tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.comments2010-07-08T00:08:09.181-07:00The Insomniac Film CriticUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-26948329033681781302010-07-08T00:08:09.181-07:002010-07-08T00:08:09.181-07:00you were, in fact, drunk. i don't know if ther...you were, in fact, drunk. i don't know if there was redbull involved, but you were definitely drunk on a wednesday and i encouraged you. because that's just what friends do.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891080200182770707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-3073572060394886402010-07-07T21:14:02.918-07:002010-07-07T21:14:02.918-07:00PS watching Girl Next Door was the best because I ...PS watching Girl Next Door was the best because I realized I need to style my hair like Elisha Cuthbert and all women in the sex industry need to be 'saved'. <br /><br />but seriously it was the best. i remember kneeling on my chair a lot. was i drinking redbull? or just drunk.messyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268427321900382214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-71232998010605943182010-06-11T14:55:37.392-07:002010-06-11T14:55:37.392-07:00Yeah i am in no way saying that Community started ...Yeah i am in no way saying that Community started reference comedy, and in retrospect i should have at least mentioned Family Guy because that show borderline relies on references, much like Community. And from what i remember about the Simpsons (something i'm not well versed in), there are certainly a lot of references. those two shows often used a lot of visual references to go along with what was being said, whereas Apatow reference comedy is typically strictly verbal. there will be lines like "do you know how i know you're gay? because you like coldplay" or calling somebody with a beard "serpico" while explaining that the only reason you will get laid is because of "eric bana in munich."<br /><br />Community uses both these verbal and visual reference techniques often, but what makes Community different is that they seem to only reference things that Abed could have conceivably seen on television growing up. He's not talking at length about the Raven or Macbeth because those aren't all over TV, outside of in Simpsons reruns. the oldest references i can remember in Community are the Godfather movies and MASH, two things that are still all over TV today. <br /><br />Like the musical theatre references you love so much in Family Guy, I love adoring Ghostbusters references and hilarious reenactments of scenes from action movies. Like you and Little Shop, these are the things I grew up loving, and since Community makes these references constantly, it is, for lack of a better term, my jam. I'm more Abed than a Harvard-educated comedy writer, and that's why Community fits me personally. Community is for those who watched more than they read, and that's why I prefer references to Venkman over Poe.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891080200182770707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-46668003323189577042010-06-11T12:02:17.578-07:002010-06-11T12:02:17.578-07:00Your theory has gotta be right because it's so...Your theory has gotta be right because it's something I brought up about Family Guy and then Brent trumped? me with about (old) Simpsons. Everytime Family guy references, well, in my case 80s music videos or musical theatre which they actually do a lot, Like their 'Little Shop of Horrors' reference! Squee! I always feel like I am somehow more awesome for getting the joke. Like I wanna say 'Hey, Seth MacFarlane. You are pretty cute, but also I JUST GOT THAT JOKE. ME. Let's bang. Giggity.'<br /><br />Brent was like 'WELL EMILY THAT'S OLD NEWS' because in the simpsons they used to do that all the time but with shakespeare and smart things because all the simpsons writers went to harvard. Although to me that's a whole different ball game since it was creating comedy from the apparent disconnect between 'high' and 'low' brow art. Also most modern and postmodern literature is built on references to other literature. But I guess that is probably more 'high' art referencing 'high' art and it's not really usually for jokes but for some kind of important meaning or something.<br /><br />anyways, this referencing has been going on for a bunch of times so that one day in 2010 Abed could just say 'movie reference' and we would all laugh.<br /><br />What was I saying?messyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268427321900382214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-37322025538763238602010-02-10T11:27:57.782-08:002010-02-10T11:27:57.782-08:00fantastic mr. fox is the only one of those that yo...fantastic mr. fox is the only one of those that you missed that you absolutely must see. you'll love it (if only because you're a human being). not that others on that list aren't good, but fox is just glorious.<br /><br />and maya rudolph is a damn good looking lady, if you ask me. although i also find her hilarious, which typically skews my opinions on the lady folk. but without a doubt, her and krasinski were great together.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891080200182770707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-13843498829170451262010-02-10T06:00:53.732-08:002010-02-10T06:00:53.732-08:00I have not been a productive movie buddy :(
I'...I have not been a productive movie buddy :(<br /><br />I've haven't seen Avatar, District 9, Blind Side, The Hurt Locker, An Education, The Road, Fantastic Mister Fox, or 500 Days of Summer.<br />And some of those I really want to see. I never should have moved off the same block as Rainbow. <br />SOME PEOPLE think Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski were weird casting choices. I think they were so awesome together, and I don't think Maya Rudolph looks too old to be attractive and pregnant.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367659281319330176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-89390606648633430142010-02-04T20:12:21.193-08:002010-02-04T20:12:21.193-08:00yeah, we were quite productive movie buddies this ...yeah, we were quite productive movie buddies this year. good work, us! (and oddly enough, i saw all the other favourites of mine from this year by myself!)<br /><br />and i don't remember the score for up, but i haven't seen it since june. i'll listen for it when i inevitably watch it again.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891080200182770707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-92228690955104049872010-02-04T17:36:49.242-08:002010-02-04T17:36:49.242-08:00friendly!
its sweet that we saw...up in the air, ...friendly!<br /><br />its sweet that we saw...up in the air, fantastic mr. fox, brothers bloom, a serious man, away we go and moon together from your list. (also we saw public enemies which is cool, i guess :P )<br /><br />i agree with most of your says, except i loves me the Up! score a lot. although i did just watch it recently so its fresh in my mind.messyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268427321900382214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-59947378572106980672010-01-05T14:48:54.522-08:002010-01-05T14:48:54.522-08:00yessy messy, you are the roommate. once i figure t...yessy messy, you are the roommate. once i figure this whole "layout options" shit out, i'll post a link to your bliggity blog like you did for me.<br /><br />...which is bitofamessfest.blogspot.com for the impatient comment-reading people out there (who probably don't really exist).alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891080200182770707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-89552883523152951182010-01-04T21:50:20.489-08:002010-01-04T21:50:20.489-08:00WAS THAT ME. AM I THE ROOMMATE. if it was you need...WAS THAT ME. AM I THE ROOMMATE. if it was you need to link to my blog plzkthx. etiquette. <br /><br />or was it brent. sometimes i use female pronouns to refer to him. he likes it. <br /><br />since i'm pretty sure it was me....attention all the single ladeeez: this guy is not one to make you listen while he yammers on about 'stats' or..y'know...other sportly phenomenon. he just likes to sit real intense like and watch the game and might ask you politely to repeat yourself if you happened to talk at an inopportune moment. <br /><br />but you better like good movies.messyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268427321900382214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-87782516961147459062010-01-04T11:08:07.657-08:002010-01-04T11:08:07.657-08:001) I absolutely did... And will probably do so aga...1) I absolutely did... And will probably do so again in the future. I won't make it a habit though, promisebeans.<br /><br />2) If anybody who has read previous posts would want to date me, I would be shocked. "Did you read my latest blog post?" is not a good pick-up line.<br /><br />3) Was Vince there? Did he go down wincing halfway through the party and claim he couldn't attend the rest of the party because of the mild pain?alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891080200182770707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-84701526038478317602010-01-04T10:32:14.432-08:002010-01-04T10:32:14.432-08:00I feel like maybe you just took advantage of your ...I feel like maybe you just took advantage of your film blog so you could write about basketball.<br /><br />You aren't doing a good job of selling yourself as a boyfriend. Unless you dated a girl who cared about basketball as much as you. Specifically, the raptors.<br /><br />This one time, I went to a bat mitzvah party in Vince Carter's condo building. It was nice.<br /><br />Go here: http://www.theatred.com/aboutus_regent.htm<br />It was just a cinema when I lived in the neighbourhood, but I guess it doubles as a post-production house these days.<br /><br />There's also the Mt. Pleasant Cinema but it doesn't have its own web site.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367659281319330176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-6334032959184025072010-01-02T17:19:04.646-08:002010-01-02T17:19:04.646-08:00oh...and i didn't get the spanish thing right ...oh...and i didn't get the spanish thing right away. At first I was like "he didn't mention Uno at all" and the "Dos" i thought was "do-s, as in "inception poster : Do!" "all about steve poster: Don't!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-64087775311259221122010-01-02T17:17:32.047-08:002010-01-02T17:17:32.047-08:00Dude...the eating scenes are hilarious. I swear, ...Dude...the eating scenes are hilarious. I swear, you could have dressed him up like Michael Cera in "Year One", and it totally would have fit. <br />ps--from now on i'm leaving "anonymous" comments cuz it won't let me use my google. JEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-54029236520216561622009-12-29T18:58:10.867-08:002009-12-29T18:58:10.867-08:00I thought he sold mattresses.I thought he sold mattresses.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367659281319330176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-29761276374822924202009-12-22T11:32:54.186-08:002009-12-22T11:32:54.186-08:00It made $230 million or something worldwide though...It made $230 million or something worldwide though... it will probably make back its budget, but I don't know if the marketing costs were included in the $500 million figure I read.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891080200182770707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-65809663754620463902009-12-22T08:47:30.629-08:002009-12-22T08:47:30.629-08:00Only $73 million in US box offices. Oops.Only $73 million in US box offices. Oops.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367659281319330176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-65411715301678079582009-12-02T06:28:12.081-08:002009-12-02T06:28:12.081-08:00hahaha I'm so funny! I made you realize that a...hahaha I'm so funny! I made you realize that although I completely understood what you meant, you could have explained Laura Linney's "type" a bit better.<br />Ha!<br />Blog: 0<br />EmmaJenn: 1173Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367659281319330176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-14027595568633500252009-12-01T20:06:28.406-08:002009-12-01T20:06:28.406-08:00Alright, alright, valid point. I guess I should ha...Alright, alright, valid point. I guess I should have said she always plays very much the same type of upper-middle class woman. An intelligent, writer-type who doesn't quite have her shit together... is that better?alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891080200182770707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-7363357329963726462009-12-01T20:01:01.045-08:002009-12-01T20:01:01.045-08:00JE: It has been a couple of years since I last wat...JE: It has been a couple of years since I last watched GWH, and you might be right about the last smile now that I think about it. I maintain that other scene I mentioned is pure gold, though, both on Affleck and Damon's part.<br /><br />And as for Minnie Driver, I hate her. She's just a terrible actress. And I have a giant skull too, so I feel I should be able to make fun of her for that because I'm not in movies.<br /><br />I would not have seen Blind Side even with Ben... he's in plenty of movies I wouldn't see.<br /><br />That's really cool about his blog though, I definitely would have been down for reading that.<br /><br />EmmaJenn Heap: mmmmmmWHATCHA SAY?!!??! I'm offended.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891080200182770707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-72683587085669002982009-12-01T19:43:57.865-08:002009-12-01T19:43:57.865-08:00You were posting every Monday?You were posting every Monday?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367659281319330176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-84666267135729800272009-12-01T19:40:58.124-08:002009-12-01T19:40:58.124-08:00"She does almost always play the 40ish upper-..."She does almost always play the 40ish upper-middle class woman"<br /><br />I hate that!<br />It's like, can you play a teenage upper-middle class boy? But don't even try to portray an elderly upper-middle class hermaphrodite!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367659281319330176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-36464991874030072922009-12-01T17:00:05.244-08:002009-12-01T17:00:05.244-08:00I've never hated Ben Affleck.
Back in the 90s...I've never hated Ben Affleck.<br /><br />Back in the 90s, and you may be too young to remember this, when the internet was just starting out, Ben Affleck had affleck.com. I wouldn't go as far as to say I was addicted to it, but I spent a lot of time there. This was before "Bennifer" of course, when young Ben was just a single guy with time on his hands (sound familiar Alex?). <br /><br />It was cool because it was accessible, and fun to read. I imagine Kevin Smith had something to do with it, given how big into pop culture he is, and I think the sites may have even been linked. But reading it was like reading something your friend wrote. He wrote about his thoughts and his days and it was really cool. Affleck.com doesn't exist anymore. But I remember it.<br /><br />Anyway I have issue with your criticism of Minnie Driver. Is it her fault that her cranial bones fused and meshed the way they did? There's no skull-ectomy you can have to reduce the size of your head. Jodie would be first in line for that surgery if it existed (go ahead and ask him.) If anything, you should marvel at the fact that she overcame her "deformity" and got to be in some pretty cool movies with some pretty cool people. And now she's a mom and enjoying her life. Not everyone can be Zooey you know.<br /><br />Good Will Hunting is a good movie, flaws aside. It's not perfect. But it is good. I disagree with your assessment on the smile at the end. I don't dig that smile, it seems fake and contrived...a "movie moment" as it were. Trying too hard. <br /><br />I agree. Gone Baby Gone...amazing. Heavy. But very very good.<br /><br />Are you saying that if Ben Affleck had been in the Blind Side you would have seen it? I'm just askin....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-27730674675118179282009-11-07T09:52:50.958-08:002009-11-07T09:52:50.958-08:001. I hate people that get awarded for impressions ...1. I hate people that get awarded for impressions that sketch comedians can normally do just as well/better. You are probably aware of this.<br /><br />2. It happens in whatever world Jamie Foxx comes from. Maybe his food is so delicious that his nose gets itchy.<br /><br />3. HAHAHAHAHA. Amazing.<br /><br />4. No comment.alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891080200182770707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571930773462405096.post-17808519403419217132009-11-06T06:56:46.418-08:002009-11-06T06:56:46.418-08:001 - I've seen Wayne Brady do the same portraya...1 - I've seen Wayne Brady do the same portrayal of Ray Charles on Whose Line Is It Anyway in almost every episode.<br /><br />2 - I have never seen anyone rub their nose while chewing... what the fuck? does that actually happen?<br /> <br />3 - maybe YOU are holding your cell phone wrong. You know I'm right. I AM THINKING CLEARLY<br /><br />4 - don't hate on Gs to Gents. That show is amazing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10367659281319330176noreply@blogger.com