Lost In Space

Driving to New Hampshire tonight. The odds of finding the island on Lost: highly unlikely.


I need to find something to do [besides re-watching Lost] until the season premiere.

OH - I have an idea: how about stare at this little countdown clock?



Done and done.

[And it might be in the wrong time zone. Meh.]

Funny Things I Think Are Funny [5]

AWKWARD EDITION!

Well, with the title of this blog I think it makes sense.

See more funny videos and TBT Videos at Today's Big Thing.

Also, something I wrote about the NBC Conan/Leno shenanigans: http://perspicacity1.com/2010/1/15.html

Funny Things I Think Are Funny [4]

If you don't laugh, giggle, snort or chuckle at this, well, then you are the devil.

Funny Things I Think Are Funny [3]

It's about time Saturday Night Live started getting funny again.

Most hip young people I talk to don't like the MacGruber sketches, and now that there is talk of a movie in the works, they better sell the shit out of it. Look at the cast! Shit. You go Will Forte.

Here is the latest MacGruber sketch - I laughed out loud a plethora of times.

Funny Things I Think Are Funny [2]

Hip cool pop culture reference!

Funny video below ... I'm pretty sure it's a tad bit better if you've seen the flick.

Is this in poor taste? Most definitely. But totally worth it.

Also have to find a way where the video does not block the right side of the blog.

HORSEYS!

Funny Things I Think Are Funny [1]

Yup. You guessed it. I post things that I think are funny. Pretty self-explanatory if you ask me. Today's installment: a youtube video.



Enjoy.

Do The Golden Globes Really Count?

Well, no, not really. {Kind of.} They exist to hold us off until The Oscars. Award Shows - why do we care? Why do we watch them? To see which blabbers are cut off by classy music? To see if Tilda Swinton comes out of her human shell [we all know she is an alien.] Jeez, why is the red carpet ceremony so long? I know I don't care about it. Who is wearing what animal that was labored for over 16 and a half hours by migrant slave children? How many migrant slave children died whilst making YOUR dress?

Why are they smiling? Angelina's dress is not made yet and their hands are not even bleeding!

I'll be watching for one reason: Ricky Gervais is hosting. [Don't believe me? Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TJBzcP3Q6g] He is funny - he will probably veer away from the teleprompter a few times - nothing unusual. The winners don't really matter. It's all about DVD sales and shiny gold and silver stickers that say "Golden Globe Nominee" or "Oscar Winner" or something. Money and Hollywood politics. That's pretty much it.

Shiny Paperweight. That's all it is.

I am watching though, so why not make a predictions list? It shall keep me busy and we can all see just how bad I am at guessing at things like this. I'll post how many I got right after the show, you know, if I didn't do that poorly. It's divided up into 2 categories: [1] The one I WANT to win & [2] The one I THINK will win. It's cool when they turn out to be the same. [When this occurs, it will be in BLUE.] I'll let you know when I'm guessing aka just plain bullshitting. [Look for the color brown. Bullshit, get it?] I took out a few categories I knew nothing about. Here we go. Enjoy:

Sorry about the caps - I'm a lazy copier and paster.

1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

a. AVATAR
b. THE HURT LOCKER
c. INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
d. PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL PUSH BY SAPPHIRE
e. UP IN THE AIR

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

a. EMILY BLUNT [THE YOUNG VICTORIA]
b. SANDRA BULLOCK [THE BLIND SIDE]
c. HELEN MIRREN [THE LAST STATION]
d. CAREY MULLIGAN [AN EDUCATION]
e. GABOUREY SIDIBE [PRECIOUS]

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

a. JEFF BRIDGES [CRAZY HEART]
b. GEORGE CLOONEY [UP IN THE AIR]
c. COLIN FIRTH [A SINGLE MAN]
d. MORGAN FREEMAN [INVICTUS]
e. TOBEY MAGUIRE [BROTHERS]

4. BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. (500) DAYS OF SUMMER
b. THE HANGOVER
c. IT’S COMPLICATED
d. JULIE & JULIA
e. NINE

5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. SANDRA BULLOCK [THE PROPOSAL]
b. MARION COTILLARD [NINE]
c. JULIA ROBERTS [DUPLICITY]
d. MERYL STREEP [IT’S COMPLICATED]
e. MERYL STREEP [JULIE & JULIA]

6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. MATT DAMON [THE INFORMANT!]
b. DANIEL DAY-LEWIS [NINE]
c. ROBERT DOWNEY JR [SHERLOCK HOLMES]
d. JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT [(500) DAYS OF SUMMER]
e. MICHAEL STUHLBARG [A SERIOUS MAN]

7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

a. CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
b. CORALINE
c. FANTASTIC MR. FOX
d. THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG
e. UP

9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

a. PENÉLOPE CRUZ [NINE]
b. VERA FARMIGA [UP IN THE AIR]
c. ANNA KENDRICK [UP IN THE AIR]
d. MO’NIQUE [PRECIOUS]
e. JULIANNE MOORE [A SINGLE MAN]

10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

a. MATT DAMON [INVICTUS]
b. WOODY HARRELSON [THE MESSENGER]
c. CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER [THE LAST STATION]
d. STANLEY TUCCI [THE LOVELY BONES]
e. CHRISTOPH WALTZ [INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS]

11. BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

a. KATHRYN BIGELOW [THE HURT LOCKER]
b. JAMES CAMERON [AVATAR]
c. CLINT EASTWOOD [INVICTUS]
d. JASON REITMAN [UP IN THE AIR]
e. QUENTIN TARANTINO [INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS]

12. BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

a. NEILL BLOMKAMP, TERRI TATCHELL[ DISTRICT 9]
b. MARK BOAL [THE HURT LOCKER]
c. NANCY MEYERS [IT'S COMPLICATED]
d. JASON REITMAN, SHELDON TURNER [UP IN THE AIR]
e. QUENTIN TARANTINO [INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS]

15. BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

a. BIG LOVE (HBO)
b. DEXTER (SHOWTIME)
c. HOUSE (FOX)
d. MAD MEN (AMC)
e. TRUE BLOOD (HBO)

16. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

a. GLENN CLOSE [DAMAGES]
b. JANUARY JONES [MAD MEN]
c. JULIANNA MARGULIES [THE GOOD WIFE]
d. ANNA PAQUIN [TRUE BLOOD]
e. KYRA SEDGWICK [THE CLOSER]

17. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

a. SIMON BAKER [THE MENTALIST]
b. MICHAEL C. HALL[DEXTER]
c. JON HAMM [MAD MEN]
d. HUGH LAURIE [HOUSE]
e. BILL PAXTON [BIG LOVE]

18. BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. 30 ROCK (NBC)
b. ENTOURAGE (HBO)
c. GLEE (FOX)
d. MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
e. THE OFFICE (NBC)

19. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. TONI COLLETTE [UNITED STATES OF TARA]
b. COURTENEY COX [COUGAR TOWN]
c. EDIE FALCO [NURSE JACKIE]
d. TINA FEY [30 ROCK]
e. LEA MICHELE [GLEE]

20. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

a. ALEC BALDWIN [30 ROCK]
b. STEVE CARELL [THE OFFICE]
c. DAVID DUCHOVNY [CALIFORNICATION]
d. THOMAS JANE [HUNG]
e. MATTHEW MORRISON [GLEE]

24. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

a. JANE ADAMS [HUNG]
b. ROSE BYRNE [DAMAGES]
c. JANE LYNCH [GLEE]
d. JANET McTEER [INTO THE STORM]
e. CHLOË SEVIGNY [BIG LOVE]

25. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

a. MICHAEL EMERSON [LOST]
b. NEIL PATRICK HARRIS [HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER]
c. WILLIAM HURT [DAMAGES]
d. JOHN LITHGOW [DEXTER]
e. JEREMY PIVEN [ENTOURAGE]

Up in the Air

Occasionally a movie comes along, such as this one, and tingles the very fiber of my being. Other awful ways of saying it: touches my heart, pokes my soul, tickles my asshole, gives me a back rub with a very special, happy ending. Dirty enough for you? Well anyway - I was in la cinema with approximately twenty other folks - age wise, it was almost split half and half. Hipsters my age, couples in their forties/fifties, and the ancient, dusty elderly.

Remember that scene in Airplane? No? Fine. No more offbeat references for you then.

A good movie will make you laugh, a great movie will make you laugh and think and realize something about yourself. This is a great movie. When something happened, humorous or not, that I laughed at, I noticed nobody else in my age group laughed or even snickered. It was myself, the forty/fifty somethings, and the dinosaurs that were chuckling and chortling. [Go ahead, google the word chortle.] I'm pretty sure the only time the peeps my age laughed was after a one-liner from Vera Farmiga. I'm also pretty sure the only reason why they laughed was because the word 'vagina' was involved. That, along with several other instances, is when I got a-thinking ... about life, myself, my very existence, about vagina's and so forth. That is what a great movie will do. This certainly is a flick for our time ... not necessary this decade, surely this year, and probably the past few years. Is this picture a comedy? Is it a tragedy? No and no.

It's a Jason Reitman experience. His films are certainly nothing but astonishing - and this one is at the top of the list. He can make you laugh, he can make your eyes start to water, he can make you run the gauntlet of emotion in an instant. This movie is driven by everything - the three lead actors, the story, the characters, the hip soundtrack - everything. Usually scenes and transitions that are just landscape shots [aerials] anything, get on my nerves. [See Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. Wait, shit, don't see that movie - I would never wish that upon anybody. Just, errrr, take my word for it.] The transitions didn't annoy me - they felt appropriate [given the title of the flick,] and the cast was very well rounded - the supporting cast [Galifianakis, JK Simmons, Sam Elliott...the list goes on...] and the real people that have been fired recently that appeared on screen, some actors, some real people. Those testimonials were a nice touch. Oh, and Reitman was up to his usual indie-hipster awesome cool soundtrack thing as well.

Nothing new - Michael Cera = awkward teenager / Kat Dennings = rebellious teenager. We've seen this before. You know, every movie they have ever been in. EVER.

The length felt just right, even though there were two times where I thought the movie was actually over. I have to find the book that this film is based off of. That is my next quest. I can't wait for Reitman's next feature - he just blows me away. G-man Clooney, Vera Farmiga [who was delightful in Orphan,] and this Anna Kendrick person were perfect. Twas the case with Kendrick and a receptionist dude played by Chris Lowell that I had deja-vu with - I enjoyed them thoroughly and I think I've seen them before. I want to see more of them. Kendrick surprised me the most. All the performances were just splendid - Vera is amazing and has a body to match - I mean DAMN! Not sure if she qualifies for Milf status yet, but mmmm. Danny McBride was a surprise - up to his usual humor and then a few nice moments.

So many airport related sexual innuendos, so little time.

I hope [and probably secretly know] that this movie better be recognized - any aspect really. I found myself connecting with Clooney's inner escapist and his philosophies a little too tooo much. It was getting scary. I have a new motto and it was one of my favorite nuggets from the flick - "Life is better with company." That and "Never trust a dude in a tunic," oddly enough, the latter one was said by Danny McBride in Land if the Lost. I don't recall ever going on about a movie for this long - so a new goal and bar set. I loved this movie. I am seeing it again. Soon. Life is indeed better with company. See this movie with everybody. Now.