopefully WWE keeps him heel, the worst they could do is turn him into another Santino. Highlight of the night, though, was Luke Harper busting out the "Yeah yeah yeah" in his match.

In this thread, a lot of movies I actually like/didn't mind. I didn't think INPYCaL was all that bad. I certainly didn't really find it offensive, save for maybe Rob Schneider as an Asian dude. Nacho Libre was okay. A priest moonlighting as a luchadore. Nothing wrong with that. One of the best movies of the 2010s. I don't mind 'The Missing'. There's a pretty king-sized Tommy Lee Jones performance in there. I love 'Napoleon Dynamite'. So bizarre, so funny, so perfect. TDKR was excellent. I have no idea how one could hate it, unless you're diametrically opposed to superhero movies. It was way better than the more lauded Avengers. Dark Shadows was way better than I thought it would be. Just a silly, dark Tim Burton comedy. I like Broken Flowers. Bill Murray being himself visiting all his ex-girlfriends trying to find out which one gave birth to the son he never met. Great Ethiopian jazz soundtrack, great nudity, and a great Jeffrey Wright performance. The ending is kinda off-putting at first, then kinda grows on you when you think about it. 'Mission Impossible 2' is great. Best of the series. Anchorman?! Pffft, get out of here! Probably the best comedy of the 21st century.

That's a pretty good choice. Ludicrious plot, inane dialogue, atrocious acting. I remember one character saying "We've got to stay ahead of the wind" and going "How do you stay ahead of the wind?! Seriously. Tell me that. Run really fast?!" And that scene where they stay at the old woman's place and Mark Wahlberg says everything in a tone that conveys sarcasm "What? Why would you say that?!" but isn't supposed to is one of the unintentionally funniest scenes I've ever seen. There's a lot of good MST3K ones that would likely apply: Time Chasers (nerdy guy develops a time machine and battles a giant corporation that buys him out and has its headquarters located in a public library); Space Mutiny (Awful Star Wars knock-offs that is so poorly edited that a dead character is later spotted working on the bridge); and the Coleman Francis trilogy Beast of Yucca Flats/Red Zone Cuba/ Skydivers. But, the one that immediately comes to my mind is 'The Life of David Gale'. One of the rare films Roger Ebert gave a 0 star review to. It's a movie that purports to support the abolishing of the death penalty (Which is fine, filmmakers are allowed to have a point of view) but does so in such a way that it seems to support the death penalty. There is some weird awful plot points (Like college kids partying with their professors), bad movie cliches (someone shouting leading to birds flying away) and Kevin Spacey playing drunk which might be the single worst bit of acting I've ever seen done. I mean, has Spacey ever been drunk? Because the way he plays it comes across like he's just guessing at what to do. Then a stupid ending. Awful.

Carolina signs one of my favourite players: Nathan Gerbe. How can you not admire a guy who's 5'5" and still making a go of it?!

I really, really love this show. Was house-sitting for my sister/brother-in-law and they have the worst TV channels, so I just watched all the Bob's Burgers they had on DVR, even though I'd seen them all 1-2 times. It was better than anything else that was on.

WWE fans > any other pro wres fans. I might take NXT over them. We're talking American, right? Because then I'd have go to bat for insane Mexican fans getting punched in the face or the "Ooooohhhhhh" from Japanese fans.

-Womens match was pretty darn entertaining. I love the Emma gimmick (And I've got the ridiculous music stuck in my head still!) and think it is WWE-ready (it's amazing how over a bad dancing gimmick is!), unfortunately, I think WWE would probably make her drop weight because she's not quite anorexic enough. Paige, on the other hand, is WWE-ready now. It seems like it would have been better to debut her just in time for Total Divas instead of two women who have (presumably) never wrestled before in their life. -Put Tyler Breeze on WWE tv now. That gimmick is pure gold. The only tweak I'd add is have him managed by Sylvester Lefort who can tweet out the selfies Breeze takes during his entrance. Also, I'd like to see Breeze do his model pout over his prone opponent and tweet that out too. But, yeah, I'd put him on WWE TV tomorrow. -Ascension-Mustache guys was pretty awful. Connor O'Brian (Why wouldn't you change his name to something that doesn't sound like a talk show host's name?! It's like naming a wrestler Jeremy Leno, Jackie Kimmel or Delbert Letterman...if those show up on NXT in the near future, I want money) is the kind of guy, who you can tell puts in a lot of work for what he's doing but, God help him, he's just not that good. I'd have him be the bodyguard for a heel. What is the Ascension's gimmick anyways? As far as I can tell they are gay time-traveling strippers from the future. Also, Victor's pre-match gesture looked like he was making the sign of having a vagina. Also why did he hold the leg for so long after they won? It was disturbing, but not in a "They're evil" way, more in a "I wonder if he has to go around the neighbourhood introducing himself when he moves in" way. Aiden English should be on my TV more. I love his look. -Main event was a helluva lot of fun. Harper and Sheamus threw some bombs and the commentators were losing it (I actually like Maddox on commentary, he's not as good as Regal but he's fairly entertaining). I'd like to see Harper do the "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah" thing on WWE TV. I guess I should also make a mention that I'm amazed at how totally amazing the NXT crowd is EVERY week. They're just totally into it (Doing Emma's dance, calling Harper's "Yeah Yeah Yeah" back at him, lots of chanting) but not in a smarky 'look at me!' way. And that's watching several tapings at once!

Oh man, we've been getting a free preview of the Canadian Game Show Network and everyday has like 2 hours of 'Supermarket Sweep' and 'Bumper Stumper' reruns. So I get a nice new cable box, an upgrade on the old HD, and I spend my time watching late 80s/early 90s game shows.

I always thought Rosey was the worst name they came up with. Like, are you really going to take a guy named Rosey seriously. Yeah, yeah, I know Rosey Grier, but the last two famous folks with the name Rosey/Rosie were Roseanne Barr (Often called Rosie by her friends) and Rosie O'Donnell. It's basically the equivalent of naming a tough ass-kicker Oprah.

I think WWE would take a long look at Samoa Joe, too. They were interested in the past and Austin was not-too-recently talking him up.

Weird that they would have the Wyatts in-ring debut on Smackdown!?

Watched Compliance but it just didn't feel...right. Something about it just felt off. A guy calls into a fast food joint pretending to be a police officer, tells the manager that one of her cashiers has robbed somebody and instructs her on how to search said employee. I mean, I know it's all based on true events, but the way the people reacted still seemed too...stupid to me (And, as any good creative writing teacher will say, just because it's the truth doesn't make it realistic). But, it wasn't just that. It felt kinda sleazy, too. Like maybe if the girl in question wasn't really hot so that you weren't completely looking forward to taking off her clothes, it would feel more wrong...more of a violation. But also the way the girl in question reacted, like it was a mild annoyance, not a complete violation of her rights. But she barely objected. In fact, she objects more strongly (in the film) to her purse being searched than she does about taking her clothes off! Also, if I was the manager in the film, aside from being, let's be honest, profoundly stupid, I'd also be upset about the little introduction that tries to suggest that maybe the manager is so quick to strip her employee (metaphorically and literally) of her rights because she's ticked off because said employee made fun of her behind her back. I dunno. The whole film just didn't sit right with me.

I don't think it helped that Hardy kinda ran out of moves after about 5 minutes "Hmm, I did the side-effect, the twist of fate, the twist of fate again, the turnbuckle shouty thing, then twist of fate, what do I have left?! I know! Another Twist of Fate!"This is pretty much my first time watching ROH TV in full and I actually love the Matt Hardy gimmick of bloated old guy (who's not THAT old) who talks about his glory days and cheats to win then brags about how good he is.That Strong-Cole match was kinda pointless to me. Also, what is Ms Chif's gimmick? Is she supposed to be constantly constipated? Because, if not, she should really talk differently.

I know everything is (justifiably) talking about Cesaro-Bryan, but I thought Ryback-Bryan was particularly solid, too. Ryback should either be monster face or bullying heel and he played the latter perfectly, lipping off Bryan, throwing him around by his hair/beard, then when he was in genuine danger, finds a way out. I thought Ryback looked awesome.

I'm pretty thrilled that Tugboat is still alive and seemingly healthy. Also, per his wikipedia page, I might need to track down this angle

Watched Fast Five: which was all right. The scene with the vault being used as a battering ram was pretty awesome. A Good Old Fashioned Orgy: which was also all right. A group of friends who routinely throw themed parties at their friend's father's place plan on one last big bash before his father sells the place and decide on having an orgy. The funniest parts of the film are just Jason Sudeikis being himself and throwing out random jokes all over the place and his deadpan reactions to stuff going on. Tyler Labine was irritating as hell, though. The funniest joke in the movie is Will Forte/Lucy Punch's square married couple who show up to the orgy in feathered headdress because they'd heard the party was "Indian-themed" (Indian meaning the kamasutra).

I never found Tugboat menacing until he became Typhoon, though I'd attribute most of that to his ring-gear and little hat.