NBC
will air a special called "Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to
America's Golden Girl.” I still have no idea how they’re doing so
poorly in the ratings when they are hitting home runs such as this.
Alyson Hannigan is pregnant, and if you care about that, then I have a great pity for you. At least you are now aware of it.
Charles Barkley is set to host “Saturday Night Live” on January 7. Why? They thought it was January 7, 1998.
Debra Messing and her husband have split. Good news for the single fellas out there.
The Atlanta Braves have filed a lawsuit against Pixar’s new medieval motion picture “Brave.” Pathetic.
“Bored to Death” has been canceled, which proves that you should not name your TV after fatal boredom.
FOX has bought a script from Michael Showalter called “I Hate Your Friends.”
Movies Out This Weekend
The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Did you read the book? Do you
like adaptations of novels directed by David Fincher? Are you into
dragons or tattoos? See this movie if you answered yes to at least two
of those questions. I will not be seeing this film, probably ever. It
is supposed to be good, though.
The
Adventures of Tintin - On a whim, I went to see this movie.
It was the first 3D film I have ever seen and I actually really enjoyed
it. Tintin is a character from a popular French comic book and the
film is directed by Steven Spielberg. 3D is actually pretty cool and
I’ll probably go see some other 3D cartoons at the cinema.
Mission
Impossible: Ghost Protocol - Oddly enough, famed animation
director Brad Bird directed this sequel to “Mission Impossible,” while
famed live action director Steven Spielberg directed the animated action
movie “The Adventures of Tintin.” If you were to ask me if you should
see this movie, I would definitely say no. Fuck “Mission Impossible”
and fuck Thomas Cruise.
We
Bought a Zoo - Cameron Crowe directed this film. If that is a
hard and fast selling point for you, and for some it will be, then see
this flick. I have seen the trailer to this film and it looks like it
was made for babies and infantile adult women. To me, this movie looks
like it would be very boring. Oh yeah, it’s about a a family buying a
zoo, just like the title implies.
Other Thoughts
When
I saw “The Adventures of Tintin” they played two trailers for upcoming
rereleases of 3D movies that I need to talk about. First up: “Star Wars
Episode I: The Phantom Menace.” If you have not seen the film itself,
it is pretty middling. It is not flat out terrible like many “Star
Wars” geeks will lead you to believe, but it is not so great. The 3D in
this film looks fucked up. It looks like a 3D viewmaster. Next up,
and with a similar viewmaster quality, but not quite as bad as “The
Phantom Menace,” is “Titanic.” I hate the movie “Titanic,” but I love
the boat. The movie was a horrible romantic film built around a boat
slowly sinking. I used to love James Cameron, but after “Titanic” and
“Avatar,” I am done with the guy. You can see people fall off of a boat
in 3D and people fall in love. I don’t care if people see “Titanic,”
but I really hope nobody sees “The Phantom Menace.”
Haha! The Atlanta Braves learned the hard way when they got sued by the lost city of Atlantis! I always wanted to like Bored To Death, but I didn't watch it enough to allow that to happen. Now I probably never will. Thanks Jake!!
ReplyDeleteBored to Death is great - well, was. Now that it's been cancelled it's credibility went further down then hell and since hell is the most realistically far south one can get that's pretty bad!
ReplyDeleteI saw Tintin with Jake and it was awesome enough to make me forget about that horrible "Star Wars Fartisode 1: The Phantom Poopass" 3-D trailer. BOOOOO!