Snow Day Video Constitutional

Thanks, Epic Meal Time, for actually making something rather than just throwing shit together in a pot. Also, SHOTS IN A SPIDER-MAN SHOOTER!!! Also also, I forgot a few other videos. I've been busy. Side note, I bet the shits these guys take are epic in and of themselves.









Eastbound and Down is coming back! Kenny Fucking Powers!



David Cross is awesome. I keep meaning to watch The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, but I haven't seen past the first episode. Here he is on Conan setting up a clip from the current season.



In case you weren't aware or it just slipped your mind...GET IN THE CORNER! TIME OUT FOR YOU! Justified comes back next week. Me am have happies.





Here's your Foo Fighters video of the week. It's a live version of Arlandria from the iTunes festival last year in London. "And when you said I couldn't give you enough, I started giving you up."



Out of all the Shit People Say videos, Shit Nobody Says might be my favorite.



This guy was infected by the music. Or maybe the flu. Quite possibly too many chalupas. Either way, he's dedicated.



This Lion King/Dark Knight Rises mash-up works surprisingly well.



I do believe I must see the new Wes Anderson movie. Would you like to see it, too?



Friends with Kids looks like a delightful, safe little movie that I'll thoroughly enjoy when it's available for streaming on Netflix...or when I have a free Redbox rental.

I now want to see all of the movies referenced in this noggin 'sploding super cut.



Also, in case you've forgotten: When I can remember to add this to the bottom of my posts, I’m going to whore myself out with an impassioned plea: click on the ads. PLEASE click on the ads. I don’t care if you exit out of it immediately or actually look around. This isn’t some professional blog where I believe in the products I’m shilling. These are automatic ads placed by Google. But when you click ads, I get a little bit of money, and as a single father of three, every penny from every source helps...especially with Christmas bills here and an unsure/shaky work situation. So I’m going to keep this tiny bit of begging at the bottom of my posts, and I hope you’ll take an extra 10 seconds after reading my blog to click on an ad. The only thing it costs you is time. :) Thanks so much!

What You Should Have Seen #11

This movie is a little bit under the radar, and its quality just kind of sneaks up on you. It shouldn’t though. Look at the cast list: Ed Norton, Susan Sarandon, Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother Where Art Thou), Ty Burrell (Modern Family), Melanie Lynskey (Two and a Half Men…don’t hold that against her, though), Keri Russell, Maggie Siff (Sons of Anarchy), Richard Dreyfuss and Ed Norton. No, I didn’t mistakenly list him twice. That’s the gimmick of this movie. Norton plays two different characters. It’s kind of awesome.

The movie’s a bit odd in that it seems like two different movies. The first half gives us our quirky premise as well as a somewhat touching look at a guy returning home after a self-imposed exile. The guy escapes what he thinks is a stifling life in a small Oklahoma town outside of Tulsa. I’ve seen the first half of this movie expanded and retold a countless number of times. It’s a bit of a clichéd story.

But the cliché ends in the second half when the movie takes a bit of a dark turn. There’s murder. There’s deception. There’s heartache and tragedy. What could have been a heart-warming little comedy just becomes sad. I don’t know anything about classical philosophy, but I’d like to think that this would parallel something that Bill Kincaid (Norton’s straight-laced character) would have written about or taught in one of his classes.

I liked the movie. The bit in the middle when the tone changed threw me for a bit of a loop, but I still liked it.

The Incredible Hulk (Movie Review)

I didn’t think the previous movie was a travesty, but I didn’t think it was all that great. It was just a little too cerebral for a Hulk movie. You see a movie about the Hulk, you want to see him beating the crap out of things. A lot of things.

I like that this isn’t an origin movie. We get the gist of what happened during the opening credits. In movies like Iron Man, Batman Begins or Spider-Man, an origin story is necessary for the first movie. It’s not just a transformation. Things have to be built, things like costumes, boot jets, capes, etc. For me, a lot of enjoyment from those movies was seeing bits and pieces of things become the final product, and the trial and error moments are usually rife with comedic potential. With the Hulk, Banner just turns into a giant monster. There’s nothing to build, no costumes to create, nothing. So let’s get past the origin as quickly as possible and get to the action.

I like the little things. He watches Sesame Street to learn Portuguese. He’s learning how to control his anger by learning how to control his breathing. He’s a physicist who works as a janitor in a bottling factory. "Don’t make me hungry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m hungry." Good stuff, and not the only nod to the TV show. The first time Banner Hulks out, the shot of his face reminds us of Bill Bixby, and we even get the walking music. And let’s not forget Lou Ferigno’s cameo.

And we’re staying a bit true to the comics, too, what with the anonymous "conversations" between Misters Blue and Green. Nice touch there for the fans, especially if Mr. Blue turns out to be the same person. Oh, and the purple pants! Heh, purple pants indeed. You want another Easter egg for the comic fans? Okay, one of the college students who gets video of the Hulk fighting the military on campus is named Jim Wilson, who is one of the Hulk’s best friends in the comic.

Stan Lee’s cameo this time was very obvious and probably the longest bit he’s had in a Marvel movie. Good for him.

I think Ed Norton and Tim Roth were well cast. I like that Blonsky (Roth) was more of a super soldier before becoming the Abomination. And he was bad ass as a super solder. His arrogance as he stood up to the Hulk was just so ballsy that you almost expected him to have half a chance...that is until the Hulk kicked him into a tree.

I liked Blonsky’s transformation from a soldier to a monster, plus the introduction of Dr. Sterns and the obvious villain for the sequel...if they decide to make one, that is. And Mr. Blue didn’t end up being his comic book counterpart, but there were a few more moments that made me geek out a bit: Hulk putting the fire out with a clap of his hands, Hulk stomping the ground with a foot, thus cracking the street all the way to the Abomination, and of course, "Hulk smash!"

Although I wasn’t as against the last Hulk movie as a lot of comic book purists were, this movie was greater by leaps and bounds. I’ve heard mixed rumors regarding a possible sequel, but I think it would be a shame if Dr. Sterns’ character wasn’t followed up on. If you like action movies with monsters fighting and causing a lot of property damage, then this is the movie for you.

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