February 26, 2007

Oscaroids

I watched the Academy Awards off and on tonight.

Some quick thoughts:

1. I wanted Jackie Earle Haley to win.
2. I'm glad Martin Scorsese won.
3. Given the nominees in the category, An Inconvenient Truth was the rightful winner in the Best Documentary category. Unfortunately, this victory will now give Al Gore license to be COMPLETELY smug and annoying, when he was previously only MOSTLY smug and annoying.
4. Melissa Etheridge's song should not have won. Could somebody PLEASE teach her a new chord progression? I'm begging.
5. I would pay money to see Ellen Degeneres. She is funny.
6. I'm not fully convinced Ennio Morricone knew what was going on.
7. My favorite part of the show is always when they pay tribute to the folks that died since the last broadcast. It's the closest thing to sincerity that happens during the entire broadcast.
8. Ari Sandel, who won for Best Live Action Short, gave the best acceptance speech of the evening.
9. It was on odd year for movies.

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July 04, 2006

There's No Way Around It: Nacho Libre is a Terrible Movie

Ugh. Not since The Life Acquatic have I been as flabbergastedly amazed at the unbridled awfulness of a film from a director whose work I otherwise really liked.

Nacho Libre is a trainwreck. The story is weak. The jokes are weak. The music all over the place. There are way too many characters that almost get properly introduced. I couldn't believe I sat though it.

You can argue that Jared Hess was unfairly cruel to his characters in Napoleon Dynamite -- though Pedro DOES wind up school president and Napoleon, Uncle Rico and Kip all the get the girl -- but at least that film was entertaining. Nacho Libre is maddeningly bad. Perhaps the biggest testament to its badness? The fact that tonight, on the eve of the 4th of July (a day that EVERYONE has off from work) only four people were in the theatre.

Also, Jack Black needs to stop doing that "reen-teen-reen-teen-deedle-deedle-doo" fake trumpet crap he does whenever given the opportunity to sing.

Enjoy my $16, Hollywood.

Please shoot me.

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December 10, 2005

Paper Clips

I just finished watching the film, Paper Clips.

If this film doesn't rip your heart out, then you don't have a heart.

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