Things I Thunk

Since Zack & Miri Make A Porno is on, I thought this would be the perfect time to stick my face in the computer and ignore it. Some thoughts:

- The time has come . . . I'm getting glasses. This should go great with my baldness and braces. Ah well.... At least I have these skin tags and moles to fall back on.

-  Obama's recent speech called for a new era of compassion and civility in American discourse. Seeing as how we as a people are too lazy and inconsiderate to even use turn signals, I remain dubious. Besides, the word "civility" sounds GAYYYYYY

-  I think the best anti-pot campaign poster would be a blown-up print of Kevin Smith's IMDB page. Zack & Miri is one of Kevin Smith's better films (think on THAT for a second), and it's the same dumb crap. It thinks that it's "dirty but smart," but it doesn't feel that smart, either. For some reason, Smith's idea of "maturing" as a filmmaker involves throwing in generic romantic comedy elements in between the dick jokes. His films are all likable enough, and he tells good stories offscreen, but I just don't care.

That said, in Kevin's defense, Zack & Miri was WAY better than Youth In Revolt. I think? The only memory I have of that movie is that it was bad.

-  I read about James Cameron complaining that there's a story crisis in Hollywood. On one hand, I agree with him: I'm so tired of sequels and remakes and films "inspired by the video game." The lack of originality is almost depressing. On the other hand, I thought Avatar was like every Hollywood movie I've ever seen, only shinier, so I dunno.

The bad-to-good ratio with movies has always been about 10-to-1. The thing about the old days is that they were able to make craploads of movies. Most sucked; some were awesome.  Unfortunately, now that each Hollywood movie tends to cost the GDP of Tonga, the quality pool has never been thinner. It's frustrating, but look at it this way: The moviegoing experience is an overpriced nightmare, and there are TONS of old movies that are worth catching up on at home. Speak with your wallets, and use those wallets to buy all of Hollywood's old stuff!  THAT'LL SHOW 'EM!

My point is, check out John Carpenter's The Thing sometime.

The Thing (Collector's Edition)