Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Misplaced In Paraphrase

The most comic thing about pirated DVDs is the painstaking care the pirates go through to create packaging for bootleg DVDs*. Except for one thing. For the newest of new movies, the pirates like to put a movie critic quote on the box. Too bad they don't bother to figure out if the quote is negative or positive. Below are some move quotes. Guess which movie matches which quote. No googling please.

A. "Overly ambitious and too complicated"

B. "Drags the setup scenario out for too long and loses its comical edge in the process"

C. "This charmless comic fantasy is a major disappointment."

D. "Most comedians aim to 'kill' when they hit the stage. XXXX dies, and takes the whole film down with him."

E. "A fine, handsomely crafted adventure film, but not much more."


Movies: Wedding Crashers, Master and Commander, Syriana, Nanny McPhee, looking for Comedy in the Muslim World



* I do not condone the purchase of bootleg dvds, but find nothing wrong with browsing the stores.

Thursday, June 15, 2006

Officer Clay is Like Savoir Faire

That's correct; he's everywhere. Wherever road construction threatens slow-moving motorists without common sense, Officer Clay is eternally vigilant and sometimes with moving arms. Even the local press had to pay respect to the faberge cop:

Officer Clay in the Chinese Paper

Monday, June 05, 2006

Everybody's Doing It!

Everyone's talking about the campy future hit, "Snakes On A Plane." How can I possibly not get involved? Training has begun for Luke to be an extra in the sequel, "Snakes On A Train."