Spider-Man 2
Director: Sam Raimi

First off, I'd like to say I hated the first installment of the Spider-Man franchise. After it's glorious first half, things started to bog down to a tedious bore. I thought the sequel would suck based on the previews but how trailers can deceive the mind. Not only does the sequel crush it's predecessor, it transcends it. X2 was a step above X-Men, but Spider-Man 2 is light years beyond the first. Everything is better: visual effects, acting, writing, humour, the whole nine yards. Instead of a power ranger like villain, we get a villain with tons of humanity, Doctor Octopus (or aptly named "Doc Ock"). Tobey Maguire is brilliant as the nerdy, geeky, but heroic Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Kirsten Dunst is great as the lovely Mary Jane. James Franco also does a great job as the tormented son of the Green Goblin, Harry Osborn.

In comparison to the original, the action sequences here are more imaginative, pulse-pounding, heart racing, and oh so goddamn cool. There's also tons of humor in this film where the original lacked. It's like they took the ingenuity and style of the first half of the original and stretched it into 2-hours. I laughed, I cheered, and I roared during this film. Bring on part 3 (hope it doesn't suck though).

Bottom line: An outstanding piece of work by Raimi and the cast. Special effects are still obvious but not as bad as the original.

Grade: A++

My current playlist. There may be gay songs but I like 'em.

Listening: Nina Gordon - Tonight And The Rest Of My Life

I think yesterday's post was just not me so I deleted it. My idiotic bantering combined with lovey-dovey bullshit is not acceptable in the world of D. A lot of things have happened in the last couple of days. I might have touched upon them in my previous posts so there may be some deja vu.

- I sold my Sennheiser HD-650s and my Perreaux amp for a cool $566. And all of it went into my account. The first thing I bought was the Simpsons season 4 box set ($33). I don't know what to buy now.

- I finally got a job at Vector enterprises. I thought the job would be like DS-Max but it certainly wasn't. I could make as much as $450 a week with motivation. Hey, I need to buy some nice clothes for the job!

- Saw the Terminal with Leah and thought it was a great movie from Spielberg and company. Great performances from Hanks, Zeta-Jones, Luna, McBride, and Tucci.

- Almost lost my phone but thankfully Wency found it under the seat of my car. I really hate it when my phone slips out of my pockets.

- Pretty eager to see Spider-Man 2 later today but because I was so underwhelmed (I hated it with a passion) by Spider-Man 1 that I'm still keeping my expectations low for this one. Even with extremely glowing reviews, I'm not keeping my hopes up yet. I don't think I'll ever be as excited for a film as Return of the King. That film even surpassed my highest standards. Expect a review for Spidey 2 tomorrow, kids.

I finally got a job! Man, the job looks so easy and I hope it's easy. I can work whenever I want, whereever I want. The girl who presented the job to me and some other people was really, really hot. She could become a model or something. Man, she even really had this perfume on that was intoxicating! Man, I hope to do my best at this job because it looks like I'm going to be a money making machine this summer.

I'm rich!
$500 richer baby!!!!!!!

The Terminal
Director: Steven Spielberg

Wow. This film is almost perfect. It's awesome, remarkable, excellent, and most of all, sublime. Finally a film without any hatred or strong villainy. A film with rich characters with fully developed backgrounds. A film with great tracking shots, great colours, and awesome acting. Tom Hanks is great as Viktor Navorski, a Krakozhian immigrant in the United States. His performance is just amazing from beginning to end. Watching his performance, you could believe he is from Krakozhia. Catherine Zeta-Jones gives a good performance as Amelia Warren, a stewardess who Viktor falls for. Her role is small but nowhere as good as Hanks's. Other characters played by Diego Luna, Chi McBride, and Stanley Tucci are brilliant as well. The only quibble I have with this film is one scene which is totally unbelivable but forgivable. But the ending is perfect, making this one of the best films of the year.

Grade: A+

Listening: Collective Soul - The World I Know

I'm loving this new type of progressive rock with bands like Franz Ferdinand, Modest Mouse, and The Killers. The Killers single "Somebody Told Me" made me laugh out loud the first time I heard it. I also recommend the band Steriogram with their unusual but fun song "Walkie Talkie Man."

I don't mind spending everyday....
Out on your corner in the pouring rain....
Look for the girl with the broken smile...
Ask her if she wants to stay awhile...
And she will be loved....
And she will be loved....

Listening: Jeff Buckley [Grace] - Grace

Job hunting is beginning to suck so much ass. Applied at White Hen today, the people seem to need help because there's only two people working there. I hope to get a job there in a few days because staying home is just no fun at all. And I want to get some moolah for my anorexic wallet.

Listening to:

Switchfoot [The Beautiful Letdown] - Meant to Live

After some thinking, I am deciding to sell my very expensive Sennheiser HD-650 headphones with the Perreaux SXH-1 headphone amplifier and a very expensive Moon Audio RCA-to-mini cable. I thinking I'm gonna sell for $600-$750. That would be good for something.

Upon searching Friendster, I found one girl that I really like. It's one of the girls I used to have a crush during middle school. She's very beautiful back then and even more beautiful now. I wish I could speak to her but as my brother says, "She's being protected." How very true.

Man, I'm fucking tired.

Here's how my day's going so far.

Went to school and took my only final of the semester, which was shit easy. Then went to Bally's to workout, then went to Sears to apply for a job. I forgot to fucking dress for the interview but the guy interviewing was cool with it. Jeez, I hope I get the job. Yesterday, I tried getting a job as a movie extra but I had to pay something so I gave them my credit card and all that shit. The guy told me that I didn't have to pay anything until 4 days from now. But the fucker still took the money and now I have a negative fucking balance in my account. So I called the fuckers up in Santa Barbara, California to tell them that I want to cancel my registration. Jesus Christ, even being a movie extra is fucking hard. I'm planning to go to Hollywood Video to get a job there too....man, I hope I get a job there.

"Like the sun through the trees on a cloudy day..."

Had a pretty good although tired day today. After being exhausted from yesterday's quasi-mowing of lawn, cleaning of kitchen, and cleaning of bathroom, I woke up with a bad case of arthritis and woke up late (11 AM). It was good my dad didn't get pissed off or my ass would be on the line.

Also went to Father Sunny's thanksgiving mass, which was okay (to be honest, all the singing made me fucking bored). Saw some hotties at the celebration after mass, including my dad's coworker's daughter. Despite her bf being irresponsible and making her pregnant, I can say that she's really hot. I was cringed when some of these hot ladies were wearing slutty clothes during the mass (jeez, it's a fucking mass). Well, the girl's baby is like 2 or something but man, babies end your life PERIOD. Once you get a baby, all your years being a teenager is fucking over, man.

Hope to get a job at Sears tomorrow and workout at Bally's. I gotta try working out everyday now because I'm starting to get really fat and I mean really, really fat.

I hope I don't sleep tonight like last night (5:09 am) because of a big fucking headache mixed with stomach ache. Well, it's 3:08 am now so I gotta get running to bed.

The Odd Couple

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Felix Sturm



Man, what a gay fight. De La Hoya, who is usually cut and muscular, was obviously pudgy in this fight. He was slower, weaker, and remarkably the less of the two fighters. And he thinks he'll beat Bernard Hopkins in September? You have to be kidding me. Hopkins is going to tear De La Hoya a new asshole this coming September. Oscar still won though, BUT he even knew he lost.

"Everything went wrong."

Those were his first words when asked about the fight. Sturm, although the winner in my book, just returned jab after jab. He was faster and stronger but he didn't seem to exhibit these qualities during the fight. What an idiot.

Hopkins will obliterate Oscar in September. Oscar better shape up or get the fuck knocked out of him. I still believe that Oscar could win in September, if he just trims up his body.

What's up everybody, this is Daniel (aka Kimbo). Don't I look fucked up?

My life in bursts:

- Thought that Shrek 2 wasn't THAT funny but it was still good. B+

- Exercised for the first time in like weeks man, WEEKS!

- Finally, I think that new Harry Potter movie is actually worth seeing in the theatre.

- Dave Chappelle as Lil' Jon is fucking hilarious. Okaayyyyy! Whuuuutttt??? Yeahhhh!

- Should stop drinking soda.

- Can't even beat Wency in ESPN Basketball 2004. Two games were blowouts and one game I lost by two fucking points in double overtime. How the fuck can you score 5 points in 11 seconds??

- I think that that Seether song (with Amy Lee) is beautiful. Amy Lee has a great voice (especially in non-Rock version of My Immortal).