Last Friday my stomping ground's school paper published the words "Fuck Bush" in huge letters in the editorial section. Because of my deep hatred for the worst president of all time, I don't see what the big deal is. I guess the word "fuck" seems to ruffle some feathers, but not mine.
In dedication for the greatest expletive of all time, here are the top five films that drop the f-bomb the most.
#5. Jarhead - 2005 - Number of Fucks Spoken: 335. Length: 123 mins. Fucks Per Minute 2.72
-This war drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jaime Foxx might have received mixed reviews due to the fact that it is a war film missing the war, but it is not missing the "f-bomb."
#4. Alpha Dog - 2007 - NFS: 267. Length:118 mins. FPM: 3.11.
While no one wants to see Sharon Stone in a fat suit, the use of "witness numbering" and stellar settings boost this bad drama to a mediocre. Plus, hearing a former mouseketteer say "fuck" over 40 times is pretty entertaining.
#3. Casino - 1995 - NFS: 398. Length: 178 mins. FPM: 2.24.
Sharon Stone in the countdown twice? Never mind that fallen star, Casino is the best film in this countdown. I can guarantee Joe Pesci accounts for more than half of the f-bombs said.
#2. Nil By Mouth - 1997 - NFS: 428. Length:128 mins. FPM: 4.43.
Written and directed by actor Gary Oldman, this movie revolves around a middle-class family living in the industrial district in London. I guess "bloody" doesn't have the same effect anymore.
# 1. Fuck - 2005 - NFS: 824. Length: 93 mins. FPM: 8.86.
This documentary covers the expletives history, origin and social impact with commentaries from actors and comedians. It was dedicated to Hunter Thompson who committed suicide shortly after production wrapped. Far-Fucking Out!
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
When Dave Met His Feminine Side
I have a confession to make. While laying in bed, ready to turn in for the night, I stumbled upon a film I have never seen before. While I am always up for a new film, this one was detrimental to my manhood. Yes ladies and gentlemen, it was When Harry Met Sally.
Okay, let the stones be thrown. For a 22-year-old male to watch this movie from start to finish without a lady friend next to them is completely unacceptable. I get it, I understand. But in my defense, let me offer three reasons why I should get a free pass for this sissy-boy deed.
One, Billy Crystal is a funny guy. Forget that it was a "romantic comedy." Crystal offers a great performance as a depressed city guy and his lines and delivery are spot on.
Two, the cinematography is excellent. The backdrop of New York City in the four seasons is the perfect compliment to the dialogue. From Harry and Sally's stroll through City Park in the fall, from the glitzy New Year's Eve Party, it is a wonderfully shot piece.
Third, the infamous "fake orgasm" scene. Shot in Katz's Deli, an actual restaurant on New York's E. Houston Street, Sally proves to Harry that women are terrific actors. This scene was not in the script and was actually suggested by Meg Ryan. Fun fact: the women who says "I'll have what she's having" is director Rob Reiner's mother.
There you have it, my defense for watching a movie intended for everything but a 22-year-old college student.
Okay, let the stones be thrown. For a 22-year-old male to watch this movie from start to finish without a lady friend next to them is completely unacceptable. I get it, I understand. But in my defense, let me offer three reasons why I should get a free pass for this sissy-boy deed.
One, Billy Crystal is a funny guy. Forget that it was a "romantic comedy." Crystal offers a great performance as a depressed city guy and his lines and delivery are spot on.
Two, the cinematography is excellent. The backdrop of New York City in the four seasons is the perfect compliment to the dialogue. From Harry and Sally's stroll through City Park in the fall, from the glitzy New Year's Eve Party, it is a wonderfully shot piece.
Third, the infamous "fake orgasm" scene. Shot in Katz's Deli, an actual restaurant on New York's E. Houston Street, Sally proves to Harry that women are terrific actors. This scene was not in the script and was actually suggested by Meg Ryan. Fun fact: the women who says "I'll have what she's having" is director Rob Reiner's mother.
There you have it, my defense for watching a movie intended for everything but a 22-year-old college student.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Casting Couch: Part One
This blog will start an ongoing series where I will provide the latest information of new castings. So take a seat on the casting couch and be ready to have your mind blown.
Good news for all the ladies out there. It turns out that The Notebook star Ryan Gosling is the top choice for Batman/Bruce Wayne in the new Justice League film. Other casting rumors have Ryan Reynolds laying The Flash and Smallville's Tom Welling as Superman.
Tobey Maguire and and Jake Gyllenhaal have been cast as brothers in the film, Brothers. The story revolves around one brother who is sent to fight in Afghanistan while the other stays and takes care of his kin's family.
I have been going nuts in anticipation for the Michael Mann produced The Kingdom due out next Friday. One of those reasons happens to be the gorgeous Jennifer Garner, who has just joined the cast of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. This romantic comedy takes a fresh look at Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" and replaces ghosts of Christmas past with you guessed it, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
Part two of this amazing series will be posted shortly.
Good news for all the ladies out there. It turns out that The Notebook star Ryan Gosling is the top choice for Batman/Bruce Wayne in the new Justice League film. Other casting rumors have Ryan Reynolds laying The Flash and Smallville's Tom Welling as Superman.
Tobey Maguire and and Jake Gyllenhaal have been cast as brothers in the film, Brothers. The story revolves around one brother who is sent to fight in Afghanistan while the other stays and takes care of his kin's family.
I have been going nuts in anticipation for the Michael Mann produced The Kingdom due out next Friday. One of those reasons happens to be the gorgeous Jennifer Garner, who has just joined the cast of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. This romantic comedy takes a fresh look at Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" and replaces ghosts of Christmas past with you guessed it, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
Part two of this amazing series will be posted shortly.
Monday, September 17, 2007
Let's Get Serious
As autumn falls upon us we can officially say goodbye to the summer movie season. This year's batch can be summed up in a couple of points.
Deadline Hollywood has created a list of the "don'ts" learned from this summer such as: Don’t forget that Judd Apatow is officially now a mogul (Knocked Up, Superbad), don't make expensive comedies (Evan Almighty, the most expensive comedy ever made bombed), and don't make movies starring Lindsay Lohan.
After a summer's worth of truly terrible sequels (Spider-Man 3), the best sequel of 2007 has to be The Bourne Ultimatum.
Now it is time to switch gears to Oscar season. In the next few months studios will be releasing their dramas that have the gold statue on their mind. Eastern Promises, starring Viggo Mortenson, is out Friday and just coming off a win for the People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival.
Also out soon is The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck.
Speaking of awards, congratulations to The Sopranos and Terry O'Quinn for their Emmy wins last night.
Deadline Hollywood has created a list of the "don'ts" learned from this summer such as: Don’t forget that Judd Apatow is officially now a mogul (Knocked Up, Superbad), don't make expensive comedies (Evan Almighty, the most expensive comedy ever made bombed), and don't make movies starring Lindsay Lohan.
After a summer's worth of truly terrible sequels (Spider-Man 3), the best sequel of 2007 has to be The Bourne Ultimatum.
Now it is time to switch gears to Oscar season. In the next few months studios will be releasing their dramas that have the gold statue on their mind. Eastern Promises, starring Viggo Mortenson, is out Friday and just coming off a win for the People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival.
Also out soon is The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck.
Speaking of awards, congratulations to The Sopranos and Terry O'Quinn for their Emmy wins last night.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Blast From The Past
Nostalgia seems to be the rage in Hollywood. Due to the impending writers strike, companies in the industry are flocking to the idea that original and new creative ventures are not the most financial promising ventures to go on. For instance...
According to The New York Times John Stewart will be returning as host of the Academy Awards. Stewart received mixed reviews for his last outing as ringmaster for Hollywood's shinning award ceremony.
Fight Club can easily be hailed as one of the top films of our generation. Those who witnessed the masterpiece in the theaters can attest to the remarkable acting of Brad Pitt and Ed Norton. Reports claim that the two actors will be acting side by side in the upcoming flick State Of Play, a film that 'revolves around the relationship between a politician (Norton) and a journalist (Pitt) whose friendship is tested by a murder investigation.'
For those of you who are feeling nostalgic about what great television is (Lost), can take solice in the fact that the Symphonic Orchestra of Honolulu is going to play the entire soundtrack of the hit show Lost (by Michael Giacchino) with Terry O'Quinn (John Locke) narrating passages from the hit show.
According to The New York Times John Stewart will be returning as host of the Academy Awards. Stewart received mixed reviews for his last outing as ringmaster for Hollywood's shinning award ceremony.
Fight Club can easily be hailed as one of the top films of our generation. Those who witnessed the masterpiece in the theaters can attest to the remarkable acting of Brad Pitt and Ed Norton. Reports claim that the two actors will be acting side by side in the upcoming flick State Of Play, a film that 'revolves around the relationship between a politician (Norton) and a journalist (Pitt) whose friendship is tested by a murder investigation.'
For those of you who are feeling nostalgic about what great television is (Lost), can take solice in the fact that the Symphonic Orchestra of Honolulu is going to play the entire soundtrack of the hit show Lost (by Michael Giacchino) with Terry O'Quinn (John Locke) narrating passages from the hit show.
Monday, September 10, 2007
I Love The 80's
Hey, remember the 80's? Slap bracelets, Trapper Keepers, and shoes that lit up were all the rage. While these might never comeback into fashion, it seems Hollywood is going into that magical decade for some new films.
SpielberFilms.com is reporting that the official name of the fourth Indiana Jones installment will be "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Harrison Ford will be reprising his role as the adventurer, with Shia LaBeouf (Transformers) and Cate Blanchett (Lord of the Rings) coming along. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has a projected release date of May 22, 2008.
Robert Downey was one of the most celebrated members of the "Brat Pack," until he started hitting the slopes in the middle of July and was in jail more than in films. However, the 42-year-old actor is on a bit of a comeback. Here is the first trailer for his upcoming hero-epic Ironman. Ironman follows Tony Stark, a weapons manufacturer who builds an unstoppable suit to fight crime.
The first Batman movie starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson was released in 1989 and absolutely slayed at the box office. The anticipated sequel to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, has had some photos leaked on the net. Check out Heath Ledger as the Joker here (just scroll down).
SpielberFilms.com is reporting that the official name of the fourth Indiana Jones installment will be "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Harrison Ford will be reprising his role as the adventurer, with Shia LaBeouf (Transformers) and Cate Blanchett (Lord of the Rings) coming along. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull has a projected release date of May 22, 2008.
Robert Downey was one of the most celebrated members of the "Brat Pack," until he started hitting the slopes in the middle of July and was in jail more than in films. However, the 42-year-old actor is on a bit of a comeback. Here is the first trailer for his upcoming hero-epic Ironman. Ironman follows Tony Stark, a weapons manufacturer who builds an unstoppable suit to fight crime.
The first Batman movie starring Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson was released in 1989 and absolutely slayed at the box office. The anticipated sequel to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, has had some photos leaked on the net. Check out Heath Ledger as the Joker here (just scroll down).
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
How The West Was Lost
After watching the heartbreaking defeat my Colorado State Rams took on Saturday morning, I truly thought that the underdog will never win (especially when we throw the chance away). Now that I have washed my tear-soaked pillow cases and burned my ticket stub, I have gotten over the horrendous loss and am ready to move on. In hopes to assist my fellow Rams in their grieving, I have some news on television and movies that have to do with underdogs and their pursuit to defeat their respective goliaths.
Those who enjoyed watching Jason Bourne defeat an entire government agency with pens, dishrags and textbooks in the Bourne trilogy will be thoroughly excited that according to Dark Horizons, Dan Bradley, the stunt coordinator and second unit director of the last two Bourne films has been hired by Sony Pictures to do the same for the next Bond installment. Bradely has also done work for the new Indiana Jones movie as well.
The main editor, "Ari", of The Aspect Ratio has released a script review from the upcoming Speed Racer adaptation. The Wachowski brothers (Bound, Matrix Trilogy) are directing the G-rated flick with Emile Hirsch (Alpha Dog, The Girl Next Door) as Speed, John Goodman and Susan Sarandon as Ma and Pa, Christina Ricci as Trixie, and Matthew Fox (Lost) as Racer X.
Perhaps the show with last TV season's greatest season finale, Lost, might have the greatest off season when it comes to casting. So far J.J. Abrams and company have cast five new 'losties', all seasoned acting veterans. Jeremy Davies (the coward translator in Saving Private Ryan), Ken Leung (The Sopranos), English actress Rebecca Mader, Lance Reddick (The Wire), and Jeff Fahey (The Lawn Mower man) have all crash landed on the mysterious island. My best bet is that Mr. Fahey will be playing the role of 'Jacob' because of this picture. Lost Producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse talked to Entertainment Weekly about their casting.
Our Rams could take a lesson or two from these shows, they might just bounce back and come up with an upset of their own against Cal.
Those who enjoyed watching Jason Bourne defeat an entire government agency with pens, dishrags and textbooks in the Bourne trilogy will be thoroughly excited that according to Dark Horizons, Dan Bradley, the stunt coordinator and second unit director of the last two Bourne films has been hired by Sony Pictures to do the same for the next Bond installment. Bradely has also done work for the new Indiana Jones movie as well.
The main editor, "Ari", of The Aspect Ratio has released a script review from the upcoming Speed Racer adaptation. The Wachowski brothers (Bound, Matrix Trilogy) are directing the G-rated flick with Emile Hirsch (Alpha Dog, The Girl Next Door) as Speed, John Goodman and Susan Sarandon as Ma and Pa, Christina Ricci as Trixie, and Matthew Fox (Lost) as Racer X.
Perhaps the show with last TV season's greatest season finale, Lost, might have the greatest off season when it comes to casting. So far J.J. Abrams and company have cast five new 'losties', all seasoned acting veterans. Jeremy Davies (the coward translator in Saving Private Ryan), Ken Leung (The Sopranos), English actress Rebecca Mader, Lance Reddick (The Wire), and Jeff Fahey (The Lawn Mower man) have all crash landed on the mysterious island. My best bet is that Mr. Fahey will be playing the role of 'Jacob' because of this picture. Lost Producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse talked to Entertainment Weekly about their casting.
Our Rams could take a lesson or two from these shows, they might just bounce back and come up with an upset of their own against Cal.
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