James and I went to see 8 Mile Friday afternoon. Now, it wasn't a bad movie at all, but it wasn't great either. It was simply entertaining. But all these reviews that exclaim how great Eminem is, how great the film is, etc etc are crap. I think they are giving Eminem more credit then some of the other "rap" artists who have forayed into the movie scene...Ice T, DMX, and some others come to mind. In this sense he does deserve higher status as an actor. The part I thought was funny was how all of the other people who rapped had a better natural feel to them. All of Eminem's battle raps seemed forced, slow, and just not as good as the rest. His music is frustratingly catchy, but that is only his studio material. When trying to bust whatever rhyme on the street, he falters in comparison. But another thing that makes him look good is the poor cast assembled around him. Right away the names bring legitimacy to the film, with Kim Bassinger and Mekhi Phifer. However this is a low point in Bassinger's career. She has done nothing of late, her first scene involves her bouncing naked on her disgusting boyfriend, and saying some disturbing lines to Eminem like when she explains to him how her sex life isn't great because the previously mentioned disgusting boyfriend won't go down on her. There was nothing to say she was any good, it's like one of those roles well established actors take to try and show they have more depth, such as when they take their turn playing a mentally retarded person. It's overdone. The only reason she is in this is because the men creating the film won her an academy award in LA Confidential. Mekhi Phifer does alright in his very limited role that doesn't detract away from Eminem. He helps push the movie along at points, but the bulk of his acting involves saying "DJ spin that shit" before each rap battle. The other characters aren't great, although some are funny. Cheddar Bob is the other white guy in Eminem's rap gang. Cracker-ass shot himself in the leg with his mommy's gun. Brittany Murphy has the crackwhore look down. She was aloof most of the movie and she sleeps around. James is still looking for the place where people meet and end up having sex the next day. Basically Eminem appears to be the best actor in a group of mediocre performances. The movie itself is decent enough, as long as you don't care about character development, having an ending, a sex scene between Eminem and Brittany Murphy that was the same caliber as that bad sex scene in Enemy At The Gates, or watching an excessive amount of rap battles that remind me of bad Michael Jackson "dance-offs".

Entertaining movie, possibly worth the $5.50, but definetly overrated.


- posted by Destral at 1:05 PM

Finally a Cordless Xbox controller. Too bad it's a bit pricey.


- posted by Destral at 11:30 PM

You know you want one...



- posted by Destral at 11:09 PM

Ok MTV has sunk even lower.

"Can you tell by a man's feet, the size of his meat?"
"We found 4 guys who were willing to have their peters metered"

Ugh.

I'm sure'll there will be something else even more fucked up to post in a minute.


- posted by Destral at 12:02 AM

What the fuck is wrong with MTV. I was flipping through stations right now when I caught something about woman sticking bottles of coke into their ehem...Apparently there is some misconception that if you have unprotected sex, a woman can take a bottle of coke, shake it up, and stick it up there. The theory is that anything that is strong enough to clean a penny could kill of sperm.

Sweet fucking jesus.
Did they honestly have to show a woman sitting on a toilet, shaking a bottle of coke, and then placing it between her legs?


- posted by Destral at 11:59 PM

I can't believe I forgot about the 2 new Collin Farrel movies, Phone Booth and The Recruit. Unfortunately Phone Booth's release was pushed back because of the sniper situation in D.C. It's not that I am a big Collin Farrel fan, in fact I haven't really liked him in anything, but these movies both look good.


- posted by Destral at 11:45 PM

There are quit a few movies I am anxious to see even though they might not be coming out anytime soon. I was bored early tonight and watched a bunch of trailers. There are the more obvious bunch that I want to see, such as Lord of the Rings, Gangs of New York, and Solaris (even though the TV spot looks like ass). Then there are a few that I've known about for awhile and simply can't wait to see. Dreamcatcher is at the top of that list; it's a movie based on a Stephen King novel starring Damian Lewis who played Winters in Band of Brothers, Jason lee, Morgan Freeman, Tom Sizemore, and Donnie Wahlberg. Catch Me If You Can, Adaption, and Das Experiment (already out, just not sure if it will ever make it to Vegas) are also on that list. While looking through some trailers there were a few new ones that peaked my interest. There is a new Ed Norton movie called 25th Hour, a wierd looking movie called Secretary with Maggie Gyllenhaal, and a movie about a young Hitler with John Cusak called Max.

On the other side, I realized there are some shitty movies coming out...Harry Potter 2, Who's Your Daddy, Darkness Falls, Bowling for Columbine (already out...some people have no shame), and a dozen other crappers.


- posted by Destral at 11:38 PM

Ahahah the UNLV assistant football coach made the front page of MSN.com today under the sport's headlines. Teehee.

James dropped off the Band of Brothers dvd he and the others got me for my birthday. Damn that thing is big when you open it.

Dario Herrera lost. Boohoo. Aahhahahah who's minding the store now? Looks as though the Republicans have ousted those filthy democrats from control of the Senate. Jeb Bush won. Elizabeth Dole won. Walter Mondale might actually lose the Senate seat he was practically given in Minnesota. Grey Davis' margin of victory was much lower then it should have been, paving the way for Ahnold to become governor of California in 2006. The potheads lost. The definition of marriage has been re-affirmed and now Nevada has stricter law to prevent other states from pressing themselves on us.

Unfortunately the tobacco-nazi's still reign...


- posted by Destral at 12:39 AM

Oh shit, and how could I forget the best moment of the evening...

Sam put Kia into a headlock and smashed her forehead into the door as we were leaving Sunset Lanes..."accidentally".

Hheeeeyyyy oo guys. I'm memtary wetawded.


- posted by Destral at 2:14 AM

Tonight was good. Everybody showed up! That is always a plus. Outback was fun, bowling was fun. James was a little bitch and went home because he was tired. We played Xbox. Whacked has a disturbing character, considering it's a cartoonish game that is based loosely on a gameshow, and the character is a nude woman. Don't ask questions...no...don't. We killed alot of sheep in Desert Storm, unfortunately my guy seemed to get the shaft and was left to die both rounds. The new EA Sports NHL 2003 game sucks. It is one of the worst hockey games ever. It's slow, the camera angles are horrible, and the announcing is worse then the 2002 version. It doesn't even support Xbox Live and the game was released this month. It's going to get destroyed by NHL 2k3 which has the cool ESPN Sportscenter look AND Xbox Live support. Shizat.

I can't believe Aaron and James (and whoever else) got me the Band of Brothers DVD. Wasn't really expecting that one...

=)


- posted by Destral at 2:12 AM


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