Catchy title huh? Darn tooting it is.
People always tell me I have a penchant for catching the pecuilar. No, that's not a STD joke, but I always look at things different then people.
I guess you could say I'm weird like that.
Either way, I've been noticing something lately that has beginning to irk me.
You know that saying, "Nice guys finish last"? Well for the longest time I thought that had only one meaning: that the jerky jock would always rule the day.
But maybe there's more to it. It seems to me that gentlemen are suckers. Every. Time.
Think about it. You go on a date and its up the guy to do everything from getting creative with the entertainment to bank rolling the whole affair.
That's fine for all intent and purpose. But when does it change? How many times have the men of this world found themselves always paying for everything in a relationship past the opening courtship?
These aren't the 20s 30s or 50s. Women work just as hard as men do so why then has the culture of a man doing all the supporting not changed with all this newfound womens independence?
Sure some of the answers could be childish and obvious, but I'm looking deeper here. Have we always been blind to this or do most nice guys just not care?
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
World cup and movie times
Sorry this one is week or so dated and gives a way a lot of spoilers. If you haven't seen Toy Story 3, the Book of Eli, or you have Tivo'd the entire World cup to watch when you have the time, then maybe divert your eyes until you've got the time.
World cup and movie times
So I had a rough day yesterday emotionally as I not only found out team usa lost their round in the world cup, but watched toy story at the same time.
To be fair, I'm glad I missed the soccer... sorry football match because at least I knew what I was in store for with toy story... or so I thought.
As always pixar hit another homerun out of the park. I'm to the point of believing these people can do no wrong.
What I wasn't expecting was the tragic finality of the movie. This was and will be the final movie and unlike the previous two, this one falls in the tail-end of their owner, andy's, life.
It was just sad and nostalgic to see what happens to our toys as we grow older and further apart.
I mean they didn't even have RC, etch a sketch, or bo peep in the last film at all. I mean bo peep? How are you going to do that to Woody pixar?
Regardless pixar played on the heartstrings relentlessly during the movie and while the ending was about the most positive one possible, it still made you feel horribly sad.
Thanks pixar for taking a play out of nicholas sparks' playbook. Jerks.
On top of that I rented movies from blockbuster last night. It was rough because I refuse to ever use a redbox but at the same time I felt like some soldier who lost the good fight and was living in an occupied country.
One thing I thought was really funny was that once hollywood video shut down, blockbuster suddenly reverted to having late fees. It just shows me what's in store for us as consumers if netflix ends up being the only kid left on the block. I see customers no longer enjoying the freedom of "unlimited" but measured increment fees like 1 dollar instant downloads.
The sad thing? No one will be able to stop them because as consumers, we did it to ourselves. I've heard of it labeled as the wal-mart effect (that business model where wal-mart comes in and destroys competition with ridiculous pricing) and we fall prey to it all the time.
Oh well. Lucky for me I learned about digital piracy a long time ago.
Still, my choices didn't leave me disappointed. Youth in Revolt was pretty much what every other Michael Cera film is, a loosely themed and irregular paced forum for Michael Cera to drop sarcasm and rhetorical and often redundant rethorts.
Don't get me wrong, I love the Cera, but his films are becoming a bit to predictable as well as the characters he plays.
The other choice was the Book of Eli. The movie was fun, if not simple. It was filmed like a 300 version of Mad Max and its vagueness left me with this numb feeling and a lot of questions.
There's nothing wrong with that as I often complain about movies having to cookie cutter out the entire explanation of a movie, but I really need an understanding of the M. Night Shamalyn twist of Denzel's character being blind. It almost makes me want to rewatch it.
Complaints aside, twas fun.
Ciao.
World cup and movie times
So I had a rough day yesterday emotionally as I not only found out team usa lost their round in the world cup, but watched toy story at the same time.
To be fair, I'm glad I missed the soccer... sorry football match because at least I knew what I was in store for with toy story... or so I thought.
As always pixar hit another homerun out of the park. I'm to the point of believing these people can do no wrong.
What I wasn't expecting was the tragic finality of the movie. This was and will be the final movie and unlike the previous two, this one falls in the tail-end of their owner, andy's, life.
It was just sad and nostalgic to see what happens to our toys as we grow older and further apart.
I mean they didn't even have RC, etch a sketch, or bo peep in the last film at all. I mean bo peep? How are you going to do that to Woody pixar?
Regardless pixar played on the heartstrings relentlessly during the movie and while the ending was about the most positive one possible, it still made you feel horribly sad.
Thanks pixar for taking a play out of nicholas sparks' playbook. Jerks.
On top of that I rented movies from blockbuster last night. It was rough because I refuse to ever use a redbox but at the same time I felt like some soldier who lost the good fight and was living in an occupied country.
One thing I thought was really funny was that once hollywood video shut down, blockbuster suddenly reverted to having late fees. It just shows me what's in store for us as consumers if netflix ends up being the only kid left on the block. I see customers no longer enjoying the freedom of "unlimited" but measured increment fees like 1 dollar instant downloads.
The sad thing? No one will be able to stop them because as consumers, we did it to ourselves. I've heard of it labeled as the wal-mart effect (that business model where wal-mart comes in and destroys competition with ridiculous pricing) and we fall prey to it all the time.
Oh well. Lucky for me I learned about digital piracy a long time ago.
Still, my choices didn't leave me disappointed. Youth in Revolt was pretty much what every other Michael Cera film is, a loosely themed and irregular paced forum for Michael Cera to drop sarcasm and rhetorical and often redundant rethorts.
Don't get me wrong, I love the Cera, but his films are becoming a bit to predictable as well as the characters he plays.
The other choice was the Book of Eli. The movie was fun, if not simple. It was filmed like a 300 version of Mad Max and its vagueness left me with this numb feeling and a lot of questions.
There's nothing wrong with that as I often complain about movies having to cookie cutter out the entire explanation of a movie, but I really need an understanding of the M. Night Shamalyn twist of Denzel's character being blind. It almost makes me want to rewatch it.
Complaints aside, twas fun.
Ciao.
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