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Stoker

Kind of funny that I thought a spring break movie would be more disturbing than a Park Chan-Wook movie. But damn is this good. Mia Wasikowsai is one of those actresses that is fascinating in her actions even when her defined character is "be really silent." And I like that the movie doesn't seek a redemptive life for its leads. It's really just a slow examination into a complicated depravity that is pretty skin-crawling. In an entertaining way, of course, but it is still skin-crawling.

Goddamn Fried Green Tomatoes is a good movie. Why did it take me so long to watch it?

Because now you're older and you have more insurance.

I've been wanting to see the movie desperately. Harmony Korine's brand of insanity is totally right up my alley.

I think he's finally harboring that insane potential. With a guy like him, it's either great or totally awful. But a movie like this has some spot-on casting and unlike something like Ken Park (which he only wrote, to be fair) is always visually interesting. So yeah.

Also just realized I watched Skyfall finally. I mean, I don't think there's anything more that I could bring other than I really liked it. Found it interesting I was way more enthralled with the flirtation between Craig and Naomie Harris than by the typical Bond girl that shows up. Also, is Javier Bardem's acting challenge that he can look patently ridiculous yet still be a real unhinged terror on screen? Because he's passing that challenge.

Spring Breakers

I would normally try to numerically quantify a movie, but I don't know if I can here. Someone asked me if it was "good" and I didn't have enough space or time to say "there's insane things happening once every 10 minutes in a movie that also is weirdly dull in some places and the most hilarious thing I've seen in a cinema in others." Especially because I would have to describe the insane things. Ah fuck it, I have spoiler tags. I'll go in order:

- Within five minutes, I'm pretty sure there is about 20 pairs of breasts on screen. I didn't really count, though.

- TWO MINUTES LATER, Jeff Jarrett shows up in flashbacks playing a Christian preacher (wearing Jeff Jarrett-like Affliction shirts) who preaches at Selena Gomez's church.

- Five minutes later, James Franco is in cornrows with a grill rapping literally the most off-beat rap in history. (Oh by the way, there is all kinds of absurd intercuts to ridiculous spring break behavior at this point and basically at every point when Harmony Korine gets bored with his own movie and needs abs, breasts, and asses.

- Also, three of the four girls rob a diner in an intense moment of cognitive dissonance where we only see the driver driving around to Nicki Minaj's "Moment 4 Life."

- Some insane party shit happens, pretty sure it led to Vanessa Hudgens' alleged newfound cocaine habit.

- Midway through the movie, James Franco is almost robbed by the girls and forced to fellate a gun silencer like a penis. This is only funny because they showed the trailer for his next movie beforehand where Danny McBride joked about him sucking off men on a nightly basis.

- Then they rob a group of people to Britney Spears' "Every Time" in a true amazing ridiculous mess of a scene, yet one perfect for the insane logic and tastes of the characters involved.

- The conclusion, where Vanessa Hudgens and Amber Benson kill everyone in their wake including GUCCI MANE but excluding the two women Gucci Mane was around who were exclusively there to have sex with Gucci Mane and then have sex with each other in the shower. So much to read into that if I want to go full-on pretentious.

In short, pretty sure me and Tristy would be the only people who would love the hell out of this movie.

Movie needs more wooden Teddy Dunn acting to be a real VM movie.

God, that show intro would be for a show I would have devoutly loved then. Miss the Sam Raimi show model.

http://blip.tv/the-cinema-snob/i-spit-on-your-grave-part-1-by-the-cinema-snob-6549273

The 200th Cinema Snob is I Spit On Your Grave. It goes crazy.

I missed a lot of movies, but my top 5 would have probably been at least close to what it is if I'd seen more stuff:

1. Haywire

2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower

3. Moonrise Kingdom

4. Indie Game: The Movie

5. Dredd

It's a Disaster -- B+

God, this ruled. If you're a fan of movies like In The Loop that become blazing fast collections of jokes interspersed with pitch black satire, this is it for you. I don't know any other way to describe it without really spoiling much of the movie. Even the posters (and admittedly the title) kind of spoil the action mid-way, although I don't think knowing the plot will affect your enjoyment. It might be worth a re-watch if I view it higher than this, to be honest.

Up to episode seven of season 1 of Homeland. It is dangerously veering towards Walking Dead territory where I sort of watch for where the plot goes but I don't give two shits about anyone involved.

The twist of Carrie fucking Brody comes so out of nowhere that I forgot how uber-obsessive she was early in the season and veers way too into Dexter's weird sudden twists that are fun to see but generally destroy interesting characters.

Then again, people seem to like season 2, so I guess keep watching?

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/1/17/3885652/manti-teo-girlfriend-hoax-twitter

And now it gets weirder. Several tweets claim as far as December 4th that this was a hoax akin to Catfish and seem to lend the idea that perhaps Manti was duped.

Basically a lot of what Fait Accompli's link shows.

Has anyone on here broached the theory that Manti created this terrifying lie because he didn't want to be outed as gay? I'm finding that theory to be doubtful, but are we still that closeted as a sports culture for people to have to go to absurd lengths to do this to avoid the consequences? Unfortunately, that's probably the case especially considering a school like Notre Dame is pretty gross in terms of sweeping sexuality (and thus sex crimes like the Lizzy Seeberg allegations of sexual assault) under the rug.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Yeah, I'm pretty sure she's still a major character in the 80s Dan stuff as well. What a strange romantic life Mr. Jones leads.

I recently saw a couple episodes of Adventure Time. Pretty fun show. And I loved Sherlock! Great show.

Sherlock is quite great. The episode where they introduced Irene Adler is so good that I could even ignore the worst pun in British television history as the big final thing.

Speaking of shows about tits, True Blood. After that wonderful time where everyone was like NUDE ANNA PAQUIN, NUDE LIZZY CAPLAN, I couldn't even imagine anyone even watching it anymore much less considering it a great show.

Yeah, going with the OOTP approach is wonderful. That game gets the mix of fun signings and realism just right. Good on them. Excited.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oar4Zr5q5XM

Don't Trust the B gave us the above clip that is single handedly made by the expressions on the two characters' faces and so it deserves all the praise it gets on here and elsewhere.

On the impetus of GoGo's raves and its placement in the Top 50 TV Shows thread, I've watched up to the third episode of season two of Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. Krysten Ritter is just fantastic and the James Van Der Beek casting is as great in practice as it is in conception.

And like GoGo, I'm a gigantic fan of "Shorty's Got the What What."

Okay, a few slight tweaks to the original data. I have edited the original post with the new download link, but it will also be at the bottom here.

Changed a few WWF, JCP and AWA contracts from Exclusive PPA to Written, as several companies went on a huge hiring spree for the entirety of the first month of the game. Also tweaked a few owner and bookers' preferences to try and cut down on this, as well as tweaking the popularity and available working areas of key wrestlers - one recurring one was that Percy Pringle and Jimmy Hart would always sign with CMLL, which seems ridiculous.

http://www.filedropper.com/skummiverse_2

You mean the Skummiverse wasn't accounting for Percy Pringle's run as Portador del Féretro?

Are DLC wrestlers really almost 400 MB each to install?

It's weird, but no. The download puts 400 MB if you buy one from the pack the wrestler is from, and after that (if you buy the others from the same pack), it's instantaneous.

For GoGo, FM2013 has also went on Steam sale for $20. I've actually purchased a lot since I have Paypal and the Bill Me Later option. Got Sim City 4, The Sims 3 (which I didn't have a copy of on this machine), Galactic Civilizations II, Hotline Miami, and quite a few others. It's not bad for indie game deals for sure, it's just parsing the wheat from the chaff.

Wonderful!

Love Girls. Love Lena Dunham and think her breezy manner of speaking is shockingly sympathetic towards the sort of friends I hang around. They speak like she does: a little frank, a little entitled, but generally fascinating to be around even in their flaws. Err, I mean, SHE HAS TEH WEIGHT AND TEH TATTOOS WHAT A MONSTER.

The CHIKARA roster could use some work; I'm not at home right now, so can't confirm exactly who's on the roster and shouldn't be, or who's missing from the game entirely, but I'll get on that when I get home, and - if I have time - suggest some stats for those who aren't in.

Blaster McMassive and Max Smashmaster probably need to be in the game.