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Anderson Pooper
I used to like Anderson Cooper until he became Mr. Politically Correct all of a sudden.
Where are we going as a civilization when in 2010 its only taken a seemingly bright, intelligent news anchor on CNN about 40 years to catch up to the phrase "Thats So Gay" and make a big deal out of it?
Thats exactly what Anderson Cooper is doing with the new Vince Vaughn movie The Dilemma.
Vince Vaughn drops the word "gay" in the trailer and Anderson Cooper has his panties in a knot. And now of course, in case we didn't know Anderson Cooper is So GAY. Here is the trailer if you haven't seen it: Did you catch what has got Cooper crapping his pants? What is sad is that Vaughn's character describes the context in which he uses the word which is not in terms of the sexual orientation. Even if it was, who cares? How many times have we heard that word used in that context in the last 40 years or so in pop culture and talking in casual conversations? Here is my take on the trailer: A) Its a movie, you don't like the word in the movie, don't go to the movie, but gay is used all over TV, its not a harmful word even if used to refer to individuals who are gay. Hardly a word worth getting sensitive about. B) If you are offended about the trailer, have you not seen every other potentially offensive movie that has come out over the last half century? This is not the first time this word has been used on TV and there have been far worse offenders of this "Slur" Anderson Cooper has covered so many important, intellectual stories that honestly I never thought of him as gay or anything, but now that hes brought it up, Anderson, I have lost all respect for you, you have joined those who have way too much time on their hands and take political correctness to a level that is far too much to handle or understand. Anderson Cooper, you are SOO Gay.Category: Movies
160 Arnold Quotes
Since I can remember I have always been a big Arnold Schwarzenegger fan, I stumbled across this today on Youtube, yes I know, I wasn't going to use that site anymore, well at least not for music videos.
This was too good to pass up, 160 of Arnold's movie quotes, it seems like more but I think they counted the repeats as one.....Enjoy!
In the comment section, leave your favorites....Category: Movies
My Top Five Arnie Movies
Here are my top 5 Arnie movies in no particular order:
1. Predator- This film was loaded with studs including Jesse Ventura, the trailer doesn't do the movie justice by any means. 2. Running Man: More muscle heads and Richard Dawson was just awesome as Killian 3. Commando: Arnie kills everyone with a plane full of weapons, full of one liners. Not to mention Nick from Cheers and Alyssa Milano. 4. Totall Recall: "Get your ass to Mars" 5. Red Heat: Belushi for me gets this movie into my top five. The chemistry between him and Arnie was really good in this movie Sorry Terminator fans, they are not on my top 5 list. The first Terminator would have been my 6th pick if that makes anyone feel better.Category: Movies
Only The Original
Im all for remakes if they are done right, however some movies and songs for that matter just shouldn't be messed with. The Karate Kid is one of those movies that should be left alone.
I don't care what the hype is or how good people going to see it "think" it is, it will never do justice to the original Karate Kid:
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Capitalism: A Love Story, Moore Ties Them All Together
I watched the latest Michael Moore documentary yesterday, Capitalism: A Love Story and after watching it, it was Michael's best work thus far, it was the most challenging to him and to his viewers, but if you get your head around the bashing of the capitalistic system and stopped and listened instead of assuming that if not capitalism then he must be pushing socialism, you got a movie that ties in everything he has done in his career.
It summed up everything he has tried to do since his first documentary Roger and Me. The roots of this mess go back to Reagan who every conservative seemed to worship, and the debate over universal healthcare and fair wages go back to FDR and the new deal which was a great deal but most republicans forget that.
My favorite part of the movie was a scene featuring FDR introducing his "2nd Bill of Rights". Perhaps if he had lived a few years longer we would have seen that come to fruition and the landscape of this country would be much, much different, and much much better. Most importantly, FDR would have had us on the way to universal healthcare.
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Bill Murray is on Board, But Still, Please Don't Suck
We are counting on you Dan Aykroyd, with the announcement official, there will be a Ghostbusters III with Bill Murray, please be a good script.
Besides having one of the greatest opening scenes of all time the first Ghostbusters was one of the funniest movies of all time, yet it had a plot you could sink your teeth into and had the edgy-ness we all had come to expect from Bill Murray and Aykroyd back in the day.
Please for the love of all that is good, do not continue the trend set by GB II which was clearly headed into the toilet. If this movie is officially being done like I saw today, please don't let it suck or it will ruin a great thing that should have been left alone.
The Opening scene from Ghostbusters:Category: Movies
Running Scared: The Original Lethal Weapon
Running Scared featuring Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines was the original "Lethal Weapon". It was released in 1986, one year before Mel Gibson and Danny Glover teamed up.
If not for Gregory Hines passing there would have been a sequel to it as well. One of the most underrated movies of the 80's, quite possibly of all time:
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How About a Tax Break For NY Residents?
I saw this article this morning and it really got me burning up inside about this friggin state. Apparently NY State thinks enough of OUT OF TOWN flim makers to give them up to 30% tax credits to make their movies throughout NY.
Most of the projects go to down state obviously but there are more and more projects finding their way up here towards Western New York.
Stars such as Keanu Reeves (if you choose to call him a star) in Buffalo, Denzel Washington in Olean, Matt Mesler in Buffalo for Nicholas of Myra: The Story of St. Nicholas (what Buffalo has to do with that I have no idea), Angelina Jolie in Albany, Will Ferrell also in Albany......the list goes on blah blah blah, we all get the point. Hollywood is coming to NY.
So fucking what! Its on the taxpayers backs. Out of town film crews/movie stars with bloated Hollywood budgets come here and get tax credits? How about us?
In the meantime the people who make the state run, the residents, get hit with hidden utility fees/taxes, $25 cash grab by the state for new license plates next year because we are broke, all sorts of other new DMV fees, taxes and other shit laid on the backs of residents of this state.
If the state is broke, why are we going out of our way to give 30% tax credits to rich Hollywood filmcrews and movie stars? Because it will help the states economy? Bull crap, how many of us are getting checks signed by Hollywood studios for any of these movies?
This state has it all screwed up which should come as no surprise, its consistent with how its been and where its been going. This state could give a crap about middle class citizens in this state and these tax credits are just a small piece that they try to put a positive spin on it, yet its a big steamy pile of crap.
