You know me, I'm a huge SNL fan and one of the show's staunchest defenders/apologists. However, the tone of this weekend's show was really off-putting. Between all of the overwhelming violence (three segments ended with death, only one of which was offscreen) and the multiple instances of weirdly positioned "gay" jokes (I think their intent was to be critical of the passing of Prop 8 in CA, but the execution left a lot to be desired), it was the single most bizarre and uncomfortable episode of SNL that I can ever remember watching.
That said, the Armisen/Hader/Rudd sketch was pure brilliance. Anyone know who the "Noah" in "A Movie By Fred, Bill & Noah" is?
In Richard E. Grant's autobiography, he tells all sorts of tales out of school (that's industry talk) about the making of this film. You can read them on the Amazon reader if you don't feel like shelling out twelve American dollars for a copy. Also, Isabella Rosselini was supposed to have the Andie MacDowell part.
No. No! NOOOO! Looks like political comedian Nicholas Fehn has got some competition. You know?
http://www.hulu.com/watch/11386/saturday-night-live-update-nicolas-fehn
I'm nostalgic for conversations I had yesterday. I've begun reminiscing events before they even occur. I'm reminiscing this right now. I can't go to the bar because I've already looked back on it in my memory... and I didn't have a good time.
If you love escalating revenge movies, you have to see The Prestige. Clearly, it's not a comedy, but boy oh boy, that movie is all about who can pull the best revenge-laden bluff. It delivers somethin' fierce.
What a disappointing reveal. I concur with your assessment that the CW "blew their wad" with this one. They had a nation hooked! Well, maybe not a nation, but at least a few bloggers (like me and Linds) were truly interested. Now the only reason to watch the show is to see if Shenae Grimes is ever going to get naked (which, btw, is still a good reason to watch).
This is only tangentially related to the subject at hand, but I think the most disappointing thing about Garfield was the voice actor who portrayed the iconic fat cat in the cartoon series. Honestly, it makes the casting of Zooey Deschanel in "The Happening" look strong by comparison. See what I mean?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42MHq43dLnc
No way Garfield sounds like that. Nuh uh. Also, Faris rules.
Your entire opinion of biopics is bound to change when you see "Flash Of Genius." Because if there is one person that's crying out for a biopic to be made about them, it's the guy who invented the intermittent windshield wiper. Greg Kinnear is a National Treasure (TM).
You guys are all wrong. The candy tastes like violins! Willy Wonka invented the candy that combines the refined tastes of horsehair, spruce wood and varnish. Yummers!
It's funny you mention Samuel Beckett, because he himself kept a journal of ideas that he thought would be funny to the character of Estragon. He save this material for the sequel to "Godot", which he never got around to writing. It's working title? "Waiting For AIDS" ... hilarious (dot com)!
I have always been partial to the one-shot, side-scrolling fight scene from Oldboy, but that's just me.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6836700794359827185
I concur with everyone who thinks that FD2 was one of the best horror movies of the new millenium. But the reason I'm commenting is because of this sentence:
"Mom, this mysterious past isn't going to hide itself."
I come to Videogum for to stay abreast of the exciting and glamorous world of viral videos (where do they get such wonderful viral videos?), but I stay for the turns-of-phrase like this. Bravo.
I love Stoner Movies (yes, the term deserves the capitalization I just bestowed it with) as much as Lindsay, but I didn't think the first "H&K" was anything to write home about. And the sequel looks even worse. I mean, I suppose it was sort of revolutionary in that it gave Asians and Indians a stoner role model to look up to, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the film was actually worthy of legendary status. All of the Stoner Movie aficianados out there need to see Anna Faris in "Smiley Face" ... now THAT is an epic flight of fancy.
Her self-titled disc was nowhere near as awful as the press it got. There's a few gems on that record ("Red Light Fever", "Extraordinary", "Friend Of Mine"); that said, "Somebody's Miracle" was a trainwreck. Can't wait to hear her new stuff, here's hoping she drops the Maroon 5 wannabes that made up her terrible backing band.
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