I Am The Ultimate Warrior

Don't judge me when you read this. But when i was a young lad i really enjoyed watching wrestling. Not that fake high school crap, i mean real professional wrestling, with real atheletes who built their muscles by weightlifting not with steroids like stupid baseball players. It was awesome. There was this wrestler named The Ultimate Warrior. He was awesome and nearly unbeatable. Back in the day they used to do these little promo spots for themselves backstage. Now i am pretty sure when i was a kid i understood every word this guy said. Which blows my mind now. After a tip from a game crazy employee that i should youtube him and watch his promos, i can't figure out what this dude was ever talking about. Everybody needs to watch his promo's on youtube. Seriously, they are hysterical. He goes on tangents about planes and taking the controls and the pilots who have already committed to destiny, and looking at hulk hogan and seeing walls......??? I don't know. Just the way he says "Hulk Hogan" is worth the time. And he says it after everyword, all the time. Somebody on youtube nailed it when they named their video "Ho Kogan." It's funny because it's true.

One movie, two movie, three movie, blue

Ok people. I feel like i have to write this on this blog because if i wrote it on my movie blog nobody would see it, and then you would all miss out on the journey. I have finished my annual re-editing of my top 100 movies list. It is finished. And this year it has many new additions and a lot of things have changed places. I am way happier with my list this year than i was last year, and this list actually feels 100% correct. So, this is obviously going on my movie blog, but (thanks to both nic and jesse) I have decided to do something awesome. I am going to post them on my blog one at a time everyday for 100 days! A 100 day countdown. And they are going to be accompanied by a video clip! That's the best freaking part!!!! And don't worry, i am only going to pick clips that aren't vulgar and bad. They will all be clean....or as clean as possible. This is starting on March 1st (that's sunday, jake). So go to my blog everyday and you will see the next movie and a video clip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Smallville

I don't know if anyone out there watches Smallville like me, but I thought I would talk about some funny stuff I've noticed about the show. If you don't know, it's in its 8th season, but I'm still catching up. I'm about half way through season 7.

There are things that happen in almost every episode of Smallville. Here are some of them:

1. a car blows up
2. the entire cast almost dies
3. the good guys have proof that Lex is evil
4. the proof is destroyed
5. a minor character finds out Clark has powers
6. that minor character dies
7. Lex is thrown through a glass table
8. everyone is knocked unconscious just as Clark uses his powers to save their lives
9. Clark confronts Lex about being evil
10. Lex lies
11. we see Lois Lane cleavage
12. one of the "good" characters does something that could be described as "evil," but then we find out that it wasn't evil, it was to protect someone, or save someone, or punish Lex
13. Lois eavesdrops and/or trespasses on Lex and he finds out about it.
14. Clark runs into Kryptonite at exactly the wrong moment and almost dies.
And finally, the funniest thing that happens in EVERY episode of Smallville:
15. the camera lingers too long on someone's face before cutting to the next scene.

That's all I can think of right now.

Watchmen

Two days ago I purchased and started reading the graphic novel 'Watchmen.' It is considered the greatest graphic novel ever written and is on Time magazines 100 best novels. I see why. The first page pulls you in. It is truly fantastic. As those who know me, know that i am not an avid reader. I personally have nothing against books, I just don't have the attention span. But i think graphic novels are my calling. I always thought if books had more pictures i would read them. I know that sounds absurd and immature, but seriously my attention span calls for those kind of distractions. Jesse and I tried to read our x-men comic book once and we just couldn't do it. The dialogue is so freakin cheesy and lame. I don't know if it holds true for all graphic novels but the writing in 'Watchmen' is good and not cheesy. Plus i like looking at the bloody pictures when people get beat up. I would highly recommend this to everybody, well almost everybody. It is a fantastic read, so for those of you that don't have the attention span or the patience to read (jake), this is the novel for you. Plus, the movie comes out next friday and it looks freaking awesome. Read it. I think you will like it.

Justin's new movie blog

I guess now my movie blog is officially up and running now that I have made my first post. It is my 2008 justademy awards. If you are interested go check it out. It is the only thing on there so far but i will constantly update it. I have all kinds of fun and ridiculous plans for it. The site is www.justinatthemovies.ibetts.net. Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JESSE'S NEW SITE, UP AND RUNNING!

So, everyone, please check it out. My new site is at

jesse.ibetts.net

and it is all my "stuff." If you want to see some Jesse art and read some Jesse lit, this is the place for it. If anyone has a problem viewing it, please let me know.

Justin's goatee is safe, much to my dismay.

So, I seriously tricked myself into thinking that the Academy was going to give Best Picture to "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." As most of you know already, I love this movie. I think it is pretty much the best thing ever. It is one of my favorite movies of all time, not just of this year. It's beautiful, subtle, and filled with genuine emotion. It makes me very sad that it was overlooked. It also makes me sad that Brad Pitt's performance in this movie was overlooked. It seemed as if he wasn't even a contender; all the experts were saying that Best Actor was between Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke. It is my opinion that Brad Pitt's performance was the most challenging of the year (Mickey Rourke's being a close second) and he did it so flawlessly and subtely that no one even noticed. He is such an amazing actor. Justin thinks that the reason he isn't taken seriously as an actor is because he's considered a sex symbol. If Justin's right, that's a shame. He thinks it's the same for Angelina Jolie. This year, in "Changeling," she proved that she is very talented, and that she can be incredibly understated. In my opinion, she was competely cheated this year. Her performance was so incredible; one of the best female acting performances ever, and again, it doesn't even seem like she was in the running. All this fuss over Kate Winslet and Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. I know it's silly that I am so invested in these opinions, but I am. I was so disappointed last night. Justin and I talked about it and decided that next year, we're not going to see all the movies, we're not going to get invested, we're not going to have expectations, and I think it will be a lot funner that way.